At the end of last month, the new year drama "South to North" came to an end. This drama achieved an average ratings of 2.369% on CCTV’s eight channels and a highest ratings of 3.216% for a single episode. Liu Guanlin, who played the role of “Niu Dali” in the drama, also left a mark on his character notebook. A bold stroke of color.
"Comedian" is the label for most of his past roles. Before the interview, the reporter from Nandu Entertainment thought that this was his ability to interpret roles as an actor. As the chat gradually progressed, the reporter discovered that "liking" may be his innate talent. With the double bonus of
esfj and Sagittarius, Liu Guanlin is a complete optimist.
The audience’s non-malicious ridicule was accepted by him. When talking about the impressive barrage, he readily shared, "Liu Guanlin is actually pretty good-looking, but I don't have the patience to watch." He also praised netizens for their talents. He also happily accepted the title "King Jiji": "King Jiji is so good, so popular, right?"
He prepared the role carefully and conducted self-management, but he did not let himself suffer too much. Recently addicted to fitness, he spends about two hours a day in the gym, but he has never intentionally eaten chicken breast. He even ate a takeaway of fatty sausage and pickled fish before the interview. "The key is sometimes I'm so greedy, what do you mean by the picture, right?"
But as an actor, Liu Guanlin's goal is not just to "please".
"I still don't want to say that I am a comedian." He hopes to challenge different themes and different types of roles. "As long as the character is well written and rich enough, no matter what he is, good or bad, I am OK with it. I don't want to limit myself to comedy."
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The kind and honest Niu Dali only stumbles in love
Liu Guanlin He is almost the last confirmed starring role in "Northern and Southbound". Less than a month after filming started, he received five episode scripts from the crew. After reading the script, he quickly decided to star. Niu Dali in the
script is a kind, simple, hard-working man from the Northeast, and he is very compatible with Liu Guanlin, a native of Heilongjiang, because his mother is a railway employee, and he even grew up in a railway compound like Niu Dali. “When I was young, when I was five or six years old, my mother and I went to the train station to sell boiled water,” he said.
Stills from "South to North".
The difference is probably in appearance - because the character's name is Niu Dali, Liu Guanlin guessed that the crew originally wanted to find a taller and stronger typical Northeastern man, "I may not be strong enough or tough enough. In appearance, I may not be the same as the original script." A little bit close."
In his opinion, Niu Dali's true nature is kind and honest, so he does not need to use too many skills and deliberate designs when performing. "The main thing is to express the clean feeling in his heart." He regards himself as Niu Dali, and truly feels all the stories experienced by the characters, and the feelings are naturally presented.
Speaking of "Niu Dali", the most impressive thing for the audience is the emotional line between him and "Yao Er". In the play, Yao Yuling, played by Jiang Yan, is Niu Dali's sweetheart who has been in love for more than ten years. Even after breaking up with Wang Xin, Yao Yuling did not marry Niu Dali, but left and chose Jia Jinlong. During the broadcast of the series, everyone not only praised Niu Dali for being "hard-working", "down-to-earth" and "affectionate", but also criticized him for being "difficult", "uninteresting" and "stalking".
When it comes to chasing girls, Liu Guanlin doesn't think Niu Dali does a good job. Although he likes her, he doesn't know what he really likes. As a "lovelorn" party, he can quite understand Yao Yuling's choice.
Speaking of the skirt-buying incident that made female viewers scold him for being "stingy", Liu Guanlin couldn't help complaining about Niu Dali's lack of tone. "Who do you think would like this kind of boy?" He thought that he was different from Niu Dali in this aspect. He was a straight man who would never let girls spend money when going out. "We want to find a boyfriend, and then people say, look I spend money on food these days, do you think I have contributed to it when you buy scarves? What the hell!"
Even though they are love rivals, in his eyes, the love between Jia Jinlong and Yao Yuling is established, and Yao Yuling's love for Niu There is no love, and two people without love cannot go on."Even without Jia Jinlong, if they get together and get married, I guess it won't last long."
In the play, Niu Dali, who was frustrated in love, ushered in a turning point in his life - leaving the compound to go into business. "I think I have to thank Yao Er for forcing him." Liu Guanlin analyzed that Niu Dali's own qualities laid the foundation for his success after entering the sea, but the opportunity for him to make changes was still because of love, "At that time As long as you are willing to work hard and don't let others cheat, I think everything will work out." In the finale of
, the successful Niu Dali and the unexpected Yao Yuling reunited in front of her barbecue stall. This scene also aroused public concern. lively discussion. Liu Guanlin shared in the interview that the reunion scene was filmed on the same day as the scene where the two reunited on the train: "It was shot on the train in the afternoon, and the kebab finale was shot in the evening."
Two scenes were scheduled When the entire filming period was about to be completed, Liu Guanlin seemed to have spent half his life with these people in the compound. Watching Yao Yuling go from high-spirited to frustrated in one day, the contrast became more intense and the mood became more complicated. While filming, he couldn't stop thinking about the beauty of the compound and almost cried several times.
"Many people who like Yao Yuling are unhappy, saying how they made her so ugly, and saying that the director and screenwriter are all straight men." Liu Guanlin said with a smile that he had seen some netizens' dissatisfaction with the finale, but he felt that that scene The play actually reflects Yao Yuling's tenacity and greatness. After losing her lover who she relied on, she still managed to support herself and raised her son. "Life did not break her down."
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Liu Guanlin, who is well-known for his comedy, did not want to just be a comedian.
Liu Guanlin became an actor, like some The inevitable result of a combination of fateful opportunities - he switched from dance to musical theater when he met the first musical script class recruited by Beijing Dance University. He happened to watch the musical with his classmates and found it interesting; he started acting in college. I earned pocket money by shooting commercials, and the advertising company happened to be looking for actors, so I took a photo, wrote my name and phone number and submitted my resume.
Many people know him for the first time, perhaps as Cai Badou in the costume comedy "Longmen Escort". That was the first important role that Liu Guanlin received since he started working: a cook who loves money as much as his life. He is silly, often surprised and exaggerated.
plays Cai Badou (first from the right) in "Longmen Escort".
This was also the first time he acted in a comedy. He was extremely nervous and could not find his groove. More than a decade later, recalling this experience, Liu Guanlin said bluntly: "The process was painful, the process was very painful." He clearly remembered that more than a week after joining the group, the screenwriter came to his room and told him: "Guanlin, you You can't act like this."
Liu Guanlin was confused and asked the other party what to do, but the answer he got was not very useful. "He said that I don't know either. He didn't say what it should be. It means that the Cai Badou that is presented now may be too superficial."
's abstract answer did not solve the problem. Instead, Liu Guanlin, a fledgling actor, was because of this statement. I can barely sleep over the reviews. Fortunately, his co-stars in this drama all have rich acting experience. Not only will they not blame him for not performing well, they will also actively provide help. After more than half a month of grinding, he felt that he was "a little bit familiar with comedy" and could steal some acting skills from senior actors. He gradually relaxed and completed the portrayal of Cai Badou.
"I have grown a lot in those four months. I have grown a lot, and I know that I can still act in comedy." For Liu Guanlin, the significance of "Dragon Gate Escort" is not only that it opened up the world of comedy for him The gate also allowed him to be seen by more audiences and have more performance opportunities. "Some people asked me to film movies later, and most of them had watched "Dragon Gate Escort"."
Over the years, Liu Guanlin has been very productive. Since 2020, he has had more than ten works broadcast, and he has also left many memorable characters.From Guo Kai in "Da Qin Fu", to Su Wenxing in "The Son-in-law", to Yin An in "Qing Qing Daily", Jin Biao in "Yun Xiang Biography", plus "South to North" at the beginning of the year Niu Dali in the film plays a representative role every year at a high frequency that even exceeds that of many leading actors.
To some extent, he does have some talent in comedy performances. Among the representative roles in recent years, there are more or less comedians. Some viewers once commented on Liu Guanlin, saying that he seems to have the ability to play annoying characters and make them likeable.
Just like in "Qing Qing's Daily Life", the third young master with a distinguished status and a group of wives and concubines returned to the house and poked his head in the empty main hall and asked "Can someone get me a cup of hot tea?", which gave this character an extra dimension. Very cute.
"The screenwriting teacher of "Everyday Life" is very good. The actors have to re-write to see how to act, so a good script is very important." When asked how to play this type of role in a lovable way, Liu Guanlin said modestly , all he can do is read the script carefully and try to find some subtle things in certain scenes to make this character less boring.
Stills from "Everyday Life".
"I think the character should have bright spots. I want to play or the characters I have played, try to make the audience feel that he is a human being. People have many sides, some good and bad, no one is the same It's perfect." Regarding those characters that people love and hate, he takes all comments seriously and is happy that the audience can find the shining points of the characters.
has been in the industry for more than 20 years, and it is through these "gray characters" that are not black and white and have a sense of humor that Liu Guanlin becomes a familiar face in front of the audience. The accumulation of works and roles gives him more choices, but correspondingly, there are actually not many choices. He revealed that comedians may account for half of the book handed to him now. "Or the kind that is not a comedy, but this person is very good at talking, and has a more open personality."
In fact, he has played many non-comedy roles and performed well. In 2022's "Police Honor", he played the perverted serial murderer Yue Wei. Although the shooting only lasted less than 7 days, he loved the shooting experience. In order to find the feeling of the characters, he often looked in the mirror and imitated the perverted eyes and expressions, trying to bring out the little devil in his heart. "Try to make yourself believe it, just make yourself feel a little scary."
When choosing scripts, Liu Guanlin's criteria are very simple, "Are the entire scripts and characters good-looking?" He does not want to stereotype himself as a comedian, but hopes to challenge different themes and different types of roles. "As long as the character is well written and rich enough, no matter what it is, good or bad, I'm OK with it. I don't want to limit myself to comedy."
He has no obsession with roles. "To be honest, I really haven't thought about it." He, who is active in the film and television industry as a prime supporting actor, was asked if he had ever thought about playing a male lead, and started a pattern of three consecutive denials. "Maybe I have thought about it before, but sometimes You just can't bear it, you can't be the one. People still have to be self-aware and do what they can get."
"Maybe one day someone will ask me to play the male lead. I think the script is solid enough, and I think I can play it. , then act." He is satisfied with his current situation, having a job he likes and playing a role he likes. "I think I will always play supporting roles, and I am very happy."
In the recent broadcast of "Traveling with Feng", Liu Guanlin made a rare attempt at a fairy tale drama. "It has three levels: the fairy world, the spiritual world and the human world. I am the boss of these three levels." He cheerfully introduced that his role is an old man with a white beard. He usually likes to make jokes, but he is very responsible when it comes to big things. "It's very fun to act." He said, "No matter how he plays, the audience will not think it is wrong, because no one has ever been exposed to it, and no one knows what gods look like. You can act more flyly."
在An attempt at a fairy tale drama was made in "Traveling with the Phoenix".
This year, he will also have a realistic work "Wind" to meet everyone. This drama is based on the return of Hong Kong and tells the story of the oil compound in the late 1990s.
"Are you still a comedian this time?" the reporter asked.
"It's still a bit more comedy, the kind of person who idles around every day and seems cynical, but he is actually quite warm." Liu Guanlin added with a smile, "He is a good person."
Written by: Nandu reporter Yu Xiaoyu
Pictures: provided by the interviewee
