Recently, the TV series "On the Field of Hope" about the theme of poverty alleviation is being broadcast, in which Yang Haoyu plays the father of the male protagonist Zhang Nan. I saw that he was slender, his hair was gray, he was cramped and uneasy in the face of the doctor, and he was an ordinary peasant father.
After his wife was hospitalized, Zhang's father stayed in the hospital with the bed, he took the worn-out thermos cup and carefully poured water for his wife.
Hearing that his wife was worried about his son's safety, Zhang's father was superficially calm and constantly comforting his wife, but occasionally he would show a hesitant expression, and his eyes were full of concern and love for his son.
Yang Haoyu played an ordinary peasant father in the crew, not rich and smart, and the wrinkles on his face carved the hardships of life for him, but such a father was touching.
This is the Nth time that Yang Haoyu has played a supporting role in a popular drama, before that, he has given wonderful performances in classic works such as "An Jia", "Dragon Gate Dart Bureau", "White Deer Plain", "Wandering Earth" and so on, almost a pop drama a year, and has been regarded by the public as the "light of supporting roles".
But his life has not always been so smooth, before becoming an actor, Yang Haoyu worked as an electrician, waiter, vegetable runner, with these experiences of running for life, after becoming an actor, Yang Haoyu also successfully played the ordinary life of intermediaries, pig workers and so on.
If fate has a pair of invisible hands controlling life, has Yang Haoyu already seen his future?
In the early 1990s, Yang Haoyu, a skilled worker, quit his stable job of 4,000 yuan a month and turned to an acting career with a monthly salary of 600 yuan.
He's not mentally ill, he's pursuing his dreams.
Yang Haoyu said that when he was an electrician, he was never excited, and only when he stood on the stage, facing the lights, facing the audience, he would have an adrenaline rush of excitement.
And this sense of excitement, Yang Haoyu is willing to spend his life to pursue.
In the 1970s, Yang Haoyu was born in a family of workers, his father was an oil worker, and he went up the mountains and the sea every day to find oil fields across the country.
Yang Haoyu also lived a wandering life, today in this mountain to dig mud, tomorrow to go to that town to buy snacks, little Yang Haoyu followed his parents, go south and north, the scenery around him is constantly changing, he also saw the great rivers and mountains of the motherland.
The wandering seed in Yang Haoyu's bones may have been planted during that period.
When Yang Haoyu was 8 years old, he finally stopped wandering and returned to Shanghai to attend primary school, when the surrounding environment changed from a vast mountain and river to a narrow school, Yang Haoyu's colorful childhood also came to an abrupt end.
Yang Haoyu when he was a student was the most silent type of person in the class, he was introverted and did not like to communicate with people, his attention was not concentrated, his academic performance was very poor, and he even stayed in the grade.
Yang Haoyu, who was assigned to the ranks of poor students, was not a material for reading after all, he was admitted to a junior college and became an electrician after graduation.
In the early 1990s, skilled workers were also a popular occupation, and Yang Haoyu did not work long after receiving a monthly salary of 4,000 yuan, which far exceeded his peers.
But Yang Haoyu was not happy, and the repeated behavior day after day made Yang Haoyu feel empty and boring.
In order to alleviate the emptiness in his heart, he worked as an electrician during the day and went to work in a song hall at night, working as a waiter, delivering wine, parking, and taking care of guests. The colorful lights in the night scene made Yang Haoyu feel excited, but this was just Wangmei to quench his thirst.
What Yang Haoyu wants is a fresh life. To this end, he enrolled in a local acting class, trying to experience a different life through acting.
On that day, Yang Haoyu stood on the stage, feeling the attention of the lamp tube and the audience, his adrenaline began to soar, and at that moment, Yang Haoyu found a long-lost sense of excitement.
At the age of 22, Yang Haoyu ignored his father's objections and applied for the Shanghai Theater Academy, and also became a classmate of Tong Dawei, Feng Shaofeng and others.
Compared with Tong Dawei and Feng Shaofeng, Yang Haoyu's appearance is really not outstanding, he is lean, muscular, yellow skin, cheekbones are high, and his appearance gives people a simple feeling of working people.
But the profession of actor is, to some extent, "judging people by appearance", and too many roles are limited by appearance conditions.
After Tong Dawei graduated, he began to act in various youth dramas and became a popular idol, while Yang Haoyu, because of his ordinary appearance, no one appreciated, he could only cast a resume one by one, run the crew, the most tragic time, only 20 yuan a day, low income.
If you are lucky, Yang Haoyu will soon be able to enter the group to shoot, but if you are unlucky, his resume and photos will appear in the trash can.
The process of pursuing dreams is to blossom from the dust.
Acting allowed Yang Haoyu to find his inner excitement, he experienced a different life, and at the same time lived a wandering life again.
When filming "Wineman Hu Sihai", he and other group actors ate on the side of the road, and the aunt who swept the street met them, and thought it was a group of homeless people, throwing coins into the soup bowl where they were eating.
Another time because of the needs of the plot, Yang Haoyu was arranged to live in the waste collection station, surrounded by waste paper, waste bottles, all kinds of steel building materials horizontally and vertically, the environment is quite grounded.
The process of filming is arduous, and these are nothing to Yang Haoyu, because he really likes acting.
Through these years of hard work bit by bit, Yang Haoyu's acting skills are getting better and better, and he has gradually upgraded from group performance to supporting role and protagonist.
He played the bohemian uncle Gong in "Dragon Gate Dart Bureau", known as "ex-girlfriend all over the world", played a senior real estate agent in "An Jia", his business is skilled, his words are humorous, such a slippery role is described as "old fritters" is the most appropriate, and the characters he has created are vivid and not stiff and full of personality, as if they are friends around the audience, which makes people feel very kind.
Yang Haoyu, who has superb acting skills, has gradually gained recognition in the circle, and his plays have become more and more and more rewarding.
In recent years, Yang Haoyu has won the "Best Supporting Actor" award of Shanghai Zuolin Drama and the Best Supporting Actor Award of Shanghai Magnolia, which is called "Xiao Geyou" by the industry and has become a veritable acting school.
When it comes to acting, Yang Haoyu's words are always full of love, he said: Every time he receives a new script, a new character image will appear in his mind, in order to shape a good role, the director and screenwriter will also help him build, and the characters will slowly stand up, which is an interesting process.
Drifting in childhood, growing up for the sake of dreams, he can stand on the stage to enjoy applause, but also live in the waste station to endure hardships, Yang Haoyu's experience, personality is destined to become an actor, not a star. Ah Huan wished Yang Haoyu a better and better future.