Beijing, 12 Oct (Zhongxin Net) -- In this year's National Day file, "It Doesn't Seem to Be So Hot" is the only comedy movie. It is adapted from the Spanish film "Basketball Champions", starring actor Wei Xiang as basketball coach Wei Guozheng.
In terms of personality, Wei Guozheng loves basketball and is obsessed with "winning". Later, he met the members of the "House of Benevolence" basketball team and led a group of mentally handicapped but skilled "Heart Youth" to challenge the basketball championship, and the story began.
"Wei Guozheng is very kind by nature, and sometimes he uses a little caution to achieve his goals." In Wei Xiang's view, for actors, such a living character with advantages and disadvantages has more room for expression when acting.
From the drama stage to the field of film and television, Wei Xiang regards acting as his beloved career and ideal, and is also trying to play other types of roles, "I am working hard, and it is very likely that the next one will be a suspense film." ”
"It Doesn't Seem to Be So Hot" stills, Wei Xiang as Wei Guozheng. Photo courtesy of the film
For performance, he has his own understanding, "Film and television works are condensed life, can be performed to be real, exaggerated and authentic, this is a degree of grasping, art comes from life, but also higher than life." ”
I want to play a living character
Before filming, Wei Xiang gave Wei Guozheng a short biography: due to experience, Wei Guozheng had a little defect in his personality: "As a basketball player, his own conditions are not particularly good, and he has no family to accompany, and no one has taught him how to get along with the people around him." ”
In this way, Wei Guozheng drilled the tip of the bull's horn, always thinking that there was only one way to win the approval of others, that is, victory. After coaching the "House of Benevolence" basketball team, he will also deliberately please the principal in order to fight the expenses required for the team to compete with the principal.
When playing against the "elderly basketball team" brought by the principal, Wei Guozheng tried his best to make his team lose, but finally won the game unexpectedly. To his surprise, the principal was not unhappy, but cheerfully supported it after hearing that there was a shortfall in fees.
"Wei Guozheng is very kind by nature, and basketball is too important for him, so sometimes he uses a little caution to achieve his goals." Wei Xiang said that it was in the process of getting along with the members of the "House of Benevolence" that Wei Guozheng gradually reconciled with himself.
Stills from "It Doesn't Seem to Be So Hot". Photo courtesy of the film
Referring to the complexity of the character's personality, Wei Xiang explained that for actors, the character he wants to play must be alive, with advantages and disadvantages, and contradictions and conflicts, otherwise the character has a single personality and the space for expression will be relatively small.
Two moving scenes
From the selection of the project to the completion of the shooting, "It Doesn't Seem to Be So Hot" lasted about two years. Wei Xiang said that there are two scenes in the film that he likes, one is that in the final, Wei Guozheng decides to let Liang Liang shoot even if he loses.
The other is the ending. Wei Guozheng was about to return to his original job, and the "House of Benevolence" held a farewell ceremony for him, standing on the podium, without any lines, but the solid ice in his heart was slowly melting, "These scenes, very beautiful." ”
In the film, the three roles of Le Liang, Duo Duo, and Jianguo are all played by young people with zero acting experience. Wei Xiang sighed that during the filming process, he could feel how hard the parents of these young people worked. They accompanied the crew throughout the crew, which was not easy.
As a film with comedy overtones, the film also contributes a lot of laughs through plot reversal and so on. When it comes to the feeling of making comedy films, Wei Xiang feels that everyone's laughter is different, and there is no way to generalize, only depending on the individual's feelings. "In fact, I haven't starred in many movies before, just for fear of disappointing the audience."
After the film is released, Wei Xiang will also pay attention to the audience's evaluation. He said that no matter how hard you try, there will be people who are not satisfied with you, just calm down, your performance may face tens of millions of audiences, "you can only find a majority based on years of experience in comedy." ”
Acting is a beloved business
Including "It Doesn't Seem to Be So Hot", Wei Xiang has starred in movies such as "This Killer Is Not Too Calm" and "The Richest Man in Xihong City", and once played an employee in "Hello, Li Huanying".
Wei Xiang plays Wei Guozheng. Photo courtesy of the film
He has acted in dramas for many years. In early drama performances, Wei Xiang often played multiple roles by himself, allowing him to experience the differences in the personalities of different characters. The acting skills accumulated on the drama stage provided great help for his subsequent appearances in movies.
"Without a series of film and television dramas such as "Me and My Hometown", I might still be happy to act in dramas." He said very sincerely that he cherishes being able to get to this day step by step.
In Wei Xiang's life experience, the choice to be an actor was carefully considered, "Acting is an ideal, my beloved career, and it is also my 'guy style' for eating, relying on it to support my family." Whether it is successful or not, leave it to the audience (evaluation). ”