"One Day Only For Us" Wang Zulan: The film's view of love is "very positive", I am very infatuated
The love movie "One Day Only For Us" is being shown, and it tells the story of Mosaic (Wang Zulan), an urban sketcher who suffers from "gradual freezing disease", before his condition deteriorated completely. SA ornaments) confessed that the two became "one-day couples" and started a romantic story of emotional bondage.
Some viewers sighed that it seemed that Wang Zulan had not seen Wang Zulan appear in a film for a long time, and he was so infatuated, and hoped that he would "take more time to make films and give films more opportunities" in more and more variety shows.
And Wang Zulan himself also recalled that since he got married in 2015, he has not made many movies.
He also misses the feeling of filming, and jokes that he has no standards for taking on a film now. As long as someone finds him and the script is suitable, he will act.
Facing the invitation of director Li Min, he agreed without saying a word after reading the script. He did his best to prepare for the role, and completed the role of mosaic in the film without any distractions. He told the Beijing News reporter that he cherished this time very much. The chance of the role, especially this "very positive" love movie, seems to express his view of love in real life. When I first read the script, I was constantly moved: "This movie is not only about love, but also about life. You can see the meaning of life in it.”
There are the same views on love and life in and out of the play, and I am as infatuated with the characters.
"One Day Only For Us" is a Hong Kong-style romantic film, but it is not limited to campus youth, but from the perspective of adults, showing the urban people's view of love with the characteristics of "urban changes".
Wang Zulan used the word "very positive" to describe the film. He believes that compared with other romance films, the theme of this film is particularly profound.
Mosaic played by Wang Zulan in the film can be said to have subverted the image of the male lead in romantic films in traditional cognition. He is neither tall nor handsome, and he looks very ordinary. The only thing stronger than others is persistence and dedication.
Wang Zulan considers himself an absolutely infatuated person.
He is the same as Mosaic in the film. During the performance, he found that this character has a lot in common with him, the same family background, the same outlook on love, and outlook on life, "I remember that I dated a girl for two years in junior high school. It took three years and five years to forget her. I have always been a very affectionate person. Even after I separated from my wife Li Yanan, it took three years of waiting to be together again. Others may not last that long. (laughs)"
There is pressure to play a patient with ALS, and I was worried about the audience laughing
In the process of preliminary preparation, Wang Zulan not only consulted a lot of information, but also interviewed real "gradual freezing" patients and their families to experience their lives.
During the actual shooting, the crew also invited a real ALS patient to play the father of the hero Mosaic; looking at this "father", Wang Zulan recalled his father who passed away, and felt emotional.
Wang Zulan admits that he is under a lot of pressure when it comes to portraying a character with a physical illness: "For example, there is a scene where I get sick, and I have to become a patient with ALS. If I do it unnaturally and professionally, I will It will make the audience very playful, and I am also very worried that the audience will laugh. Later, I went to the film and observed the audience's reaction. Fortunately, everyone was very engaged in watching it, so I was relieved." Wang Zulan said that filming this film The play is of great significance to him. He shoots with a moving heart. He seems to have taken out all his life experiences and formed a mosaic role together: "When I received the script, my idea was 'How could I not take it'? (laughs) To be honest, I have been doing variety shows for a long time, and sometimes I encounter bottlenecks in my creation. Making this movie will give me a quiet time to settle down and think about my life. Experience, grateful for every encounter, and this movie has given me the strength to continue my acting career."
"One Day Only For Us" is all about telling people to work hard to create good memories.
Just like Mosaic bravely fights for a date with Angelfish for a day, and Angelfish accompanies Mosaic to complete the journey of life without complaint, Wang Zulan believes that this movie is very real, especially in the post-epidemic era, he said that people should not only cherish the people around them, but also let them Good memories remain in each other's hearts.
"Recently, the epidemic in Hong Kong is raging, and I received the news that my driver in Hong Kong was diagnosed. They also have children at home, and everyone is very worried. We were so happy before that we hardly had any awareness of these disasters, just like my father, I never thought he left so early, this is life, everyone is growing up, we must learn to cherish what we have and leave good memories with those we love."
【Interview】
That's how love is, to tolerate each other, there's no reason
Beijing News: You in stage plays and in love movies are not the same as the familiar comedian Wang Zulan. After all, every actor wants to challenge different genres. Are you worried that the image of comedy will limit your acting?
Wang Zulan: There is no way.
To be honest, comedies are still more favored in the market.
Maybe the box office of a romantic film is far inferior to that of a comedy, but I still have a background in acting, and I always hope that I can be tempered, continue to learn, and return to the original intention of acting.
I am willing to make "A Day That Only Belongs to Us". Although this is a small-scale Hong Kong film, I also hope to get back to that real performance state, which I enjoy very much.
Beijing News: You and Ah SA are very familiar friends. What do you think has changed in her performance when you are partnered this time?
Wang Zulan: She is a very mature actress, and the characters she presents under the camera are very emotional, and she basically does not use too many lines.
Her camera language, expressions are very natural, and her reactions to everything are just right.
In addition, the angelfish in the setting of the original novel written by Li Min is very simple, but Ah SA thinks it is too simple, especially stupid and white sweet, and it can't be established. The angelfish should be a very realistic migrant worker, and his love is not very satisfactory. Social feelings are also very complicated, and it is necessary to see the collision between the real world and fairy tale love.
Now this character is very three-dimensional, which is all created by Ah SA.
Beijing News: So for the next movie, will you think about separating it from comedy?
Will you consider it?
Wang Zulan: If I have the opportunity to act, I still hope to find the original intention of acting and create a more three-dimensional self.
I really enjoy doing a serious play, and comedy can be done, and there are so many great comedians out there and I need to keep learning from them.
Beijing News: What does variety show mean to you?
Wang Zulan: It means what the audience needs.
I believe that there is a group of audiences who go to the cinema, and another audience who watch TV.
Actors serve the audience. For example, I am making a Hong Kong film about love to serve the audience who want to watch romantic films.
Then I will take it seriously and sincerely let the audience feel the romance and passion in Hong Kong-style romance films.
Beijing News: Will this movie affect your view of love?
Wang Zulan: There is a sentence in the script, because Angelfish's love experience is more complicated, she told Mosaic that you don't know me at all, and I'm not the me in your mind.
But love is, when I see you, I like this you, even if you tell me about your past one day, it doesn't matter.
Once I start with you, I choose you.
Take me, for example, I'm not perfect, but my wife accepts it.
Some people even came to ask me if I would dislike my wife being taller than me. I thought to myself, how could I dislike my wife?
She doesn't dislike me, what can I dislike her?
That's what love is, to tolerate each other for no reason.
Beijing News reporter Zhou Huixiaowan