Mayday guitarist Stone caught the acting bug doing music videos
As the guitarist of ane of Taiwan's biggest rock bands Mayday, Stone fully understands the power of strong belief.
After all, his multiple award-winning group is known for releasing hit pop ballads and upbeat tunes with positive letters virtually life for twenty years.
Which was why, when the 43-year-old praised the Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) as a platform for cultural diversity of Asia, his 200-strong audition on Saturday (Nov 22) were all ears.
Stone, whose real proper noun is Shih Chin-hang, was at SGIFF's talk held at The Projector, where he spoke about his transition from musician to actor – and to a movie theatre hall filled with Mayday fans and cinephiles alike.
"At that place are different races in Singapore and (SGIFF) is a good opportunity for us to explore different points of views, and share dissimilar perspectives about films," he said. "It is (doing) a huge job to help us explore the whole Asian territory."
The rocker-turned-actor has been enjoying a career 2d human activity, appearing in acclaimed films such as Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? (2013), Zinnia Bloom (2015) and Cities Of Terminal Things (2018).
Stone shared that he was nigh probably bitten past the interim bug when the arts and crafts was required in performing in various Mayday'southward music videos.
"Information technology'southward different from playing music – it's like your whole torso is an instrument," he said.
But the father-of-two admitted he is more than comfortable expressing himself through music. "Music is easier for me. Ane slice of music sticks to ane (emotional) element – sadness, friendship, love, encouragement, courage," he explained. "It is piece of cake to put such emotions in a tune, rhythm or a pattern when writing songs. And one can chronicle to the emotions instantly. It'due south musical power. You instantly get into the mood."
He added: "Simply in a film, it's complicated. It's a mixture of lots of feelings, lots of emotions. You can't make a song that is actually sad and really happy at the aforementioned fourth dimension. But for a pic, you lot take to brand sure that in that location is a mixture of emotions. That's very hard for me."
Given his current film office trajectory ("I'm often offered roles as expert guys or fathers as I'm married with kids!") Rock is hoping to be challenged to deed out of his box and "try dissimilar things".
He revealed that he was previously approached to play a gay character, but had to plough it down due to scheduling conflicts. He would like to play a similar role in the hereafter.
"I want to break out of the boundary of myself. I want to explore something new," he said. "I am even writing stories and scripts for myself. Mayday had a concert bout for ii years non-stop, and backstage, I would write my feelings about the cities nosotros were visiting or the people I met. I would create something about the cities, near a character, maybe a function that I desire; when they are put together they become short stories, series of stories."
So how does his fellow Mayday bandmates feel well-nigh his acting efforts and his popularity around the film festival circuit?
"My bandmates and I take the highest respect for members' individual endeavours," he said, calculation that they were initially tickled. "We will ever fully support one some other's activities".
The Singapore International Film Festival runs until December 1. For details, visit https://world wide web.sgiff.com/
Source: https://cnalifestyle.channelnewsasia.com/entertainment/mayday-stone-guitarist-singapore-film-festival-244356
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