mekare: Zhao Yunlan happy, biting his thumb (Guardian Zhao Yunlan happy)
mekare ([personal profile] mekare) wrote in [community profile] sid_guardian2019-02-05 05:14 pm

Vid rec: my favourite BY, ZYL interview so far

So I’m guessing most of you have seen this already, both are interviewed separately for/by Sina Entertainment (a TV channel??).

https://youtube.com/watch?v=xHIs_RPpJoo

I like several things about this vid:

- they mostly focus on professional questions
- they give them space to answer

As fun as the quick question rounds are in other vids, I get kind of thirsty to hear some real thoughts from both of them, not just on internet culture and their fame. I also really loved their answers for their characters, and how they felt about the show Guardian (yes they are both aware it has flaws).

Interesting things:
Zhu Yilong:

In the scene where Zhao Yunlan catches Shen Wei cutting himself, they simply "reacted to what the other one acted" and didn’t rehearse the emotional stuff. On improvisation, he says that he felt able to improvise with Bai Yu because he "dared give him" his spontaneous ideas during the scene. He also describes Bai Yu as looking a bit dorky and childish but "being exquisite in the heart” *teeters dangerously near the rpf cliff*
He wishes for more logic in the plotline and that the focus wouldn’t be as tightly on Shen Wei and Zhao Yunlan though I'm guessing most fans would disagree with that statement ;-) But he also defends the show against some trash talk because he says no one (or two) actor(s) could be responsible for the success of a drama, all departments contribute (I feel so vindicated).

Bai Yu's thoughts on the show were very interesting too. It seems initially he wasn't sure it could be done (after he read the novel) and his team convinced him to do it because it had been changed to "brotherhood". He thinks of Zhao Yunlan as at first glance a 'man of pleasure' but with something delicate inside (which I'll forever take as confirmed headcanon). Oh and agreement was that ZYL is a good leader (at least that, since he doesn’t have any powers on the show).
naye: a traffic warden holding up a stop sign that says "oh shit!" (oh shit)

[personal profile] naye 2019-02-06 10:09 pm (UTC)(link)
My ABC wife laughed at the idea of a celebrity "coming out" in the PRC. When I quizzed her, her take was:
It's happened in Hong Kong, but the mainland? A celebrity who lives and works there? Unthinkable. The scandal alone would guarantee they'd never work again - and that's if the government didn't literally make them disappear (or recant)...

I mean, someone still could. We don't actually know what would happen. But signs point to this being the end of your career (and possibly your life). While dragging your family and agency with you (guilt by association). Because that's how the PRC rolls.