Filming scene.

Script Reading Room.

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

Each issue of "The Birth of an Actor" will have six guests to participate, and a group of two will play on the same stage to decide the winner.

In this issue, in addition to He Xiao, the other five contestants are also young actors in the entertainment industry, some of them are traffic flowers with very hot topics, and some are powerful people who are not very famous but have won the best actor and actress.

He Xiao is an outlier among them, because his identity as a singer is too dazzling, and it somewhat covers up his role as an actor.

And today, who is in a group with 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 fame has not been very high, because there are no popular dramas in his masterpieces, and there has been no hit.

He Xiao was also quite unfamiliar with him, and even when he heard his name for the first time, he didn't remember who this actor was, until Han Xiulan mentioned a role he had played, and He Xiao suddenly realized.

Therefore, this guy is a typical actor whose role is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, but he is not popular.

At this time, the camera suddenly turned to the position of the door, as if the photographer had received a message from the front desk and knew that someone was coming in, and the three people sitting on the sofa were also looking over.

The next moment, sure enough, the door of the lounge was pushed open, and a man cautiously glanced inside, and after making sure that he had made a mistake, he smiled a little stiffly and walked into the room.

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

As the man walked in, Han Xiulan took the lead in standing up and welcomed.

As a teacher of the Chinese Opera Performance Department, she has a wide range of contacts in the circle and many people know her.

In fact, in the entertainment industry, many people will think it is very big before they come in, but in fact, after they really integrate, they will find that it is very small, and those people who come and go, casually participate in a play, and many supporting roles and staff of the crew may feel familiar.

Han Xiulan, who is in her fifties, has devoted her life to the art of acting, and it is not an exaggeration to say that she has witnessed the rise and fall and ups and downs of Chinese film history for decades.

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

"Hehe, I'm the performance director invited by the program team, how can I not be there?" Han Xiulan pulled An Cheng over with a smile and introduced it to everyone: "An Cheng is a student I taught in Chinese opera ten years ago. ”

"Haha, hello everyone!" may be because there are acquaintances, An Cheng relaxed a little, and he was not as restrained as he was at the beginning.

Han Xiulan said to the two people on the sofa who had already stood up to welcome them: "This is Director Wang Shi of Jiangsu and Zhejiang Satellite TV, serving as the assistant director of our show, as for the one next to him, I don't need to introduce it, we are the most popular young artist in Huaguo now." ”

Naturally, he was referring to He Xiao.

Wang Shi interjected: "An Cheng, He Xiao is the opponent who plays with you in this issue, you can get to know each other." ”

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

"Hello Brother An, I also like the 'Emperor Wu of Han' you played, it's just vivid. ”

An Cheng shook hands with He Xiao, and the business blew each other.

"Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty" is one of the more representative roles of An Cheng in many TV series, He Xiao said this, and invisibly held An Cheng's hand.

Everyone loves to listen to beautiful words, and several people greeted each other for a while, and the atmosphere at the scene was very harmonious.

And after everyone got along with each other, Han Xiulan coughed and said: "Two, you are the guests who will appear in the first issue, and the script arranged for you by the director team is "Jinyiwei". ”

"Is "Jinyiwei" the movie?" An Cheng blinked, a little curious.

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

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

He Xiao once crossed paths with him, at that time he was just a small singer, and he had just signed a contract with Lejia not long ago, and the other party was already a well-known director of Huaguo University.

At that time, Wu Sheng wanted to shoot a romantic drama as a New Year's film for the Spring Festival, but the theme song could not be set for a long time, under Yu Xiao's matchmaking, He Xiao was fortunate to contact director Wu Sheng, and impressed the other party with a song "Long Time No See", cut off the competitors of other entertainment companies, and successfully sang on the big screen, so that the song entered the cinema.

Although so many years have passed, He Xiao is no longer the He Xiao of the year, but the glorious past of the year is vivid, and when I heard Han Xiulan mention Wu Sheng's works, I also felt a lot of emotion in my heart.

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

However, although He Xiao didn't watch it all, he had also heard of the reputation of this play, which was as high as 7.4 on a rating website, which belonged to one of the more high-quality films in Wu Sheng's career.

He didn't expect that the script of the first play was based on this play, which belonged to martial arts dramas and costume dramas, both of which He Xiao had never set foot in.

At present, the roles that He Xiao can control are basically based on the premise of a modern background, either a young and promising successful person, a business tycoon, or a down-and-out low-level character, he can also play a role similar to Xia Luo in his true colors, the dream history of a small person growing into a big star, and even if he grits his teeth, he can also play an unknown person like Hu Guangsheng who has a sad life.

is the only costume drama, he has zero experience at all.

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

And the actor An Cheng, who played with him, is different, although he is not as famous as He Xiao, but he is a professional actor, unlike He Xiao, who is a half-witted person who changed from the music industry to the film industry, and has also won the actor.

The most important thing is that An Cheng has a lot of acting experience, and he has starred in many costume dramas, from the imperial image of "Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty" to the heroes of the green forest, he has acted in them, and he has that experience.

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

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

In this game, He Xiao is not as advantageous as him.

But this is also expected by He Xiao, after all, he is a professional and has been acting for ten years, and he has just stepped into this industry.

Besides, he is willing to participate in the show "The Birth of an Actor" just to hone himself, no matter what kind of script it is, he is ready, and it is impossible to give up on himself because he is not good at classification.

"He Xiao, have you seen Jinyiwei?"

Han Xiulan looked at He Xiao, she was the performance instructor of the program group, responsible for leading the contestants to rehearse.

And He Xiao is the only actor present who has not undergone systematic learning and has little acting experience, to put it bluntly, he is a bit of a layman, and he must not have watched most movies like An Cheng, who is a professional, so he has this question.

When this question came to the point, He Xiao shook his head, didn't dare to hold it up, and replied truthfully: "I've only seen 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 expand a certain plot, mainly looking at micro-expressions, body language, and line skills." ”

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

Wang Shi also nodded on the side and said: "It's true, acting, it's still about the use of expressions, of course, if you want to act better, beyond these three things, it depends on the actor's own grasp of the details." ”

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

Both of them are lecturing He Xiao, because this script is indeed too tricky for He Xiao.

jumped directly into the costume drama, not to mention He Xiao, even an ordinary professional actor may not be able to hold it.

Ancient costumes are not something that everyone can control, and even in the circle, there are many actors who can only act in modern dramas, and if they play costume roles, it will make the audience extremely dramatic, and vice versa.

To put it bluntly, the road is narrow.

And the drama road is wide, and there are very few actors who can cover both types of plays, and they are all popular resources in the circle.

He Xiao has never acted in costume dramas, Wang Shi and Han Xiulan are a little worried, they know that when they wait for rehearsals, compared to An Cheng, He Xiao is the key guide.

An Cheng doesn't mind this, he has been acting for ten years, he is an old actor, and he has long had his own understanding of acting, even if he wants to participate in the show and play on the stage, it is impossible to improve his level in just one or two days.

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

Therefore, Han Xiulan is not of much help to An Cheng, she can only provide some ideas, and more progress still depends on An Cheng's own understanding.

"Here's the script, you two should take a look at it first. ”

Han Xiulan put the manuscript on the table and let the two of them look at it first, and after reading it, the rehearsal would start in the afternoon.

In the next few minutes, the room was quiet, Han Xiulan and Wang Shi didn't disturb them, they were all looking at their mobile phones, while He Xiao and An Cheng were watching the script intently.

The play is very simple, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, a low-level Jinyi guard was ordered to hunt down and kill the remnants of the eunuch party who was once in power, and finally met at an inn, and the eunuch party tried to spend money to buy his life, starting an IQ game between the two.

This scene is not in the movie "Jin Yiwei", the original plot is that after this Jin Yiwei received the order, after three or five shots, he has completed the task, and the scene to be performed now is obviously extended by the program team from this scene, telling the clips that are not shown in the movie, and what kind of story will happen between the two.

The script was studied by Han Xiulan with professional screenwriters in the industry invited by several program groups, but even so, this script is not perfect, and there are no specific performance methods in many places, and even the lines have blank paragraphs.

Because Han Xiulan knows that the lines are too neatly written, which will limit the actor's creative ability, and many times only need to give a framework to allow the actor to better interpret the role.

When it comes to rehearsals, An Cheng and He Xiao will definitely come up with a lot of ideas, and there is no need for Han Xiulan to say more, this scene will gradually plump up.

"What do you think?"

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

An Cheng touched his chin, "The script is okay, huh...... He Xiao, which role do you want to play?"

"Brother An, look at you. He Xiaotui gave way.

An Cheng shook his hand, "You choose first, how can I say that I have more acting experience than you." ”

The two pushed each other, and they were 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", there are many actors who are eliminated because they chose the wrong role, if the roles are reversed, it is still unknown who will die.

"Why don't you play Jinyiwei?" An Cheng saw He Xiao pushing and conceded, he couldn't make up his mind, and couldn't help but want to give up a good role to He Xiao.

The role of Jin Yiwei, in addition to sounding more majestic than a eunuch, more importantly, the core of the script of this scene is "Jin Yiwei chasing and killing the eunuchs", so it is already obvious that Jin Yiwei is the character who can easily grasp the situation and the direction of the plot.

To put it bluntly, it can suppress the drama!

Whoever chooses Jinyiwei will have an advantage on this stage.

Wang Shi, Han Xiulan and him who were present saw this.

Here I have to say that An Cheng's heart is really good, even if he knows that Jinyiwei is a good character, he still takes the initiative to give it to He Xiao and does not rob it.

After all, the two shirked to this point, if An Cheng suddenly cleaned up and insisted on saying, "Then I will play Jinyiwei", He Xiao would have nothing to say.

But he didn't.

He Xiao didn't know what to do or not, and he didn't know which role had an advantage, he just thought calmly for a while after hearing An Cheng's words, then shook his head and said: "Jinyiwei's image is too majestic, I may not be able to control it, I'll play the eunuch." ”

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

Wang Shi slapped his head even more, and then frantically gave He Xiao a look, and almost said that he would rob him of the role of Jinyiwei.

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

The wrong choice of roles is related to whether he can be promoted in the competition, and He Xiao took the initiative to give up the more advantageous role, which was very surprising in his opinion.

He Xiao pursed his lips and said without too much regret: "I think about it, the role of Jin Yiwei is too martial and really not suitable for me, I still play the eunuch." ”

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

Holding an embroidered spring knife, wearing a flying fish suit, he regarded the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military affairs as nothing, and only listened to the emperor's orders, such a godly image, he was too difficult to act, but it would affect his performance on the stage.

Not to mention the rest, just that pair of clothes, he may not be able to hold up, his height is less than 1.8 meters, and he has not deliberately exercised himself, how can he control the role of the eagle dog of the imperial court?

It's too dramatic.

So He Xiao wisely promoted his strengths and avoided his weaknesses, and he chose another eunuch who was not very harsh on his appearance.

In the script, this eunuch used to be in power and was the commander of Dongchang, and He Xiao happened to be good at playing a high-powered character, coupled with the low requirements for his figure, he could better support this role.

Seeing that He Xiao had made up his mind, several people present looked at each other a little, and the thoughts of admiration welled up in their hearts.

"Then I will be disrespectful to the role of this brocade guard. ”

An Cheng didn't squirm anymore when he saw this, the roles played by the two were assigned, and the next few days were rehearsals.

The show began to be recorded at the end of the month, and today is the 25th, which seems to have plenty of time at first glance, but in fact it is not like this, because on the day of recording, not only a group of them but also four other players also need to rehearse, and the performance director is only Han Xiulan, so the time is still very tight.

In the afternoon, the intense rehearsal began.

He Xiao and An Cheng quickly ran in, and began to match words and practice, but they hit walls everywhere.

Costume drama is still a big challenge for He Xiao, and he can't enter the play for a long time.

Although An Cheng can get into the state, he also has some troubles, because many lines need to be improved, and he is not very satisfied with the plot, he always feels that something is missing, and the rehearsal is at an impasse for a while.

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

6:12 p.m.

After dinner, the two began the fifth rehearsal.

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

"Admiral, the emperor's order is difficult to disobey, and it is difficult to do it below. ”

"Zhao Yusheng, don't forget who recommended you to Jinyiwei back then! That's how you repay me?"

“......”

"Cards!"

The two were acting on the head, but were stopped by Han Xiulan.

She rolled up her sleeves, frowned and walked back and forth in place: "No! No! This play is not right at all!"

"He Xiao, listen to the two lines you just heard, do you look like a person who has been hunted down and killed for a few months? I don't know if you think you will hunt down and kill Jinyiwei again! You are so majestic!"

"And you An Cheng, how did I teach you when I was in school? You can't act too hard, you can't let the audience see the traces of performance, what are you doing? That's how you got the actor? The Tokyo Film Festival selection is wrong!"

As soon as she entered the rehearsal session, Han Xiulan immediately turned into a vigorous and resolute teacher, He Xiao and An Cheng were scolded without saying a word, and they were both reflecting in silence.

There is a good saying, people who act are crazy, but people who teach drama are even crazier!

Han Xiulan, as a professional acting teacher, can't wait to stuff all her life's learning into He Xiao's brain, so she is very passionate and corrects the mistakes of the two of them over and over again.

He Xiao pursed his lips and said nothing.

He wasn't angry, he knew that the teacher had no malicious intentions, and this afternoon, he really learned a lot of acting skills from Han Xiulan, and now he has improved a lot, and the first time he rehearsed, it was even more unsightly.

The rehearsal continues again.

Sixth.

Seventh.

Eighth time.

......

It's 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 run-in to the point of perfection, but He Xiao and An Cheng both know that this is the end of today, and there will be no progress if it continues.

And although Han Xiulan is well-maintained and looks young, she is actually a real person in her fifties, and other teachers also need to rest.

"Brother He, drink water. ”

Coming out of the brightly lit gymnasium, the little assistant handed He Xiao water as soon as possible, put on his coat, opened the car door, and asked, "Which restaurant are we going to eat?"

"No, go back to the hotel and order takeout. ”

He Xiao rubbed his head, he didn't have the heart to eat properly, there was only one thought left in his heart, how to perform this scene well and play it well!