Shooting scene.

Script Study Room.

He Xiao sat on the sofa with performance teacher Han Xiulan and deputy director Wang Shi, while reading the script, waiting for the guest who was acting with him to arrive.

There are six guests participating in each episode of "The Birth of an Actor", and the two of them perform on the same stage to determine the outcome.

In this episode, in addition to He Xiao, the other five contestants are also young actors in the entertainment industry. They are traffic actresses with extremely popular topics, and there are also powerful actors who are not very famous but have won the best actor and actress.

He Xiao is considered an alien among them, because his identity as a singer is so dazzling, which somewhat covers up his incident as an actor.

Today, the one who was in a group with He He Xiao was a powerful male actor who won the Best Actor at the Tokyo Film Festival a few years ago.

However, although he won such a big prize, his reputation has never been very high, because there are no hot dramas in his representative works and have never been hit.

He Xiao was quite unfamiliar with him. Even when he first heard his name, he didn't remember who the actor was. It was not until Han Xiulan mentioned a role he had played that He Xiao suddenly realized.

So this guy is a typical actor who has a deep role but is not popular.

At this time, the camera suddenly turned to the door. It seemed that the photographer had received a message from the front desk and knew that someone was going to come in. The three people sitting on the sofa also looked over.

The next moment, I saw that the door of the lounge was pushed open. A man carefully looked inside. After confirming that he was not wrong, he smiled a little restrainedly and walked into the house.

"Welcome to An Cheng to "The Birth of an Actor."

As the man walked in, Han Xiulan stood up and welcomed him.

As a teacher in the Performance Department of the Central Academy of Drama, she has a wide connection in the circle and many people know her.

In fact, many people think it’s big before they come in, but after they really integrate into it, they will find it very small. Those people come and go, and they will just participate in a play. Many supporting roles and staff in the crew may feel familiar.

Han Xiulan, who is in her fifties, devotes her whole life to the art of performing. It is not an exaggeration to say that she has witnessed the rise and fall of Chinese film history for decades. As time goes by, she has really known many people.

The actor named An Cheng also showed a look of surprise on his face at this time, and he said in surprise: "Teacher Han, are you here too?"

"Haha, I am the performance director invited by the program team, why isn't I here?" Han Xiulan smiled and pulled An Cheng over and introduced him to everyone: "An Cheng is a student I taught at the Central Academy of Drama ten years ago."

"Haha, Hello everyone!" Perhaps because of an acquaintance, An Cheng relaxed for a while, not as reserved as he was at the beginning.

Han Xiulan said to the two people who had already stood up and welcomed him on the sofa: "This is Director Wang Shi of Jiangsu and Zhejiang Satellite TV, and he serves as the deputy director of our program. As for the person next to him, I should not need to introduce him. The most popular young artist in our country now."

Of course, he is referring to He Xiao.

Wang Shi interrupted, "An Cheng, He Xiao is the opponent of playing with you in this episode. You can get to know each other."

"Hello, He Xiao, I like to listen to your operas and songs."

"Hello, Brother An, I also like the role of 'Han Wudi' you play, it's simply vivid."

An Cheng shook hands with He Xiao, and the business blew up.

"Emperor Wu of Han" is a representative role among the many TV series that An Cheng has starred in. He Xiao said this and invisibly praised An Cheng's hand.

Everyone likes to listen to beautiful words, and a few people exchanged greetings and praised them. The atmosphere on the scene was very harmonious.

After everyone got along, Han Xiulan coughed and said seriously: "Two, you are the guests who will appear in the first episode. The script arranged by the director team for you is "The King of the Uniform Guard".

"The King of the Uniform Guard? Is it that movie?" An Cheng blinked and said curiously.

Han Xiulan nodded, "That's right, it's the martial arts film "The King of the Uniform Guard" directed by Wu Sheng. It was released six years ago and won the box office championship that year."

Wu Sheng, a famous director in China, is a character of the same level as Liao Yuqing and Liu Haibo.

He Xiao had an intersection with him. At that time, he was just a little singer. He had just signed a contract with Le Jia, and the other party was already a famous director of the National Taiwan University.

At that time, Wu Sheng was going to film a romantic drama as a New Year film for the Spring Festival, but the theme song was delayed. With Yu Xiao's matchmaking, He Xiao was fortunate to contact director Wu Sheng, and impressed the other party with a song "Long Time No See", cut off competitors from other entertainment companies, and successfully sang on the big screen, allowing the singing to enter the cinema.

Although so many years have passed, He Xiao is no longer the He Xiao of the past, but the glorious past of that year is vivid in my mind. At this time, when Han Xiulan mentioned Wu Sheng's works, I felt a lot of emotion.

He Xiao has only watched half of Wu Sheng's "The King of Uniform Guards", and the plot has almost been forgotten. It tells the story of several major forces in the court during the Ming Dynasty.

However, although He Xiao has not finished watching all of them, he has also heard of the reputation of this drama. On a certain rating website, it is as high as 7.4, and it is one of the more exquisite films in Wu Sheng's life.

He didn't expect that the script of the first play was based on this play. It belongs to a martial arts drama and a costume drama, and it is a field that He Xiao had never entered.

The characters that He Xiao can control at present are basically based on a modern background. They are either young and promising successful people, business tycoons, or underdogs. They can also play roles similar to Charlottes, and the dream history of small characters growing into big stars. If they even grit their teeth, they can also play names like Hu Guangsheng who has been sad all his life.

Only in costume dramas, he has absolutely zero experience.

So when he heard Han Xiulan release the script, he felt very stressed.

An Cheng, an actor who works against him, is different. Although he is not as famous as He Xiao, he is a professional actor at least, unlike He Xiao who has changed from the music industry to the film industry and has won the Best Actor.

The most important thing is that An Cheng has a rich acting experience. He probably starred in many costume dramas, from the image of an emperor like "Emperor Wu of Han" to the heroes of Green Forest, he has all played it, and he has that experience.

Therefore, as soon as the script was released, An Cheng didn't have much concern. As a professional actor, he was used to storms.

He has read more scripts than He Xiao has eaten more salt.

In this game, He Xiao is not as advantageous as him.

But this was also expected by He Xiao. After all, he was a professional and had been acting for ten years, and he had just entered this industry.

Moreover, he was willing to participate in the show "The Birth of an Actor" just to hone himself. No matter what kind of script it is, he was ready. It was impossible for him to give up on himself just because he saw that it was not the category he was good at.

"He Xiao, have you seen the Jinyiwei?"

Han Xiulan looked at He Xiao, who was the performance instructor of the program team and was responsible for leading the contestants to rehearse.

He Xiao was the only actor present who had not been systematically studied and had little acting experience. To put it bluntly, he was a little amateur and definitely not as good as An Cheng, who was a professional, who had watched most movies, so this question was asked.

The question came to an end. He Xiao shook his head, did not dare to be arrogant, and answered truthfully: "I have only seen half of it."

"I understand." Han Xiulan nodded, and then said: "It's okay, you only need to understand the era background of the movie, because our script is independent of the movie, not restoring the movie, but using a certain plot as an extension, mainly looking at micro-expressions, body language, and line skills."

"You can grasp these three things well, even if you eliminate them, it will not be embarrassing. You can prove your strength to the audience."

Wang Shi also nodded from the side and said, "It's true. As for the performance, you can watch it as the use of expressions. Of course, if you want to act better, in addition to these three things, you have to rely on the actors' own grasp of the details."

Although he is a variety show director of Jiangsu and Zhejiang Satellite TV, he is also a director. He has his own unique insights on performance.

Both of them were giving lectures to He Xiao because this script was really too tricky for He Xiao.

Just jump out of the costume drama, let alone laughter, even ordinary professional actors may not be able to hold it.

Not everyone can control ancient costumes. Even in the circle, there are many actors who can only act in modern dramas. If you play costume characters, it will make the audience extremely out of the play, and the opposite is true.

To put it bluntly, the path of acting is narrow.

The actors who have a wide range of acting careers and can be conquered by both types of acting are very few, and they are all popular resources in the circle.

He Xiao has never acted in a costume drama, and Wang Shi and Han Xiulan are both a little worried. They know that when they are rehearsal, compared to An Cheng, He Xiao is the key guide.

An Cheng didn't mind this. He has been acting for ten years and has become an old actor. He has long had his own understanding of acting. Even if he wants to participate in the show and perform on the stage, he will not be able to improve his level in just one or two days.

It’s like an old driver who can drive but does not have a driver’s license to learn driving. The coach is the most troublesome for such people and is difficult to teach.

Therefore, Han Xiulan was not very helpful to An Cheng, so she could only provide some ideas. More progress still depends on An Cheng himself to understand.

"This is the script, you two will take a look first."

Han Xiulan put the manuscript on the table and asked the two to read it first. After reading it, they would start rehearsing in the afternoon.

In the next few minutes, the room was quiet. Han Xiulan and Wang Shi did not disturb them, and were all looking at their phones, while He Xiao and An Cheng were focusing on the script.

The drama is very simple. In the late Ming Dynasty, a low-level Jinyiwei was ordered to chase and kill the remnants of the eunuch party who once took power. Finally, they met in an inn. The eunuch party tried to spend money to buy his life and started an IQ game between the two.

This scene is not available in the movie "The King of the Uniform Guard". The original plot is that after the Jin Yiwei received the order, three or five shots turned around, and he had completed the task. The scene to be performed is obviously extended by the program team based on this scene as a point, telling the story of the scene that is not shown in the movie, and what kind of story will happen between the two people.

The script was studied by Han Xiulan and professional screenwriters invited by several program teams, but even so, the script is not perfect. Many places do not provide specific performance methods, and even the lines have blank paragraphs.

Because Han Xiulan knew that the lines were written too neatly, which would limit the actor's creative ability. In many cases, only a framework was needed to allow the actor to better interpret the role.

When it comes to rehearsal, An Cheng and He Xiao will definitely have a lot of ideas. Without Han Xiulan's words, this scene will gradually become fuller.

"What do you think?"

When the two of them finished watching, the performance teacher Han Xiulan asked with a smile.

An Cheng touched his chin, "The script is OK, um... He Xiao, which role do you want to play?"

"Brother An, look at you." He Xiaotui gave in.

An Cheng shook his hand, "You choose first. No matter how I say that I have more experience in acting than you."

The two of them pushed each other and were embarrassed to grab the role.

However, in fact, the choice of roles is very important. On the stage of "The Birth of an Actor", many actors are eliminated because they choose the wrong role. If the roles are exchanged, it is still unknown who will win.

"Why don't you play the Jinyiwei?" An Cheng saw He Xiao give in and was unable to make up his mind, so he couldn't help but speak out to give the role to He Xiao.

The role of Jinyiwei, in addition to sounding more powerful than eunuchs, is more importantly, the core of the script of this play is "Jinyiwei hunting down the eunuch party", so it is already obvious that Jinyiwei is the character who can easily grasp the situation and the plot direction.

To put it bluntly, it’s just that it can end the show!

Whoever chooses Jinyiwei will have an advantage on this stage.

Wang Shi, Han Xiulan and him who were present saw this.

Here we have to say that An Cheng's heart is indeed quite good. Even though he knew that the Jinyiwei was a good character, he still took the initiative to give it to He Xiao and did not force him to rob him.

After all, the two of them were so refusing. If An Cheng suddenly cleaned up and insisted on saying "Then I will play the Jinyiwei", He Xiao would have nothing to say.

But he didn't.
To be continued...