number one idol

Chapter 549
shooting scene.

Script study room.

He Xiao, acting teacher Han Xiulan, and assistant director Wang Shi were sitting on the sofa, reading the script while waiting for the guest who played with him to arrive.

"The Birth of an Actor" will have six guests participating in each episode, and a group of two will compete on the same stage to decide the winner.

In this issue, apart from He Xiao, the other five contestants are also young actors in the entertainment industry. There is a very popular traffic Xiaohua, and there is also a powerful faction who is not very famous but has won the best actor and actress. .

He Xiao is an outlier among them, because his status as a singer is too dazzling, which somewhat obscures his being an actor.

Today, the one with He Xiao and He Xiao is a powerful actor who won the best actor at the Tokyo Film Festival a few years ago.

However, although he won such an award, his reputation has not been very high, because there are no popular dramas in his masterpieces, and he has not released any blockbusters.

He Xiao was also quite unfamiliar with him. Even when he heard his name for the first time, he couldn't remember who the actor was. It wasn't until Han Xiulan mentioned a role he had played that He Xiao suddenly understood.

So this buddy is a typical actor whose role is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people but not popular.

At this time, the camera suddenly turned to the door. It seemed that the photographer had received the news from the front desk and knew that someone was going to come in. The three people sitting on the sofa also looked over.

The next moment, I saw that the door of the lounge was pushed open, and a man cautiously peeked inside. After confirming that he had gone the right way, he smiled cautiously and walked into the room.

"Welcome An Cheng to "The Birth of an Actor"."

As the man walked in, Han Xiulan stood up first and greeted him.

As a teacher of the Acting Department of Chinese Opera, she has a wide network of contacts in the circle and knows many people.

In fact, the entertainment industry is a place that many people think is very big before they come in, but in fact, they will find it very small after they really integrate into it. Those people come and go, and if they participate in a play at random, many supporting actors and staff members of the crew may feel that it is very big. look familiar.

Han Xiulan, who is in her 50s, has devoted her whole life to the art of acting. It is not an exaggeration to say that she has witnessed the rise and fall of Huaguo's film history for decades. As the years go by, she really knows a lot of people.

The actor named An Cheng also showed a look of surprise on his face at this time, and said in surprise: "Mr. Han, are you here too?"

"Hehe, I'm the acting director invited by the program group, how come I'm not here?" Han Xiulan pulled An Cheng over with a smile, and introduced to everyone: "An Cheng is a student I taught in China Opera ten years ago."

"Haha, hello everyone!" Probably because of the presence of acquaintances, An Cheng relaxed a bit, not as stiff as he was at first.

Han Xiulan said to the two people on the sofa who had stood up to welcome her: "This is Director Wang Shi from Jiangsu and Zhejiang Satellite TV, and he is the assistant director of our program. As for the one next to me, I don't need to introduce him. Our Huaguo is the most popular right now." Red young entertainer."

Naturally, he was referring to He Xiao.

Wang Shi interjected: "An Cheng, He Xiao is your opponent in this episode, let's get to know each other."

"He Xiao, hello, I usually like to listen to your plays and songs."

"Hello, Brother An, I also like your role as 'Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty' very much, it is so lifelike."

An Cheng shook hands with He Xiao, and they exchanged business ideas.

"Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty" is a more representative role in the many TV dramas that An Cheng has starred in. He Xiao said that, invisibly giving An Cheng a hand.

Everyone loves to hear beautiful words, and several people exchanged pleasantries and flattery, and the atmosphere at the scene was very harmonious.

After everyone got along, Han Xiulan coughed and said seriously: "You two, you are the guests who will appear in the first episode. The script arranged by the director team for you is "Jinyiwei"."

""Jinyiwei"? Is it that movie?" An Cheng blinked and asked curiously.

Han Xiulan nodded, "That's right, it's the martial arts movie "Jinyiwei" directed by Wu Sheng, which was released six years ago and won the top box office that year."

Wu Sheng, a famous director in Huaguo, is at the same level as Liao Yuqing and Liu Haibo.

He Xiao had a relationship with him before. At that time, he was just a young singer. He had just signed with Le Jia not long ago, and the other party was already the famous director of Hua Guo University.

At that time, Wu Sheng was going to shoot a romantic drama as a New Year's movie for the Spring Festival, but the theme song was still undecided. With Yu Xiao's matchmaking, He Xiao was lucky enough to contact director Wu Sheng, and with a song "Long Time No See" Impressed each other, beheaded competitors from other entertainment companies, successfully sang on the big screen, and let the singing sound into the cinema.

Although so many years have passed in a flash, He Xiao is no longer the He Xiao of the past, but the glorious past is still vivid in my mind. At this time, when Han Xiulan mentioned Wu Sheng's works, I felt a lot of emotion in my heart.

He Xiao has only read half of Wu Sheng's "Jinyiwei", and has almost forgotten the plot. It roughly tells the story of the conspiracy of several major forces in the court during the Ming Dynasty.

However, although He Xiao didn't finish watching all of them, he had heard about the reputation of this film. On a certain rating website, it was as high as 7.4, which was one of the relatively high-quality films in Wu Sheng's career.

He didn't expect that the script of the first play was actually based on this play. This is a martial arts play, and it also belongs to a costume play, which is a field that He Xiao has never set foot in.

At present, the roles that He Xiao can control are basically based on the modern background. They are either young and promising successful people, business tycoons, or low-level people who are down and down. He can also play a role similar to Charlotte in his true colors. The fantasy history of a small person growing into a big star, even if he bites his teeth, he can also play an unknown person like Hu Guangsheng who has a sad life.

Only in costume dramas, he has absolutely zero experience.

So when Han Xiulan announced the script, he was very stressed.

The actor An Cheng, who is his partner in the opposite film, is different. Although he is not as famous as He Xiao, he is a professional actor, unlike He Xiao, who was a half-timer who switched from the music world to the film industry, and even won the best actor.

The most important thing is that An Cheng has a lot of experience in acting. He has appeared in many costume dramas, ranging from the image of an emperor like "Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty" to a hero in the green forest. He has acted in it all, and he has that experience.

Therefore, once the script was announced, An Cheng didn't have too many worries. As a professional actor, he was used to storms.

He has read more scripts than He Xiao has ever eaten.

In this game, He Xiao doesn't have the advantage as he does.

But this is also expected by He Xiao, after all, he is a professional and has acted for ten years, and he has just stepped into this line of work.

Moreover, he is willing to participate in the program "The Birth of an Actor" just to hone himself. No matter what kind of script it is, he has already prepared it.

"He Xiao, have you seen Jin Yiwei?"

Han Xiulan looked at He Xiao. She is the performance instructor of the program group and is responsible for leading the contestants to rehearse.

And He Xiao is the only actor present who has not studied systematically and has little acting experience. To put it bluntly, he is a bit of a layman, and he is definitely not as good as An Cheng, who has a professional background. He has seen most movies, so I ask this question.

This question hit the point, He Xiao shook his head, not daring to push it too far, and replied truthfully: "I only read half of it."

"I see." Han Xiulan nodded, and then said: "It's okay, you just need to understand the background of the movie, because our script is independent of the movie, not to restore the movie, but to use a certain plot As an extension, the main thing to look at is micro-expression, body language, and line skills."

"If you can grasp these three things well, even if you are eliminated, you will not be ashamed. You can prove your strength to the audience."

Wang Shi also nodded at the side and said: "That's true. The acting is all about the use of expressions. Of course, if you want to perform better, apart from these three things, it depends on the actors' grasp of the details. "

Although he is a variety show director of Jiangsu and Zhejiang Satellite TV, he is also a director. He has his own unique views on performance.

Both of them are giving lectures to He Xiao, because this script is indeed too difficult for He Xiao.

Jumping directly into costume dramas, don't talk about laughing, even ordinary professional actors may not be able to hold it.

Not everyone can handle ancient costumes. Even in the industry, there are many actors who can only act in modern dramas. If they play ancient costume roles, the audience will be extremely entertained, and vice versa.

To put it bluntly, the road to play is narrow.

And the play has a wide range, and there are very few actors who can cover both types of plays, and they are all popular resources in the circle.

He Xiao had never acted in a costume drama before, and both Wang Shi and Han Xiulan were a little worried. They knew that when rehearsing later, compared to An Cheng, He Xiao would be the key mentor.

An Cheng doesn't mind this, he has been acting for ten years, he is an old man, and he has already had his own understanding of acting. Even if he wants to participate in a show at this time, it is impossible to play on the stage in a short period of time. Get a level boost within a day or two.

Just like an old driver who can drive but does not have a driver's license is going to learn to drive, the coach is the most troublesome and difficult to teach this kind of person.

So Han Xiulan doesn't help An Cheng much, she can only provide some ideas, more progress still needs to be realized by An Cheng himself.

"This is the script, you two should read it first."

Han Xiulan put the manuscript on the table and let the two of them go over it first. After reading it, the rehearsal will start in the afternoon.

In the next few minutes, the room was quiet, Han Xiulan and Wang Shi did not disturb them, they were both looking at their mobile phones, while He Xiao and An Cheng were engrossed in reading the script.

The plot is very simple. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, a low-level Jin Yiwei was ordered to hunt down the remnants of the eunuchs who once held power, and finally met in a certain inn. The eunuchs tried to buy their lives with money, and an IQ game between the two began.

This scene does not exist in the "Jin Yiwei" movie. The original plot is that after the Jin Yiwei took the order, after three or five shots, he has completed the task, and the scene to be performed now is obviously based on this scene. It is an extension of the point, telling the fragments that were not shown in the movie, and what kind of story will happen between the two.

The script was studied by Han Xiulan and several professional screenwriters from the industry invited by the program group, but even so, the script was not perfect, and the specific performance method was not given in many places, and even the lines had blank passages.

Because Han Xiulan knows that if the lines are written too neatly, it will limit the actor's creative ability. In many cases, only a framework is needed to allow the actor to better interpret the role.

When it's time for rehearsal, An Cheng and He Xiao will definitely come up with a lot of ideas, and Han Xiulan doesn't need to say more, this scene will gradually become fuller.

"What do you think?"

After the two finished watching, acting teacher Han Xiulan asked with a smile.

An Cheng rubbed his chin, "The script is fine, um... He Xiao, which role do you want to play?"

"Brother An, it's up to you." He Xiao gave way.

An Cheng shook his hand, "You choose first, I have more acting experience than you."

The two gave way to each other, not too embarrassed to grab the role.

However, in fact, the choice of roles is very important. On the stage of "The Birth of an Actor", many actors were eliminated because they chose the wrong roles. If the roles were switched, it is still unclear who will win.

"Why don't you play Jin Yiwei?" Seeing that He Xiao gave way, An Cheng couldn't make up his mind, so he couldn't help but want to give up the good role to He Xiao.

The role of Jin Yiwei, apart from sounding more majestic than eunuchs, more importantly, the core of the script of this play is "Jin Yiwei chases and kills the eunuchs", so it is already obvious that Jin Yiwei is the one who can easily grasp the situation and plot towards the character.

To put it bluntly, it can suppress drama!
Whoever chooses Jinyiwei will have an advantage on this stage.

Wang Shi, Han Xiulan and him present all saw this point.

Here I have to say that An Cheng's heart is really good, even though he knew in his heart that Jin Yiwei was a good character, but he still took the initiative to give it up to He Xiao, and didn't take it hard.

After all, the two evaded to such an extent, if An Cheng suddenly cleaned up and insisted, "Then I will play Jin Yiwei", He Xiao would have nothing to say.

But he didn't.

He Xiao didn't know what to suppress and not to suppress, and he didn't know which character had the advantage. He just thought about it for a while after hearing An Cheng's words, then shook his head and said: "The image of Jin Yiwei is too majestic. Maybe I can’t control it, let me play the eunuch.”

As soon as these words came out, several people present were shocked.

Wang Shi slapped his forehead even more, and then frantically gave He Xiao winks, and he almost said that he should take the role of Jin Yiwei.

"Have you thought about it?" An Cheng was also a little stunned, and then asked him very seriously.

The wrong choice of a role is related to whether he can advance in the competition. He Xiao voluntarily gave up a more advantageous role, which seemed very surprising to him.

He Xiao pursed his lips, and said without too much regret: "Think about it, the role of Jin Yiwei is too powerful, and it really doesn't suit me. I'll play the role of eunuch."

He Xiao is not crazy. Although he has only watched half of the movie "Jinyiwei", he still remembers the images of the leading actors in it.

Holding an embroidered spring knife, wearing a flying fish suit, ignoring the civil and military affairs of the court, and only obeying the emperor's orders, such an airy image, it is too difficult for him to act, and it will affect his performance on the stage.

Not to mention other things, he might not be able to hold up with just that pair of clothes. He is not tall enough to be 1.8 meters tall, and he has not deliberately exercised his body. How can he manage the role of the eagle dog of the imperial court?
It's too dramatic.

So He Xiao wisely exploited his strengths and avoided his weaknesses. He chose another eunuch who was not very strict about appearance.

In the script, this eunuch used to have power and was the admiral of Dongchang, and He Xiao happened to be good at playing high-ranking characters. In addition, he didn't have high requirements for his figure, so he could support this role better.

Seeing that He Xiao had made up his mind, the people present all looked at each other in blank dismay, with thoughts of admiration welling up in their hearts.

"Then I will be disrespectful to the role of Jin Yiwei."

Seeing this, An Cheng didn't hold back any more. After the roles played by the two were assigned, the next few days would be rehearsals.

The show started recording at the end of the month, and today is the 25th. At first glance, it seems that there is plenty of time, but in fact it is not, because not only their group of players, but also the other four players also need to rehearse on the day of the recording, and the performance director is There is only Han Xiulan alone, so the time is still very tight.

In the afternoon, the intense rehearsal began.

He Xiao and An Cheng got along quickly, and began to match words and practice, but they hit a wall everywhere.

Costume drama is still a big challenge for He Xiao, he has been unable to enter the drama for a long time.

Although An Cheng was able to enter the state, he also had troubles, because many lines needed to be improved, and he was not satisfied with the plot. He always felt that something was missing, and the rehearsal was temporarily deadlocked.

Although Han Xiulan followed up with advice and guidance, the process was still difficult.

Six twelve in the evening.

After dinner, the two started the fifth rehearsal.

"Master Zhao, do you have to kill me?"

"Admiral, the emperor's order is hard to disobey, and it will be difficult for me to do so."

"Zhao Yusheng! Don't forget who recommended you to join Jinyiwei back then! Is this how you repay me?"

"..."

"Card!"

The two were enjoying themselves, but Han Xiulan stopped them.

Rolling up her sleeves, she frowned and walked back and forth on the spot: "No! No! This play is not right at all!"

"He Xiao, listen to the two lines you read just now. Does it look like a person who has been hunted down for several months? Those who don't know think that you will hunt down Jin Yiwei again! You are so majestic! "

"And you, An Cheng, how did I teach you when you were in school? You can't act too hard, and you can't let the audience see the traces of the performance. What are you doing? That's how you got the actor? The Tokyo Film Festival selection made a mistake, right? !"

As soon as she entered the rehearsal session, Han Xiulan immediately transformed into the image of a resolute teacher. He Xiao and An Cheng were scolded without saying a word, and they all reflected in silence.

There is a saying that people who act in plays are lunatics, but those who teach plays are even crazier!

As a professional acting teacher, Han Xiulan wished to put all her lifelong learning into He Xiao's mind, so she was very passionate and corrected the mistakes of the two of them over and over again.

He Xiao pursed his lips and remained silent.

He wasn't angry, he knew that the teacher didn't mean anything malicious, besides, this afternoon, he really learned a lot of acting skills from Han Xiulan, and he has improved a lot now. During the first rehearsal, he was even better than this. unsightly.

The rehearsal continued again.

Sixth time.

Seventh time.

Eighth time.

……

It has been getting dark all the time, and today's scene has finally come to an end.

There are still problems in this scene, and it has not been perfected, but both He Xiao and An Cheng know that this is the end of today, and there will be no progress if it continues.

Moreover, although Han Xiulan is well maintained and looks young, she is actually a person in her 50s, and her teachers also need to rest.

"Brother He, drink water."

Coming out of the brightly lit gymnasium, the little assistant immediately handed He Xiao water, put on his coat again, opened the car door, and asked, "Which restaurant shall we go for dinner?"

"No, go back to the hotel and order takeaway."

He Xiao rubbed his head, he was no longer in the mood to eat properly, he only had one thought in his mind, how to perform this scene well, act well!
(End of this chapter)