Gao Ye thought it was a kind of luck to get the role of Chen Shuting in "Hurricane".
A few years ago, Gao Ye heard Xu Kang, the founder of Liubai Film and Television and the chief producer of "Hurricane", mention a new project at a dinner, saying that there was a role that was very suitable for her. Xu Kang briefly described Chen Shuting's temperament and the role he played, and also described a scene of Chen Shuting in KTV. Even without seeing the biographies and scripts of the characters, Gao Ye already had an intuition, "This role belongs to me."
"Hurricane" Chen Shuting role poster
After Gao Ye fixed her makeup, director Xu Jizhou approved it
Li Xiangxiang in "Chang'an Twelve Hours", Liang Anni in "I Am Yu Huanshui", Wu Hongmei in "Ideal City", Gao Ye has created many wonderful characters over the years, and the industry recognizes her strength. She is also a carefree and cheerful person in life, but when it comes to fighting for roles, she is often shy and passive, "Actors are very passive, and I don't have so many choices."
But for the role of "Chen Shuting", she mustered up the courage to recommend herself and went to meet the director Xu Jizhou. Although the two parties only had a brief chat, the matter progressed very smoothly. It turns out that many of the main creators have watched "I am Yu Huanshui". Among them, Liang Anni played by Gao Ye left a deep impression on everyone, "They said, I have a lot of energy in me."
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But it still needs a process to get everyone's approval.
The first time I was approved by the director was when I fixed my makeup. Just after the last play was finished, Gao Ye joined the crew of "Hurricane" overnight, and it was already past 11 pm when the makeup was set. After Gao Ye changed into the costume, Xu Ji became happy after seeing it on Monday, and turned on his mobile phone to play Anita Mui's "Song of the Sunset" on the spot. "He thinks this character is established." Gao Ye said with a smile, "Look at simple creators like us, as long as they see something right in their creation, they will be very excited."
Then, when the filming of the first stage of the play was over, Xu Jizhou said to Gao Ye, "You can just let yourself go in this role later on." Basically, Xu Jizhou recognized Gao Ye's creativity in acting, and she didn't like to talk too much. The general idea was approved by the director, so she started the performance silently, "No matter how much you say and how beautiful you are, it's not as useful as your beautiful acting." .”
Chen Shuting's "sister-in-law" role has Gao Ye's careful consideration in the establishment of every detail. She usually likes to draw and is sensitive to color. When reading scripts, she often feels the state of the characters "what color" in a single scene. When preparing for "Hurricane", she communicated with the costume teacher, and she would also use color to locate characters and a certain scene, down to the color matching of costumes. "Look at the scene of Le Gao Qiqiang's neck. The color of my clothes is black on the outside and red on the inside. If I change clothes, it may not mean what I have now."
The color matching of the clothes is also designed according to the scene and the plot
Every makeup of Chen Shuting in the series is drawn by Gao Ye herself, and she will make adjustments to the makeup according to the character's state and stage. Gao Ye will be particularly moved when the meticulous changes in the makeup are discovered by the attentive audience, "Someone discovered these small designs of mine. I am really grateful to everyone."
Gao Ye's Chen Shuting makeup tutorial
In addition to the appearance design of the characters, what is more important is the growth and evolution of the characters' hearts, and this part is naturally left to the desk work. "Desk work is not just memorizing lines and pondering a single scene. You have to think about this character's past and present lives. Outside of the script, how did she live her life?"
Before Chen Shuting appeared in the play, what kind of life did she experience? How did she meet Uncle Tai? Why did she choose Gao Qiqiang later? Gao Ye would go through her biography over and over again in her mind, "Think clearly about her growth logic, and after clarifying the relationship between her and everyone's characters, within this framework, no one can shake your logic." At this time To start acting is to let the character grow by itself. "It's like digging a hole, planting a seed, and waiting for it to germinate in the spring."
Chen Shuting and Uncle Tai
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How to shape the sister-in-law behind the boss
In the past, in many police and gangster dramas, there was also the image of the sister-in-law behind the boss, but these characters usually played the image of being attached to the male boss, but Chen Shuting was a little different. It was this sister-in-law who made Gao Qiqiang a "strong brother". Netizens summed it up: a flowing elder brother, an iron sister-in-law. For the shaping of this character, Gao Ye has something she wants to convey no matter what.
"Whether you want to be a housewife or want to start a career, there is no distinction between women's life choices. But we often underestimate the importance and dedication of women who run the family. In the role of Chen Shuting, I personally very much What I want to say is that it takes great wisdom for a woman to manage a family well, and it is not as simple as making a career outside." Gao Ye said, "Everyone's life pursuit is different. As a woman, as long as you follow your own wishes It’s good to live your own life.”
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The importance of Chen Shuting to Gao Qiqiang is revealed silently in the silent place. She created Gao Qiqiang's external image, reminded him of his life, gave him help and resources in the early stage, and in the later stage faced the crisis, the couple sang together and joined forces to the outside world. For example, the scene where she chooses a silk scarf for Gao Qiqiang is a detail that Gao Ye and Zhang Songwen talked about together. "Chen Shuting played a big role in the changes in Gao Qiqiang's words, deeds, and dress. Chen Shuting also participated in many of his decisions."
Chen Shuting designs clothes for Gao Qiqiang
Gao Ye said, "I will pull you when you are on the verge of losing control, and I will push you when you are not brave. Chen Shuting, a woman, is so strong because she treats this family as a business."
Many "out of the circle" passages in "Hurricane", Gao Ye revealed that they were all surprises "touched" by the creators on the spot. "Recently, everyone has been 'snapping' a lot, and most of them were added impromptu." Watched by Gao Ye In the future, the specific character creation often needs to go to the scene to communicate with the director and other actors before more sparks can be collided. "If all the performance details are designed to be very clear, some surprises may be lost instead."
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For example, when Gao and Chen met for the first time, Gao Ye thought about it for two days before filming started. When she arrived at the scene, she directly asked Zhang Songwen, "Can I strangle you with a belt later? He said no problem."
In addition, Chen Shuting's first appearance in the play was also the first rivalry between Gao Ye and Zhang Yi. Zhang Yi looked at the scene and said to Gao Ye, "Try to walk down the stairs." Gao Ye Answer "OK". She immediately knew what kind of performance state Zhang Yi suggested, and what kind of posture she should walk down.
Screenshot of Gao Ye's Weibo. Announcement of Chen Shuting's first appearance.
Almost always in an instant, good performers know each other's intentions. "When you can perform in the same context, there will be a natural 'hood' covering several of us actors. This 'hood' is called trust. In many cases, the sympathy between creators is in the It was established in such a tacit understanding."
Chen Shuting's popularity made Gao Ye both happy and surprised, "Because the words that often appeared on the Internet to describe women were 'bai youshou' and 'girly'." Gao Ye said frankly, "I will get everyone's approval, I I feel that the audience's aesthetics are more diverse, and they will also appreciate "sister" characters who are very assertive and sharp, and dare to express their desires. Maybe ten years ago, characters like Chen Shuting would not be popular, and even will be scolded."
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For Gao Ye, the role itself has no distinction between "positive and negative" and "black and white". "I never thought about whether I was creating a negative character. I just play a 'person'. I understand the show."
When filming "I Am Yu Huanshui", the director reminded Gao Ye that the role of Liang Anni is not a positive character and might be scolded. Gao Ye replied confidently: "It's okay director, whoever will act, I will be fine." Sure enough, Liang Anni became one of the most eye-catching characters in the play.
Stills of "I am Yu Huanshui"
"We misunderstood and underestimated the audience. We thought the audience would be 'black and white'. No, it’s fine if you give the audience good things. As long as you can play the role well, the audience will definitely receive it. The audience will live a good life. In my whole life, I can't understand the characters in your few scenes?"
"There are no small roles, only small actors", how easy is it to say?
Gao Ye has been the backbone of literature and art in the school since she was a child. When she was in the sixth grade of elementary school, she saw celebrity interviews, and she thought: Wow, being a celebrity is really amazing, and I want it too! But it was not until she entered college that she really understood and fell in love with acting. "I found that acting is amazing. I can put the life experience I have experienced into each of my sketch assignments. It turns out that actors can wear The shell of the character conveys what she wants to express, and even tells her own story." From then on, she also gradually realized that being a star and being a good actor do not absolutely overlap.
For most actors, good scripts and good roles are hard to find, and actors are often selected. "There are no small roles, only small actors. This sentence sounds simple, but it is difficult to do." Two or three scenes How easy is it to make a character rich, reasonable, and impress the audience? At the same time, who knows whether a small character's insistence on performance details will be recognized or ridiculed by others? Maybe, it's not as easy as "laying flat"?
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But Gao Ye still tries his best to find roles with creative desires, "When you have creative desires, you will not let yourself relax, at least in my world, no role is easy." Playing with one's emotions in the performance, the last farewell, the next heartbeat, sorrow and joy are like a roller coaster, using one's emotions as one of the production tools, it must not be an easy task. But Gao Ye was unwilling to say too much, "It's useless to talk more, it's nothing, it's not easy for everyone to do any job."
Screenshot of Gao Ye Weibo
Recently, many friends came to congratulate Gao Ye after watching the drama, praised her for her good acting, and praised her as "sister-in-law is amazing", and she would be embarrassed, "It's too much to praise her." But I don’t know why, as long as she puts on the costume, the director yells to turn on the phone, “I’m embarrassed, shy, all of them are gone. In my acting world, I’m the only one.”
She believes that for performance, an actor must have the self-confidence that is better than me. Where does this self-confidence come from? "The self-knowledge of the role and the degree of control over the performance are the confidence given to me by the so-called desk work." But after a "block", Gao Ye's embarrassment returned, "Director, just now I did that. Deal with it, can you?"
Screenshot of Gao Ye's Weibo. This microblog she posted became a hot search, and later joked, "I always thought that when I was on the hot search, I had something to do with acting skills... I didn't expect that I hacked myself ..."
Regarding his own performance, Gao Ye often "checks the answers first and approves the test papers". After each creation, "I will give myself a score, which parts can be better, which things I didn't think of at the time, and which things I can express. If the audience gives me negative comments, don't worry, before the audience scolds me, I I have scolded myself countless times."
In "Hurricane", Gao Ye admitted that there were a few scenes that she was not satisfied with, but which ones, "I don't want to say." Gao Ye said with a smile, "Since the audience didn't find out, don't let them find out. They can see my progress in the next work."
