Voice actors are different from stage actors and film actors, they reproduce the image of the person in the original film (play) from the sound, using the voice as their means of performance. Before dubbing, they must fully analyze the theme, art style, style, era background, etc. of the original film, and then formulate their own dubbing plan for a certain character, also known as "voice makeup".
Among many voice actors, there is one voice actor that cannot be ignored, that is, Stephen Chow's former "royal voice actor". If there is no "royal voice actor" of Stephen Chow, I really don't know how much Xingye's style will be reduced. Therefore, Zhou Xingchi once could not do without his voice actor, he was Shi Banyu.
Shi Banyu' original name was Shi Zhaocai, his ancestral home was Linjia County, Guangxi, and his stage name was the same as many artists, in order to make a good name.
In 1985, Shi Banyu began to enter the dubbing industry under the tutelage of Chen Mingyang, known as the "Emperor of Taiwanese Dubbing". Chen Mingyang's voice is thick, and the most representative masterpiece is related to the fat cat Zheng Zeshi and the big fool Cheng Kui'an, and Master Chen almost arranged the dubbing of all the films of the two, emitting a voice that matched their strong physique.
In 1990, Yongsheng Film Company asked Andy Lau to help Stephen Chow, and the two co-starred in "Gambler". At that time, they just wanted to find a voice actor who could make Zhou Xingchi's voice and Andy Lau's voice a little farther away, so they picked Shi Banyu, probably thinking that his voice was more strange. Because Shi Banyu's voice is very similar to Zhou Xingchi's voice, slightly sharp and thin, Shi Banyu said that the difference between the two is "Xingye speaks Cantonese, I speak Mandarin."
Looking back now, Shi Banyu does not think that the first time dubbing Zhou Xingchi is perfect, but it may be that "strange" feeling, so that he next took over the next Chow Xingchi movie "The Whole Trick Expert", all the way down to today, even for a long time, everyone talked about Zhou Xingchi, the movie pictures and lines that came to mind were Shi Banyu's dubbed version.
"Honestly, I still can't understand Cantonese, our working procedure is like this, he first gave me the Cantonese version, I held the Mandarin script, while watching his performance and figuring out the tone to complete the dubbing Chinese."
In order to match the sound, Shi Banyu spent a lot of time figuring out the characteristics of Xingye's performance and speech in the film.
After Stephen Chow finishes a movie, there are always some lines that will become very popular.
Shi Banyu revealed that in fact, many of them were caused by his slip of the tongue. For example, "I served you", the line book is written "I served you", Shi Banyu was nervous, unconsciously took a few English words, he was waiting for the director to shout "NG (restart)", did not expect the director to suddenly clap his hands and praise, yes, just say, very good. Another example is "I go first", which is the word order in cantonese dialect, which is spoken in Mandarin but has an unexpected effect.
In Zhou Xingchi's very classic movie "Journey to the West", the touching and heartfelt confession of the supreme treasure, Zhou Xingchi not only brought the supreme treasure to life, the tears are really crying, coupled with Shi Banyu's grasp of the rhythm of Zhou Xingchi's acting skills, the incisive interpretation of the lines - 75% of the true feelings revealed + 25% of the hypocrisy + for the touching girl's crying, and finally became the most classic line, this movie pushed Chow Xingchi to the position of the master of postmodernist comedy.
In an interview, Shi Banyu talked about Zhou Xingchi: "It is my honor to be able to voice Xingye, and he made me a gold medal actor in the dubbing industry. After becoming a voice actor of Stephen Chow, many of my peers are very envious of me, because Stephen Chow's movie is hot, and my dubbing income is also higher than that of my peers. Ordinary voice actors are only paid a few thousand yuan for a movie, because I dubbed for Star Ye is much better, and I can also receive commercial performances, which is something that many voice actors dare not think. Commercial performance This is the opportunity for the stars, behind the scenes voice actors who will invite you to perform commercially, not to mention the audience does not know who you are. And Zhou Xingchi has brought me great fame and let the audience know me, so that I will receive commercial performances, and the income will increase many times, all of which is carried by Zhou Xingchi.
Of course, he not only voiced Zhou Xingchi, after all, it was impossible to always point to dubbing Zhou Xingchi to recreate glory.
"If I had relied solely on his plays, I would have starved to death."
He has also voiced classic roles played by other stars such as Liang Chaowei, Jacky Cheung, and Chen Xiaochun, and voiced Xu Xian's brother-in-law Li Gongfu in the most classic Version of Zhao Yazhi's "The Legend of the New White Lady".
Now he only chooses the works he likes, and does not have to be busy, which is the most comfortable state for Shi Banyu now.