Not long ago, an interview with Zhang Fengyi caught fire. He said: I act when I am over 48 years old, and I don't act when I am under 48 years old.
This means that he will take over the role in the future, and only take roles whose age is positioned at the age of 48 or older.
The reason he gave, first, was to give up his position for others to play. This is a kind of good intention of Zhang Fengyi to treat young actors, giving younger actors more opportunities.
The second is that the acting is not good, old is old, old is old, old is old, to correctly understand themselves.
Zhang Fengyi's sober punch in the face is not obedient to the old actor!
The entertainment industry has always been popular with the phenomenon of "pretending to be tender", as if it will be eliminated when you are old.
You know, it's never age that limits a person, it's ability. A truly powerful actor who never shys away from his age. For example, Zhang Fengyi, who is 65 years old this year.
From the coachman Xiangzi in "Camel Xiangzi", Duan Xiaolou in "Farewell to the Overlord", to Ji Zongbu in "The Gate of the Great Mansion", Jiang Daya in "The Sky of History", and then To Xu Da in "Mountains and Rivers Moon Ming" now. Age does not limit Zhang Fengyi's acting skills, and after the tempering of time, he has become more and more exquisite.
So, how did Zhang Fengyi grow from a junior high school student to an old drama bone? And what about his emotional experience?
01
Zhang Fengyi's parents are both from Henan. His father transferred to Hunan as a soldier, and his mother gave birth to him in Hunan. Later, before he was one year old, the family settled in Dongchuan, Yunnan.
Fast forward to the age of Zhang Fengyi's primary school, he originally went to school a year earlier than others, plus people are particularly smart and study well, the teacher let him jump a level.
In this way, Zhang Fengyi is 2 years younger than his classmates and is the one who is often bullied.
In 1971, Zhang Fengyi, who was still in junior high school, was admitted to the Dongchuan Municipal Cultural and Labor Troupe, focusing on Peking Opera.
Peking Opera's basic skills requirements for actors are very high, because Zhang Fengyi's body bones are relatively hard, the height of kicks is not up to standard, two years later, he was "returned" by Peking Opera professionals and transferred to the song and dance team.
In the song and dance team, Zhang Fengyi was exposed to many literary and artistic forms, such as writing speeches, hosting lyrics, acting dramas, operas, cross-talk sketches and the like.
This experience, that is, exercised Zhang Fengyi's acting skills, but also let him learn a lot of literary knowledge.
In 1977, the college entrance examination was resumed. Zhang Fengyi's primary school teacher saw that the other students had gone to college, so he felt sorry for Zhang Fengyi and always suggested that he take the college entrance examination.
Books have been thrown down for seven or eight years, and now it is difficult to pick up, after much thought, Zhang Fengyi chose the Beijing Film Academy acting class that he is good at and partial to literature and art, and passed the exam as soon as he passed.
Zhang Fengyi's class is the famous North Film 78th grade performance class, and the classmates include Lu Xiaogang, Zhang Tielin, Xie Yuan, Fang Shu, Shen Danping and so on.
Fang Shu is a child star, more well-known than other students, Zhang Fengyi and Zhang Tielin are the lucky ones among the students.
Zhang Tielin began filming in his sophomore year, "Under the Bridge", "Burning the Yuanmingyuan" and other film and television works, which made him quickly popular, and Zhang Fengyi contacted filming very early, but it was Lao She's work "Camel Xiangzi" that made him popular.
At that time, in order to find an actor who matched The image of Shoko, the director team also published a job advertisement in the newspaper, accompanied by a photo of the coachman of that era, asking for the image to fit and speaking old Beijing dialect.
Seeing such a request, Zhang Fengyi did not even think about it, because he was not from Beijing, and when he returned to Beijing after filming another play, the actor who played Xiangzi had not yet been found.
At that time, more than half a year had passed since the newspaper appeared, and the teacher suggested that he try it, and this time, the role of Shoko fell to Zhang Fengyi.
During the filming of "Camel Xiangzi", Sichengaova, who played against Zhang Fengyi, was scattered, while Zhang Fengyi, who was just starting out, only dared to act according to the director's requirements.
In 1982, "Camel Xiangzi" was a hit, and Zhang Fengyi quickly became popular and became a household star.
02
At the beginning of this career, Zhang Fengyi also met his own love.
In college, Zhang Fengyi and Lü Xiaogang had a good relationship, often ran to Lu Xiaogang's home, and became familiar with Lu Xiaogang's sister Lu Liping when they came and went, and gradually, a certain feeling shook in the hearts of the two young people.
When Lu Liping took the college entrance examination, her family did not want her to take the road of acting, but she had an iron heart to take the test.
In 1980, Lu Liping was admitted to the Central Academy of Drama, and after graduation, as her family expected, she acted in several plays, but the response was mediocre.
In the third year after graduation, Zhang Fengyi, who had not yet achieved fame, spent 50 yuan to marry Lu Liping back home.
The next year, her son Zhang Boyu was born, and Lu Liping could only give up her career and become a full-time mother.
The road of full-time mother is not easy to walk, especially Zhang Fengyi's career is getting better and better, and the gap between the two people is getting bigger and bigger.
Zhang Fengyi, who is sought after by movie fans outside, returns home to face a bad married life. As a housewife, Lu Liping is no less resentful in her heart than Zhang Fengyi.
One night, Zhang Fengyi came home from outside. The two people quarreled over a small matter, and the macho Zhang Fengyi lost his hand and slapped Lu Liping.
This slap shattered their former love and woke up Lu Liping, who slammed the door with her three-year-old son and quickly filed for divorce, and in order to fight for the custody of her son, the two of them also went to court. In the end, the son was sentenced to his mother.
The love between Zhang Fengyi and Lu Liping, from the campus to the wedding dress, has also had a short period of beauty, but in the end it still failed to go to the end.
In 1993, Zhang Fengyi's acting career reached a new high.
This year, Chen Kaige decided to shoot "Farewell to the King", so he invited the most luxurious cast, Zhang Guorong, Gong Li, Zhang Fengyi, Jiang Wenli and so on contributed the most exquisite acting skills.
Duan Xiaolou, a Peking Opera teacher played by Zhang Fengyi, is one of the most classic characters so far.
The reason why the character of Duan Xiaolou can be vividly and three-dimensional is because Zhang Fengyi has had the experience of learning Peking Opera in the Dongchuan Cultural and Labor Troupe, and he is too familiar with the state of Peking Opera teachers. In the words of Zhang Fengyi, "there is a sense of imagery."
So you see, every experience has its value, and maybe one day in the future, that dark time, will give you the most energy.
With the rapid progress of his career, Zhang Fengyi's second love also quietly arrived.
03
One day, a friend at the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television called Zhang Fengyi: "I have a friend's sister, who is a fan of your movie, and every day she clamors to see you." The fan in the mouth of his friend is Huo Fan, 12 years younger than Zhang Fengyi, and is a teacher at the dance academy.
Huo Fan is a native of Suzhou, with the gentleness characteristic of a woman in Jiangnan Water Village. The rough man meets the gentle woman and falls in love at first sight.
In 1994, Zhang Fengyi and Huo Fan held a simple wedding. Zhang Fengyi became an otaku in front of Huo Fan, and he was still a veritable wife.
Zhang Fengyi said that he usually does not drink or smoke, and when he is not filming, he stays at home. Get up in the morning and do simple activities, go to the gym in the afternoon, and go home on time at 9 pm. His pay card was also in Hovan's charge, and he only kept a month's living expenses, and he rarely used it.
Hovan had absolute control over the family's finances.
One day, Zhang Fengyi was filming outside and received a call from Huo Fan, saying that he wanted to buy a house. Huo Fan simply said the situation of the house, Zhang Fengyi still had to ask, Huo Fan came to say: Anyway, you will like it.
The house is the same villa they now live in, located in the suburbs of Beijing, more than 500 square meters.
After Zhang Fengyi and Lü Liping divorced, the relationship between Zhang Fengyi and his son Zhang Boyu has not been good, and it is Huo Fan who mediates from it, so that the relationship between father and son has gradually eased.
Father and son began to play and train together every week. The son has high emotional intelligence and can speak, which makes Zhang Fengyi very appreciative.
There were only two things, Zhang Boyu made Zhang Fengyi dissatisfied. One thing is that after his son finished junior high school, he carried Zhang Fengyi to the acting school founded by Lu Liping.
Zhang Fengyi saw his son in the propaganda film, which made him very angry, he believes that learning acting, but also need to accumulate culture, at least to finish high school, and then enter a professional acting school.
This is one of the places where their father and son are most divided. Although Zhang Fengyi was dissatisfied, he could not change anything.
Another thing is weddings. Zhang Fengyi did not attend his son's wedding, and the reason given was that he wanted them to set up a table, after all, he was a newly graduated newcomer and should keep a low profile. But there were 27 tables at his son's wedding, which he thought was too high-profile.
It is very rare that father and son can communicate frankly.
Zhang Fengyi's remarriage not only did not hurt their father-son relationship, but Huo Fan's addition played a role as a lubricant.
It's not whose fault it is that marriages fail, it's that they don't fit in with each other. The quality of the parent-child relationship cannot be completely attributed to the quality of the marriage.
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Zhang Fengyi has been in the arts for nearly 40 years, and his achievements are quite high, and he has also been said to be a "drama bully" because of his high requirements for acting. He plays workers, peasants, heroes, and imperial generals, and these roles all bear Zhang Fengyi's personal charm.
As an actor, each stage of life has its own representative works, which is really rare.
With the success of his career, Zhang Fengyi's attitude towards his ex-wife and son is often criticized. What is valuable is that Zhang Fengyi can frankly admit that he is also willing to say his thoughts. It's just that such ideas and practices have not been recognized by some people.
From the perspective of onlookers, Zhang Fengyi is actually enough for the grandfathers, the things in life, the things of feelings, who is right. Half a life has passed, for the past grievances and wrongs, it has long been light and breezy, right and wrong only left to others to say.
Zhang Fengyi, who is now 65 years old, has long since gone from a young man who can't act, and has become an old drama bone.
Now Zhang Fengyi, on the one hand, is "picky" with a good script, and on the other hand, he is a fitness exercise that cannot be moved. Career steady development, husband and wife love and harmony, father and son harmonious coexistence, Zhang Fengyi proper life winner.
Author: Moss