"If you can't even play a dog, then don't mess around in the circle."
This is what Zhang Guoli once said to Chen Chuang.
Actors in the entertainment industry, playing monkeys, six-year-old children are the first;
Playing Bai Suzhen, Zhao Yazhi is unmatched.
But to say that playing the "Wheezing Dog", Chen Chuang's shaping has not been surpassed so far.
To play a dog, many people are difficult to accept, and Chen Chuang did not want to pick up at first.
But unexpectedly, with solid basic skills, Chen Chuang and the "Wheezing Heavenly Dog" were integrated, and the two sides achieved mutual achievements.
After the TV series was broadcast that year, although Chen Chuang was not proud of his appearance, neither Jiao Enjun was handsome nor starring Cao Jun,visible, his acting skills were affirmed by everyone.
In fact, he is indeed very powerful, and has taken several film emperors since the film, but everyone only remembers the dog he played.
In the entertainment industry, there are not many people who rely on acting skills to make up for the shortcomings of their appearance, like Zhang Yi, Huang Bo, and Chen Chuang are also one of them.
But now his fame is far less than others, and since the "Dog of Heaven", he seems to have "disappeared" from the entertainment industry.
What exactly did he go through? What's going on now?
Don't look at Chen Chuang's body exuding a grassroots temperament, in fact, his origin is extraordinary, and his parents are leaders in the field of qu art.
His father was the head of the local theater troupe and a member of the China Quyi Association.
Chen Chuang's childhood was to hide in the backstage of the theater and watch the play behind the side curtain every day.
It is said that the tiger father has no dogs, and the father is also very strict with Chen Chuang after he returns home, hanging his throat, practicing singing, practicing his body... and many other musical skills.
This can also be found in his later performances, because he is a practicing family, and the director will always let him play in the play to the greatest extent.
Look at this soft and delicate figure, flexible small eyes, very playful eyebrows, even if the orchid finger is not cocked, it makes people think that he is more feminine than a woman.
At first glance, it comes with its own strength.
In addition, in Chen Chuang's other early TV drama works, blowing and playing and singing him are his best skills.
At the age of seven or eight, it was the age when the little boy was naughty and mischievous, Chen Chuang often pretended to be sick in order not to practice, and sometimes deliberately fell off the stool, just to protest to his parents.
Parents know that interest is the best teacher, the son is so resistant, the compulsion has lost the original intention, the exercise of the previous few years should be a strong body.
But what they didn't expect was that after Chen Chuang went to junior high school, he was stimulated from nowhere and suddenly took the examination art school as his goal.
My father was afraid that it would be three minutes of heat again, so he deliberately provoked him to say, "As far as you are hanging Erlangdang, you can't get into art school." ”
To this end, he took the initiative to pick up the basic skills, and then worked hard to make up for the cultural class, and finally at the age of 17, he was admitted to the Jiangxi Academy of Literature and Art, and explained everything with the results.
After three years at art school, Chen Chuang had a preliminary plan for his future.
He wanted to continue to study in a more professional place like the Central Academy of Drama, and only after laying a solid foundation could he have more possibilities.
When participating in the art examination, Chen Chuang was surrounded by handsome men and beautiful women such as Jiang Qinqin, Chen Zihan, and Liu Hongyu, who was the most inconspicuous one, but also the one that surprised the teacher the most.
The title at the time was, Performing a "Man Who Squeezes the Bus."
At first, almost all the students were playing the crowd, but Chen Chuang had a clever move, directly found a stool, beckoned everyone to get on the bus, it turned out that he played the "bus driver".
The unique way of performing made the teachers present shine.
After coming out, his father immediately asked him how he was doing, and Chen Chuang pretended to be calm and said: "Play normally and wait for the result." ”
Finally, when Chen Chuang was 20 years old, he was admitted to the Beijing Film Academy and became a classmate of "Peacock Princess" Jin Qiaoqiao.
Until this point, Chen Chuang's life has been smooth.
It's just that he didn't think that the people who came to learn to perform in Chinese opera were all dragons and phoenixes among people, all of whom were better than himself, and soon he was hit hard.
"I thought the future was hopeful, but I didn't know it backfired until I graduated, and graduation meant unemployment for me."
For a long time, Chen Chuang had nowhere to vent his enthusiasm, because of the problem of appearance, he sat on the cold bench for a long time.
He lived in the tube building without food and ran the crew on his bicycle every day.
At night, when there was no heating in the house, he put all his clothes on the quilt and slept with a beanie hat.
During that time, Chen Chuang once doubted his choice and even had the idea of giving up.
It was the appearance of Zhang Guoli that saved him from confusion.
The first time I met Zhang Guoli was in his sophomore year, Chen Chuang made a cameo appearance in the TV series "Moments of Danger".
When I met Zhang Guoguo, a national actor in private, I admired him very much in my heart and plucked up the courage to ask him for advice.
Chen Chuang, who worked hard and worked hard, left a deep impression on Zhang Guoguo.
He told Chen Chuang that the actor's acting skills need to be accumulated, he is still young and lacks experience, and it will be better to wait until he is thirty years old.
After the winter and summer vacations, the two people will also contact occasionally, and Chen Chuang will make some cameo roles in Zhang Guoguo's plays.
For this descendant, Zhang Guoli intends to promote it.
When he knew About Chen Chuang's difficult situation, he also called him and told him that he would come to my crew to eat a box lunch when he didn't have food to eat in the future.
No acting, I can give you a chance, but whether you can be remembered by the audience depends on yourself!
In short, I can keep you satisfied, but I can't control you for the rest of your life.
At that time, "Kangxi Micro Service Private Interview" starring him, Deng Jie, Zhao Liang and others was popular all over the country, setting off a phenomenon-level boom.
In one to four dramas, Chen Chuang single-handedly made multiple cameo roles.
But whether it is more drama or less drama, he has not been remembered by the audience.
On the contrary, it is jiang qinqin, a classmate, who has become the white moonlight in the hearts of many viewers just by virtue of a pair of watery eyes.
This made him chafed, but when he thought about it, it was also a honing of acting skills.
Now he just lacks an opportunity.
In 2005, CCTV decided to adapt the folklore of Agarwood's "Splitting the Mountain to Save the Mother" into the TV series "Baolian Lantern".
During the preparation period, Zhang Guoli recommended Chen Chuang to try, and as a result, all the roles already had candidates, and only one "wheezing dog" role was left.
People play dogs, which is a huge challenge in psychology and performance,
At first, Chen Chuang did not want to play this role, but after the interview, everyone felt that this role was none other than him.
Coupled with the fact that SARS had just ended during that time, Chen Chuang,who had no savings, had a weaker income, and after thinking about it again, he still decided to play this role.
He had thought he would be the same as before, playing a supporting role that no one would remember.
But what he didn't expect was that the decision to play "dog" almost changed his life.
Before each performance, Chen Chuang would figure out and analyze the role at home, and this time in order to better interpret the role, he had a special dog.
He found that dogs would sniff with their noses before eating, and their bodies shrugged;
When touched, it will wag its tail excitedly, and then squint its eyes comfortably;
Then, Chen Chuang added a "smell anything you encounter" to the character.
After his shaping, everyone felt that his performance was too vivid.
In addition to the pressure of "performance", Chen Chuang also needs to overcome "physiological" pressure during filming.
In the play, the clothes of the dog are very special, it is a set of one-piece tights,
Going to the toilet is very inconvenient, in order not to add trouble to everyone, he deliberately drank less water during filming, sometimes even a day without drinking water.
In this way, Chen Chuang wore this outfit and filmed two "Pauline Lanterns" in a row.
After experiencing cold and heat, it is very uncomfortable to put tight clothes on the body in the summer, and you can't wear warm clothes in winter and can only bite your teeth and resist the frost.
Finally, after the TV series "Pauline Lantern" was broadcast, it created a super high record of the highest rating of 9.1%,
This story of agarwood saving her mother has become a childhood memory of countless post-90s generations.
In the play, the master-servant friendship between the Dog of Heaven and the God erlang has also moved countless people.
Chen Chuang's fate also changed...
It was only with the fire of "Pauline Lamp" that every time he was mentioned later, people would add a prefix by default - "Wheezing Dog", and even some people still don't know his name.
After finding his script, it was all small people, as if everyone tacitly agreed that Chen Chuang was synonymous with dirty clowns.
According to incomplete statistics, There are no less than 100 marginal characters that Chen Chuang has played.
At first, he was afraid that the audience would stereotype him, but on second thought, wouldn't it be an achievement to be able to perform the same type of character differently?
Small people are often the most difficult to shape.
From walking and looking, to dressing and eating, everything needs attention.
Only by experiencing and understanding from life can the public see their own shadow from it.
This is tearing apart the most essential things of life for the audience to see.
After "Baolian Lantern", Chen Chuang finally had the opportunity to be a protagonist once.
He was invited to serve as the male lead of the TV series Fugui, which was adapted from Yu Hua's famous novel "Alive".
Previously, Zhang Yimou had directed the movie "Alive", and Ge You relied on this role to pocket the Cannes Film Emperor.
And the TV series "Fugui" has actually been the focus of many big guys.
At the beginning, they did not consider Chen Chuang at all, after all, he was still a newcomer at that time, and there was no representative work except for a "dog".
But Jiang Wen and Wang Zhiwen, who are the favorite of the crew, are not suitable for anyone.
Fugui in the play also has to perform lantern drama performances, and Chen Chuang also has basic drama skills.
In this way, he was fortunate to be chosen.
Later, when the author of the novel, Yu Hua, was interviewed, and he also said that when he first saw Chen Chuang's appearance, he felt that he was the fugui in his mind.
Successfully settling this role, Chen Chuang was both happy and nervous.
In order to play this role well, he locked himself in his room for a whole week, and when he walked out of the door again, "he is Fugui"!
Parents who lived through that era also told him their feelings, hoping to bring inspiration to their son's creation.
In the end, the TV drama version of "Fugui" scored as high as 9.5 points! Although it did not catch fire, it is indeed a word-of-mouth masterpiece.
Chen Chuang acted from adolescence to old age, experienced all his relatives leaving one by one, and he was only in his thirties to inject his soul into this role.
Because he was too deep into the play, Fugui's tragic life always haunted his mind and lingered.
For a long time, he was depressed and went to see a psychiatrist for this.
Coupled with the poor broadcast effect, Chen Chuang has never played a tragic role since then.
In 2008, Chen Chuang starred in the science fiction TV series "Magic Mobile Phone", playing the yellow eyebrow king in the play.
Like the previous Dog, this is also an unforgettable character.
In 2013, Chen Chuang once again gave us a surprise.
In "Kong Erpi Into the City", he played a rural teacher Kong Erpi who was not organized.
He was a substitute teacher in the village, although he had contracted all the primary school courses in the village with a disability from an early age.
Over the years, teaching has produced several college students, but finally they are facing retirement because they do not have a diploma.
In order to achieve a more realistic effect, during the filming process, he did not take a bath for more than ten days, and the costume was worn on the body without taking off.
In the end, with his outstanding interpretation, he won the Beijing University Student Film Festival, the Best Low-budget Film Actor Award.
Although not prolific, every role of Chen Chuang is unexpected.
There is no advantage in appearance and body, but with the love and dedication to performance, it has won the recognition of the audience.
But after so many years in the industry, he has never been able to become popular, but instead low-key as if he has "disappeared".
No one even knew he was married.
He and his ex-wife met during the filming of "Kong Erpi's Entry into the City", and the other party's name was Zhou Youjun, a violinist at the Beijing Opera House in China.
The two people became acquainted because of their common interests and hobbies, and soon fell in love and entered the palace of marriage, and also had a son.
But somehow, the two divorced again after only one year of flash marriage.
After separating, Chen Chuang did not fall in love or marry again for his son, and has been single until now.
In his free time, his favorite thing is to read books, write and write, and retire early.
If there is a play that comes to him, he is still willing to star and ensure the quality.
I have to say that there are very few low-key and sober actors like him in the entertainment industry today, and I only hope that the resources and directors can take care of him and let him bring us more and better works!