The poverty alleviation drama "Shan Hai Qing" with a Douban score of 9.4 is being broadcast on Zhejiang Satellite TV, Beijing Satellite TV, Oriental Satellite TV, Southeast Satellite TV, Ningxia Satellite TV, Shenzhen Satellite TV, and is applauded and applauded by the creative team composed of Kong Sheng, Sun Molong, Wang Sanmao and others and the blessing of the all-star lineup.
The drama tells the story of the people and cadres of Xihaigu since the 1990s, in response to the call of the national poverty alleviation policy, through hard work and unremitting exploration, the "dry beach" with wind and sand has been built into a "golden beach" with little land, with prototypes, telling the truth, and is a typical group drama, and each character is also the burden of the times. Among them, important roles include grassroots cadres, local leaders, aid experts, etc., who play many roles and also undertake the heavy responsibility of conveying the spirit of poverty alleviation.
There is also a character named An Yongfu in the play, around his labels are "poor", "disabled", "buy a wife", etc., the appearance time is not much, and the actor's name is not printed on the main poster.
"If the characters in this play were all open, I might still choose to play ErnSty Chou." Ernst & Young Fu's actor Zhang You said.
Why did Zhang You make this choice, and how can an actor who is not afraid to play a supporting role survive in the fiercely competitive entertainment industry?
"Happy Acting Everything"
Ernst & Young is a tragic character. In those difficult times, the misbehavior of poor people "selling their daughters" for a few donkeys and a well was not uncommon, and An Yongfu also got his daughter-in-law Shui Hua (Reiza). The two married without any basis for love, and gradually developed some feelings under the premise of getting along.
In order to fulfill his promise to marry Shui Hua, An Yongfu tried to dig a water cellar when the family of three was in harmony, but unexpectedly encountered a landslide. The well was gone, Andy rich had lost both legs and unfortunately became disabled, and the only male labor force in the poor family was missing.
Splash is an important female character in the play, many viewers put their emotions on her, after taking the role, they have a lot of dissatisfaction with Ann Yongfu, and they are even more angry when the plot advances to Ernst & Young Fu's many scoldings of Shui Hua - all in all, An Yongfu is not a pleasing positive role, but Zhang You is very happy to have the honor of starring.
"Any character who is alive will have 'light', and what can make the audience cry and laugh is a good character, and what makes people feel mixed is also a good character." The characters are equal to the actors, isn't that the joy of the performance itself?"
Every actor who has received professional acting training is familiar with the phrase "no small roles, only small actors", Zhang You really understands this point of view, in his eyes, the role is more or less, whether the person is good or bad is not important, once the role is played by him, the role has a brilliance exclusive to "Zhang You".
Aiming at Ernst & Young, Zhang You saw a series of tragedies caused by the backwardness of culture and education.
"The backwardness of culture and education has led to the obsolescence of the concept of husband and wife, and Ernst & Young Still adheres to the family concept of 'strong men and weak women' in his heart, which leads to the psychological imbalance of the disabled person after having to rely on his wife to live."
With this layer of logic, Zhang You's interpretation of EY is rich in many emotional layers. In his healthy years, Ernst & Young Fu was very angry with his wife, and told her about the plan to dig the water cellar with some look of anticipation and praise.
After the disability, he collapsed, and the light in his eyes was extinguished.
After seeing Shui Hua talking with other men very happily, and even having the idea of going outside, the male instinctive possessiveness is mixed with a sense of inferiority, and Zhang You's lines and eyes are full of dissatisfaction, gambling and worry.
"Ernst & Young Fu doesn't have too many characters' drama tasks, not too many constraints, so he can 'play' with the audience, and he can complain and pity himself in the play. There's a lot of room to play."
Since Zhang You decided to star, such a role that has not been played for a long time has a heavy weight in his heart. The position, the number of scenes, the intensity of publicity, etc. are not as important as the performance fun brought by the role of Ernst & Young.
"The setting of the character beauty, ugliness, good, and evil is not so important, the three-dimensional, deep is the good character, and the performance itself is the fun." 」 He said.
Proactive is on the move
People often say that the film and television industry is cruel, how many people repeatedly try out a role for a role, and use various connections to inquire about progress, which is the normal survival of the industry. When someone is chosen, it means that someone is eliminated, and "every role is wonderful" has gradually become a self-soothing phrase used by many actors who are in a "chosen" situation.
But Zhang You is different, he actively chooses to be "passive".
"I'm a passive person, and when it comes to competition, I think more about what the other person thinks. For example, if we do one thing together, the final result makes you comfortable, and it doesn't matter if I lose. In fact, there is no loss or not, after competing with people, I am not very comfortable, even if I get the role is not a taste. Scramble around, and in the end it's whose's or who's."
For Zhang You, such a habit applies to all kinds of opponents, even if the competitors he does not know at all, the other party will not be grateful, he is also unwilling to fight. He is not timid, but there is no "need" for the role, any acting opportunity is good in his opinion, since the horizontal and vertical are good, why grab it?
In terms of performance, "no desire and no demand" has made him less burdensome, and every time he takes the initiative to find a scene, it has become a surprise.
"Mountains and Seas" is one of the surprises.
Zhang You suddenly received a call from the assistant director at about eleven o'clock one night, and the other party briefly introduced the play and asked him if he had time to participate. Without much thought, he agreed and immediately brokered the collaboration.
Zhang You agreed easily, but the process of the crew finding a roler for An Yongfu was not simple. This role is mostly emotional drama, to find an actor whose temperament and acting skills match it, it is not an easy task, and Zhang You's previous performance in "Guardian Spirit" has attracted everyone's attention.
In the thriller "Guardian spirit", Zhang You is equivalent to one person playing two roles, with a large number of emotional explosion scenes. The "Mountains and Seas" team saw Zhang You's ability to control emotional tension, so they handed over the role of An Yongfu to him.
Sometimes the aroma of wine is really not afraid of the deep alley. If the actor can seriously complete each role, then this role will become a stepping stone to the next role.
In fact, whether it is "Mountains and Seas", or "Shou Ling", "Destiny Express", "Empty Nest" and other films, these works are not the result of Zhang You's desperate "fight", but the initiative of the creator or the concept of the two sides to match, and the cooperation will come naturally. His work model is different from too many people, and in today's entertainment environment, it is difficult to imagine an artist like Zhang You, who debuted for 14 years and did not sign a contract with an agency until the past two years.
"I've talked to a lot of agencies before, and they often assure me how many plays I can play in a year and how much money I make, and I don't think that's quite right, and actors shouldn't be like this." 」
In Zhang You's view, performance depends on fate, there are suitable opportunities, and then try to interpret; performance is not a mission framed by rules and regulations, not a KPI that must be completed, once you feel that "must act", then the fun of "acting" is much less.
He likes his consistent performance rhythm, comfortable, relaxed, and able to deliver good answers.
Find "seen" capital
Although Zhang You often mentions "passive", it is clear that the "passive" in his mouth is not equal to "static": the premise of being discovered by the filmmakers is that the actor needs to have the capital to be seen, and this confidence comes from his practice and vipassana as an actor all the time.
Zhang You was first "seen" in 2007. At that time, Chen Kexin's action film "Submission of Names" was being prepared in Beijing, which was a big project, many students went to audition, and Zhang You, who was still a sophomore, also tried it with the mentality of seeing the world, and the result was the only student in the class to be selected.
"The first time I met such a big crew, I saw director Chen Kexin on the spot, he named my role 'Eight Pounds', and then he thought I was too thin and changed my name to 'Six Pounds' (laughs)." He always remembers the situation.
In "Submission of Names", Zhang You played Andy Lau's younger brother, that is, "with the group actor", the play is very broken, because the AB group has to show his face, so he accidentally stayed in the group for four months, spending two hours a day sleeping in a toilet car modified from a bus.
"Later, director Chen Kexin noticed me, asked director Ye Weimin why I was always on the scene, said, 'Give him such a tight notice, he will die on the scene,' and ordered me to go back to rest."
This order made Zhang You, who was still a student, feel very happy, which was the care of the director he admired, and also made him realize for the first time that he was a real actor.
In the crew of "Submission of Names", Zhang You filmed many scenes, but the role was not important, and the final film was cut in half. Lost? It's nature. After that, on the set of "October Siege", he met Chen Kexin again, and Director Chen still remembered the actor who followed the group, and Lao Yuan called him "eight pounds" and said sorry to him. At that time, Zhang You had not yet graduated, and with some ignorance, he suddenly froze and said "should" in passing.
"Now that I think about it, the answer at that time was really brainless." Zhang You smiled.
But in the past few years since his debut, he has become more and more aware that he should say "should" in the face of many things: actors should act seriously, and they should be cut for many reasons, which are the surprises and frights that actors should bear, and they are all experiences.
Zhang You, not in contention, not to grab, not to be ostentatious, with basic skills and a down-to-earth attitude by the Hong Kong circle directors to see, "Cast a Name" and then with Wu Yusen ("Chibi (Part 2)"), Er Dongsheng ("The Great Magician"), Xu Ke ("Di Renjie's Capital Dragon King") and other directors, the first few years after graduation continued to resources.
When the wind is going well, he is still solid. With the rise of mainland films, Hong Kong films have gradually declined in the mainland market, and Zhang You has hit his own bottleneck period.
"Slowly, people start saying, 'You're fine,' but in the end they still don't need you, which is a sign of elimination."
When it was most difficult, Zhang You did not have a contract, and he had to rely on credit from the familiar restaurant owner for meals, and he began to borrow money from his family when it was really difficult to afford the rent -- but he never thought of changing careers: "At that time, when I was young, I ran out to pursue my dreams, and I was bound to be unwilling when I didn't finish it."
During the period of silence, he keeps reading and deducing the logic of things from words; he also actively observes life, starting from every real person around him to find different character characteristics. Even if the situation improves, with a large number of invitations to literary and artistic films, he still has not stopped studying performances and plays, and even practices the basic skills of performance such as tears in the mirror.
"If you don't think and practice, you will rust." It's like driving a car, and if you don't go on the road for a long time, the car breaks down."
No matter how the rules of the film and television industry change, whether the pace is fast or slow, he maintains his passion for acting and his own philosophy of life, and welcomes large and small roles in the best state. Someone asked if he was worried that others would underestimate his performance strength, and he just smiled and said, "It's good to underestimate, and it's important to reduce the burden of performance." A little less ego, a little more character."
Zhang You, in this way, kept brewing the "wine" of his own performance, attracting the audience into the long alley.
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