In the dim light, Anqi, who had been bitten by the infected, curled up in Qin Fen's arms, and there was no trace of blood on her pale face. She endured the pain, swallowed tears, and squeezed out a smile, as if she wanted to say something important to her husband, but before she could say anything, she passed out.
Immediately after, her eyes quickly turned blood red, her face began to become vicious, she struggled, convulsed, and let out a terrifying roar...
This is one of the highlights of Borderless City, and it is also a turning point for the role of Angie. Before that, she was just a woman who longed for her husband to pay more attention to herself, but after this scene, she lost her mind and became a veritable infector.
In the whole scene, Wei Lu, who plays Anqi, has almost no lines, and all the expressions of inner emotions rely on eyes, expressions and body movements, but the tragic feelings conveyed make everyone who sees it cry. In the face of life and death, any language seems to be pale, and such feelings are not so much sadness as heartache.
And this scene is just the beginning, after Anqi became an infected person, almost every scene made Wei Lu feel unforgettable. She deeply felt that in the performance, the expression of the original real pain did not necessarily require too many words, and sometimes, the pain stuck in the heart was the real pain.
"The biggest inspiration for me in the performance this time is how to express emotions in non-verbal performance forms. Without any language, performance is often more pure, because every detail is felt with the heart, communicated with the eyes, and expressed with the body. ”
A few days ago, Wei Lu wrote down such an insight in the circle of friends. Although it has been in the film and television industry for a long time, in Wei Lu's career, roles like Anqi are still rare. Similarly, because of Anqi, the audience also knows a Wei Lu who is different from people's traditional impressions.
Interpret the character with 200% power
"Borderless City" adopts the narrative mode of "desert island survival" that is relatively rare in domestic suspense dramas, and the situation setting of desert island constructs a best human nature laboratory, and in the face of life and death, the good and evil in human nature are infinitely magnified.
In the group portraits depicted in "Borderless City", there are both "normal people" like Ah Xin who have turned from victims to bullies, and "infected people" who shine with maternal brilliance like Anqi.
In the play, Anqi and her husband Qin Fen are two extremely dramatic characters. As a couple about to divorce, the purpose of the trip seems to be a honeymoon trip that the husband made up for his wife before the divorce, but it is actually a prelude to the breakup. The relationship between the two is very delicate, and they care about each other but have resentment toward each other.
This seems to be a typical "modern couple", the husband is working hard day and night, is a good hand at work, but neglects to take care of his wife. The wife is a traditional woman who needs to deal with the trivial matters of life alone, she can manage the family in an orderly manner, but she cannot stand the snub of her husband.
The two are independent and difficult to understand each other, so that the relationship between husband and wife has become more and more discordant, and they have reached the point of divorce.
When the train accident occurred and the two were trapped in the "Borderless City", Qin Fen's first reaction was that he had only taken three days off and could not catch up with overtime, and Anqi sneered: "I'm afraid that this car is only you, and your life is almost gone, and you are still thinking about overtime." ”
But with Angie being infected, this situation was abruptly broken. After becoming an infected person, Anqi became an outlier in everyone's eyes, and was bullied by the villains led by Ah Xin, and what was even more heart-wrenching was that Qin Fen found out that Anqi was pregnant with Liujia at this time.
In order to protect her child, Angel, who became an infected person, showed the nature of a mother. Similarly, in order to protect his pregnant wife, Qin Fen also assumed the responsibility of a husband. The husband and wife suffered together, living in a desperate situation, and the audience watching was shocked.
For Wei Lu, this is the first time she has played such a role that relies entirely on imagination.
In order to get closer to the image of the character, Wei Lu not only made a major breakthrough in the shape, but also used his own dog as a reference to imitate his demeanor and reaction. Starting from the bursting green tendons, the vicious and painful facial expression, and the walking posture of the infected person, we slowly outlined a real image of the infected person.
When interpreting the infected, Wei Lu is always full of explosive power, trembling, convulsing, crazy, stressed, trembling, and every word is vividly interpreted by her. As everyone knows, Wei Lu did his best every time and used 200% of his strength. After each shoot, she was sweating profusely and on the verge of collapse.
"Once I was yelling for a day in a row and had an emotional breakdown near the end of work. I sat outside and the director came over and comforted me and asked me how I was, and I said director I was really exhausted. Because I am not just an infected person, but an infected person with some emotional expression, I need to pay several times more than ordinary people to interpret this emotion. ”
In many scenes of infected people, Wei Lu often filmed suffocation, and even had almost fainting.
"I remember there was a scene where the infected came, and I was attracted to people outside, and Qin Fen covered my face directly with a quilt. In fact, when I was shooting, I was really covered to the point of suffocation and struggled all the time. But in my conscious situation, the director did not shout cards, I insisted on acting until the end. ”
Although it is normal for an actor to suffer hardships, it can be seen from this that Wei Lu's cultivation as an actor can be seen. When she performs, she is truly engaged, and on this level, Wei Lu and Anqi may have achieved each other.
Two big plays, two promotions
For many years since his debut, Wei Lu has starred in many familiar works, but for most audiences, it is "only smelling his people, not seeing his name".
Because she studied ballet since she was a child, Wei Lu has always been quite accomplished in action drama, and she has studied taekwondo, Wing Chun, fighting and the basic skills of martial arts. After graduation, Wei Lu's first film was Quentin's "Iron Fist". In 2014, because of the cold killer Shao Fei played in "Different Beautiful Men", Wei Lu got a title of "beating a woman".
After that, with her own super plasticity, she successively shined in film and television works such as "MengFu Muzi Li", "The Biography of Chu Qiao", "Qimen Dunjia" and so on.
For Wei Lu herself, there are two plays that are particularly important in her career. The first was "Journey to the West: Sun Wukong Three Dozen White Bone Essences" with idol Gong Li, at that time, the crew invited a professional Hollywood special effects makeup team to tailor special effects makeup for Wei Lu, who played the snake spirit.
Although the final picture is only presented for ten minutes, she will go to the dressing room to put on makeup for more than ten hours before dawn in the morning, and when the shooting work is completed, she will spend another four hours removing makeup. In this process, Wei Lu saw the professionalism of an international team.
"I think it's a particularly good experience for me, as an actor, it's rare to be able to work with such a professional special effects team."
The second part was released some time ago, Li Shaohong's "Ma Ge is a City", this movie gave Wei Lu a second stage of inspiration.
In this movie, Wei Lu plays Chen Xiaoxiao, the wife of the male protagonist Shi Qilan, who constantly struggles for love and family, and is a tragic woman. Because of the role of Chen Xiaoxiao, Wei Lu felt for the first time that he had truly created a flesh-and-blood person.
"In previous film and television dramas, I have portrayed a lot of people who are in quotation marks. Of course, these roles are also wonderful, but they are somewhat facial, and I don't want to play a facebook role anymore. ”
So, in the new drama "Macaron Girl" in May this year, we saw Wei Lu's efforts to break the stereotype of the character. In the play, although the sister she plays is a "domineering female president", in order to get rid of this facial image, Wei Lu specially designed a small prop "lollipop" for this character.
"I want to soften her image so that it will be more interesting." Because she not only has a fierce side, but also a feminine side. I hope that this role can give everyone a sense of both good and evil, so that when she does 'bad things', she can cause the audience to think differently, so that the audience feels that her approach is reasonable. ”
A few days ago, Wei Lu forwarded an article about Charlize Theron. The article mentioned that in order to shoot "Female Devil's Head", Theron shaved off his eyebrows, put on dentures, and overeating to gain 30 pounds, thus creating a disheveled female killer image. Wei Lu especially agreed with one of the sentences, actors are born for roles, and what roles are, actors are what they are.
This attitude is also reflected in Wei Lu's body, when filming "Borderless City", Wei Lu wore scary blood-red contact lenses, and the whole time he was facing the sky and dirty. She doesn't care if she's glamorous, she only cares if she fits the character's image.
"I don't particularly mind this, as long as it's for the role, I will definitely be strict with myself. I think styling can help actors get into the role, and only if we believe it, the audience will believe it. A large part of the reason why Angel was affirmed by the audience this time is that I believe that I am Angel. ”
Today's Wei Lu, after the polishing of the market, not only has not lost his original intention, but has become more and more eager to return to the basics. In terms of performance, she hopes to return to the authenticity of drama and express the feelings of life like a real actor.
"Two days ago, I was at the high-speed rail station with my mother, and as I walked, I saw a woman in front of me, carrying a large bag and a small bag, with two children. For me now, I want to challenge such a role. ”
Performing this thing, I will stick to it
Many people say that Wei Lu has a "senior face" that is not very accessible. Indeed, a graduate of the Shanghai Theater Academy, she has an angular facial line that can easily make people feel distance at first glance. However, as soon as you talk to her for a word and a half, this sense of distance immediately disappears.
"Because I'm just a big grinning character, especially smiling. In the crew, I can talk happily in any department, and I especially hope to bring happiness to everyone. ”
However, even people who are as cheerful as Wei Lu have had a low point in their lives. A few years ago, Wei Lu was anxious for a while.
"I didn't know what I wanted, I didn't know what I was doing, because I hesitated, and I lost two big projects in a row." Once I lost, I began to regret it immensely, I hated myself immensely, and the whole person's state was very bad. ”
"I was very confused in the trough, but I was willing to believe in what I was committed to." So Wei Lu spent several months traveling all over the world to feel the world and feel the different cultures of different people. "One of the courses of actors is to observe, see and feel, and will be the material for future performances." Wei Lu said that only by constantly improving himself can he face the next role more calmly.
Similarly, the reason why Wei Lu has been able to persist on this road until now is because she has a passion for performance. As an actor from a science class, she hopes to be worthy of her four years.
"Just because I studied acting, I must go down this road, even if it is difficult." Just like if I were studying science, I would definitely stick to the path of science. ”
As for how to go, Wei Lu seemed to have a plan.
"First you can't fight traffic, second you can't fight young, the only thing you can do is to get your professional skills up." At least you have to be recognized in your acting skills before you can talk about anything else. As an actor, when your acting skills are recognized, it is really a special cool thing. ”
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