Today is Zhang Zhen's 45th birthday. Let's talk about him!
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Some people say that Zhang Zhen does not act in bad movies.
The recent new film "Dune" rushed to 8 points after Douban opened the score, which is also another high-scoring work in Zhang Zhen's performance career.
Zhang Zhen played "Doctor Yue" in "Dune"
Since thirty years in the film, Zhang Zhen has always been a popular Chinese actor. Everyone can find favorite points in him, "sense of youth", "sense of superiority", "male god", "school bully"...
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Zhang Zhen and "Sweet Tea" have a screen cooperation in "Dune"
From a young teenager to a sharp knife
The best actor, there is a "smell" on the body
Hou Xiaoxian said: "Zhang Zhen is the best actor I have seen in recent years, and he has a kind of 'taste' in him, which young actors do not have today." ”
This taste or Zhang Zhen's innate advantage is most directly reflected in this face of God who appreciates the meal, the face is emaciated and angular, the eyes are deep and sharp, always giving people a gloomy, high-cold temperament.
Perhaps "smelling the same", Yang Dechang, Li An, Hou Xiaoxian, Wong Kar-wai, Wu Yusen, Tian Zhuangzhuang and other big directors have all cooperated with Zhang Zhen. Since the film for thirty years, he has participated in mostly literary and artistic films, such as "The Juvenile Murder Incident on Muling Street", "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", "Spring Break", "Generation Grandmaster", etc., creating many spiritual characters on the screen.
What is spirituality? An expression, a look, like a knife strike, hitting people's hearts. Wong Kar-wai said: "It is difficult to buy a sound with thousands of dollars, it is the true intention of the knife, and Zhang Zhen is a good knife." ”
From a young teenager to a calm man, Chenghuajun picked out several of Zhang Zhen's screen roles to feel his "change" and "unchanged".
01
Primary Four
"Juvenile Murder On Muling Street"
Director: Yang Dechang
Release date: 1991
15-year-old Zhang Zhen played The Fourth In "The Juvenile Murder Incident on Muling Street", a typical "well-behaved boy". Clear eyes, there is the purity of youth, there is a calmness that is different from peers, and there is also a hint of restlessness.
Xiao Si said to Xiao Ming, "I will protect you." This is the teenager's commitment to love. When the love bubble burst, Xiao Si stabbed Xiao Ming to death with a knife. When Zhang Zhen completed this performance, he was full of disappointment and even despair, as if he understood Xiaoming's lines - the world is not what he thinks, and it will not change because of him.
Zhang Zhen entered the drama deeply, and this plot made him sad for a long time, "because I played The Fourth Grade, I will become silent, depressed, and think more."
02
Zhang Wan
"Spring Breaks"
Director: Wong Kar-wai
Release date: 1997
Although the 20-year-old Zhang Zhen did not play much in "Spring Breaks" and the plot was slightly abrupt, he seemed to figure out the feelings of the characters and "say" the lines with his face. When he listened to Li Yaohui's phone call in the back kitchen, Zhang Wan closed his eyes and listened, and his expression seemed to be smiling, revealing his good feelings for Li.
Before Zhang Wan left, Li Yaohui asked him to close his eyes. During the hug, Lai mentioned in the monologue that he heard his own heartbeat.
When Wong Kar-wai talked to Zhang Zhen about the role, he put on a song and said that the role was like this feeling in the song. Zhang Zhen felt that this person was neurotic.
Later he understood, "Acting, it's important how you feel." You don't have this feeling, you perform, it's not vivid. ”
03
Luo Xiaohu
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Director: Ang Lee
Release date: 2000
Luo Xiaohu's love for Yu Jiaolong was direct and fiery. Luo Xiaohu is perhaps the most rugged and straightforward in the character played by Zhang Zhen.
The 24-year-old ran and shouted on the northwest, exuding the hormones of a young man.
04
tailor
"Eros"
Release date: 2004
Zhang Zhen, 28 years old, starred as a small tailor in "Eros", performing the character's lust and suppressed emotions, touching Miss Hua's cheongsam at the tailor's table, while obliviously intoxicating.
In this play, Zhang Zhen saw what an actor is from Gong Li, and since then he has firmly taken the road of acting, "When filming, I was moved by her (Gong Li), (she) completely returned to the most intense, basic, and primitive emotion, you felt, 'Wow, she is really a great actor', with such an actor, you will be driven by her, and play a lot of potential in your heart." ”
05
Shen Lian
"Embroidered Spring Knife"
Director: Lu Yang
Release date: 2014
Zhang Zhen has passed the age of standing, and his acting skills have made great progress, and Zhang is also relaxed, calm and restrained. He "listens to his own voice more", and will consider whether he is related to himself at this stage.
When performing "Embroidered Spring Knife", he performed Shen Lian's fierceness and also showed the helplessness of the organs. "Shen Lian is a person who is faced with a choice, and in my life last year (2013), I was faced with some choices, which is very similar to Shen Lian."
Zhang Zhen said in an interview, "After the age of 35, suddenly a lot of things changed. The responsibility is starting to get bigger. Unlike twenty years old, you can play, you can not think, you can indulge, to be dashing, to be unrestrained... But you can't be so wayward anymore, so become a lot of things slowly starting you to make some decisions. ”
"The Best Time", starring Zhang Zhen and Shu Qi, directed by Hou Xiaoxian.
Zhang Zhen also has many unforgettable screen images, including the humorous Zhengde Emperor in "Peerless in the World", and the "First Line of Heaven" in "A Generation of Grandmasters"... Lu Yu exaggerated that Zhen was an "actor with quality assurance", and Zhang Zhen seemed to be a little embarrassed, "a lot of pressure".
He is not from an acting class, but what has never changed is his serious attitude towards acting and his love for movies. Zhang Zhen has been very indifferent to winning the award, and also ridiculed that he was not the life of winning the award since he was a child. He was asked what ambition was, "I can do something for the movie, and this may be my ambition."
In 2019, the Taiwanese drama "Sunshine" had a good reputation, nominated for the best film at the 14th Asian Film Awards, and was the highest-rated Chinese film on the 7th Douban Film Annual List. Zhang Zhen served as the producer of the film.
Play big and don't miss it
"Learning bully" in the eyes of others
Some people say that every time Zhang Zhen plays a character, he seems to be able to learn a professional skill, and some people call Zhang Zhen a "learning bully".
A passage circulating on the Internet reads: "When filming "Chibi", in order to play Sun Quan, he was familiar with "Three Kingdoms"; when he filmed "The Great Cause of Party Building", he memorized the history of the Republic of China; filmed "Looking for People in the Deep Sea", he was admitted to the PADI diving license; filming "Wu Qingyuan", his Go has been able to suppress the professional three dans; "Generation Grandmaster" was successful, he won the national eight-pole boxing championship; after the filming of "Assassin Nie Yinniang", he learned close swordplay... Humans could no longer stop Zhang Zhen. ”
"Embroidered Spring Knife", Shen Lian
Zhang Zhen may have dabbled in many professions or skills, but he may not be as proficient as the paragraph writes, he does not care what he can learn, "I did not rely on this to eat... I also do these things in the end to try to have something to gain from my performance."
What motivates him to learn is curiosity and playfulness. Zhang Zhen tried everything. If learning a new skill brings pleasure, he will be more engaged. If it doesn't mean much, he may not play.
He said that many things have not been learned, and they are uploaded on the Internet. He couldn't dive, he had panic disorder, and he couldn't breathe in that environment.
Stills from "Wu Qingyuan"
Zhang Zhen did not learn Go for a long time, often playing chess with the young daughter of the Go teacher who was five or six years old, "I have a sense of accomplishment, because she can't play at all, I can win every time." Zhang Zhen was happy for a long time. By the time the Go teacher came back to the crew to visit the class, the little girl had learned to play chess, and Zhang Zhen never won again, "I should not be talented, so I will not play later." ”
"A Generation of Grandmasters", "A Line of Heaven" fight scenes
In order to perform "A Generation of Grandmasters", Zhang Zhen practiced Eight Pole Quan for three years, practicing boxing every morning at five or six o'clock next to a tree on Xiaoyun Road in Beijing.
Fighting with Wong Kar-wai is one of Zhang Zhen's motivations for practicing boxing, "I can't always say that I will give up after practicing for three days, gritting my teeth, I will practice to show you." ”
He complained that practicing boxing was boring, "After three days of fighting, you don't want to fight, but after you fight for three more days, you find that suddenly colluding, you will feel as if it is a little different, but only a little, that little will make you very happy." ”
In the film "A Generation of Grandmasters", Zhang Zhen only has about three minutes of scenes. He is very calm, "This time I learned eight pole boxing, and I did what I wanted to do, I think it is enough", perhaps he has had the experience of deleting scenes in "2046", and he has become accustomed to the style of director Wong Kar-wai.
Zhang Zhen's attitude towards performance is serious, even dedicated. When filming "Embroidered Spring Knife", he asked the director for two weeks to go to the martial arts team to learn some knife techniques, "I may have to learn three minutes (martial arts) to perform for the audience." 」 I think it's so insincere. ”
At the same time, he has always felt that filming is a fun thing, "(I) really like the process of making movies, so many people who don't know each other want to live together, you can go to the north and south of the river, to run a lot of different places, you can meet a lot of new friends, you can do a lot of new challenges, new attempts, like when filming "The Juvenile Murder Incident on Muling Street", in fact, my first kiss was for that movie. ”
"Taoist down the mountain", check the boss
When filming "Taoist Down the Mountain", Zhang Zhen found that director Chen Kaige was a "living dictionary" and knew everything. He played with his heart, often went to test Chen Kaige, "(I) go back to Wikipedia or Baidu first, ask him the next day, he understands, (I) feel fun, like playing a game console." ”
Zhang Zhen went to the Northwest Desert when filming "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and saw such a magnificent scenery, "his jaw dropped to the ground." The thing he thought was that he was very happy at that time was to trumpet in the desert, "Instantly feel that the world is yours... I am alone between heaven and earth. ”
In a recent interview with the "Dune" movie, Zhang Zhen said, "Filming is actually quite fun", he found that the director has been standing from the beginning to the end of the work, wherever he goes, followed by a large screen.
In many interviews, Zhang Zhen from time to time will be "fun" and "enjoyable" to the lips, he can always find interesting points in life or work, try new things with a playful mentality, and grow unconsciously.
"Life is more important"
Zhang Zhen's face is cold, but he is full of enthusiasm for life, "eating near home, eating everything, skateboarding or riding a bicycle out of the house."
Zhang Zhen riding a bicycle on a rainy day Photo/@Zhang Zhen
As soon as he had time, he concentrated on doing "some healing function", such as cooking and making leather goods. When cooking, Zhang Zhen will study how to cut the ingredients, the order of cooking, "very relaxed and enjoy the time inside, in fact, it is quite enjoyable."
Doing leather goods is also, Zhang Zhen is not particularly good, sewing leather bags at this level, "it is also a kind of empty, because its movements will not be so complicated." ”
He even wanted to build a house of his own and enjoy the construction process from scratch.
Playing baseball Photo/@Zhang Zhen
Lu Yu asked Zhang Zhen, what does a perfect life look like?
Zhang Zhen is very satisfied with his current life. He wanted to do it to some extent in his acting work, but it didn't matter whether he could do it or not. This sounds a bit "Buddhist". Rather than acting, he feels that "the more important thing is what kind of life I want to live." ”
"Do what you should do, eat when you should eat, and sleep when you should sleep", this is the philosophy of life that Zhang Zhen has always wanted to implement, which sounds very simple, but it is not easy to do.
Group photo of Zhang Zhen and Wu Bai Photo/@Zhang Zhen
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Love movies, love to play, love life, this is Zhang Zhen. Perhaps the teenager named Xiaosi has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, holding up a flashlight, constantly exploring and discovering on the way, he is like a symbol of Zhang Zhen's "experiential" life.
"Why live in this world" "What am I going to do", Zhang Zhen will think about these questions when he is bored. Maybe you have thought that you may not have come up with a clear answer, you may wish to believe in yourself like Zhang Zhen. Man's existence "must have a purpose."
Article source: City Pictorial