Or with "Disappearing Her"? "Social fear" Zhu Yilong, following the path of actor Tony Leung?

The hit of "Disappearing Her" not only made Chen Sicheng prove his talent again, but also made Zhu Yilong, the actor of the actor He Fei, usher in another big explosion since his debut.

Zhu Yilong, who just turned 35 this year, although he graduated from the regular army of the Beijing Film Performance Department and is also a protégé of the "star godmother" Cui Xinqin, has not been smooth since his debut in 2009.

It was not until 5 years ago, in the 9th year of Zhu Yilong's debut, that he ushered in the "dawn" and became popular with the way one person played the triangle in "Town Soul".

However, although he was low-key, social fear, and criticized a lot, Zhu Yilong never forgot his true heart as an actor, continued to crawl and hone his acting skills, and now he has once again embarked on the road to advancement with "Disappearing Her".

After becoming popular, some people called him "Xiao Liang Chaowei", coupled with the same "problem" of social fear, melancholy temperament, and extremely explosive acting skills like the other party, people can't help but question:

Will Zhu Yilong be the next Tony Leung?

1. The birth of "Little Liang Chaowei"

Since Zhu Yilong became popular in 2018 because of "Town Soul", he has an extra label on his body: "Xiaoliang Chaowei".

Indeed, looking at the appearance alone, the two also have a melancholy temperament, deep eyes, face shape, and bone appearance.

But who is Tony Leung?

He has been in the film for 40 years, and has won 5 Academy Awards, 3 Golden Horse Awards, and 1 Cannes actor, and is a real powerhouse.

And Zhu Yilong, who is a full 26 years younger than him, although he has also won the Golden Rooster Award for "Life Events", and in the same year, he won the Golden Deer Award at the Changchun Film Festival for "Embracing You Through the Winter", but his achievements are far from enough.

However, throughout the two of their fame and pursuit of acting careers, there are really some similarities.

In 1988, when Zhu Yilong was born, Tony Leung had already successfully won the Best Supporting Actor Award at the Academy Awards for the movie "People's Hero".

This year, Tony Leung was only 26 years old, 6 years after his debut, and soon gained attention for his role in Wei Xiaobao in the TV series "Luding Ji".

He was born into a family of poor families, his father was addicted to gambling and drinking, and his mother was powerless and cried all day.

In order to share for the family, Tony Leung came out to work at the age of 15 or 6, selling newspapers and household appliances... In short, I tasted the warmth and coldness of people at a very young age, so people gradually became sensitive.

It is precisely because of the formation of this character that Tony Leung is particularly good when shaping his role in the future.

Therefore, his fame also seems particularly logical, and soon after his debut, he caught up with the golden period of the development of Hong Kong dramas, and starred in "Senior Brother Xinza" and "Peerless Double Pride" are all hits.

But Tony Leung was obviously not satisfied, and soon entered the film industry, and in 1986 he was nominated for the Gold Award for Best Actor for the movie "Underground Love", and then won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for "People's Hero".

On the other hand, an ordinary family far away in Wuhan, Hubei Province, gave birth to a baby boy with a pink carving, his father is a sanda athlete, and the family conditions are not bad.

However, due to his parents' work, Zhu Yilong grew up with his grandparents since he was a child.

Because of his good looks, he was often dressed up as a girl by the old couple, wearing skirts and braids.

The director father saw that he couldn't stand it, so he sent him to the sanda team when he was 4 years old, and also trained himself to make him masculine.

Although Zhu Yilong did not suffer as much as Tony Leung when he was a child, he did not live too "stop" due to his father's strict education.

It is said that when he was 9 years old, he went to perform abroad with a sanda troupe, and his parents did not follow him in order to exercise him.

In fact, his mother's education of Zhu Yilong was softer, because she hoped that her son would grow up to engage in literary and artistic work, so she exposed him to piano, painting, vocal music and other training since he was a child, which provided a foundation for entering the entertainment industry in the future.

The reason why he was able to go to the Beiying exam in the future was indeed because of his mother's unintentional words: "My son is handsome, let's become an actor in the future!" ”

At that moment, the little seed of dreams quietly germinated in my heart.

Until the eve of the college entrance examination, he made up his mind and went to Beijing for three months of intensive training in acting courses.

In 2006, Zhu Yilong was admitted to the undergraduate class of the Beijing Film Performance Department and became classmates with Gao Ye, Zhai Tianlin and others, and their homeroom teacher was Cui Xinqin, the "star godmother" who had taught Huang Xiaoming, Chen Kun and others.

In fact, when taking the art class at that time, Zhu Yilong's performance was not satisfactory, and he fell twice in a row because his socks fell off in the middle of the exam, but Cui Xinqin saw that he was a piece of material for an actor and stayed.

After a long time, he was not confident and ran to the head teacher and asked, "Why are you recruiting me?" ”

Cui Xinqin said frankly: "You have great potential. ”

2. After many years of debut, he still "plays soy sauce"

At this time, Tony Leung has already become an "international actor" with win-win acting skills and word of mouth, and he holds countless excellent works such as "Chongqing Forest", "Spring Light", "In the Mood for Love" and "Infernal Affairs", and is an excellent actor that everyone likes.

But under the extremely high artistic achievements, Tony Leung also has a "short board", that is: social fear.

Many years later, he confessed in an interview that the source of his social fear was because his parents often quarreled when he was a child, which made him more and more unhappy and confident.

Especially after his father left home, he chose to "hide everything inside", even if he became a shining star in the future, he was still "afraid that all eyes would look at me".

After becoming famous, his "social fear" is hidden in many details:

For example, being met by netizens to eat in a restaurant, even if there are obviously many empty seats, but still choose to sit in the corner;

When not filming, he "hid" alone in a small town in Japan to rest, and in order not to socialize, he actually did not learn a word of Japanese for more than 20 years;

His wife Carina Lau also came forward to break the news that he would buy 6 seats at the same time when he went to the movie, just so as not to be next to others...

Coincidentally, Zhu Yilong is also such a person.

During his college years, he worked very hard, getting up at 6 o'clock every day according to the teacher's request to practice early exercises, and he insisted on it for 4 years.

Not only that, Zhu Yilong also often went outside with his classmates to observe life:

I have been to wet markets, supermarkets, and bus stops just to keep an eye on how all kinds of people live.

But Zhu Yilong's achievements are not outstanding, in Cui Xinqin's words:

"He worked hard for 10 points, but only got 5 points."

In his junior year, Zhu Yilong debuted because he starred in his first movie "Regeneration Edge", and then signed a small company by chance, and the films were all small-cost digital works, and there was no splash at all.

After four or five years of such days, Zhu Yilong has acted in many plays, but his popularity is not at all.

Perhaps, this is the difference between him and Tony Leung.

Compared with the latter's success in making a blockbuster film and becoming a "movie king", Zhu Yilong's fame is too bumpy.

When he was still "spinning" in digital movies, Tony Leung had reached the stage of "rapid retreat" - he married his girlfriend Carina Lau, who had been in love for more than 20 years, and then gradually reduced production.

Despite this, the "Grandmaster of the First Generation" and "The Great Magician" taken out by Tony Leung are still a guarantee of quality.

In 2015, he was awarded the French Officer of the Order of Arts and Literature, and in the same year he took over Wong Kar-wai's "The Ferryman", which received a poor response after its release, and also caused Tony Leung's career to encounter its first "Waterloo".

In the same year, Zhu Yilong ushered in a turning point in his career:

He took over the historical drama "The Legend of Miyue", in which he played Qin Zhaoxiang Wang Huanji - and being able to get this role was the result of the first initiative of Zhu Yilong, who was also "social terrorist".

He took the initiative to find the director to express his understanding and liking for the role, and edited a text message in one day, saying bluntly:

"Hello, Director. In fact, I thought to myself, how can I be a little more tactful and more sincere, and then say not to be too aggressive or too eager. ”

In the end, Zhu Yilong's sincerity moved the director, and he got the role, which was seen by most of the audience.

3. Ten years to sharpen a sword, finally seen

After that, he took over the filming of Lian Chengbi, the owner of the Shaozhuang of the Scaleless Mountain Villa in "New Xiao Eleven", and was recognized by the industry with his fresh costume image.

Until the following year, Zhu Yilong met three characters in "Soul Town": Shen Wei, the black-robed envoy and Yezun.

In order to study the different acting methods of the three characters, Zhu Yilong made a lot of preparations, taking the role of Ye Zun, he did not choose to be excited when he first gained his powers in the performance, but was afraid.

This stemmed from his deep understanding of the character before filming, taking into account the environment at that time, the condition of the character itself, and made the most reasonable judgment and performance.

Because for Zhu Yilong: "The foundation of an actor's foothold is the work. ”

In this way, he finally became one of the "four major flows" at the age of 30 because of persistence and hard work, but he always stuck to himself in terms of style.

Like Tony Leung, Zhu Yilong does not package himself, hardly participates in any variety shows, even endorses much less than artists of the same level, and even rarely participates in private gatherings of the crew.

Therefore, many people think that he "has no entertainment spirit", but Zhu Yilong smiled and said:

"I'm a boring person, but the role I play is not boring."

After "Soul Town", Zhu Yilong successively acted in "Do You Know If It Should Be Green Fat Red Thin" and "My True Friend", and at the same time, like Tony Leung, he took the routine of hitting the big screen after winning on the small screen.

In 2019, Zhu Yilong participated in the movie "Me and My Motherland", and after another two years, he began to shoot "Peak Storm", "Life Events" and "Embracing You Through the Winter", and won the "actor" crown.

Of course, compared to Tony Leung, his acting career seems to have just begun, and it takes too much effort to achieve the other party's achievements.

But for a sober actor who once said that he "wants to leave a name in China's film history", at least he is already on his way.

And the audience only saw him win the award, but few people knew what Zhu Yilong paid in order to play a good role.

Before filming "Life Events", he went to the funeral home to experience life and learn and discuss funeral knowledge with the funeral director.

Filming "Disappearing Her", Zhu Yilong prepared for more than 2 months before starting, including watching documentaries on various crime themes, trying to find some usable materials in it.

He believes that if you want to clarify the character logic of "He Fei" and find the mentality of each stage, you must watch character documentary works with similar themes over and over again.

To this end, Zhu Yilong also specially made a short biography for "He Fei":

"His background is actually quite an ordinary person, but after combing through his growth line, you can find out how his desires have become greater."

As a result, he finally completed the role of He Fei to the fullest, interpreting several states of a crazy man:

From confusion and gloom to collapse and distortion, and finally to the hearts of the characters, the audience shuddered after watching it.

This is Zhu Yilong, maybe he was born with the same temperament and handsome face as Tony Leung, but he always has to take a different path.

But compared to other superficial actors, I believe Zhu Yilong will go further.