The movie "Chang'an Road" currently being released can be regarded as the film debut of actor Chen Shu in a sense. In the film, she plays the role of Lin Baiyu, a well-known host who is facing a midlife crisis. Outside of the film, she has also entered the ranks of "40-year-old actress", but she does not feel fear or anxiety about everything in front of her. Everything is a natural law, and it is not necessarily a bad thing." Chen Shu described herself as a restless person. She left the Oriental Song and Dance Ensemble to take the exam, and now she began to enter the film industry. She asked her what her "ambition" was in her career. She said: "I have never given up on the film industry. I hope that there will be more opportunities to go on."
changed her tone for acting as a black-bellied stepmother and received shooting training
Chen Shu said that she has always wanted to make movies, so she became the director of the movie "Changan Road" When Li Jun sent out the invitation, she agreed without hesitation. Even though the director has repeatedly confirmed that this is only a supporting role and not a perfect positive image, Chen Shu is still very firm: no problem! In the impression of the audience, Chen Shu is the pure and intelligent mathematician Huang Yiyi in the TV series "The Scheming", the charming, kind and sentimental Fang Yanyun in "New Shanghai Beach", and the charming Bai Liusu in "Love in the Allure". This time she played a black-bellied stepmother driven by desire in the movie "Chang'an Road".
"In fact, when filming the TV series "Peace Hotel", Director Li Jun mentioned to me that he was going to make this movie. I think actors challenge various types of roles. This is very interesting." "Peace Hotel" "After the broadcast, Li Jun confirmed with Chen Shu again, "The director said that if you have the burden of an idol, you can not come to the show." Chen Shu answered: Not at all, just create whatever you want. In the
film, Lin Baiyu, played by Chen Shu, was a shooting athlete and later became a well-known host. In one scene, Chen Shu took off his sunglasses with a gun in one hand, and said harshly to Jiao Junyan, who played her stepdaughter, "Your mother is not my opponent, neither are you!" Many people were impressed. Chen Shu said that it was actually the first time he came into contact with a long-handled gun. "Because of this movie, I received training in a short time. This kind of gun has a strong recoil and looks easy to shoot, but through a lens, It's difficult to convince the audience of the potential settings of the characters." During the shooting of
, Chen Shu tried his best to make himself more like a host in terms of speech and behavior. "The tone of speech and the clarity of words need to be adjusted and paid attention. For a period of time, even when I was not filming, I would immerse myself in that state." The backbone of the
Oriental Song and Dance Ensemble performed with only a lipstick
Chen Shu was born in a family of artists in Huangshi, Hubei, and learned dance since childhood. At the age of 11, he was admitted to the High School Attached to Beijing Dance Academy. After graduation, he entered the Oriental Song and Dance Troupe and became a professional dancer. In 1998, she appeared in the musical "The Sound of Music" and played the eldest daughter. At that time, she was already the young backbone of the Oriental Song and Dance Ensemble. "In this musical, only the eldest daughter needs to act, sing, and dance. I am very grateful to the director Niu Xinci. She is also a professor in the director department of the Central Academy of Drama. One day during the rehearsal, she looked at me and said: If you If you like acting, you can go to the middle of the show.” Chen Shu has a strong hunch that one day in the future, she will definitely leave the Oriental Song and Dance Ensemble to go to the middle of the show.
At that time, to catch up with the group to divide the room. But Chen Shu, who has always been "unsettled", told himself that it shouldn't be too late. Now is the best time to go to school. You can buy your own house in the future. "I was most nervous about the cultural course part, so I found a school 9 months in advance to start the make-up course, and took a few thick notes." In the end, Chen Shu's college entrance examination and cultural course scores were higher than those admitted to the Chinese Opera Department. The score is 170 points.
However, when he first entered the Chinese opera, Chen Shu was very stressed. “I almost never got my homework right, and I was full of dancers’ thinking.” She had talked about taking acting classes in interviews on many shows. Enlightenment story. One day, the teacher left an assignment and used an object to run through the four stages of life. "I don't know which nerve was suddenly unscrewed, and I quickly thought of lipstick." Chen Shu completed the assignment with lipstick as the main line , Deduces the different stages of childhood, youth, middle age and old age. This assignment was later praised by the teacher for three days. After graduating from
, she has experienced several years of experience as a newcomer. In 2005, she ushered in the first masterpiece of her life, the TV series "The Settlement". She also relied on Huang Yiyi, a genius mathematician who emphasized both beauty and wisdom in the play, to achieve reforms."Top Ten Classic TV Drama Character Awards" for 30 years.
At the age of 30, Chen Shu got another important opportunity to star in the TV series "New Shanghai Beach". After several years of polishing in the show business, she felt that she couldn't always wait for opportunities. A friend who is a director said that she thought she was very suitable for filming period movies. After thinking about it, she took out half of her annual income at that time and took a group of cheongsam portrait photos at her own expense. "This group of photos has been shown to many people, but I did not expect to wait for the TV series "New Shanghai Beach"." It is not a bad thing that
slows down the pace of career, but the law of nature
"Changan Road" played by Lin Baiyu played by Chen Shu At the TV station, she began to use young female hosts. The husband played by Fan Wei, Professor Wan, has a line: “It’s just a few years since you don’t wear short skirts.” Outside of the
play, Chen Shu has also entered the “40-year-old female”. "Actors" ranks, "I think people face some kind of pressure in middle age, whether they are actors or not, whether in our industry, women have them, and men have them."
In her 30s, she also imagined herself When I reach 40, is there no acting?
"But now we still have a lot of opportunities, the most important thing is to look at the appeal of the audience. The audience begins to appreciate the charm of mature women and become interested in them, which will also inspire creators to develop this type of story. This is Europe and America. We do better and faster than us." As an actor, Chen Shu can always be ready, "I want to make others feel that I am fine, even better than I was five or ten years ago." In her opinion, today’s domestic media and audiences have begun to pay attention to the topic of “middle-aged actresses”, which is also their luck. “I have been in this industry for almost 20 years. This has been in my entire growth experience. It’s the friendliest time for middle-aged actresses.”
Regarding the slowing down of the career, Chen Shu said that this is not a bad thing. “The law of nature, although sometimes this is a helpless choice, but for an actor like this Only when the space and time settle down can we get good works." Many actors abroad will take their children to restaurants and wait in line for dinner. "I think this is a result of interaction. For me, if you can choose , I hope I have a quiet time, because performance is indeed a job that requires physical and mental concentration and a large amount of consumption." written by
/photo courtesy of Beijing News reporter Zhang Kunyu, artist
