The urban drama "Mortal Song" directed by Jian Chuanxi is currently on the air. The play revolves around three couples working in Beijing, telling the story of how they faced their own life dilemmas and how they survived the crisis in their lives. After the series was aired, Shen

The urban drama "Mortal Song" directed by Jian Chuanxi is currently on the air. The play revolves around three couples working in Beijing, telling the story of how they faced their own life dilemmas and how they survived the crisis in their lives. After the series was aired, Shen Lei (played by Qin Junjie) and Xie Meilan (played by Chen Haoyu)'s innocent love that started in school eventually turned into strangers due to changes in reality, which is very sad. The different choices of these two flawed "mortals" when facing major life events, as well as their different attitudes towards life, have also caused controversy.

A reporter from the Beijing News recently conducted an exclusive interview with Chen Haoyu, who plays Xie Meilan. She believes that everyone has gray areas. Xie Meilan is independent and tough but not perfect. The hardest part about playing such a flawed mortal is to exercise restraint and try not to embellish the character. She is not worried at all about being scolded by the audience for playing an imperfect role. Instead, she feels that it is worthwhile for an actor to have a discussion about the role. "It shows that the character opens up certain topic spaces, so everyone is keen to discuss who is right and who is wrong; it also shows that the audience empathizes with the character at certain moments, and the character we created is effective."

Chen Haoyu plays Xie Meilan.

Characters: Everyone has gray areas, Xie Meilan is tough but not perfect

In "Mortal Song", Shen Lei is content with the status quo, while Xie Meilan is more enterprising in work and life. With the death of Xie Meilan's mother from illness, the conflicts accumulated in the couple's life after marriage finally broke out, leading to an irreversible divorce. During the emotional tug-of-war between the two, the shortcomings of Shen Lei and Xie Meilan's own personalities were also exposed to the audience, causing a lot of controversy - some accused Xie Meilan of being too materialistic, while others agreed with her pursuit of a better life; some criticized Shen Lei lacks a sense of responsibility in marriage, and some people sympathize with his "no fight" attitude towards life.

Chen Haoyu has always hoped that he can act in more works with realistic themes. He was very excited when he got the script of "Mortal Song" because the story told in it is very "realistic" and the characters are all real. In her opinion, Xie Meilan is independent and tenacious, has a desire for life, has the ability and is willing to work hard to achieve her goals. "Xie Meilan believes in her heart that she needs to work so hard to make progress so that her life will not collapse and it will become better." But she also bluntly said that Xie Meilan is definitely not a perfect character and has many shortcomings, including weakness and vacillation. Uncertain times. The experience of growing up in a single-parent family made Xie Meilan insecure. She needed more practical things to feel that there was hope in life, so she seemed particularly realistic. "Everyone has gray areas, and this happens to be a space worthy of discussion."

Chen Haoyu herself has a happy-go-lucky personality, which is very different from Xie Meilan in the play, but she can sympathize with Xie Meilan's emotions, "I also agree with it. Women can demand a better life." She recalled that when she first auditioned for a role on the set of "Mortal Song", the audition was for a scene where Xie Meilan and Shen Lei quarreled over old scores and talked about various trivial matters during her mother's treatment. In this scene, Xie Meilan kept accusing Shen Lei of why he couldn't do this or that at that time. "She seemed unreasonable, why did she say that? I think she was in a traumatic state inside. In fact, she couldn't let go of her mother's death, and she kept living in the scene of losing her mother. . I can understand why she said that. "

Xie Meilan's character caused controversy among the audience.

Feelings: It’s a pity that love was lost to reality. Shen Lei was the one who impressed me the most for signing.

Xie Meilan and Shen Lei met and fell in love on the university campus. The play showed the sweet past of the two through flashbacks, and compared them with each other after they became strangers. The state of torture is depressing. What caused this once beautiful relationship to come to a tragic ending? "As Xie Meilan said in the play, the relationship between the two has never encountered real problems before. When they have not encountered the cruelty of reality and have not been hit by life, this relationship must be beautiful.Mortals are fragile and cannot withstand the torrent of reality and time. They will be changed by what happens in life, and this relationship will slowly change... This is also the most regrettable part of this relationship. "Chen Haoyu analyzed that in the long time and meticulous life in the past, Xie Meilan and Shen Lei each had some changes. When this change was inspired by the conflicts in life, the direction of the relationship between the two people became irreversible.

"Mortal People" In "Song", Xie Meilan had many emotional scenes. The one that impressed Chen Haoyu the most was the one where she took the divorce agreement and asked Shen Lei to sign it, asking him to let each other go. She thought that was the most important scene compared to the previous quarrels. Xie Meilan was at her most desperate and helpless moment, and this despair also included sadness and distress for Shen Lei. The mood was very complicated. "Maybe the audience thought Xie Meilan said harsh words at that time, but I felt her heart when I acted. It's very sad, regretful, and helpless. She saw that Shen Lei, whom she once deeply loved, showed a particularly fragile side, and even expressed his willingness to change in a low voice, but at the same time she knew clearly that no one could change the direction of this relationship, and spending time in this place would only It makes both people miserable. "

In the play, when her mother was seriously ill and needed to pay for her own medicine, Xie Meilan accepted a loan from her boss Lu Jie, who had a crush on her. Although the two never crossed the line, this became a thorn in Shen Lei's heart and became a source of love for both of them. Chen Haoyu discussed it with the director during the filming and agreed that this scene reflected the weakness of Xie Meilan's character. "I knew that the help was not so pure and it was emotional, but I still accepted it. If Xie Meilan had any thoughts about Lu Jie, she definitely didn't. However, when a person is at the lowest point in his life, many of his choices and attitudes towards others will not be so perfect and correct, and will be biased. I think from a female perspective, I saw a real-life woman’s persistence and vacillation in facing what she wants and wants. "

Xie Meilan is very realistic.

[Dialogue]

I am not worried about being scolded for playing Xie Meilan. The difficulty lies in restraining myself from beautifying the character.

Beijing News: Xie Meilan is not perfect. He is a mortal with many shortcomings. What is the difficulty in playing such a role? ?

Chen Haoyu: The most difficult thing about is that we have to try not to beautify the characters. Each of the two characters, Xie Meilan and Shen Lei, has their own flaws, and they also have their own things to insist on. Judging the character's language and behavior based on the actor's subjective thoughts, for example, when I first read some of the words Xie Meilan said to Shen Lei in the script, the director communicated with us about this. It is not unreasonable to place certain decisions on Xie Meilan.

Beijing News: In the three relationships of "Mortal Song", Xie Meilan and Shen Lei are currently causing discussions and controversies. Most. As the actor of Xie Meilan, have you ever been worried?

Chen Haoyu: I’m not worried about whether the audience will criticize the characters I play. There is room for discussion and thinking, which is a good thing. For example, Xie Meilan seems to me to be a very realistic person. She has her own dilemma. Through the role of Xie Meilan, we can ask: Can a woman be in any situation? Do you have the right to make your own choices under any circumstances without any additional conditions - for example, does this person have to be morally perfect and everything he does is blameless?

And as an actor, the role he plays is open to discussion. Everyone is actually happy to discuss it. It shows that the role itself opens up the space for certain topics, so everyone is so keen to discuss who is right and who is wrong. In addition, there must be so many discussions, and there must be an audience. There are moments when I feel empathy for Xie Meilan or Shen Lei. When this kind of empathy is put into the play, it shows that we are playing effective roles.

Beijing News reporter Yang Liangjie

Editor Tong Na

Proofreader Liu Jun