" Homecoming " has been released for 13 days, and the box office has exceeded 1.2 billion. Every audience of
can find their own resonance and understanding from this story of Chinese-style evacuation .
The audience saw the bravery shown by Zong Dawei ( Zhang Yi), the growth shown by Cheng Lang ( Wang Junkai ), the strength shown by Bai Hua ( Yin Tao), and the one most appealing to the audience. Uneasy" role.
Zhang Ning, the first secretary of the Chinese embassy who lived in a war-torn country for a long time, died unexpectedly in the 30th minute of the film.
Stills of "The Journey Home"/Provided by the interviewee
Audiences will never forget that the corners of his mouth are often slightly raised, and he says, "Don't be nervous, Easy, Easy." But in the rearview mirror, his eyes are not is trembling.
played Zhang Ning's actor Zhang Zixian , which won unanimous praise from the audience.
But there are still viewers who don't know his name:
"Zhang Ning acted very well, the actor is that...that...the webmaster Wang in the TV series " Rebel "!"
One day after this year's National Day holiday In the afternoon, Zhang Zixian chatted with China News Weekly about "Homecoming" and himself, who the audience is not very familiar with.
At noon that day, Zhang Zixian was eating in a restaurant and was recognized by the boss.
"That meal totaled 284 yuan. The boss said he liked me very much, so he gave me 4 yuan." Zhang Zixian told China News Weekly.
The following is Zhang Zixian's dictation.
I'm comfortable, you're only comfortable watching
When I received a call from director Rao Xiaozhi , it was this spring, he told me there was a play he wanted me to play.
I calculated the time, and it was a bit inaccurate. I wanted to push it, but he insisted, so I agreed. Because
didn't have the right time, he finally gave Zhang Ning about half an hour when he designed the script. I participated in the shooting for about a month. In fact,
is really delayed due to various reasons when it is time to start up, and I have time too, but many things are like this, and it is impossible to predict.
Rao Xiaozhi told me later that Zhang Ning's story line could have been extended a bit if he had known earlier that I had time, but I didn't feel any regret, because the acting was very cool and comfortable.
Zhang Ning is a very plump person. It turns out that I have absolutely no idea what a diplomat is like. I feel that this profession is quite far away from us.
So, at first, I didn't think about portraying Zhang Ning as a diplomat, official, civil servant, or hero, and to act as a kind, "upright", "righteous", I may not understand it, I guess The audience doesn't understand either.
Zhang Ning is such a person who usually "work there", that is, the place where he goes to work is under fire.
Someone once suggested that Rao Xiaozhi make up a more valuable "sacrifice background" for Zhang Ning, such as protecting colleagues and refugees, but Rao Xiaozhi refused. He believed that the most real and cruel thing was the accident itself. The buddies who are eating hot pot will be gone in the next second, and the impact of this feeling of sigh will be stronger.
I didn't come from a professional background to learn acting, so I don't want to design any character images. Many deliberately designed things will be unnatural as soon as the machine is turned on. I just figured out what this person should be like, trying not to show any traces of performance as much as possible. The same is true of
's lines. The cadence is very emotional. It's not a line, it's memorizing the text, and it's uncomfortable. How the character should speak in life, and how he should speak in the play, I will ponder these things, and then act again after pondering.
"easy, easy" "You see how my daughter looks more and more like me?" These two words were added by me when I was walking, and everyone thought it was not bad. I quarreled with Zhang Yi in the hot pot scene. The scene that got up was suggested by Brother Yi. Zong Dawei should have a fight with Zhang Ning. We also put a lot of effort into this scene. The screenwriter found a lot of Arabic proverbs for us to use. I chose the phrase "wearing a mask for a long time, you really take it as a face".
"The Journey Home" stills Zhang Zixian (Right) as Zhang Ning. Photo/The interviewee provided
to play a comfortable play, and it will last for a while after entering the state and emotions of the characters. In "The Way Back", Zhang Ning, played by me, is the husband of Bai Hua played by Yin Tao. In the movie, the two of us I never met each other at all. Later, during the road show promotion, I said that I wanted to cry when I saw Yin Tao.
In fact, every time I received a scene, I was in awe, and I was also very nervous during filming. The audience always said that I was relaxed and comfortable. I didn't understand it at first, but then I understood.
I am slack because of my slack, this face is slack, I am not a slack person.
No one can relax all day long, and always relax in front of the camera, wherever he goes, that's not a normal person, I'm quite nervous anyway. For
filming, sometimes we pay attention to comfort, and comfort includes many aspects. The cooperating directors and actors are comfortable with their temper and the way they are together; the lighting and art setting of the venue is suitable and comfortable; the position and angle of the camera are correct and comfortable. It is difficult for
to describe this comfortable standard, that is, everything is highly compatible with the play itself, which will stimulate my desire to act.
"Homecoming" is a play that makes me feel comfortable. There is a virtual city called Leptis in the film. The environment is so well designed. I feel very emotional as soon as I enter, and I want to act as soon as the camera is turned on. . Zhang Zixian plays Zhang Ning. Photo / Respondents provided
foreigner's smell, engine oil smell, gun smoke smell, the taste of mixing together is too positive.
As soon as the sun shines, the place is so bright that I am confused when I go in. There are old bearded men and curly-eyed children all over the floor. They are all foreigners. Where am I? The
crew arranged the dormitory for me, the one where I ate hot pot with Zhang Yi and Wang Junkai. It was set up just like my grandfather's office in the early years, and the walls were discolored.
has this kind of arrangement. It is too unreasonable for our actors to play a character who grins and strays from the story.
But there are also some other scenes. As soon as the director shouts "Open", I feel awkward everywhere, and it takes a lot of effort to act.
actors perform awkward scenes, and the audience may also feel awkward watching them.
talk about friendship, money, not aesthetics
In fact, when I promised Rao Xiaozhi, I hadn't carefully studied the script, and they were still adjusting at that time.
I have known Rao Xiaozhi since the filming of " Wandering the Earth ". It's been 5 years. I trust him. I don't usually talk much, but it feels right.
I actually acted in a lot of dramas, and I met a lot of people, and I also met a lot of directors. Each director has his own characteristics and style.
Because of these and other problems, the director will also encounter difficulties in creation, which is normal.
I think according to the thinking of normal people, there is no need to be afraid of difficulties. If you say something, most people are willing to lend a helping hand and solve this difficulty together. However, when we make a play, we must still have a certain amount of responsibility. I I'm especially afraid that I said it well at the beginning, but when I turn it on in the end, it won't work anywhere, and it's a problem everywhere. That's really worrying. In the early years of
, I often liked to break up with the director, but after breaking up for a few years, I found that sometimes it was impossible to break up. When
shoots a scene, let’s discuss the scene itself, no matter whether it’s plot design, character building, or story development, I think we can talk about it, but I’m afraid that one mouth will open up concepts, draw big cakes, and finally rise to cosmic aesthetics. Can't talk anymore.
Zhang Zixian. Photo / Respondent provided
I like to be an actor to do this. This kind of pulling is very easy to shake my hobby. In order to keep my liking, I will not break it now, or stay away from this meaningless break . If
can play it for you, we don't need to eat or drink. I'll do it for you. If you think it's OK, let's go on. If you think it's not good, bye bye, everyone will save trouble.
Some people can gradually strengthen their understanding and understanding through communication. I have worked with senior teachers such as Chen Kaige , Sun Honglei , Wang Zhiwen , and they are all very good.
I have also collaborated on some not-so-ideal works, but some of them are just human exchanges. I try my best to fill the hole with performance, when I couldn't fill it in, I thought, I'll try my best, I'm worthy of this job. When
talks about friendship, it's best to talk about friendship. Don't talk about "cosmic aesthetics" after talking about friendship, it's easy to talk about friendship.
I seldom hang out in the circles, the middle of the night, the wine bureau, etc., between people, relying on communication, relying on feelings, and I have a problem with me, people who are willing to chat can chat with us, people who are not the right way, I don't even know how to talk.
friend once said to me, you can't mess around like this, so I simply don't go.
But maybe because I'm not sociable, I'm not very good at expressing myself. I haven't acted for a long time, and I have no money to earn.
I have a good eldest brother, he turned out to be my boss, the eldest brother encouraged me, "Zixian, don't change, you can't change, just keep it, act seriously, act well, I believe you can do it, but the money is not enough. No, no, I'll get you some."
Later, I really took some from him, because I really couldn't get the show, I couldn't earn a penny, and I was anxious and annoyed.
chose to be an actor, just to be famous, to be famous, to earn a little money, I was proud of this profession when I was a child.
can't go to school, it's not ashamed
I used to study art, I can come to sketches and oil paintings, and now I can draw two strokes.
When I was a young student, I was just in time for the first batch of computer allocations. My parents sent me to art school when they saw that I liked painting. I am quite happy.
But I wanted to be an actor at that time, and I don't know why. My parents didn't understand me and thought this kid was a little wrong.
Although my grades in culture classes were average and my English was particularly poor, I still remember that my English teacher said to my parents, "Don't worry, Zhang Zixian is not good at English, but he is very likeable."
later I took the Beijing Film Academy exam, but I didn't get it, it took me a while.
During the wasted time, I went for a walk at the Beijing Film Academy. At that time, I had a long hair, and it was permed, so that the teachers and classmates in the school thought I was an international student who came to study. It was at that time. I took a director training class. I followed it for a year, directed big dramas together, went on stage to complete homework and so on. Teachers and classmates liked me very much. One of my classmates finally became a director. Come down and have a play, see if we can cooperate.
During that time, the teacher said something that impressed me deeply, "If you take a serious state of being indifferent, and you can't let people see that you are pretending not to be serious, then you can impress people. It’s over.” After the
period ended, I accidentally shot a TV shopping commercial. I was originally the art designer of the commercial, but the director had a headache the day before the shooting started, and I couldn’t make it, so I gave it to the job. , that was my first small work.
During the period from 2005 to 2010, I did a lot of things. I found a film and television company to work, I made scripts for others, and I looked for investment. I slowly moved into it, and later the company was not profitable, and it turned yellow. During this period of
, I also had a little luck. I played " Mei Lanfang " directed by Chen Kaige. I played a sidekick of Sun Honglei. Chen Kaige and Sun Honglei also liked me very much. They thought I could do it. They told me that I could do it. This gave me a lot of encouragement.
I have a buddy named Jia Xiaoxiong, who is a director. During that time, we used to play game consoles together every day. He said that we would play a joke together, so we played "My Name is Huang Guosheng", which was still the main character.
is considered to be in this business later, " later us ", " I am not a medicine god ", "Wandering Earth", " Animal Administration ", " beneficiary " and so on, played some small roles , I always say maybe I'm lucky.
I sometimes think that my luck may also come from the ability to be liked since I was a child. In the process of becoming an actor,
also encountered rude people and slapped me in the face. At that time, I couldn't hang up, and I felt ashamed, because I really didn't know it, but what people said was right, I had no reason to be angry. It will not be shameful, if you want to do it, you can learn it. When
was filming "Rebel", Mr. Wang Zhiwen played against me. After one filming, he asked me, "Zixian, are you comfortable?"
I replied"Okay". He said, "It's alright or not, come, I'll accompany you, let's do it again."
Mr. Wang Zhiwen never demonstrated in person, nor did he explain in detail, and even rarely said right or wrong, he would give A path of acting and feeling, seeing how much I can take in. He felt that I could accept everything, so he was willing to tell me about it, and I was naturally willing to learn.
In the TV series "Rebel", Zhang Zixian plays the role of Wang Shi'an Tu/The official Weibo of the TV series "Rebel"
Now, if there is time between filming, I am willing to go to Shanghai to find him and talk to him about how the performance can be better .
Now, if any other actor asks me how to perform, I will say whatever I can. Although I am not a professional, I am willing to share my feelings.
There are times when an actor will have troubles. For example, he can't go home after filming for several months. At the end, the actor will enter a period of exhaustion. At that time, he needs to adjust by himself, exercise, and have a meal with everyone. Chat, read books, and try our best to get through that exhausting period. If
chose this line, don't complain, if you're tired, don't do it.
In fact, this industry needs perseverance, and you have to keep your body in shape. You can't eat much all day long. When you have a lot of things, you may not be able to sleep. If I insist on doing this, I don’t think much about being famous and making a lot of money. I think being an actor is a very enjoyable thing.
may also be that I already have a little name, so I don't care about it.
Not long ago, on the main road, there was another big brother who was halfway across the street, pulling his neck and calling me:
"Master Wang! Webmaster Wang! I'm here!"
I was a little embarrassed at the time, but I was very happy.
Author: Hu Kefei
