The 61-year-old "late festival is not guaranteed", fame and fortune, can not save actor Wu Gang

3 years ago, the male frequency drama "Qing Yu Nian" was broadcast, which set off a frenzy of chasing dramas that year.

Throughout the entire drama actors, the most loved by the audience is not the male advocate Ruoyun, but the two fathers of the male protagonist - "Qing Emperor" Chen Daoming and "Chen Pingping" Wu Gang.

"Chen Pingping" is an old fox who leaves the soft belly to Ye Qianmei mother and son, and aims its sharp minions at Emperor Qing, and the whole role is played well by Wu Gang.

3 years later, Wu Gang acted in a costume drama again, playing the villain "Fan Yuan" in "Daming under the Microscope", but his performance was not satisfactory.

His name is no longer a ratings guarantee, but a lightning protection keyword for the audience, "Wu Gang still forget it", "acting skills are overrated", "see that face will jump the scene".

From the old drama bones recognized by the audience to "see him and make a play", Wu Gang only used 3 years, more precisely, only one "Crazy".

But if you look closely, you will find that Wu Gang's "late festival is not guaranteed" at the age of 61, not from a drama, but from fame and fortune.

01 The first half of a late bloomer

Wu Gang's path as an actor was not smooth, he was born in Beijing to a double-military family, and he accepted the strict requirements of his family from an early age, and his parents hoped that he could inherit his father's business and serve the motherland when he grew up.

However, Wu Gang has his own ideas, and his ambitions have changed since he collaborated with teacher You Benchang on children's dramas when he was 10 years old.

After graduating from high school, Wu Gang applied for the Central Academy of Drama and the Coal Mine Cultural Troupe, but unfortunately failed.

Under the arrangement of his parents, Wu Gang entered the neighborhood committee to work and served iron rice bowls.

The "iron rice bowl" is like a walled city, people outside want to go in, and people inside want to come out.

The tedious work did not wear away Wu Gang's desire for performance, but it made him more firm in the idea of becoming an actor.

At the age of 23, Wu Gang resolutely quit his iron rice bowl and applied for the Beijing Renyi exam, fortunately becoming a member of the Renyi trainee training class.

Entering the training course is only the first step, people who are not good enough cannot stay, but fortunately, Wu Gang seized the opportunity and became an official actor of Renyi.

In Renyi, Wu Gang met his wife Yue Xiuqing, and also met a group of friends, known as the "Five Tigers of Renyi" together with Feng Yuanzheng, Wang Gang, Ding Zhicheng and Gao Dongping.

Wu Gang and Yue Xiuqing's acting path is just the opposite, when Yue Xiuqing has already played the protagonist in the drama and guest starred in film and television dramas, Wu Gang is still running tricks on the drama stage.

After running for 10 years, he played the first protagonist in his life in "Mutiny", but fortunately, the response to this play was very good, and Wu Gang won the Golden Lion Award.

By the time Wu Gang made a name for himself in the film and television industry, it was already 2009, when he was 47 years old.

The role of "Wang Jinxi" in the movie "Iron Man" helped him win the Golden Rooster Award for actor, and "Lu Qiaoshan" in the TV series "Lurking" made him well known to the audience.

When he brought the role of "Secretary Dakang" in "In the Name of the People" and "Secretary Dakang" into the audience's attention again, it had been another 8 years.

02 The name of dedication is difficult to accept

If an actor wants to gain a foothold in the film and television industry, he must have two things: one is acting skills, and the other is artistic ethics.

Wu Gang is not lacking in these two things, but both are missing, which will put him in the embarrassing situation he is in now.

In terms of acting skills, Wu Gang's drama path is actually very limited.

Throughout Wu Gang's out-of-circle roles, from "Lu Qiaoshan", "Li Dakang", "Chen Pingping" to "Xu Zhong", regardless of good and evil, the characters are all thoughtful and powerful.

This kind of character has less emotional outward expression, and occasionally gives the audience a contrast, but the main thing is to pay attention to being restrained and deep, to give the audience an elusive, joyful and intangible sense of majesty.

If you want to express this feeling, the actor's expression must not be too pompous, but should impress the audience with eye play and micro-expressions.

Since "Qing Yu Nian", Wu Gang's facial muscles have become more and more stiff, micro-expressions cannot be made, and large expressions make people play, not to mention a pair of eye-piercing European-style double eyelids.

It is said that in "Crazy", "Xu Zhong" shouted the names of the martyrs with the entire police force in order to persuade "Yang Jian", which not only expressed his condolences for the martyrs, his hatred for "Yang Jian", and his determination to fight the darkness, which was very moving.

But Wu Gang turned a sensational drama into a roaring scene, his expression was too strong, he said that the lines were not breathy, and the audience could not enter the play, only feeling embarrassed.

This brings us to Wu Gang's second problem - Yide, to put it more simply, dedication.

In terms of artistic ethics, Wu Gang is very dedicated, but unfortunately, he also "ruined" too dedicated.

When filming "Iron Man" in winter, I jumped into the cement over and over again, just to bring out the best results.

His large European-style eyelids, which were much complained about during the "In the Name of the People" period, actually come from the set accident of "Iron Man".

During the filming of the "blowout" plot, Wu Gang's upper eyelid was unfortunately pierced by mud, and his eyes were saved after surgery, and his eyelids became European-style large pairs.

As for the puffy and stiff face, the director of "Crazy" helped explain: At that time, Wu Gang's kidney stones were very serious, and there was a situation of hydronephrosis, which led to swollen face.

As soon as this remark came out, netizens praised their dedication, but some netizens questioned this statement.

The reason for questioning is also very simple, Wu Gang's wife Yue Xiuqing seems to love medical beauty and has turned her natural face into a technological face, and Wu Gang is likely to be influenced by her.

And Wu Gang also said in an interview that he went for plastic surgery one day to get a good look (face), but Xiao 8 felt that this was mostly a joke.

But whether it is dedication or medical beauty, Wu Gang's face is stiff is a fact, and it is also a fact that the audience looks at the play, and it is even more a fact that it is not suitable to appear in the main play.

Perhaps before the state of his face is restored, Wu Gang can suspend filming first, so that he will not suffer and lose his reputation.

03 Profit for the son, bad reputation

What makes the audience more unbearable than the stiff face is Wu Gang's "bringing the family into the group", especially the two he brought in, the performance is quite collapsed.

There are 4 second generations of stars in "Crazy", including Wang Xiao, the actor of "Yang Jian", Wang Hong, the actor of "Li Qing", Lin Jiachuan, the actor of "Tang Xiaolong", and Wu Yuqing, the actor of "Gao Xiaochen".

Wu Yuqing is not from a science class, and returned to China after finishing college in the United States to develop, and participated in the variety show "All the Way to Adulthood" with his father Wu Gang in 2019, which should have had the idea of stepping into the entertainment industry since then.

Wu Gang also participated in this reality show, just to pave the way for his son, but Wu Yuqing really has no audience popularity, and the couple's doting on him is also controversial.

In the show, as soon as Wu Yuqing and her mother met, they kissed in front of the camera, or mouth-to-mouth.

Although no matter how old the child is, it is a mother's baby, but Wu Yuqing is an adult after all, and such intimacy is really incomprehensible.

When the program group asked Wu Yuqing what his source of income was when he became an adult, Wu Yuqing also answered as a matter of course: "Gnawing the old!" ”

It's always a fact, Wu Yuqing is also frank and free, but people can't like it.

In "Crazy", "Gao Xiaochen" played by Wu Yuqing has exaggerated acting skills, a hard expression, and harsh lines, and he belongs to the one who drags his feet among the actors in the whole drama.

Relying on his father to enter the group, he also acted rarely, and Wu Yuqing was really not wronged at all when he was scolded.

Yue Xiuqing and Wu Gang have been playing husband and wife since the "In the Name of the People" period, and this time she also played Wu Gang's wife in "Crazy".

In fact, Yue Xiuqing's acting skills are still online, that is, the image does not match the "leader lady", and the face full of science and technology also makes the audience instantly play.

Xiao 8 can fully understand Wu Gang's behavior of taking his wife and son into the group to film, of course, people who are fathers have to find ways to help their sons pave the way, and there are many such situations in real life.

But film and television dramas are for the national audience, when the father's paved road for his son is smooth, the son must also use strength to persuade the audience, the son does not have the strength to be a father but insists on it, that family should be complained about by the audience.

With Wu Gang and Yue Xiuqing's parents, Wu Yuqing will have a lot of acting opportunities, I only hope that he can compete for more energy, hone his acting skills more, and stop "pit daddy"!

Actors are also mortals, with their own joys, sorrows, and parent-child feelings. As a father, Wu Gang's choice can be understood.

But as an actor, his behavior affects the effect of film and television dramas and affects the audience's perception, so it is inevitable that word of mouth will decline and be complained.

Finally, Little 8 also wishes Mr. Wu Gang to recover his health as soon as possible and continue to bring more works to the audience.