Chinanews.com, Beijing, February 3rd (Liu Yue) Friends, have you been "crazy" recently?
"Public life is bright, honesty is powerful", "The bigger the storm, the more expensive the fish", "It's useless to talk nonsense, let others mourn"... During the Spring Festival of 2023, the anti-crime and evil-themed drama "Hurricane" became popular on all platforms.
As a well-deserved blockbuster at the beginning of the year, "Hurricane" ended with a high score of 8.8 on Douban after it reached the top of the ratings list, dominated the hot searches on Weibo, and swept the social platforms.
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Under the benign effect of "drama leading people", Zhang Yi, Zhang Songwen, Jia Bing and other actors in "Hurricane" have gained a lot of attention.
Needless to say, veteran actors, Li Yitong, who is the only post-90s generation in the protagonist group, who plays "Meng Yu", has no stage fright at all. .
What can a good drama bring to an actor, and what can an actor do for a role?
About "Hurricane", about "Meng Yu", about himself... This time, Li Yitong has something to say.
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"Elaborate craftsmanship can make the audience empathize"
"In the past, I didn't have the profession of reporter in my previous roles, and I didn't know much about it, so I was relatively ignorant in this regard." It doesn't matter if you don't have enough confidence, just use enough desk work to fill up your self-confidence—this is Li Yitong's consistent creative methodology, " The more you get to know the character, the more accurate you will be."
In the early stage of filming, she observed the industry in depth, and summed up a portrait: "In the early years, many unannounced journalists would go to the workshop, even disguised as different people, such as the kind of people who walk around the streets and sell things. People, beggars, and bar girls. I think unannounced reporters are people who change all kinds of things, and they have to pretend to be whatever they are in order to effectively obtain information.”
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In the early stage, Meng Yu was strong and brave, with a clear love and hatred, and he dared to slap the hooligan with his bare hands.
In Li Yitong's words, "A standard newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, and she has been playing An Xin in the first few episodes, so she looks even stronger, but this speed must be grasped." Li Yitong began to recover when Meng Yu was playing, looking for the sense of relaxation in the characters.
"When acting from 20 to 40 years old, don't deliberately make some changes, deliberately act mature and stable. Only rich life experiences can relax your personal temperament, the tone of your speech, and your attitude towards things and people. Naturally."
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What is commendable is that even though the role spans a long time and the performance is difficult, Li Yitong still maintains his own rhythm, and the highlight is also remarkable.
In "Hurricane", Meng Yu followed the drug traffickers and wanted to follow the clues, but was kidnapped instead.
After being rescued, she had a strong stress response.
From unconsciously twitching muscles, twitching mouth corners, rolling eyeballs, to nervous thoughts and choked cries, Li Yitong vividly interprets the emotions of "survival after disaster". This period of real acting highlights is also in her mind The most difficult game.
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"After being stimulated, Meng Yu produced a physiological reaction, the so-called PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder), and the reaction it presents is beyond your control." Li Yitong carefully analyzed his thoughts: "Because I never I have never been kidnapped or murdered by gangsters, so I don’t know where the excitement should be. So that kind of stress response requires you to think more, and think more, in order to present a scene that makes the audience empathize.”
No stage fright against drama
"I entered a top uncle circle"
The characters span 21 years, have gone through three eras, and have great personality differences before and after. If these three premises have raised the role of "Meng Yu" to a level that is difficult to challenge, then they will be compared with Zhang Yi, Zhang Songwen, Zhang Zhijian and other powerful factions. It is even easier for young actors to retreat from the rivalry.
In response, Li Yitong said, "I'm so excited!"
"My God, because of all the senior actors in it, I think I have entered a top uncle circle. I'm so excited, you know?" Li Yitong recalled how eager he was to try: "Before I turned it on, I was looking forward to I have a rivalry with each of them. I asked the director, and I said, do I have a rivalry with Teacher Zhang Songwen? Can it be here? Do you have a rivalry with that teacher? He asked why your desire is so high. I said, you don’t understand , I'm so excited."
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Previously in "Crane Huating", Li Yitong played against Zhang Zhijian, who played Meng Yu's father "Meng Dehai", and several other actors, although there were not many scenes. In the process of an actor going to the scene, he will give you a lot of inspiration, he will point out his own ideas, but he will not force you. He will let you 'eat' in, and eating in may turn on another switch."
In the filming of "Hurricane", Zhang Yi may be the person who turned on the most switches on Li Yitong.
An Xin and Meng Yu went from being childhood sweethearts and fighting each other in the early stage to being missed by their lovers and parting ways in the later stage, which is very embarrassing.
When it came to the feelings of playing opposite Zhang Yi, Li Yitong said bluntly, "It's very enjoyable. It's already so enjoyable that I can shoot 24 hours a day, and I feel excited."
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However, Li Yitong was still a little worried about playing CP with Zhang Yi at the beginning, "There must have been pressure at first, but he has experience himself, and the play is so good, so I turned the pressure into motivation."
Some viewers ridiculed that An Xin was Meng Yu's "human sandbag" and was often beaten on the chest by small fists.
Even Li Yitong complained to himself, "I'm convinced how often I 'beat' him."
Indeed, in the play, An Xin is always "hurt" unilaterally by Meng Yu.
In the scene where the two reunited after a long absence in the bar, Meng Yu slapped the gangster, but accidentally slapped An Xin in the face. The scene where the two looked at each other amused many audiences.
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Faced with the reporter's soulful question of "really hit or borrow", Li Yitong shrugged, "Guess? Actually not. This slap so loud is the cooperation between the two of us. I must control the distance between the two of us. Teacher Zhang Yi has a lot of experience, and he will look more real when he cooperates."
However, although the beating in the play is very "exciting", the "extremely enjoyable" Li Yitong said is not the case.
"That kind of enjoyment exists in our impromptu collisions, and new and different things will come out. For example, after I slapped him, the words and reactions after he pulled me away are not in the book."
"You feel that the whole person is excited, receiving a lot of new things, not that I have done my homework underneath, deal with it according to the original point of the sentence, and memorize it. Everything on the scene is broken and Uncontrollable, the freshness and excitement of working with old actors and seniors will bring you different feelings."
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Stop internal friction all the way "hurricane"
"In your acting career, what are the three roles that mean the most to you?"
"Huang Rong ("The Legend of the Condor Heroes"), Wan Mei ("Boundless Lovers"), and Lu Wenxi ("Crane Huating")." Li Yitong answered without hesitation.
Martial arts, romance, costume intrigue, no matter the subject matter or character design, have nothing to do with "Meng Yu".
For Li Yitong, 2023 is a year of neither breaking nor building.
On the one hand, "Meng Yu" is her bold attempt to go against the usual way of acting; on the other hand, a certain acting selection variety show that Li Yitong participated in was broadcast. Under the seemingly easy performance, her courage and determination to reinvent herself were hidden. .
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"In the past, this kind of competitive stuff required high and low scores to be judged. I would resist. I don't want to accept such an uncontrollable situation. I will have some worries and fears." In the past few months, my thinking has changed. In 2023, I have been telling myself that nothing can be broken. There is no way to build a new self without breaking an old self.”
At the end of 2022, Li Yitong's work stagnated for several months.
Learning new dances and musical instruments, enrolling in a class to exercise, watching movies and books at home, attending class reunions, taking family trips... After going through the stage of "playing with yourself", she ushered in a period of anxiety .
"I am a person who can turn corners. When I encounter problems at the moment, I don't keep asking what to do. What I subconsciously think is, what can I do?" Different from the sweet appearance, it is the majestic core of Li Yitong's character. “If you feel anxious at home every day, it’s like riding a small wooden horse. I’m also moving, I’m working hard, and I’m grumbling, but it’s useless. Because you’re riding a wooden horse, you’re not Go forward, you have internal friction. For example, if I have been stagnant for a few months and have not filmed, you have to solve it or accept it, and don’t do useless work.”
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After passing through the anxiety period, Li Yitong began to try to accept new things and break the comfort zone, "People think about many problems when they are stagnant. I am used to turning a lot of anxiety and internal friction into motivation. The first step is to break my comfort zone I am willing to break the circle, and I want to try more possibilities.”
In the judging criteria of the public, there is a scale hanging above the heads of young actors with good looks, and the weights of "idol" and "strength" are listed on it.
After "Hurricane", the scale on Li Yitong's head undoubtedly gradually tilted to the side of "strength".
"What do you think is Li Yitong's biggest core competitiveness on the track of an actor?"
"Relatively diversified, not sticking to the same category." Li Yitong said: "I have a very strong desire for performance, so I must always enrich myself. Face problems, feel more about life, feel your own heart, and there is still a lot of space It is waiting for me to explore and improve." (End)