On October 15, the movie "Lyceum Theatre" was released. Filming began in 2017 and in 2019 the film was shortlisted for the Toronto Film Festival's special screening and held its North American premiere. Two years have passed, during which time Ma Yingli, who served as the screenwriter and producer of "Lyceum Theatre" and lou Ye's wife, has never given up on letting the film meet the audience.
Now that "Lyceum Theatre" has been officially released, not only has the fans waited too long and too long, but for Lou Ye and his production team, it is more like completing an impossible task.
As In Lou Ye's previous style, "Lyceum Theatre" was filmed on the spot, with handheld photography and additional black and white tones. Zhao Youting and Gong Li, who play the male and female protagonists in the film, although they are the first time to cooperate with Lou Ye, have greater challenges in the shaping of the characters, but they still play steadily and contribute the most exquisite acting skills.
Compared with Zhao Youting and Gong Li's breakthrough in the role, Mo Zhiyin's actor Wang Chuanjun is not only in the role, but also brings a refreshing new feeling to the audience as a whole.
Supporting characters in the halo
"Lyceum Theatre" is adapted from Hongying's novel "The Death of Shanghai" and Heng Guangli's novel "Shanghai", telling the story of the well-known actress Yu Yan who returned to Shanghai in order to star in a drama directed by Old Love Tan Na, but thus triggered the story of various forces paying close attention to her movements.
But Yu Yan's identity is not only a female star who has attracted much attention, but also a chess piece whose fate is in the hands of others, and Mo Zhiyin can be regarded as one of the people who control the chessboard. Mo Zhiyin knew Yu Yan's identity and why she wanted to return to China, but he had been hiding from his good friend Tan Na in order to achieve the ulterior motive.
In addition, Mo Zhiyin also did some disdainful things to Bai Yunsheng, a confidant of Yan, and finally betrayed Yu Yan and Tan Na for the sake of profit. In the whole film, the most hated is probably Mo Zhiyin, but every character in "Lyceum Theatre" has more than two identities, no pure bad guys and pure good guys.
Just like although Yu Yan is a professional spy, she is also Tan Na's lover, Ni Zeren's ex-wife, and the adopted daughter of Qiulan and Hubert in the play. Mo Zhiyin is the same, although he is a heinous villain, he still has the last trace of goodwill towards Tan Na's friend.
The aura did not specifically envelop Mo Zhiyin's body, but because of the specialness of this role, he became particularly dazzling, from a certain point of view, Wang Chuanjun's Mo Zhiyin was even more three-dimensional and plump than Zhao Youting's Tan Na.
Why only do supporting roles
In recent years, Wang Chuanjun has been deliberately avoiding the identity of the protagonist.
In 2009, "Love Apartment" made a group of unknown young actors well known to the audience, and overnight they reached the peak of their careers, and Wang Chuanjun's name was also prominently listed. Wang Chuanjun played the magic of Guan Gu, who spoke poor Mandarin and had to cut his abdomen at every turn, so that in those years, everyone only knew the magic of Guan Gu, but did not know Wang Chuanjun.
When Wang Chuanjun's name really replaced Guan Gu's magic, it was because he refused to act in the movie version of "Love Apartment" and "Love Apartment 5", which was accused by most netizens of being ungrateful and became popular. Later, when participating in the roadshow of the movie "I Am Not a Medicine God", Wang Chuanjun said that "Love Apartment" was just an experience for him and did not matter.
Moreover, this drama has copied too much, plus it is all advertising, more like a commercial film, and he can't understand why it is made into a movie. In addition, Wang Chuanjun did not once take the past of "Love Apartment" as a stepping stone, nor did he reduce his requirements for himself.
In 2015, Wang Chuanjun participated in the TV series "Daxian Yamen" for the first time as the male protagonist, providing a lot of ideas and suggestions during the filming process, and personally changing the script, just to present a better effect. After filming, the role needed to be dubbed, and Wang Chuanjun insisted on playing on his own, only to find that the crew had found someone to deal with the dubbing matter.
In 2 days, more than 30 episodes were matched, and the quality can be imagined. Since then, Wang Chuanjun has decided not to act in TV dramas again. He was once again active in the public eye, and it was he who won the Best Young Supporting Actor Award at the 14th China Changchun Film Festival and was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Award at the 32nd Golden Rooster Awards of Chinese Film for his role in the movie "I Am Not a Medicine God".
In order to play the patient of Lu Beneficiary, Wang Chuanjun relied on skipping rope to lose weight, initially 4,000 times a day, and in order to speed up the progress, it was increased to 8,000 times. In a scene of eating buns, he ate more than 40 buns, and on the same night, he ate 5 bowls of noodles, and threw up a total of 3 times during this period.
The hardships beyond the ability of ordinary people to bear are exchanged for countless people who finally lie on the hospital bed, describing the withered Lü Beneficiary crying to the point of not being able to help himself, and the audience's sentence "I can't see that it is him at all". Wang Chuanjun felt that it was worth it, "Every time I come out, no one knows me, I will be very happy." ”
Later, when Wang Chuanjun was asked what he thought of his frequent hot searches, he said:
"I think this is a way for them to promote it, I don't want this thing myself, I sometimes meet them and I say you are not sending too much material." I'm willing to stay in the back myself, it's best if you don't see me, I hope that every time you see me, you see a new role on the big screen, that's what I want. ”
Wang Chuanjun is such an actor who is not willing to go with the flow in the flashy entertainment industry, but is willing to pour all his efforts into the role, and has an iron heart to draw a clear line with traffic.
There is no way out for the supporting roles
After "I am not a medicine god", some people began to be worthless for Wang Chuanjun, and it is a pity that such a good acting skill is not the protagonist, in fact, it is not. In the current film and television industry, the audience pays more attention to the acting skills of an actor, rather than the coffee position, which is equivalent to the actor's career has an open fate.
For example, Wen Zhengrong, who is often active on the screen recently, she once said that she did not play the main role, and as a result, the audience and the times are progressing together, only Wen Zhengrong has always been obsessed with the heroine, and gradually become a marginal actor.
But now Wen Zhengrong wants to understand, she wants everyone to see, "There is a good actor named Wen Zhengrong, you can rest assured to give the role to her." So when Shen Shi in "Yulou Chun", Li Manwen in "The Trumpeter is in Place", Luo Lihua in "Departure: When the Wind Rises", these characters are appreciated by the audience, the spotlight hits her again.
Wang Chuanjun in "Lyceum Theatre" is the same, compared to Gong Li and Zhao Youting, he is a more eye-catching existence. As for whether it is the protagonist or not, is it still so important?
(Original author: Hong Xing'er Guo Tou; entertainment brick family's backyard We are trying to get close to the truth Unauthorized, prohibited reprinting, violators will be investigated)
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