During the North Drift, Zhang Yu had taken over the love horror film "Daytime Killing Machine" with a low rating of 2.7 points, and he would not have thought that after 7 years, he would become the top of the film circle.
In the Spring Festival file, he starred in Zhang Yimou's "Sniper" and Wen Muye's "Miracle Stupid Child", and the film and television resources rode in the dust.
Zhang Yu: "Thank you director Zhang Yimou for being able to find me and hand over such a weighty role as a squad leader to me, at the beginning it was stressful, so I followed all the young actors and received professional sniper training." ”
In "Sniper", Zhang Yu plays the fifth squad leader, a Trump, who loves to talk dirty and usually does not smile.
Shooting in the snow, the action is very difficult, Zhang Yu's hands and feet are frozen stiff, but when the director shouts, he is like a chicken blood, the state is full of points, which is an actor's self-cultivation.
In "Miracle Stupid Child", Zhang Yu plays the big brother of the high-altitude cleaning team, and he is extremely angry because Yi Qianxi concealed his injuries to work.
This performance has also been highly recognized by director Wen Muye, "Qianxi can catch the play, Yu Ge is also very good, and good performances will inspire each other." ”
In recent years, Zhang Yu has frequently been praised by insiders, Wen Muye believes that his eyes are clear and full of youthfulness, and in "I am not a medicine god", regardless of the age difference, he invited the 36-year-old Zhang Yu to play the yellow hair in his 20s.
Golden Rooster Awards actress Song Jia heard that Zhang Yu was going to star in "Calm Wind and Waves", and took the initiative to fight for the role of Pan Xiaoshuang and wanted to act with Zhang Yu.
These opportunities, praises and excellent works, if Zhang Yu had chosen to stay in Guizhou, he would never have met.
At the age of 23, Zhang Yu graduated from the Drama Department of the College of Arts of Guizhou University, and then was admitted to the Guizhou Repertory Theatre, with a comprehensive salary of 5,000 yuan, five social insurances and one gold, and his daily work was to rehearse a drama, and after performing in the provincial city, he would go to the county to perform.
In terms of performance, Zhang Yu has an extreme sense of belief, for a line in "Tangshan Earthquake", he can seriously prepare for 2 months, but the final release of the film does not have this shot of him.
In order to liven up Li Wei's "Qiaoqiao", he can go to Yunnan to experience life at his own expense, regardless of remuneration.
In "Beautiful Hillside", the male protagonist is a noble person, and Zhang Yu thinks that he is not a noble person, he forces himself to believe in the character, "I believe that there is such a noble person." That person, still me. ”
Zhang Yu, who threw himself wholeheartedly into the work, felt a sense of happiness and satisfaction that he had never felt before.
Unfortunately, when performing in Guizhou County, the audience was not very interested, the children under the stage were running around, the mothers were whispering, the uncles were sleepy, and only a few audiences watched it.
The program of Guizhou Repertory Theatre comes and goes, and when the performance enters a stylized, unchanged life, unchanged work, Zhang Yu's passion and love for performance is about to be submerged.
In 2008, the 26-year-old Zhang Yu was not willing to be overwhelmed and decided to leave Guizhou and go to Beijing to develop.
After leaving Guizhou, Zhang Yu did not immediately resign, he used the excuse of "asking for leave" as an excuse to rush straight to Beijing, until the unit could not bear it and expelled him.
When he was the poorest, Zhang Yu only had 20 yuan on his body, he could only eat noodles every day, he loved performing arts, and he also wanted to survive and feed.
In order to make money, Zhang Yu went to the set to run dragon sets, made fast food in the rental house, delivered takeaways, and went to the Beijing Film Academy as an auditor when he was empty, and continued to study acting.
When the income was slightly higher, Zhang Yu bought a pack of Oreo biscuits as a reward for himself, and he finished eating in one breath, only to find that it was so sweet.
This sweetness, Zhang Yu still remembers, and this sweetness is also reminding Zhang Yu that dreams are important, and food and clothing are equally important.
After several years of hard work, Zhang Yu finally gained a firm foothold in Beijing, he and Lu Huizhou, Rao Xiaozhi, Hu Bo and other people became friends, with their help, Zhang Yu took over the filming of "Qiaoqiao", "Pistol" and other literary and artistic films, acting skills were recognized by insiders, and slowly became famous.
In 2017, under the recommendation of Ning Hao, Zhang Yu went to the group audition of "I Am Not a Medicine God" and successfully starred in the role of Huang Mao.
Zhang Yu: "Peng Hao and Lü Benefit are like Cheng Yong's two legs, both of them have died in the film, when these two legs are broken, Cheng Yong completed the spiritual stand, from ordinary people to heroes." ’
After the release of "I Am Not a Medicine God", it broke the box office record continuously, and the content of the film triggered a wide range of social discussions, and the word of mouth and box office were both harvested.
Then, Zhang Yu starred in "The Unknown Generation", in which Hu Guangsheng seemed fierce, but also had the innocence and kindness of a teenager, he tried to help Ma Jiaqi realize his dream, and stimulated her desire to survive, there was never an absolute good person and a bad person.
As the lead actor, Zhang Yu successfully entered the public's sight, he continued to make films, interviews, fame and fortune, and no longer need to worry about money.
But new problems also arise, during the period of no name, Zhang Yu can concentrate on performance, and when he enters Vanity Fair, he has to make compromises for fame and fortune.
He didn't like to be interviewed, so he dropped many interview invitations.
He didn't like to run roadshows and felt that it was a waste of energy, but the other party was a top director like Zhang Yimou, and Zhang Yu could only go.
Zhang Yu: "I'll be honest, I haven't encountered a roadshow before, and I didn't use a roadshow in my previous films, this is my first time." After I've been there, the biggest feeling is tiredness, and then I don't fit in, and I don't enjoy it. ”
He did not like to be bound by human feelings and morality, and wanted to be himself, Zhang Yu once said: "The real me, despicable, unsightly." ”
He once pinched a vendor's peach on the street in order to take advantage of 1 yuan, and this behavior was also criticized by everyone after becoming famous.
Reaping fame and fortune will also be bound by fame and fortune
Between art and fame and fortune, Zhang Yu strives to maintain a balance, he pushes off many dramas, pushes off many interviews, and strives to maintain a pure desire to perform, as for how the results are, it is reflected in the latest works such as "Sniper" and "Miracle Stupid Child", good or bad, the audience has the final say.