The TV series "The Road to Life" is based on Lu Yao's original novel "Life". Among the original characters "Gao Jialin", "Liu Qiaozhen" and "Ma Shuan", the existence of "Gao Shuangxing" made many viewers wonder: Who is this? ?
Wang Tianchen, the actor of Gao Shuangxing, also had this doubt. When he first received this project, Wang Tianchen immediately read the original novel, and kept guessing which role he would play, but after receiving the biography of the character, he was confused: "Who is Gao Shuangxing in the original novel?" Wang Tianchen said with a smile, At that time, everyone had just gone to Qingjian County for filming, and we introduced the actors to the locals. This is the actor who played Gao Jialin, and this is the actor who played Liu Qiaozhen. Everyone was familiar with these names; but when it came to "Gao Shuangxing", everyone looked at each other in dismay.
Stills of "The Road to Life"
The original character "Gao Shuangxing" is a very important original character in the script. As Gao Jialin's good friend, he took Gao Jialin's place in college and stole the life that Gao Jialin should have had since then. "I am Gao Jialin's mirror image," Wang Tianchen said. "Everyone sees Gao Shuangxing encountering anything in college, and everyone will think: If Gao Jialin is here at the moment, what would he do?"
Gao Jialin and Gao Shuangxing
For this character, Wang Tianchen thinks the most interesting thing is his "life with ups and downs". "In the beginning, I was a fool in the countryside. I just wanted to stay in the village, live with my parents and relatives, farm and herd sheep. But because my father was obsessed with making him stand out, he used a wrong way to make him enter the big city. "He stayed in Shanghai, got married and had children, and his life got better and better, "but he became a 'very bad' self."
"After he made a wrong choice in his life, every step of the choice after that became somewhat involuntary. He carried a mountain on his back that could not be moved."
In the play, Gao Shuangxing's father made the decision to pretend to be an impostor. For Gao Shuangxing, he didn't have much ambition at first, just as Wang Tianchen remembered, Gao Shuangxing's mother said: If you do well in the exam, you will go out, and if you do not do well in the exam, you will stay at home. Wang Tianchen felt that his mother understood Gao Shuangxing. But while growing up, his friend Gao Jialin's strong yearning for the big Shanghai also made him subtly affected. "His longing for the outside world was brought to him by Gao Jialin."
Therefore, when the opportunity to go out was presented in front of him, he was shaken; facing his father's unscrupulous actions and kindness, he was timid. In the play, "Mr. Lin Yongjian (who plays Gao Shuangxing's father Gao Minglou) stares at me, and I get scared." Wang Tianchen knew that Gao Shuangxing was timid about telling the truth at this moment, but he was not timid about the guilt he would bear for the next few decades, "because he had a sense of luck." Gao Jialin is so capable, maybe he can pass the exam next year? Maybe how he can live well?
Gao Shuangxing and his father Gao Minglou
For this character spanning decades, Wang Tianchen believes that acting is easy when he is young, "Before and after college, we have actually experienced it all, just play yourself." The most difficult thing is when people reach middle age. "If I play an old man in his 70s or 80s, I can imitate them. The old man is hunchbacked and walks tremblingly." But when playing a middle-aged man, there are no obvious body changes. Wang Tianchen had no choice but to ask the director Yan Jiangang for advice. Yan Jiangang said, "Slow down all your movements and be steady." Because a middle-aged man makes decisions before moving, he should have a city.
Stills of "The Road to Life"
Audiences watching "The Road to Life" will worry about Gao Jialin's fate, and will cast aside Gao Shuangxing, "We will say at the beginning: Gao Shuangxing is a bad guy, but why is he bad? As an actor, I want to start from here Start to think about it, rather than unilaterally define it and finish it.” Does a person do bad things because of good motives, or do bad things because of bad motives, or even do something because of bad motives? Good things are actually very complicated, and these situations will also directly affect the actors' interpretation of the characters.
Stills of "The Road to Life"
At the end of the story, Gao Shuangxing, who had finally taken root in Shanghai, was exposed because of an impostor, and returned to the original starting point. But Wang Tianchen thought: "He has finally returned to the place where he has the most sense of belonging." Outsiders only said that Gao Shuangxing's life in a big city is so amazing. According to his father's words, he is a glorious ancestor. I also behaved happily, but that was the satisfaction of victory: I stayed in the big city, I got married in the big city, and I have a house in the big city." Every step is in line with the outsider's definition of success, and every step is It is the father's expectation. "But when the imposter was revealed and he went back to his village, that was a relief."
"When the burden of decades is unloaded and the moment when you find what truly belongs to you, you will be truly relaxed, and you will be able to find true happiness." Wang Tianchen said. Regarding this character and this story, he feels that what he hopes to convey to the audience most is: "A person may make some big and small mistakes in his life. The most rare thing is that you admit your mistakes. Only by admitting and correcting Mistakes, life really begins.”
