In the movie "Yabai", he plays the "Knife" of the Shanghai gangster.
"The drama directed by Guan Hu, the theme of war", Li Jiuxiao only knew these two points and entered the film "King Kong River" crew.
Out of the tacit understanding and trust of the previous cooperation with director Guan Hu, although Li Jiuxiao didn't know what his role was waiting for him, he immediately arrived when Guan Hu shouted, "Because of the epidemic in the first half of this year, I have been gearing up at home for a long time."
Li Jiuxiao played the role of Liu Hao, a volunteer soldier in the movie "King Kong River". He is a rare post-90s in the lead role. Most audiences know him from the "Eight Commandments" in the movie "Hot Pot Heroes" released in 2016. Last summer "Mao Wei" in the movie "Send Me Up to the Blue Clouds" and "Knife" in this year's hit "Yu Bai".
"King Kong River" has a short production cycle and heavy tasks. Before the shooting, the industry thought this film was difficult to complete. From the beginning to the end, Li Jiuxiao believed that it would be successful: "When shooting, I always had a belief-this is In the war, I am Liu Hao. The reason for this is that the people in this team have a belief in'must be completed' and they must do it to the utmost. I believe that this is also the case in real wars. No one in the team can come up. I can’t do it.”
1 The most difficult thing is to go back to that era
According to Lu Yang, one of the three directors of "King Kong River", Liu Hao is simple and at the same time multifaceted.
He is young, has experienced a lot of life and death, and is used to watching the battlefield. He is already mature, but he has a youthful spirit. It is not easy to find the right actor.
But Li Jiuxiao did a good job. “He will perform in Liangshan dialect in Sichuan, and sometimes even forget that he is an actor, who can set off the atmosphere to be real and comfortable.”
Liu Hao's motives were pure. He always remembered the wishes of his dead comrades in his heart, eager to rush to the front to kill the enemy, just to tell the dead soldiers "We have won."
Li Jiuxiao, who has never played a soldier before, resets himself, conducts devil military training, trains queues, and practices military postures. For example, the Bobosha submachine gun that has been following him, how to hold the gun, launch, and change the magazine, he must practice. , And must reach a certain professional level in a short time.
In addition, we must master the unique gestures, prone posture, squatting posture in the volunteer army, how to crawl forward, hide in the grass, etc.
But the most difficult thing is how to bring yourself back to that era as a contemporary young man, and convince the audience to believe in the stories of those "loveliest people".
For this reason, Li Jiuxiao has found a lot of deeds of heroes who resisted US aggression and aid to Korea. He hoped that contemporary youth can experience the spirit of heroes of that era with heart.
2 Every day shooting is "stealing the teacher"
Liu Hao's highlights are always on the King Kong Bridge. He has always wanted to cross the bridge to complete the task and get a medal to commemorate the dead comrades in arms, but he found that no matter how anxiously he wanted to go to the other side, the bridge would always be blown down by the enemy.
Li Jiuxiao said that the director gave this character two words, which is crazy.
When the time-delay bomb exploded, he looked for company commander Gao Fulai (played by Deng Chao) all over the world, but he saw his comrade-in-arms who had already been blown up.
He understands that war is not only about victory, but also about sacrifice and cruelty.
"At first, I was always thinking about what I should be like. Later, when I was shooting, I felt more about the scene. Looking at Teacher Deng Chao's eyes, I could feel the collapse in my heart, and my voice almost went hoarse after the whole scene. "
As a young actor in the group, Li Jiuxiao regards every day's shooting as "stealing the teacher".
Zhang Yi once said to him, "Talent is part of filming, diligence and hard work, thinking and studying is a more important part", "Zhang Yi always takes out the only time for me to take a break to help me better shape Character. He told me how to express mental activities and emotions when the telescope was blocking the eyes. He was anxious, excited, and determined. I never imagined that a telescope could have so many'drama' and emotional expressions. It was so long. Seen it."
The movie "King Kong River" plays the volunteer soldier Liu Hao.
3 "Yao Bai" almost a pity without makeup
"Actually, I cooperated with director Guan Hu for three movies, and there was one that I didn't show." Li Jiuxiao remembers the first time I saw Guan Hu, "Many people will think that I am a very tough and tempered person when I look at my appearance. It’s a violent image. But when Director Guan Hu met me for the first time, he said that he could see the soft side of my heart." Through subsequent collaborations, Li Jiuxiao admired Director Guan Hu’s aesthetic more and more, "He knows what is real. Handsome and cool in men."
Many people are deeply impressed by the "knife" in the movie "Yabai", especially the clip in which he volunteered to rush to the bridge alone.
Li Jiuxiao said that this is due to director Guan Hu and photography director Cao Yu.
"The director's hairstyle and dress for'Knife' are all set by the director. This is his aesthetic, and the scene that rushed to the bridge was shot by Teacher Cao Yu himself, which made me so handsome."
Of course, Li Jiuxiao also has regrets. For example, in the movie "Yaobai", he once regretted that he did not wear makeup. In fact, Li Jiuxiao requested that he did not wear makeup. He said that he liked himself without makeup, but then he was a little worried about it.
After the film was released, Li Jiuxiao felt that this happened to be the difference between "Knife".
"I don't actually think about the deep level. For example, what level my performance is at now, but at least the creation is happy. Whenever I meet a good character, I try my best to give it. After the filming, it is very cool. That's it."
At thirty, it’s "stand up"
The first time I saw Li Jiuxiao was five years ago, when he played one of the four robbers in the movie "Hot Pot Heroes"-Bajie, who would wear the mask of Zhu Bajie during robbery.
At that time, Li Jiuxiao had long hair. He was cool when he was not talking. He liked to stroke his hair from time to time.
In 1990, Li Jiuxiao was born in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Region, Sichuan. His father was a choreographer in the cultural troupe and his mother was a dancer.
When he was five years old, Li Jiuxiao and his family settled in Beijing, and his mother became a full-time mother to take care of him.
At that time, I talked about his unruly past when he was young, and also about the sweat and tears his mother had shed for his growth.
Five years later, "Eight Hundred" and "King Kong River" in which Li Jiuxiao appeared, also coincided with his 30 years old.
After watching the movie, the mother said that for the first time, she felt that her son’s job was “holding up”. “She said, you’re standing at thirty, it’s a real stand.”
"For me, there are no big or small characters or decent or villains. I think the actor and the character are like falling in love. It may be love at first sight. You meet someone and think,'Wow, he attracts me!' But I don’t know how I am attracted to it. It’s how I feel when I meet a character that attracts me."
From graduation to the present, the most difficult period for him has long passed. At that time, there was no filming for two years.
After "Hot Pot Heroes" was released, he has been filming for at least the past five years.
He seldom plans anything. He thinks that things become boring when they are dead. "And what's the use of planning? The changes are too fast now. Take one step at a time." He describes each of his roles as like Upgrade and fight monsters, "Fight a monster to upgrade, and a scene is a monster." He never compares with others, "I have to film every day, and there is no time to compare."
He didn't even pay attention to when his iconic long hair was cut short. "My hair must follow the character. I never deliberately thought about it."
As for whether this year is considered a turning point in his career, Li Jiuxiao smiled: "Is it a turnaround? I can't decide if there is a turnaround. If there is a turnaround, I will welcome the turnaround. If not, I will continue filming."
Beijing News reporter Zhang Kunyu Zhou Huixiaowan