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A few days ago, a wave of casting controversy from "The Moon in the Clouds" dragged Tong Mengshi, who is the male protagonist, into this fierce whirlpool of public opinion. The first time he faced such criticism, he did not directly mess up, but instinctively protected the role Rong Jing behind him, bravely switched to Tong Mengshi's "big line", took on his own responsibility in the self-deprecation of "fat persimmon", and opened a spit building in the Weibo comment area to accept all voices.
With the gradual dissipation of public opinion, "The Moon in the Clouds" is also in the continuous advancement of the plot development, ushering in the final conclusion. Among them, Tong Mengshi relies on the subtlety of the grasp of the scenery, so that the audience's perception and initial controversy and criticism are gradually drifting away. Especially in the finale, a pair of tearful eyes when Rong Jing and Asazuki exchanged heartfelt words did not know how many people were touched.
Some bullet screen words in "Kyaukyu Moon" are clouded
Now that "The Moon in the Clouds" has come to an end, and Tong Mengshi's acting career is still moving forward, "the birth of a good actor is indeed inseparable from the polishing of controversy." The crew is filming the new drama "Qianqiu Ling", often sharing personal status in selfies, even from the Reuters video without filter blessing, it can be seen that Tong Mengshi, whose jaw line is becoming more and more distinct, has long been not a "fat persimmon", but has the momentum of moving towards "beautiful men in costume".
01 "Stone Flowers" grinded out in costume dramas
"Below the level of a grand master, do not shoot." This is The high-strength setting of Wuzhu in "Celebrating the Rest of the Year". "Thank you for meeting you and being you, giving the word actor a new weight and meaning." This is the absolute position of Wuzhu in Tong Mengshi's heart. If the traces left by the years to Wuzhu can only be seen by the characters themselves, the growth that time brings to Tong Mengshi is witnessed by the characters of the works along the way.
Tong Mengshi, who has starred in 9 costume dramas since entering the industry, can be called a "stone flower" that has been polished by the theme of costume dramas. From the debut of participating in "Qingyunzhi", Tong Mengshi was as famous as his name, sinking into the crew like a stone. Then the TV series "Yan Bone" appeared with a glimpse of the role, making him a bloodthirsty and tender dead soldier, which attracted many viewers in the tragic ending. Then starred in "Master Xuanmen", for the shaping of the character of Zhang Ling, Tong Mengshi, who had just entered the industry, felt what is called "acting with sincerity". Later, in order to play Ying Zheng in "The Legend of Hao Lan" and Yang Guo in "The New Divine Eagle Hero", Tong Mengshi began to slowly add his own interpretation of the role on the basis of the classics of his predecessors, and the courage not to be afraid of rumors came out from this time.
Immediately after "Qing Yu Nian" further opened up the public popularity, Tong Mengshi finally had a more resounding name in the costume market - Wuzhu. Although in Tong Mengshi's own words, "Wuzhu and Yingying are loyal dog personalities", between these two roles, his acting skills have made great progress. Of course, this growth has also been captured by more "wise eyes", which makes him constantly escalate in the main plot of male number one.
In addition to the already completed "Moon in the Clouds", Tong Mengshi will also bring two new costume works next year, "The Little Lady of the Butcher's Family" and "Thousand Autumn Orders". The former partner Zhang Hanyun jointly interprets the happy story of mutual support between the restrained and implicit Clear Scholar and the lively and outwardly petite little girl. The latter partner Zhang Yuxi tells the story of the growth of love full of justice and redemption. Although the two works are still costumes, the character settings and the main creative team are completely different from before, which can be regarded as a further vertical expansion of Tong Mengshi's ancient costume field.
As a key project in Mango TV's 2022 drama list, "The Little Lady of the Butcher's Family" and "Qianqiu Ling" will also become the acting evidence for Tong Mengshi's promotion to a new stage.
02 Balance yourself among the characters
Tong Mengshi mentioned in an interview earlier, "There are two kinds of good actors, one is to play what role is like what role, and the other is to play any role like yourself."
In his view, these two types of people are absolutely worthy of the title of "good actors", and Tong Mengshi, who has just entered the industry, has indeed really worried about which type of actor to develop into, but now he seems to have found a secret and penetrating path between the two paths, "both to play the role and to rub himself" has unconsciously become his new appeal.
When Wuzhu and Ying Ying appeared on Tong Mengshi's acting road, he unconsciously released his "loyal dog" temperament, transformed the "stones" that were reliable in real life, and carved stones according to the different personalities in the play. When the actor and the role are cleverly matched, they will naturally be seen by the audience, and the most intuitive result is that Tong Mengshi has won two waves of drama fans with "Yan Bone" and "Qing Yu Nian", and even the comment word cloud has been occupied by words such as recognition and love.
"Yan Bone" part of the Douban short comment cloud
After that, Tong Mengshi began to gradually explore how to balance himself in the characters. When filming "A Hundred Refining into Steel", the commonality between himself and General Zuo Quan became the most difficult point to grasp in his filming process. In particular, how to grasp the transformation between multiple identities such as combat heroes, husbands, fathers and so on really makes Tong Mengshi spend a lot of thoughts, but fortunately, he has always had a military dream, constantly digging into the tough guy color that hides the feelings of home and country in his heart and rubbing it into the role, and finally presents a different from previous works and gives an eye-catching performance. I have to say that Tong Mengshi, who has been on the hot search with a wonderful interpretation of Zuo Quan, is effectively broadening the drama road.
In the new drama "The Little Lady of the Butcher's Family", Tong Mengshi released the literary tone on his body one by one, and lived into Xu Qingjia, a clear but not weak student. With the release of official materials such as posters and special editions, Tong Mengshi's appearance as a scholar has also aroused public expectations more and more, and Tong Mengshi, who is no longer sword and light sword shadow, but has provoked the fragrance of literature and ink books, seems to be very right.
For Tong Mengshi, constant self-analysis in past roles is a necessary process for him to tap his own potential, at the same time, how to balance himself among the characters has also become a subject that he has always insisted on as an actor in his accumulated acting experience.
03 The free and stubborn "flint stone"
Tong Mengshi, the "stone", yearns for freedom. After all, from the transformation of athletes into models to become actors today, it is indispensable to the blessing of spiritual strength. But on this constantly changing and unrepentant walking road, he is now no different from the freedom and freedom that he originally showed when he was walking in Lhasa and supporting education in the mountains.
However, from the initial continuous delivery of resumes, running the crew in exchange for audition opportunities, to now practicing lines, shaping the body, honing acting skills, Tong Mengshi under the identity of the actor, than before, there is a little more stubbornness and persistence on the basis of freedom. As far as the drama "New God Eagle Hero" is concerned, Zhu Yu's situation in the front did make Tong Mengshi hesitate and worry for a while, but he was unwilling to always hide in the comfort zone to draw the ground as a prison, resisted the pressure and stood out in the fierce audition competition, successfully won the role of Yang Guo, and then repeatedly ate the script and learned from it. In fact, in the face of the casting controversy of "The Moon in the Clouds", the free and stubborn Tong Mengshi has learned how to digest different voices in public opinion and grow into a more powerful actor in self-examination and self-encouragement.
This can also be seen from Tong Mengshi's daily life, he is still like a newcomer full of blood after 6 years of debut, from time to time in the dynamic sharing of himself and fans to cheer up, just like a continuous burning flint infecting the people around him. Weibo is everywhere to see him helping friends promote new dramas, cheering and shouting for Olympic athletes, and even the "initial heart reminder" that thunders every May, all of which convey hot and fresh energy to the outside world. It is not difficult to understand why Tong Mengshi can quickly grow from the youth and timidity that was difficult to hide when he first entered the industry to the ease and emotional grasp presented in the lens at this moment.
Of course, this is inseparable from Tong Mengshi's always regard "being seriously responsible for the play" as the responsibility that actors cannot forget. Even Mao Weining, the director of "Hundred Refining into Steel", has personally certified Tong Mengshi's investment and efforts in playing the role of Zuo Quan. It seems that this flint stone rooted in the work to enrich itself does indeed exude a tenacity and persistence for the play.
Now, this "newcomer" Tong Mengshi, who has grown up at a speed visible to the naked eye, has accumulated 9 works in the field of costumes that he is good at, and at the same time, he has continuously sought breakthroughs in the field of realistic themes and main themes, and he is bound to sink his heart in more roles to polish his acting skills, and is moving step by step towards the "good actor" who is responsible for the play in his heart.