The 2023 Singapore [Red Star Awards 2023] ushered in the youngest TV emperor Xu Ruiqi in the past 26 years, with his wonderful performance of "Zheng Tiancai" in the TV series "Your World We Know", not only surprised the local audience, but also received enthusiastic response overseas, receiving unanimous praise inside and outside the circle, and won the first place when he was shortlisted for the [Red Star Award] Best Actor for the first time. As a representative of Singapore's new generation of local actors, Xu Ruiqi has been in the industry for 6 years, and he has walked in front of the audience with a role with strong vitality, and will go to a bigger stage.
"Fresh Force" actor Xu Ruiqi walked every step down-to-earth
Xu Ruiqi did not have any acting experience before entering the industry, but he was very interested in filming, and only after joining Mediacorp did he start to get in touch with acting work and training, and started the road to pursue his dream. Chinese audiences' first impression of Xu Ruiqi was the TV series "Patriotic Pioneer" broadcast on Youku in 2018. Xu Ruiqi has a youthful appearance, both sunny and ruffian temperament, and his smile is very affinity, he has played various types of roles in the past 6 years, from movies to TV series, every time he performs a role, the audience's impression of him is deepened, and the down-to-earth interpretation and natural emotional outpouring make Xu Ruiqi full of "vitality".
In 2023, "We Know Your World" Xu Ruiqi challenged Zheng Tiancai, a special needs person with an IQ of only 7 years old, and his real and emotional interpretation won unanimous praise and affirmation inside and outside the circle, and Zheng Tiancai is not only a challenge for Xu Ruiqi's role type, but also a challenge for the details of the interpretation of small people and real acting skills. In the subsequent TV series such as "Food Delivery Hero", "Heavenly Father", "Accompany You to the End" and other TV series, the audience commented that "it is like the people you will really meet around you in life", proving yourself with strength and getting rid of the labels of the past.
"Fireworks" actor Xu Ruiqi's unexpected role interpretation
"We Know Your World", as a TV series focusing on people with special needs, before filming, the public's impression was full of doubts about whether Xu Ruiqi's sunny and handsome appearance could play the role of people with special needs. Zheng Tiancai is 21 years old but only 7 years old, in Xu Ruiqi's eyes, Zheng Tiancai is very simple, he watched some documentaries of people with special needs to figure out the role, and also specially designed some small actions to make Zheng Tiancai look more real. The vivid and natural acting skills moved countless audiences to tears. Although Zheng Tiancai can't express it, he lives hard in his own way, and loves everyone around him hard, Xu Ruiqi's every action and eyes in the play are so real that they are terrifying, making many viewers with the same experience sigh "It will make me see my autistic son's life when he grows up in the future, and as a family member will be his forever friend." In 2023, with "Your World, We Know", Xu Ruiqi successfully won the [Red Star Award 2023] Best Actor for the first time, becoming the youngest TV emperor in Singapore in the past 26 years, second only to another powerful Singaporean actor Li Mingshun, and his popularity has skyrocketed.
After "We Know Your World", Xu Ruiqi challenged the role of "takeaway brother" and played a former nightclub owner who had to deliver food due to the epidemic in "Food Delivery Hero", the play focuses on the delivery man who is still running around during the epidemic. "Food Delivery Hero" is Xu Ruiqi's first film and television work broadcast after winning the [Best Actor] with "Your World We Understand", Xu Ruiqi said that there was no pressure at all, and he did not disappoint the audience this time, "Takeaway Brother", as a small person who often appears in life, embodies the bravery and persistence of ordinary people, and the helplessness forced by life. After "Takeaway Brother", Xu Ruiqi continued to surprise the audience, playing a funeral director in "Accompany You to the End", telling a bit of fantasy and funny stories in the theme of life and death, laughing with tears, Xu Ruiqi's performance has attracted much attention, netizens commented "This is a very interesting role, and I saw a different Xu Ruiqi", "After watching it, I was very touched, Xu Ruiqi's performance was very real". The vivid and real characters let the audience see the "fireworks" in Xu Ruiqi.
The vitality of an actor comes from the realism of the role, and the efforts and growth of the actor can be seen from each work. Xu Ruiqi's future career as an actor will continue to present works with fresh vitality to the audience.