Recently, "Strategy of Yanxi Palace" has been on the air. The audience is surprised that this drama "produced by Yuzheng " has an online aesthetics and a tense plot, and it has become a highly watchable TV series recently. This Qing palace drama has all the elements of "Palace Dou drama", but it has various reversals and complaints about "Palace Dou Routine", like "the most poisonous Emperor Qianlong" played by Nie Yuan in the play, Qin Lan plays The "True Lady Queen" and the "Black Lotus Lady" played by Wu Jinyan are all rebellions and innovations against the typical character types in the current Qing palace dramas, which make the audience feel quite novel.
In the play, "Fucha · Fu Heng", who has an important emotional line with the heroine, is a rare "typical male partner": tall and handsome, both civil and military, kind and honest, and has a deep love for the heroine. The actor Xu Kai who plays "Fu Heng", because he interprets this character is quite pleasing, the role of "Fu Heng" is highly discussed on social media.
"Strategy of Yanxi Palace" stills, Xu Kai plays Fu Heng
"Strategy of Yanxi Palace" is the third play in Xu Kai's career, and it is also the most important work of the three. After clearly realizing the importance of the role, Xu Kai took the initiative to enter the group in advance to prepare the role, read the script around, and even memorized all the lines of other actors who played against him. But this didn't ease his nervousness. He felt that he was just a "newcomer who hasn't yet learned about acting". He often pondered a line for a long time at the scene and rehearsed it in his mind many times, but he didn't know if his acting was right. Fortunately, the director and other actors also take care of him. Qin Lan, who plays the role of "Fu Heng" sister, is very willing to teach Xu Kai, and Qin Lan will tell him in every scene: "Brother, how do you think you will feel better? Let's go through it first and try it in several ways."
However, when he recalled his first filming, Xu Kai was not so lucky.He is not an acting professional, and he had no experience when filming his first play "Chao Ge". When he first started filming, he often couldn't find the location: "Let me come to this point, and then stand still and say the lines, I will I didn’t understand what it meant, so as soon as filming started, I went straight out of the painting.” The director took the loudspeaker and criticized Xu Kai in front of hundreds of staff members, “I’m more face-saving, I just want to dig a hole and get in. But I think about it, I really should have been taught a lesson by my seniors, this kind of thing is made by grinding, right?" After getting used to it, Xu Kai should act in a play, listen when he is scolded, and think about it after listening. Play again. One day, I found that the number of times I was being scolded was getting less and less, "I know, ah, I'm making progress."
"Chao Ge" stills He is a model, why did he embark on the path of becoming an actor? Xu Kai said that it was because he liked chasing dramas too much. When he was in elementary school, Xu Kai liked to play the game "The Legend of Sword and Fairy". He was "crazy with joy" when he learned that "The Sword" was filmed in a TV series. And when the boys all liked Liu Yifei in the play, Xu Kai especially liked Hu Ge : "Because he is just Li Xiaoyao , I especially want to play such a role like him." So, when an actor, " Flying in the air with a sword" became Xu Kai's childhood dream.
After becoming an actor, Xu Kai realized that it is not easy for actors, not to mention that martial arts are easy to be injured, and literary dramas are also "a dozen or so seconds of dialogue that I saw on TV before, and it takes more than an hour or two to shoot on-site." When filming "Story of Yanxi Palace", I had to shoot in the open air for a day in summer with a high temperature of more than 40 degrees. The sweat could wet five or six layers of clothes, and the shaved head was sunburned and swollen, and it was so itchy that I couldn't sleep.Hard work is hard work, but this also makes Xu Kai feel that he must do something good. "I don't have any advantages either. Maybe I'm not afraid of hardship or fatigue, and I'm willing to learn." Xu Kai felt, "Since I've entered this industry, I definitely want to be recognized and honored, not just how much money I can get."
Stills from "Strategy of Yanxi Palace"
Xu Kai said that after two or three years in this industry, the most important thing he has learned so far is "talk less and do more". "When it comes to outstanding people, it's not my turn to speak out; but now there are not many outstanding works, right? I thought, if one day I am fortunate enough to come up with a work that makes the audience feel excellent, then I will be satisfied. Whether it is now or in the future, it feels more solid to talk about the works."
When asked what subject he wants to shoot at the moment, Xu Kai, who has always been "sophisticated" in the interview, finally showed a little bit of the heart of a young man. He said simply and neatly: I want to shoot modern dramas.
"Because the modern drama is definitely not filmed in Hengdian , I have been in Hengdian for two years!"
"What are you filming now?" It's been more than a year, and I haven't walked out of Hengdian." The tone could be said to be "deep".
[Dialogue]
Fu Heng is like a girl, very reserved when encountering feelings.
The Paper stress?
Xu Kai: Yes, but the pressure doesn't come from my character too much, it's more because there are too many seniors in this drama. Everyone is an actor, and the pressure on me, a newcomer, will be particularly high. Everyone has put a lot of effort into this drama. If I relax a little, it may drag everyone down.
The Paper : How do you understand the role of Fu Heng?
Xu Kai: I understand Fu Heng, he is very simple, he is a very clean person, he is in a struggle, but a very clean person. He was loyal to the emperor wholeheartedly and wanted to do something for the country. But when it comes to feelings, he is actually like a girl, and Wei Yingluo is like a man. Yingluo is very active and very good at "flirting", while Fu Heng is like a girl, very reserved and passive.
Stills of "Strategy of Yanxi Palace", Wei Yingluo (played by Wu Jinyan) and Fu Heng
Xu Kai : I am very embarrassed, sometimes very embarrassed, very nervous.
The Paper : Being able to feel the situation and mood of the character is a good talent for an actor.
Xu Kai: I actually don't know what my talent is, I only know that I am willing to learn, to learn more from the seniors I think are excellent, and teachers to learn more, their advice, suggestions, or lessons, what do I do? are willing to listen.
The Paper : Speaking of learning, you are not an acting professional, what is the main way of learning?
Xu Kai: The script and lines are of course the most basic, but in addition to these, I think I have to learn it on the spot. During the on-site shooting, go see how the seniors act, move, and say words. When I didn't play, I didn't go back to the lounge, I just continued to stand on the scene, watching how they played against each other, and learn more from them, such as some small details, a look, a movement, the expression of these emotions , The way to deal with it is something you can't learn just by reading the script.
The Paper : Do you have any small habits of your own in preparing roles and characters? For example, how do you practice your lines? How to get into the role?
Xu Kai: When I first started, my lines were very bad, because I am a southerner and my Mandarin is not standard. I have been learning, I have hired a language teacher, or I have communicated and chatted with friends who broadcast in the middle of life. Tongue twisters are really hard, I practiced it so much that I would get angry with myself and grit my teeth in anger (laughs).
Then how to get into the characters, I don't know any skills, so I keep reading the script. The whole script reads everyone's lines, and I watch everyone's plays.
The Paper : For young actors, the choice of roles and scripts must be limited. There may even be times when the characters and scripts are not satisfactory. What do you think, as an actor, should we deal with in terms of performance?
Xu Kai: I think these are okay. If you enter the role, you can adjust these things more or less by yourself. For example, if there is something missing from the character that you think is important, then you add it to yourself, or the script may be too full, you can understand it yourself, take a little bit and subtract a bit when performing. Use acting to make the character stand up.
The Paper : Many netizens believe that the "Strategy of Yanxi Palace" is of good quality in all aspects. Then when you were filming, was there any detail that made you think: Well, this drama should be good.
Xu Kai : There is no need to say too much about the big aspects, because everyone can see it. I remember that once I was very curious about why the makeup on the concubine's lips was unevenly applied, and I also wondered if the weather was too hot to remove the makeup (laughs), and then I learned that there is historical basis. In terms of the quality of details, (this show) is very strict.When I was filming, I wore three pieces inside and three outside, and even the clothes that would not be exposed inside, the embroidery on them was very beautiful. I was shocked, I thought it was really great, the clothes were not exposed for the whole play, and the clothes were just soaking up sweat every day, and the crew did a very delicate job.
The Paper : This scene should have been filmed in Hengdian?
Xu Kai: Yes, Hengdian is the hottest time.
The Paper : Then you were wearing five or six pieces of clothes? It's hot, right?
Xu Kai: It was very hot. The temperature at that time was probably 38 degrees, but the ground temperature seemed to be 46 degrees? Because the corridors, walls, and ground in the palace were all stones, and there was no tree, the sun was shining, and the temperature of the whole ground rose. We went to the scene early in the morning to change our clothes, and when we were about to go to the scene, we were already soaking wet.
In this line, talk less and do more
The Paper : In this hard working environment, have you ever wondered why you want to be an actor?
Xu Kai: At first, it was because I was very curious, because in my life I especially like to follow dramas and watch movies. When I was a child, I thought that acting seemed so easy. For example, watching martial arts dramas, I thought it was cool to hold a sword and fly around. Full of curiosity and yearning for this industry. After coming in, I found that it is actually far from that simple, it is too difficult. What the audience sees on the TV may only be a dozen seconds of dialogue, and it will take more than an hour or two to shoot, and there will be various camera positions, various positions, and various perspectives. In this environment, I really touched a lot and learned a lot.
The Paper : What was the hardest and most uncomfortable time for filming?
Xu Kai: When filming "Story of Yanxi Palace", because the bald head was shaved at that time, there were some scenes where no hat was worn.It was so hot that my forehead was tanned. My whole head was red and it felt like it was roasted. It hurts when I wash my hair at night. In the process of filming, when two words are spoken, the director shouts: card, wipe the sweat. After saying a few words, you have to stop, wipe the sweat, and shoot again. I'm not afraid of being tired, but it's really annoying.
"Strategy of Yanxi Palace" stills
The Paper : What do you think are your strengths?
Xu Kai: I don't have any great advantages. My biggest advantage is for work. I am willing to suffer any hardship. I can endure it very much, and I can persevere. As long as I can learn and improve, I will do it.
The Paper : You have been in this industry for several years. What is the most important or most useful thing you have learned in this process?
Xu Kai: Just talk less and do more.
The Paper : Why do you think so? As an actor, being good at expressing should also be a very important thing?
Xu Kai: Yes, but what I want to do now is to shoot a good work of my own first, and let the audience be satisfied with my work first, so I feel less talking, doing more things, and being humble. There are too many outstanding people, and when it comes to outstanding people, it is not my turn to speak out; but when it comes to the outstanding works so far, there are not many, right? I just thought, if one day I am fortunate enough to come up with a work that the audience thinks is excellent, then I will be satisfied. Whether it is now or in the future, it feels more solid to talk about the work.
The Paper : In fact, when many people see young actors with good conditions, they feel that "Idol fresh meat" and "traffic responsibility", but you don't seem to think so?
Xu Kai: Since you are an actor, how do you measure whether he is a good actor? I don't think it's because of how high your salary is or how many shows you are looking for. It's because many people know you.I think if I can win an award and make a play that everyone has a thumbs up to, that would be a really good actor. Of course, it's too early for me to say this. I'm very lucky to have filming now, but I think that since I entered this industry, of course, it's not all about money, I still want to be recognized and honored.
The Paper : Many people think that being a star and an actor makes more money, but do you think that you should not enter this industry for money?
Xu Kai: Because I think, how much money do you think is too much, this is not easy to measure, it depends on your lifestyle. I think I'm fine in my life, not in terms of how much it costs. What I want to do now is to make good works, and the money is the last. You can't make enough money, but if you miss out on good work, you miss out, right?
The Paper : You have been in Hengdian for two years, what do you do after filming?
Xu Kai: Let's watch a movie indoors, then go skateboarding or something.
The Paper : What kind of movies do you like?
Xu Kai: I actually like war movies, and there are also older movies, "Farewell My Concubine", "The Godfather", etc., they are really classic, and I am very shocked when I watch them. And their performances are something I can't even imagine, their eyes can't be too small, they are all drama. This was quite a shock to me.
The Paper : What is the greatest joy in filming now?
Xu Kai: I think the greatest joy is that when filming, you live a different life every day, and every day's experience is fresh. For example, I might fall in love today, fight someone tomorrow, and do something the day after tomorrow that I've never done before. It's as if that's another you, and you're experiencing your other life.
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