Director Cai talks about Zai’s acting:

101 Summit’s show, Director Cai talks about Zai’s acting:

Credit english translation : laiou@vicpower.net

Director Cai:
35:40 I feel he was prepared.
35:42 That is, this time
35:43 before he came to film 'Black & White',
35:44 he was completely
35:45 prepared and ready.

Hostess:
35:46 In what aspects did he show?

Director Cai:
25:48 His acting skills had become very matured.
35:50 He had matured.

Hostess:
35:51 So abstract, for the viewers, can you
35:51 be more specific for them to understand?

Director Cai:
35:53 Let me put it this way. His past performances
35:54 were more like an idol.
35:56 The idol drama for young people.
35:58 His acting was more one-dimensional,
36:00 devoted to love, melancholy,
36:02 and looked like an idol. That was enough.
36:04 When he came to film 'Black & White'
36:06 he had a unique character,
36:08 completely different from his past roles.
36:10 He was playing a role with comical effect.
36:12 Moreover, the character was complex and multi-dimensional.
36:14 When he came and filmed the series,
36:15 I think he played the comic parts very well.
36:18 Taiwanese artists very often turn comedy into farce.
36:21 A little more would have been over.
36:23 A little less would have been none.
36:24 He was able to control it very precisely.
36:26 And, he has created, for
36:28 the Pi Zi in the 'Pi Zi Ying Xiong',
36:30 the very 'Pi' side of him.
36:31 A side of him people have never seen before.
36:33 He has delivered an excellent performance.
36:35 Moreover, his matured acting performance
36:36 makes you feel he wasn't acting.
36:40 Neither a child, nor a youth,
36;43 it is like, for example,
36:44 Tony Leugh in his early days.
36:46 They make you fell they are actors.
36:48 His performance doesn't feel raw and unpolished.
36:50 It won't interfere with whatever you're watching.
36:51 When you watch them performing,
35:52 you don't feel they're acting.
36:54 You're attracted to them.
36:55 This is the changes his maturity has brought.

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