Mention the "Ancient Puzzle Boy" series of films, such as Chen Haonan, Pheasant, Da Tian'er, Jiang Tianyang, Liang Kun... Who do you remember these classic characters?
Among the many villains, the fierce character of "Brother Crow" naturally has to be mentioned, and it is most appropriate to describe him in one sentence: "a brave and resourceful scum"!
From the perspective of the movie itself, the "crow" played by Zhang Yaoyang, who is full of wild handsomeness in his uninhibitedness, and has the personality of a daredevil jianghu person, worthy of being the "best of the scum", the closest to the original "dead pervert".
The movie is so completely bad, what kind of person is Zhang Yaoyang in life? Having once "lost himself", has he found the way to come?
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In an interview, Zhang Yaoyang described himself this way: "I am a person who is very quiet on the outside and hot on the inside. ”
Judging from Zhang Yaoyang's rough and fierce face alone, he asserted that he was a "bad person", which was indeed too arbitrary.
Such a person who is "extremely vicious" in the movie, he resettled his home in Tai Po, Hong Kong, a suburb close to Shenzhen and far from the downtown area.
In addition, he bought a farm there, and when he was not filming, he took pleasure in growing flowers and vegetables, and lived a rural life in a paradise.
In Hong Kong in the 1960s, the "Hollywood of the East" officially rose, and under the leadership of Shaw Films, major film and television companies gradually formed an era of "a hundred flowers blooming".
In 1963, Zhang Yaoyang was born in Hong Kong to a family of nine with "many mothers and many mothers", and his ancestral home was Guangdong.
In this treasure land of inches of land, Zhang Yaoyang's family has a very hard life, and nine people are crowded in a house of more than 10 square meters, experiencing a suffocating snail life.
At that time, because his parents were just ordinary workers and their wages could not be made up for, Zhang Yaoyang and his brothers and sisters always ate and did not eat.
The bitterness of life once overwhelmed the family.
In order to help his parents reduce their burden, Zhang Yaoyang began to wander into society without reading a few schools.
During this period, he worked as a handyman and porter, and experienced hardships in the world.
After slowly surviving the painful childhood, at the age of seventeen or eighteen, he finally ushered in the opportunity to change his destiny.
At that time, he was not only handsome, but also had a large head of one meter and eight meters, and his figure was relatively strong, in addition to not being rich, he was tall and handsome.
By chance, Zhang Yaoyang, who was walking on the street, was discovered by a model scout and has since become a model specializing in advertising.
Since the early 1980s, Hong Kong film and television have become more prosperous, and people from all walks of life have begun to seek transformation and hope to develop in the film and television field.
In 1986, Lin Lingdong was preparing for the film "Dragon and Tiger Storm" for New Art City, recruiting actors for the whole of Hong Kong.
At this time, 21-year-old Zhang Yaoyang, after being a model for a period of time, has become a little famous in the advertising industry, and also has the idea of developing in the show business circle.
Faced with this great opportunity, Zhang Yaoyang held the mentality of trying it out and went to New Art City Film and Television Company to audition.
On the day of the interview, Lin Lingdong looked at the "tall and handsome" young man in front of him, and immediately received the most precious treasure and took him under his command.
Prior to this, Lin Lingdong made films such as "Yin and Yang Mistake" and "Eros One" for New Art City, but almost all of them were street-throwing works, so that people in the directorial circle spoke softly.
In 1987, "Dragon and Tiger" was officially released, and won 10 nominations for best film at the 7th Hong Kong Film Awards, and Lin Lingdong took the best director award into his arms and has since become famous.
In this drama film starring Chow Yun Fat, Lee Xiu-hyun, Wu Jiali and other big names, Zhang Yaoyang plays a police officer, and although the role is not much, it has left a deep impression on the audience.
After the film was filmed, Lin Lingdong described Zhang Yaoyang like this: he raised his chin and looked at people from above and down with his eyes, that look was really annoying, I didn't need him to do any performance, as long as he posed this pose.
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Following "Dragon and Tiger Storm", Lin Lingdong continued to work hard and successively launched "Campus Storm" and "Prison Storm".
Zhang Yaoyang, 23, has since started his villain journey.
In "Campus Storm", the "dashing brother" played by Zhang Yaoyang is arrogant and fierce, making the audience eager to eat its flesh and sleep on its skin.
In "Prison Storm", it is to play a murderous and fierce prison guard, a look makes people shudder, and the means of the whole person are even more heinous, simply bad to the bone.
With the film, Zhang Yaoyang was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the 7th Hong Kong Film Awards, and although he did not win, he was a well-deserved "golden supporting actor".
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The success of the Fengyun series of films, Zhang Yaoyang was officially labeled as a villain, which made him feel both painful and sweet.
For an actor, the greatest success is to make the audience remember the role he or she has played.
From this point of view, Zhang Yaoyang has really done it.
However, from another aspect, his appearance is at the top, and it is not necessary to take the idol route.
The success of the rebel character dooms him to make his transformation more difficult.
Since the early 1990s, Zhang Yaoyang has also played a number of roles that are both good and evil, such as the principled "anti-black group police officer Liang Zhenbang" in "Impact on the Heavenly Son's Protégé", the mighty "big brother" in "Wild Fairy Tale", "Huang Dagang" in "The Knife Club of the Heroic Land", and the gold medal thug "Luo Jixian" in "Infernal Affairs"...
Among these few positive characters, he has two eyes and three points of tenderness.
Compared to decent characters, his "bad guy market" is better, and how can directors and producers easily let him transform?
In 1992, Zhang Yaoyang and Maggie Cheung starred in the feature film "White Rose". Friends who have seen the film should no longer question that he can only play the bad guy.
In the film, Zhang Yaoyang played the underworld boss Roy, and the insurance salesman played by Maggie Cheung had a long-term relationship, and staged a human sadomasochism.
With superb acting skills, Zhang Yaoyang interpreted "Iron Man Tenderness" into three points, which made the audience look at it with astonishment.
Zhang Yaoyang once expressed his love for acting like this: I like the pleasure that acting brings me, and only at that moment can I really find my own position.
When asked by the media why he could play the villain so well, he said very confidently: Born in that era, the bad guys in life can be seen everywhere, and they are used to watching, and it is easy to act.
In the mid-to-late 1990s, with the gradual rise of mainland film and television, coupled with the flood of pirated discs, the output of "Oriental Hollywood" was gradually decreasing, and it gradually fell to the altar.
In this extraordinary period, in order to save the decline of Hong Kong films, Wang Jing took a risk and decided to shoot the "Ancient Puzzle Boy" series of films.
With the fire of the first "Ancient Puzzle Boy in the Jianghu", Wang Jing continued to exert her strength and successively launched a number of series of films such as "The Raptor of The Ancient Puzzle Boy Crossing the River" and "The Hand of the Ancient Puzzle Boy Covers the Sky".
In "The Hand of the Ancient Puzzle Boy Covers the Sky", Zhang Yaoyang played the bad guy to the extreme.
In the film, the "Dongsheng Crow" played by him covered the sky with his hands, not only shot and killed Jiang Tiansheng, but also married Chen Haonan, insulted the little dumb, and finally was burned to death at the funeral of the Dongxing camel, which can be described as a great pleasure.
And his domineering lifting of the table in the film has also become a famous scene in Hong Kong films, which is still fresh in people's minds.
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In the following time, Zhang Yaoyang went on to star in "The Battle of Ancient Puzzle Boy 4 Invincible" and "Ancient Puzzle Boy 6 The Winner is King", also appearing as a villain.
Since he was a "bad guy", Zhang Yaoyang was also "at ease", because it was his "rice bowl", and if he served it, he had to be ashamed.
However, back to reality, he will also feel distressed about this, after all, looking at the entire show business circle, few people are willing to be a villain for a lifetime.
Since then, Zhang Yaoyang has once again starred in films such as "Beast Police", "Gunfire", "Jianghu Emergency" and other films, and his acting skills are textbooks.
It is worth mentioning that with "Gunfire" and "Jianghu Emergency", the former won the Best Supporting Actor at the 5th Hong Kong Film Golden Bauhinia Awards, and the latter was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the 20th Hong Kong Film Awards.
As an ordinary actor, Zhang Yaoyang's brilliance or loneliness are accompanied by the rapid development of Hong Kong film and television.
After the millennium, many Hong Kong artists have reached the point where they have no jobs.
Once upon a time, Zhang Yaoyang, who received a soft hand when he received a play, couldn't help but sigh because there was no drama to shoot: I really want to act!
At this time, he also slowly realized that no matter how good Hong Kong is, it is just a piece of the motherland' projectile land, and only by truly throwing itself into the arms of his mother can it flourish for a long time.
In 2004, Zhang Yaoyang officially entered the mainland film and television circle, partnering Li Wei and Chen Hao, and starring in the idol drama "My Wulin Boyfriend".
This year, he is only 41 years old, and it is reasonable to say that whether it is appearance or acting skills, it is the "year of the fight".
However, in order to live and for the sake of the acting career he loves, he had to take over what he thought was a bad film and a bad drama.
In the years since, he has slowly become optimistic and cheerful, enjoying the beauty of the mainland, and not forgetting to take over the works of some Hong Kong directors.
In 2008, Zhang Yaoyang in the process of filming, due to overwork, triggered the dislocation of the intervertebral disc, and then caused waist strain, and then evolved a series of serious sequelae.
During that time, he was in pain to the point of wanting to commit suicide, but fortunately, after the doctor's good inducement, this dispelled the terrible idea of taking his own life.
But it is also the recuperation of this time, the "crow brother" who once dominated the film industry faded out of the show business circle and almost disappeared.
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What is it like to have a birthday in prison? Ordinary people can't feel it, but Zhang Yaoyang can tell you the answer.
Born on July 20, 1963, Zhang Yaoyang returned to Beijing after attending a friend's wedding in Hebei on July 2, 2014, and was arrested by the police on the spot, on the grounds of taking D products.
As soon as the news came out, the audience who liked and disliked him thought that he had just staged a realistic version of "Prison Storm", and he just starred in his true colors.
Of course, there are also Zhang Yaoyang's iron fans, saying that he just can't stand the pain and suffering, which is why he embarked on the road of sucking D and should be forgiven.
Such remarks are sad and ridiculous!
I believe that even if Si Qi does not explain the harm of D product, everyone here knows it.
Anyway, since then, Zhang Yaoyang has become a real "bad artist", and it is even more difficult to turn around.
What makes fans feel the most strangled sigh is that he has played many classic roles, and his contribution to the film industry is so great that he could have achieved success and retired, but he wanted to be ruined.
For such a bad artist, not banning is not enough for the people to be indignant; not banning is not enough to comfort those anti-drug heroes who sacrificed!
The prodigal son does not change his gold, and returns to his hometown to be a sage!
In recent years, Zhang Yaoyang has been using practical actions to tell everyone that he has lost his way.
Because of his "bad deeds", he changed his route and went to Macau to do business, and the proceeds were used to help those in need.
From Tibet to Qinghai, along the way, you can see him donating money and materials, personally doing public welfare.
As a native of Hong Kong, he endured unbearable pain in his waist and was not afraid of altitude sickness, carrying large bags of condolences to send a trace of warmth to the poor people.
In the photos that flowed out, the once cruel and fierce "Crow Brother", he has aged and replaced him with a kind and kind public welfare person.
He happily communicates with children and talks about life with the elderly...
epilogue:
Buddha: The sea of suffering is boundless, and the back is the shore!
For every artist who has gone the wrong way, where is the "shore" and how to turn back?
As an ordinary person, Zhang Yaoyang has lost his way, and he will get the blessing and forgiveness of everyone.
However, as a "bad artist", "Brother Crow" cannot return to the film world and can no longer find the way to come.
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