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The Buddhist youth accidentally saved a white cat, and as a result, the "cat master" transformed into a young girl of good age to repay the favor, as long as she fulfilled a wish of the Buddhist youth, she could smoothly return to the cat star. This is the plot in the recent iQiyi hit web drama "Meow, Please Make a Wish", at first glance the plot is quite routine, but after watching the show, I am unconsciously attracted by the plot, and even look forward to the cat's retribution process.
In addition to the rationality of the plot design, this is naturally inseparable from the actor's performance. Ren Youlun, the actor of the play, Chi Yan, said: "When I first read this script, I felt that this play was not the same as the sweet pet drama in the traditional sense, and a considerable part of our script was placed on the explanation of the background of the story of the two people, such as how Xiao Xiu came to this world, how to get along with this world, and how Chi Yan taught her step by step, so the overall painting style and world view background are relatively empty." And what we have to do is how to make the performance more grounded, more realistic, so that the audience can establish a resonance with us. ”
In the dialogue with Ren Youlun, the reporter deeply felt that he was an actor with great requirements and views on performance, but just like chi Yan, the male protagonist of "Meow, Please Wish", Ren Youlun is also very Buddhist about performance and life planning. For many questions raised by reporters, his answer is also very "anti-routine", he believes that performance does not have too much skill and thinking, mainly in the face of each performance, sincerely rooted in the character can achieve the best results.
Anti-routine sweet drama male protagonist
When asked what is the most attractive thing about the drama "Meow, Please Make a Wish", Ren Yulun replied without thinking, "Because it is different." ”
The so-called "different" is that Chi Yan is completely different from the male protagonist settings in other traditional idol dramas and sweet pet dramas, which makes Ren Youlun full of freshness and curiosity. "The male protagonist of the previous idol drama and sweet pet drama must have many advantages, such as being very handsome, very rich, and very bright in appearance, but Chi Yan is a male protagonist with many shortcomings, he is first of all a social fear, and then many places are also very ordinary, just a bookstore owner, so this setting is more realistic."
The character of Chi Yan carries a lot of gray history, such as being mistaken for abusing cats and encountering school bullying, so now Chi Yan presents a state of hate to contact with people, only deal with books and pets every day, and the only good friend is the pet shop owner. Chi Yan does not use a smart phone, when he contacts Xiao Xiu, his eyes are dodged, the bookstore that runs a sluggish business, and when the bookstore is overcrowded because of the "net red cat", the response to protect the "cat girl" is also a warm heart for the audience.
The performance of these details is the natural expression of Ren Youlun when he deeply captures the state and emotions of the character, and for the shaping of this character, he also read several niche books recommended by the director in the early stage. "Chi Yan is a relatively isolated person, you can take social fear as a disease, I want to play this social fear person to understand what people like Chi Yan are doing every day, so I will go to see some niche books, because the reason why these books are niche is that most people don't want to read." The director recommended raymond Carver's short story collection to me, mainly to feel the lonely temperament, which I think is very helpful for me to portray Chi Yan. ”
For Ren Youlun, he has always believed that performance cannot stay on the surface, not deliberately making exaggerated expressions or expressing sadness with tears. He believes that all performances are expressed in the heart, and it is necessary to fully feel the characters and then naturally output them. Just like he felt Chi Yan, he didn't just stay at the level of the script performance, but deeply understood such a character. Ren Youlun in life is a sunny and lively big boy, but it is not contrary to put him into chi yan's "shell", thanks to Ren Youlun's correct understanding of performance.
Crack every challenge with realism
For Ren Youlun, every role is a new challenge. "No play is easy for me to control, because every time I receive a role that is not exactly the same as me, and unlike a documentary, I shoot myself, as long as it is a role, there are new character relationships to play, and I have to feel new things, so every play is a new breakthrough and challenge for me." 」
Looking back at the roles that Ren Youlun has played, it seems that each role has a unique temperament and characteristics, and it is a new experience.
"Morning Sun" is Ren Youlun's first play, he will challenge the villain Zhang Jiu, and in the early stage, he must also disguise himself as a clean and pure good man Guan Ze, and one person playing two states is a great challenge for Ren Youlun who has just entered the industry. Recalling the scene of filming at that time, Ren Youlun said that he did not deliberately make some preparations for playing the villain, mainly according to the script's setting of the role and his own understanding of the role, perceiving the natural performance. "I know people would love to hear how much effort I put into this role, but in fact, these are more exaggerated and dramatic, and filming is more of a daily work state. When I shoot each scene, I am strict and do it in a down-to-earth manner, according to the requirements and regulations of the director, and understand the state of the characters. Ren Youlun's answer made the reporter feel very surprised, but it was particularly sincere, because the laying of the script and the early performance have been perfected, and as an actor, it is nothing more than trying to enter the role, "drilling" into Zhang Jiu's perspective to naturally interpret it.
"The Chieftain's Man" is also a very unique play, with an unusual worldview setting, and it is also because of this unique setting that attracts Ren Youlun. In this drama, He plays Gao Zhenhe, a domineering president with claustrophobia, whose poisonous tongue will seduce his sister, but he can't touch the heroine. In the midst of the funny things that are ridiculous, Ren Youlun carefully interprets sweet small details, handles delicate emotions, and gradually changes from a man with "shortcomings" to a man who begins to accept love and heartbeat, this delicate conversion process needs to be supported by sincere performance.
Ren Youlun believes that the soul of performance lies in "authenticity", and the most he does after getting the script is rooted in the script to cover the character relationship and emotional clues, and will not deliberately imitate or design too many routines. He knows that every role he plays is an ordinary person, and only the most authentic emotions of his own role can have an emotional connection with the audience, and it is precisely because it is the role he plays that is a unique existence.
Wonderful forever in the "next"
"Having played so many roles, which one is the one that impresses you the most or enjoys the most?"
"Next."
Ren Youlun's answer made the reporter a little unsure how to answer the call, but Ren Youlun immediately explained: "I like every role I have played, every role is my child, you ask me which child I like the most, how do I choose?" ”
Facing each role, Ren Youlun interprets it very carefully, and he believes that this is the professional ethics of an actor. In fact, as early as before going to college, he did not think that he would become an actor in the future, originally he wanted to be a music teacher or a violinist, but because of an accidental hand injury, he could not continue to play the piano, so he chose to try the acting department during the art exam. Unexpectedly, he was admitted to the Shanghai Theater Academy and began his career as an actor.
Ren Youlun admitted that before going to college, he did not have too deep a concept of acting, but later in the process of continuous filming, he gradually realized the true meaning of acting, for him, every role is a new attempt and growth, and he always looks forward to the new challenges brought to him by the next play.
At present, he is filming "Binary Love", which is a youth love story, which tells the love run between computer science bully Fang Yuke (Ren Youlun) and Zhou Linlin (Zhuang Dafei), a partial girl. Binary is a programming language, and "1 + 1 = 10" just confirms the love story of the male and female protagonists. Although Ren Youlun deliberately sold Guan Zi and refused to disclose too much of the plot of this drama to reporters, he said very pertinently: "This play is a kind of sweet pet drama that is not vain, there is no industrial saccharin, it is all down-to-earth, shooting in a realistic way, and everyone will definitely be a reaction of stumbling to death and being very head-on after seeing it." ”
As Ren Youlun said, the excitement is always in the "next", the previous role has accumulated popularity and performance experience for him, and then he will continue to break through himself and still treat each role sincerely. The early stage of "gathering momentum" will usher in a more splendid star path for him, and I look forward to Ren Youlun bringing more high-quality works!