"As an actor, you must know in your heart: the flow is temporary, only the work is eternal."
At the press conference held during the Golden Rooster Awards of "Red Fox Scholars", Jiang Zhiqiang said that "inviting Li Xian to star is not out of traffic considerations", which sounds like "Versailles" at the moment.
But at the end of 2018, when he organized the bureau, this sentence was not a lie - at that time, there were still half a year before the hit "Dear, Dear", and Li Xian, who had not yet become a "current boyfriend", decided to try the "non-human characters" and comedy genre films that he had never challenged.
Lee now plays the fox demon in "Red Fox Scholar"
He had a lot of ideas for shaping the "fox demon" Bai Thirteen, and some of the inspiration even came from the film and television works he had seen when he entered the Beijing Film Academy in 2010 and was not too popular between making "Red Fox Scholar".
In the "relatively idle" days of school and just graduating, Li now spends a lot of time watching movies. Of course, this also includes comedy, when chaplin and Stephen Chow "accompanied" him... You may be able to find their shadow in this fox demon.
From reading the script in December to june of the following year, Li is always in the "Red Fox Shusheng" universe. Along with him entering this fantasy world was Chen Linong, who was electrocuted for the first time.
Born in 2000, Nongnong shot the film at the same age as when Li Xian was selected to participate in "Ten Thousand Arrows Through the Heart", which made the latter often have a "sense of flashback" on the set.
Accidentally walking out of the picture frame, unconsciously the position began to turn his back to the camera, including Chen Linong's infinite curiosity about everything in the crew... The scene of everything that happened to Ma Xiaobao's body was repeated in Wang Zijin's body, which made Li feel a strong resonance again ten years later.
Until now, Li Xian is still impressed by his first film "Ten Thousand Arrows Through the Heart" and the first scene of opening a refrigerator and taking yogurt. From this, he also truly understands how difficult it is for an actor to take the first step.
To use a phrase that Li Xian likes to describe, "three points of ability, six points of luck, and one point of support from nobles" - even if you have the support of nobles and work hard every day to fill your own ability, it is difficult to get half of the work, so in his opinion luck is really important for an actor.
"Ten Thousand Arrows Through the Heart" Li now plays Ma Xiaobao
When I went to school, the teacher often told their group of acting school students, think about "Did God reward you with this bowl of rice?" Even after acting in "Ten Thousand Arrows Through the Heart" just after entering school, Li Xian still did not encounter any projects or scripts for a long time.
The period of life in the north drift in memory has experienced many lows and twists and turns. When he was most stretched, he only relied on advertising to fill the rent and support himself.
Some people have also asked Li Xian why he has made some unsatisfactory works. He would ask rhetorically, who wouldn't want to be picked up by a big director at the age of eighteen to act in a movie? Obviously, not everyone can have such an opportunity, including himself: "If only this drama is looking for you at the moment, and you don't shoot, then what do you shoot?" ”
For Li Xian at that time, facing every new job and every new opportunity was the only choice. Fortunately, these things that were once done regardless of returns and insisted on doing, in the later days, all became the accumulation of Li Xian's performance road, which made everything worth it.
In the summer vacation shortly after the completion of "Red Fox Scholar", a "Dear, Beloved" made Li now become the "current boyfriend" of the whole people overnight. Traffic comes with a lot of opportunities, but he prefers to see the two as a mutual achievement rather than an impact.
In addition to "Red Fox Scholar", Li has now completed another literary and artistic film "Love Song 1980" before "exploding".
A work that was completed before it was widely recognized by the public, he was willing to see it as proof that he had persevered for his dreams. "Calm and down-to-earth", Li Xian hopes that he will never be changed in his performance and maintain such a state.
Stills from "Love Song 1980"
But it's hard.
After becoming an actor, Li has always maintained the habit of "integrating into life": until now, he still likes to lower his hat and wear a mask after work, take the subway in Beijing and Shanghai, and take this opportunity to observe life, observe people, and see what the life of office workers looks like.
However, soon after the explosion of popularity, Li Xian found a large number of paparazzi and illegitimate meals around him. He also sent Microblogs to directly intimidate the other party, but over time, Li Now realized that these things could not be stopped. Only fans who would not have bothered his private life would listen to these words, other peeps were still not reduced, and Li Xian, who was slowly accustomed to coexisting with the side effects of traffic, decided not to go hard anymore.
Fortunately, in the matter of choosing the script, Li Xian's team and fans still gave him enough trust and space. For example, the recent inch shape that makes many people call "I can" is the product of Li Xian's shaved head for his participation in the new drama "If Life Is Like First Sight".
Although for artists with rising and high popularity, exposure and data are important considerations linked to the identity of "traffic", Li Xian still does not hesitate to spend five months in the crew and fully immerse himself in his role.
"If Life Is Like The First Sight" Li now leaves an inch of head shape
Li Xian admits that he is a person who cares about the evaluation of the outside world. Therefore, he often tries to bring into the perspective of ordinary audiences to examine his performance: when there is a hot drama, he opens the bullet screen and chases with everyone, and when a movie is released, he must find a way to sneak into the theater and watch it with the audience, see what everyone's evaluation is, and adjust himself in the next play.
Li Xian bluntly said that "I don't care what kind of data and traffic fall into", and the only thing I hope in my heart is whether the work can be left behind after shooting.
Just as for a long time, he was proud to be able to participate in "Ten Thousand Arrows Through the Heart" and "River God", he told himself that as an actor, he must know that what flow can bring is only temporary, and only the work is eternal and belongs to himself.
From the science and engineering man who re-reads the art examination to the actor Li Xian, who is now sought after by tens of millions of people, this is a process from ignorance to maturity.
From "not knowing what performance is" to "web dramas, TV series, movies", Li Xian feels that his decade is like a computer that is always updating the configuration and slowly upgrading, and as the processor becomes faster and faster, he also has more and more handy ways to face different types of works.
"I like to compare myself to an AI, always upgrading myself and perfecting myself."