Icon-F:  Whether it is love, life, or work, Peng Guan Ying believes in a sentence, “It is not because there is hope that we do it, but because we do it that there is hope.” He has always worked hard to be an actor and to be himself. He also always believes that “no matter how sad it is to be separated from the role at this moment, or how many setbacks life has encountered, we must always move forward and cannot stand still at the original place.”

Let the audience resonate with the character:
Expressing a sense of destiny in “The Tale of Rose“

After the broadcast of “The Tale of Rose“, Peng Guan Ying also had his own understanding.

The complexity of the character presented by “Zhuang Guo Dong” and the story ending of not making it till the end (not being together at the end) expressed an extreme sense of destiny: When you meet someone, cherish that person.

In the drama, Rosie left a kiss for Zhuang Guo Dong before leaving Paris. Peng Guan Ying said, “Fate separated the two people due to an unexpected turn of events and mistakes (both yin and yang are wrong), but after all the twists and turns (passing thousands of sailboats), they still have their own choices.” This is the on-screen message which reflects the reality of fate: The loss after a romance leaves behind the trace of beauty in life.

When filming the scene of “seeing her off” (following with his eyes to see her leaving on her motorcycle), Peng Guan Ying, having the sensitivity of an actor, realized that using only his facial micro-expressions to show Zhuang Guo Dong’s emotions was a bit weak. During the actual filming, he chose to let Zhuang Guo Dong use his mobile phone to record the scene of seeing Rosie leave. “An externalized action can better enhance the feeling.”

After the drama was broadcast, he found that the audience and fans actually understood the regret due to fate. This instant resonance was the happiest moment for him.

“Good rain knows its right time“, Peng Guan Ying used this poem line to express his understanding of how actors shape their roles. One should not demand instant success, and everything should happen by “moistening things subtly and quietly”. He said that the shaping of a role is the externalization of his own life, and the people he loves, the books he has read, and all his experiences have gradually honed his own performance style.

Experience a different life:
Differences in role perspectives

When asked how to handle love scenes of different themes, he said frankly that he could not fully interpret his understanding of love, and the performance in the drama needed to be combined with the story itself, “Everyone has come through by feeling their way step by step.” (as in feeling the rocks to go across).

This is the area that also attracts him most about the profession of actor: Being able to experience a different life. “Art is a kind of experience,” said Peng Guan Ying. His own perception of a role is from a personal perspective. Although there are some differences with the overall perception of the drama, this is also an interesting unknown.

Peng Guan Ying always switches between roles with ease because each exploration of a new role is completely a challenging creation. From “The Tale of Rose” to “Secrets by the Sea”, by exploring multiple images and roles, he can portray the complexity of the character images with more satisfaction.

In addition, besides the specialty knowledge related to investigation aspects required by the actors in “Secrets by the Sea”, there are also specialty teachers on site to provide real-time guidance and sharing with the actors to perform.

“It feels good to have everyone work together to accomplish something.” Although the outcome is unknown, this feeling of being united to work together (twisting together to form a rope) provides Peng Guan Ying with many new ideas and inspirations for his character perception.

“Sometimes I feel like my time is stolen by the characters.”

When describing his understanding of the actor’s profession, Peng Guan Ying said that it is “the relationship between this shore and the other shore“, building a bridge between the island in the middle of the lake and the land. From coming into contact with a character to building the connection and emotions between them, and letting the audience empathize (with the character), it is part of the nature of an actor’s job.

“Building bridges” is not easy, and it is inevitable that there will be trade-offs, and what Peng Guan Ying has to give up is part of his life. The cast and crew work at a fast pace, and the actors need to cooperate to adapt to the crew’s time and speed.

“Sometimes I feel like my time has been stolen by the characters.”  He can’t keep up with the popular Internet memes and feels that he is stagnant in some aspects. Due to the lack of time to experience life, he occasionally feels that the world has suddenly changed.

In life, Peng Guan Ying would unconsciously use an actor’s perception to observe and think about the world. When he saw a boy holding a mobile phone and smiling brightly on the street, he would wonder if the boy is in love, and he is happy when he sees the person he liked sending him a message. “This has become an instinct in myself.”

This is the enrichment and beauty that the actor’s profession has brought him. Perhaps this is also a kind of balance and adjustment. By contacting different people, he can slowly experience the changes with the outside world, which compensates a little for the “time stolen by characters”.

“A good performance has a sense of breathing.”

“A good performance has a sense of breathing.” This is a performance state that Peng Guan Ying has always wanted to achieve.

The breath of the performance comes from reality, contributing to the complex and multifaceted characters. In the process of understanding and shaping the characters, Peng Guan Ying will find the shortcomings of each character, presenting and nourishing the whole character, to make the character touchable. In the process of acting, he will also repeatedly adjust his understanding of the character, dynamically demonstrate and continuously enrich the character image.

The audience recognizes Peng Guan Ying, it is not only because of his credible acting skills, but also because of his knowledge and firm determination.

“Being an actor is my profession, and this is what I should do.” Only when the audience feels that the actor is credible, can he be qualified. Making the audience believe is also his ideal working state. Therefore, how to make the himself “tangible” (touchable) to the audience has always been the direction of Peng Guan Ying’s efforts.

In his spare time, Peng Guan Ying likes to play golf, read books, and watch movies and TV drama series to relieve stress. Recently, he rewatched the movie “The Turin Horse“. “When I was confused, I seemed to see the answer in there.“

Whether it is love, life, or work, Peng Guan Ying believes in a saying, “It is not because there is hope that we do it, but because we do it that there is hope.” He has always worked hard to be an actor and to be himself. He also always believes that “no matter how sad it is to be separated from the role at this moment, or how many setbacks life has encountered, we must always move forward and cannot stand still.“