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Chinanews Client Beijing, December 17th,
title: "Qiong Yao Girl" Jiang Qinqin, why do you want to play a male role?
Reporter Yuan Xiuyue
In the new drama "Fog Tracking", Jiang Qinqin contributed two "firsts" since her debut: the first time she acted as a criminal policeman, and the first time she returned to her hometown of Chongqing to film.
The former surprised her. In life, she is not a person who likes to watch suspense dramas, and she never even thought of playing a detective.
The latter was a surprise. After many years in the industry, it was the first time she went home to film.
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But behind the freshness is a greater challenge.
In the play, Lin Yuhong, the criminal police captain played by Jiang Qinqin, has a hard personality, failed marriage, devoted himself to work, and was absent from the growth of children... In short, she is an atypical heroine.
How does the "goddess of ancient costume" play a completely different role?
What does she think of Lin Yuhong's women in the workplace?
Chinanews interviewed Jiang Qinqin.
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"Goddess in costume" turned into criminal police
Jiang Qinqin learned Peking opera since she was a child, probably because of this, she has a classical temperament.
In 1997, she starred as the heroine in "There Are Tears in the Sky". Qiong Yao once gave her the stage name "Water Spirit".
Many people commented that people are just as their name suggests.
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Later, Jiang Qinqin appeared in many costume dramas, such as "White-haired Witch", "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", "Fengyun", "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", "Returning the Pearl" and so on.
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With such a halo, Jiang Qinqin wants to play a female criminal police captain. The contrast can be described as great.
Therefore, when director Yu Qing found her, she was very hesitant.
"Originally, there are relatively few performances in modern dramas. It is quite a challenge for me to perform such a special profession."
However, what finally convinced her was the profession of criminal police. Jiang Qinqin's father was a policeman. She found it very interesting to experience his father's life in this way.
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When preparing, she also set off from her father first.
For example, capturing father's work status and his own temperament in his mind.
Then when shooting, put these things inside.
"For example, my dad would be unsmiling, you don't know what he is thinking. I think this is also a professional habit. For example, when he confronts a prisoner, when confronted with some witnesses or witnesses, he must not have too much His emotions cannot allow you to clearly see his attitude towards this matter."
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Challenge from suspense drama
Of course, to shoot a suspense drama, the challenge doesn't stop there.
The story of "Fog Tracking" starts with an online car-hailing murder case.
Nurse Li Jiajia was killed after riding in an online car hailing car and pointed her finger at the car hailing driver. However, when the police finally found the driver, they discovered that he was also a victim.
Jiang Qinqin and the criminal police played by Zhou You work together to detect the case, but they discover that the case involves more and more secrets.
It turns out that the victims in the play have participated in a talent show.
What happened that year?
Who is the murderer?
These have become mysteries.
Several episodes were broadcast, and the plot went through several reversals.
This kind of storyline, which resembles a cocoon, leaves a lot of suspense for the audience.
But for actors, there are many difficulties.
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Because the plot is mostly following the case, there are very few parts that involve individual characters, and there are no life or family dramas.
Many of the heroine's life experience and her personal stories are presented in interspersed and flashback ways, and are not coherent.
"The actor is mainly shaping people, but if this person does not have his own emotions and his own story, it is difficult to shape her." Jiang Qinqin revealed that in order to make the characters relatively rich and three-dimensional, some of Lin Yuhong's personalities were added later. , Such as some weird expressions and behaviors.
She revealed that the audience may not know why this woman is like this until the second season.
For Jiang Qinqin, speaking speed is also a difficult point.
She is a southerner, and she has made many costume plays.
The lines of costume dramas have a specific context, but for a criminal policeman who plays a modern drama, his lines must be decisive and quick, and his speech must be accelerated.
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"As soon as I entered the crew, I was particularly uncomfortable, and there might be what we said "dumped". The speed of speech accelerated and I adapted to it for a long time. But at that time, I couldn't be perfect for various reasons, and it didn't happen later. It’s a shame to have a chance to correct it. On the other hand, Lin Yuhong has a lot of commands and arrangements. Do you need feelings? This is also a difficulty in our creation. There will be fewer emotional things.” Jiang Qinqin said.
As a criminal policeman, there is no shortage of action scenes, Jiang Qinqin described, feeling that he has been chasing and running in this scene.
After three months of shooting, she was also injured.
It was a scene in which Lin Yuhong fell into a coma after being knocked down by the prisoner. The partner wanted to run with her, but accidentally fell.
Zhou You, the young actor she worked with, was also very hardworking. She remembered that there was a scene where Zhou You had to jump off the second floor.
For fear of accidents, the director arranged for a professional stand-in in advance, but he insisted on shooting himself.
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Lin Yuhong's Workplace Women
Compared with previous film and television dramas, Lin Yuhong is an atypical heroine. She devoted herself to work, divorced her husband, and her children chose to live with her father.
She looked a little weird and paranoid, in Jiang Qinqin's words, a lost woman.
In the play, her ex-husband asked her to talk about the child's custody, but after waiting for a long time, Lin Yuhong hurriedly arrived, with blood on half of her face.
The ex-husband asked her: "Look at what you are like now, can you take care of him?"
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Should career women surrender custody?
Can women balance career and family well?
This clip also caused heated discussion on the Internet.
In Jiang Qinqin's view, the status of professional women should not be emphasized.
She believes that when a bad marriage occurs, both men and women will face such problems.
"I think we still have to focus on children, what is best for children, respect the children's own choices, and respect our inner choices. (Work, family) You can't make it perfect and balanced. I think It is a matter of choosing between gains and losses. As long as you are firm, you can't be too focused on gains and losses. Since you have made such a choice, you must be responsible for your choice." Jiang Qinqin said.
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Jiang Qinqin wants to challenge the male role?
As for the topic of "the dilemma of middle-aged actresses" that has received much attention in the past two years, Jiang Qinqin's views are consistent.
She believes that the actor must first do the right thing at the right time, "because you can't hold onto your youth, you have to act in love, it's impossible."
She also did not resist playing the role of mother, because the role is bigger than the sky, "I will think that this role is suitable for me, instead of thinking that she is a mother of a 20-year-old child or a mother of a 30-year-old child, I will not go. I took it, no."
For her, more confusion and crisis come from herself-can I do better, and whether each role is doing its best.
Jiang Qinqin plays Nan Ku Mingyi in "Jiuzhou·Sea Shepherd Clouds"
However, for middle-aged actresses who can only play mothers, she also feels that the emergence of this situation is a kind of sadness.
Because few screenwriters or directors pay attention to actresses of this age group, they lack attention.
Jiang Qinqin also has his own views on the current popular acting variety shows.
She believes that actors who can be on this stage are brave.
In her view, this is also a process of finding, discovering and challenging oneself.
However, she also said that she might not go, and she still hopes that there will be more opportunities for expression in TV series and movies.
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Jiang Qinqin revealed that she would like to play some special roles next, even male roles.
"We seem to oppose men and women now, like Bob Dylan played by Cate Blanchett in "I'm Not There", I think it's super cool. We can also do many things across genders. It’s not that some traits are only for men. Maybe one day when our women have that trait, they will also be appreciated and recognized by others.” (End)