"Every little kid has fantasies, sitting in the classroom and imagining that he is Iron Man, a saint, or meeting a beautiful protagonist. As I got older, when I went to college, I would think that I was going to play the male number one, what kind of car I was going to buy, and I was going to pull the wind. ”
In an interview, Lei Jiayin said the same thing.
When people are middle-aged, looking back at the imagination of those who "don't know the height of the sky and the thickness of the earth" in the past, the eyes of this slightly humble man in the east can still reflect a glimmer of brilliance and pride.
With the continuation of time, people have fewer and fewer fantasies about themselves, and they are more and more landed, and Lei Jiayin seems to be using one role after another to complete every different life he imagines.
He dropped out of school at the age of 14 and was admitted to the theater at the age of 19 with excellent grades
Lei Jiayin's romance and twists lie in bravery
In 1983, in the hot summer of August in Anshan City, Liaoning Province, a loud cry came from an ordinary worker's family, probably because the baby's voice was too loud, and since then, this adult boy with a height of 184cm has a girl-like name - Jiayin.
At that time, Lei Jiayin, who was crammed into dozens of square meters of single rooms and happily shuttled through the streets every day, may not have thought that one day, his reputation would be as "a word" as his name.
Children born in the northeast seem to be born with a bold energy, Lei Jiayin is the same, he grinned, all the thoughts are written on his face, Lei Jiayin at that time can be regarded as "no ambition", he likes a comfortable and plain life, because he loves to eat Anshan noodles, he once thought, it is better to open a snack shop, and spend his life so plain. In fact, according to Lei Jiayin's thinking at that time, it is not impossible, with his mentality, he will not be unable to make a world in the snack world.
Perhaps God pity that Lei Jiayin's talent was buried like this, so Lei Jiayin brought Lei Jiayin to the second turn of fate in his life. That year, a Shenyang family of art students happened to come to Anshan to recruit students, because they couldn't bear to watch their son live so "plainly", Lei Jiayin's mother persuaded Lei Jiayin to try the modeling team.
"Although we look average, we are tall." At that time, Lei Jiayin's mother thought so, what Lei Jiayin's mother did not expect was that in the noisy playground, Lei Jiayin was caught by Lu Xiaohe, who had starred in the actor of "Garland Under the Mountain", and then embarked on the road of learning acting.
In the small northeast town at the end of the 90s, people were simple and down-to-earth, relying on their own hands to live and work in peace, the profession of actor seemed to be too far away from them, Lei Jiayin's family was part of thousands of ordinary families, in that small but warm home, there was a real fireworks atmosphere running through the whole day, even Lei Jiayin's father couldn't believe why his son who had no acting experience could be selected.
In this regard, Lu Xiaohe just smiled, he said: "Lei Jiayin is indeed a blank piece of paper, but he is brave and bold, true and pure. ”
Bole Xiangma, must have a unique eye, facts have proved that Lu Xiaohe did not choose the wrong person, that time in Shenyang, is a very precious period of Lei Jiayin's life, for the opportunity that is not easy to get, he especially cherishes, his efforts are slowly piled up in time, together with those glittering futures, it seems to be close at hand.
At the age of 19, Lei Jiayin was admitted to the Shanghai Theater Academy with the second place in the country, and the young man who was once considered "without a future" seemed to really be about to counterattack.
However, the world is unpredictable, if life could be so simple, perhaps, it would not be the Lei Jiayin that it is today.
Seize opportunities in the midst of struggle and confusion
The 34-year-old Lei Jiayin finally "become"
In today's entertainment industry, the actors and stars who graduated from the theater are also a lot, and everyone comes to the college through thorns and thorns, naturally they have their own skills, and Lei Jiayin, who is stunned, always looks a little "out of place".
What's even more "out of place" is that after making some friends, Lei Jiayin began to have a nickname in the drama - "Shelter for Troubled Teenagers". Almost every class and department on campus has Lei Jiayin's friends, and his friends are all weird.
Later, when Lei Jiayin had become popular with a number of roles, when talking about "weirdos" such as Guo Jingfei, he was still both "damaged" and warm, and he always felt that their house was the best in acting, and each of them was an artist.
After graduating from university, Lei Jiayin entered the Shanghai Drama Arts Center, together with He Nian from the Department of Directing and Guo Jingfei from the Department of Acting, as well as Zhang Ruihan, who joined the next year, several enthusiastic young people continued their romantic youth, creating the world on the drama stage, and experiencing different lives in the world.
Since 2010, the drama market has changed, many people began to leave the drama stage, to the screen, standing at the crossroads of life, Lei Jiayin has also struggled like every persistent youth, but in life, any entanglement is not more sober than reality, drama is full of artistic charm, but life is a real reality.
In 2012, Lei Jiayin met Ning Hao, who had successfully created an absurd style comedy with works such as "Crazy Stone", and played the role of Xiao Northeast in "The Golden Robbery", this opportunity is a leap in Lei Jiayin's career, whether it is appearance or personality, Lei Jiayin has given Xiao Northeast a fresh blood, Lei Jiayin also became the best actor at the Shanghai Film Festival with this role.
Well-known directors, acting online, the collection of these two is often a red signal, just when everyone thought that this time must be done, reality once again gave Lei Jiayin the first blow with a cruel appearance, and in the following years, it was Lei Jiayin's most dazed and painful time period.
In 2015, traffic began to become a popular password, and stars rushed to the era of traffic, while Lei Jiayin was in the crew of "White Deer Plain", buried in the plain land of Xi'an and cutting wheat over and over again.
During the 8 months of filming, he struggled with unsatisfactory confusion and confusion about the role, bitter like a shackle, allowing him to merge with the dull land, and at the same time, it also allowed him to slowly breed an inseparable tenacity in the barrenness.
Who I am, where I came from, where I'm going. This philosophical question, which is difficult for anyone to answer, once surrounded Lei Jiayin's mind for a long time, and it was difficult for him to find the answer, but in the process of reading and thinking, he touched the unquenchable dream fire of actor in his heart.
Hot, unwilling, brave, persistent, just like when he rode the green leather train to Shenyang, and even more like those friends got together, drunkenly talked about movies, the ambiguous late night of artistic dreams.
In 2017, Lei Jiayin took over "The First Half of My Life", and successfully portrayed her ex-husband brother into a cute, difficult to hate character, this time, he finally became, and this year, he is 34 years old.
Mutual achievement with the role, constantly bordering the future
The train belonging to Lei Jiayin continues to move forward
From 2017 to 2021, Lei Jiayin began to be like a train on the strings, from "Assassination of a Novelist", "Chang'an Twelve O'Clock", "Whistleblower", "Antiques Bureau Middle Bureau" to "The World", he almost did not stop, just vigorously exercised extremely fast on the actor's track, and every role also lived up to expectations and received praise.
Behind such a busy work, it is naturally accompanied by a sense of fatigue, but compared with exhaustion, Lei Jiayin is more afraid that the non-stop work will wear out his sincerity and enthusiasm for acting, so before filming "The World", Lei Jiayin thought of pressing the pause button for himself, but after receiving the script, he was moved by the story and gave up the idea of resting again.
For actors, it is rare to meet good roles in life, and for characters, it is even more fortunate to be infused with the soul by excellent actors.
In "The World", Lei Jiayin gave Zhou Bingkun, a little person, an extremely ordinary, but everywhere revealed a tenacious background, among the three children, Zhou Bingkun did not reach the height of his brothers and sisters in his life, but he was the most humane and fireworks among the three, his strength lies in his responsibility to the family, his attachment to his lover, his perseverance to the future, his weakness, is also the same.
Ordinary people have never been heroes, but they are always trying to become heroes, such Zhou Bingkun is too difficult not to be profound, Lei Jiayin's few classic crying scenes, it is not skillful, in the interview, he said; "Just standing there, tears flowed."
Interpreting a character's ups and downs is not an easy task after all, this burden, Lei Jiayin resists very well and is very stable, he and the character are seamlessly integrated, and the sincerity from the inside out is the best answer Lei Jiayin gives to the character and the audience.
In recent years, Lei Jiayin has not only gained many high-quality roles, but also made many friends, Guo Jingfei has mentioned Lei Jiayin more than once in interviews, he said: "Lei Zi is a joy." ", followed by a lively story of interesting things on campus, Lei Jiayin at that time seemed to be more like a group pet that everyone likes to amuse, this friendship has continued to this day, for his friends in the evening, he has always been nostalgic, and this friendship in college will also remind him at every moment of his original intention at that time and his persistence along the way.
In the crew of "The World", everyone is called by the name in the play, and the family cares for each other like that, Yin Tao mentioned Lei Jiayin, and even ridiculed with appreciation, and the director repeatedly cried because of Lei Jiayin's interpretation.
It can be said that every time he goes to a crew, Lei Jiayin will gain some friends, and about Lei Jiayin, it is always easy for everyone to continue their friendship by joking with each other.
In the entertainment industry, such a way of getting along is especially rare, probably because Lei Jiayin has never changed his sincerity and simplicity, no matter how high he flies, he is always the optimistic and open-minded Lei Zi at that time.
There is a saying that some people usually look mediocre and simple, but as soon as they stand on the stage, they will shine brightly.
Back in time many years ago, the tall boy named Lei Jiayin boarded the train ignorantly, he didn't know where the future would go, but he clearly knew that his future must be in the direction the train was going. So, he buried himself in the crowd, always ready, and ignited the entire stage with his artistic dreams.