Original title: Ou Hao, a 30-year-old girl who stars in high school students, was asked: “The Coward” is my last youth drama
Recently, the youth suspense drama “The Coward” was launched on Youku. This play is adapted from Zheng Zhi’s novel “Swallowing Lives”. It focuses on the life changes of four high school friends. The label “my son’s son” was discriminated against and bullied, and only Fa Xiao Wang Di, classmate Feng Xuejiao, and transfer student Huang Shu stood with him. However, 10 years later, many people became strangers, and Huang Shu, who returned to the small town, suddenly had an accident… The drama is based on two murders that span time and space but which is very similar, and tells the youth story that spanned over 10 years.
The story begins in a small town in the Northeast in 1999. Qin Li (played by Ou Hao) is a sunny and cheerful high school student with excellent grades. Every day, he has a carefree class and is fight with Wang Di and Feng Xuejiao. 10 years later, Qin Li became a deaf and dumb repairman with a dark personality.
The Red Star News reporter noted that although the overall quality of the drama was good, many critical audiences questioned the role of 30-year-old Ou Hao as a high school student.
Today (11), Ou Hao admitted in an interview that he also had this kind of anxiety at the beginning, but he hopes to show the different stages of the characters through subtle changes such as internal drama and appearance. Ou Hao said that “The Coward” must be the last youth-themed drama he shot, and as he grows older, he lacks confidence in such subjects.
Appearance of high school student Ou Hao
Red Star News: What opportunity did you have to film this drama? How do you understand the character Qin Li?
Ou Hao:I was still very excited when I got the role. I read this novel a long time ago, read it more than once, and liked it very much. I also really like Qin Li’s character, and feel sorry for his suffering and suffering. It’s my luck to be able to play Qin Li.
I feel that Qin Li is very pathetic and boring. It feels like the worst part I have ever played. He has suffered so much injustice, suffered the betrayal of his friends, and suffered the departure of his beloved. But what is commendable for him is that he insisted on his original intention and never changed himself. Just like what he said in his lines: People can throw away anything, don’t throw away their pride. I believe this is also what everyone will like Qin Li.
Red Star News: What is the biggest touch this role gives you?
Ou Hao:Indeed, there are many touches. I have been thinking about the effect of the original family on the children of the original family. This effect may last a lifetime. If it wasn’t for the problems caused by his original family, Qin Li’s character might not be so withdrawn. If he could have more love from a young age, the love of his parents and the love of his family, his life might not be the same. Because of his family relationship, many people around him will discriminate against him and exclude him, which is a vicious circle, and it will become more and more serious.
What I also want to express is that I hope there will be more love and kindness in this world. Usually each of us does a small deed and a heartfelt word, which can affect a person’s life, especially for those who have suffered. a lot.
Qin Li in two steps
Red Star News: Now there are some doubts that the 30-year-old Ou Hao is still playing a high school student. Stressed before a shoot?
Ou Hao:I think “The Coward” must be a very memorable play for me, and it must be (my) last play on the theme of youth. In fact, I may not be confident in myself in the future .
In fact, when I was filming, I also had such concerns, and now there are such voices on the Internet as well. But what I thought at the time was that I paid more attention to the internal drama and change in the character’s 10 year span, and more attention was paid to the emotional aspect, how to express the character, and how to achieve the character of the character. state of some subtle details, such as the eyes. .
During the shooting process, in addition to communicating with the director, he actually communicated with the original author and screenwriter Zheng Zhige. When he had the opportunity, he asked him how Qin Li felt. How to interpret and express this character?
Like Qin Li, in addition to the changes in the shape, the state presented in the two stages is completely different. My main entry point is the eyes: 10 years ago, when he was a student, his eyes were clear, pure and beautiful; 10 years later, his eyes were more complex, more hostile, more Some desire for revenge.
Red Star News: This is a 16 episode short drama, of which 6 episodes are currently on air. But many viewers feel that the suspense does not seem enough at the beginning?
Ou Hao:This drama should not be a work that makes you feel great joy and sadness all at once. It takes time, and it may bring you different feelings after watching the whole drama.
In fact, we report in many times and spaces, and there are many information points in it. I think every drama has its own unique tone, “The Coward” to watch carefully and patiently. Once it comes into your heart, you may understand it all.
Huang Shu and Qin Li
Red Star News: “The Coward” is a youth suspense drama How do you understand youth suspense dramas?
Ou Hao:Our play is really about youth and emotion, and it’s also about us looking back to see what our youth have gone through. Are we having the same experience with them? Or is there guilt or an apology to friends, or is it a good memory.
For example, Huang Shu and Qin Li had very rough fates. When reading the novel, the sentence that touched me the most was at the end: To light up her life, you burn yourself to the ground. I cried when I saw this sentence. I think this sentence is very touching. It expresses Qin Li’s life and his feelings about Huang Shu. Many people will think that this is Qin Li’s dedication and contribution to Huang Shu. But in fact, after reading the whole story, including the whole introduction in our play, this sentence is also about a relationship of mutual redemption between Huang Shu and Qin Li.
In Qin Li’s mind, Huang Shu was also like a ray of light, illuminating him. In fact, I also think, is it possible for Mr. Zheng Zhi to write a happy chapter of Qin Li and Huang Shu later, so that the two rays of light can illuminate each other, because these two people are too bitter in truth and pitiful, of course it’s just Imagine. I remember filming a scene where Huang Shu was performing on stage. We were watching it live and thought she was very beautiful on stage. Suddenly, my heart will be lost, and I will feel very upset Thinking about what happened to her later, my eyes are unconsciously wet.
Maybe our play is slowly infiltrating your heart, and you will feel pain thinking about it sometime.
Red Star News reporter Qiu Junfeng
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