Text | Sunflower
Editor|Sunflower
preface
Over the years, Yang Zhigang has deeply touched generations of audiences with countless classic roles he has played.
From the city to the countryside, from old to young, almost everyone can recite his most famous lines.
However, behind the love of fans, Yang Zhigang's own life path is not smooth.
As an old actor, his achievements and fame earned with sweat and hard work are often misunderstood and belittled.
Brotherhood where blood is thicker than water
Yang Zhigang was sent to his uncle's house by his biological parents since he was a child, because family planning was implemented at that time, and excessive births would be severely punished. Therefore, in order to avoid the punishment of the family planning policy, Yang Zhigang's parents could only give him to his uncle to raise.
Yang Zhigang didn't know anything about this, naively thinking that his uncle's house was his home.
His uncles and uncles treated him as their own and gave him a warm home.
Their eldest brother is called Guo Jingyu, they are four years apart, Yang Zhi was just born, his mother was not in good health, the doctor diagnosed that he may leave earlier, in honor of his mother, let the youngest child take his mother's surname.
He later learned that his aunt, who had always been good to him, was his biological mother.
Knowing the truth, he began to become introverted and sensitive, no longer as cheerful as before.
Guo Jingyu also felt very guilty when he saw it in his eyes, and he realized that this would have a great impact on Yang Zhigang's growth, and as a brother, he had to care more about this younger brother.
Since then, Guo Jingyu has given more help and encouragement to Yang Zhigang's growth path.
In college, Yang Zhigang got the opportunity to play the leading actor in a youth campus movie.
This is his first appearance on the road of acting, Yang Zhigang was excited, and immediately invited Guo Jingyu, who has become a director, to watch his performance, hoping to get his brother's affirmation and encouragement.
But after watching it, Guo Jingyu believes that Yang Zhigang's acting skills are not yet mature, and if he pushes it to the big screen too quickly, it is not conducive to the tempering of acting skills.
He suggested that Yang Zhigang could start with a small role and gradually accumulate experience.
Yang Zhigang misunderstood that Guo Jingyu looked down on his acting skills, and he complained about his brother for a while.
But after much deliberation, Yang Zhigang understood that Guo Jingyu's advice was good for him.
Therefore, even if he hit a wall everywhere, Yang Zhigang still chose to return to his brother and accept the training and help he gave in the film and television industry.
It can be said that without Guo Jingyu's careful cultivation of Yang Zhigang over the years, it is unimaginable that Yang Zhigang has reached the peak today.
The two brothers care for each other and work together, Yang Zhi has just been able to gradually grow in the film and television industry, and finally successfully entered the big screen.
The brotherhood of blood thicker than water allowed Yang Zhigang to find a strong backing on the arduous acting road.
Guo Jingyu's silent support, Yang Zhigang was lucky to be reborn
In 2008, Yang Zhigang had an accident while participating in the filming of a war movie.
When filming the explosion scene, Yang Zhigang chose to complete this difficult action scene himself in order to pursue realistic effects.
However, no one expected that this filming, which should have been safe, would bring great losses to Yang Zhigang's life and career.
When the explosion began, Yang Zhigang was overthrown to the ground by the violent explosion wave and hit a protruding stone hard.
The heat from the blast caused him severe burns, and severe head injuries also left him speechless for long after the accident.
This accident not only cost Yang Zhigang a huge physical price, but also directly blocked his rising acting career.
As Guo Jingyu's own brother, Yang Zhigang was gradually stepping out of the label of "relationship household" and gaining recognition in the circle with his own efforts.
But this sudden change made him have to temporarily withdraw from the film and television industry and face life again.
Yang Zhigang's brother Guo Jingyu blamed himself for this, believing that if he could care more about his brother, the accident would not have happened.
But after self-blame, Guo Jingyu chose to use practical actions to help Yang Zhigang start over.
After Yang Zhigang's facial burns caused disfigurement and language ability declined, Guo Jingyu not only did not abandon this difficult younger brother, but took the initiative to leave a role position for Yang Zhigang in each new play.
Even if the outside world criticizes Yang Zhigang for "no acting skills and no appearance", Guo Jingyu still silently supports his younger brother, as long as it is a film and television drama directed by himself, there will be a role suitable for Yang Zhigang.
In the most difficult times, Yang Zhigang also received unconditional support from his wife Zhang Jing.
Zhang Jing ignored the change in Yang Zhigang's face, patiently took care of him, and helped him gradually regain his ability to take care of himself. Whenever Yang Zhigang woke up in the middle of the night by painful memories, Zhang Jing always comforted him softly, telling him that everything would be fine.
The power of love helped Yang Zhigang rekindle his hope in life, and he gradually regained his confidence and courage as an actor under the healing of time.
In 2010, with the strong support of Guo Jingyu, Yang Zhigang returned to the film and television industry and starred in a number of war and spy war film and television dramas directed by Guo Jingyu.
Although there are some obstacles in appearance and language ability, Yang Zhigang still won the recognition of the audience with his delicate and restrained performance.
At first, Yang Zhigang was worried that his changes would affect his performance, but Guo Jingyu gave him great confidence support during the directing process.
Guo Jingyu will even modify the character settings and lines in the script according to Yang Zhigang's characteristics.
Under the care of Guo Jingyu, Yang Zhigang gradually regained the feeling of acting and devoted himself to character creation.
He used his own unique way to interpret those unknown but strong-willed ordinary people, and the audience was moved.
Yang Zhigang gradually proved that he is not only not a so-called "relationship household", but an exceptionally strong and talented actor, and the past changes did not break Yang Zhigang, but achieved his more mature acting skills on the inside and stronger on the outside.
Now he has long walked out of the shadow of his former suffering, and exudes the light of a great man of life on the stage.
No one can predict the circumstances of life, but as long as there is hope, there is no obstacle that cannot be overcome. With the support of his family and lover, Yang Zhigang endured hardships and finally regained a new life.
From resting on your laurels to breaking into a butterfly
In 2020, Yang Zhigang participated in the entertainment program "Actors Please Take Position", showing the story of his transformation from a self-limited actor to a more professional actor.
At the beginning, Yang Zhigang was rated as an S-class actor, which shows that he still has a certain status and achievements in the industry.
But when working with young actor Guo Xiaoting, he showed a strong egoistic style.
When rehearsing the tragic segment "The Beneficiary", Yang Zhigang insisted on not rehearsing much, only rehearsing once, and wanted to add comedy elements.
Guo Xiaoting proposed to rehearse a few more times, but Yang Zhigang was tough and did not give Guo any room for negotiation.
He, an old-timer, is simply like a domineering leader, and he doesn't put Guo Xiaoting in his eyes at all.
On the day of rehearsal, Guo Xiaoting arrived in advance to prepare, but Yang Zhigang was not only late, but also full of care, and rightly said that this play did not need to be rehearsed.
Guo Xiaoting did not dare to say anything, could only endure silently, the rehearsal effect was very poor, director Guo Jingming directly criticized them for their respective performances, the biggest mistake was to add comedy components, destroying the plot that should be catchy.
Guo Xiaoting also felt aggrieved because she had not rehearsed, but did not dare to say her true thoughts in front of Yang Zhigang.
When Yang Zhigang accepted criticism, he still looked like he didn't care, and continued to emphasize that more rehearsals were useless, and his frivolous and conceited attitude was simply disrespectful to the director and the audience.
Er Dongsheng even bluntly said that his acting skills were too poor and he needed to learn from other actors, and these criticisms finally made Yang Zhigang realize that he needed to change.
Perhaps after being frantically criticized by others, Yang Zhigang began to change, and his acting skills also improved significantly.
Later, Yang Zhigang's TV series "Tang Dynasty Mystery" was a hit, in which he played the villain Su Wuming, which received wide praise, and the audience watched him more and more addicted, looking forward to the second part immediately.
This shows that Yang Zhigang's acting skills have indeed made a breakthrough, and his ability to integrate into the characters and shape the inner world of the characters is better than before, successfully touching the hearts of the audience.
Through this experience, Yang Zhigang understood that in order to become a good actor, he must step out of his self-imposed comfort zone, accept the different ways of other actors, and get rid of the shackles of inherent experience.
summary
The competition in the entertainment industry is so fierce, whether he can maintain his popularity after the exhaustion of superior resources is a question worth continuing to observe.
The development of every artist has a peak period, whether Yang Zhigang can break this law and create his own legend, we wait and see.
When the fan resources are no more, can he rely on his strength to create a new situation?