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Chapter 74 A preliminary exploration of acting skills

 Wang Luoyong’s “No. 1 Chinese American on Broadway” is actually quite impressive.

It is true that there are not many Chinese Americans on Broadway, but in terms of achievements, the playwright Henry Hwang is the most accomplished. His "M. Butterfly" is a world-renowned classic play.

If we narrow down the selection scope and only select among actors, Huang Rongliang won the Broadway Grand Slam, and Zunlong's acting achievements are greater than Wang Luoyong.

It is said that he decided to return to China after becoming famous in 2001, but the actual reason is that there were no seats for Chinese Americans on Broadway in 2001.

At that time, the only Chinese-American films that could be used on Broadway were "The King and I" and "Miss Saigon." The former stopped in 1996, and the latter, sorry, happened to stop in 2001.

Chinese people will be used later, "Pacific Overture" was restarted in 2004, and "Avenue Q" came out in 2003.

But we cannot say that Wang Luoyong is a parallel import. He is really capable, otherwise he would not have been able to perform "Miss Saigon" on Broadway for 2,478 times in 6 years.

Title marketing, I understand.

Zhang Yuanjun had a good impression of this senior before, and his drama was really good. He thought that as a junior, he had to humbly ask for advice from his senior.

But after filming together for a while, Zhang Yuanjun changed his view: not all seniors are kind-hearted, and not all seniors are willing to teach younger generations.

When Wang Luoyong was chatting among his colleagues on the set, he was really easy to get along with, laughing and talking without any airs.

But when it comes to business, the cast of "The Condor" is mostly composed of newcomers, so mistakes are inevitable, and Wang Luoyong will lose face.

If you are NG too much, he will show his dissatisfaction clearly on his face and feel that you are wasting his time.

He is also willing to teach young actors, but he is not patient enough.

There were several times when Liu Yifei couldn't pronounce her lines well and asked him for advice. He would impatiently say: "Oh, why can't you learn it when it's so simple? How do you teach it in your film school?"

After reading it to myself, Liu Yifei was asked to go aside and practice by herself, leaving her alone.

Zhang Yuanjun followed and whispered to Liu Yifei: "I just told you not to recruit him."

Zhang Yuanjun has also been rejected by Wang Luoyong before.

Maybe because he was used to being a teacher, or because he had the aura of Broadway, he always looked at young students with a top-down bossy attitude, which made Zhang Yuanjun very uncomfortable. After asking for advice twice, Zhang Yuanjun didn't do much with him.

Communicated.

"I just want to ask him why he is so mean to me." Although Liu Yifei didn't take it to heart, she was inevitably a little emotional for a moment after being said like this.

Zhang Yuanjun looked around. The staff were all busy, and there was no one around them. He said softly: "Although I am a senior, why should I teach you? If you think about it this way, everyone's skills are learned through blood and sweat.

Yes, we have red lips and white teeth, and as soon as our lips touch each other, we want others to teach us. Is there such a good thing?"

Liu Yifei's current thinking is still a typical "student's thinking". She feels that if she is not ashamed to ask questions, others will teach others tirelessly.

But that’s what Zhang Yuanjun said. I don’t owe you anything, so why should I teach you my skills?

But being on set is indeed a good learning opportunity.

Zhang Yuanjun taught her a method: "If he doesn't want to teach you, why don't you steal it?"

"Steal?" Liu Yifei asked doubtfully.

"You look at how others act, and you just think about it on the sidelines. Do you have to be shameless and get close to others, and put your warm face into others' cold ass?" Zhang Yuanjun stole many of his skills in this way.

In terms of acting techniques, in fact, the training methods in the three major academies, at home and abroad, are all very different, but they are divided into different factions, except for British drama education.

Zhang Yuanjun and Liu Yifei are serious apprentices of the Stani Experience School, but the academy also teaches Method and Expressionism.

When it comes to acting, one requires proficiency in method, and the other requires deep understanding. If you have one of the two, your achievements will be good.

The method was taught by the college.

Comprehension, firstly, look at the actor's own talent. If the talent is good, a little bit will make it easy; secondly, look at the actor's postnatal encounters. With more experience and richer experience, he will be able to understand life, drama, and expression, and his acting skills will naturally improve.

A gentleman's life is not different, he is good at things and fake things.

How to fake things?

Zhang Yuanjun’s point of view is: A good scholar is also good at stealing.

You have to watch what others do, "steal" other people's good things and turn them into your own.

If he doesn’t teach me, I can’t watch it?

"So I say you still read too little." Zhang Yuanjun criticized Liu Yifei.

"It's really annoying when you talk like that." He is obviously a classmate and is only 2 years older than me, but he seems to be a teacher. It's really annoying.

Zhang Yuanjun was speechless and said with a smile: "You don't know how to tell the truth. You are trying to show off to me like this."

"Okay, okay," Liu Yifei coaxed, "I won't show off, Teacher Zhang, please continue."

"What did I say? I said it. I'm done saying it. This is all. If I don't say it, wouldn't you understand?"

"Okay, okay, starting from today, I will film and learn from other people's good performances. I will definitely live up to Teacher Zhang's sincere teachings."

"If you can write the words 'earnest instruction', I will count you as this one." Zhang Yuanjun gave a thumbs up.

"You are so annoying, go away, go away." Liu Yifei pushed Zhang Yuanjun away.

Except for Liu Yifei who fell into the water and was almost washed away, the other wading scenes in "The Condor" were not dangerous, and most of them were just shot in the shallows.

But the weather is cold, the water is cold, and there are too many water scenes, people are particularly prone to accidents.

Xiao Longnv and Guo Fu, two weak women, fainted twice due to cold water. Sometimes the medical staff at the scene could not be spared and the car could not get in. It was Zhang Yuanjun who carried them down the mountain to seek medical treatment.

These small visible accidents are relatively easy to deal with, but the difficulty lies in some invisible accidents.

For example, if a girl has a menstrual period problem, it would be very unkind to ask her to go into water that is more than ten degrees below zero.

However, it is not easy for both the crew and the actors to communicate about this kind of problem. Anyway, as far as Zhang Yuanjun knows, no actress has ever raised this issue with the crew. Every time, the actors and actresses do not hesitate.

In addition to menstrual period problems, there is also the invisible problem of otitis media.

Unfortunately, when Zhang Yuanjun was in Jiuzhaigou, his right ear became inflamed due to too much water.

Zhang Yuanjun's symptoms are relatively mild and do not affect his daily life and work, but he always feels like there is something in his ears and is uncomfortable.

Fortunately, my assistant had experience in this area. I bought him two bags of saline solution from Yamashita Pharmacy to rinse his ears, and then applied an ointment specially designed to treat dermatitis and ringworm. After applying it several times, he rinsed his ears with saline solution.

Okay.

Xiao Zhao told him that otitis media can easily relapse, and he often goes into the water for filming, so he should always have saline and dermatitis ointment on hand.
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