<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="1" > he played a number of hated villains</h1>
In November 1987, my old friend Wei Gang, the art editor of the Jilin People's Publishing House, introduced me to a new friend, Hou Tianlai, an actor at the Changchun Drama Theatre. Before that, the actors who had become famous in the Changchun Drama Theater included Lu Qifeng, who starred in the drama "Save Her", He Wei, who starred in the film "Garland Under the Mountain", while other actors, including Li Youbin, were not well known in the country, and Hou Tianlai's name was unheard of. He was less than 30 years old at the time, and I called him Xiaohou.
When we met, Hou Tianlai's first impression on me was not like a positive image, with fewer cheeks and small eyes, and in today's words, the appearance was not high. After the greeting, he placed two photographs in front of me: one of the puppet emperor of Manchukuo, Kant, and the other of his makeup photos from the TV series The Legend of Kant's First Bodyguard. "Like, like!" I couldn't help but blurt out praise.
Xiao Hou hurriedly said: "This is thanks to the staff in terms of lighting, clothing, makeup and so on." Although my personal image is close to Kant's, without their labor, I am afraid it would be difficult to receive such an effect. "This unconcealed beauty won me a good feeling for this young man, and I decided to talk to him." During the conversation, I learned that Xiao Hou had been very distressed to stay at home for a year after graduating from high school in 1974, and only in 1975 did he find a temporary job in a collective enterprise run by a bicycle factory. Next to the machine tool, Xiao Hou honestly worked hard for 3 years, until after smashing the "Gang of Four", in 1978, the national college unified admissions examination, he had the opportunity to re-choose the path of life. He likes to watch dramas the most, and he has heard others say that his voice is quite "thick", although the image is not very handsome, but it has characteristics. Therefore, he started the "actor's dream" and applied for the Drama Department of Jilin Arts College. The main test teacher may like his voice, may like his characteristics, in short, he got the test as he wished.
This was a turning point in Xiao Hou's life. Since then, he has aspired to dedicate himself to the performing arts. During his school studies, he participated in several big plays, playing Bishop Montanelli in "Oxfly", sheriff in "Ring of Death", Director Li in "Who is strong", little Beijing in "Garland Under the Mountain"... The "Director Li" was deeply impressed by the connoisseurs of the Changchun Drama Theatre, so he placed a "reservation form" with the Art Academy: "This student, we want it." Therefore, although Xiao Hou's graduates were collectively assigned to Jilin City, the Changchun Drama Theater still managed to transfer him.
Xiao Hou's first play in Changchun was "Xizhao Mountain", in which he played Shu Xiang. The play received critical acclaim in the 1984 provincial theatre performance, and he himself won an acting award. Since then, he has participated in almost all the new plays of long talk. He loves drama so much that he is willing to even let him be a supporting role with few lines. However, the sluggishness of the theater prevented the theater from performing new plays for a long time. Hou Tianlai, who was not willing to be lonely, had to go to the film and television industry to break through the world.
Over the past few years, Xiao Hou has also played many roles on the screen and screen, such as Okamura Shaosa in the movie "Death Certificate", "Night Owl" in "Walking Through the Valley of Ecstasy", the assassin in the TV series "Shaoqi in the Northeast", Yao Buguang'a in "The Wedding of the Hezhe People", Hou Wei in "Legend of Playing Cards", Takaichiro Kishitani in "Yang Jingzi", Nakamura in "Vengeance in the Troubled World"... This time to pick up the "Kant" in "The Legend of Kant's First Bodyguard", Hou Tianlai was really overjoyed. He said that playing Puyi was his dream wish. When Chen Jialin directed "The Last Empress", someone recommended him to play the "Emperor of the Song Dynasty", but unfortunately he had already found other actors... This time he just finished filming "Chaotic World Vengeance", because the role needs to shave his head and play Puyi, he had to ask someone to knit a hood now, and once he put it on, he can actually fake it!
Speaking of "Puyi", Hou Tianlai said excitedly: "It is of course very difficult for me, a temporary worker of that year, to become the 'Emperor Kant'. However, I went through as many materials as possible to enhance my perceptual awareness. Books such as "The First Half of My Life" and "The Inside story of the Pseudo-Palace" were carefully read and gained a lot. I'm still confident now. The TV series, which is scheduled to shoot 20 episodes, is now more than halfway through. According to comrades who have seen it, the effect is quite good. The show is expected to be recorded next summer, and by then I look forward to hearing from a wide audience. ”
After that, Hou Tianlai began to play some important roles, such as Tang Gaozong in "Royal Nun" and Xianfeng Emperor in "Taiping Heavenly Kingdom". Because they are all supporting roles, there is no room for drama and performance, and it does not leave any deep impression on the audience. It was not until 2003, when he starred in the first "sexual harassment" TV series "Women Are No Longer Silent", which interpreted the hated editor-in-chief Wang Xiansheng, and Hou Tianlai's "bad guy" image left a deep impression on the audience for the first time. Since then, he has also played many villain roles that make people grit their teeth hateful, such as the Japanese pseudo-secret agent leader in "Twenty Days of CriticalIty", the sinister and murderous Japanese commander-in-chief Okamura Ningji in "Snow Leopard", the gambling Tian Yaozu in "Going West", the deep and greedy fourth master of the city government in "Mou's Manor", and the traitor Shu Lifan in the anti-war drama "Big Choice"...
Acting career for decades, participated in the filming of hundreds of film and television dramas, although tepid, but earned a lot of popularity, Hou Tianlai also from the year of Xiao Hou to become an "old drama bone", but also rated as a national first-class actor. I don't know, does he remember the big brother who first interviewed him 34 years ago?