Xu Zheng is familiar to most viewers, mainly from the TV series "Spring Brilliant Pig Eight Commandments", in which the comedy image of the Eight Commandments of the Pig has been with Xu Zheng for many years. "The Eight Precepts of the Splendid Spring Pig" not only allowed him to harvest love, but also became a husband and wife with Xiao Taohong, the actor of Xiaolongnü in the play, it is also one of the important masterpieces of Xu Zheng's acting career. In the early days of his acting career, Xu Zheng has been unable to get rid of the comedy image in the play, and he himself is constantly looking for breakthroughs.
"The Eight Precepts of the Brilliant Spring Pig" | The source network | Tao Hong and Xu Zheng
Stills of "The Eight Precepts of the Splendid Spring Pig" | Tao Hong
Three years after starring in "The Eight Precepts of the Splendid Spring Pig", Xu Zheng and Zhang Ting collaborated on "Love Through Time and Space", in which he played Zhu Yunjiao (also written: Zhu Yunwen), the second emperor of the Ming Dynasty. There are limited historical records of Zhu Yunjiao, and his later whereabouts are a mystery, which also provides a broad imagination space for Ye Shi.
Stills from "Love Through Time and Space" | Xu Zheng and Zhang Ting
Xu Zheng's performance in this cross-over drama "Originator" "Love Through Time and Space" is different from "Eight Precepts of Spring Brilliant Pigs", which is more serious, but the occasional naughty fight has not faded the shadow in "Spring Brilliant Pig Eight Precepts". In this drama, Xu Zheng's performance is still in its infancy, and it is not a comedy performance that he is good at. This TV series is another attempt outside of Xu Zheng's comedy.
In the field of comedy, Xu Zheng's level is indisputable. In fact, in addition to comedy, Xu Zheng also has high achievements. In 2018, "I Am a Medicine God" sparked a huge discussion. The role of this film has exceeded the meaning of a film, and this is the importance of literary films. The film "I Am a Medicine God" is undoubtedly a success, but before it can be filmed, it takes courage for actors who dare to star. In the film, Xu Zheng's acting skills have been very mature.
Stills of "I Am a Medicine God" | source network
In addition to starring in "I Am a Medicine God", Xu Zheng also starred in an unpopular film "Criminals". The director of "Criminals" is Cheng Er. Director Cheng Er's works have always been of very high quality, whether it is the recent "History of the Demise of Romanticism" starring Ge You, Zhang Ziyi, Asano Tadanobu, Du Chun, Zhong Xintong, Yuan Quan and Yan Ni, or "Border Storm" starring Sun Honglei, Wang Luodan and Zhang Mo, which is a rare high-level crime suspense film.
In this "Criminal" starring Xu Zheng and Huang Yi, Xu Zheng plays the owner of a photography shop. In the film, the photographer is in a hurry to not have enough money to treat his mother, and an accident causes him to pick up a huge sum of money, which is illegally obtained and makes him a criminal. Xu Zheng's acting skills in Cheng Er's experimental film "Criminals" are still in their infancy.
Stills from "Criminals" | Xu Zheng
Interestingly, in addition to comedies, Xu Zheng's literary and artistic film characters all have hair, whether it is Cheng Yong, played in "I Am a Medicine God", or this 1999 release of "Criminals". In "I Am a Medicine God", Xu Zheng wears a fake hair to act, and xu Zheng's hair in this "Criminal" is real, and it is a Mediterranean hairstyle. Seeing Xu Zheng's hairstyle in the film, the author finally understood why Xu Zheng shaved his hair.