For mainland audiences, Hong Kong director Er Dongsheng is not as well-known as Wu Yusen, Xu Ke, Hui Anhua, Liu Weiqiang and others, compared with his film works, many people are more fond of his relationship with Maggie Cheung when he was young. However, on this year's National Day, Er Dongsheng suddenly became a hot search with his telling the truth and his "poisonous tongue".
In fact, "dare to speak" has always been one of the labels of Er Dongsheng, in the show business circle, Er Dongsheng always has a sense of innocence that is clean and clear and does not recognize the mud, his family lineage and seniority are prominent, but Er Dao never indulges himself, but chooses to become a person who is always straight and not hypocritical.
Star II
He appeared on stage at the age of 4 but entered the show business circle because of his first love
Er Dongsheng was born on December 28, 1957 in Hong Kong, China, nicknamed "Xiao Bao", and he has always been treated as a baby. Er Dongsheng is the "second generation of stars", his father Er Guang is a Hong Kong film producer and director, his mother Hongwei is an actor, his two brothers are Qin Pei and Jiang David, Qin Pei and Jiang David are both "old drama bones", and audiences who love Hong Kong dramas and Hong Kong films must be familiar with these two names. There are more than 20 people in the Er Dongsheng family who are engaged in film-related work, which is evident in the status of the Hong Kong film and television circle.
Er Dongsheng began to appear on stage at the age of 4 and began to play the male lead at the age of 10, but he really wanted to enter the show business circle and was related to love. Hong Kong's once-popular actress Yu An'an is Er Dongsheng's first love, and when the two met, Er Dongsheng was 16 years old and Yu An'an was 14 years old. After graduating from middle school, his family wanted to send him to Canada to study, but Er Dongsheng, who was in love, of course did not agree, so he signed a contract with Yu An'an and entered the show business circle.
In 1977, Er Dongsheng participated in the first film "Sir PoisonEd Tiger Gun"; later, he was appreciated by director Chu Yuan and starred in the movie "White Jade Tiger" as the villain Tang Yu; in the same year, he co-starred with Yu An'an and Ling Yun in the martial arts movie "The Sword of the Three Young Masters", playing Xie Xiaofeng, the Third Young Master of Excalibur Villa.
Although he has filmed dozens of plays, Er Dongsheng does not like to be an actor, because he feels that he is not acting well, and he does not look at the plays he plays.
In 2009, Er Dongsheng once said in an interview with Wu Junru that his personality was not suitable for the entertainment industry, "I have seen a lot of annoying actors." Er Dongsheng later said that he did not enjoy the feeling of stardom, "I feel uncomfortable being watched by others... After being a director and a screenwriter, people don't look at directors like stars, I can sit on the street and eat in Hong Kong, so I didn't even make a cameo in the end, and I went all out behind the scenes. I chose the right one, and I am now in complete control of my own destiny. ”
In 1986, Er Dongsheng directed his first film, "The Legend of the Epileptic Guy". Before the filming of this film about the mentally ill, Er Dongsheng spent several months reading materials and interviewing social workers to understand the real situation of mentally ill people; the film was not only nominated for best picture at the 6th Hong Kong Film Awards, but also nominated for best director and best screenwriter at the Hong Kong Film Awards.
Since then, Er Dongsheng's well-known works include 1993's "New Love", which starred Liu Qingyun and Yuan Yongyi and won six awards at the 13th Hong Kong Film Awards in 1994, including Best Film, Best Director and Best Screenplay. In addition, he also directed "Pornographic Men and Women" that transformed Shu Qi, "Can't Forget" that transformed Cecilia Cheung, as well as "Shinjuku Incident" and "The Sword of the Three Young Masters" and so on.
As a big star when he was an actor, he was a big director when he was a director, and as the darling of the film industry in the golden years of Hong Kong films, Er Dongsheng obviously has a certain right to speak in the show business circle.
Small fresh meat
There is no face value in the eyes, and I love and hate the "small fresh meat"
Many netizens marveled at Er Dongsheng's appearance when he was young, yes, Er Dongsheng was once a "small fresh meat". In 2018, Liu Weiqiang, the director of "Infernal Affairs", collaborated with Er Dongsheng on "Wulin Monsters", and he joked at the premiere when recalling his "Shaw Past": "At that time, I was still a field worker, Er Dao was already a big star, and the appearance of the wind and water made me very unhappy at the bottom at that time... I was carrying the camera box every day to climb the hill, and as a result, he rode past us on a motorcycle, and he looked back at us, and the momentum, I really wanted to beat him several times. ”
However, Er Dongsheng, who debuted in "small fresh meat", did not have "appearance" in his eyes, and this time in "Actors Please Take Place 2", he criticized the traffic actors: "Do you know how many actors of your appearance are in China, relying on looks is useless", "Relying on your face is unreliable, when you are married and old, no one will look at you."
He commented on the strange phenomenon of the fan circle: "Actors and love beans (idols) are different, when love beans have the rules of love beans, when actors have rules for actors, it is not so easy to please fans and want to be 'good actors'", "fans do not hinder the future of idols".
And for some actors who say that they have pressure, he said: "We do this industry, if you are very mindful of people's criticism, don't do this line, because the pressure is too much." "Who doesn't have the pressure?" Is there no pressure for us to shoot a scene? I stopped losing my hair when I went on the film with Director Veuve Clicquot. ”
In 2017, Er Dongsheng once supervised the production of a small-budget film "Hanging on the Heart", starring Chen Xixu, Gao Ye, Ren Suxi, Dong Bo and other stars, at the premiere ceremony, Er Dongsheng bluntly praised these actors as "their acting skills are very good compared to small fresh meat actors".
He also criticized the phenomenon that "small fresh meat" only pursues making money without honing acting skills, and only increasing the salary of the film without increasing the acting skills: "Last year I was the chairman of the Academy Awards, and after the Academy Awards, someone always asked me, why are andy Lau, Liu Qingyun, Liang Chaowei these actors nominated and won awards, why are there no new actors? Today's small fresh meat can not receive any good drama, the actor needs to have a role. I think I am qualified to say that I am a person who has come over, and I should remind them once in a while: the world is too good now, and you can earn tens of millions by acting in a play. Of course, there is nothing wrong with making money and living a better life, but what else can you do after you have earned your money so early? I think in such an impetuous society, we must tell them that life is very long, and to do things well is to be responsible for themselves. Money is important, but it's not everything, so I love and hate little fresh meat. ”
Not sleek
There is no need to bump into the actors who angrily scold the string group to shoot the scene
Geng's Er Dongsheng is definitely not a sleek person, he sent a Weibo in 2014 to angrily rebuke some actors for stringing up filming and not abiding by professional ethics, saying that he would not use the actors who collided with the period, which caused public opinion to be hotly discussed at that time.
Er Dongsheng wrote on Weibo at that time: I once again publicly announced that I will not use the rolling period of actors in the future. Tell you that actors who really have "actor morality" will not shoot another set of scenes, go on stage, walk the catwalk, shoot advertisements, and do a bunch of distractions! In addition, the nanny follows the shift as little as possible, do not occupy the space on the spot... Tell you, I 100% support "people have the right to choose", you really don't need me, I am not without you can't do it!
Weibo issued, everyone speculated which actor Er was criticizing, and then an insider explained that the director was not aimed at a certain person, but "in response to this phenomenon that has always existed, there is a feeling." Er Dongsheng said: "This phenomenon is not new, but does it mean that it is really reasonable? What if someone says you don't think it's reasonable? So what? No cooperation is enough. There are always actors who are willing to shoot seriously, and there are many such actors. ”
There is a court scene in "I Am a Passerby" directed by Er Dongsheng, in which an actor constantly forgets words, and Er Dongsheng, who is a guest director, starts a temper tantrum at the scene. Er Dongsheng admitted that once filming began, the inefficiency and repeated mistakes were intolerable to the director.
When Er Dongsheng collaborated with Andy Lau on "Disciple", he praised Andy Lau's acting skills as more and more sophisticated and calm, and the most progressive place was that he was no longer attached to the image, "For example, in 1995, he was very concerned about his external things, and at that time, it was a kind of 'fantasy' to let him grow a beard." However, from the beginning of "Ah Hu", he has a breakthrough in appearance, and in the plot, he no longer 'takes into account' the opinions of female audiences, and has a child, it can be said that he is more and more open in acting. ”
Good popularity
Self-deprecating emotional intelligence is low, but it has gained good reputation in the circle
Telling the truth will offend people, and Er Dongsheng himself obviously knows that he has also said that his emotional intelligence is low and too emotional. However, "knowing people's hearts for a long time", Er Dongsheng is ultimately a good director.
In 2015, Er Dongsheng filmed "I Am a Passerby A", there is no star starring in the film, before the release, Liang Chaowei, Lin Qingxia and other film critics have written film reviews to recommend "I am a passerby A". It is reported that after Liang Chaowei published "Hearing the Sound of Shooting Stars", the attention of "I Am a Passerby A" increased by 40% on Weibo. After the release of the film, Andy Lau wrote a letter expressing support for Er Dongsheng's "adherence to the original intention", and Wang Jing, Wu Jing and other Weibo liked it.
Statistics say that with the addition of Er Dongsheng, the ten Hong Kong directors who appeared in "I Am a Passerby" won a total of 72 Hong Kong Academy Awards trophies at that time. He said: "These people know that I invested in this play myself, think I am stupid, and I am afraid that I will lose money, so they decided to help me, the hotel and the air ticket are reimbursed by themselves." ”
When filming "New Can't Love", he couldn't find investment, and when filming "I Am a Passerby A", no one was optimistic, And Er Dongsheng said that he had been encouraging himself with the line of "New Can't Love" that year: "You can only say that you are unlucky, but you can't doubt your talent." So, "Why should I doubt if I can make this movie myself?" ”
Er Dongsheng said that once chatting with a friend, he asked a friend at the time: "We have made a movie all our life, life is like a movie, the middle is very tense and exciting, at the end, is the music soothing, the sea calm, or should it be vigorous?" After thinking for a few seconds, everyone looked at each other and laughed, what kind of life we wanted, the answer was already clear, we wanted a vigorous ending. ”
Er Dongsheng, who longs for a vigorous life, will never violate his own principles of being a man, saying things against his heart and doing things against his heart, so the so-called "poisonous tongue" and "dare to speak" are just labels given to Erdao by the outside world, all this is just his true disposition, if he does not speak like this, it is not himself.
Text/Reporter Xiao Yang
Co-ordinator/Man Yi Courtesy photo/Visual China