On September 1, the drama "Crocodile" completed its first nationwide tour at the Beijing Poly Theater. On September 2nd, the director of the play Wang Keran and the actors in the play such as Zhao Wenxuan, Kaili, Deng Cuiwen, Li Zonglei, Bai Kainan, Wang Jinghua, Li Longyin appea

html On September 1st, the drama "Crocodile" completed its first national tour finale at the Poly Theater in Beijing. On September 2, the director of the play, Wang Keran, together with Zhao Wenxuan, Kaili, Deng Cuiwen, Li Zonglei, Bai Kainan, Wang Jinghua, Li Longyin and other actors from the play, appeared at the "Report Sharing Session" held by the Beijing Comedy Theater to share the story with everyone. The play tells all kinds of interesting things before and after the stage, and at the same time reveals the stories behind the various subversive performances in the play. In addition to the active participation of on-site audiences, this "report and sharing session" also attracted many online audiences through live broadcast.

The cast and audience of the drama "Crocodile" took a group photo at the report sharing meeting. Photographed by Captain America

Zhao Wenxuan and Deng Cuiwen "battle" with lines

Taiwanese actor Zhao Wenxuan plays the leading role in the drama Shan Wuxian. The amount of lines is huge, almost equivalent to a novella; especially the large monologue at the end, which is as long as Finished in one go in more than ten minutes. Host Zhang Yue revealed that in order to memorize such a large amount of complex written language, Zhao Wenxuan copied all the lines in the play with a calligraphy brush and memorized the lines every day with this "manuscript". Zhao Wenxuan also said that he often hears people commenting that he does not have a Taiwanese accent. This is also due to the help of other actors in the crew.

Hong Kong actor Deng Cuiwen also made great efforts for her lines. The crew specially sent actor Li Zonglei as her line guide, but it was still difficult to completely change her "Hong Kong Pu" accent, so the play specially set her as a "skinny horse" For Cantonese. Deng Cuiwen is also very grateful to the audience who grew up watching her Hong Kong dramas: "Because they must have seen my previous interviews, and they will feel that my Mandarin has made great progress!" In order to make up for her accent problem, Deng Cuiwen A lot of effort has been put into physical expression, and various complex states such as charm and sadness of the characters are expressed through rich body language. Deng Cuiwen said that since she entered the industry at the age of 18, she has never spent such a long time studying scripts, rehearsing and performing, so she feels very happy. At the end of this round of performances, Deng Cuiwen said that she must give herself a reward - ask her best friend to chat in Cantonese for a whole day, because in order to improve her Mandarin level, she only communicated with others in Mandarin; and in order to keep in shape, she has been on a diet , now that the show is over, we can finally eat Peking duck.

actors Kaili, Zhao Wenxuan, Deng Cuiwen and others at the report and sharing meeting of the drama "Crocodile". Photographed by the US team

Kelly: Don’t rest on your laurels, make new achievements

The famous actress Kelly’s performance in "Crocodile" can be said to be stunning and stunning. After watching the performance, playwright Mo Yan praised the performance and said, "A good actor can not only play a heart-wrenching role, but also a particularly explosive role." The audience also marveled at her portrayal of "Qiao Ling". These praises made Kelly burst into tears and choked with sobs. She said that she has always had high demands on herself since she played "Liu Huifang" in "Desire" until now. "Everyone knows that I have been an athlete and a soldier. The slogan at that time was: 'Don't rest on your laurels. "To make new achievements'. These words have always been deeply engraved in my heart, so I always look forward to using good roles and repaying the audience with every surprise." Kelly also specially thanked director Wang Keran, saying that she now This absurd and magical performance style was set by the director, and he gave an excellent demonstration. Kelly showed her outstanding line performance in the play on the spot, which caused a strong effect on the scene. Kelly also contributed the only line in the play that was not in the script - when the wife "Qiao Ling" she played was arguing with the mistress "Shou Ma" played by Deng Cuiwen, because she couldn't hear the other party's accent, she blurted out " Speak Mandarin." Every performance will cause the whole audience to burst into laughter. Kelly said: "All performances must be based on the true feelings of the characters. On this background, it can be absurd or magical."

Everyone has small details

Every actor in the play has put in a lot of effort for their role, and the director will also try every means to help them get closer to the role. Senior actor Li Zonglei, who plays the secretary "Liu Mufei", revealed that the director Let him feel like a "secretary", and specially arranged for him to "coach" with a real secretary. The other person was very serious and responsible. After watching him rehearse, he gave him a lot of advice. For example, when sitting, he should not sit with his whole buttocks. Instead of sitting on a chair, it is like a descriptive detail in "A Dream of Red Mansions", which is to "sit diagonally". Li Zonglei said, "Each of us uses our own professional abilities to bring out the most distinctive features of the characters." The most representative parts are extracted and presented to the audience. Countless little surprises come together to complete the whole drama. "

Actors in the drama at the reporting and sharing meeting of the drama "Crocodile". Photographed by the US team

Director Wang Keran also designed a lot of action details for Bai Kainan, who plays "Niubu", vividly showing the huge contrast in the changes in the character's before and after states; to Li Longyin, who plays the Feng Shui master "Master Huang", designed various accents to show the characters' complex identities, experiences and ways of doing things... Especially based on the script, he also uniquely created a group of characters that express the "soul". It aroused strong interest among the audience. Some viewers carefully discovered that the play mentioned that "Shou Ma" lost three children through abortion, but there were always four young actors following Shan Wufang's son "Xiao Tao" who later committed suicide. "Wandering Soul". Wang Keran said that he deliberately used more than three actors because they represented not only the children who died in Shan Wufang, but also all the youth and lives swallowed up by desire.

The organizer revealed that the play There will be two more performances at the Poly Theater on December 14th at 7:30pm and December 15th at 2:30pm. I believe it will bring you more exciting and complete performances.