"District Squad" plays the iron-blooded good man Interview with Qi Kui: A good actor is "grinded"

Directed by Yuan Xun, directed by Li Baosheng, and starring Qi Kui and Liu Luye, the anti-Japanese drama "District Squad" has ranked first in the ratings for many consecutive days since the launch of CCTV's eight sets. In the play, Liu Daqiang, played by Qi Kui, is deeply loved by the audience, and with his profound acting skills and high understanding of the role, he vividly interprets the image of a simple, upright, heroic and fearless iron-blooded tough guy. A few days ago, Qi Kui accepted an exclusive interview with a reporter from Yanzhao Metropolis Daily.

Played the grassroots character Liu Daqiang

I believe that the characters do not change the script

Qi Kui is well known to the public for his role as a business wizard Zhu Chuanjie in the classic drama "Breaking into the Guandong", and then has successively participated in many film and television works such as "Love in the Great Wilderness", "Xinhai Revolution", "Iron is Burning" and so on, and the image of the tough guy has gradually penetrated the hearts of the people. Talking about more than ten years of acting experience, he said that he did not want to be labeled, "I want to play more characters, I want to have more attempts." Qi Kui said: "I am not a mass-produced actor, I want to pick a good book, I want to act well." "The good drama in his heart refers to the play that can impress himself.

"District Squad" tells the story of underground leadership of the Communist Party of China during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, when Peking University students came to a small mountain village in the Taihang Mountains and used local ore to produce explosives to support the front line under the cover of the district squad and ordinary people. In this red story that can be sung and wept, Liu Daqiang, played by Qi Kui, leads the district squad to protect Peking University students and arsenals while fighting wits and courage with the Japanese army. "'District Squad' is a group portrait drama, and Liu Daqiang, who played this time, is a small person, a grassroots figure who 'can pick up a hoe to cultivate the land, and pick up a gun to resist Japan'. He has a heart, a bloody nature, and a little stubbornness. The audience can clearly feel the growth of Liu Daqiang's role, especially in thought. When Qi Kui introduced this character to reporters, he carried a strong feeling. In order to play this role well, Zikui will listen to the older generation tell that history, and bring himself into the scene by looking at old photos and listening to old stories.

Today, "District Squad" has been broadcast more than halfway, whether it is a war scene or a delicate emotional scene, Zikui has a good grasp. He introduced to reporters that there was a scene that impressed him, "After the sacrifice of Begonia (Liu Luye), Tong Dachuan (Ji Ning) knocked off the sticky rice in my hand, when the ground was full of mud, I picked up the rice stained with soil from the ground little by little, put it in my mouth and ate it, and at the moment when I was about to swallow, the director shouted to stop." I didn't think anything at the time, but I was immersed in the drama. "For Zikwe, acting is a pleasure, and the feeling of being immersed in the play is satisfying to me.

Qi Kui bluntly said that the life of an actor must be simple, in order to have time and energy to hand over himself to the role. First of all, we must believe in the role, in order to play the role well. "I'm reluctant to change the script because I think that's the strength of the screenwriting teacher, and the actor's job is to act, understand the characters, and then interpret them." For newcomer actors, they are often defined as "small fresh meat", and in Qi Kui's view, every actor comes from "small fresh meat". I prefer to call them young actors rather than "little fresh meat". "You can't blindly criticize some young actors, they are just known to the public when their acting skills are not mature, and they need time and opportunities to grow." Good actors are also 'grinded', more important than cultural qualifications, and they draw experience from each scene. ”

Respect the people in the crew

Rely on the "axis" to enter the North Shadow

Open the list of Zikui's works, most of which are war-themed dramas. This means that he almost always shoots in remote mountains with ice and snow and dust. Zikui said: "This is my profession. Because of love, hardships and hardships can also be enjoyed. "In the crew, he likes all kinds of work, he is willing to pave the way for others, help others lift microphones, play boards, he likes everything about the crew. He bluntly said that his alma mater taught him to respect everyone, "Any drama, maybe everyone remembers the actors, directors, screenwriters, but the cameraman, makeup artist, and scene crew are not remembered." When I watch movies in the cinema, I always see the subtitles finish before leaving, because my alma mater taught me to respect everyone, and I was grateful to every staff member when I was filming. Because they are the most bitter and tired, the whole drama cannot be separated from their efforts. ”

Speaking of his alma mater, the Beijing Film Academy, Qi Kui revealed that there is another small story in this. "After graduating from Jiamusi Art School, I was assigned to a drama troupe and participated in a play called "Love When Ice and Snow Fly" at Shanhe Farm in Heilongjiang. It was the middle of winter at Shan he Farm, which was a 'hell', and I photographed there for three and a half months and received 3500 yuan. When I saw that others had received a bunch of money out, I thought that I was also suffering and suffering, why did others take the money one by one, but I couldn't? The head of the troupe told me that people were in the theater, Chinese opera, and the Beijing Film Academy. I was secretly determined to be admitted to these schools. "In the middle, there were also other schools that admitted Qi Kui, but he did not go to the Chinese drama specialty, and the film academy did not go to the higher vocational position, so he had to take the undergraduate examination, and finally was admitted to the Beijing Film Academy in the third year." I am a very 'axis' person, and I must do what I see. ”

The son is his number one fan

People in Hebei are all people who do things

Outside the play, Qi Kui is a gentle and good man who cares about the family. Qi Kui and his wife National Anthem met at Jiamusi Art School, and then experienced a long-distance relationship for several years, and finally went to the palace of marriage, and now has two children, living a simple and happy life. This has also become the driving force for Qi Kui to develop his acting career with peace of mind. Qi Kui admitted that in addition to filming, he will spend more time on his family. "The birth of my son has made my temper calmer and more patient. When you are not working, you can read books at home and play with your children. Strive to be a better father, a better husband, a better actor. "When it comes to the education of children, Qi Kui said that he will communicate more with his son and take his children to explore the world." I always say to my son, 'Daddy is your role model, you're Daddy's pride.' Encourage him to try all kinds of new things. Qi Kui said with a smile that his current number one fan is the second son of 17 months old, as long as he turns on the TV to play "District Squad", his son will climb to a special small sofa and sit down and watch attentively.

It is understood that Qi Kui starred in another "Made in Hebei" realistic large-scale public security TV series "Police Station Story" will meet the audience on CCTV in early 2019, in which he plays a policeman. "Police Station Story" is based on a group of heroic models of the public security front represented by Lu Jianjiang, a police officer of the Shijiazhuang Public Security Bureau Police Station, based on the heroic models of a group of public security fronts represented by "National Excellent People's Police", "National Public Security System Second-level Heroic Model", "Model of the Times", and reproduces the touching bits and pieces between the police and the people in the new era like "Lao Lu". Qi Kui said that Hebei had left a deep impression on himself. "Through filming the two dramas in Hebei, I found that the people in Hebei are very simple and do things."

(Yanzhao Metropolis Daily reporter Zhang Sisi)