The criminal investigation drama "Crazy" is a low-key hit, but it is difficult to hide the temperament of "King Fried", whether it is the audience or the media, they have given praise in the first time.
And a few episodes to catch up, in addition to the advantages of compact plot and realistic style, the actors' drama is also unforgettable.
Especially in the face of rival actor Zhang Yi, whose acting skills have always been at the "ceiling level", Zhang Songwen seems to have handed over a better answer.
And behind this is the embarrassing experience of running for 17 years and being insulted by the director that "can't be an actor".
1. "Older test takers"
Zhang Songwen in "Crazy" challenged Gao Qiqiang, who turned from a fishmonger to a Hei gang boss.
This was originally a miserable little person at the bottom, but he gradually deviated from the right path in many choices and became the largest underworld force in the local area.
Zhang Songwen at the time of his appearance is a young man with a down-to-earth life, working in the vegetable market day and night every day, just for his younger brothers and sisters to have a better life.
What is more impressive is that in the first rivalry between Zhang Songwen and Zhang Yi, the director used a box of dumplings to bring their relationship closer, which can be said to be very wonderful.
Zhang Songwen's crying scene will make people empathize for a second, and may make the audience think of the bitterness of their years of work or the grievances they encountered when working outside.
Therefore, the audience even ran directly to the social platform to leave a message after watching this paragraph, which shows how amazing the acting is.
Teacher Zhang Songwen was also particularly interesting to post some welfare stills on social platforms after the start of "Crazy", and did not forget "Thank you friends who watched." ”
Perhaps, for him, waiting for this moment of national attention is not easy.
Zhang Songwen was born in 1976 in Shaoguan, Guangdong Province, to a military family, his father who had been adrift with the army for many years, and his mother, who was a doctor, was also very busy with work.
Zhang Songwen grew up in a state of almost "left-behind children", and the greatest pleasure every day is to go to the cinema in front of his house and play with the grandpa who is the gatekeeper.
Over time, he gradually became curious about the world on the big screen of the cinema.
However, just when his dream had not yet broken ground, Zhang Songwen, who was in junior high school, experienced the first bump in his life.
His mother died suddenly of illness, which caused him to suffer a blow that he should not have to bear, and his studies were ruined.
During his vocational studies, Zhang Songwen went to an electronics factory as an intern in order to subsidize his family, and later came to Dongguan after graduation to work as a worker in a printing factory.
Due to his lack of education, Zhang Songwen has changed many jobs: waiter, air conditioner installer, hotel manager and so on.
Although the difficult life is not satisfactory, it has accumulated a lot of life experience for him to be an actor in the future.
At the age of 19, Zhang Songwen didn't want to do the lowest level of work anymore, so after thinking about it, he signed up for a tour guide card.
Although this job is still 108,000 miles away from his dream of movies when he was young, it can always fill his stomach and stop whispering.
In the 5th year of working as a tour guide, Zhang Songwen began to think about change again.
Although his family and friends could not understand it, the 24-year-old still resolutely quit his well-paid job and came to Beijing to enter the film academy.
In 2000, Zhang Songwen, who knew nothing about acting, originally went to the directing department, but because the department did not have an enrollment plan that year, he forced himself to apply for acting.
In the examination room, Zhang Songwen was lucky to encounter a problem: the teacher asked 25 candidates to complete a fragment together, assuming that they were part of a tour group stranded on an isolated island.
Unexpectedly, everyone was thinking about how to perform a panicked tourist, and only Zhang Songwen got the remaining role of the tour guide.
There is no doubt that Zhang Songwen's performance this time is wonderful and familiar, so he was unexpectedly admitted and successfully admitted to the acting high vocational class of Beiying, and became classmates with Che Xiao, Zhou Wei and others.
2. "Crazy Trick"
However, successfully entering a professional art school was not a smooth beginning for Zhang Songwen's dream of setting sail, and there was a long and bumpy long distance waiting for him.
First of all, Zhang Songwen's Mandarin was not good, which directly led to his line class being a mess, and the school ordered him to practice Mandarin well in 4 months, otherwise he could only withdraw from school.
In desperation, he chose to correct his accent in a stone-containing way, and sometimes his wife tried hard to numb her tongue, and finally overcame this problem.
Tenacious perseverance and determination to be an actor have made Zhang Songwen's achievements during his four years in Beiying quite excellent, and he is also the president of the student union.
At the time of graduation, he was left behind to become an acting teacher - to this, Zhang Songwen once said modestly in an interview:
"That's all a waste, after all, I haven't acted before, how can I teach others?"
In fact, Zhang Songwen was a real "drama idiot" during his time in Beiying, and he played Yu Ji in the stage play "Farewell My Concubine" that year, and won an award.
But behind this is that he repeatedly watched relevant literary and film and television works for this role, and even ran to Mei Lanfang Peking Opera Troupe to see how the actors did, until there was a moment when he suddenly "became empowered".
However, all kinds of excellent results for Zhang Songwen, these are not satisfied, in his spare time, he took his resume to the crew everywhere to look for opportunities.
In two years, Zhang Songwen ran more than 300 crews, but he didn't even get a dragon set role.
At that time, there was also a director who looked at him and said with disdain:
"The thick lower lip, deep nasolabial folds, and outward nostrils make it too difficult to make a bad face. You also have a pair of triangular eyes, and you are destined to miss the positive character! You look like this, don't be an actor..."
The frustrated Zhang Songwen also thought about giving up, but at this time, his teacher in Beiying encouraged: "Since I recruited you into the acting department back then, it means that you are suitable to be an actor, don't give up." ”
So when it was hardest, Zhang Songwen also gritted his teeth and survived, so he met a sitcom "Dragon Riding Monster" in 2004.
This was the second TV series that Zhang Songwen, who was 28 years old at the time, participated in the filming, and the director determined after watching him a scene: "He is the 'Jiafa' I am looking for." ”
Although this sitcom has a good reputation in Guangdong, it did not make Zhang Songwen famous, and even was suspected of not being an actor.
Once, he and his classmates went to an interview together, but the director looked at him and asked, "Are you from Cantonese?" You see, you are short, brainy, like an ape-man, you can't be an actor! ”
Maybe there is really no empathy in this world, only Zhang Songwen himself knows what he experienced for a person with a dream of acting at that time.
But fortunately, he did not give up.
While working as an acting teacher of Beiying, he still "played soy sauce" in one work after another - until 2008, Zhang Songwen "took risks" again, left Beiying, and set up his own acting studio.
Although there is no splash in the audience, it has gradually gained a reputation in the industry, Lin Zhiling, Zhong Hanliang and other stars have also specifically sought him to learn acting skills, and Ning Hao has also specially asked Zhang Songwen to give performance guidance to his works.
At the same time, Zhang Songwen's years of hard work were also recognized and rewarded, and director Lou Ye invited him to participate in his work "Spring Breeze Drunken Night".
In it, Zhang Songwen gradually enriched Han Ming, the factory boss who originally had only two scenes, into an important role in the 15-minute scene.
After that, the two collaborated together on "A Cloud Made of Rain in the Wind", and at this time, Zhang Songwen had already become famous for his acting skills, but he was still willing to work hard to gain weight for the role.
Even in order to restore the real state of the character, Zhang Songwen pulled out the hair on his forehead and went to work at the Urban Construction Committee a month before the start-up.
It is precisely because of this that on the day of the start-up, he was mistaken by many staff for a small cadre who strayed into the set by local staff, which shows how expressive he is.
3. "Late bloomer"
And the role that really brought Zhang Songwen into the audience's hearts was the businessman father Zhu Yongping who was involved in the contradictory father's love in the suspense drama "Hidden Corner" broadcast in 2020.
——On this day, from being admitted to Beiying to being seen, Zhang Songwen walked for 20 years, 17 of which he was running tricks.
Perhaps in "Hidden Corner", Zhang Songwen's first memorable scene is when he eats wonton on the side of the road.
In fact, this is his first scene after entering the group, there are only 2 lines on the script, but he communicates with the director, hoping to continue acting along with the emotions of the "son" on the other side.
In order to restore the tragic situation of his daughter's sudden and unexpected death, Zhang Songwen went on a hunger strike for three days and stayed up for several nights, just to restore the realism of the characters immediately when the camera was turned on.
And when he first got the script before, when most actors only paid attention to what was written in the script, Zhang Songwen asked a lot of questions:
"How old is Zhu Yongping?
Is it a local or an out-of-town? What is the education?
How did you meet Zhou Chunhong? What year did you get married?
When did you meet Wang Yao? How is it different from the situation of serving wine when Zhou Chunhong and Wang Yao were married respectively? ”
In this way, Zhang Songwen's overnight popularity because of Zhu Yongping's role is not an accident, behind this is the actor's many efforts to shape the role, and it is also the biggest difference between him and other actors.
With Zhang Songwen's popularity, the 44-year-old's daily life was also amplified by the media, and people found that such an excellent actor was still unmarried and rented.
Yes, when he walks out of the screen, he can quickly withdraw from the character and keep an appropriate distance from the outside world.
Zhang Songwen lives in the countryside of Shunyi, Beijing's sixth ring road, and whenever villagers collect wheat and turn the land, he goes to help when he has time.
He also raised 4 or 5 hundred flowers and plants, and spent the rest of the day tending to them, hardly attending socializing, interviewing, or even partying.
Zhang Songwen has his own reason:
"I don't want to be overexposed, overexposure will not be able to go out and observe life, more people are observing you, and the nutrients will be broken."
However, after "Hidden Corner" was a hit, Zhang Songwen went to participate in the recording of "I am an Actor".
This may be a little different from the life trajectory he used to follow, and his original intention is also true: "As an acting teacher, I should tell the young actors what I know without reservation. ”
Next, Zhang Songwen, who began to play continuously, did not stay in a certain comfort zone, but constantly challenged different types of roles:
For example, Li Dazhao in "Revolutionary", Ni Zeren in "Lyceum Theater", and the "nouveau riche" Zhanxiang in "Home of the Heart"...
Every character is so vivid and authentic – that's the power of Zhang Songwen.
Until the hit "Crazy", he seemed to inject the soul of fishmonger Gao Qiqiang into his body and became a "sea god needle" like role in the play.
Perhaps, the appreciation of many viewers today is enough to show:
The teenager who broke all the way from Guangdong to Beijing and embarked on the journey with only a love and stubbornness finally achieved his childhood dream, which is gratifying!
44-year-old Zhang Songwen is still expected! I look forward to more excellent works from him.