cover news reporter Li Yuxin
From "The take-out volume of Ms. Wang's pork ribs and rice cakes soared by 200%" to "Flowers citywalk charges starting at 520 yuan", click on social networking sites, various topics and traffic show the emergence of the film and television drama "Flowers" Circle and hot. This new year's drama directed by Wong Kar-Wai not only has soaring ratings, but also sparked heated discussions among viewers on the Internet.
Mr. Bao, who rose from nothing to become the most powerful person in the business world, Ms. Wang who dares to love and hate, Lingzi who is all-rounded and exquisite, and Li Li, the proprietress of Zhizhenyuan with accurate vision and tough methods... The characters created in the play all have "accents". , becoming a frequent visitor on the hot search list today. Among them, Mr. Bao, played by Hu Ge, is the center of the topic.
"I have been exposed to director Wong Kar-wai's works since middle school. I never thought I would have the opportunity to meet him, let alone appear in his works. This time filming "Flowers" was like a dream." Just when the show was on the air, Hu Ge accepted an interview with the media. As the male protagonist in the first TV series directed by Wong Kar-wai, this is also the first time Hu Ge has collaborated with Wong Kar-wai. During the interview, he recalled the scenes and images of his acquaintance with Wong Kar-Wai, and also analyzed the emotional relationship between Mr. Bao, whom he played, and the three women in the play.
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Collaborated with Wong Kar-Wai for the first time
"He once imagined that I would play the role of the triangle alone."
Dressed in a well-pressed suit and meticulously combed back hair, in the dim light shown in the picture, walking on the streets of Shanghai in the 1990s... ...In "Flowers", the role of Mr. Bao played by Hu Ge fascinated countless audiences. For this character to finally appear, the time has to be set back to 2017.
Stills from "Flowers"
In 2017, Hu Ge met Wong Kar-wai for the first time. Recalling the scene at that time, he was quite emotional. At that time, Hu Ge received a call saying that director Wong Kar Wai wanted to meet him. "After arriving at the appointed place, I saw Director Wang wearing his iconic sunglasses. To be honest, I was very nervous at the time, because I have loved watching Director Wang's works since middle school, and he is my idol."
That day, Hu Ge and Wong Kar-wai talked a lot about their views on the novel "Flowers" and their own growth experiences. Hu Ge said that Wong Kar-wai's first consideration was to let him play Po. "Later, he wanted me to play the role of three triangles, and play Hu Sheng, Xiao Mao and Po at the same time. Because at that time, someone watched my performance in the play "Like a Dream" "Dream". They thought they could see many faces of me on the stage, so Director Wang came up with this plan."
The idea of one person playing the three roles was just a "flash in the pan." In the end, Wong Kar-wai cut out the complex and simplified it, choosing only Po as the core character. This also allowed Hu Ge to concentrate on returning to Abao's world.
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The three-year filming cycle
"Working with Wong Kar-wai is like falling in love"
The drama "Flowers" was filmed for a total of three years. The long cycle affected the emotions of the actors. On social networks, you can also see the audience's discussions on Wong Kar-wai's "grinding" shooting style.
Stills of "Flowers"
Hu Ge recalled that during the long filming period, everyone was on the verge of collapse, and Wong Kar-wai provided stable emotional comfort. Because I saw Wong Kar-Wai, who was energetic and meticulous on set, and saw him go back to meetings and write scripts after filming every day, "all the fatigue was eliminated at once, and I felt like I could do it again."
This is Hu Ge collaborated with Wong Kar-Wai for the first time. Hu Ge also used a romantic metaphor - this cooperation is more like falling in love. "You will be very nervous and uneasy at the beginning, always wandering between confidence and unconfidence. Slowly you will find that as long as he is around, you will feel at ease, much like falling in love."
In the play, Ah Bao has many scenes opposite Lingzi (played by Ma Yili), Miss Wang (played by Tang Yan), and Li Li (played by Xin Zhilei). His entangled relationships with three women also touched the heartstrings of the audience. During the interview, Hu Ge elaborated on his views on the three relationships. He believes that Lingzi and Abao are related to Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie."A Bao is Zhu Bajie, and Lingzi is Sun Wukong. He is always at the front to overcome obstacles for Zhu Bajie, allowing Zhu Bajie to enjoy the fruits of his labor."
As for Miss Wang and A Bao, the relationship between the second hand and the minute hand is the same. "Do you think the second hand and the minute hand meet once every 60 seconds? Wrong. It's 61 seconds. Because when the second hand makes one revolution, the minute hand has already moved forward one frame. But in fact it's not 61 seconds, it's more than 61 seconds. A little bit, because when the second hand moves forward for another second, the minute hand moves forward a little bit. So the intersection between the two of them is always farther than everyone thinks."
"Flowers" stills
As for A Bao and Li Li, Hu Ge believes that it is like the sky and the sea, mirroring each other and full of mystery. "The sky and the sea are very far apart, but when you watch the sunrise and sunset, you find that the two are connected together, almost inseparable."
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"Flowers" is the pursuit of the memories of my father's generation
"The director hopes that I can find Li Xiaoyao's memory "Feeling"
"Flowers" tells the story of the early 1990s, and is a legend left among the trend-setting children in Shanghai. For Hu Ge, this story is a pursuit of the memory of his father's generation and a supplement to his imagination of the past years.
""Flowers" tells the story of my parents' generation. I have been interested in my parents' growth experience since I was a child, but every time I try to understand them, I always feel that there are some things they are unwilling to do. Say, I don’t even want to recall it. So when I saw "Flowers", I was immediately attracted, and it felt like I was learning about the past of my parents’ generation in another way."
In the 1990s, Hu Ge was In elementary school, it is very limited to see the changes of the times from a child's perspective. "But I later recalled that adults at that time were very busy. Like my father, he was also doing business with a group of friends at the time, trying to change his life through his own efforts, and he had very little time at home. Sometimes I would I heard my parents talking about people around me who became rich overnight. Just like the narrator in our play said, some people become rich overnight, and some people lose it in half a day."
"Flowers" stills
The atmosphere of the times created by Wong Kar-wai also It brought back Hu Ge’s childhood memories. For example, the 1:1 restoration of the Yellow River Road in the play made Hu Ge quite emotional: "Although I have never eaten on the Yellow River Road, I passed by the Yellow River Road. The Yellow River Road in my impression is just like the one shown in the play. In that way, neon is eye-catching and thousands of flowers are like a sea."
Wong Kar-wai once suggested that when performing Ah Bao, he should have the same feeling as Li Xiaoyao when performing Ah Bao: "I believe that in that era, there were many young people like Ah Bao. I want to seize opportunities in the wave of the times and change my destiny and life through my own efforts. But after experiencing the ups and downs, I will find that the most important thing is love and justice."
The picture of this article is based on Jiangsu Satellite TV
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