Sun Honglei： I’m not sure about acting in an emotional drama. I’ve been looking for a breakthrough all my life
Yesterday, starring Sun Honglei and Shen Aojun, director Jiang Wei went to Guangzhou to build momentum for the TV series "Latent" which will land on TVS4 and TVS1 on the evening of December 20th. In recent film and television circles, three plays starring Sun Honglei have occupied half of the country: Latency, which is held as the finale drama by various stations, Mei Lanfang, a New Year blockbuster, and vicissitudes of life, the opening drama of CCTV. Sun Honglei, who plays a gentle character in the play, wore a big leather coat, wide jeans and a big silver chain around his neck yesterday, showing his long-lost "tough guy" side.
Three roles, three gas fields
In Latency, Mei Lanfang and Vicissitudes, Sun Honglei subverts the style of "gang leader" and plays the feminine Qiu Rubai (Mei Lanfang), the cautious Yu Zecheng (Latency) and the romantic Confucian general Yang Liqing (Vicissitudes). Sun Honglei said, "These three roles are far from the roles I have played before. I have been looking for a breakthrough all my life. Recently, I just won an award,’ the most breakthrough film actor of 2008′. I think the word’ breakthrough’ is the biggest praise for me. "
Qiu Rubai (Mei Lanfang):
"This is a turning point in my acting career, and I call this role an exclamation point."
Character scanning: Some people say that Qiu Rubai is the protagonist of Mei Lanfang. Qiu Rubai was present at the critical moment that decided Mei Lanfang’s fate. He pushed Mei Lanfang to success, and he also sabotaged the relationship between Mei Lanfang and Meng Xiaodong in secret. This character suspected of "brokeback" brought people considerable surprises.
Modeling scan: wearing antique round glasses, a long scarf and a gown, she is an intellectual.
Self-interpretation: This is perhaps my boldest attempt. After filming this play, I am all quiet and soft, and I can quietly reflect on what new breakthroughs I can make. It can be said that this is a turnaround in my acting career, and I call this role an exclamation point. Because I played Qiu Rubai, I dared to try to play Yu Zecheng and Yang Liqing, which also made me dare to try all kinds of roles in the following days. I believe that every role will not be the end for me, and the word "breakthrough" is my greatest praise.
Yang Liqing
("The right path on earth is vicissitudes"):
"Good and evil, everything is full on him."
Character scanning: Yang Liqing was stubborn when he was a child, but he gradually grew into an excellent revolutionary soldier after receiving the enlightenment of communism in Huangpu Military Academy. "Tiger spirit" and "monkey spirit" coexist in him, and chivalrous character and tenderness coexist.
Modeling scan: I shaved my hair, revealing the sharp "beauty tip" on my forehead, with thick eyebrows, wearing a military uniform and full of righteousness, and wearing casual clothes looks a little "skin".
Self-interpretation: He is very skinny, but he is healthy in his bones. I like this character very much. There may be some shadows of Yang Liqing in my life, but he is happier and more sunny. I appreciate his uniqueness and unconventional playing. In the past, many descriptions about communist party people were superficial. In fact, they had their romance, their manners and grace. Yang Liqing was a Confucian general of scholarly family.
Yu Zecheng (Lurking):
"I have to press my own strength to act."
Character scanning: Yu Zecheng changed the "Gao Daquan" image of the characters in the traditional red classic works. He was a little dull, spoke softly and stammered. Sit next to the leader with your feet closed and your hands on your knees; Frown and cough when drinking wine; The status at home is "women are strong and men are weak". In this play, Sun Honglei "invented" a simple and honest smile that only belongs to Yu Zecheng.
Modeling scan: the thick eyebrows are trimmed very finely, and most of the eyebrows are cut off. A fluffy pineapple head is buckled on his head, which makes him look naive.
Self-interpretation: I chose this drama because I took a fancy to the truth of Yu Zecheng. I have been exposed to many spy war scripts before, but I don’t think they are spies at first glance. Only Yu Zecheng, who let me see a real underground worker, gave me a feeling of "taking root". He can’t be more ordinary. What he does every day is to hide himself from being discovered. He has the impulse to laugh when he is happy and cry when he is sad, but he has to cover it up. I designed a silly smile for him, which can’t be seen in any other play. When I got this script, I felt that I could show the world that the underground party is like this-smart enough, low-key enough and calm enough. At first, the director always said that my aura was too strong, and Yu Zecheng couldn’t show any feelings. Later, I tried my best to play the role before explaining it.
Off-stage Sun Honglei:
"I am as crazy about my career as Qiu Rubai, and as dull as Yu Zecheng."
Sun Honglei said frankly that all three characters have their own shadows: "Qiu Rubai is a comedian, so am I, and I have a pilgrim’s heart for the performing arts."
When asked who I look more like in real life, Sun Honglei replied "Yu Zecheng" without thinking: "I hope I have a normal mind, which may be different from what the audience saw in the play before. My real personality is closest to Yu Zecheng, plain and low-key, and sometimes it seems boring. I read books, listen to music and play ball games in my spare time. I am a gentle and peaceful person. I only hope that people around me can live comfortably and freely. I don’t want people to treat me as an actor, let alone a star. I especially hate this. " For Yang Liqing, Sun Honglei is more appreciative: "I appreciate his comprehensiveness and his fullness, but few people can do it like him."
Three women, three feelings
In the play "Latent", Sun Honglei’s leading role is one of the highlights of the play, but one of the reasons why many viewers like the play is the main line of the play-Yu Zecheng’s worrying "marriage" and love. Yu Zecheng had three women, and Sun Honglei gave them the position that "Yu Zecheng’s greatness was achieved through these three women".
Zuo Lan (Shen Aojun) Love Fantasy
Character scanning: She is Yu Zecheng’s first love, with goals, faith, talent and outstanding appearance. In the words of Yu Zecheng’s plays, it is "every inch of this woman is worthy of love". They have the same heart and tacit understanding. Zuo Lan is the guiding light of his life. This woman did her best to protect the safety of Yu Zecheng before she died.
Sun Honglei explained: Zuo Lan is romantic and perfect, and it is also Yu Zecheng’s greatest love fantasy. When he first went to communist party, he didn’t think about his faith. He simply thought, "Since Zuo Lan likes to work for communist party, I’ll change my job." Later, everything Yu Zecheng did for a long time had a simple purpose: "After helping Zuo Lan complete the task, we will get married and have children together." Seeing her dead, Yu Zecheng went crazy, and his heart was completely broken, leaving only an empty shell supporting him, but there were spies watching outside, so he could only walk out of the morgue with a straight face and force himself to smile at the spy.
Cuiping (Yao Chen) comes naturally.
Character scanning: She is a character who makes the audience laugh and cry, and she makes Yu Zecheng go on firmly. She is not Yu Zecheng’s type, rude, uneducated, simple-minded and single-minded; However, the life of a fake couple made them love each other for a long time. When Yu Zecheng thought that Cuiping died, he finally couldn’t support it. He climbed from the ground three times in a row and failed to get up.
Sun Honglei explained: Don’t say that Yu Zecheng can’t accept it, and I can’t accept such people. But she has a power. If she doesn’t do spy war, she will be a good guerrilla. She and Yu Zecheng seem to be disharmonious, but they have achieved the greatest harmony. This is the beauty of the director and the screenwriter. Bringing two people from far away together forms an advanced comedy effect, an effect of tears in laughter.
In late autumn (Zhu Jie), the yin is wrong and the yang is wrong.
Character scanning: a female college student with culture, thought, special self-confidence and dare to love. She dared to act boldly and admitted that she liked Yu Zecheng in front of Cuiping. Finally, Yu Zecheng got married in late autumn for work reasons, which surprised the audience.
Sun Honglei explained that the relationship between Yu Zecheng and Late Autumn was purely mutual use. Yu Zecheng had to pretend to love her in order not to expose herself, and she also pretended to love Yu Zecheng in order to get rid of her family’s clutches. They ended up together by mistake. Maybe Yu Zecheng doesn’t know whether she loves her or not, but I believe this is not love, but sympathy, pity! He didn’t want her to die, so he sent her to Yan ‘an for the sake of Communist party member.
Off-stage Sun Honglei:
"There are indeed obstacles to playing kissing."
Sun Honglei has always avoided talking about emotional issues. He responded openly to the audience’s question that "Sun Honglei will not play emotional drama": "Maybe, the audience is the most authoritative judge. I am a fan of the authorities. I really don’t know how to play emotional drama." Many viewers criticized him for being "stiff in the kissing scene", and Sun Honglei was helpless: "I can’t help it. Yao Chen said that his kissing scene was’ the feeling of two pieces of raw meat mixed together’, and I didn’t even feel raw meat. I really can’t play this kind of drama, so I have also pushed off many TV dramas and movies, and there are indeed obstacles. "
Director Jiang Wei
Respond to questions
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Director Jiang Wei responded to questions.
● The ending is too tragic?
"Since this drama is about heroes, what can best show heroism is their spirit of sacrifice. Sacrifice is not necessarily the sacrifice of life, but also the sacrifice of their love, family and children. It is a sacrifice for Yu Zecheng to finally leave his wife and children with women he doesn’t love. "
● Heroic civilians?
"There are two ways to express heroes, one is external and the other is internal. The exposed hero appears to be Gao Daquan, and the inner hero is more real. "
● Yao Sun is not in tune?
"I think it’s quite reliable to put them together. As long as Yao Chen can jump out of the previous comedy role and as long as Sun Honglei can take back the flamboyant side, it’s absolutely appropriate for them to put them together."
Editor: Sun Jie