The Beijing News Cultural and Entertainment × the Beijing News News jointly produced
Guo Qilin has a kind of maturity that does not match his age. The "proud son of heaven" who was "born into a family and spoiled his uncle" was not arrogant and indulgent, and treated people and things politely and kindly, as if the word "qian" in Master Yu Qian's name was implemented to the bottom; as a young man in his early twenties, he could hardly see the wayward flamboyance of fresh clothes and angry horses, but he often had a subtle understanding of human feelings and sophistication. Shu Qi, a guest in the reality show "Fifty Kilometers peach blossom dock", said that he was a "too mature child" and did not seem to care if he did not fight or grab anything.
In fact, Guo Qilin, who did not seem to have any persistence, never lacked determination. At the age of 14, he decided to say cross-talk and did not take the usual path; at the age of 21, his own cross-talk group was like a day in the day, he devoted himself to film and television dramas and variety shows, and began to advance from cross-talk actors to actors.
In an exclusive interview with a reporter from the Beijing News, Guo Qilin described himself as a passive person in life and work, but often developed an active interest after passively accepting arrangements, such as acting. Since 2018, the three dramas he actively selected, "Give Me an Eighteen-Year-Old", "Qing Yu Nian" and "Son-in-law" have all performed well, or gained word of mouth or become blockbusters; he has also won the title of "Best Newcomer of the Year" at the One Drama Awards with his performance in the drama "Niu Tianci"; next he will star in the film "Second-hand Masterpiece" supervised by Ning Hao, and play a father and son with Yu Hewei.
"Man, it's always changing. I would never say, 'I won't say crosstalk in my life' or 'I don't make movies', 'I don't participate in variety shows'... That doesn't make sense. I always felt that I shouldn't abandon any skill. ”
Guo Qilin
About the performance
In order to fight for breath, take the first step of actor initiative
In the group life experience reality show "Fifty Kilometers of Peach Blossom Wood" launched by Tencent Video, Guo Qilin was the first guest to arrive at Peach Blossom Dock, but he has been passively waiting for others to choose a room, and as a result, he was left to be a roommate with strangers, and the first to arrive but the last one to check in. In the show, other guests often have various ideas, but Guo Qilin basically has no ideas, is willing to help others work, and has become the object of everyone's scramble. Guo Qilin said that he was a passive person. Usually order takeaway at home, pick what restaurant to choose what dishes can be tangled for half a day, go out to dinner with friends and can't think of what to eat, had to let others come up with ideas, he gave advice. The same is true for work, whether it is cross-talk or acting, at the beginning he passively accepted the arrangement, and then "could not stand the baptism of time" to take the initiative to like. "From the age of 11, my dad instilled in me the idea of crosstalk, and it wasn't until I was 14 years old that it didn't happen."
In the reality show "Fifty Kilometers of Peach Blossom Dock", Guo Qilin is always in a "passive" state.
Before 2019, Guo Qilin gave the impression of a young cross-talk actor, and occasionally acted in a TV series and movie, such as the TV series "The Forest is Big" and the movie "I Want happiness in the big cross-talk movie", and the reputation was not very good. Although he plays the male lead, looking at the list of creators, it is clear that this is actually the nature of being promoted by the elders and playing tickets. "The first time I acted in 2015, my dad said, 'Hey, come on, we're going to make a scene, you can do it.'" I acted, and after the performance, I thought it was a bit interesting. If you come to me to act in the future, I will not reject it. But it was two or three years after the decision was made that I wanted to act. Guo Qilin's first TV series to take the initiative was the youth-themed work "Give Me an Eighteen-Year-Old" (2018), adapted from one of the "Beijing Trilogy" by writer Feng Tang, "Give Me a Girl at Eighteen". In the play, he plays Qiushui, a high school student in the restless period of youth, which is considered to be apt restoration of the characters in the book. In the 1990s, Guo Qilin's master Yu Qian also crossed over as an actor, because at that time, "I said that crosstalk could not feed myself, and I could only look at other doorways." Guo Qilin is in the era of the cross-talk industry re-emerging, taking the first step to the initiative of "actors". Yu Qian was very supportive of this, and once wrote in an open family letter to his apprentices: "Cross-talk actors' involvement in other art disciplines, there are only benefits and no harms. ”
In the TV series "Give Me an Eighteen-Year-Old", Guo Qilin played the high school student Qiushui.
Guo Qilin said that when he took over the role of Qiushui, there was a preference for Beijing writers and Beijing culture. "When I was twelve or thirteen years old, I read the collection of Wang Shuo's writings that my father bought in the late 1980s, which was particularly interesting. When I grew up, I liked to watch Wang Xiaobo. Later, after reading Feng Tang's original work, I was very fond of his writing style, and I also felt that Qiushui was a role that I could control, better than those who had fixed me as the male protagonist before I had not read the script. "In addition, he also has a bit of a competitive mentality and wants to fight for himself." I've heard people say before that 'Guo Qilin can't act', but I don't think I'm worse than others. Just because my dad made me these plays, I was burdened with some sounds that I shouldn't bear. These criticisms made him feel that he had to make some scenes that he could pass here. If you try your best to act or don't get everyone's approval, it may really be your own problem. "But the previous evaluation of my performance came from the play arranged for me by my father, and I was not convinced."
He is a fan of "Qing Yu Nian" and once wanted to refuse to play Fan Siru
"Give Me an Eighteen- Year-Old" received a good response after it was broadcast, but Guo Qilin did not follow the trend to carry out the youth theme to the end. He knows very well that his image is not an idol of public perception, and it is not in line with the requirements of most youth idol dramas for male protagonists, and if he continues to act in youth dramas, it is difficult to meet suitable scripts and roles. "Actors and characters are like, sometimes more important than whether they are acted well or not. The audience thinks that you are this kind of person, you act again, even if there is something wrong with the performance, the audience will help you rationalize. After bidding farewell to Qiushui, he took over two costume dramas "Qing Yu Nian" (2019) and "Son-in-law" (2021), in which he played Fan Siru and Ning Yi, one is a male supporting actor and the other is a male protagonist.
The two roles of Fan Siru and Qiu Shui were actually found in the same period, but Guo Qilin was not interested in playing Fan Siru at first. "I am a fan of "Qing Yu Nian" and have read the novel several times. The character of Fan Siru is very annoying in the book, and I don't like people who are very sloppy. Later, I read the script and found that the screenwriter changed him to be quite interesting and went in a cute direction. But there is really no challenge, I am also shooting other scenes, I think I will forget it. Unexpectedly, after playing Qiushui a few months later, the crew of "Qing Yu Nian" continued to look for him to play Fan Siru, and he just happened to be idle, so he agreed. During filming, 95% of the scenes were over. "There is no place to play Fan Siru. Costume drama is far from our real life and will be slightly exaggerated. And I'm an actor on stage myself, and I'm more grippered at those things. ”
The successive broadcasts of the TV series "Qing Yu Nian" (Part 1) and "Son-in-law" (Part 2) have allowed the audience to know a different Guo Qilin.
Compared with Fan Siru, who is cute and fanatical, Guo Qilin is not so "like" Ning Yi in the audience's mind. Ning Yi in the original work is black and fierce, and in the later stage, he is a master who dominates the world, nicknamed "Blood Hand Man Slaughter". At the beginning, the official announcement of the lineup of "Son-in-law" caused controversy, but in the end, Guo Qilin won the audience by relying on his humorous style, but was lightly criticized as "not fierce enough". But he thinks that he has acted very fiercely, but the audience still thinks that he looks good, which is an image problem. "No way, I didn't have a very cold face." In his view, Ning Yi in the first season of "Son-in-law" has a solemn and harmonious personality, which he can grasp. If Ning Yi opened the scene as "Bloody Hand Man Slaughter", he would not take over the role. "I see something that dominates the general theme a bit, and I don't want to look down at all."
After the broadcast, these two dramas have become blockbusters, and "Qing Yu Nian" has been rated 8 points on Douban, which is acclaimed and popular. At this point, Guo Qilin's ability and potential as an actor have truly won wide recognition from the audience.
About crosstalk
Influenced by his partner Yan Hexiang, he fell in love with drama
In addition to TV series and movies, Guo Qilin also tried to perform on the drama stage. At the end of 2019, he starred in a drama for the first time - playing "Niu Tianci" in the drama "Niu Tianci" directed by Fang Xu and adapted from Mr. Lao She's novel "Niu Tianci", from the age of 0 to the age of 19. Among them, in niu Tianzi's infancy, he needed to manipulate the puppet performance, so as to build a dual performance space of external image and inner feelings, which was quite challenging. At the "One Drama Awards" award ceremony held in May this year, "Niu Tianci" won the "Annual Drama" and "Annual Best Choreography" awards, and Guo Qilin won the title of "Best Newcomer of the Year". It is worth mentioning that in this work about the growth experience of the teenagers in the Republic of China, his cross-talk partner Yan Hexiang also starred, playing the anthropomorphic role of "Door Pier", through the interaction with Niu Tianci in the play, to present the part of Lao She's original text.
Guo Qilin played Niu Tianci in the drama "Niu Tianci". Picture source drama "Niu Tianqi" Weibo Photo / Wang Li
In recent years, Guo Qilin has been busy filming across borders and taking variety shows, and his cross-talk partner Yan Hexiang has become a "famous terrier" who was forced to "lose his job" and Yan Hexiang also laughed at himself in "Spit Conference 5". But the fact is that Guo Qilin was first brought to the Capital Theater by Yan Hexiang to watch a play, and only then did he gradually become interested in drama performance. Guo Qilin said that Yan Hexiang was a drama fan when he was young, and he often was late for cross-talk performances because of watching dramas, and he was once very resistant to Yan Hexiang watching dramas. Later, after being taken to see a few shows by Yan Hexiang, he was also fascinated, and became late for the two of them to perform together. I had to let the cross-talk actors in front of me act for a while, and they frantically rushed back to the backstage from Dongdan and quickly changed their coats to play. "At the beginning, I was quite popular, starting with commercial dramas, such as 'Happy Twist' plays. Later, the taste became niche, I loved to watch mandarin, renyi dramas, Poly has some foreign imported song and dance dramas, I also went to see. ”
At the beginning of 2019, Fang Xu found actors for the father and son of Niu Tianci in the drama "Niu Tianci". He originally wanted to find a real father and son to play, and there were several sets of alternatives, including actors from Beijing Renyi. "Later, someone suggested that it would be better to find me and my father to act. Director Fang Xu's eyes lit up, and he felt that the other candidates were all professional actors, but our two fathers and sons were cross-talk actors, which was a very fresh combination. But he thought again, this old man he may not be able to command, this son may still be able to try. So they came to me and talked to me about this, and everyone saw each other and hated it late. "At that time, Fang Xu had other plays to perform, so he invited Guo Qilin to watch a play, and after watching it, he had some understanding of the director's conception and stage design, and decided to act." This kind of performance on the theatrical stage is not so real, it is not so figurative, there are a lot of imagery things, which is very attractive to me. ”
I didn't plan to give up crosstalk, but Ning Que didn't want to abuse it
The more acting, the less time to talk about crosstalk. Actor Guo Qilin gradually became known, and cross-talk actor Guo Qilin gradually disappeared into the background.
In 2020, coupled with the impact of the epidemic, this change in front of and behind the scenes is particularly obvious. In fact, Guo Qilin's adjustment of the focus of his career began four or five years ago. At that time, he had just developed an active interest in being an actor, and he discussed with his partner Yan Hexiang that he might not say crosstalk in the future. Yan Hexiang understood his thoughts. "Because I started talking about crosstalk when I was fourteen, and I said I was eighteen or nineteen. It is also normal to work in a unit for five years and want to change individual jobs. At that time, he (Yan Hexiang) had not found another job, and now he was looking for it, and the work was very busy, which was very good. I think we both understand that no matter what the other develops, it is a blessing. ”
Guo Qilin and partner Yan Hexiang.
As for the skill of cross-talk, which he had cultivated since childhood, Guo Qilin did not intend to give up. "It is true that now the opportunity for cross-talk performances has become less, so wait and see, I don't want to act this year, in case I want to act next year." Cross-talk performances are live interactive, and they need to be constantly performed in small theaters in order to polish new works and maintain the state of performance. Nowadays, Guo Qilinbei's work is very full, and there is no time to polish the cross-talk performance. "Cross-talk performance, if you do a special performance as soon as you come up, it is not only irresponsible to the audience, but also irresponsible to myself, and it is easy to disappoint the audience." Moreover, the longer you have not performed crosstalk on stage, the higher the audience's expectations of you. With my current accumulation, it is difficult to innovate some content for the audience to like, so let's prefer to be lacking. ”
About Variety Cafe
People should not abandon any kind of skill
What is more violent than the "outbreak" of Guo Qilin's film and television works is the number of variety shows he has participated in in the past two years. According to incomplete statistics, in 2020, he participated in more than ten variety shows, at least eight of which were permanent guests; since this year, he has served as a resident guest in "Fifty Kilometers of Peach Blossom Dock" and "Heartbeat Signal". Some actors will mind being called "variety show cafes", but Guo Qilin doesn't think so. "I don't mind. Different people may look at me differently. Usually we introduce a person we don't know, and we definitely have to find a label at the beginning. As soon as you talk about this label, others can immediately understand it. Last year, I did go on a lot of variety shows, if the audience has not seen my cross-talk performances, nor have they seen my film and television works, they will think that I am on the variety show, is a 'variety show'. ”
Guo Qilin participated in "Fifty Kilometers of Peach Blossom Dock".
In his view, "variety show café" is not a derogatory term, and there is no difference between "movie café" and "artist", just a title. His attitude towards variety shows is also consistently passive - "if you have it, go". Of course, it is even better to be able to participate selectively. "Good movies and good TV scripts can be encountered but not sought. And even if you have a good script, you don't necessarily have a role that suits you. When not, are we just waiting at home? At this time, there is a variety show inviting you to go, what is the bad? "There is a saying in the industry that being an actor should maintain a sense of mystery, which helps to shape the role, and participating in too much exposure in variety shows will dissolve this mystery." Guo Qilin did not agree: "Which big actor has not been on a variety show?" It's probably only 10% of the people who haven't been on it at all. Teacher Fan Wei went to the Spring Festival Gala every year before, and he did not delay others from winning the Best Actor Award. So I don't think it has anything to do with variety shows. ”
In the past two years, guo Qilin can "dominate the screen" in variety shows, and Guo Qilin believes that it is the influence brought about by the performance of "Qing Yu Nian". In other words, it is Fan Siru who makes everyone think that this actor may be a little interesting, so let's ask him to try it first." As a result, I found that I performed well in the variety show, so I passed on ten to ten hundred, and everyone seemed to be inviting me. In fact, I did not start recording variety shows last year, I began to record them in 2015 and 2016. But no one looked for me in 2017 or 2018. I have the heart to spread the two years of variety shows into four years, but no one can find me. "After the broadcast of "Son-in-law" in the first half of this year, there are more invitations to variety shows, and he will choose to participate in a more relaxed content and a relatively novel form." Variety shows can't be left unavailable, and I always feel that you shouldn't abandon any kind of skill. For example, I would say cross-talk, can act in dramas, TV series, movies, and variety shows, these skills are like the legs of an octopus, even if one leg is not so strong, there is no need to give it up. ”
About yourself
"I don't like to be spoiled and I don't like to be noticed in private"
Many people who come into contact with Guo Qilin will praise him for being respectful and polite, and this trait has made him a lot of fans in the variety reality show. In the reality show "Fifty Kilometers peach blossom dock", he is often pulled by other guests to help and enjoy it, and proves that he is a "passive person" with practical actions.
But as Shu Qi observed, "passive" does not mean that there are no ideas at all, for example, he does not take the popular "rice circle culture" for granted. Although there is no shortage of "rice circle" star chasing in the cross-talk industry, Guo Qilin has never eaten this set, nor does he envy the traffic brought by it. "Crosstalk is mainly offline performances, face-to-face contact with the audience every day, and various greeting interactions, unlike the actors of TV series and movies who are far away from the audience." Crosstalk itself is a form that is very suitable for star chasing. Guo Qilin said that he is a person who does not trim the edges in his life, does not love to be sloppy, and is very casual, so he does not like to be too concerned. If it is a cross-talk special and drama, he is very grateful to everyone for coming to the scene, but offstage is not a working place, he does not want to have too much interaction with fans.
"People who really like me should consider my feelings. If I've made it clear many times that I don't want too much interaction outside of work, and you're going to do that, it's just a sign that you're trying to satisfy your desires. Guo Qilin rarely gets angry with others, because he feels that anger can't solve the problem, but he will put a stinky face on the set and the airport around him to take pictures. He had a hat with "No Picture" written on it, and as soon as he had a "substitute photo," he pointed down at the words on the hat and told them not to take a picture, and then he quickly ran to check in. "I am now deliberately picking airports with few people, especially afraid of causing trouble to others." The airport is a public place, and you don't have the airport charter, there are other passengers. (Star) follows a large group of hula people, affecting the normal travel of others. If someone else scolds some celebrity mess with you, you have to listen, because you're delaying people's affairs. I am especially afraid of delaying other people's time, and I can hide as long as I can. ”
Yang Lianjie, a senior reporter of the Beijing News
Chief Editor Wu Dongni Proofreader Zhao Lin