May 1 movies gradually entered the end of the release, the box office ranking is basically settled will not change much, of which Zhang Yimou's first spy film "On the Cliff" became the first place in the box office list through word-of-mouth counterattack, "Your Wedding" ranked second in the lead in ticketing, "Sweeping Black Showdown", "Chasing the Tiger and Catching the Dragon" and "Secret Visitor" are hovering around 200 million.
If you look at the box office rankings of actors in may 1st from another angle, who will be the first?
I believe that most audiences will choose Zhang Yi or Yu Hewei and other actors of "On the Cliff", who let the film have a high box office.
However, in fact, the first person on the box office list of actors in the May Day file is not Zhang Yi, but another actor who is familiar to the audience and feels that he has not seen for a long time, Zhao Yi.
One or two movies exceeded 1.1 billion
Zhao Yi starred in "On the Cliff" as the Harbin underground party Lao Han, who was the pharmacy manager that Zhou Yi, played by Yu Hewei, met when he went to the pharmacy to buy medicine, and he also chased out a box of aspirin stuffed into Zhou Yi with hidden intelligence. At the end of the film, the person responsible for escorting Wang Ziyang out of the country is also this old Han.
It can be said that although Zhao Yi does not play too much role in the film, at least it is comparable to lao Feng played by Sha Yi, not only has a name and a surname, but his role can be much more important than that of lao Feng's agent.
In "Sweeping Black And Decisive Battle", which ranked third in the Box Office list of May 1st films, Zhao Yi played an important figure Liu Lijun, who not only provided important clues for the investigation team, but also directly publicized the corruption in Weihe County by kidnapping Lin Qiao'er, which greatly promoted the process of the film.
With the combined box office of the two films "On the Cliff" and "Sweeping Black And Decisive Battle", Zhao Yi's personal box office performance exceeded 1.1 billion, ranking first in the box office ranking of actors in the May 1st program.
Second, the beginning is the peak
Zhao Yi was born in Beijing in 1975, starting from his grandfather, their family is three generations of pear garden, but also three generations of martial ugly, his grandfather once shared the stage with Mei Lanfang, can be regarded as an authentic pear garden family. Therefore, Zhao Yi's school was not a drama academy but a Chinese opera academy, where he studied for seven years and sang martial arts for two years after graduation.
At the end of the 1990s, Peking Opera has long been not the mainstream, many opera actors have shifted to the film and television drama industry, Zhao Yi is no exception, and he is also very lucky, a debut is the peak, after playing a few small roles that are not worth mentioning, he has starred in two classic dramas in a row.
Zhao Yi's advanced crew is "The Gate of the Big Mansion", director Guo Baochang has a strong Peking Opera plot, there are many opera elements in the play, such as the Wan Xiaoju who Bai Yuting is infatuated with, its prototype is Mr. Mei Lanfang, and He Saifei, who plays Yang Jiuhong in the play, is simply an opera celebrity, so it is naturally not surprising that Guo Baochang found Zhao Yi of the Liyuan family.
However, the role played by Zhao Yi is not flattering, or it is also a clown, Bai Jingqi's son who is not a tool, Bai Jingye, the master who eats, drinks, gambles and gambles to lose the purchase money as soon as he comes up, and is smashed by Bai Jingqi with a stick and becomes a cripple, this role is a full play of Zhao Yi's clown talent.
The filming process of "The Gate of the Great Mansion" is full of twists and turns, so the audience began to know Zhao Yi and became familiar with him or in "Yongzheng Dynasty", Zhao Yi played his representative Li Wei, and the audience preferred to call him "dog".
In the "Yongzheng Dynasty", the four masters accepted the three little flowers, the board is the most miserable, Cui'er is the most handsome, and the most likable is the dog, who is not only sweet and fast-headed, but also very joyful.
One of the scenes that impressed me the most was "Li Wei Randang", who dressed as a loser from Shanxi, and his body pace, expression and tone (of course, dubbing) were vivid.
Later, when filming "Li Wei as an Official", the author still had some regrets, why not let Zhao Yi play Li Wei.
With the dog and Bai Jingye, Zhao Yi's opening is the peak, but it is a bit of a clown taste, and it is his specialty that easily restricts his play path.
Third, tepid actors
The start is very good, but Zhao Yi's next drama development is not very popular, although his film is constantly TV series, but it is always in a tepid state, and the number of supporting roles is far more than that of the protagonist, which may still be related to his image and human settings.
After "The Gate of the Mansion", the author's deepest impression of Zhao Yi's TV series is "The Burning Years of Passion 2", he plays the male Number One Shi Lin, that is, Shi Guangrong's eldest son, and this drama has once again played his opera skills, but his role is no longer a clown, which is a very good change for Zhao Yi.
Although he did not break out of the bigger world in the field of TV dramas, in the author's opinion, Zhao Yi's best role may still be a dog, but he has found some opportunities in the field of film, especially the cooperation with Feng Xiaogang.
Although the author believes that Zhao Yi's best masterpiece in the field of film should be "Little Six", the film work that has attracted him wide attention is "1942".
Zhao Yi played Shao Dongjia in "Nineteen Forty-Two", that is, the son of the old dongjia played by Zhang Guoguo, a rich and unkind, lewd and lustful little rich man, of course, this is still a clown.
Interestingly, fortunately, there is Zhang Mo in the actors of "Nineteen Forty-Two", otherwise some viewers would regard Zhao Yi as Zhang Guoguo's own son, and Zhao Yi does have some similarities with Zhang Mo in appearance.
After "1942", Zhao Yi also had the opportunity to perform in "Old Cannon" and "I Am Not Pan Jinlian", but the roles are very small, and only the audience who is familiar with him will realize, Oh, dog.
However, in these films, Zhao Yi worked with actors such as Zhang Yi, Yu Hewei and Yu Haolei, which seems to have laid the foundation for his later appearance in "On the Cliff".
Fourth, a new starting point
Interestingly, many viewers have mistaken the actor who played Lao Han when watching "On the Cliff", and some people recognized Liu Changwei, who played Boss Qiu in "Latent".
You don't have to say that Liu Changwei and Zhao Yi do have some similarities in appearance and temperament, and both of them starred in some clowns and small characters in their early years, and they began to play the underground party of the Eight Classics in middle age.
In "Sweeping Black Battle", Zhao Yi gave full play to his acting skills, except for the kidnapping scene that seemed a bit excessive due to the problem of line design, other places, he showed the skills of a good actor after years of training.
After all, after more than twenty years of acting skills, after all, he is also a prolific actor who has starred in sixty or seventy film and television dramas, and Zhao Yi has degenerated from a clown into a very dramatic old drama bone.
After two films in May 1 in 2021, coupled with the influence of more than one billion box office, I hope that Zhao Yi can dedicate more excellent film and television dramas to the audience in the future.