In the latest episode of the variety show "Actors Please Take Place 2", after fierce competition, 17 actors successfully advanced to the fourth stage, while 8 actors were eliminated.
I have to say that after Li Chengru, who was honest and daring to say it, the nature of this show has undergone a complete change. From an actor's competition, it has become a feast for small fresh meat. However, in the face of a large number of "fresh meat", in this promotion list, we found a figure that is both strange and familiar, that is, "Qingdao Aunt" Zhang Haiyu.
Four years after the end of the comedy variety show "Paramount Tonight", Zhang Haiyu, who "disappeared" for a while, finally returned gorgeously, and his good partner Jiang Yi also brought new film and television works this year. After the dismantling of the gang, the pair of "raincoats" who had been ridiculed as "invincible in the world, and each of them hehe" finally handed over a decent transformation answer sheet.
In 2013, a video of "Qingdao Auntie" circulated on the Internet, showing Zhang Haiyu, a thin Qingdao boy, with a fashionable curly hair and big red lips. Wrapped around the lady's scarf and speaking a standard Qingdao dialect, the image of Qingdao's aunt is interpreted in a wonderful way.
In 2016, Zhang Haiyu put this image on the stage of "Paramount Tonight", and on the basis of the performance of Qingdao's aunt, more story elements were integrated and created the "Xue Buhui" series of works. Zhang Haiyu, who can create, perform, and direct plays, has become the protagonist of this show.
It is said that the red flowers also need green leaves, and the addition of the ugly jiang Yi makes the entire series of works more complete. In the face of Zhang Haiyu, who is a man dressed as a woman and a flower idiot, Jiang Yi often incarnates as an "emoji", and the mantra is: "Play? "It's even more impressive.
The novel passages and tacit performances have made Venus, who has always been "poisonous tongue", praise. The audience affectionately called Zhang Haiyu and Jiang Yi a "raincoat" combination, and the two also circled a lot of CP powder.
Some actors have become popular because they have encountered roles and scripts that suit them, successfully created a classic role, and have relied on a work to eat all their lives. Some actors are caught in the "comfort zone" in their acting skills, and the role image and performance style they play are very similar.
Compared with the obscure dragon set actors, Zhang Haiyu and Jiang Yi are undoubtedly lucky, and soon have their own classic roles "Qingdao Aunt" and "Qingdao Uncle", and the unique performance style is very popular in the market.
However, just when everyone was looking forward to the new works brought by the duo, with the end of "Paramount Tonight", they unexpectedly chose to part ways and did not continue to "eat the old book".
The two have transformed into actors, and they have not deliberately chosen the comedy genre they are good at in the selection of works. When a group of handsome men and beautiful women ran to the comedy to "grab the market", these two did the opposite.
However, although the two worked hard, they also suffered "labor pains".
When it comes to transformation and breakthroughs, it is not easy for actors. On the stage of "Actors Please Take Place", even Wen Zhengrong, a powerful actor who has debuted for nearly 20 years, was eliminated and stopped in the top 24. In the "Hidden Corner" segment performance, Wen Zhengrong's performance too hard made the mentor Er Dongsheng say bluntly: "Always perform in my own way."
I have to say that Wen Zhengrong's solidified acting skills are also the reason why she is difficult to become popular. Even Ren Min, who has a high talent and gets 4 S cards in one go, has also been commented by netizens: acting skills are difficult to escape routines, single acting skills, and cannot walk out of the shadow of "Easy Yao".
It can be seen that the transformation of actors is difficult, and it is even more difficult for comedy stars such as Zhang Haiyu and Jiang Yi to transform. Because all comedy stars in China have a characteristic, that is, they are particularly easy to be labeled, and even many viewers like to separate comedians from other actors, saying that comedians lack acting skills, do not act well and so on.
In 2017, the two participated in the filming of the youth romance film "It's Good to Meet You" directed by Gu Changwei, Zhang Haiyu starred as Sports Student Xie Lun, and Jiang Yi starred as the school bully Qinglong.
In order to shoot this play well, Zhang Haiyu has run in the playground many times for a day, and even in order to shoot a good shot of falling on his head, Zhang Haiyu repeatedly pondered and practiced, and even broke his knee. In order to play the image of the school bully, Jiang Yi deliberately learned expression management, and I have to say that the two were riveted in order to transform.
After that, Zhang Haiyu broadened the path of drama, and the si ming who looked serious and humorous in "Chen Xi Yuan"; Ma Long, the founder of the "Big Goose Game" in "Elite Lawyer", and the stage of "Actors Please Take Place" this year made him completely explode. Whether it is the depressed "drifting" Wei Xing in "I Am a Passerby". It is also the role of the "drug lord" Kungo with a scar between his eyebrows in "The Disciples". Superb acting skills and detailed interpretation make him a dark horse in the show.
Bypassing the "comedy" of him, let the audience see the unlimited potential in him.
Partner Jiang Yi focuses on the filming of web dramas. "Forensic Qin Ming" plays Jiang Tian, the murderer of the bar murder case, and this year's Republic of China detective drama "Nine Palaces Strange Game", he starred in the role of the fallen young master Shi Lezhi, which let everyone see his unique performance style.
Although from the explosion to the loneliness, Zhang Haiyu and Jiang Yi's transformation path is full of hardships. However, through a series of solid works, they finally jumped out of the "comedy circle".
Although as actors, they still need to improve further, but the spirit of hard work and transformation is worth learning.
There may be some people who feel that they do not need to transform, do a good job of comedy, even the image of "Qingdao Aunt" can be loved by young people, but perhaps only they themselves know, if they can't transform, maybe in two years they will become the past tense.
The entertainment industry is realistic and cruel, if you do not advance, you will retreat, if you stay in the "comfort zone" all year round, it is impossible to have a qualitative breakthrough, I hope that Zhang Haiyu and Jiang Yi can bloom their own brilliance in the show business circle and bring more high-quality works.