The movie "1921" officially announced a hundred cast members, and the appearance of outstanding actors such as Huang Xuan, Wang Renjun, Chen Kun, Zu Feng, and Yuan Quan made many audiences look forward to it.
The most important thing about a gift film is to restore history at the same time, so that more audiences are willing to understand the stories of these historical figures more deeply.
Therefore, how to make themselves more suitable for the character archetype, how to make the audience more representative through their own interpretation, has become the most important issue for actors.
In this regard, the actors who participated in the performance of this film have made great efforts. In the film, Huang Xuan plays Li Da, who reads a lot of historical materials in advance.
In order to enrich the character of the character, he repeatedly communicated with the director Huang Jianxin, just to make the character modeling more successful.
When he saw that li da was bald in all the information, he felt that he should respect the character archetype and shave his head first, and Huang Jianxin also agreed with his request.
Thus, in "1921", there is a scene in which Li Da shaves his head. This is a little idea of Huang Jianxin, who feels that integrating the scene of shaving his head into the plot can increase the sense of story of the film.
In the play, when the shaver hears that Li Da wants to shave his head, he asks him: Are you going to become a monk?
Li Da replied: I want to start a family.
Because Li Da after the shaving of his head is the scene of marriage.
As an actor who has been debuting for many years, Huang Xuan has always been very dedicated, and this dedication is not only reflected in the work attitude, but also in practical actions.
He would study the character carefully before the official shooting, because only by really integrating himself into the role could he discover the small details that had been easily overlooked before.
Only when the details are all covered, the audience will empathize with the character, can be recognized by the audience, and for an actor, it is the most fulfilling thing.
In the TV series "Mountains and Seas", 35-year-old Huang Xuan played the 18-year-old Ma Defu. At first, many people felt that his temperament was not in line with Madford's, and the age gap was too large.
But in the end, Huang Xuan still used his superb acting skills and was unanimously recognized by the audience. It is believed that Li Da, played by Huang Xuan, will also win the heartfelt recognition of the audience like Ma Defu.
Like Huang Xuan, Wang Renjun is also an actor who won by strength, and in order to reproduce the style of the young Mao teacher, Wang Renjun insisted on morning running and night running.
In order to create a good role, Wang Renjun also added a lot of small details of life, such as Mao Instructor's ridicule of Li Da, a Fellow Hunan villager, who can't eat spicy plots, so that the character looks more pyrotechnic.
In order to restore the history more, not only the actors are careful, but the crew is also very careful in the scene construction. Huang Jianxin repeatedly reiterated on the set, "Big things are not vain, and small sections are not informal."
The crew rebuilt the old buildings of Shanghai Shikumen such as the site of the first congress, the site of the second congress, the Bowen Girls' School, the new youth editorial department, etc., and even the bricks were laid by hand.
Li Hanjun, who plays Yuan Wenkang, is a Shanghainese himself. But after reading a lot of historical materials, he felt that Li Hanjun should be a very lonely person.
So he rented a house near a conference site, wanting to experience the feeling of loneliness and make himself more involved in the drama. Zhang Chao, who played Chen Gongbo, in addition to reading historical materials, also studied the etiquette and dress details at that time.
Chen Kun and Li Chen played Southern Chen Bei Li in the film, namely Chen Duxiu and Li Dazhao, which is also their second cooperation after the tribute film ten years ago.
In order to perform the scene of imprisonment, Chen Kun deliberately grew a beard for a week before entering the group, put on a simple long shirt, and through Chen Kun's firm eyes, it seemed to see the persistence and sharpness of Chen Duxiu a hundred years ago.
In order to play the scene where Li Dazhao was heroic and righteous, Li Chen deliberately did not sleep all night, and without makeup, he had the effect of dark circles and facial puffiness, which was very suitable for the image of the character before he died.
Ren Ning, the producer of this film, said in an interview that in terms of character shaping, they will explore their life-like side through historical materials. When casting, we will find good actors who look like real people based on the photos of the prototype of the real people.
Obviously, the above are very consistent. And they not only achieve similarity, but also try to be as similar as possible through their own understanding and interpretation of the role.
When the "1921" crew walked into Peking University, Zhang Yunlong, who played Zhou Fohai, said that he stood on the stage of Peking University and spoke, feeling very afraid.
Without this play, he might not have come to Peking University for the rest of his life, and he was afraid to speak in front of so many intellectuals, afraid that he would not do well enough.
Have enough respect for their own profession, have enough respect and sincerity for the role, in order to create a good role, but also worthy of the audience and themselves, only in this way, can we be called a good actor.
"1921" does not lack good actors, I believe that these really good actors, but also let more audiences relive the style of great people, remember history, and face the future.
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Author: Qian Xiaodao
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