Cover news reporter Xun Chao
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Huang Mengying, a native of Chengdu, Sichuan. Graduated from Beijing Film Academy with a bachelor's degree in acting in 2009, he is a young actor. Representative works include the TV series "Midsummer Evening Sunny Day", "Three Lives and Three Worlds and Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms", "The Biography of Chu Qiao", "Drunken Linglong", "While We Are Still Young", "Mo Whisperer", "You Who Swim Against the Current", drama "The Thief Wants to Get You" and so on.
On September 30, the drama "Thief Wants to Get You" (star version) starring Young Sichuan actress Huang Mengying was staged in Beijing. In the play, the female con artist "Kelly", played by Huang Mengying, was involved in a ridiculous diamond case and staged a hot and funny, thrilling adventure that was loved by the audience. Recently, Huang Mengying was interviewed by a cover news reporter to share her interpretation experience from film and television dramas to drama stages.
Challenge yourself: Hone your acting skills on the drama stage
As a film and television actress, Huang Mengying has left a very deep memory for the audience in many film and television works. For example, Su Jin, who is fierce in the center of "Three Lives and Three Worlds and Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms", once let the audience have the impression of a bad woman who "digs her eyes"; but in "You Against the Current", she completely overturned her villain impression with the sweet and delicate GaoMi who dared to love and hate, and became the audience's favorite.
Last year, she was fully affirmed by director Chen Kaige in the popular variety show "Actors Please Take Place 2" with the "Meng Xiaodong" in the fragment of "Mei Lanfang"; and with the "Mulan" short film directed by Dapeng, she presented the audience with an unexpected brutal beating of women. The "star version" "Thief Wants to Get You", starring Huang Mengying and happy twist actor Du Xiaoyu, the play has received a lot of encouragement and recognition since the performance on September 16, and she herself has continuously honed her acting skills in this hot and funny classic comedy.
It is understood that the drama "The Thief Wants to Get You" is adapted from the British comedy "The Great Bank Robbery", which integrates the distinctive characteristics of British farce, full of black humor and jokes about social dilemmas. Since its first performance in 2019, it has accumulated more than 300 performances, and its word-of-mouth box office has remained high, and it has become one of the highest rated dramas in Happy Twist. Talking about the reasons for joining the drama, Huang Mengying admitted that she has always been "very eager to learn and try challenging jobs, and has played many more tragic roles in ancient costumes or modern times before, and rarely tries comedy." I've seen some twist stage plays, which attracted me very much, and everyone in the theater was really laughing, and I think as an actor in that moment, I must have been particularly satisfied, especially fulfilled."
Drama cannot be repeated, and all actions must be done in one go
In the drama "The Thief Wants to Get You", Huang Mengying changed her previous role image and played a hot and ghostly professional female liar, while she also integrated some of her own ideas and performance elements to create a new "Kelly". "She is a person with a rich personality, and she can use her appearance, intelligence and resilience to change her strategy in time for different objects." She played a tactful role in this diamond scramble. And this role is many facets, although she is a female liar, there is a more cunning side, there is also a very cute side, and even said that there are some small sexy. There is also a very sincere side, a very rich character, which is a particularly special challenge for me. ”
This performance experience also made Huang Mengying feel the difference between film and television performances and stage performances. "I think the biggest difference between TV dramas and dramas is that the way of expression is different, to use a word to describe, that is, film and television it is like a hole, we communicate with everyone through the lens, your micro-expression, eyes, breathing will be more important." But drama is like a face, it is directly to interact with the audience, will pay more attention to the body and lines. Because sitting in the distance, he may not be able to capture your micro-expressions, even with a telescope, but he will be able to clearly hear your lines, see your physical performance, I think this is the biggest difference. ”
There are differences and difficulties, and "Thief Wants to Get You" attracts Huang Mengying not only from the challenge of going from the camera to the stage. The reason why this work can leap into the stage play with the highest score of Happy Twist, in addition to the hilarious plot and performance, there are also fresh and complex stage elements, including singing, dancing, hanging Weia and so on. "This play has to show your various skills in just two hours, including singing, dancing, acting, and lines, which I think is a big improvement for me." There is also the ability to adapt, because it has no chance to start over, and it has a strong improvisational response ability, including interaction with the audience, which is a relatively big challenge. ”
Let Huang Mengying remember vividly, there is a wonderful plot in the play, the actors need to hang Weiya, but the venue during the rehearsal does not have Weiya equipment, the director also used Xiaosi in order to make Huang Mengying familiar with the state of Weiya - let her sit on the handlebar to practice aerial performance. "The first time I hang Weia on stage, it's completely different from when I was filming, there is no chance of making mistakes, and all the actions must be done in one go."
Rehearsed intensively for 8 hours a day, memorized more than 60 pages of script in 3 days
According to reports, "The Thief Wants to Get You" more than 8 hours of intensive rehearsals a day, has lasted for nearly a month, Huang Mengying laughed that this time is like returning to the college entrance examination, she memorized more than 60 pages of the script in three days, every day is holding the script to sleep, "there is a feeling of re-engineering."
Talking about the rehearsal process, Huang Mengying said with a smile: "During the rehearsal period, I sweated three times a day, and after more than a month of training, I felt like I was in a devil assault class, and every day I had my own professional growth and changes in mentality, and I was very satisfied and happy." I feel that this month's experience and experience will always be used for my future performances, and I am grateful to have such a time to do such a thing. ”
From the trepidation of appearing in the drama for the first time, to the challenge of nearly ten performances a week. Huang Mengying's mentality has also undergone a very big change. "The biggest feeling in the performance is to open myself more, because there are many aspects of this role, and I try my best to play her well." Before, a friend gave feedback after reading it: 'Mengying, I have known you for so long, I feel like I know you for the first time today.' I was very happy to hear this sentence, I felt that they saw me that they had not seen before, saw my plasticity and multi-facetedness. ”
Indeed, for Huang Mengying, who tried drama for the first time, everyone in the Happy Twist team did not hesitate to give praise. Director Wei Wei commented on Huang Mengying: "Particularly professional, especially dedicated, in three days to memorize all the lines, every day is very hard." Du Xiaoyu also said that Huang Mengying often discusses her perception and understanding of the role with everyone, and this curiosity to seek resonance with the role is very touching to him.
【Dialogue】
Huang Mengying: Before the first time on the stage of the drama, drink alcohol and be bold
Cover News: For you, from TV series to drama, what is the biggest difficulty?
Huang Mengying: The biggest difficulty is that there are some customary differences, when acting in dramas, I often back on stage in the early stage of rehearsal, because I am used to having a lens to capture your actions, your face. But if you act in a drama, you are facing the audience, you can't leave the back to the audience, and don't be too sideways, the director told me that it is best to face the audience at an oblique angle of 45 degrees. Xiao Yuge also told me that to maintain a sense of distance from the opponent, not too close, unless you say a special whisper, because the stage is very large, you need to dispatch open, so that the audience has a comfortable viewing visual enjoyment, so this is a big difficulty for me.
Cover News: Will you be nervous when you first appear on the stage of a play, and how will you feel when you stand on stage?
Huang Mengying: Before I first stepped on the stage of the drama, I was very, very nervous, before I went on stage, I paced back and forth in the dressing room, I was in a dressing room with Xiao Yuge, and he laughed at me and said you don't go back and forth like this. I wanted to be bold, and I drank two sips of red wine, but I didn't dare to drink too much, for fear that I wouldn't be able to remember the words. Before going on stage, I was very nervous, everyone else was familiar with the road, only I was a newcomer, and I didn't want to drag everyone down, and I hoped that every audience who came to see the performance could feel that they had seen a good play today. After the first baggage sounded, I was more confident when I heard the laughter of the audience. It wasn't until the end of the show that I thought, "Huh? How did it finish so quickly? "That moment was particularly satisfying.
Cover News: What did you gain by starring in the play "The Thief Wants to Get You"?
Huang Mengying: Drama has improved me very quickly. Since August 23rd, every day has had its own professional growth and change of mentality, and I think the drama of growth is very fast. During this time, I feel like a class, and when I talk to the staff, I will say: "I'm going to class" and "I'm out of class" is very satisfied and happy. I feel that this month's experience and experience should always be used for my future acting career, and I am grateful to have such a time to do such a thing.
If I harvested, I summed it up with three points: The first is that I realized a small dream of my 30 years old, felt particularly happy, and realized it unexpectedly. The second takeaway is that it has helped me very much professionally, and I have a feeling of reinventing myself, a master of performance training class. The third point is that I have made a group of good friends who love theater very much, are very kind, very persistent, very pure, from the director to every actor, they are very helpful to me, and everyone just loves theater very purely, and everyone goes to rehearsal with all their might, wanting this play to be more exciting.
Cover News: Now Huang Mengying, "What does the thief want to get"?
Huang Mengying: I most want to get the encouragement, applause and recognition of the audience now, and I hope that everyone who comes to see my performance can be happy. I performed this drama until September 30th, a total of 15 performances, and I have not yet enjoyed it. If I have a chance in the future, I am still willing to come back to act.
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