"Lake Chosin" is so hot! The film brings together several actors of the "tough guy" genre, including Wu Jing, Duan Yihong and Hu Jun in the Mesozoic generation, and Ou Hao in the younger generation.
In addition to these few, this film also has Zhang Hanyu guest performance, there are not many scenes, but his appearance is impressive.
In the film, he said an impassioned and inspiring speech to the soldiers, which not only played a role in boosting morale, but also stimulated the audience's mood to watch the movie.
From "Mekong Action" in 2016, to "Captain China" in 2019, and now to "Changjin Lake", Zhang Hanyu has become a regular guest of the National Day hot film, and by the week after the release of this year's summer movie "Chinese Doctor", the box office performance of the movie he starred in has also successfully exceeded 10 billion, becoming one of the 10 billion box office actors in China.
In fact, from the perspective of age, it is not appropriate to position Zhang Hanyu, who was 58 years old at the time, as a Mesozoic tough guy actor who belongs to Wu Jing, Duan Yihong and others, but if he participates in action movies, he is the "descendant" of Wu Jing, who is 11 years younger.
Yes, Zhang Hanyu's first tough guy type role on the big screen was Gu Zidi in the 2007 movie "The Gathering", when he was 43 years old.
But even so, it is not appropriate to use the term "late success" to describe his acting career.
(i)
Before the movie "The Gathering", Zhang Hanyu's screen career was only 7 years, but he was a solid actor who graduated from the acting department of the Central Academy of Drama.
However, at that time, his interest was in the field of dubbing.
As early as high school, Zhang Hanyu took the initiative to send his own dubbing clips to the CCTV translation and production team, and after getting the interview opportunity, he was recognized by CCTV for his excellent performance, thus becoming a professional voice actor.
Since then, he has dubbed many well-known film and television drama roles, such as Donald Duck in "Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck", the Yellow Brow King in the 86th edition of "Journey to the West", Sun Wukong in the 99th animated version of "Journey to the West", and the military master in the animation film "Mulan".
In addition, the classic films "The Godfather", "Lord of the Rings", "Troy" and "Saving Private Ryan" can also be seen in his dubbing style.
In the early 1990s, with the gradual commercialization of the dubbing field, Zhang Hanyu also thought about dubbing, that is, no matter how good the dubbing is, it is always a shortcoming.
This point of view, which he would mention until the first two years, in his opinion, roles that are not voiced by himself are strictly not allowed to be awarded.
And this is also the more "idealized" part of his personality.
Therefore, Zhang Hanyu, who is gradually far away from his original intention for the development of the dubbing industry, chose to study in Australia.
There, he not only greatly improved his English, but also discovered business opportunities: reselling American trucks and doing international trade business.
In this way, he became a "fallen grandfather" and made a lot of money from it.
After a few years in the business field, Zhang Hanyu's desire to act was rekindled, the last time after he watched "The Hunt" starring Ken Takakura, obsessed to pinch his face, wanting to have the same conspicuous wrinkles as an idol, and often frowning and thinking like the character.
So, in 1999, Zhang Hanyu participated in his first film and television work "Where Dreams Begin", when he was 36 years old.
Therefore, in terms of the time of participation in the performance, Zhang Hanyu cannot be compared with Wang Zhiwen, Feng Yuanzheng and Xu Yajun of the same age, so it is indeed inappropriate to use "big instrument late success" to describe his acting career.
But as an actor, or more specifically, as a "tough guy" male actor in the eyes of the public, Zhang Hanyu, who entered the industry after middle age, is not inferior in dedication and desperation.
(ii)
Frankly speaking, Zhang Hanyu has no shortage of noble people to help him on the road of acting, the actor Fu Biao, who had a recommendation for him when he entered the industry, and Feng Xiaogang, who later let him guest appear in many films.
And these cameo roles, except for the policeman in "No Thief under the Heavens", other roles have no names, and even no one is found in the cast list.
Looking back at today's "Chosin Lake", it is also a cameo performance, but the attention and attention that Zhang Hanyu received at this time is already a world away from before.
In the final analysis, in addition to the help of nobles, this is also the result of Zhang Hanyu's own efforts.
For these cameo dragon set roles, he interprets them one by one and is never ambiguous.
For example, the IT expert in the mental hospital in "Big Shots" said with a serious face that "the website has to take money to smash" and "take celebrities as targets, who fires who will extinguish whom", a few long shots, the vivid appearance of wanton bragging, has shown his skills.
For example, the social people who collected the accounts for Fu Biao in "Endless", took the kitchen knife from Fu Biao's hand and turned it in a fancy way in his hand, and he was angry and angry.
At the end of the movie, Zhang Hanyu said to Rene Liu, who was stuffed with a big cake, "What is his father, who is honest with his children" and "no shame", which also made many viewers moved to tears here.
Being able to play the role of a supporting role and a dragon set to this extent is already quite good.
Looking at the setting of Zhang Hanyu's early film roles, it can be said that it is a unique little character in Feng's comedy, and his subsequent "tough guy" role is almost a sharp contrast between the two ends of the sword.
From supporting roles and dragon sets to the first time to play the role of a film actor and contact with the tough guy type role on the big screen, Zhang Hanyu spent 7 years.
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In 2006, the movie "Gathering Number" entered the preparatory stage, originally the director Feng Xiaogang and the investor wanted Ge Youlai to serve as the male number one Guzidi, and Zhang Hanyu starred as the male number two.
However, due to the fact that the role of Gu Zidi has a large number of action scenes, Ge You, who was only 50 years old at the time, could not play, at this time, Zhang Hanyu, who had guest starred in Feng Xiaogang's films for 7 years, introduced himself and said that he could not be paid.
Director Feng hesitated, because "The Gathering Number" is a war movie with considerable investment, and the popularity of the male number one is undoubtedly an important factor that the filmmakers need to consider.
In the end, after getting the approval of the producer Wang Zhongjun, Feng Xiaogang also decided to let Zhang Hanyu play the role of Gu Zidi.
Before filming, Zhang Hanyu specially ran to the northeast to participate in military training, and quickly lost 20 pounds, for the "tough guy" type of role, he was not superficial from the beginning, but had his own sense of belief.
The relevant news after the filming of this war blockbuster has also been inseparable from the injuries and accidents of the crew, among which Zhang Hanyu, who has a large number of action scenes, is particularly special.
When filming a horse scene, Zhang Hanyu accidentally fell off the horse, but he still insisted on shooting all the scenes before being persuaded to go to the hospital, and after the examination, he said that he needed to rest for a while, but he still brought injuries to the battle, afraid of delaying the progress of the crew.
In the explosion scene of the battle, he was directly injured, insisting on returning from filming to find that the cotton clothes, cotton pants and intimate clothes on his body were all penetrated by shrapnel, and after arriving at the hospital, the doctor also took out a piece of soybean-sized shrapnel from his waist, despite this, Zhang Hanyu returned to the crew the next day to continue working.
Not only that, he had to carry more than 20 pounds of equipment to crawl around in the snow every day, and he was 43 years old at the time, only 6 years younger than Ge You.
Fortunately, such efforts were not in vain, the box office of "The Gathering Number" reached 210 million, and Zhang Hanyu also won a number of film emperor trophies including the Golden Rooster Award, the Hundred Flowers Award and the Golden Horse Award with the role of Guzidi, becoming the first actor to win the Chinese Film Emperor Grand Slam.
At the same time, the corner of Guzidi also made him really popular, and when he was interviewed in Taiwan, Xiao S confessed to him many times, bluntly saying that Zhang Hanyu's "grandfather" atmosphere was too charming.
But the reason why such an infectious character can be interpreted is not only to withstand physical training, but also to be deeply affected mentally.
For a long time, Zhang Hanyu could not walk out of the role of Guzidi, and would even dream of his dead teammates and wake up in the middle of the night.
Screenwriter Liu Heng reminded him: You have to get out of this character quickly, and now the eyes are not right.
It is precisely because of the depth of the play, so Zhang Hanyu has never filmed two plays at the same time, "so when you invest 100% of your energy into one role, you can no longer divide your energy to other roles", which is his performance attitude and his sense of belief in role investment.
After "The Gathering Number", Zhang Hanyu's "tough guy" image also began to penetrate the hearts of the people, and his professionalism was the same as before.
For example, Yang Zirong, who is also good and evil in "Wise Tiger Mountain", runs daily in the snowy fields of Linhai in the northeast at minus 30 degrees, wearing a 35-pound mink coat, fighting with the imaginary tiger in the air, during which his arm is almost broken.
Another example is Gao Gang who fought with drug dealers in "Mekong Action", when he was 52 years old, he was carrying 50 pounds of bulletproof clothing and other equipment, wandering in the tropical jungle with a temperature of nearly 40 degrees, the director wore his clothes and was startled, in addition, he also had to endure waist injuries to personally complete all the action scenes.
During the filming of "The Hunt", he had many recurrences of old injuries, and even struggled to lift his arm.
By the time of filming "Chinese Doctor", Zhang Hanyu was 57 years old, but in the scene where he fell down the stairs, he still insisted on fighting himself and fell 3 times.
Not only that, in order to shoot the role of Zhang Dingyu, he also followed the dean to Jinyintan Hospital to observe the daily work of the dean, and after entering the group, his spirit has been in a tense state, and he has insomnia almost every night.
This sense of belief in the role runs through Zhang Hanyu's twenty-year acting career.
However, regarding the pain he suffered when filming, we rarely see relevant press releases on hot searches and hot spots, in addition, there is another point that everyone often ignores, that is, although Zhang Hanyu has played a lot of tough guy roles, he is not an action actor.
Therefore, at the age of 43, he has only begun to contact action scenes, and the hardships behind him need not be said.
In fact, as an artist, Zhang Hanyu is also surprisingly low-key, and he also admits that he is not good at socializing, "even nervous when he hears the phone."
Therefore, the labels of "tough guy" and "low-key acting school" on him are actually the dedicated, serious and hard working attitude advocated by the performing arts industry, as well as the artist's morality of not hyping and not selling miserably.
Obviously, Zhang Hanyu's style and character embodied in these aspects are enough to make many young artists blush.
However, for Zhang Hanyu, the "tough guy" label also brought some troubles, that is, there is no fate with the vigorous love drama, he admitted that he looks too vicissitudes, and netizens are even more god's reply: afraid that he will take out a gun when he shoots an emotional scene.
In fact, in private, Zhang Hanyu also has different preferences, loves collecting, loves Peking Opera, loves rock and roll, and loves Banhu.
Throughout Zhang Hanyu's life experience, from dubbing to business to acting, from dragon sets to supporting roles to protagonists, from comedy small characters to "tough guy" heroes, and finally became a fairly weighty film emperor-level figure in the Chinese film circle, labels, personalities and other descriptions can not be exhausted.
It is precisely because of this experience, as well as the desperation and enthusiasm for work, the attitude of keeping a distance from hype marketing, etc.
For a 58-year-old actor who has won multiple heavyweight awards, no one will think that he is old, he feels that he has always been a radiant, energetic actor who can produce good works at any time.
We can see that from the age of 36 to the age of 58, Zhang Hanyu has never felt "greasy" period.
For such an actor who is willing to indulge in acting, we hope that there will be a few more young people like him in the entertainment industry.
Because having works and strength is one of the fundamentals that can make your profession evergreen.
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