Energy China China Development Network Communication Matrix (Communications Wanjie) "I am now step by step without urgency, acting is a lifelong thing, not just the current thing." This is Yang Yang's attitude towards life, and it is also his career plan for himself as an actor.
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Become famous at a young age, and guard against arrogance and impatience
In 2007, at the age of 16, Yang Yang was selected by director Li Shaohong to become the actor of the adult Jia Baoyu in "Dream of the Red Chamber", thus officially stepping into the film and television circle, and won the fourth "BQ Red List" BQ Recommended Newcomer Award for his wonderful interpretation of the role. Starting from "Dream of the Red Chamber", in fact, it did not bring Yang Yang too many highlights and career peaks, but after experiencing various roles and going through hardships, he had the current achievements.
In 2011, Yang Yang participated in his first film "The Great Cause of Party Building". In 2015, Yang Yang began to emerge from the scene because of his good performance in many film and television works, and quickly became popular all over the Internet. The adventure drama "Notes from the Tomb Robber" starring him became the first of the year in the number of Weibo searches and video websites played; In the same year, Yang Yang also starred in the youth movie "Left Ear" and the youth idol inspirational drama "Whirlwind Girl" and other works.
"Whirlwind Girl" has won the national TV series ratings championship in the same period, and Yang Yang also won the two heavyweight awards of the most influential actor in the whole media and the most concerned actor of the year at the National Drama Festival. 2015 is a bumper year for Yang Yang, and it is also a year for the outbreak of his acting career.
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Step by step, keep challenging
In 2016, Yang Yang won the 2nd China TV Drama Quality Festival Annual Popular Drama Star with his idol drama "A Little Smile is Falling Down", and his starring romantic film "Passing Through Your World" achieved a box office performance of 814 million yuan. In 2017, the costume fantasy film "Three Lives and Three Worlds and Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms" starring Yang Yang exceeded 533 million yuan at the box office. In 2018, the fantasy drama "The Hero of Wudong Qiankun Out of youth" starring him was broadcast. In 2019, he starred in the youth blood inspirational drama "Full-time Master". In 2020, he starred in the international anti-terrorism action movie "Vanguard". In 2021, the starring urban love drama "You Are My Glory" was broadcast. In April 2022, the military drama "Special Operations Glory" starring was broadcast; In the same month, the costumed martial arts romance drama "And Try the World" starring in it was broadcast on Tencent Video.
Since 2015, every year actor Yang Yang will bring new works and new role interpretations to the audience. After the work was broadcast, Yang Yang gained a high popularity, and there were also doubts and ridicules that followed. But in Yang Yang's view, the existence of these doubts is normal, as he said in a CCTV interview: "Although I will be sad and unhappy, I think it does not matter, because I always know what I want." I hope I have a good character, acting can also have a good state, I will continue to try, let everyone see a different side of me. ”
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Steady and steady, unlimited possibilities
After the explosion of popularity in 2015, Yang Yang worked very full every day, and the ubiquitous cameras and tight strings made him confused and uneasy. While constantly challenging new roles, Yang Yang himself is constantly adjusting his state, with the growth of age and experience, he began to think about his long-term path as an actor, so he pressed the pause button to try to precipitate himself. Yang Yang has said in many interviews: "If you walk too fast with a glass of water, the water will overflow, or you have to walk steadily." ”
In an interview with Yang Yang in the 930th issue of China News Weekly in 2019, he wrote, "He hopes to slow himself down, make his own choices, and focus on quality plays every year, so that the audience can see flesh-and-blood characters, rather than floating states, so as to become a good actor with quality." In the era of attention economy and traffic supremacy, deliberately reducing exposure and slowing down the pace of "only one drama a year" also means deviating from the mainstream wave, but Yang Yang chose "brave retrograde". The pace may have slowed down, but it was more determined. "He's learned to draw nourishment from his past experiences and unlock new possibilities."
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Precipitating himself does not mean being afraid of his hands and feet, Yang Yang is always full of vitality, and now when he is standing, he still chooses to pursue what he wants to do well like a 20-year-old, without restricting his role and not framing himself. In the choice of roles, there is no deliberate "transformation", but the perception of age and the feeling of life affect the attraction of the character to him. In the 2022 broadcast of "And Try the World", Yang Yang returned to the costume drama after many years, and was questioned whether it was a return to the safe zone, he said: "I have never walked the road of safety, nor have I deliberately wanted to transform, I am just playing my favorite role and the role I want to challenge, but I am simply attracted by the two sides of the role and the three-dimensional nature of the character." ”
In addition to the role, Yang Yang has also made many new attempts. In 2020, he served as a resident guest in Hunan Satellite TV's variety show "Brother Full of Vitality", which is a brave "return" of the variety show. In this variety show, Yang Yang's mask of the past "cold-faced gangster" no longer exists, and what is presented to the audience is Yang Yang, who is lively and vivid and relaxed.
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In detail, Yang Yang presented many positive energy roles for the audience and fans through his works, and while bringing surprises to the audience every time, it was also Yang Yang's own thick accumulation of hair and continuous experience of acting skills. He is Ye Xiu, an e-sports player who sticks to his dreams; Is a persistent aerospace designer Yu Tu; It is Yan Baoyue, a special forces soldier who defends his family and the country, Le Bin, a respiratory doctor who "chooses retrograde" to save lives and help the injured during the epidemic, and Xiao Nai, a game god who boldly started a business.
Yang Yang, who puts aside his identity as an actor, also actively devotes himself to public welfare undertakings, and transmits positive energy to fans by example. As the male ambassador of the Kering Foundation's 5th White Ribbon Women's Rights Campaign, he pays attention to women's rights and actively advocates for women who are victims of violence. The Yangyang Sunshine Special Fund, established in 2017, subsidizes mountain village kindergartens and donates more than 500,000 yuan every year, contributing to the early education of children in poor areas. Under the influence of idols, Yang Yang fans are also actively involved in public welfare undertakings. At the beginning of the new crown pneumonia in 2020, Yang Yang fan stations raised a total of 104642 yuan to send urgently needed medical supplies to the Fifth Hospital of Wuhan.
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Yang Yang said in an interview on his 30th birthday: "As long as you want, you can be an unrestrained child, or you can be a responsible adult. Don't think about age, don't let it tie your hands and feet. This sentence is his expectation of himself, and it is also given to thousands of fans. I hope that all of you can be firm in the path you have chosen and go on bravely. Whether it is a newly adult college entrance examination student, a college graduate with great spirits, or a dreamer who chooses to start again in the year of establishment and confusion, I hope that everyone can live a wonderful self like idol Yang Yang, walking non-stop, to explore infinite possibilities.