In 1987, 18-year-old Zhang Xiaotong (Zhang Jiayi's original name) failed the college entrance examination.
For him, who has been mischievous since he was a child, this result is not surprising to his family.
But when the child becomes an adult, he always needs to have a place to go, and coincidentally, when Zhang Xiaotong's uncle was watching the "Xi'an Evening News", a message that "the Beijing Film Academy has set up a point to enroll students in the Xi'an Film Studio" caught his attention.
His nephew Zhang Xiaotong participated in opera performances when he was young, and he hoped that learning to act would be a good choice, so he told Zhang Xiaotong's parents about the news.
"If you go, you should see the world."
Under the persuasion of his parents, Zhang Xiaotong decided to try it.
Unexpectedly, he just held "try it", but he was successfully admitted to the Beijing Film Academy.
In the third year after entering Nortel, Zhang Xiaotong had already received a contract.
Both are still movies, one is to play the young Nie Rongzhen in "Nie Rongzhen", but this work is very little known; the other is in the science fiction film "Magic Watch" after playing the "bigger" after the KangBos, a child-thinking adult but to find a way to work to earn a living, such a wonderful story will be deeply fascinated by the audience, the film has become countless childhood memories of the 80s.
A year later, Zhang Xiaotong successfully graduated from Nortel, and according to the assignment, he returned to the Xi'an Film Studio.
At that time, the Western Film Studio was in the limelight and won a string of foreign awards. Moreover, under the influence of Wu Tianming, a new generation of directors such as Huang Jianxin, Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige have also made a name for themselves in the film industry at home and abroad.
But for Zhang Xiaotong, this is a new environment, everything has to start over, there are opportunities, and the pressure is greater.
Perhaps in order to give himself a symbol of this new journey, after consulting with his family, 22-year-old Zhang Xiaotong gave himself a new name - Zhang Jiayi.
The flowers bloom in two, one on each side.
In the second year of Zhang Jiayi's admission to Nortel, You Yong, who also grew up in Xi'an, also participated in his first film "The Price of Madness".
Although there are not many scenes in the film, and the front face is not shown several times, this participation still gives the 25-year-old great confidence.
Speaking of which, You Yong was also a "bastard boy" when he was a child, more than Zhang Jiayi, not only did not open his mind in learning, but also often fought, and got rid of a "thorn head".
He once blew himself up in "Tonight's Play":
When I was a child, I disobeyed the teacher's discipline, and I once slapped the teacher, and now I think about it very much.
Unlike Zhang Jiayi, You Yong's embarkation on the road of acting is entirely his own decision.
He liked to watch movies since he was a child, and after seeing the enrollment brochure of Xi'an Drama Theatre, he immediately chose to sign up.
That year, there were more than 8,000 students enrolled in the Xi'an Drama Theatre, and only 16 were recruited in the end, and You Yong was one of them.
Although the two are now familiar "Northwest Tough Guys" on the screen, the two people's acting paths are very different and winding.
First, late blooming red flowers
Although he played the movie male number one in college, Zhang Jiayi on the Nortel campus was not brilliant, and the positioning was even a little awkward.
When he was recruited, he was recruited as a comedian, and as soon as he came on the stage, the teachers were happy, and he couldn't figure it out.
So much so that the teachers commented on him: Your subsequent play path will not be very broad.
After returning to the Xi'an Film Studio, the teacher's "prediction" seems to be gradually "coming true".
In the Western Film Studio, Zhang Jiayi rarely receives decent scenes, and can only string the crew everywhere as a supporting role and run the dragon set.
In Guan Hu's movie "Hair Messed Up", Zhang Jiayi starred in a small person with more right to speak; in the same year, in "Back to Back, Face to Face", he also played a "traitor" of the construction team, the character image flowed, and there were not many scenes, until today, although this movie is thunderous, few people know that Zhang Jiayi has Zhang Jiayi in the cast list.
In 1995, Zhang Jiayi finally played the male lead again in the TV series "Daobeiren", but perhaps the image was slightly immature and did not leave too deep an impression on the audience.
In the first ten years after graduation, the key word in Zhang Jiayi's acting path was "supporting role", but he could enjoy it tirelessly.
In an interview after becoming an "old drama bone", the reporter asked Zhang Jiayi: "At the youngest age, I was not seen by everyone, is this a pity for you?" ”
Zhang Jiayi replied: "No regrets, I may think that many people think that I am a late bloomer, but I myself formed a correct understanding of acting, that is, in the previous few years." ”
In fact, there should be regrets, regret is that in those years of acting desperately overdone, physical problems, since then ankylosing spondylitis with him for life, which is also the reason why he is always slightly embarrassed after acting.
Thirty years old is a special node for men, Zhang Jiayi's 30 years old, he needs a bigger stage.
So he left Xi'an and came to Beijing, standing on a bigger stage, and the "supporting role" slowly completed the transformation to the "protagonist".
In 2001, he played Wu Tianyun, a doctor in the TV series "Doctor Pamir".
In 2004, the military drama "National Mission" starring him was broadcast on CCTV.
In November 2006, partners Sun Honglei and Chen Xiaoyi starred in the urban life drama "Halfway Couple".
In 2007, he starred in the documentary criminal investigation drama "National Image".
Although they are all starring actors, the impression left on the audience is limited to a well-behaved screen image, which is not profound.
In the deep winter of 2009, Zhang Jiayi finally ushered in the highlight moment of his acting career, and the popularity of the TV series "Snail Residence" made his reputation famous.
Zhang Jiayi after "Snail Residence" will be recognized on the street: "Are you that Song Siming?" ”
At this time, Zhang Jiayi was already forty years old.
Thirty-year-old Zhang Jiayi already knows how to act, but this "red flower" is indeed many years late.
It is not difficult for flowers to bloom, but it is difficult to bloom for a long time without defeat.
Zhang Jiayi after "Snail Residence" was not carried away by the momentary "fire" and still put his mind on the work. With the label of "Song Siming", he has gained more opportunities to show his acting skills while also beginning to harvest industry honors.
In 2011, he won the "17th Magnolia Best Actor Award" at the Shanghai TV Festival for "Borrowing a Gun".
In 2012, with "Yingpan Town Police", he won the "Outstanding Actor Award" of the Golden Eagle Award, huabiao award, feitian award, and golden eagle TV arts festival, and truly entered the front line of the film and television circle.
In the decade from the age of forty to fifty, Zhang Jiayi starred in more than 20 TV series, an average of two a year, which can not be described as not popular!
Anti-Japanese, espionage, medical, ethics, urban, era, all kinds of themes he acted out over and over again, when the media introduced him, he also began to use the description of "a brother in mainland TV dramas".
The audience also identified him, as long as he was there, the ratings of the series were guaranteed.
But on August 6, 2020, 50-year-old Zhang Jiayi announced that he would change his name again, this time changing his name to "Zhang Jiayi".
The name change is because of health considerations, whether the improvement of the body is a private issue we do not know, but what is more "metaphysical" is that after the name change, Zhang Jiayi's acting path has stepped onto a new level, and the "Loading Stage" and "Mountains and Seas" starring him make the audience obviously feel that this new "Zhang Jiayi" is not the same as in the past.
In the past, he played the urban theme that the audience liked to see, focusing on the charm of mature men, and now he has also begun to act in a good drama that is close to the times and reflects the life of the bottom, and under the humble shell of the role, his acting skills are becoming more and more touching.
It can be said that the new "Zhang Jiayi" is gradually moving from a famous film and television actor to the identity of "performance artist".
The original "you will not be very wide after the play" evaluation, let Zhang Jiayi hold a strong heart, the more you say I can't act, the more I have to act brilliantly.
After becoming famous, although the body is bent, in the pursuit of the quality of the work, Zhang Jiayi has always straightened his waist, did not become a tool for capital operation for quick money, ruined his reputation, and interpreted what is called "Northwest Tough Guy" in a unique way.
Zhang Jiayi's late-blooming red flower seems to be more and more brilliant.
Second, solid green leaves
It should be difficult for the audience to imagine that You Yong's current image was actually the male protagonist of Qiong Yao drama.
In 1989, a few months after playing the supporting role in "The Price of Madness", he got the male lead of a movie, which was based on Qiong Yao's novel "Courtyard Deep".
Perhaps before 2000, television was not yet popular, and you Yong participated in several TV series after "Courtyard Deep", although there will be awards, but it has never been famous.
In 1997, he starred in the TV series "Big Family" and won the Outstanding Actor Award at the 15th China Popular Television Golden Eagle Awards.
In 1998, he starred in the TV series "The Lord Judge" and won the "Most Popular Actor Award of the Audience" by CCTV.
In 1999, he participated in the TV series "Never Look Away" directed by Zhao Baogang, and starred in the TV series "Evidence of Guilt" in the same year.
In 2000, he starred in the movie "Dream Pastoral", which was nominated for the Best Actor at the 20th Golden Rooster Awards of Chinese Cinema.
These titles are obviously quite unfamiliar to today's young audiences.
Also born in Shaanxi, compared with Zhang Jiayi's late blooming of red flowers, You Yong became more and more stable on the road of green leaves after 2000.
You Yong has always said that he is like the "mold face" of the terracotta warriors, which is exactly the image of one of the most prominent northwestern Han.
It is precisely because it is too prominent, so in the image of You Yong's past supporting roles, there are often two extremes, either a big evil person or a big hero.
From the corrupt predators in "Don't Wear the Sky", the cold-faced killer in "Big Event", the thief boss in "No Thief in the World", to the criminal police captain in "Underworld", the iron-blooded military commander in "River Mountain".
As soon as You Yong's face appears, the positioning of the role can stand up, stand up, and he can perform the spirit required by the role.
As a national first-class actor of the National Drama Theatre of China, You Yong's performance ability is undoubtedly able to stand the test.
Flexibly switching between the two poles, but also allowing the audience to quickly integrate into the role and bring into the plot, You Yong should be called a "solid and reliable green leaf".
Like Zhang Jiayi, You Yong also changed his name once in his acting career.
Around 2014, You Yong changed his name to "You Yongzhi", we don't know what the reasons and exquisiteness are behind the name change, but objectively speaking, the quality and popularity of the renamed works have improved a lot.
For example, the dramas such as "One Servant and Two Lords" and "Ordinary World" have obtained good ratings data, and in 2020, You Yongzhi is even more called "hegemonic screen", starting from "Great Qin Fu" on December 1, 4 new dramas have been broadcast in 45 days, each character image has completely different characteristics, but it can make the audience relish it.
Third, when the red flowers meet the green leaves
Before 2020, the public's impression of Zhang Jiayi was still bai jiaxuan in "White Deer Plain", and You Yongzhi was Tian Fujun in "Ordinary World".
As shaanxi actors, the two are extremely good at film and television works with local characteristics in the northwest, and they are also extremely prominent.
But these two compatriots have never cooperated in dialect in the same play, and I believe that the audience who knows these two actors already knows what I am going to say.
"When the red flower meets the green leaf, what kind of spark can collide between two northwest tough guys?"
Just two words: match!
In fact, before "Loading The Stage" and "Mountains and Seas", the two people have already cooperated in the TV series "One Servant and Two Lords".
But in this urban drama, it is difficult to give the space for these two actors to collide.
As two film and television works with great local characteristics in the northwest, "Loading Stage" and "Mountains and Seas" allow these two people to let go of their hands and feet and perform at will, to a state of "performance is life".
You can see in them the truest look of the Northwestern men, different looks.
The locals are praised, and the outsiders shout good.
Eating a bowl of noodles and pulling a car in "Loading the Stage" are all dramas, and life is in the simplest daily life.
In "Mountains and Seas", Zhang Jiayi's village official responsibility and casually scolding, You Yongzhi's incitement and sprinkling tricks, but also let the audience truly feel the hardships and obstacles of poverty alleviation in that era.
At the moment when domestic dramas are filled with ancient puppet dramas, fantasy dramas, dog-blood workplace dramas, and family dramas, these two northwestern Men work together to drag domestic dramas back to the ground, so that people can see the true appearance of life, let people feel "sour, sweet, bitter and spicy, cold and warm self-knowledge".
This is the quality and ability that a good actor should have, that is, I don't know if Zhang Jiayi and You Yongzhi will cooperate after that.
The two people's acting paths are not the same, but in the seriousness and hard work of the profession of actors, they are worthy of the audience's applause.
Whether it is red flowers or green leaves, the actors that the audience likes to hear are good actors who deserve recognition.
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