He has been evaluated by most people as "introverted, no acting talent", "acting is a dead end";
He once sent a resume for a drama for ten years without receiving a reply letter, but instead submitted a resume as his "job";
In order to win a role in "Soldier Assault", he once wrote a three-thousand-word self-recommendation letter to director Kang Honglei, listing 16 reasons for his own role of "three more", but it was sunk in the sea.
But it is because of his love for acting and not giving up that he has become a billion actors today.
Although he officially debuted at the age of 28, years of precipitation have made him accumulate thick and thin,
And now at the age of 40, how he has been favored by 10 directors such as Zhang Yimou, Feng Xiaogang, Chen Kexin, etc., and many heavyweight dramas can always be filmed one after another, making people look really red.
What has Happened to Zhang Yi, who has gone through from tepid to tens of billions of actors and then to "Movie Emperor"?
In 1978, Zhang Yi was born in an ordinary family in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, but his ideal from childhood was not to be an actor, but to be an announcer, since Zhang Yi was in his second year of high school, he wanted to enter the Beijing Broadcasting Institute.
But the world is always not at will, Zhang Yi's first college entrance examination, although successfully passed the Beiguang professional examination, but because Zhang Yi was not yet in the graduation time, he could only wait for the arrival of the second college entrance examination, when he wanted to test The Zhang Yi of Beiguang, when filling in the volunteer, only filled in a Beiguang, but in the end for various reasons, he was not admitted.
Zhang Yi, who has not been admitted to Beiguang twice in succession, can only take the unemployment certificate home to find another way, Zhang Yi, who stayed at home for a while, was told by his family that the Harbin Drama Academy is recruiting acting study classes, you can try it, at the beginning Zhang Yi was still hesitating, but under the persuasion of his family, Zhang Yi, who knew nothing about performance, finally came to the Drama Academy.
After half a year of contact, let Zhang Yi slowly like drama, but also fell in love with acting, Zhang Yi decided to come to Beijing to study, just came to Beijing, Zhang Yi found that the Beijing Comrades-in-Arms Drama Troupe is recruiting students, 20-year-old Zhang Yi immediately went to register, successfully was selected to enter the drama troupe, and put on a military uniform, became a member of the "Beijing Drama Circle".
But just entered the drama troupe, Zhang Yi appeared bland among all the students, the appearance was not very outstanding, at that time Zhang Yi himself was not too tall, the skin was dark and the eyes were not very large, compared with the current small fresh meat, it was two levels.
At that time, many people even advised Zhang Yi, saying that his performance limbs were too stiff, his speech was like a broadcast, and he was not suitable for being an actor.
Therefore, Zhang Yi has no drama to play in the troupe, and he has a chance to perform on stage, but because he is too nervous to play well, he finally ended in failure.
Watching the students play the main role one by one, but they can only play a double reed, do some "side business" work such as meeting minutes or reports,
In order to be able to realize his acting dreams, Zhang Yi began to constantly "toss" himself, trying to figure out the psychological changes of the characters, and constantly cast resumes, photos, see the crew, a vote is ten years, once let him think that the actor is not his job, the resume is his job,
But cast out countless resumes, but did not receive a reply, and gradually Zhang Yi became numb from disappointment and frustration, no feelings,
Until 2005, when director Kang Honglei wanted to shoot the TV series "Soldier Assault", Zhang Yi seized the opportunity to write a three-thousand-word self-recommendation letter to Kang Honglei, and listed 16 reasons in the letter, all of which were a letter written from the heart in order to fight for the role of "Xu Sanduo".
In the end, what waited was only a sneer from the director, and there was no following, but when Kang Honglei saw Zhang Yi's play, he changed his mind, found Zhang Yi and invited him to eat a meal, and invited him to play the role of "Squad Leader Shi Jin" in "Soldier Assault".
Although there are a total of 30 episodes, the class leader Shi Jin only has nine episodes in the play, but the class leader played by Zhang Yi makes the audience unforgettable, especially Zhang Yi's crying scene, which is unforgettable.
This year, Zhang Yi was 28 years old, and finally approached the audience's vision and officially embarked on the road of actors.
In 2017, the TV series "Chicken Feathers Fly to the Sky" starring Zhang Yi was unanimously praised by the audience, and the drama won the Golden Eagle Award and the Shanghai Magnolia Award, which made those who once looked down on him look at him with astonishment.
During this period, he starred in many TV series such as "My Regiment Leader My Regiment", "Beijing Love Story", "Spicy Mother Zheng biography" and so on, in addition to TV series, he also starred in many movies, such as "Search", "Dear", "Embroidered Spring Knife", "I Am Not Pan Jinlian" and so on.
His acting skills have become more and more exquisite, and he has become a popular person in the eyes of many directors.
Chen Kaige, Feng Xiaogang, Lin Chaoxian, Zhang Yimou, Xu Anhua, Chen Kexin, Jia Zhangke, Guan Hu, Zhang Yibai, Gao Qunshu, Cao Baoping, ten directors, no matter which one, speaking out is a resounding existence,
Zhang Yi is close to the age of 40 and has been favored by these ten directors, inviting him to shoot plays, 2020 this year can be said to be "Zhang Yinian" He not only cooperated with Guan Hu in "Eight Hundred", and Xu Zheng cooperated in "My Hometown and Me", but also cooperated with Zhang Yimou in "One Second".
At that time, the "King Kong Chuan" he starred in was also being broadcast, and he also cooperated with Zhang Yimou to cooperate with "On the Cliff" and so on, which made him completely red.
Nowadays, 43's Zhang Translation Drama is filmed one after another, and he has starred in countless movies, becoming a real "movie emperor". And all this is the result of Zhang Yi's persistence and not giving up.