"Flowers", which is being broadcast on Jiangsu Satellite TV's Happiness Theater, is the first TV series directed by Wong Kar-wai, in which Hu Ge plays the male protagonist A Bao. Around this drama, Jiangsu Satellite TV has specially launched a new drama series "Litchi Chasing Drama Manual", the program crew has gone to Shanghai many times to shoot behind the scenes of the main creative actors, and the program will be broadcast on Jiangsu Satellite TV every Sunday evening from January 7.
Talking about his fate with Wong Kar-wai, Hu Ge said: "I have been in contact with Wong Kar-wai's works since middle school, and I never thought that I would have the opportunity to meet him, let alone appear in his works. This filming of "Flowers" is like a dream. ”
First contact in 2017.
In 2017, Hu Ge met Wong Kar-wai for the first time. Recalling the scene at that time, he sighed: "At that time, I received a **, saying that Director Wong Kar-wai wanted to see me. After arriving at the agreed place, I saw Director Wang wearing his signature sunglasses. To be honest, I was very nervous at the time, because I liked to watch Director Wang's works since middle school, and he was my idol. ”
That day, Wong Kar-wai and Hu Ge chatted a lot, talked about their views on ** "Flowers", and also talked about Hu Ge's growth experience. "Director Wang's first consideration was to let me play Ah Bao, and later, at one point, he wanted me to play the triangle alone, and play Husheng, Xiaomao and Ah Bao at the same time. Because someone watched my drama "Dream Like a Dream" at that time and saw many of my faces, Director Wang thought of this plan. ”
The idea of one person playing the triangle is only "short-lived". In the end, Wong Kar-wai cut down the complexity and simplified, and only chose Po as the core character. This also allowed Hu Ge to concentrate on returning to Bao's world.
In order to play this role well, Hu Ge, and even the entire crew, are well prepared. He said: "Before officially joining the group, we had a three-year preparation period, under the leadership of Director Wang, we collected a lot of information about that era, and invited experts in the first field, 'old mages' of foreign trade companies, etc., as 'brain power', to guide the crew at any time." Before the start of filming, the actors also entered the stage in advance, immersed in the atmosphere of the 90s of the 20th century. ”
The atmosphere of the times created by Wong Kar-wai also evoked Hu Ge's childhood memories. For example, the 1:1 restoration of the Yellow River Road in the play made Hu Ge quite emotional: "Although I have not eaten on the Yellow River Road, I have passed through the Yellow River Road, and the Yellow River Road in my impression is just like the one presented in the play, neon is eye-catching, and thousands of flowers are like the sea." ”
Working with Wong Kar-wai is like falling in love, always providing emotional value.
This is the first time Hu Ge has cooperated with Wong Kar-wai. In his opinion, this collaboration is more like a relationship, "At the beginning, I will be very nervous and apprehensive, and I will always be hovering between confidence and unconfidence." Slowly, you will find that as long as he is there, you will be at ease, much like falling in love."
Flowers was filmed for three years, and the long cycle also affected the actors' emotions, while Wong Kar-wai provided stable emotional comfort. Hu Ge said: "In the later stage of filming, everyone is on the verge of collapse, and there is a lot of pressure in all aspects. But looking at Director Wang, who was energetic and meticulous at the scene, and watching him go back to meetings and write scripts after filming every day, all the tiredness was eliminated at once, and I felt that I could do it again. ”
In the play, Po and Lingzi (played by Ma Yili), Miss Wang (played by Tang Yan), and Li Li (played by Xin Zhilei) have a lot of rivalry.
In Hu Ge's view, Lingzi and Ah Bao are the relationship between Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie. "Ah Bao is Zhu Bajie, and Lingzi is Sun Wukong, always cutting through obstacles for Zhu Bajie in front, so that Zhu Bajie can sit back and enjoy his success. ”
Miss Wang and Ah Bao are the relationship between the second hand and the minute hand: "Do you see if the second hand and the minute hand meet once in 60 seconds?"Wrong. It's 61 seconds. Because when the second hand turns around, the minute hand has already moved forward one notch. But it's not 61 seconds, it's a little more than 61 seconds, because when the second hand goes one more second, the minute hand moves forward a little more. So their intersection is always a little farther away than everyone thinks. ”
As for Ah Bao and Li Li, Hu Ge believes that they are like the sky and the sea, mirroring each other and full of mystery. "The sky and the sea are far apart, but when you look at the sunrise and sunset, you find that they are connected. ”
When interpreting the story of his father, he found the feeling of playing Li Xiaoyao.
For Hu Ge, "Flowers" is a pursuit of the memories of his father's generation, and it is also a supplement to the imagination of the past years. He said: "'Flowers' is the story of my parents' generation. I've been interested in my parents' upbringing since I was a child, but every time I try to get to know them, I always get the sense that there are things they don't want to talk about, or even recall. So when I saw "Flowers", I was immediately fascinated and felt that I was learning about my father's past in another way. ”
Blossom Flowers tells the story of the 90s of the 20th century, when Hu Ge was in elementary school. "Looking at the changing times from a child's perspective is very limited. But I later remembered that the adults at that time were so busy. Like my dad, he was also in business with a group of friends at the time, trying to change his life through his own efforts, and he had very little time at home. Sometimes, I hear my parents talking about people around me who get rich overnight, just like the narrator in our play said, some people get rich overnight, and some people get zero in half a day. ”
Wong Kar-wai once mentioned Hu Ge, when playing Ah Bao, he should have the feeling of Li Yaoyao when he first played "The Legend of Sword and Fairy". Hu Ge said: "I believe that in that era, there were many young people like Bao, who wanted to seize the opportunity in the tide of the times and change their fate and life through their own efforts. But after experiencing ups and downs, you will find that the most important thing is love and righteousness. ”
Yangcheng Evening News reporter Gong Weifeng.