As the most concerned mainstream award in the domestic film field, the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival has been a topic of discussion among audiences since the announcement of the nomination list of various awards.
Among them, the speculation around the two awards of best actor and actress is even more enthusiastic.
In the nomination list of the best actor of this year's Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Awards, except for the young actor Yi Qianxi after 00, the rest of the shortlisted actors are "post-70s".
And this is also the second time that Yi Qianxi has been nominated for the award, and Zhang Yi, a "post-70s" actor who was shortlisted with him, sat next to this junior at last year's Golden Rooster Awards ceremony.
At that time, the host on the stage mentioned that when it was Yi Qianxi's 20th birthday, Zhang Yi was shocked.
After all, the opportunity of "young fame" can be said to have nothing to do with Zhang Yi.
When he was about 20 years old, he was a soldier in the army drama troupe, and he could not play two serious roles, and he was responsible for loading and unloading the stage every day.
A leader in the army said to him: You can't act anymore, you are dead if you act.
The reason is simple, that is, Zhang Yi's appearance is not prominent enough.
Years later, he recalled this past and bluntly said that he was recognized as the "third ugliest" in the drama student class.
It is said that the "first ugly" is his roommate Xiao Jian, who later played the "Yan XiaoLiu" in the "Tale of Wulin", which was popular all over the country.
It can be seen that the actor looks "ugly" does not mean that he cannot gain a firm foothold in the show business circle.
But Zhang Yi's situation is that if you want to talk about actors who are "ugly", he is not the one who immediately appears in the audience's mind, and he cannot rank in the ranking.
Of course, Zhang Yi's popularity is no longer what it used to be, and the cumulative box office has exceeded 10 billion, and it currently ranks seventh in the box office list of domestic male actors.
In the top 10 of the list, in addition to the above-mentioned Huang Bo and Wang Baoqiang, there are also tough guy actors (directors) Wu Jing, Zhang Hanyu and comedian Shen Teng.
For Zhang Yi, it is difficult to give a label, and everyone can only discuss and evaluate the various roles he presents on the screen.
As an actor, his acting skills must be the first label.
For example, the film "On the Cliff", which was shortlisted for the Golden Rooster Film Emperor Award, the role of Zhang Xianchen, played by him, brought great visual impact to the audience.
In the film, he is also subjected to inhuman torture such as electrocution when he is beaten all over the body.
Through the violent trembling from the body to the face, Zhang Yi let the audience deeply feel the pain of the characters, in the words of netizens, that is, "the pain and forbearance can be felt across the big screen".
When shooting this clip, Zhang Yi not only had to be vigorously impacted by cold water, he also took the initiative to arrange a weak current in the chair to strive for the realism of the performance.
After filming, he asked the director Zhang Yimou: Do you think the feeling of being shocked by electric shock is OK?
In addition, at the beginning of the film, he and Sha Yi had a fight scene with a full sense of substitution, and Zhang Yi once proposed to shoot with a real knife.
For security reasons, Zhang Yimou finally rejected the proposal.
In addition to trying his best to pursue the realism of the performance, Zhang Yi's emotional investment in the characters is also touching.
In order to be more involved in the role, he also specially wrote a deeply affectionate suicide note for the role of Zhang Xianchen.
Therefore, a good agent with courage and strategy and self-sacrifice for the country is perfectly presented on the screen.
And this kind of dedication and intention to performance is by no means the first time for Zhang Yi, which is a habit he has developed since the beginning of entering the show business circle.
Before 2004, Zhang Yi's daily routine was to send resumes and photos to various crews, but he never followed.
Until he acted in the first TV series in his life, "Migrant Worker", his seriousness and intention for the role left a deep impression on director Kang Honglei.
Therefore, there was a "Soldier Assault" that was popular throughout the country later.
The scene of sitting in the car while eating candy and crying after retiring from the army has infected countless audiences.
In fact, in real life, Zhang Yi also took off the military uniform he had worn for 9 years because he took over the role of Shi Jin in the play.
That year, Zhang Yi was 28 years old, which was the cut-off age for director Hu Mei to say that "if the actor can't come out again at the age of 28, he will wash and sleep".
At the age of 30, "My Regiment Leader My Regiment" was in order to better interpret Meng Fu, who had a leg disability.
Zhang Yi limped for 3 months, even if he was not shooting, he still maintained this state.
After the green shoot, his left leg was exactly 2 centimeters thinner than his right leg.
Not only that, in order to make the image stronger, before entering the group, he drank several bags of flour bubble protein powder every day, and then was found to have kidney stones and left the root of the disease.
In the same year's drama "Life and Death Line", it was really "life and death line".
There is a scene of jumping into the sea in the play, in order to keep warm, the crew wrapped several layers of plastic wrap around him, but after jumping into the water, it restricted his activities.
Zhang Yi almost drowned in the sea.
At the age of 40, he met "Red Sea Action", and behind the double harvest of word-of-mouth and box office, it was Zhang Yi, who had a broken leg but insisted on shooting to the end.
To this end, the film changed the role of Yang Rui, played by him, to the setting of being injured by a sniper and injuring his leg.
In the 2019 National Day file, Zhang Yi formed a situation of "beating himself", starring in two movies "The Climber" and "My Motherland and Me" released at the same time.
In "The Climber", Zhang Yi played the role of Qu Songlin with a leg disease, and played the role of this setting many times, and netizens described him as a "national lame performance artist".
If Zhang Yi has a label on his body, it should be the most appropriate one.
In "My Motherland and Me", he played a terminally ill role in Gao Yuan, in order to better present the state of the role, he insisted on not eating staple food for almost a month, and his body was almost collapsed.
In "One Second", which was first cooperated with Zhang Yimou, Zhang Dao said "I want to see your cheekbones", which means that the role needs the actor to be a thin image.
As a result, Zhang Yi did not consume any carbohydrates in the past two months, and lost 20 pounds in one month.
Many people are curious, in order to act so crazy, Zhang Yi in the end what?
Yin Tao commented that he was a "drama maniac",
Huang Bo said: He is like an old Pu'er, although he is not so old, but the taste is very deep.
The evaluation of friends in the circle is very appropriate, and the first award of this "drama maniac" in the film was for the 2014 movie "Dear".
The role of Han Dezhong, who only had ten minutes of drama, won the Golden Rooster Award for Male Supporting Actor.
You know, that's the role he only received the day before the movie started.
In the film, he portrays the father who is full of despair after losing his child, but still has to survive.
Especially the scene of singing Qin on the wine table with a degree of control, the audience could not help but follow the nose acid.
Even the daughter of the prototype Sun Haiyang praised him for acting too much like his father.
In "The Old Man of Mountains and Rivers", Zhang Yi, whose hometown is in the northeast, has become a rich Shanxi coal boss.
In order to better represent this role, he offered to add a scene of kicking the bumper.
In "I Am Not Pan Jinlian", the sleek and flattering grassroots cadre Jia Mingming also made a deep impression.
In 2017, the 39-year-old Zhang Yi won the first film emperor award in his life - the best actor of the China Film Directors Association with the comedic and embarrassing Dong Xiaofeng in "The Pursuer".
After that, it is a more exquisite and moving performance.
"My Motherland and Me" wears a mask and has few lines, relying on Zhang Yi's story-full "eye skills", making the audience cry frequently.
In the TV series "Chicken Feathers Fly to the Sky", Chen Jianghe, played by him, saw the heroine Luo Yuzhu, who had not been seen for 8 years, and the joyful but silent scream on the train also moved the audience.
Zhang Yi also won the Golden Eagle Award and the Magnolia Award for this drama.
What is valuable is that for Zhang Yi, it is the duty of a "reliable" actor.
And this mentality alone does not know how many fig leafs of artists have been torn.
Zhang Yi once expressed the state of "enjoying" acting in an interview, and this "enjoyment" actually shows his seriousness towards the profession of actor.
He really loves this profession!
When he won the film award for the first time, he said 17 "thank yous" in a row, sincerely thanking everyone who helped him.
Regarding the actor's interpretation of the role, he said it was "the performance of thousands of people supporting you alone with their flesh."
In addition, regarding the self-cultivation of a "reliable" actor, Zhang Yi has done something but also has not done anything.
In his view, the main task carried by the actor is acting, so he does not participate in reality shows and does not expose himself too much.
When a program asked him to be a performance mentor, he said bluntly: a few comments cannot cultivate a good actor, and dreams do not have to be guided.
In fact, looking at Zhang Yi's acting career, just like everyone can't label him, it is indeed not a few comments that can be summarized.
If I really want to say a word, then I think the sentence he is most looking forward to and most wanting to hear is definitely:
Zhang Yi, you are a good actor!
On the occasion of the 34th Chinese Film Golden Rooster Awards Ceremony, I think many fans, like the author, hope that he can also appear in the middle of the stage of the award ceremony!
Bluestone Movie | Ke Tang
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