TV series " Happiness to Ten Thousands of Homes " is currently being broadcast on Beijing TV , Oriental TV and other platforms. In the first two episodes, a marriage drama instigated by Wan Chuanjia (Cao Zheng), the son of the village party secretary, aroused heated discussion. After the "marriage incident", Wan Chuanjia used various opportunities to make things difficult for He Xingfu ( Zhao Liying ), acting extremely domineering and unreasonable, which made many viewers "hate him to the bone". A few days ago, Cao Zheng, who plays Wan Chuanjia, accepted an exclusive interview with a reporter from Beijing News . Regarding netizens calling for Wan Chuanjia to "go offline as soon as possible", Cao Zheng said frankly that any villain may face such a situation. As an actor, he understands this mood very well, "Actually, the audience is very sensible now. They call for Wan Chuanjia to go offline as soon as possible." The reason for the early exit is that Wan Chuanjia did a lot of bad things in the drama and caused a lot of difficulties and obstacles to other people's family lives. Who doesn't want to see a harmonious and beautiful scene? But the drama itself is full of contradictions. Therefore, in order for the whole story to be more intense and exciting, Wan Chuanjia may have to be offline later."
Cao Zheng plays Wan Chuanjia, the son of the village party secretary.
Character: He is an irritating, hateful, and a bit pitiful person.
Cao Zheng said frankly that what attracts him to the drama "Happiness to Ten Thousands of Homes" is that first of all, it has the director Zheng Xiaolong, the screenwriter Zhao Dongling, and the actor Zhao Liying The heroine, Luo Jin, plays Guan Tao, "Any of these four pieces of information is very attractive to actors, not to mention the sum of these four factors." Cao Zheng said that when filming this When I was filming the play, I had known Director Zheng Xiaolong for seven years. They had collaborated on four plays before. After learning that Zheng Xiaolong was preparing for the play, I went to the crew to interview Wan Chuanjia. "Later, Director Xiaolong thought it was suitable. That's it for me."
In the play, Wan Chuanjia is the son of the village party secretary Wan Shantang ( Liu Wei), who has a domineering and overbearing personality. Cao Zheng said that although Wan Chuanjia did many bad things, the script provided him with a very solid psychological basis and behavioral motivation. The character's space is large enough, and the character is vivid, full and three-dimensional. "From the perspective of Wan Chuanjia, , although many things he does are overbearing, they all have his own logic and reasons for his actions. In this case, his relationship with his father, He Xingfu and many people have a relatively large space for performance. It’s quite enjoyable too.”
Wan Chuan was often scolded by his father.
In Cao Zheng's view, Wan Chuan's family lacked education and care from his father when he was growing up, resulting in flaws in his character. At the same time, he admired his father and wanted to imitate his father in his work style and behavior. However, he only learned his father's strict and majestic side, but he did not learn his father's kindness, care, and responsibility towards everyone and the villagers. "He has always been eager to get his father's approval. In order to get his father's approval, he did things a little eager for quick success, but he was getting farther and farther away from his goal. He is an irritating, hateful, and a bit pitiful person."
performance : I don’t have any worries or concerns about playing a villain.
The whole drama opens with Wan Chuanjia, played by Cao Zheng, attending the wedding of Wang Qinglai and He Xingfu in place of his father, Secretary Wan. During the wedding, under the pretext of "making a fuss", he and several younger brothers drunkenly "molested" He Xingfu's sister, He Xingfu. This 4-minute wedding scene took 4 days to film. Cao Zheng said that he usually does not drink. "Firstly, he is allergic to alcohol. Secondly, he has no capacity for alcohol and does not like drinking." However, in order to interpret the drunken state realistically, Cao Zheng started drinking from the morning for the first time in his life. A tipsy state. Cao Zheng said that if he relied solely on makeup to look like he was blushing after drinking and acted out a drinking state, he would not be used to it and it would affect his ability to enter this character. "I couldn't concentrate on getting into the character, because I had to focus most of my energy on how to perform this drunken state." Therefore, Cao Zheng kept himself in a tipsy state from morning to night for four days in a row. In the state, "you can completely enter the state of the character without having to act drunk."
Wan Chuanjia was broken by happiness because of a marriage.
Cao Zheng was admitted to the Beijing Film Academy in 2002 for his undergraduate degree in the Performance Department. After graduation, he successively participated in works such as "Detective Detective Di Renjie Prequel ", "Hunter ", "True Love Lies: Icebreaker ". What really brought him into the audience's attention was his role as the villain Qian Yulang in "Red Sorghum". This was also his first collaboration with director Zheng Xiaolong.
From "Qian Yulang" to "Wan Chuanjia", Cao Zheng has played many villain roles over the years. Regarding the matter of being "stereotyped" when playing a villain, Cao Zheng admitted that he had been more or less worried. , but later found out that this worry actually "doesn't exist." "It's just that after the bad guy role you play is deeply rooted in people's hearts, more similar characters will come to you, but whether you take it or not is up to you. It doesn't mean that all of them will come to you. There are always bad guys, but there are also good guys. It depends on how you choose. Sometimes you may feel that you are interested in a certain script, a certain project, or a certain team, but you may still play the role of a bad guy. , so I accepted it. So when it comes to accepting projects, I don’t have any worries or concerns about whether I’m a good person or not.”
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I brought a few things to “beautify” myself in order to play a good role.” Props " joined the group
Beijing News: Did you make any preparations to play the role of Wan Chuanjia? I read on your Weibo that you used tanning spray to make yourself darker and closer to a character?
Cao Zheng: tanning is one thing. I have seen some netizens saying that Wan Chuanjia is the general manager of a group, so can he be whiter? But in the script, Wan Chuanjia was not born into a family with a very favorable environment. His growth period happened to be Lao Wan's entrepreneurial period. The growth period of Wan Chuanjia was quite difficult, and you can learn some about it through the lines in the subsequent plots. Therefore, for such a person, he did not grow up pampered. If the skin is too white, it will still affect the authenticity of the character. Coupled with the texture of Lao Wan's (father's) skin, if my skin is too white, people may look offended when we are together, unlike father and son, so tanning is still necessary. In other aspects, for example, I prepared the glasses and watches worn by Wan Chuanjia myself, and the sunglasses were produced in 2006. Since the time in our play is around 2009, I chose one with a price and brand that fit his character. At the same time, the sunglasses are of the right age, and then there is the watch. I also chose a watch that fits his flamboyant personality.
Cao enlisted the self-tanning spray.
Beijing News: "Happiness Comes to Thousands of Families" is a realistic-themed work, but the character "son of the village party secretary" is a bit far away from everyone's daily life. How to grasp the status of this character?
Cao Zheng: For example, when it comes to addressing people, in the drama Wan Chuanjia only calls Lao Wan "Dad" when he is face to face, and usually when there is something going on. At other times, Wan Chuanjia does not use "you". "You", when talking about my father to others, I always say "Lao Wan". The same goes for other elders. For example, when treating Cailiang, he is "Uncle Cailiang" in front of him, but when talking to others, he is "Cailiang". The domineering nature of this character is reflected in such details. Including sometimes the way he walks, the shape of his body, he doesn't care much about many environments and people. At the police station and in court, he was a bit domineering and indifferent. It cannot be said that these are the conditions of a village party secretary's son. It is still necessary to combine the characteristics of this character and his uniqueness for me to give him these details.
Beijing News: What is the biggest difficulty for you in playing Wan Chuan Jia?
Cao Zheng: If it is difficult, it is a character who has caused many conflicts and done many bad things in the play. How can he be presented to the audience in such a way that the audience can not only hate him but also feel something about him? I feel some other temperament, or have some different emotions towards him. It's not just a simple hatred. This is the difficulty of playing this role.
Beijing News: You have worked with director Zheng Xiaolong many times. What kind of help did the director give you this time?
Cao Zheng: Director Xiaolong and I have collaborated on the fifth film. The trust and tacit understanding between the two of us are already very good. Director Xiaolong is more tolerant of my acting. Oftentimes, he will feel free to let me present some improvisations that are outside the script, but are still in character. In terms of scripts and characters, Director Xiaolong has always helped me protect him. He also hopes that although Wan Chuanjia has done these things, he will not just be spurned and hated by the audience. After this character is finally presented, the audience will still have a good impression of him. A very complex and special emotion. Director Xiaolong helped me a lot in these aspects.
Beijing News: What’s special about the scenes between you and Zhao Liying in the play?
Cao Zheng: Liying is an actor with a high degree of sincerity. She is a very typical actor who puts her life and her heart into acting. She is an actor who truly listens, sees and feels. So when we were acting, there were many sparks that none of us had thought of before filming. Whether it was me, Li Ying, or director Xiaolong, things that none of us had thought of collided. It was quite interesting and vivid. of.
Wan Chuanjia had a dispute with He Xingfu and his wife.
Beijing News: For example, in the scene where you and Zhao Liying were quarreling, you improvised and asked her, "If you say there will be a meeting, you will have a meeting. What is your surname?" and she replied "His surname is He", which is quite interesting. In the play, you two always quarreled when you met. Did you two do any special communication during filming?
Cao Zheng: Yes, most of the scenes in the drama between Liying and I are quarreling, but each quarrel has a different event. Even if it is one event, the stages in this event are also different, and it is not a single emotion. quarrel. We all put ourselves into this character and express our emotions and attitudes very realistically based on the situation of this scene. Of course there will be communication, but more importantly, trusting the opponent and trusting each other. During the performance, we communicated in the early stage on the text, mainly on the drama function of the lines. Regarding the emotional state and attitude, the reality that often happens in real time is very valuable.
Beijing News: Are there any types of roles that you would like to play but haven’t had the chance to try yet?
Cao Zheng: In fact, what I want to try in recent years, or experience, is to present some real historical figures, people with background and culture, some people who can be retained, and can be retained Characters coming down. If I have the chance, I would like to try Su Dongpo . He is my favorite person. Whether it is poetry or writing, he is a sage who I admire and respect very much. I would be more eager to portray characters like Su Dongpo, including Ying Zheng and some real and somewhat controversial figures in history.
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