Wang Yanhui, who is "more than 50 years old and has a bad face", plays a father full of positive energy, ordinary and true, deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, he said, "I just want to stand in the perspective of the little people and interpret their sorrows and joys." ”
| Author: Wang Zhening
| Editor: Curry
Mention Wang Yanhui, everyone will have a different "bad guy" image in their minds: the lawless Xiong Laosan in "Glorious Rage", the fierce Qiu Huogui in "Li Mi's Conjecture", and the murderer who is about to come out in "Burning Heart of the Sun"...
He is the benchmark of the villain circle that makes people "love and hate" in the hearts of movie fans. However, in the movie "The Amazing Dad", which was released on June 18, he was unusual, playing a father full of positive energy.
As a taxi driver in the play, although he has some contradictions with his son who suffers from congenital blinding diseases, he helps his son realize his marathon dream with implicit great love.
Netizens who have seen countless treacherous and cunning and cunning small roles played by Wang Yanhui have sighed, "I didn't expect that Wang Yanhui, who is more than 50 years old and has a bad face, also has a day of playing a positive energy male protagonist."
Although this is almost the first protagonist image of Wang Yanhui on the big screen, it is not his first time to play "Father".
In the absurd comedy "The Unknown Generation" released in 2018, he left a deep impression on the audience in front of the screen with the image of his father who was in a huge debt but refused to run away; after that, in 2020, he starred in the film "Calm Waves" in order to bear the crime of his son and chose to make up for the father of the knife victim; in the same year, he played the father of a wandering girl in a foreign country in the literary drama film "Landing on the Ground"...
The role of the father is varied, but it contains the sorrows and joys of ordinary people. June 20 is Father's Day, and under the performance of this experienced actor, the father's love on the screen is even deeper and greater.
Different fathers have the same love
In the movie "The Great Father", Xiao Daming, played by Wang Yanhui, is a taxi driver who has a son Xiao Erdong (Zhang Youhao) who suffers from a congenital genetic disease.
Considering that his son is very likely to face the dilemma of blindness in adulthood, he plans his life for his son early, hoping that he can play the piano well, find the means to make a living in the future, and live a stable life. For his son, running a marathon is a dream to pursue the meaning of life, a way to follow his mother's footsteps.
The father and son clashed continuously, but as his son fell ill, Xiao Daming began to change his mind. In order to realize his son's wish to run a marathon, Xiao Daming made up his mind to devote himself to training and become a companion for his son who was close to blindness, fighting side by side with his son and finally helping him complete his wish. It is precisely because of this that the father and son who originally had a estrangement in their hearts began to freeze their previous suspicions.
In the whole movie, the grounded life scenes and the details of the relationship between father and son are easy to resonate, especially the father image of Wang Yanhui, which makes many fans move. Some Douban netizens commented: "A piece of yin in the crime film, a good father in the family film, he has achieved the non-violation and transformation between cold-blooded and tender-hearted." "I don't think he played an ordinary dad in this film, and the dads who are willing to run hard for their children are all sparkling."
Previously, Wang Yanhui played a variety of "fathers" who experienced different life changes.
In The Unknown, he plays a boss who owes money to the project and is also a father.
In the film, in order to show this contradictory father figure, he designed many details, such as he protected his wife and children with his arms during a group fight, and Wang Yanhui described: "I held my woman and son in my arms like a big bear and protected them." The love of middle-aged fathers for their children is deeper and more delicate, like a mountain, which is my aesthetic. ”
· "The Unknown Generation" Wang Yanhui stills.
For Wang Yanhui, the complex and imperfect father in the movie "Calm Wind and Waves" is another test of his acting skills. "This character is particularly complex, and I have a particularly excited feeling when this character slowly organizes and takes shape in my head. I also put a lot of effort into the creation, which can be said to be a point of hard work and a harvest. Wang Yanhui said.
· "Calm Wind and Waves" Wang Yanhui stills.
In addition to the role on the big screen, the role of the father ji district chief in the TV series "Little Joy" also made him receive praise. Wang Yanhui believes that it is the role of his father that makes him gentle.
Stills from the TV series "Little Joy".
From the fierce god evil to the thick and cute, in the eyes of the audience, what does he act like. The speculation of the role and the capture of details, coupled with the personal experience of being a father, allow him to express this thick image more multi-faceted and three-dimensional when interpreting the complex and deep love of his father.
The "old actor" who walked out of the drama stage
Before playing the role of father, most of Wang Yanhui's screen image was a "villain", in fact, he was not a "bad guy professional" from the beginning.
Wang Yanhui was born in Kunming, Yunnan. After graduating from high school, he could not sing and dance, and he mistakenly chose to apply for the Yunnan Academy of Arts, passing the exam with a standard Mandarin and good physical coordination.
In 1989, after graduating from university, he directly entered the Yunnan Provincial Repertory Theatre and performed many roles on the stage of the drama, such as the police, the People's Liberation Army, the old party members, the undercover and so on.
Wang Yanhui in his youth.
In 1994, he had become an "old actor" in the drama troupe, and with a momentum, he went to the Beijing Film Academy for further study, "Beijing is too mysterious and too complicated, I must come to see what is going on, it is an impulse when I was young." ”
In the days of North Drift, Wang Yanhui felt the unevenness of the performing arts industry. Others are tall and handsome and have good grades, and it is inevitable that they feel some inferiority. Despite this, in a strong literary and artistic atmosphere, he still starred in many dramas, gained a lot, and got some experience.
But as time went on, he gradually began to get confused. Perhaps because of his personality, Wang Yanhui is not used to communicating with people and is not good at selling himself through words, so he gives up many acting opportunities.
At that time, the film and television industry was gradually commercialized, and he found that he did not understand the industry, and many illusions about the existence of actors were gradually broken. In order not to let himself fall into the strange circle of losing himself, he finally chose to return to Yunnan at the end of 1999 and continue to work in the provincial repertory theatre.
Since then, he has also had many acting opportunities, and has played roles in tv series such as the 2001 police drama "Black Golden Triangle", the 2003 "September Storm of Chinese Criminal Police", the 2004 "Enemy", and the 2006 case-related drama "Operations Without Borders" and other TV series.
The work that really ushered in the turning point of his acting career was the film "Glorious Rage", which was released in October 2007.
Director Cao Baoping came to Yunnan at that time, before that, he had already set up a group of actors in Beijing, but he wanted to choose actors who were closer to the role, it was best to speak the Yunnan dialect, so he found Wang Yanhui, who was a little famous in the provincial repertory theatre at that time, and asked him to try the bully role of Xiong Laosan.
Wang Yanhui has never played a "bad guy", I don't know if I can play well, I didn't have much hope to say to the director: "I'll try it for you, you think it's OK, if it doesn't work, don't forget it." He was nervous all night, and the next day after only half of the audition, he was urged to sign the contract.
This film not only won Wang Yanhui the best supporting actor at the 8th Chinese Film and Media Awards, but also made him the royal actor directed by Cao Baoping, and successively cooperated with "Li Mi's Conjecture", "Burning Heart of the Sun", "Pursuer Also", etc., and the two gradually established a relationship of mentorship and friendship.
In Cao Baoping's film, even if there are only a few lines of the scene, Wang Yanhui will agree to come down, he constantly breaks through himself, portraying one character after another as plump, and then painting colorful colors.
The "Great Villain" full of Buddhism
Although he often plays "bad guys" and supporting roles, Wang Yanhui always adheres to his attitude when acting, "Whether it is a good person or a bad person, the most important thing for you is to let the audience understand that these things that the characters do are reasonable." After you have the confidence yourself, the audience will believe in you. ”
When he first received the role of Xiong Laosan in "Glorious Rage", Wang Yanhui was somewhat resistant in his heart. He tried to think about the reason why Xiong Laosan had done so many evil things--behind the bad things he did, in order to protect his three brothers, but also to protect himself.
Stills from Glorious Rage.
After understanding, he presented the character more realistically and vividly to the audience, and thus won his first film award.
Next, in the 2008 film "Li Mi's Conjecture", he played a misguided drug dealer Qiu Huogui. Underneath his thick appearance, in order to save himself, he is fierce to others, and this layered but complex bottom character is more vivid under his interpretation.
In "Li Mi's Conjecture", Wang Yanhui and Zhou Xun played.
Among the various "bad guys" segments he has starred in, the most "highlighted" one should be the murderer in the interrogation room in "Burning Heart".
In just over two minutes, Wang Yanhui spoke in dialect, describing the murderer's killing process, the words were heart-wrenching, chilling, and the cruelty and cold-bloodedness of the murderer were vividly expressed, so that the audience could directly exhale. Even many netizens believe that this is the documentary image of the real murderer, and this performance is still considered to be a clip of his acting skills.
In the play, all kinds of fierceness, absoluteness, and coldness can be interpreted by Wang Yanhui into three points. He regarded acting as a pure thing, but he was very true to each role, and when he got the script, he began to study, pondering the character of the character and the reasons behind the character's behavior, he said: "In fact, acting is to play people, to play human nature. ”
In life, he has the popular "contrast cuteness".
His mentality has always been very "Buddha", do not care whether he is "red", but will also pay attention to the evaluation of netizens, and do not shy away from saying that he likes the praise of others, "I enjoy it, and I am very happy."
He positioned himself as a common man, and unlike the star who always pays attention to maintaining his figure, he doesn't care about his looks, he doesn't care about his dress, everything starts with Jane, "Sometimes I don't shave my beard, drink tea, sometimes listen to music, or watch a movie." In fact, I also want to live, especially with my family. ”
Today, Wang Yanhui still lives in Kunming, far away from the hustle and bustle of human sophistication, running to Beijing to shoot a good drama when there is a drama, and enjoying a casual citizen life in Kunming without drama, eating and eating, and taking a walk.
Over the years, he has received more and more recognition and attention with his own strength, but what has never changed is the persistence of playing every role in a low-key and down-to-earth manner.
Although these characters do not have earth-shattering stories, they are ordinary and real, and they are deeply rooted in people's hearts. As Wang Yanhui said at the premiere of "The Great Father", "I just want to stand in the perspective of the little people and interpret their sorrows and joys."