Recently, the shortlist of the 28th Shanghai TV Festival Magnolia Award was announced, and the male star Zhang Songwen was not nominated for the Magnolia Award, but was nominated for the male number one Zhang Yi in "Crazy", which made many netizens uneasy and caused heated discussions among many netizens.
"Crazy" is known as this year's "King of Explosive Dramas", because it is a group portrait theme work, in addition to the male No. 1 Zhang Yi, many actors in the play have attracted much attention, especially Zhang Songwen's anti-No. 1 "Gao Qiqiang", which is also known as the play-like character in the play.
His acting skills are delicate and vivid, and he attracted countless fans as early as during the broadcast, and also made many netizens re-acquaint themselves with actor Zhang Songwen.
Therefore, some netizens felt that Zhang Yi's performance in the play was much worse than Zhang Songwen, but Zhang Yi was able to be nominated, and they all felt sorry for Zhang Songwen, and even let this topic rush to the hot search list for a while.
Perhaps it caused controversy in public opinion, and some media went to interview the "Crazy" film party, but the "Crazy" film party indicated that it did not register for the role of Zhang Songwen "Gao Qiqiang" to participate in the "Best Actor" of this Magnolia, and also said that all parties in the organizing committee had made a lot of efforts to register for the election.
Later, an insider named "Tan Fei" came out to explain, saying that "the villain will not be nominated."
However, state media said that villains can also participate in the "Best Actor".
It is worth mentioning that the film side of the TV series "Home of the Heart" reported Zhang Songwen, but it was not selected.
He played the "nouveau riche" Zhanxiang in "Home of the Heart", which is a somewhat ironic character and has a bit of comedy, but at that time, Zhang Songwen's performance was criticized by netizens as too greasy and very slippery.
Therefore, Zhang Songwen was not shortlisted with "Home of the Heart", and some netizens said bluntly: Zhang Songwen's acting skills are not as good as others.
And netizens picked up Zhang Songwen's award-winning resume, since his debut in 2004, he has not been nominated for important mainstream awards such as Golden Rooster, Golden Horse, Golden Statue, and Huabiao.
Mainstream popularity awards such as Magnolia, Golden Eagle, and Feitian have not appeared in his name.
Even if he wins awards, Zhang Songwen has won some "non-mainstream" small awards, such as in 2016, he starred in the suspense film "A Cloud Made of Rain in the Wind". In the play, he played Tang Yijie, the director of the construction committee of the development zone transformation, Tang Yijie, who looks mediocre and has an inferior personality, and through his wife's special relationship, he has risen to the top in the officialdom.
Because of his meticulous grasp of this character, Zhang Songwen won the 11th Youth Film Handbook Annual Supporting Actor Award.
In recent years, Zhang Songwen has won the Most Media Attention Actor Award at the Night of Honor of the Movie Channel Media for the role of "Li Dazhao" in the historical film "Revolutionary", which is also a small award, and even many people have not heard of it.
Therefore, some netizens think that Zhang Songwen's acting skills are not stronger than Zhang Yi, but that the role of "Gao Qiqiang" has greater creativity, to put it bluntly, he eats the dividends of the character.
Of course, Zhang Songwen's acting skills in "Crazy" are indeed obvious to all, but his acting skills are also inseparable from the polishing of the 17 years since his debut. As some netizens mentioned, if his acting skills had long been consecrated, he would not have been recognized by mainstream awards.
Some people also think that Zhang Songwen is a late bloomer and a type of actor with poor luck, and he has been acting silently and seriously studying roles for more than ten years, but there is no particularly out of the circle role, so he has not received greater attention.
Until 2020, Zhang Songwen encountered the turning point of his acting career "Hidden Corner", which can be called the suspenseful drama of the year, enough to be called a phenomenal work from red to purple.
And Zhang Songwen plays the father of Zhu Chaoyang and Zhu Jingjing in the play, a typical businessman Zhu Yongping, although the scene is not much, but he caught the audience's attention well.
It is also with this drama that Zhang Songwen has been playing a small supporting role all year round, is still renting a house at the age of 45, and has run 300 crews to receive a play, and was picked up by netizens, which shocked everyone at the same time, and many people also called for giving such a down-to-earth good actor more opportunities.
So when the "Crazy" crew found Zhang Songwen, he took advantage of this opportunity well, and although his acting skills were good, it still seemed that he was a little bit unlucky now.
Perhaps Zhang Songwen's strength is not as strong as the audience imagined, and his performance also needs to be created according to the role, and he can indeed interpret it well with a character out of the circle, but there is still some distance from "acting skills". Or maybe he is just unlucky, even if he has a character that the audience is familiar with, but due to various factors, he is still almost interesting in terms of luck.
And Guo Jingfei, Hu Ge, Lei Jiayin, Zhang Yi, Zhu Yilong and others who were shortlisted for Magnolia this time, many of them actors who have debuted for a long time, but they have all been recognized by some mainstream awards earlier, and there have been some good characters over the years.
Therefore, opportunities and strength have always coexisted, and Zhang Songwen still needs to work hard to prove that his acting skills are worthy of any nomination.