China News Service, Beijing, November 26th (Reporter Shangguan Yun) Shrewd and capable, he does not play cards according to routines. This is the impression left by the actor Sun Heping on many viewers in the recent hit drama "The Great Game".

The actor who plays it is the actor Qin Hao.

  At the age of 17, Qin Hao dreamed of becoming an actor.

After his dream came true, he worked hard to get out of his comfort zone and tried to interpret different types of themes and characters, whether it was Sun Heping in "The Great Game", Xiao Lu in the previous "Dear Child", or "The Hidden Corner". Zhang Dongsheng in ", will not confuse the audience.

  Sincerity and authenticity are his "magic weapons" for interpreting characters.

After more than 20 years of filming, Qin Hao has gradually found a suitable acting method and path: to express with heart and truly enter the role.

  He also always believes that the happiest part of being an actor is to complete a character, present it to the audience, and be accepted and resonated by the audience.

Qin Hao's "Sun Heping"

  In the first scene of Sun Heping's appearance in "The Great Game", the comedy effect is full.

  As the deputy director of the Northern Machinery Factory and the general manager of the international trading company, he catches mice by himself, bargains with the businessman who played a guest role by Lei Jiayin, and brags about the efficacy of rat medicine, "This high-tech product of mine is three-step backward, and it is passed down by our ancestors." secret recipe".

  When the camera turned, at a meeting, Deputy Secretary Long of the Northern Machinery Factory complained that Sun Heping was not doing his job properly by selling rat poison, and the old secretary Qian Jianguo responded, "But he sells more engines and generators" "We are now It's all about him for a living."

  The simple plot transition quietly revealed part of Sun Heping's personality: not a "dominant president" company boss, but quite smart and capable.

Later, he was appointed as the director of the factory when he was in danger, and led the Northern Machinery Factory to turn around against the wind.

  Talking about the details of the scene of "selling rat poison", Qin Hao explained that one needs to set a tone to reflect Sun Heping's character; An element of lightheartedness so that the audience can be convinced.

  In Qin Hao's eyes, Sun Heping is a new generation of state-owned enterprise employees who grew up in a traditional state-owned enterprise. He not only understands the language system and behavioral norms of the old state-owned enterprise, but also has the experience of engaging in trade in Southeast Asia, so he is very daring to think and act.

"The Big Game" stills.

Photo courtesy of the play party

  "The word "sincerity" is very important for him to be able to go to the end. I must not present his personality and shrewdness in a face-to-face manner. I still have to express the multi-faceted nature of this character through many different levels." Qin Hao explain.

Interpret characters with sincerity

  Whether the characters in film and television dramas have a strong sense of reality often depends on whether they are close enough to life.

The Big Game is no exception.

  Sun Heping was nicknamed "Sun Monkey". In the early days, he suffered a lot of losses when he played games with Yang Liu and Liu Bing, who were also "Three Heroes of Han University", but he always turned defeat into victory.

It's hard to describe his disposition simply in terms of good, bad, smart, or stupid.

  After studying the script, Qin Hao decided to "subtract" this character, "I don't want to portray him as a superior and perfect person, to impose some halo, he is a real 'person' after all."

  During filming, he and the director had the most discussions about how to add some shortcomings to Sun Heping, such as love to take advantage of petty advantages or other minor problems, so as to make the character more down-to-earth.

  In the end, the audience saw Sun Heping like this: he will be proud of himself, and he will also face difficulties; occasionally he will play smart, and will be discouraged when encountering difficulties, but there are also shining points of perseverance and persistence in his dreams.

  "My understanding of performance is to try to reduce the so-called performance elements and be more sincere." Qin Hao believes, "The appeal of performance lies in your intention to communicate with this character, your understanding of life, and your perception of beauty. Use it on this role, express it with your heart, and really enter this role. This is what I have always insisted on in interpreting characters."

actor timing

  In a good film and television work, actors and characters can often complement each other.

Qin Hao and "Sun Heping" may be exactly the case.

"The Big Game" stills.

Photo courtesy of the play party

  Time goes back to the beginning of 2021.

At that time, Qin Hao received scripts for five episodes of "The Great Game".

After reading it, he found the role of Sun Heping very attractive: he is rooted in reality and can find archetypes from life.

  In the writing of Zhou Meisen, the screenwriter of the play, Sun Heping's character is real and delicate, quite vivid, and by no means a vain character.

The attractive character moved Qin Hao, coupled with the excellent script and strong creative team, he finally decided to star in "The Great Game".

  The growth of age enriches life experience, and now Qin Hao can fully understand the relationship between the characters in the play.

He sighed a little, "If it was ten years ago, it might be difficult for me to have such an understanding. For an actor, timing is very important."

  For example, Qin Hao and Du Yuan, an old drama star who played Qian Jianguo, had a wonderful rivalry.

In the play, after returning to China, Sun Heping was forced by his master Qian Jianping to become the director of the factory. He was a little hesitant and didn't want to take over the offer, but he couldn't speak out because of the relationship between the master and the apprentice.

  The subtle changes in emotion are a test of acting skills.

Qin Hao and Du Yuan were worried that this scene might be a little dull, so they improvised a "bag grabbing" scene, which was full of life and vividly expressed their psychological state.

  Looking back at "The Great Game" now, Qin Hao feels that the most talked about in this work is dreams, "The process of the entrepreneurs realizing their dreams was very tragic. A generation of entrepreneurs have made it to today, and the hardships are beyond the reach of ordinary people. imagination".

A dream at the age of 17

  On and off the screen, being an "actor" was actually Qin Hao's dream when he was 17 years old.

  At that time, he happened to watch Jiang Wen's movie and watched "The Godfather", and suddenly discovered that the charm of an actor can affect a person's thinking, "I really want to act like them."

Actor Qin Hao.

Photo provided by the interviewee

  For this reason, Qin Hao transferred to the liberal arts class and studied hard.

His hard work was favored by fate. At the age of 18, his dream came true, and he was admitted to the Central Academy of Drama as he wished, embarking on the path of an actor.

  Qin Hao's acting career started on the big screen. He has acted in many literary films, and later tried to act in TV dramas, constantly expanding his acting career.

In 2020, "The Hidden Corner" became popular, and he played Zhang Dongsheng in the play, which aroused heated discussions on the Internet.

  At this stage, he prefers to perform works with realistic themes, and to interpret some life-like characters that are closer to the audience. The recent "Dear Child" and "The Big Game" are basically of this type.

  "But in the future, I may want to try science fiction, history and other subjects that are farther away from our lives. These will change with time and mentality." He said, of course, it also depends on whether he is included in the scripts that come More interesting and achievable content.

  For so many years, his standards for accepting plays have not changed: one is the role, the other is the script, and the third is the creative team.

As he grew older, he began to lean more towards the first two points, which were characters and scripts.

  However, perhaps because of his personal character, Qin Hao seldom plays the same type of roles, but tries his best to get out of his comfort zone to take risks and challenge himself.

From Zhang Dongsheng to Sun Heping, he tried to use different performance methods to shape the characters.

  To this day, Qin Hao still enjoys the joy of being an actor, "The happiest part of being an actor is that you complete a character and present it to the audience, and the audience accepts him and resonates with him."

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