At the 2019 Hong Kong Film Awards, an actor said on stage: "The older you are, the more panicked you are, because people are most afraid of achieving nothing in middle age." ”
This sentence actually "pokes" the hearts of many people.
Oh, yes! Now how many people open their eyes every day, they have to start to run desperately for "mortgage", "car loan" and "family", the reality has worn out the dreams of how many people's "youth", as they get older and older, they find that they have done nothing, although the surface is still so hard, but in the middle of the night when they panic to sleep.
Actors, this seemingly very "advanced" profession, is actually a "bitter road", how many people in the actor "on this road" to exhaust their youth is only barely mixed with food and clothing, as for what fame and fortune do not dare to think.
This sentence that the actor said at the Academy Awards not only expressed his own inner feelings about the current situation, but also said that many people did not dare to "face up" to the reality, and this actor is Yuan Fuhua.
Among the actors who are "late in life", many people say that Zhang Jiahui is one of the representatives, 20-year-old actor, 41-year-old ushered in the "Zhang Jiahui era", on "fame achievement" and "box office appeal", Zhang Jiahui is indeed a "big instrument brother".
When you get to know Yuan Fuhua, you may also be impressed by this "old actor"
Yuan Fuhua, who was poor since childhood, worked and studied half-time from a young age, and at a young age, he knew that he could earn money to support his family, and then his family really could not afford to pay tuition, yuan Fuhua, who had just finished junior high school, knew the hardships of his parents at that time, in order not to let his parents drop out of school and enter social work.
Because of his very young age at that time, Yuan Fuhua could only do some casual work, such as washing dishes in the restaurant, cleaning the warehouse and other work, although it was hard, but every time he got the salary and saw the smile of his parents, he was also very happy.
One day in 1988, Yuan Fuhua saw a Hong Kong repertory theatre recruiting amateur actors, with the mentality of trying, and later entered the repertory theatre as desired, and then Yuan Fuhua started from a low level, from the beginning of the backstage miscellaneous to the stage performance, Yuan Fuhua spent 5 years, and slowly also had his own position in the repertory theatre, and also followed the repertory theatre to perform abroad on behalf of Hong Kong twice.
After years of performance in the repertory theatre, Yuan Fuhua has accumulated a wealth of acting skills, but due to the low academic qualifications, it has always affected his development, and later under the recommendation of the head of the repertory theatre, Yuan Fuhua enrolled in the "Department of Acting" of the University of Hong Kong, and also got a "master's degree".
In 1999, Zhou Xingchi prepared the movie "The King of Comedy", each film of Xingye has a characteristic, that is, to select actors for the role, this "King of Comedy" is no exception, when Zhou Xingchi also personally went to Yuan Fuhua's drama troupe to select actors, it happened that there were people performing on the stage at that time, it was this coincidence, Zhou Xingchi took a look at Yuan Fuhua on the stage.
After stepping down, Zhou Xingchi issued an invitation to Yuan Fuhua, at that time Yuan Fuhua was very hesitant, because he felt that he had never acted in a movie, very stressed, but at that time, the head of the repertory theater privately told him: "Many people want to have the opportunity to cooperate with Zhou Xingchi, it is rare that you have this opportunity, don't push it, go and try it!" ”
In this way, Yuan Fuhua made his film debut, starring in "The King of Comedy" as the gangster at the end of the movie, and his sentence: "You are not a takeaway boy? "It is also remembered by many viewers.
However, Yuan Fuhua did not use this cooperation with Stephen Chow as a "springboard", he still honestly returned to the drama troupe to continue his work.
In fact, from 199 years later, with the development of film and television becoming the mainstream, all the drama troupes in Hong Kong began to "decline", and the performances also decreased a lot, during which many drama troupe actors have changed careers, in order to support their families, Yuan Fuhua also made a decision at the age of 33 - to become an actor.
Gu Tianle: Hua Ge (Yuan Fuhua) deserves to take the "best male supporting actor", Andy Lau: If Yuan Fuhua does not take the "best male supporting actor", then "Bomb Disposal Expert 2" does not have to be filmed.
The age of 33 is already difficult for the showbiz circle that eats "youth rice", and it is also a "golden end" for an actor, not to mention that he debuted at the age of 33, and it is conceivable how courageous Yuan Fuhua had to make this decision at that time.
It may be because he has entered the society since he was a child, so that Yuan Fuhua looks "old", the age is 33 years old, but it looks like a 43-year-old look.
Due to age and appearance problems, Yuan Fuhua's actor road is very unsmooth, several Hong Kong TV stations are reluctant to sign a thirty-something "newcomer", fortunately, Yuan Fuhua has a title of "Master of Acting", (so the academic qualifications are still very important) but also for him to win the opportunity to be a "special actor" in the TV station.
Even if Yuan Fuhua is willing to be a dragon set and do green leaves, but the opportunities given to him are very small, although the supporting role of green leaves seems to be a small role, but the competition for this "post" is not lower than that of the protagonist, because there are many senior actors of Yuan Fuhua's age in major television stations.
In this way, intermittently for several years, at this time Yuan Fuhua's age has passed 40 years old, he also thought about giving up being an actor again, and then looking for a stable job like this "a lifetime", and later Yuan Fuhua's other half gave him encouragement, expressing his belief in him and not giving up.
Finally, in 2016, Yuan Fuhua waited for an opportunity, the movie "Tree Trick" was preparing to start in Hong Kong, Lin Jiadong, Ren Xianqi, Chen Xiaochun and other starring actors have been determined, one day Yuan Fuhua received a phone call, which roughly means that the movie "Tree Big Trick" has a role to let him come and try the play, just like this, Yuan Fuhua starred in this movie as a bribed official "Chen Ke".
Because this opportunity also makes Yuan Fuhua want to understand a truth: TV dramas are the era of idols, and the older the age, the fewer the opportunities, but because of the theme factor, even if the age is older, there is still a chance, because the roles match. After that, Yuan Fuhua began to develop into the film industry.
At the 2017 Hong Kong Film Awards, Gu Tianle's love general Jiang Haowen was nominated for the "Best Supporting Actor" of the Academy Awards with "Tree Trick" and "Big Musician: Soundtrack for Love", but unfortunately lost to Zeng Zhiwei's "Sleepless Night", when Zeng Zhiwei, who received the award on stage, said a very ironic sentence: "Black boy, there are many dramas, I will kill you ten."
Although afterwards Jiang Haowen generously said: "I understand that Zhi Viagra wants to encourage me, I know." It is also a step to give Zeng Zhiwei a step. However, as the boss, Gu Tianle heard Zeng Zhiwei say this offstage at that time, and although he smiled, his face was obviously displeased.
Therefore, in 2018, Gu Tianle directly invested in two movies to praise Jiang Haowen, namely "Trish" and "Movie Idiot", because the theme of these two movies is not mainstream commercial films, and the loss of money is almost ironclad, so when the media interview is asked, Gu Tianle said: "I hope everyone can see Jiang Haowen's acting skills, he can not only play a supporting role, but also play a leading role." ”
Later, the media also said: Gu Tianle did not care about the cost this time, but also for Jiang Haowen to vent.
Of course, Gu Tianle did not show that it was because of Zeng Zhiwei's acceptance speech at the Academy Awards that he made the decision to praise Jiang Haowen, but this decision "made" Yuan Fuhua.
"Trish" This movie is a transgender "transgender" theme work, mainly about the male protagonist played by Jiang Haowen, although married and has a family, but his heart has always been "yearning" for him to become a "woman", in the movie, Jiang Haowen and Hui Yinghong play a husband and wife, the two have a "collapse crying scene", the wife is unwilling to divorce her husband for the sake of the family, and the husband wants to become a "real woman" and pleads, it can be said that the acting skills of the two are impeccable.
Putting aside Jiang Haowen and Hui Yinghong, Yuan Fuhua, who played a supporting role in the movie "Trish", also "stole the scene", and he really made friends with many "transgender people" in order to play this role, and speculated on their "words and deeds" through exchanges, including the inner feelings of changing "new identities".
Originally, the movie "Trish" was Gu Tianle who wanted to praise Jiang Haowen to get the "Movie Emperor", but unfortunately, "Trish" was not shortlisted for "Best Actor", but "Best Supporting Actor" and "Best Screenwriter" Several awards were also shortlisted for the 2018 Golden Horse Awards and the 2019 Golden Horse Awards.
And Yuan Fuhua also became the double material "best supporting actor", on the stage he was very excited, said: I am a native of Hong Kong actor, Hong Kong film art accompanied me to grow up, I witnessed the glory of Hong Kong films, if I will go to the actor's reason, part of it is because of Hong Kong films, can get the glory of this actor at the Academy Awards, insist on more than 30 years, so this time to be able to go to the podium, very excited and moved.
Yuan Fuhua was not present on the day of receiving the award in Taiwan, but the organizing committee connected Gu Tianle, and when he learned that Yuan Fuhua won the "Best Male Supporting Actor", Gu Tianle smiled and said: Hua Ge (Yuan Fuhua) deserved to take the "Best Male Supporting Partner".
On the day of the Hong Kong Academy Awards, the same media asked Andy Lau as a judge, "Do you think Yuan Fuhua can continue the good fortune of the Golden Horse Awards?" And Andy Lau also jokingly said: "My new movie "Bomb Disposal Expert 2" invited Yuan Fuhua to star, if he did not get the "Best Supporting Actor" tonight, then "Bomb Disposal 2" will not have to be filmed. ”
Although it is a joke, and Yuan Fuhua later played a supporting role in "Bomb Disposal Expert 2", the weight is not enough to influence the filming of this movie, but it can be seen that Andy Lau really "recognizes" Yuan Fuhua's performance.
With Taibao in the "gay" movie "Uncle. Uncle" in each other's drama, but unfortunately missed the Golden Horse Award "Best Actor", although defeated Yu Rong successfully signed Gu Tianle's "World One"
With the "Best Supporting Actor", Yuan Fuhua gradually cut off the first role in the film circle, 2018 is his busiest year, while traveling to multiple crews, starring in 6 movies in a year.
In 2019, Yuan Fuhua was 54 years old, and this age has almost retired, and Yuan Fuhua also said in front of the media for this question: "This age is just right, my road to acting has just begun." ”
Soon, Hong Kong's new director Yang Yaokai approached Yuan Fuhua, saying that he had seen his "Trish" perform very well, and said that he had a similar theme in preparation, and asked Yuan Fuhua if he was interested.
When Yuan Fuhua listened to the idea of the work and read half of the script, he hesitated. Because of this "Uncle. "Uncle" is not only the "old comrade" theme so simple, there are several "old comrades" bed scenes, kissing scenes. This scale is much beyond "Trish".
However, when he learned that the actor who played another "old comrade" was Taibao, Yuan Fuhua agreed.
At first, the first actor that director Yang Yaokai thought of was Taibao, and flew to Taiwan to communicate with Taibao, at first Taibao was opposed, the reason was the same as Yuan Fuhua, the scale was too large, it was difficult to accept an age, and finally Taibao's wife persuaded him to star.
In October 2019, the movie "Uncle. "Uncle" appeared at the "Busan Film Festival" on behalf of the Chinese film, which not only received flowers and applause, but also made Taibao and Yuan Fuhua popular in South Korea.
In 2020, the May movie "Uncle. "Uncle" was officially released in Hong Kong and Taiwan, with a double harvest at the word-of-mouth box office, a Douban score of 7.6 points, and more than 40,000 people scored a 4.0 rating, which has been very remarkable for a special theme movie.
In the movie, the "intimate scene" between Taibao and Yuan Fuhua is just right, and it does not make people look uncomfortable, and the eyes of both people convey the "desire to be loved", so when you look at the 60-year-old Taibao and the 54 pair of Yuan Fuhua, put aside all worldly prejudices, and snuggle up to each other to grasp the "happiness of late coming".
The two won the film "Uncle. The superb acting skills in "Uncle" that are not superficial, conquered the Golden Horse Award judges, and both were shortlisted for the 2020 Golden Horse Awards "Best Actor", and finally Taibao won the award with "high skill".
Personal point of view, the flathead brother feels that Yuan Fuhua plays better, that "shyness" is very natural, every eye looks reveal something, this acting is not simple.
Perhaps last year, Yuan Fuhua had already won the "Best Supporting Actor" with a similar movie "Trish"! So this time the Golden Horse Awards did not favor him again.
Although he missed the "Best Actor" trophy, Yuan Fuhua's "good luck" has just begun.
Shortly after returning to Hong Kong from Taiwan, Yuan Fuhua successfully joined Gu Tianle's "Tianxia", and he is no longer the "Yuan Fuhua" who was unwilling to sign a contract by all Hong Kong television stations.
Gu Tianle began to praise Yuan Fuhua and designated his new film "The Laughing Man" to sprint for the 2022 Academy Awards
Who said that 57 years old must be the age of "ending the Western Mountains", Yuan Fuhua was the first not to agree, and Gu Tianle, as the boss, did not agree. Therefore, after signing the contract, Gu Tianle began to help Yuan Fuhua's acting road without stopping.
In the first half of 2021, Yuan Fuhua first made a cameo appearance in "Hong Kong Film Box Office Champion" "Fury Case".
Then in the September release of "Hand Cigarette" in the protagonist, this "full of evil people" movie brings together Lin Jiadong, Yuan Fuhua, Taibao, Bai Only, Qian Xiaohao and other actors with high "cost performance".
At present, this film has been shortlisted for the 7 awards of the 2022 Golden Horse Awards and the Golden Rooster Awards, and with the market reaction and word of mouth of "Hand Cigarette", it is not surprising that at least half of these 7 awards will be won by this movie.
According to statistics, in 2022, Gu Tianle will have 9 starring movies released, but he designated Yuan Fuhua's upcoming movie "The Laughing Man" to compete for the Academy Awards on behalf of "Tianxia", and just by looking at this, it is known that Gu Tianle is very "assured" about Yuan Fuhua's performance.
In February 2020, Yang Shoucheng and Gu Tianle discussed the topic of "how to save Hong Kong movies", so in May 2020, the two said in Hong Kong "high profile": Emperor and the world's first two film and television companies have joined forces to cooperate on 10 pure Hong Kong films in two years.
And this "Laughing Man" is one of them.
Movie Story: Revolving around the story of a single father with mild mental retardation, Hua Ge (Yuan Fuhua), who single-handedly raised his son Wen Shao, it shows the "difficulty" of single-parent families and the "impact" on children from multiple angles, including laughter and tears, and conveys a lot of positive thoughts.
Although this "Laughing Man" is a small-cost work, the "warm sadness" cannot be underestimated, not to mention that the film itself expresses a "single parent phenomenon" and has certain educational significance. Although the movie has not yet been released, it is said that Yuan Fuhua's "crying scene" in it is very outstanding.
It seems that the 2022 Academy Awards "Best Actor", Yuan Fuhua "has a play".
Summary: Maybe not everyone has Yuan Fuhua's "fortune", but he has today's achievements can not be separated from "persistence", and when you watch Yuan Fuhua's experience, can you learn something from him?