Evaluating an actor's acting skills is never based on how much he plays.
In 1991, "The Silence of the Lambs" was released.
Starring Anthony Hopkins played only 16 minutes.
But with superb acting skills, he conquered the Oscar judges and created a record for winning the actor in the shortest time.
In 2021, the TV series "Merit" is a hit.
This drama consists of 8 unit dramas, and Wang Lei is only the starring role of the first unit drama "Nengwen Nengwu Li Yannian".
In the 48-episode drama, he is only the starring role in the first 6 episodes, but this does not affect his super-god play.
He also defeated opponents such as Yu Hewei, Zhang Jiayi, Huang Xuan and other opponents with this drama and won the Feitian Award for Best Actor.
Using the fewest scenes and performing the best effect is the lifelong pursuit of all actors.
Recently, another veteran actor has unlocked this achievement, and he is Wang Zhiwen.
20 years ago, Wang Zhiwen was the first brother of the TV series at that time.
At his peak, no matter how many big coffees there were in the play, he was the first male protagonist.
But after filming "Black Ice", because of his mother's illness, he took the initiative to reduce his workload.
Many people did not understand why he retreated bravely, and Wang Zhiwen responded calmly: "The work is endless." ”
After that, Wang Zhiwen did not shoot variety shows, did not accept advertisements, and did not make bad films, almost in a semi-hidden state.
Although he is not in the rivers and lakes, his legends can be heard everywhere.
Today, Wang Zhiwen is recognized as the "God of Lines" in the industry.
Powerful actor Wang Jinsong said in an interview:
"Teacher Wang Zhiwen's play can be listened to with your ears, without looking at you, you can feel his movements, his behavior, and his rhythm just by listening."
Wang Zhiwen is also recognized as the ultimate representative of experiential actors.
His acting never relies on external methods to strengthen, it is completely integrated into his real experience, and finally presents a very relaxed state.
Although he has been crowned a god in the industry, Wang Zhiwen does not seem to care about his false name.
Over the years, the phenomenon of competing for positions in the film and television industry has been very serious, but Wang Zhiwen has never fought for this.
Most of his works over the years have played supporting roles.
For example, "Beijing Meets Seattle: The Love Letter", "One Step Away", and "Rebel".
Although there are not many scenes, his performances are impressive every time.
And recently, he has done the ultimate in the spy war drama "Infernal".
The whole drama brings together powerful actors such as Jin Dong, Wang Likun, Zhang Zhijian, etc., and Wang Zhiwen is a "special starring actor", and there is a twisty story behind this.
Before the filming of this drama began, Chen Daoming first recommended the script and director to Jin Dong, and suggested that he play the protagonist.
Originally, the two were also going to cooperate again in the play, but before the start of filming, Chen Daoming could not participate in the filming due to schedule conflicts.
The whole drama suddenly lacks a "fixed sea god needle".
At this time, Wang Zhiwen took over the burden and entered the crew to start shooting.
After the series started, many viewers were looking forward to Wang Zhiwen's performance.
But it was not until the end of episode 7 that Wang Zhiwen appeared, and he officially appeared in episode 8.
In the first 10 episodes, his scenes add up to only 3 scenes, with a total duration of less than 10 minutes.
In this spy war drama, the protagonists such as Jin Dong and Wang Likun are flying away, and there are a large number of eye-catching action scenes.
Almost all of Wang Zhiwen's plays are indoor plays, and most of them sit there and rely on speaking lines to complete the performance.
But none of this can hide Wang Zhiwen's brilliance.
In the limited performance time and performance space, Wang Zhiwen still grasped the essence of the performance and became the acting responsibility of the whole play.
To understand how good Wang Zhiwen's acting skills are in the play, we must first sort out the special background of this drama.
This "Infernal" is very interesting.
Qi Dao is a director, a screenwriter, or a starring actor.
This makes the whole work present a rare unified tone.
But he was obviously not satisfied with making a mediocre spy war drama, but bravely made a "three-move dangerous move".
The first step is the extremely complex relationship between characters.
Traditional spy war dramas generally only set up two forces: the enemy and us.
For example, the puppet Manchu government and our party in "Cliff", the Kuomintang and the Communist Party in "Lurking", our party and international organizations in "Odds".
Such a black and white setting makes it easy for the audience to understand the plot, but it does not reflect the turbulent social reality at that time.
The story of "Infernal" is set in Shanghai after the "island period".
Although liberation is approaching, all forces are still entrenched in the Yangtze River Delta region, staging open and secret battles.
This drama reflects the social reality at that time very well.
The director introduced at least the Quartet forces.
On one side is the Wang pseudo-secret service organization, who worked for the Japanese and persecuted the anti-war people;
On one side are the Japanese secret services, who collect intelligence in Shanghai and wait for the opportunity to counterattack when the general trend has passed;
On the one hand, Chongqing's military command agency installed in Shanghai, they collect intelligence in Shanghai and feed it back to Chongqing for decision-making;
On one side are our party's intelligence agencies and the underground organizations set up in Shanghai.
That is, the common "protagonist's perspective" in spy war dramas.
When the four forces are introduced, the relationship between the characters of the entire play will become "intertwined".
Suspense is there, but it also greatly raises the threshold for chasing dramas, which is a dangerous move.
The second step is dangerous, the traditional spy war dramas are mainly "fighting wisdom", but this drama has added a lot of "fighting brave" bridges.
In addition to playing psychological warfare in the office, the protagonist also runs outside from time to time to have a sports battle.
You will see Wang Likun pick up a sniper rifle to snipe enemies;
Jin Dong fell from a cliff and his life and death are unknown;
Director Qi Dao turned into a ruthless person and tortured Jin Dong to extract a confession in the play;
Almost every episode will have a gunfight scene, the protagonist is often exposed to the muzzle of the black hole, and several people are offline in each episode.
This innovation makes "Infernal" more like an action movie many times.
The pace is more compact, but it is a bit deviating from the essence of spy war dramas, which is also a dangerous move.
The third dangerous move is to keep reversing.
The plot of "Infernal" is complicated, but it is simply summarized in one sentence: reverse and reverse and reverse.
The protagonist and his friend, who grew up together in an orphanage at the beginning, in the same room in the later stage and became a bitter rival.
The two male and female protagonists, who were still in love a second ago, were reluctant.
In the next second, you can immediately turn your face and not recognize people.
The composition of all the characters in the play has always been in doubt.
One moment like a good person, one moment like an undercover agent, one moment a friend of tribulation, the other is incompatible.
It is no exaggeration to say that if you chase half of the 40-episode drama, you may still not be able to judge who is right and who is evil.
And the constant reversal of the plot can almost break the audience's waist.
Of course, spy war dramas rely on reversal, but the continuous use of reversal is easy to cause character distortion, and the audience will also produce aesthetic fatigue.
This is still a dangerous move.
After three dangerous moves, the audience also had an initial impression of this drama.
So after watching the first 7 episodes, many people's impression was that it was not so much a spy war drama as it was a script kill.
At this time, Wang Zhiwen appeared, which suddenly made the texture of the whole drama different.
Let's watch Wang Zhiwen's first scene first.
The previous stories all took place in Shanghai and Hangzhou.
By episode 8, the director opened his hand and focused the camera on Chongqing.
The vision of the whole drama suddenly broadened.
Wang Zhiwen plays the deputy director of the military command, as soon as he appears, he shows the audience a back, not angry and self-threatening.
He sat down slowly, with a murderous aura on his face.
Notice the bags under his eyes, which are full of play.
Then there is a vista, with his subordinates separated on two sides, Wang Zhiwen sitting in the middle, and behind him is a portrait of Sun Yat-sen.
The oppressive force of the Chongqing military system came out at once.
Then his subordinates reported a call from Shanghai, and Wang Zhiwen's eyebrows were exuding a big guy style.
In the same scene, we watched Wang Zhiwen call again and ask if the protagonist was his own.
There is no sound in the front lens, and there is already a fierce face in the side lens.
This kind of effect of peaking on the side of the ridge from a distance, only he can complete.
Let's look at Wang Zhiwen's second scene.
Traveling on a rainy night, the little brother around him holds an umbrella.
He got out of the car and walked straight towards us, and this look alone was already chilling.
This scene was also cut into the trailer.
After entering the office and sitting down, the flash officer came to report the work.
We looked at Wang Zhiwen, we didn't make any expressions, a tactical crooked neck and crooked mouth, and the aura came out.
The actor of the flash official is Zhang Zhijian, who is also a powerful old drama bone.
With Zhang Zhijian's tacit cooperation, this scene is full of stamina.
One is only a promise, the other is domineering, but what is hidden in the hearts of both of them, no one can tell.
Don't worry, let's watch Wang Zhiwen's third scene.
He took the car to negotiate.
Suits, top hats, black sunglasses, what can't hide is the edge of the heart.
After seeing the other party, Wang Zhiwen looked at the face full of smiles, like a spring breeze.
But from the side, there seem to be countless conspiracies hidden behind the smile.
As he reads the dialogue, sunglasses cover his eyes.
But the tightly locked brows, the trembling muscles at the corners of the mouth, and the deliberately crooked neck still hit the two words acting on the screen.
When Pico introduced these three scenes, he did not deliberately emphasize the plot.
But I believe that you have only seen a few screenshots of Wang Zhiwen's expression, and you have already made up a shocking drama in your brain.
And 3 scenes in his first 10 episodes give the character three different faces, making this villain unfathomable.
Wang Zhiwen is the god of lines, his play does not need to look at the picture, just listening to the sound is exciting enough.
But Pi Ge wants to say that Wang Zhiwen is the god of acting.
His play does not need to know the plot, just look at a few stills, you can automatically continue the plot.
Before Wang Zhiwen appeared, the effect of the drama "Infernal" was lively, and there was some noise in addition to the excitement.
But after Wang Zhiwen appeared, he seemed to watch the cat-and-mouse game performed on the board with the perspective of God, and the whole drama precipitated at once.
The constantly reversing plot instantly has a grip, and the erratic characters instantly have a backbone.
And the director's three-move dangerous move reverberated at this moment and became loud.
A good actor does not necessarily determine the success of a drama, but he can certainly hold the lower limit of a drama.
Wang Zhiwen in "Infernal" is such an example.
He used the most refined performance to support the lower limit of the entire play.
With him, the director can boldly let go of himself.
No matter how imaginative the plot is, it can be dragged back to the ground by him;
No matter how complicated the relationship between the characters, it can come together to this point.
As netizens commented: As soon as Wang Zhiwen appears, the glory of Chinese spy war dramas will return.
Now that "Infernal" has been broadcast, it has won the first place in ratings for 12 consecutive days, and Wang Zhiwen has become even better after his appearance.
Friends you like, hurry up and chase it.
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