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Mr. Hou Tianlai has undoubtedly gone through a long acting career and is deeply respected by everyone, but his simple and slightly dilapidated family layout, the walls have been mottled and peeled, and the table is messily piled up with various objects, this primitive and real state seems to have an irresistible charm, making people feel the ruthlessness and helplessness of the passage of time.
In a recently exposed video, we clearly see that the 63-year-old Hou Tianlai, compared with the past, is significantly thinner, even if he is wearing gorgeous clothes, he can't hide his exhaustion; The face is wrinkled, the hair is thinning and the hairline is receding, and the whole person looks old and haggard.
There is no doubt that the majority of netizens who saw this video were deeply worried about Hou Tianlai's health and left messages telling him to cherish his body.
However, despite his advanced age, this old actor's enthusiasm for acting is still the same In 2020, at the 16th China Virtue and Art Shuangxin Award Ceremony, Hou Tianlai won the "Virtue and Art Shuangxin Lifetime Achievement Award", which is undoubtedly the best proof of the audience's high recognition and praise for him.
Shortly after receiving this honor, on April 14, 2022, the first trailer for the film "Search and Rescue", which was produced and starred by Donnie Yen and written by Luo Zhiliang himself, was released.
In this new work, Hou Tianlai will play the role of a police station chief, although the details of the plot have not been publicly disclosed, but just learning that this veteran actor is back on the screen again makes people full of expectations.
It is hard for us to imagine that a 63-year-old man can maintain such a strong enthusiasm for work at such an age, and his love for his career seems to have never diminished in the slightest.
Despite his humble living environment, as long as he still has the strength to stand on stage and in front of the camera, he will continue to convey the power of art in his own unique way.
Looking back to 2017, the popular anti-corruption drama "In the Name of the People" aroused heated discussions as soon as it was broadcast.
In this TV series, although Hou Tianlai's appearance time was only three minutes, his vivid interpretation of the "learning foreign language" clip left a deep impression on the audience and became one of the most concerned topics at that time.
The line full of sincere emotions - "Secretary-General, foreign languages should indeed be learned!" I have an incomparable desire to learn foreign languages in my heart, which undoubtedly adds to my spiritual pleasure", it is from the mouth of Chen Qingquan, vice president of the Jingzhou Court, who is brilliantly performed by actor Hou Tianlai.
His unique and vivid performance method skillfully breathes new life into the otherwise mundane topic of "learning foreign languages", leading the audience into a new field.
In fact, before the crew decided to let Hou Tianlai play the role of Chen Qingquan, one of the leading actors, he already had extreme enthusiasm and expectations for the work.
He even offered to try to play the important role of the male protagonist Hou Liangping, but he failed to do so due to age and other factors, although he could only play a supporting role with relatively few scenes in the end, Hou Tianlai still devoted himself to it, in order to be able to explore the role more deeply, he personally added creative lines to the plot of "learning foreign languages with blonde beauties" in the play, and the sentence "I'm just doing business, you guys go out" is the crystallization of his wisdom; At the same time, he also carefully studied a lot of relevant materials, and left his understanding and perception of the role on the script.
There is no doubt that it is based on his in-depth understanding of the role and superb acting skills that Hou Tianlai was able to bring the character characteristics of the entire character to life in just a few minutes of scenes, which was deeply imprinted in the hearts of the audience.
However, this high-profile scene caused some trouble in his family life, and soon after the series aired, his wife called him to remind him: "Try to avoid taking on similar roles in the future, the children have gradually grown up, and watching such content may affect their physical and mental development" Friends and relatives also joked, he receives more than 20 calls a day about "learning foreign languages", which makes him cry and laugh.
In 2003, Hou Tianlai participated in the filming of the TV series "Women Are No Longer Silent". As soon as the show aired, it attracted widespread attention, but this attention did not come from praise, but from the condemnation of the audience.
The reason is that he successfully created a character named Wang Xiansheng in the play, which is a villain who is inconsistent and sexually harasses female subordinates many times.
The portrayal of Wang Xiansheng's role undoubtedly made many viewers feel extremely disgusted, and some people even regarded it as a shadow representative of their childhood.
Whenever Hou Tianlai appeared on a specific occasion, he could always see scenes where people couldn't avoid him, and the kind of fear and disgust that made him feel helpless and embarrassed.
What made Hou Tianlai even more distressed was that since then, all kinds of film and television crews have invited him to play the role of villain, although he was personally reluctant, but he couldn't resist it, so he had to reluctantly accept it.
As a result, the villainous and cunning, insidious and narrow negative images continue to infiltrate his life and career like shadows.
The inner struggle can be imagined, he does not want to leave such a bad impression on the audience, nor does he want to cause distress and worry to his family and friends.
However, on the other hand, he is also well aware of the important position that villains occupy in film and television works, and playing a good villain also requires superb acting skills and full dedication.
After in-depth thinking, Hou Tianlai finally decided to devote himself wholeheartedly to the creation of the villain.
He firmly believes that while there is a demand for positive roles, there is also a demand for villains, and that playing villains is not without benefits, but can have some positive effects.
Taking the TV series "Women Are No Longer Silent" as an example, although the role of Wang Xiansheng makes people want to scold, his appearance has sounded a wake-up call to the audience, reminding us that we must always be vigilant to prevent the occurrence of sexual harassment and other bad behaviors in the workplace.
From this point of view, successfully portraying the villain is also a manifestation of contribution and value.
With this firm belief, Hou Tianlai has successfully created a series of creepy villain images in many film and television dramas, and the people he portrayed are all fresh in people's memories and shocked.
It is precisely by relying on this perseverance and perseverance that he finally broke free from the exhortation of the teacher back then, and strode forward bravely on the road of acting.
However, looking back at Hou Tianlai's childhood, his academic performance can be described as unremarkable, and even unsatisfactory.
He has a cheerful personality since he was a child, and he always does not hesitate to participate in the lively scenes in the streets of his hometown or in the celebrations of the neighborhood.
Family members pointed out that he had a tendency to "like to be noisy", but he had a penchant for a cheerful, enthusiastic atmosphere that always caused the audience to cheer.
However, this natural love of art came at the cost of frequent reprimands from his parents for his academic performance.
Despite repeated admonitions from his parents, Hou Tianlai was never able to give up his dedication to art and actively participated in all kinds of brilliant performances, but he only failed in his academic performance and could not be admitted to the ideal university as he wished, and finally could only be arranged to work as an ordinary mechanic fitter in a local bicycle factory.
It is worth mentioning that in Hou Tianlai's three-year career as a fitter, his biggest problem came from the loud noise in the factory.
The cacophony of machinery made him feel dizzy and difficult to concentrate every time.
He once tried to plug his ears with cotton, but with little success. Struggling to survive in this noisy environment has undoubtedly become the most painful memory of Hou Tianlai's years.
Just as he began to question his life, in 1978, the mainland government relaunched the college entrance examination system, guiding Hou Tianlai in a new direction.
After diligent study at home, he was finally successfully admitted to the Music Department of Jilin University of the Arts, determined to pursue his music dream.
However, on the occasion of his official enrollment, Hou Tianlai made a major decision to shift his major direction to the Department of Performance.
The reason for this was that he found two very different performances on campus, with the music events only labeling the general name, while the performance events listed the names of the performers in detail.
As a person with a fiery passion for art, he naturally did not want to become one of the "waiting actors", so he resolutely chose to transfer to the acting department and opened a new chapter in his life.
However, at this moment, Hou Tianlai suffered a heavy blow. One teacher confessed: "Your appearance may be different from the public's aesthetic standards for male protagonists, and the prospects for your career in acting are worrying."
In the face of such exhortation, the young and vigorous Hou Tianlai fell into unprecedented confusion and self-doubt, and spent several years of haze time in college.