Starred in the TVB drama "Hollywood Has a Big Old Man", and partnered with many old drama bones Zheng Zeshi: As long as there is a drama, I am very happy

The drama "Hollywood has a big old man" (hereinafter referred to as "Hollywood"), co-produced by TVB and Wang Jing's Star Dynasty Company and starring Zheng Zeshi, is being broadcast on Jade Channel. Set in Hong Kong in the 1960s, the series tells the story of a faction of "a thousand doors and eight generals" known for its old technology. Zheng Zeshi plays the male protagonist "Thousand Doors and Eight Generals" member Long Si, and in just a few episodes, he presents the multi-faceted nature of this role: a moody and angry senior liar, a romantic obsessive man, a morally heavy feelings of the hidden person... Zheng Zeshi, who is nearly 68 years old, is not old in acting.

Recently, Zheng Zeshi accepted an exclusive interview with a reporter from Yangcheng Evening News. After decades of acting, he has experienced ups and downs with the Hong Kong film and television circle, but the fire in his heart has not been extinguished, and even more and more prosperous: "I am like a boxer, give me a table, a street, or a ring, I can fight." 」 As long as there is a play to play, I am very happy. ”

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I don't think it is "fried cold rice", the new generation of old drama bones are very sparky

Less than a week after "Hollywood" aired, it triggered polarizing comments, some people said that Wang Jing fried cold rice again, and some people thought that the series was nostalgic and good-looking. In the face of different voices, Zheng Zeshi seemed very open-minded: "The same script, as long as it is made by different eras, different directors, and different actors, has different effects." "The Legend of the Condor Hero" and "The Condor Hero" are also often remade, and it cannot be said that there is no novelty. If I am willing to shoot Wang Jing's scene, I will fully trust him. ”

Compared with the "Casino Heroes" broadcast on TVB last year and also wang Jing's work, "Hollywood" is indeed more sincere, and the lineup gathers Zheng Zeshi, Qin Pei, Jin Yanling, Tang Zhenye, Zhang Huiyi and other good actors. Talking about the cooperation with this group of masters, Zheng Zeshi immediately became excited: "I want to thank so many good actors. Most of them I worked with for the first time, and it was this play that matched us. Everyone is very careful to play their roles, and no one will act casually because it is a TV series. ”

"Hollywood" also has many new generations participating, among which Wang Jing's daughter Wang Zihan first picked Da Liang as the female number one, playing the daughter of Zheng Zeshi. Zheng Zeshi revealed that in the play, he formed a family with Wang Zihan, Cai Hanyi and Wu Yekun and contracted most of the laughs. Speaking of Wang Zihan's performance, Zheng Zeshi was very satisfied: "After watching the play, a friend specifically asked me who this girl was, and my wife also thought that she acted OK. Although it is Wang Jing's daughter, Zheng Zeshi praised Wang Zihan for not being squeamish: "She is not afraid of being scolded, JingGe is good, I am good, sometimes I will say a few heavy words, such as once filming in Shenzhen, the temperature is almost 40 ° C, the young people can't stand it, I am also a little irritable, said two sentences, but she can bear it." ”

recall

The first half of the acting road is smooth, and the "fat cat" was born to win the award

In 1972, Zheng Zeshi was admitted to the first actor training class of Longbow Pictures established by director Zhang Che. After running the dragon set for four months, this short attempt came to an abrupt end: "Director Zhang Che is going to Taiwan to develop, and if he follows, he will become a martial artist." I didn't want to do it, so I didn't go. Five years later, Wireless held the "Sound Treasure Set Acting Competition", and Zheng Zeshi became the first champion and signed a contract with Wireless, officially opening the road to acting.

In "Hollywood", Long Si, played by Zheng Zeshi, once washed his hands of the golden basin and changed his career to a producer. The old-style set in the play evokes zheng Zeshi's memories of his youth: "The set of "Hollywood" is a bit like the previous Jiancheng set, built in the city center, and it takes ten minutes to walk through a street market to reach. ”

At that time, Hong Kong was the "Hollywood of the East", and Zheng Zeshi grew up and became famous in this golden age, from dragon set to starring, and from actor to director and screenwriter. He was inspired by the famous director Wang Tianlin and came up with the idea of becoming a director. Later, Zheng Zeshi had the opportunity to make a cameo appearance in the film directed by Wang Zhong, and took the opportunity to recommend himself as an assistant director: "Director Wang Zhong said that there was no budget for the deputy director, and I said that I did not charge money, so I followed suit. When TVB filmed "Four Eyes Detective", I followed every cut and learned a lot. ”

Zheng Zeshi's first half of his acting career was smooth: he said that he would become a director within five years, and in less than five years, the first self-directed and self-acting film "Lost Marriage Old Bean" came out and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor; two years later, the same self-directed and self-acted work "Why Have Me" won him the first Academy Award for Best Actor, and the well-known screen image "Fat Cat" was born. "At that time, when filming "Why Have Me", the goal was to win the award," Zheng Zeshi said unabashedly, "People say that it is difficult to win awards for comedy, but I think people who have the ability have a chance." So I specially filmed a sad and joyful and touching scene, and I spent half a year collecting materials, filming videos of people with intellectual disabilities, and going home to learn slowly. I succeeded. ”

setback

Acting careers are like roller coasters, requiring hard work, patience, and waiting

Cheng's acting career has been a rollercoaster: he was one of the ten highest-paid comedians in Hong Kong and a two-time Academy Award for Best Actor; later, he was in debt due to the loss of the film company he founded, and spent four years filming, finally paying off all his debts by 1997. But no matter how difficult it was, he "never thought about giving up [his acting career]."

Perhaps he has seen the wind and waves, and now Zheng Zeshi has a kind of "unmoving" style for his acting career. He described himself as still an "acting enthusiast" and happy as long as there is a scene: "I am not a person who picks drama, it is the market that determines whether I have the right to pick a play." Situations and heroes will create each other, but when there is neither a situation nor a hero, all I can do is work hard, endure, and wait. ”

Some time ago, Zheng Zeshi and Wang Jing appeared on the mainland variety show "Spit Conference" together. In the program, he said a very emotional sentence: "Some people say that Hong Kong movies only have us 60-year-old men left, and Hong Kong movies grow old with us." But we old men are still making new films and bringing new people. Rest assured, Hong Kong movies, like us, are still there. ”

Nowadays, Hong Kong films are gradually showing signs of recovery, and 2017's "Chasing the Dragon" and 2018's "Peerless" have become the dark horses of the mainland box office, but there is also a voice that believes that the theme of Hong Kong films is too repetitive. Zheng Zeshi said: "Mainland audiences are more accepting of Hong Kong's 'hard bridge'. In fact, there are also many romance films and warm films in Hong Kong, but at present (for mainland audiences) it takes time to adapt. We must have the confidence to find the right way to make a film that is acceptable to mainland audiences. ”

Yangcheng Evening News reporter Hu Guangxin