Wang Luoyong's "No. 1 Chinese American on Broadway" is actually quite watery.
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 and select only actors, Huang Rongliang will win the Broadway Grand Slam, and Zun Long's performance achievements will be greater than Wang Luoyong's.
It is said that he returned to China resolutely after becoming famous in 2001, but the actual reason is that there was no space for Chinese Americans on Broadway in 2001.
At that time, the only Chinese-American shows available on Broadway were "The King and I" and "Miss Saigon." The former stopped running in 1996, and the latter, sorry, stopped running in 2001.
Chinese people will be used later. "Pacific Overture" was restarted in 2004, and "Avenue Q" came out in 2003.
But this cannot mean 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 on the set and chatting among his colleagues, 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 loses face.
If you are too NG, 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 read her lines well and asked him for advice. He would impatiently say: "Oh, why can't you know how to do something so simple? How do you teach it in your film school?"
After reading it to herself, she asked Liu Yifei 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 had 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 seemed to be dictating to young students from above, 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 could not help but feel 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, our red mouth and white teeth touch each other, and 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 be tireless in teaching others.
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 great 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.
"Look at how other people act, and you just think about it on the sidelines. Do you have to be shameless and get in touch with others?" Zhang Yuanjun stole many of his skills in this way.
In terms of acting techniques, in fact, no matter whether it is the three major academies, or domestic and foreign, the training methods are 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 get one of the two, your achievements will be good.
The method was taught in the academy.
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 circumstances. 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 pretend to be something?
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, why can’t I watch it?
"So I say you still haven't seen enough." 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 what lies are good. I'm telling you the real thing. You are showing 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 work hard to 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, and people are 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 is having her menstrual period, it would be very unkind to ask her to go into the freezing cold water at this time.
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. She bought him two bags of saline to rinse his ears at Yamashita Pharmacy, and then applied an ointment specially designed to treat dermatitis and ringworm. After applying it several times, he rinsed his ears with saline. That was it. alright.
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.
This is why Zhang Yuanjun will now treat Liu Yifei's otitis media.
