Sohu Entertainment News (Zhuang Zixiu/Text) The urban emotional entrepreneurial drama “The Sea of Stars” starring Liu Tao and Lin Feng is now on the air. Because the two actors are both over 40 years old, they play teenage roles in the play and talk about love. They either water each other in the street or jump into the sea. As a result, the play has not yet started. Many netizens It was labeled “middle-aged idol drama”, “crazy literature” and other labels.
However, after the show was broadcast, many viewers were “really fragrant.” In the face of the story that comes with double speed, Jane Eyre’s unyielding spirit of struggle, directly calling on the top, the ratings of the show also rose all the way.
Recently, Sohu Entertainment interviewed Yu Ding, the director of “The Sea of Stars”. In the face of various labels and ridicules on the Internet, director Yu Ding has a very calm mind. I feel very happy, “If a play comes out tepid, then I don’t think it will have a real effect.”
Talking about the famous scene in the play-Lin Feng took a hose and poured water on Liu Tao. Director Yu Ding revealed that this scene is a form of expression after the two have reached a certain stage of their love. It may be that the audience feels that the two actors are relatively old, so they are not comfortable with this form of expression, but he thinks, “Why They can’t play in the water or eat ice cream? No matter what age they fall in love, they can do it.”
Regarding the age of the actors in the play, Director Yu Ding said he was also helpless, because the current TV drama industry is such a status quo. The platform and management dare not use newcomers to play the roles when they were young. “Playing tenderly”, as a director, he actually hopes that the right person will play the right role.
Liu Tao has the temperament of “General Manager” in everything he plays?
“She is already overcoming some acting habits”
Sohu Entertainment: Why is this show called “The Sea of Stars”?
Yu Ding: The screenwriter named Jane Eyre at the beginning. Because the heroine in the play liked to read the novel Jane Eyre, her mother also wanted to cultivate a girl like Jane Eyre, so she named her Jane Eyre. It was quite a post, but considering that it collided with the movie “Jane Eyre”, in order to avoid misunderstanding, the name “The Sea of Stars” was finally determined.
Sohu Entertainment: The ratings of “The Sea of Stars” are quite good. Many people say that it has the hope of becoming the king of the drama this year. Did you expect it when you filmed it? How are you feeling?
Yu Ding: I didn’t expect that it might become the king of ratings, but when filming it, I felt that it was a relatively watchable drama. The audience thinks it looks good, and I must be very happy as a director.
Sohu Entertainment: The screenwriter once mentioned that Liu Tao is Jane Eyre. Did you refer to her opinion when choosing the cast?
Yu Ding: Liu Tao used to work with me, so when we got the script, we thought of her. She herself has played such a role in many plays, so she thought it was more appropriate. After reading the script, Liu Tao liked the character Jane Eyre very much, and was more active in this character. In addition, we just finished cooperating, so I think we can continue to cooperate.
Sohu Entertainment: Some netizens said that after Liu Tao played “Andy” in “Ode to Joy”, he has a kind of “female boss” temperament in what role Liu Tao plays. Do you feel that way when working with her? ?
Yu Ding: She has acted in many plays, and may have left some deep impressions or a relatively fixed pattern to the audience, but in our play, I think she is actually overcoming some of her acting habits in other plays. I think I have worked hard to shape this character.
Sohu Entertainment: Lin Feng didn’t have a lot of works in the mainland before. How did you think of letting him play Fang Hengzhi?
Yu Ding: Fang Hengzhi is an overseas Chinese. We have also looked for many outstanding actors in the Mainland, but because of the special nature of this role, it may not be easy for the audience to convince the audience. As for Lin Feng, because he had been developing in Hong Kong before, he felt that the time coincided with each other, so everyone hit it off. It also takes into account the problem of role matching, so this drama uses a large number of Hong Kong and Taiwan actors.
Sohu Entertainment: Lin Feng’s performance method is more external. Netizens ridicule him as “Roaring Emperor”. Is this performance method his own feature, or is it a way to deal with it after communicating with you?
Yu Ding: We also have communication on this. The character of Jane Eyre is a little deeper, so the character of Fang Hengzhi, Lin Feng handles some external release, I think it is OK, this is good for the character’s personality and the rhythm of the plot, so the character is more vivid.
Sohu Entertainment: What do you think of the title “Roaring Emperor” given to him by netizens?
Yu Ding: Actually, he doesn’t rant too much, because in love, he is always misunderstood, so his emotional changes appear to be a little bit bigger, but this is quite in line with the character of his character, which is to achieve his goal forever. do not give up.
Don’t mind netizens calling it “middle-aged idol drama”
Better than no one pays attention
Sohu Entertainment: Although Liu Tao and Lin Feng are not young boys and girls, you made the emotional drama between them quite idol dramas, especially in the recent episodes. The two have a sense of CP. How did you do this?
Yu Ding: I don’t think it can be called an idol drama. Just when two people talk about love to a stage, there will be such a form of expression. Maybe this form of expression is also more conventional. The main reason may be that the audience thinks that they are relatively old, so they are a little uncomfortable with this form of expression, but I think that regardless of age, the form of expression is OK. Why can’t they play in the water and eat ice cream? Woolen cloth? No matter what age you fall in love, you can do it.
Sohu Entertainment: In a famous scene in the play, Lin Feng took a hose and poured Liu Tao all over his body. How was this scene filmed?
Yu Ding: This scene is very special, it is the best moment of the two of them, so we must shoot this scene well, and we must have the artistic conception and beauty. But the scene of Zishui is particularly difficult to choose, because it is a random faucet for watering flowers on the road. This scene needs to be very casual, but it must match the environment and the mood of the characters in the play, so it is difficult. We searched a lot of places, but they were not suitable, and finally we chose the place of Shamian, Guangzhou. In order to film this scene, we focused on the transition to the sand surface, and the weather was already very cold when we filmed it. It was still a night scene. After pouring it many times, the actors were shaking with cold.
Sohu Entertainment: The effect is quite good. Netizens say it’s a bit earthy, but it’s very romantic.
Yu Ding: The audience said that this play is a bit earthy. How can I explain it? Because this story happened in the 90s, where can it go? Contemporary people may not play this, but in that In the context of the times, they used this simple way to express the ambiguity between the two.
Sohu Entertainment: Before the show was broadcast, because Lin Feng circulated on the Internet to pour Liu Taoshui with a hose, and the hysterical quarrel between the two, many netizens posted the show “middle-aged idol drama” and “crazy literature”. Class labels, what do you think of these labels?
Yu Ding: I don’t think these labels are important, as long as this drama can get their attention, let them resonate or generate controversy.
Sohu Entertainment: So you don’t mind netizens playing tricks, do you?
Yu Ding: I don’t mind at all. I think it’s normal for the audience to use an online language to tease it, and I fully accept it. If a play is tepid, then I don’t think it will have any real effect. Since they are arguing, it means that the play is still stimulating to them.
The actor “plays tenderly” as a last resort
Substitution may not be recognized by the audience
Sohu Entertainment: The dramas in the 90s are actually quite difficult to shoot, because some audiences still have memories of that era, they may correct the details in the drama. What did you do this time and how did you avoid these problems? ?
Yu Ding: Nowadays, many places have been remodeled to be very fashionable and beautiful. It has no sense of that era. We have found many places. Thousands of scenes are really troublesome. Finally, we decided to shoot in Zhongshan, Guangdong. We can still find some old people in that city. The old building.
In terms of details, we also try to be as realistic as possible. For example, some advertisements, air conditioners, etc., were replaced with computers in the later stage. There are also cars in the drama, which are all cars from that era. There are more than a dozen cars every day. Pulled to the scene to shoot, there are a large number of Malaysian dramas, which were originally contacted to be filmed, because the epidemic couldn’t go there, they replaced this part of the drama with domestic hotels. I also try to avoid things that don’t match the times. In the play, we didn’t specify which year it was, but everyone can feel that it was that era, at least 80%.
Sohu Entertainment: In the current domestic dramas, older actors playing younger roles are like a kind of “original sin”, and they will definitely be “played tenderly” by complaints. Our drama also encounters this problem. As a director, what do you think? this phenomenon?
Yu Ding: Our play has a long time span. The actors have to act from their teens to the end. They are all in their 40s. It is indeed very difficult to act in their teens and 20s. Even if they can act, the audience Acceptance is very reluctant, which will bring a lot of complaints.
This phenomenon has always been there, why hasn’t it been resolved? Because if a young actor is used in the front of the TV series, it will definitely be more than a dozen episodes. When the main actors enter, it will be too late. A play is divided into three actors to perform. This practice has not yet formed a habit in our current TV drama industry. Unless the previous plot is written very short, the main actors will appear in two or three episodes, otherwise it will appear in the form of memories, and only relatively short web dramas or movies can do this.
As a director, I certainly hope that young actors will be used for young roles. When the roles are mature, the main actors will appear again, but it is difficult to do this because each play has its own “actor effect.” Liu Tao must be more agreeable. If the young actors in the front perform for a long time, the audience may not be able to keep them. Moreover, if you use a good young actor, the investment in all aspects will definitely be different. So now the platform and investors treat me like this. Idea recognition is relatively low.
In fact, in the current situation, there are also reasons for the viewing habits. Maybe you really used young actors in front of a certain drama, and the audience still has to complain after watching it.
Sohu Entertainment: Since its broadcast, netizens have put a lot of labels on the show. If you are asked to locate the show, how do you locate it?
Yu Ding: Whether it’s love or a good life, it’s all through struggle.Return to Sohu to see more
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