Summer is over, with "This! It is Hip-Hop 3" and "Summer of the Band 2" that have gradually come to an end, and we have finally waited for the long-awaited second season of "Actors Please Take Place". In this season, in addition to maintaining the three mentors of Chen Kaige, Zhao Wei and Guo Jingming, the strong joining of Hong Kong director Er Dongsheng is undoubtedly a bright spot.
I still remember that the last time we saw Director Er Dongsheng appear was in early May, when the 39th Hong Kong Film Awards announced the awards through live broadcast. In just 20 minutes, Er Dongsheng alone announced all the award results, looking particularly solemn.
After nearly half a year, no one expected that Er Dongsheng would appear on the mentor seat of the second season of "Actors Please Take Place". This is undoubtedly also the debut of Erdao's variety show in the mainland, we thought he would be the kind of role that "people don't talk much"; but we never expected that he actually had a hot search physique of "both cruel people" and "many words", and even Teacher Li Chengru could only bow to the wind.
We may wish to revisit the huge "lethality" brought by director Er Dongsheng to the traffic stars in the show:
You don't even know the techniques of facial control, and crying is like chewing gum and making yourself look foreign. If you want to find a way to go to a refresher course, you will directly tell you that you have no talent for acting.
You are photogenic and beautiful, but do you know how many actresses of this shape there are in China? The worst thing is that there is no character.
There are too many actors like you, there are too many actors in China, even if you go back to continue to do boy bands, you are too old, and it is estimated that not many fans will like to see you!
Three directors, now suddenly so polite to you, but I can only say, speechless.
I don't know how red you are, I know this S is the market for you, S behind is cruel. There were several actors in Hong Kong, his girlfriend, his wife, who refused to let him kiss the scene. In all the dramas after that, the kissing people did not look for him.
Some people say that "Actors Please Take Place" finally invited the right person this time. Compared with the "smoothness" and "politeness" of the other three mentors, Er Dongsheng's honesty and harshness may be an important driving force that can truly stimulate the performance potential of the actors. As one audience member said: "Chen Youwei should thank Er Dongsheng for being an 'evil person', helping him to light up fans and remove the obstacle of an idol turning actor." ”
Taking advantage of this wave of heat, we may as well look back at the film career of director Er Dongsheng. Looking at the first-line Hong Kong directors we know, Today's Er Dongsheng can also be described as highly respected, not as many self-media say "a little strange". If you have not seen the early directorial works of Er Director, but at least you must have seen Cecilia Cheung starring in "Can't Forget" and "Mong Kok Night"; cecilia Cheung was well received for these two Er Dongsheng works, and also won the Hong Kong Academy Awards.
Director Er Dongsheng himself has won four Academy Awards trophies, in 1994, he won the best director and best screenplay at the 13th Hong Kong Film Awards for the film "New Love", and in 2005, he won the best director and best screenplay at the 24th Hong Kong Film Awards for "The Dark Night of Mong Kok". It can be said that whether it is directing ability or drama writing ability, he is unique in the history of Hong Kong film.
"New Love" & "Mong Kok Night"
And why "Actors Please Take Place" please the right person, there is another important reason, Er Dongsheng was also a popular actor in the Hong Kong film industry before becoming a director.
Er Dongsheng, who came from an acting family, began to enter the show business circle as early as the age of four. But his real decision to engage in the actor industry, although there are factors that the family has heard about, but the key is that his own conditions are of sufficient quality, not only has outstanding appearance, but also has enough spirituality in acting. At the age of 19, he officially signed a contract with Shaw Company, and then participated in the two films directed by Chu Yuan, "Ah Sir Poison Queen Tiger Gun" and "White Jade Tiger".
1977 "Sir PoisonEd Tiger Gun", the latter is Er Dongsheng
His third film, "The Sword of the Three Young Masters", which made him famous at the age of 22, is still directed by Chu Yuan. The heroine who co-starred with him was his then girlfriend Yu An'an. With the role of the three young masters with sword eyebrows and starry eyes and heroic spirits, the young Er Dongsheng immediately won the jianghu reputation "Er Xiaobao" in the street.
1977 The Sword of the Three Young Masters
Everyone has to admit that in terms of appearance, Er Dongsheng of that year was completely enough to match any popular young student today. It is precisely because of this that after filming "The Sword of the Three Young Masters", he continued to make films and became a hot new star in The last glory period of Shaw's family.
In addition to continuing to cooperate with director Chu Yuan in a series of works such as "Yitian Slaughtering Dragon", "Full Moon Curved Knife", "Amorous Swordsman Ruthless Sword", "Bright Moon Sword Snow Night Annihilation", "Bat Legend", "Sun Robbery", "Magic Sword Hero Love" and so on, he has also appeared in films such as "Xinhai Double Ten" directed by Ding Shanxi, "Lovers Look at the Knife" directed by Zhu Yanping, "Rulai Divine Palm" directed by Huang Tailai, "Demon World" directed by Yang Quan, "Wrong Body Man", "I Love Immortal Shade", and "Wrong Point Mandarin Duck" directed by Lu Jianming.
1978 "Dragon Slayer in the Sky"
1979 "Full Moon Curved Knife"
1982 "Rulai Divine Palm"
For non-Shaw fans, these films born in the 1970s and 1980s may inevitably be a bit distant, but it was precisely with his unremitting efforts that Er Dongsheng was able to further establish himself in the Hong Kong film circle. What's more, Shaw's popularity at that time was enough to be called Hong Kong Hollywood, and Er Dongsheng was paired with big names in the actor's world, Dillon, Zheng Shaoqiu, Ling Yun, Yue Hua, Luo Lie, Jing Li, Lin Qingxia, Wang Zuxian, Zhong Chuhong, Zhao Yazhi, Hui Yinghong, and so on.
Of course, this also includes Er Dongsheng's two half-brothers, they are Qin Pei and Jiang David. Er Dongsheng's mother, Hongwei, was married to the well-known actor Yan Hua and had two sons and a daughter. Unfortunately, Yan Hua died young due to illness, and his mother remarried to Er Guang, and then Er Dongsheng was born. Although the biological father is different, Er Dongsheng's relationship with the two brothers has always been very harmonious.
Er Dongsheng and his brothers Qin Pei and Jiang David
Three brothers with mother
According to director Er Dongsheng in "Actors Please Take Place", their three brothers are all male protagonists who are not willing to give in. The eldest brother Qin Pei is still active in the show business circle, and this year he was also nominated for the Best Supporting Actor of the Popular Film Hundred Flowers Award for the movie "Manslaughter"; the second brother, David Jiang, is one of the most influential superstars in the Hong Kong film industry, and has been recognized as a martial arts superstar for his works such as "The New One-Armed Knife" and "Thorn Horse" directed by Zhang Che.
In the creation of movies, the three brothers have always helped each other. I still remember the 1981 "Owl", which was the closest cooperation between the three brothers, Jiang David as the director and starring, Qin Pei as the producer and participated, and Er Dongsheng participated in the screenwriting work and gave full play to his talents.
1981 Owl
I have to lament the strength of genes, the three brothers are really older and more alike
However, after Er Dongsheng finished filming Lu Jianming's "Wrong Mandarin Duck" in 1985, the Shaw Company, which had declined, officially stopped production. For Er Dongsheng, this is undoubtedly a huge upheaval in his acting career. He was only 28 years old. In his words, "I went into Shaw filming when I was 17 years old, and when I left the company, I was 26 years old, and at that time, I felt like I was finished. After much deliberation, he finally decided to go behind the scenes and become a director himself.
1985 "Wrong Mandarin Duck"
In 1986, Er Dongsheng wrote and directed himself, and made his directorial debut "The Legend of the Crazy Guy". Although the film suffered box office Waterloo in Hong Kong that year, it was also blocked at one point because the subject matter was too bold. But there is no doubt that it has made a good start to Er Dongsheng's directing career. Perhaps because he is tired of acting in martial arts films, Er Dongsheng, who crossed over his own film, has a special love for realistic themes.
1986 "The Legend of the Epileptic Man"
Looking at the starring cast of the movie "The Legend of the Crazy Guy", there are not only big names such as Zhou Runfa and Liang Chaowei, but also Ye Dexian, who later won the Venice film queen with "Sister Peach". The eldest brother Qin Pei, who played a supporting role in the film, successfully won the Best Supporting Actor at the 6th Hong Kong Film Awards and the Best Supporting Actor at the 23rd Taipei Golden Horse Awards with his excellent acting skills.
Unfortunately, Er Dongsheng's second and third directorial works "People's Heroes" (starring Liang Chaowei, Dillon and Liang Jiahui) and "Goodbye Wang Laowu" (starring Zhong Zhentao and Maggie Cheung) failed to maintain the momentum of his directorial debut. Although "People's Heroes" won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and Actress for Liang Chaowei and Jin Yanling, and "Goodbye Wang Laowu" was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Screenwriter, it is an indisputable fact that the box office has been thrown at the street. As a newcomer director at that time, Er Dongsheng inevitably had self-doubt.
1987 People's Heroes
1989 "Goodbye Wang Lao V"
After four years, he finally ushered in the spring of his directing career. In 1993, Er Dongsheng used his savings for many years to shoot the fourth movie "New Love", which was still self-written and self-directed, and the starring lineup gathered Yuan Yongyi, Liu Qingyun, Liu Jialing, Qin Pei, Feng Baobao and others.
1993 "New Love"
The following year, the film became the biggest winner of the 13th Hong Kong Film Awards, winning six awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenwriter, Best Actress (Yuen Wing Yee), Best Supporting Actor (Qin Pei), and Best Supporting Actress (Feng Baobao). At the same time, the box office has also gained a lot, as a director, Er Dongsheng finally really saw his ability to create movies.
For the next three years, he directed Chariot of Fire and Men and Women non-stop. The former invited Andy Lau and Liang Yongqi; the latter invited Zhang Guorong, Karen Mok and Shu Qi, and Shu Qi, who had just entered the show business circle, won the best newcomer and best supporting actress.
1995 Chariot of Fire
1996 Men and Women
After many years, looking back at the importance of these films for Er Dongsheng's film career may be more iconic. In 2014, in the list of "Top 100 Hong Kong Movies" selected by the British magazine "TIMEOUT", Er Dongsheng's "New Can't Love" and "Pornographic Men and Women" were listed among them, which confirmed the value of these two films for Hong Kong films.
Er Dongsheng and Zhang Guorong
We are all familiar with the stories that followed. In 2003, Er Dongsheng tailored two films, "Can't Forget" and "The Night of Mong Kok", for Cecilia Cheung, who was in urgent need of getting rid of the name of "vase" at that time. In "Can't Forget", Cecilia Cheung played with Liu Qingyun, and indeed played a bus driver who was deeply trapped in the difficulties of life, and won the best actress at the 23rd Hong Kong Film Awards. Then he played intimately with Wu Yanzu in "The Night of Mong Kok" and was nominated for the Academy Award again.
2003 "Can't Forget"
2004 "Mong Kok Night"
After becoming famous, director Er Dongsheng successively directed "Precocious", "A Thousand Cups Are Not Drunk", "Disciples", "Shinjuku Incident", "The King of guns", "The Great Magician", "I Am a Passerby", and later the new "The Sword of the Three Young Masters". Over the years, although his film reputation has fluctuated, it is undeniable that he is still a good director who upholds his own creative philosophy.
2005 "Precocious"
2007 The Disciple
2016 "The Sword of the Three Young Masters"
Er Dongsheng once said, "As a director, I started from a thought, I wanted to shoot such a play, so I collected information, the script slowly took shape, a play from scratch to really shoot, the process will have many difficulties, but you will have the satisfaction of creation." When an actor, a hundred people may not be able to have a standout, both passive, but also to talk about luck, but also to talk about the audience, can you wait until a good movie role, this is all passive. ”
In his opinion, "the work of directing is not great, and it cannot be inflated." I'm leaving behind pieces of baggage, but I have to trust my own judgment, and the subject matter I like should be extremely limited. At the end of the film, it only has to face one audience, and the conclusion is only good and bad, and it cannot please everyone. ”
Such a director Of Er Dongsheng, do you still think that he is very "poisonous"? He is just using his own experience from filming for so many years to tell the new actors who are currently deeply affected by the market one very important thing: how can he be a good actor if he can't listen to the criticism of others?