When Deng Chao walked into the interview room, he only held a piece of "white paper" in his hand. When taking a photo with Yao Chen and Yu Baimei, the photographer asked him to put down the "white paper", and Deng Chao laughed at us: "I won’t let it go! This is given to me by my son!" The words were full of pride from the old father.
On June 16th, the 2019 Weibo movie night was held in Shanghai. Today is also Father’s Day. The new film "Galaxy Tutoring School" directed by Deng Chao and Yu Baimei is a film that focuses on father-son relationship "dedicated to father, to child".
In an exclusive interview, Deng Chao and Yu Baimei shared with us the original intention of filming "Galaxy Tutoring School". Deng Chao revealed that the Ma Haowen he plays in the movie is the father he wants to be.
Through the variety show, Deng Chao had Lu Han, a super-popular "son", and this time he got another super-popular "son" Bai Yu in the movie. Deng Chao laughed and said: I enjoy it very much.
Deng Chao’s Father’s Day Gift Revealed
Sina Entertainment: Wait, this gift is very loving. When did you get it?
Deng Chao: Yesterday.
Sina Entertainment: I brought it here on purpose today.
Deng Chao: Because I can’t accompany him today, I especially like to collect the small paintings they tear themselves. I use booklets to pack them up, including their graffiti on the wall, and sometimes I can dig a piece of it when I move, hoping to preserve their childhood.
Sina Entertainment: Did Sister Xiaohua give you anything?
Deng Chao: She painted a nail polish, and after she read it, my brother gave it to me. Then I came here and I really had to wash it off. I didn’t wash it off, it wasn’t too clean. This time I applied a lot and it was very stubborn. Her highest compliment to me was nail polish.
Sina Entertainment: So what color did you paint yesterday?
Deng Chao: It’s red with pink fluorescence and gold flakes. It’s hard to get rid of this. There are several kinds of nail polish mixed together. She has a special small package of nail polish. As soon as she turns her head, Dad, apply nail polish (imitating Sister Xiaohua ing).
Sina Entertainment: So did Director Bai Mei receive any Father’s Day gifts today?
Yu Baimei: I came to Shanghai early yesterday morning. When I left yesterday, I said that on Father’s Day tomorrow, you must give Dad a gift. He didn’t even draw a picture for me. It was Dad who was measuring the height line for the child. I suspect he watched "Galaxy Tutorial School" a lot, because this plot is also in the movie.
The character of "Galaxy Tutoring School" is Deng Chao’s ideal father
Sina Entertainment: I saw this movie this morning and cried a lot. Did the two directors cry while watching the movie?
Deng Chao: I said something to Bai Mei at that time. I said that I was a little out of control, and I was afraid that I was not very objective. Maybe it was because this child finally came out to meet the audience today.
Yu Baimei: Today is outside the delivery room.
Deng Chao: Just like he started shaking hands with the world, like his parents. I will definitely cry when measuring my height, including Ma Fei saying why my father didn’t come to see me. When Ma Haowen and Ma Fei argued, I spoiled it.
Yu Baimei: I sat in front of the monitor every day during the shooting. It seemed that we spent more than 120 days filming. The two of us spent it in tears. We have known each other for 20 years and have worked together many times, but this time there is something we have not experienced before. Every time he walks into the silver screen, he completely forgets that he is my friend Deng Chao who has been playing with me for 20 years. I immediately believe that he is the most ordinary father in China. I told him several times why you look so much like my dad. He really looks very, very much like my dad, especially when he wears old makeup. I can’t stand it. As Deng Chao’s partner, I was very fortunate to watch Deng Chao play his father with his own life experience in front of the screen. Anyway, I shed tears when I watched. When I watched the audience shed tears, I felt a sense of pride for the character in the play, Ma Haowen, who had accomplished something amazing.
Sina Entertainment: As a friend, do you think Deng Chao, as a father in daily life, is an ideal father?
Yu Baimei: Definitely not, we all have many shortcomings, and we all have a lot to learn about education. This is our first attitude when making this movie, which is what we think education is. Education is not what we fathers tell our children to do. Education is about fathers and children sharing the world equally. Education is about fathers groping and fathers learning. We are also beginners when we are fathers. We have also made mistakes that we should not make when we are fathers. We are not perfect fathers. The fathers we create in the play are more like.
Sina Entertainment: So does Brother Chao want to be the father in the play?
Deng Chao: Of course, when I first got this script, I expressed it to him many times. I like Ma Haowen so much that I can create his special happiness and learn a lot from him. This is also the purpose and direction of the two of us making this movie. After chatting for six or seven years, this feeling starts from us being fathers. Wait for eight years old, Xiaohua is five years old, so I have this idea.
Sina Entertainment: Director Bai Mei said at the movie show today that Brother Chao’s mother once said that we are also an ordinary family. How did we raise a son like Brother Chao? So, what do you think made you grow up like this?
Deng Chao: First of all, I am very lucky, just like being a father, I have too many shortcomings, especially looking back today, I don’t know why so much good luck is on me. Then there are so many people to help me, whether I don’t know acting at first or don’t like acting, after I started to like it, I met such a good crew as "Young Son of Heaven", and then there are so many old actors like Teacher Li Jianyi to help you, and then I walked all the way. Just like today on Weibo night, I met many senior colleagues, who were all teachers. So I feel lucky. And my good brother, who has been pushing me.
Yu Baimei: I think he is too modest. And this movie is actually trying to answer Chao Ma’s question, why did an ordinary child end up becoming Deng Chao? Indeed, this is the motivation for us to talk about this movie in the first place. I think it is because of dreams and persistence. I think Deng Chao is one of the most diligent people I have ever met. He has a kind of energy that nine cows can’t pull back. He soaked a little longer than others. In the end, he didn’t expect him to become like this, but he became like this.
I enjoy having two "sons", the new avatar is disgusting
Sina Entertainment: Everyone laughed when Wu Jing appeared in the film today, so did the two of you also treat him as a box office koi?
Deng Chao: We have been friends for many years. We are very happy to see his achievements over the years and are proud of him.
Yu Baimei: It can’t be said that he is a koi at the box office. He is actually a participant in this play.
Sina Entertainment: In "Galaxy Tutoring School", Brother Chao has another "son" Bai Yu, and he is as popular as the previous "son" Luhan. Will he feel a lot of pressure?
Deng Chao: Why is that? I’m enjoying it.
Sina Entertainment: There is a new "son", and the old "son" has to compete for favor or something.
Deng Chao: Really? Can you?
Sina Entertainment: Didn’t he force you to change your avatar yesterday? How did he force you?
Deng Chao: Yes, maybe they think the avatar is too long, and we haven’t seen each other for a long time, so we are very close together. It just so happens that Father’s Day is coming, and using such a way to change the avatar to reflect everyone’s yearning, but it’s pretty disgusting.
Yu Baimei: You still know. Is it because I’m not here and I’m out of control?
Deng Chao: Yes, I didn’t stop the mistake of this avatar in time.
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