Hanoi [Vietnam], June 12: Following the success of the short film "Misspelled Sign" (part of the Weekend Short Films series ), actor Hieu Hien reunites with viewers in a new episode titled " 2 Hours to Find Mom" .
Sharing about how he came across the script, Hieu Hien said he was immediately drawn to it by its gentle, everyday plot twists that were rich in humanistic values. For the actor, each episode is like a life story that anyone can learn from.
In particular, during the two hours spent searching for his mother, his emotions seemed to overflow. The actor confided: "Actually, even on set, just reading my lines made my eyes water. So many old memories flooded back. When you've been a father, a son, and especially when you've lost your mother, the emotions blend together so easily. I think anyone who is indifferent to their parents, after watching this episode, will surely have to reconsider their past hurtful words and actions, and learn to love their parents more," he revealed.
Hieu Hien was moved when he spoke about his parents.
There's a strange coincidence between the character in the film and Hieu Hien's life. The actor admits that he used to be someone who rarely expressed his feelings verbally to his parents. The memory he cherishes most is when he went out late at night, around 2 or 3 in the morning, and his mother would call to nag him. At that time, Hieu Hien would just gently say, "Mom, just go to sleep. I'm going to perform, hang out with my friends for a bit, and then I'll be home. Don't worry."
Those seemingly ordinary, loving nagging words, once gone, become an irreplaceable void. "Later, when I could no longer hear my mother's words in my ear, I felt a great loss. My soul felt like a huge void had been left," the actor confided.
Speaking about his parents, Hieu Hien emotionally recalled the time when he was 21 years old, just starting out in his artistic career. The actor shared: "My mother was my first and only teacher. I didn't receive any formal training; all the acting skills on set were meticulously taught to me by my mother."
Hieu Hien vividly remembers his first lesson when transitioning from the Cai Luong (Vietnamese traditional opera ) stage and spoken drama to film. The late artist Kim Ngoc advised her son: "On stage, you have the right to exaggerate a little, but in film, you must be realistic. The more realistic you are, the more successful the role will be. You must let go of trying to mechanically memorize the script and dedicate your full emotions to the character."
In his early days performing, audiences didn't know who Hieu Hien was; they simply called him "the son of artist Kim Ngoc." Standing in his mother's shadow, he felt no pressure but rather a sense of good fortune. His happiest memory was when he and his mother performed together after Hieu Hien appeared in the film " Suddenly Wanting to Cry ." When he stepped onto the stage, the audience applauded enthusiastically, and some, out of affection, even gave them two sausages. He happily showed them to his mother, saying, "See, Mom? There are people who care about us!" These are the sparkling memories of simple joys that he has gathered and cherished over the past 18 years.
Source: Thanh Nien Newspaper
