Tu Songyan said that his different attitudes toward boys and girls in the play were deliberately designed.
Tu Songyan and Zhang Xilin were praised by the audience for their daily lives such as choosing beans in the play.
In the just-concluded hit drama "In the Name of Family", Li Haichao (Tu Songyan) and Ling Heping (Zhang Xilin), two single fathers, raised three children, Li Jianjian (Tan Songyun), Ling Xiao (Song Weilong), and He Ziqiu (Zhang Xincheng). The daily interaction between Li Dad and Ling Dad has become a highlight of the play, and the portrayal of the two fathers by actors Tu Songyan and Zhang Xilin has won the recognition of the audience.
How did they get acquainted with Li Haichao and Ling Heping in the play, and how did they discuss and interpret these two single fathers with very different personalities? In real life, what are the similarities and differences between them and Li Haichao and Ling Heping, and how do they view each other? The Beijing News reporter interviewed Tu Songyan and Zhang Xilin in this regard.
The most impressive play is "Ziqiu's Birthday"
For Tu Songyan and Zhang Xilin, the scenes they were most impressed with were related to He Ziqiu. "There are several scenes where fathers and sons communicate, Ziqiu celebrates his birthday, plans to send Ziqiu to study abroad, and Ziqiu returns home after nine years to meet for the first time, these are all plays that impressed me and required great investment from the actors to complete." Tu Songyan revealed, "This kind of big emotional drama can't be performed a few times. I remember that after one of the performances, I rested for half an hour before I slowed down to continue shooting. ”
The play mentioned by Tu Songyan of "Ziqiu's birthday" refers to Ziqiu's second aunt coming to celebrate his birthday and telling him to work more and remember his identity under the fence. Li Haichao overheard it, it was very uncomfortable, he was drunk that day, and he also cried. This is also the scene that Zhang Xilin is most impressed with, and he describes it as the scene that most attracts him. "The lines in this scene are particularly well written, and Tu Songyan is also particularly good. I especially liked this section when I read the script. ”
Zhang Xilin said that Ling Heping treated the three children with the same heart. Such emotions are not only in the play, but even extend beyond the play. A while ago, the episode broadcast to Li Jianjian and Ling Xiao's object of love, Zhang Xilin wanted to post a message on the social platform, congratulating Ling Xiao and Jian Jian on being together. But he immediately thought: "Oh, how to comfort Xincheng (Zhang Xincheng as He Ziqiu)?" I am also looking forward to him finding a daughter-in-law he likes soon. ”
Choose the details of the bean mixture to discuss
In "In the Name of Family", the interesting and tacit daily fighting between Li Dad and Ling Dad is a highlight of the series.
Tu Songyan said, "The design of these details in life dramas is not easy to grasp. Because the life drama is too close to life, a little grasp of the scale of poor design, it is easy to be seen by the audience and feel that you are acting falsely. So in Li Haichao, I am more enriched in extremely small details: for example, when I am older, WeChat typing will be much slower; when I wear reading glasses to read words, I show some sense of distance; and I also include the location of the plaster. ”
As for the scenes where Li Dad and Ling Dad chat and fight each other every day, many of them were designed by Tu Songyan and Zhang Xilin discussing with the director on the spot. Zhang Xilin revealed: "Many of the details of my hand-to-hand play with Li Haichao were collided on the spot, such as choosing beans, sewing clothes, rubbing shoulders, plastering, including mutual mixing. The script is not so detailed, but the play is to rely on the details to pile up, in order to show the audience that the family has been living together for many years, in order to reflect the tacit understanding between the two people and life. ”
In the play, Li Dad and Ling Dad have a main inside and a master outside, the daily interaction between the two is full of tacit understanding, and some viewers joke that they really look like a pair of old husbands and wives. Zhang Xilin laughed after hearing such a comment: "Just let everyone's brains open, it's very fun!" When we filmed, we didn't feel this way at all, and the audience was particularly happy to like the two characters of Ling Dad and Li Dad. In fact, this is the first cooperation between Tu Songyan and Zhang Xilin. Tu Songyan said that he and Zhang Xilin had a feeling of seeing each other and hating the night, and praised the other party as a "very sensitive actor.". Zhang Xilin revealed that he and Tu Songyan knew each other but were not familiar with each other before, and through this cooperation, the two became good friends in life, and they would meet and chat about dinner.
There is no room for any role
Tu Songyan and Zhang Xilin are both middle-aged actors from the class and have been in the industry for many years. In past works, they have played fewer protagonists, and the audience can often remember the characters they have created, but they may not be able to call out their names.
Tu Songyan feels that as a professional actor, the actor's red and not red are more equal to the role's red and not red, and the relationship with the actor's personal relationship is not so big. "I want everyone to pay attention to the different character images and fates in the film. Think about how to get out of the shadow of the original family and get strength from the warmth of the original family. "Zhang Xilin clearly knew when he entered the industry very early that fame in the industry of doing actors is accidental, and not being famous is inevitable." But ask yourself, why do you want to do this? Like it or for what? ”
Zhang Xilin is currently filming the costume drama "HuanXi Sha" in Hengdian, which is his first time acting in a costume play. "Every day, the makeup artist puts alcohol on his head, and the clothes he wears are very thick, and the horizontal shop is hot, and when he wears the clothes layer by layer, he feels soaked all over his body." But after filming every day and then thinking back, I think that every move is a new performance experience, especially happy and enjoyable, and I forget all the sins I suffered during the day. Nothing else than the pleasure that a career brings us. "He doesn't care too much about how much the scene is." Which character is in his character line, is the protagonist. You can't have any thoughts about any role in your mind, you can't say that the role you play is not very important in the structure of the whole play, so you don't act seriously. ”
Same question and answer
Q: If you had to choose yourself, would you prefer to play Li Haichao or Ling Heping?
Tu Songyan: I want to act. Not only do I want to play the two of them, but I also want to play other fathers in the play, including Qi Mingyue's father and Tang Can's father. Each family of origin has different problems, in fact, can be dug deeper. These problems of the original family have a great impact on the child, and even affect the child's life. So I'd love to play all these dads. Let the audience participate, discuss and pay more attention to the impact of the family of origin on the child.
Zhang Xilin: The crew asked me to play Ling Heping at the beginning, but I also liked the role of Li Haichao. Later, I heard that Teacher Tu seemed to have a bit of a problem with time, and he might not be able to come. I asked if I could play (Li Haichao), and the crew also considered it, but the producer said no, because the five people now are the first candidates in their minds, and they really want me to play Ling Heping. In the end, I still played Ling Heping, all fate, no regrets and no regrets. Everyone likes this play and the characters in the play, and now it is the best arrangement.
Q: If you have the opportunity to say something to another father in the family in the play, what would you like to say to him the most?
Tu Songyan told Ling Dad: Pay attention to your body and take time to spend more time with your children.
Zhang Xilin said to Li Dad: Learn some new dishes, do it for ten or twenty years, and add some new flavors. (Laughing and asking reporters) The requirements are still quite high, right? It is estimated that Li Haichao will say: "You go with others, I don't wait, I still want to eat new dishes!" ”
Written by/Beijing News reporter Yang Lianjie
Source: Beijing News