He played Comrade Mao Zedong eight times!
He was once the bright and honest Yang Yizhi in the 2008 edition of "Deer Ding".
The clever and astute Feng Mofeng in "The New Condor Heroes".
He was also an unreliable good husband Nanhai in "Beishang Guang does not believe in tears".
Since 2010, he has played the image of Mao Zedong in many TV series such as "Iron Shoulders Moral Righteousness", "Mao Zedong", "Autumn Harvest Uprising", "Great Turning Point" and so on, and is known as a "great man professional household".
He is Hou Jingjian, a young actor after 85.
Hou Jingjian, born on April 2, 1985, in Beijing, graduated from the Beijing Film Academy.
Hou Jingjian showed his talent for acting since he was a child, and when he was studying, he would say cross-talk, and he also won several awards in Beijing.
When he was a student, Hou Jingjian was a literary and artistic activist in his class, and often participated in some cross-talk performance competitions. Because I hadn't gone to art school before, like dance and lines, these were all zero foundations. Before the third art exam, Hou Jingjian continued for more than half a year, getting up early every day to practice his lines, learn dance, and go to the teacher's house to take classes.
Kung Fu pays off, and the three highest schools of acting departments of Chinese Opera, Nortel and Shangju are all admitted, and Hou Jingjian finally chose the Beijing Film Academy near home.
In 1994, Hou Jingjian starred in his first TV series "Anti-Corruption Storm", in which he played Zhong Xiaotong, thus making his official debut.
Playing Mao Zedong in middle age and youth in many tv dramas with the main theme is a profound screen image left by Shandong actor Hou Jingjian to the audience. The image of Mao Zedong played by Hou Jingjian has also been trusted by many famous directors in China.
In 2009, he first played the young Mao Zedong, and was described by Hou Jingjian as the initial enlightenment stage of his role.
Hou Jingjian: The first time I played Mao Zedong was a special chance in 2009, one of my elders was a producer, and occasionally saw this drama called "Iron Shoulders Moral Righteousness" recruiting young Mao Zedong for the role. This drama is similar to the era background of "The Age of Awakening", when I went to audition, the film side gave me a simple shape, glued a hood, and wore a long shirt. At that time, he was also in his 20s, and his appearance and temperament may be quite consistent, so he had the experience of playing Mao Zedong for the first time.
In 2012, Hou Jing's clean temperament and heroic eyes attracted director Gao Xixi.
Hou Jingjian was able to star in the large-scale epic TV series "Mao Zedong" directed by Gao Xixi, in which he played the young Mao Zedong. Recalling the initial state of mind of playing Mao Zedong, Hou Jingjian said that this is not only to complete the performance work, but also with a sense of social responsibility, "I hope that through my performance, the audience can see how today's happy days come from, so that every young person can cherish the present." ”
Since then, Hou Jingjian has successively played Mao Zedong in many works such as "Autumn Harvest Uprising" and "Mao Zedong's Investigation of Wu". In 2019, he played Mao Zedong three times in the three works of the revolutionary theme TV series "Liu Shaoqi the Communist", "The Great Turning Point" and "Cast the Sword in a Desperate Situation", and with superb acting skills, the image of the middle and young Mao Zedong played by Hou Jingjian was recognized by the majority of the audience.
Every time Hou Jingjian plays Mao Zedong, he is progressing.
Hou Jingjian: In fact, when I first starred, I had no bottom in my heart, and I could only seize the time to read historical materials and understand the background of the times, and the video materials at that time were not as rich as they are now.
Later, I have played the chairman of different stages, from my 20s to 56 years old, and his characteristics are different at each stage. When he was at Peking University, his desire to learn and explore new knowledge and new culture was very strong; in the revolutionary period, he had a spirit of tenacity and invincibility; and in the Long March period and the Soviet period, this may have been the darkest moment in his life, but his spirit of invincibility was relatively sufficient, and he had a sense of strategizing.
So for me, although the name of every play is Mao Zedong, my requirements for myself cannot remain unchanged. Every time I try to break through is a very difficult thing for me, but the first time I appear is the easiest, because others will think that I am a blank piece of paper, and the tolerance for me will be greater, and now I feel more and more pressured.
In order to play Mao Zedong's great image and temperament, Hou Jingjian spent a lot of energy to figure out Mao Zedong's life background.
Especially in the case of a tight shooting schedule and particularly difficult conditions, Hou Jingjian suffered a lot of environmental pains during the filming process, which he believes has better helped him restore the state of the characters. "In the process of acting, you need to be infinitely close to this role to shape him. When filming "The Great Turning Point" in Guizhou, due to heavy snow, I could only walk back to the crew station from the filming site in the mountains, feeling the Long March road that Mao Zedong and the Red Army had walked, these 11 kilometers made me feel that I was destined to go once in the dark, feel the atmosphere and hardship at that time, and experience the resilience of the Red Army. ”
Hou Jingjian is 35 years old this year, several times to single out the main theme of the drama of the big male protagonist, he starred in the "Communist Liu Shaoqi", "The Great Turning Point", "Desperate Sword" three works at the same time won the "Feitian Award" Excellent TV Series Award, he said, this is also the first time he touched the dream of college, "To participate in the Feitian Award, walk the red carpet of the Feitian Award, is my dream since I studied acting." This award is a recognition for me, an honor. ”
Many friends in the circle said that Hou Jingjian memorized the words quickly, and a large monologue could still pass.
In the TV series "The Great Turning Point", in the two scenes of the Zunyi Conference and the Council Meeting, Hou Jingjian's duan solo monologue was 28 minutes and 36 minutes long, respectively, breaking the record for a solo monologue in Chinese television dramas. Hou Jingjian said that his fluent line skills are inseparable from the habit of reading every day, "I insist on reading books every day, and I will watch for half an hour even if I am tired of filming, and the confidence brought by words and your sensitivity to words will increase a lot, and the shooting process will be quite smooth." ”
In "Liu Shaoqi the Communist", Hou Jingjian challenged Mao Zedong to play the middle-aged and elderly stage for the first time. With a sense of historical and social responsibility, Hou Jingjian believes that shaping the image of Mao Zedong should evolve into the hearts of ordinary people and be more grounded, "I will try to work harder than others, and be more down-to-earth than others." ”
The major revolutionary historical drama "The Age of Awakening" is the eighth time that Hou Jingjian has played Mao Zedong.
In this play, from being influenced by the "New Youth" magazine to strengthening his belief in communism, the young Mao Zedong presents a process of ideological change that constantly explores the road to national salvation.
Although he has played this role several times, Hou Jingjian admits that it is still difficult to perfectly shape the image of Mao Zedong in different periods.
First of all, we must ensure that it is "similar". Before filming, Hou Jingjian lost seventeen or eight pounds of weight, trying to get closer to the youthful Mao Zedong in terms of slender appearance. Because Mao Zedong is a Hunan native, the play deliberately added a lot of scenes of eating peppers, Hou Jingjian, who is not good at eating spicy, applied to the director to try to find some spicy peppers, and strive to be real, rather than replacing them with vegetable peppers. These details will be of great help to the actors in the performance.
On "Shen Yun", Hou Jingjian believes that the most prominent feature of Mao Zedong is "sincerity" - from the heart to understand a lot of knowledge that is not known, especially after the first time to Peking University, he is full of curiosity and curiosity about this new world. At the same time, he is also a person who is willing to face his own shortcomings, frank and direct, not to pretend; modest and friendly, listen carefully to others, and not blind, will produce his own thinking. "For example, Comrade Mao Zedong liked to read, but he did not blindly study, and when others told him what he did not understand, he would write it down and must have his own ideas."
Hou Jingjian: "In addition to letting everyone watch, a film and television work can also make the audience feel some spirit, which is the original intention and mission of our actors. ”
Actor Hou Jingjian has always been low-key, so there are very few scandals about him.
According to netizens, Hou Jingjian's girlfriend is called Mou Xing, a model and actor.
Mou Xing not only has a sweet appearance, but also in terms of personality is also a very atmospheric and cheerful girl, with so many advantages to become an idol goddess in the minds of many fans, many viewers have become her fans because they have seen the film and television dramas she starred in, everyone is very curious about her emotional life while paying attention to Mou Xing, although there has always been a scandalous love affair with Mou Xing on the Internet, but Mou Xing has not yet married or husband in life, in fact, until now Mou Xing's boyfriend is not known to us.
In fact, Hou Jingjian is still unmarried.