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In the online drama "Detective Chinatown", Qiu Ze plays the detective Lin Mo who looks calm and has a strong sense of smell. Director Dai Mo remembers that when he first met, Qiu Ze happened to take a magazine photo in a studio next to him, "When he came to say hello, he was still fair and clean, with long hair, and his exquisite idol temperament." By the time the makeup was set the next day, the idol image was completely broken from the outside. In order to find the feeling of this character, the director first asked him to cut his hair short and then let him go back to tan. After tanning, Qiu Ze basically didn't put on makeup every day when shooting. When he arrived at the scene, he wore coarse cloth clothes and slap boards worn by local Thai people every day.
The character played by Qiu Ze is Lin Mo, who is the apprentice of detective Tang Ren. In the play, he is nicknamed Lin Hei Dog. The director wants Qiu Ze to find it, "like a stray dog wandering on the wet streets away from the neon lights of the city."
When selecting actors for the online drama "Detective Chinatown", because director Ke Wenli had watched the movie "Who Falls in Love with Him First" before, and liked Qiu Ze's performance in it very much, he recommended Qiu Ze to producer Chen Sicheng . In that film that brought him good reputation, Qiu Ze played the same-sex lover Gao Yujie who was involved in insurance disputes. With his outstanding performance in the film, he was nominated for Best Actor at the 55th Taiwan Golden Horse Awards and won the Best Actor Award at the 20th Taipei Film Festival.
Originally, director Xu Yuting's impression of Qiu Ze was at the tall, rich and handsome guy who was used to acting in idol dramas. Unexpectedly, Qiu Ze was seen on the day of meeting, "wrote a shiny satin jacket with electric embroidered dragon and phoenix, and a pair of foot-clipping slippers on his feet, with a unshaven beard and unkempt." This made her believe that Qiu Ze could play this role.
For Qiu Ze, his outstanding appearance is luck and shackle. Before "Who Falls in Love with Him First", not many people admitted Qiu Ze's acting skills. Although he has been in the industry for 18 years and has also made a lot of efforts in the road to actors - before he was recognized for "Who Falls in Love with Him First", in 2016, Qiu Ze was nominated for the 51st Golden Bell Awards for Drama Show Actor Award and the Mini Series/TV Movie Actor Award respectively for "Marrying a Woman" and "Rolling Stone Love Story - The Last Gentleman".
Qiu Ze is not a professional. While studying at the School of Physical Education in 2001, Qiu Ze was discovered by a scout and made his debut. He then collaborated with He Rundong and Chen Yirong in his first TV series " Stars in the Snow ", in which he played the youthful and rebellious Aze. But at that time Qiu Ze was more interested in music. In 2002, he released the album of the same name, Qiu Ze, and officially entered the music scene. A year later, he released his second album "Don't Understand", "Sir, I Can't Understand", "Writings to Text Workers" and "Outsider" and other songs are completely different from the musical styles of the first album. Because of the collision between personal ideas and the company's planning, after the release of the third music album, Qiu Ze announced his withdrawal from the mainstream record market until his comeback in 2008. He began his acting career mainly based on actors, starring in many idol dramas such as "Invincible Shan Baby", "Happy Dreams ", "Blessings and Health", "Three Thousand Golds of the Xia Family", and "Love Wakes Up".
But idol dramas are not his end. Qiu Ze thinks being an actor is like being a scientist, and can create many different chemical reactions. He has always wanted to make movies. Al Pacino , Edward Norton, and Ryan Coslin are all actors he admires.
: From idol to acting, what is Qiu Ze’s secret? Qiu Ze told Interface Entertainment that he didn't "stop" and suddenly he could act. “You slowly get a little nutrient from the wrong performance, and you will also get a little nutrient when you watch a movie, maybe only a little, but it has gradually accumulated to the present."
Interface Entertainment Dialogue Qiu Ze
You see Lin Mo eating pho noodles very delicious, that's because I'm really hungry
Interface Entertainment : What attracted you most at the beginning of the character Lin Mo?
Qiu Ze : I think he is very special, the most special character I have ever met. I need a lot of imagination when performing, because his special ability is smell, his nose is very sensitive, many flavors and many things are abstract, and there are many situations that cannot be found in real life, such as he has multiple identities, he is a scavenger, a detective, or a chemistry teacher, which is impossible in real dramas.
Interface Entertainment : What preparations did you make for the character of Lin Mo at the beginning?
Qiu Ze : The first step is appearance. When setting the makeup, you shave your hair and then go to tan. Because the story takes place in Bangkok, you must follow the earth atmosphere of that place. Then it is his wildness. He has a wildness about food and the truth, which is very similar to the intuition of animals, so we call him a black dog. I hungry for a while, so this will really cause that wildness from a physiological way. So when you see Lin Mo eating beef noodles or fried noodles, it is because I am really hungry.
Interface Entertainment : How long have you been hungry?
Qiu Ze : During the filming period, I ate vegetables, chicken breasts, boiled eggs every day, these are very light things.
Interface Entertainment : How many bowls did you eat in the scene of eating beef and pho?
Qiu Ze : More than 10 bowls, and I didn’t count them later. In the scene you saw, Lin Mo ate 5 bowls, plus close-ups, panoramic views and some track movements, and it was more than 10 bowls.
Interface Entertainment : What was the scene that impressed you the most?
Qiu Ze : I think it was the scene that was chased by braces girls. It took two days to shoot. Lin Mo met in a flower shop Braces girl, braces girl said she wanted to give him a flower. Lin Mo asked what flower she said, and she said her head was blooming, and then she cut her shoulder. From that knife to Lin Mo leaving the flower shop, that period took two days in total.
Interface Entertainment : Do you think where the director and producer will inspire you during the filming of this scene?
Qiu Ze : The requirement of director and producer is to be faster. Because when we get along with the characters, his behavior and his choices must have some psychological processes, but sometimes it will be fast enough to a non-realistic state. You already think that the path to deal with this is fast, but sometimes they will ask you to be faster, including lines, actions, etc., especially lines.
Interface Entertainment : I feel that you have spoken Mandarin very well.
Qiu Ze: Work hard for a while.
Interface Entertainment : Have you never filmed such a fast-paced drama before?
Qiu Ze: No, this is the first time. Because the pace is very fast, if the lines cannot be explained clearly, you may not be able to hear what Lin Mo wants to express, so you have to spend some time practicing. After I memorize the lines, I can clearly express what Lin Mo wants to say.
Interface Entertainment : I saw you that in the early years, I actually entered the entertainment industry partly because of family reasons. So is it a job for you to be an actor, or can you also find some fun in it?
Qiu Ze: I think I can enjoy this job now, especially when you are deeply exploring the heart of a character, you will know that there are many possibilities. Looking at the same person and the same behavior from different angles is very interesting. Sometimes it is like doing experiments, and different chemical reactions will appear. Being an actor is sometimes like being a scientist.
Interface Entertainment : When did you find this kind of fun?
Qiu Ze: I forgot, but I always use different methods. For example, when I play Lin Mo, I will make myself hungry for a while, and I have to think about how to make myself closer to that state.
Interface Entertainment : Where did these methods come from?
Qiu Ze: If you want to do it, you will find a way to overcome some difficulties.
"Living in the present"
Interface Entertainment : You may have been acting in idol dramas for a long time before. At that time, would you think such a work is a repetition?
Qiu Ze: No, I think there will be different subtle changes in the same type of role.
Interface Entertainment : You won’t be tired of always acting in similar dramas?
Qiu Ze: No, I am very grateful for the invitation to invite you.
Interface Entertainment : Later, there will be a moment when I suddenly realize that I want to be a good actor?
Qiu Ze: I didn’t suddenly feel anything, I have been working hard in this direction.
Interface Entertainment : Do you have someone you want to match in the career of an actor?
Qiu Ze: Do you want to be the person? I haven't thought about this very much.
Interface Entertainment : So what actors do you like more?
Qiu Ze: Al Pacino, Edward Norton, Ryan Gosling .
Interface Entertainment : Where do you appreciate Edward Norton the most?
Qiu Ze: I like his expression in "American X Archives". He plays a member of the Klan Party, and I also like his performance in "Birdman". How to say it, I think his temperament is very humorous, but he has a little evil spirit. I like that part. I also like "Fighting Club".
Interface Entertainment : The character in "Fighting Club" seems to have no evil spirit.
Qiu Ze: Yes, but he is still very humorous, and he feels a little bit joking about life. I like his part very much.
Interface Entertainment : Do you think the character Lin Mo also has a sense of humor?
Qiu Ze: It should be, but I don’t know how the audience looks.
Interface Entertainment : You have said before that when you are filming, you often practice the lines you want to say the next day in front of the mirror. When did this habit start?
Qiu Ze: I also forgot when, but the more important the scene you think, the more you want to practice early, and don’t want to cause trouble to everyone, and you will still feel embarrassed to make mistakes on the spot.
Interface Entertainment : Do you have other performance habits?
Qiu Ze: I don’t see myself correctly. I think it’s normal. Others may find it strange to see me. I may not know where to start analyzing it.
Interface Entertainment : Actually, you have been silently working hard before acting in "Who Falling in Him First", but you haven't received so much recognition. Do you feel frustrated?
Qiu Ze: I don’t feel particularly frustrated, because hard work is what I should do, and I have this idea to do what I should do.
Interface Entertainment : Have you always been so positive?
Qiu Ze: If you always think negatively, you just don’t let yourself go. This is the same in life, right?
Interface Entertainment : Many actors feel that being an actor is more passive and always in a selected state. Will you feel this way?
Qiu Ze: If there is no good show, then go on vacation and experience life. There are always many ways to make the performance better.
Interface Entertainment : There is a stage that makes you feel that you suddenly become enlightened in acting?
Qiu Ze: I think it is accumulated, not "splitting", suddenly you will act, it seems that it is not like that. You slowly get a little nutrient from the wrong performance, and you will also get a little nutrient when you watch a movie, maybe only a little, but it has also accumulated slowly to the present. It is not that the Ren and Du meridians are suddenly opened, and I don’t believe that.
Interface Entertainment : What type of movie do you usually like to watch?
Qiu Ze : I like to watch realistic videos, I also like to watch videos like Quentin, and I also like to watch Stephen Chow comedy, but it is actually quite extensive.
Interface Entertainment : Has any video ever affected your people?
Qiu Ze: Every movie will actually absorb a little more or less. I will watch the movies I like repeatedly. For a while, I liked watching "The Grandmaster" repeatedly, I liked some of the lines and the artistic conception of the movies. For a while, I liked watching Ang Lee's "Pi", and for a while, I liked "The Grandmaster of Tea" that was an Oscar for a certain year. I was watching " Irish " some time ago, starring Al Pacino and Robert De Niro. It has been watched twice in more than three hours.
Interface Entertainment : Are you watching these movies repeatedly to absorb the performance methods of some of the characters in it?
Qiu Ze: There is no such limitation. When you watch it for the first time, you will always follow the fluctuations of the plot. The second time you will pay attention to other details and some plot arrangements, including everyone's performance details, so this is also a way for you to learn. In addition to studying, I also like movies.
Interface Entertainment : You used to be more in TV series, why did you suddenly think of making a movie?
Qiu Ze: I didn’t suddenly think about it, so I always wanted to make a movie, and later I finally had the chance to make a movie.
Interface Entertainment : Director Xu Yuting is a director who has a great influence on you?
Qiu Ze: A very critical teacher.
Interface Entertainment : Looking back now, what do you think the advice she gave you that benefits you the most?
Qiu Ze: Live in the present, live in the present of that character. It sounds short, but it's also difficult and too deep.
Interface Entertainment : Can you explain it a little? For example, after you act in this drama, you will quickly get out of this drama and this role, right?
Qiu Ze: You have to be with this character. When you are performing, you have to live in the present for him. Don’t care about the camera, don’t care about the lights, don’t care about other technical issues. You are him, you live in the present of this character.
Interface Entertainment : Do you think you prefer the experiential school or the method school when it comes to acting?
Qiu Ze: Good technical issues. Because I am not a professional, I am studying in the school of physical education and have played volleyball for 18 years, and suddenly one day I was arrested to act. There should be both methods and experiences. Actually, I don’t understand it myself, so I can go with the flow and do whatever I should do now. Is this the method? Or is it an experience?
Interface Entertainment : Will you learn some performance methods in the system?
Qiu Ze: Not very complete. Compared with professional actors, I still know too little.
Interface Entertainment : Will you try to connect the state of that character with your own life experience?
Qiu Ze: One thing, with this process, I will find the switch to activate my emotions. If you want me to be hungry, I will really make myself very hungry and that wildness will burst out.
Interface Entertainment : How did you find the state in "Who Falls in Love with Him First"?
Qiu Ze: In fact, to a certain extent, it was adjusted by director Xu Yuting. She knew that I was an actor who could do homework and would prepare what I would act the next day before going to the scene, so she would find a way to break this state. When I was talking, she would say that the scene we would film later will look different. Then if you ask her what she looked like, she would say she wouldn't tell you first, and then she handwritten a title page to me on the spot, saying that this is today's script. She asked you to throw away the things you originally planned.
Interface Entertainment : Do you feel a sense of midlife crisis now?
Qiu Ze: No, after I was 30 years old, I was too lazy to count and count.
Interface Entertainment : Will your view on many things be different from when you were in your 20s?
Qiu Ze: Is it different? It's not too special to compare whether there is any other thing.
Interface Entertainment : For example, when you first entered the entertainment industry, there were many things you could not adapt to in this industry.
Qiu Ze: There are also now, and it seems that it is okay, try to overcome it.
Interface Entertainment : So far, what is the most regrettable thing in your own life?
Qiu Ze: I didn’t have time to take my father to the racing stadium.
Interface Entertainment : What is your biggest confusion in life now?
Qiu Ze: The biggest confusion in life. Seriously, I have been studying how to turn a motorcycle with a low inclination angle. What I said is true, I spent a lot of time studying this because I have been obsessed with two-wheeled motorcycles recently, and the players you watch can achieve a very low inclination angle in the corner.
Interface Entertainment : There are many Taiwanese actors who are now focusing on the development of the mainland. I wonder what your plan is?
Qiu Ze: I think it is better to look at the story and script, to see whether the script and story are challenging, and whether the message you want to say is interesting, these aspects will be considered.
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