At the beginning of 2022, did everyone enter the cycle?
The number of broadcasts in three days exceeded 100 million, more than 300 hot searches in five days, Douban 1.4 million people scored 8.2 points, and Racine, a member of the eight episodes, squeezed into the platform's annual list and was bought by South Korea's Yu ... Needless to say, how popular Heart is.
Into the pit's "initiator" may start from "infinite flow", but it is by no means limited to "infinite flow". Under the relatively novel high concept, it actually takes care of reality in a surreal way: one explosion, two protagonists and infinite cycle, which reflects the reflection on the good and evil of human nature, the portrayal of group characters and the discussion of social problems.
The narrative technique is also fascinating. Every seemingly repetitive cycle has its own details and information increment, which is progressive step by step and permeates the "triple realm" of tragedy: first, irresistible natural disasters, buses colliding with tankers; The second is that bad guys do evil, and passengers get on the bus with bombs; The third is the weakest-the bad guys were once good people, and the extreme evil stems from their close love.
Tao is the initiator of this tragedy, and is called "Aunt Pot" because the instrument of committing the crime is a pressure cooker. In the first few episodes, she had almost no lines, but just using her eyes was enough to make people shudder; In the eighth episode, she stabbed Li Shiqing's neck with a sharp knife in her hand, and her face was cold and firm; The thirteenth episode supplements her previous history of losing her daughter. The phrase "I miss her" makes people feel sympathy and laments that hateful people must have compassion.
These clips can be called "high-light moments" of acting skills in the play, which made "Aunt Guo" and "Liu Dan's acting skills" rush to hot search, but she herself said that she was an "idiot actress": she didn't surf the Internet much, dared not go out to play after joining the group, and never experienced "script killing". She once thought that "unlimited traffic" meant "free use of traffic", but she never thought of "Aunt Guo".
At first, she just found the role of Tao interesting and interesting. So she did her homework with questions, trying to understand and discover every nuance of life, and then presented it "subconsciously"-this is what Liu Dan always insisted on. She told us that no matter how big or small the role is, the desire to make it a "person" will not diminish.
Written _ Our reporter Zhu Wenyi
0 1 I didn't expect "Aunt Guo" to be so scary.
Few people can bypass the word "infinite flow" at the beginning of the discussion. However, when it comes to this new concept, Liu Dan, who doesn't "surf" much and rarely reads online texts, inevitably feels a little strange.
"At first, I thought that' infinite flow' was traffic and could be used casually." She asked frankly, "I'm sorry, I'm really ignorant." Can you tell me what infinite flow is? " The reporter explained it briefly, and she immediately understood, "That is to say, infinite flow means anything is possible, right? We can imagine and create at will. "
I don't know "infinite flow" and haven't played "Script Kill", but it doesn't affect Liu Dan's understanding of a good story. When she first came into contact with the "Start" project, the script was not yet finished. She read the original novel first and felt "a little surprised and a little shocked".
First of all, "cycle" makes her feel interesting. "In fact, we are constantly' circulating' every day in our daily life-in the program we are used to, we just don't jump out to see this thing." Liu Dan said, "This kind of repetition may change from quantitative change to qualitative change. I think this change is very interesting. "
The second thing that attracted her was the role of Tao: Why did she have so much courage to do such a thing? Liu Dan doesn't understand that a woman's nature is always soft and tolerant. Especially after becoming a mother, she should understand the value of life. What power made her complete the explosion?
Liu Dan met with three directors to discuss the feasibility of this story. Everyone chatted very congenially, but she never threw out the confusion in her heart-Liu Dan thought this question should be left to herself, and "understanding Tao Hongying" became her goal. "I want to know why I collide with characters with this question, and my space will become infinite."
So she began to do her homework, watch relevant news reports, observe the state of her mother who lost her daughter, and gradually developed a sense of helplessness in the dark. In this process, Liu Dan also re-examined his life, current situation and relationship with society.
"Now people's anxiety seems to be increasing. We seem to have lost something. Those things are hidden in our bodies. We won't look at it and ignore it, but it's what our nature needs. We are eager to communicate with others. We long for hugs. When we suppress those desires again and again, it will be distorted. "
In the first few episodes of the beginning, "Aunt Guo" didn't have many scenes and almost no lines. Many times, she is just an ordinary passenger sitting quietly. However, it is not difficult for the careful audience to find her eccentricity: unsmiling, "low pressure" is obvious, even when a car full of people divide watermelons, she does not accept it, nor does it show any goodwill.
When Tao looked directly at the camera, there was a sense of oppression in her hollow and sharp eyes, which made people shudder. The audience immersed in the play expressed horror one after another and listed "Aunt Guo" as one of the "adult shadows". The sequela is never to look directly at the pressure cooker and aunt gray again.
At first, this kind of feedback would confuse Liu Dan. "I'm a little surprised. How can it be scary? Later, I gradually understood that it was because everyone was involved in feelings. " She recalled, "I didn't think about how to scare others when I was acting. I just think that she has to finish a particularly important thing, so her consciousness is not in the present, not on the bus. "
I'm an idiot actor.
When asked about the state of being on the set, will you feel depressed because of people? Do you deliberately keep your distance from others in order to get into the play? Liu Dan can't give a very clear answer because she "can't control that"-she says she is a "stupid actress" and the only thing she needs to do on the set is "get ready to start".
"Just like when an athlete is standing in front of the starting line, the feeling that he can start at any time is particularly important." To this end, she can only keep "chasing" Tao Hongying. During the two months of filming in Xiamen, she almost never left the hotel, constantly asking herself questions and then looking for answers.
Liu Dan deeply feels that the actor's responsibility is great: to give life to the role and make it a "living person". Therefore, from the time when she is ready to perform to the time when she is turned off, she will "take on this role" to live. Perhaps at a casual moment, she will suddenly be inspired and enrich her understanding.
But in Liu Dan's view, the explosion was not only the day when Tao visited her daughter, but also the end of her life. Besides her mother, she used to be a chemistry teacher, and perhaps she also had the ideal of teaching and educating people. At such a moment, she should want to leave with dignity and dignity.
So she discussed with the director and stylist, can Tao wear a suit that best represents her professional identity? This may make the contrast and inner contradictions of the characters more prominent, and the creators hit it off. "The styling teacher made many different suits overnight and finally decided on this one. Although everyone said that we saved clothes, we also made seven or eight pieces of that suit. Our team was very nice and said to me,' Sister Dan, you don't have to worry. You can take it off when it's hot and change it when it's dirty.' "
With the deepening of the plot, Tao has many famous scenes labeled as "bursting acting" by netizens: he asked Wang Xingde "who is she" with a smile and tears in his seat, and he convulsed and choked when he was interrogated, "I don't understand myself".
Talking about these impressive lines and expressions, Liu Dan said that these were not preset, and she just focused on "how to find the state of the role", and many performances were completed by subconscious reactions. "I am not a good designer (actor), but I will try my best to feel my opponent and feel the present. Some things stimulate each other. "
When riding a bicycle, Tao also has some involuntary little moves: from time to time, he raises his hand to look at his watch, and when he is nervous, he caresses his hair. These details are interpreted by drama fans as suggesting that "Aunt Guo" is a foreshadowing of people, but for Liu Dan, these actions are only natural after finding the right state.
At the script reading meeting before shooting, the director once explained the performance mode in the "cycle". "It probably means that you can act according to the logic in daily life and don't have to worry so much. No matter how many times you cycle, everyone is still in their own role, and it is right to consistently adhere to the role. "
Therefore, no matter how many shots are taken, whether she can be photographed or not, Tao maintains a state of "high energy" in every cycle. Liu Dan is not worried that the audience will notice the difference of this role prematurely. "I think it is normal even if I am seen (there is a problem). This man is going to do such a big thing today. Once you pay attention to her, you will find that she is different. "
It's good to go out in circles, but I also enjoy silence.
With the popularity at the beginning, the role of "Aunt Guo" was also circled. Fans are creating new stalks related to it every day, making expression packs with screenshots in the play, and naming the cp of Tao and Wang Xingde as "Aunt Guo Si". Friends who have known each other for a long time sent a message to Liu Dan saying that they were surprised and happy for her.
Many viewers feel that Aunt Guo is familiar. After searching the actor's information, we found that Liu Dan has many familiar works, although some roles have no specific names-Ma in Qiao's Children, The Love is Delicious, and The Head Teacher in Summer Future.
The one who has a name recently may be the kind and compassionate Ye Meili in Skyscraper, which is far from the original image. Some people kept cutting the role played by Dina Liu, saying that her acting was "humiliating"-this is a new word of Liu Dan, but she "understood" again. "I see, in our words, it is flexible and can play different roles. Is that so? Of course I'm happy. This is what actors should do. "
"Face-throwing" also shows to some extent that the role created by the actor is more familiar to the public than himself. Asked if he would care about this, Liu Dan bluntly said, "If I had played" The True Color of Interpol "30 or 40 years ago (I might care), I was young at that time and longed for recognition.".
Liu Dan, who has just graduated from college, has also been confused. She said that people will inevitably be dissatisfied when they grow up, so "they will be confused, dizzy and lost." After seeing her play broadcast on TV, she kept thinking, "Now everyone should know me, but walking down the street, I found it seems not." At most, some people look at me more. "
Later, Liu Dan gradually realized that everyone was more impressed with the role, which just showed that she lived out the role. People will believe that person exists, so they will ignore my existence. Once I think so, I am so happy. It suddenly dawned on me that I don't care whether others can see me or not.
Aunt Guo is a hit, and Liu Dan thinks it's good, because it may give her a chance to play more roles-not the role of mother xx and general manager xx, but a role that is "really more important" and has more room for display. But even if she plays some functional supporting roles, she regards it as a test-no matter the size of the role, her desire to become a "person" will not diminish. If the space is limited, she can only think of more ways to make up for it.
Before Aunt Guo went out, Liu Dan had learned to enjoy silence. Although she is a little passive in the market, she is used to waiting and compares this process to a "generous gift". Those quiet hours will be enriched and meaningful by one thought: "Once you have the awareness of action, your daily life will be very different." She is eager to learn. She used to watch a lot of movies every day, cultivate herself in life, find herself, and then become what she wanted to be. ...
Liu Dan said, "Just like a kite. There is a place that drags it far away. You can't see it, but you know where you are going. "
Du Nan Entertainment X Liu Dan
Why don't you like being called "Aunt Guo"? Happy!
Du Nan Entertainment: After the hit of Start, everyone gave you a nickname "Aunt Guo". Do you like this name?
Liu Dan: Why not? Happy!
Du Nan Entertainment: Some viewers said they were scared by "Aunt Guo". Do you want to comfort them?
Liu Dan: I'd like to, but I don't think comfort can solve the problem. I think it's probably because people's participation in the theater is relatively high, and this situation does happen on very daily buses, which may have a greater impact on everyone. I think everyone will experience some psychological shadows that have direct and indirect experiences with themselves. I don't think it's all bad.
I don't think I can really comfort you. I really think that after a long time, people may gradually get rid of it through other things, so I'm not too worried.
Du Nan Entertainment: Some viewers said that they would be afraid of cannons and pressure cookers if they chased the beginning. Do you have such "sequelae" as an actor?
Liu Dan: There should be some sequelae in acting. I don't think this role (Tao) is very good, but from the beginning of acting to now, all the roles seem to have something to do with my life, including harmony, conflict, understanding, confusion and contradiction. I think this is a very important aid (strength) for my growth in my opinion. I think this is very important and precious for an actor, so I accept all the good and bad influences.
Du Nan Entertainment: The audience's "fear" feedback is actually an affirmation of the actors. How do you feel about being recognized? Liu Dan: To tell the truth, happiness is real. Very happy. Because I seldom go to Weibo, I don't know how to play with those things, and then everyone said I was afraid when I saw them this time.
On Bai Jingting and Angels
"Simple, bright and lovely"
Du Nan Entertainment: The scene of fighting with Bai Jingting and angels shocked the audience. Did the shooting go well?
Liu Dan: The scene of stabbing (an angel) with a knife seems to have passed. At that time, I heard the director shout "terrible" and I don't know what happened.
Du Nan Entertainment: At that time, your expression was very calm, and there were not many malicious words.
Liu Dan: To be honest, she (Tao) will be a little confused. The girl is about the same age as her daughter, and she doesn't know why she did it. She raised her knife and plunged in, which will definitely have an impact on her heart. But she has more important things.
Du Nan Entertainment: How to evaluate Angel's performance?
Liu Dan: I think Mai Mai is a lovely, simple and talented girl. It's hard to make up for the fighting scene, and I took a lot of her expressions. I tried to put my hand behind her hair and try to cushion the back of the chair with my hand so that she wouldn't get hurt. Then I looked at her face and thought it was beautiful.
Du Nan Entertainment: The part where you wrestle with Bai Jingting on the ground looks real, too. Did you really work hard?
Liu Dan: Some places are really difficult, while others are not. Everyone is protecting my safety.
Du Nan Entertainment: Bai Jingting said that little He Yun is a "weak chicken", but he should be very powerful, right?
Liu Dan: He must be very strong. That's a young man. I remember the first day when I was acting with Bai Jingting. In fact, I am also quite burdened, because after all, I am an idol. If I want to tear things with him, I said, "Please take care of me." However, in the later shooting, we soon became familiar with each other and cooperated happily.
I think they are great, and so is McMillan. I want to do something about her hair and say, "Mai Mai, what can I do to make you more comfortable?" She said, "Never mind, sister. Do whatever you want. " Children are really willing to sacrifice themselves when they are acting. Anyway, I think they are simple, bright and lovely. They did everything for the role.
I thought infinite flow was
"Free use of traffic"
Du Nan Entertainment: Are you chasing this beginning yourself?
Liu Dan: Honestly, I didn't. I'm scared. Generally, you have to wait for a while, and then find a chance to sneak a look. I dare not (see now), I'm too nervous. And I don't think I can see what I want to see clearly in this situation. I also want to see if my time and current state are appropriate, because it takes some effort to see it once, and I hope I can get some new gains during this time.
Du Nan Entertainment: Before the performance, did you hear about Infinite Flow?
Liu Dan: At first, I thought "infinite flow" meant traffic. You can use it at will. What is "unlimited flow"? I'm sorry, I'm really "ignorant" Can you tell me what "infinite flow" is?
Du Nan Entertainment: Many online novels are set in a surreal world, and then the protagonist will travel infinitely in this space to unlock different tasks in different scenes.
Liu Dan: Thank you. This means that "infinite flow" means that anything is possible, right? He gave the creators a lot of space. In fact, it can test people's creativity and imagination, and I think it can produce many good things.
Du Nan Entertainment: After The Beginning is released, there may be more scripts for you. You have acted in so many plays. What other themes or talents do you want to try?
Liu Dan: Actually, I don't set any restrictions for myself. I just want to try something different. My favorite things, especially movies, are quite diverse. I am interested in minority art movies, comedies or gloomy feelings.
Of course, for the role, I hope that the space of the role can be greater, the possibility is greater and the functionality is less. Sometimes more important roles may have more room. Because you can't play such a versatile role, but it's actually an exercise. Because it has no space, you have to find a way.
As long as I like this role, as long as it can impress me, I have confidence and possibility, because your desire to make it a "person" has not diminished.