China News Service, Beijing, July 13 (Reporter Shangguan Yun) Actor Yu Shi has unlocked a new role.
In early July, the movie "Welcome to Me" was released. In this romance film with a bit of fantasy, he plays Chen Xiaozhou, a cheerful, self-consistent and sunny young man. "He is very optimistic. I also have an optimistic side in my soul."
Speaking of which, Yu Shi has long been a familiar face in the eyes of many viewers. Ji Fa, Deng Fang, Ba Tai... are all film and television characters created by him. "I'm very lucky. Being an actor is a very important thing in my life." He described the meaning of acting to himself.
How to maintain a normal mind? He said, "I hope to become a good actor. After clarifying this goal, all I do is work towards this goal."
The "stamina" of a character
Chen Xiaozhou in "Welcome to Me" is a very down-to-earth person.
He is ordinary, experiencing emotional frustration and work difficulties. An accident changed his life. When he woke up, he not only lost his memory, but also had a new problem: whenever he saw yellow things, he would see the people around him turn into ducks that quacked.
Yu Shi wrote a biography for the character, and went to chat with the director to learn about the director's general setting for Chen Xiaozhou. After repeatedly studying the script, the appearance of "Chen Xiaozhou" gradually became clear in Yu Shi's mind.
"Chen Xiaozhou's background is 'weak', but he is humorous and lively, and knows how to get along with troubles in life." He imagined that maybe Chen Xiaozhou's studies were average when he was a child, and his parents did not give him much help. When he grew up, Life was pretty bad.
His good friend Liu Yiding is doing well, drives a nice car, and wears a famous watch, which is also a stimulation to Chen Xiaozhou. In such a state, Chen Xiaozhou's positive attitude towards life has a great sense of pull and is more credible.
Having experienced disappointments, Chen Xiaozhou managed to survive and learned to get along with himself and to cherish the people and things in front of him. Yu Shi believes that the "stamina" of this character lies in making people laugh and think again.
From athlete to young actor
Chen Xiaozhou in the film and Yu Shi outside the film have similar but also different personalities.
Yu Shi always remembers a scene: Chen Xiaozhou was in a hurry to chase Feng Jianan. His heart crossed, he got on his bicycle and started to drive crazily. A group of ducks on the roadside were still "quacking, quack, quack," and he thought about it, so he followed suit with a "quack" sound. .
Optimistic and good at being self-consistent, Yu Shi is very similar to Chen Xiaozhou in this aspect, "There must be many difficulties in life, but I still try my best to make myself feel more comfortable."
In other dimensions, their personalities Completely different. There is some uncertainty in Chen Xiaozhou, and he is not brave at all when it comes to work and life. Yu Shi described himself as more "focused" than Chen Xiaozhou. Once he sets a goal, he will work hard to achieve it.
This is especially obvious when choosing to become an actor.
Becoming an actor came from the suggestion of a friend. He once thought about giving up, but finally got the chance: after rounds of selections, Yu Shi entered the "Fengshen Training Camp" as he wished, and later played "Ji Fa" in "Fengshen Part 1".
Batai in "My Altay", Chen Xiaozhou in "Welcome to Me"... the characters created by Yu Shi are presented to the audience one by one. His identity label has gradually changed from "new actor" to "young actor".
As time goes by, Yu Shi’s understanding of performance becomes deeper and deeper. Every time he receives a script, he likes to analyze the character's personality, preset the effects he wants to achieve, and use as much delicate and rich details as possible to make the characters flesh and blood.
For example, he will use different micro-expressions to express Chen Xiaozhou’s changes in mentality when he sees the yellow duck, including doubts, panic, and later calmness.But he didn't completely deliberately design every step, but tried to let his emotions flow out naturally.
The biggest skill in performance is sincerity and "belief". This is a valuable experience summed up by Yu Shi.
Always maintain the mentality of an actor
Someone once asked Yu Shi, "Which is more important, acting or appearance?" His answer was simple: an actor's acting skills are far more important than appearance.
The reason is very simple: this industry is not a beauty pageant, people will eventually grow old, youthful appearance only lasts for a few years, and the roles are so diverse, requiring different age groups to play roles of different periods.
"If you are just handsome, how will you survive in this industry when you are 40 or 50 years old?" Yu Shi answered this question in a clear and logical manner, "If you want to be an actor, the most important thing is whether you can act. .”
Since becoming an actor, Yu Shi has been looking for his own balance, both in filming and in life.
I have a busy work schedule, but I also persist in my hobbies such as fitness. He liked riding and shooting, so he spent two years learning equestrianism, horse training, etc. Later, he won a prize in a riding and shooting competition. When the filming of "My Altay" started, he became the riding and shooting instructor of the crew.
Regarding the audience’s evaluation, his point of view is that you must face it directly and cannot escape. When someone likes you, don’t be complacent; when someone criticizes you, don’t feel that you are worthless. You must find a balance. The same goes for being an actor.
Time is changing, the environment is changing, and people’s mentality will inevitably change. His expectations and requirements for himself are that he can always devote himself to a role when he receives it, "always maintain the mentality of an actor, and shoot one, and it will be the same." (End)
[Editor: Liang Yi]