In "Brother With Thorns" that ended last night, Zhang Jin was promoted to the ranks with 16 other brothers, becoming a member of the piping hot singing family and serving as an X-leader (X-captain).
From the martial arts stand-in of that year to the best supporting actor of the later Academy Awards, Zhang Jin has used 16 years of silent dedication and efforts to win everyone's love and recognition in the industry.
Zhang Jin said he was not suitable for a "overnight fame" life. Courtesy of the artist
He knows that no industry is bound to be rewarded by hard work, and he is already lucky. Now I am taking the path that best suits his personality – "I am not suitable for 'overnight fame', step by step slowly and more steadily." ”
Slow-heat people, let go of themselves in "brothers"
When "Sister Riding the Wind and Waves" was the most popular, Zhang Jin only watched some fragments piecemeal, "I know that there is a stage, which is also the biggest purpose of my coming here ("Brother With Thorns"), and I have always been very yearning for the stage." ”
As an actor and martial arts instructor, Zhang Jin has always loved singing and dancing. For a while, he often posted videos of himself dancing on social media, and he felt that this invitation was just an opportunity for him to experience the real stage. Learning martial arts since childhood, Zhang Jin has already developed the habit of self-confidence, "As long as you stand on the stage, whether you have a bottom in your heart or not, you must show great confidence." Whether you're the best or not, once you're on stage, you have to be confident. In addition, compared with other brothers on the stage, Zhang Jin is not a professional dancer and singer, so there is no pressure.
On the wugong stage of "Brother With Thorns and Thorns", Zhang Jin performed "Love Letter to Filmmakers".
But before that, Zhang Jin participated in most of the variety shows recorded with his wife Cai Shaofen, and "Brother" was his first "independent" record of reality TV. At the thought of having to face so many male artists he didn't know well, Zhang Jin was nervous, and he was worried that he didn't know how to get along with his brothers. He understands his personality, introverted, most of the time slow and hot, not too active, in fact, not very suitable for reality TV, he hopes to make a difference through "Brother in Thorns". This is another reason for his trip.
Before entering the group, Cai Shaofen advised him to relax, "She said, don't think about how to perform, being yourself is the best performance." It turns out that through the time spent with his brothers, Zhang Jin seems to have become a lot more cheerful and more relaxed when he contacts others, "This is indeed the biggest change after I participated in this show." ”
From Gao Hanyu, learn to be an active person
After several months of competition, Zhang Jin also met many new friends. For example, Bai Jugang and Gao Hanyu, who have been with Zhang Jin since the beginning of the three-person camp.
"If it's in the crew or other work scenes, I will feel that there is an age gap with them, and the relationship will not get too close." But this show is to let everyone in the continuous contact, communication, collision, slowly found that in fact, age is not a problem, "when I began to record, I was a little uncomfortable, but I felt that they communicated with me as if there was no shyness, I would be more calm, but also affected by them." 」 In Zhang Jin's eyes, Gao Hanyu is a person who will take the initiative to adjust the atmosphere, "When everyone feels a little embarrassed, he will not let the atmosphere cool down, I think everyone is paying their own feelings for this collective, which is worth learning." I was not a very active person before, and I can learn to take the initiative to care for others in the future. Although Gao Hanyu and Bai Jugang are often "angry", Zhang Jin is more grateful to them, especially the encouragement of Yigongqian, which makes him hesitant and finally choose to add action elements to the show.
After the end of the "brother" five gong, Cai Shaofen posted a "family portrait". (From left: Bai Jugang, Cai Shaofen, Gao Hanyu, Zhang Jin)
Whether on or off the stage, Zhang Jin likes to observe the brothers around him and learn from each other, "I have learned a lot from different brothers. For example, when the Three Gongs were in place, Zhang Jin's team was forced to get "What is a Happy Planet", "(Hu) Haiquan and Xiao Bai (Bai Jugang) admired their musical achievements, for this song, they have their own interpretation and persistence, re-creation is actually very difficult and risky, but they are very brave. I admire their sensitivity to musical concepts, like I have for stage or film, but their bravery is something I need to learn. ”
Looking back at the time with his brothers now, Zhang Jin said that this is definitely a good memory, he will linger on the time with everyone, and when recording the separation scene, he always can't help but cry.
Martial arts + dancing, still dare not say "very confident"
In the pre-collection link of "The Brother Who Cut through the Thorns", there is a question about which aspect the brothers want to show on the stage, Zhang Jin wrote: the combination of martial arts and dance.
From the first gong to the fifth gong, he has repeatedly integrated the Chinese style and martial arts elements he is good at in his performances, which is also one reason why Zhang Jin is satisfied with his performances in several performances.
Zhang Jin, who was born in the 1970s, still remembers the enthusiasm of the Chinese people for martial arts when he was a child, and the movie he participated in, "A Generation of Grandmasters", tells the story of the decline of martial arts in the Republic of China period. "I don't think today's young people love Chinese martial arts as much as they used to, so I wonder if I can combine dance and martial arts, pass them on to young people through the program, and then come up with traditional things after they are willing to contact them, of course, this takes a certain amount of time and process."
Zhang Jin said that such a combination looks like singing a song, playing a martial art, dancing a dance, the separation is very simple, but it is difficult to fuse several things together, "just like Mr. Zhou Xingchi said in "Shaolin Football", Shaolin Kung Fu plus singing and dancing. When I watched the movie, I thought why not, but I needed someone to think about how to integrate better. "He knows he can't come hard, he must meet a song that suits the presentation." Yigong was also the first time he tried such an idea, he and his teammates Bai Jugang and Gao Hanyu sang the song "MMA", with the octagonal cage fighting arena as the stage, Zhang Jin designed for the three martial arts movements integrated with fighting elements, the visual effect exploded and shocked.
On the Yigong stage, Zhang Jin, Bai Jugang and Gao Hanyu integrated fighting elements into the "MMA" that they worked together.
Looking back at Yigong's performance, Zhang Jin sighed that in fact, that attempt was quite risky. "It's not easy to meet the requirements of showing kung fu in all aspects of the stage. Because all departments of filmmaking have to be very professional, even the opponents who cooperate with you to fight are professional, and our rehearsal time was very short, so I kept hesitating. ”
Even if the works presented by Zhang Jin's team for everyone in the follow-up have been praised, he still feels that there is still a lot of room for improvement in this attempt, "Every time the effect is better, my confidence will be a little more, but so far, I dare not say 'very confident'." ”
Ergong's performance of "Good Spring Light" and Sangong's "What is Happy Planet" are Zhang Jin's two most satisfactory performances, "In fact, I am quite satisfied with the presentation effect of each performance, and I prefer these two performances because I have added what I am good at and the integration is very natural, not blunt." ”
On the stage of "What is Happy Planet", Zhang Jin also challenged the Chongqing dialect RAP, which caused a burst of exclamations from the audience, "Too fried", Zhang Jin was very modest, saying that this was indeed his first attempt at RAP, and he had heard a lot before but never tried it. "In fact, from the time I got the song to the time I went on stage, I just learned the skin, and the final presentation everyone felt that it was okay, and I was very grateful."
There is no such thing as an "inner volume" among middle-aged male actors
After the launch of "Brother With Thorns", netizens exclaimed: I felt the happiness of my sister-in-law. Referring to his wife Cai Shaofen, Zhang Jin's tone was much softer: "She is very happy for me, because she knows that I have always liked to sing and dance, and I have no time to adhere to these hobbies after having children. In fact, Cai Shaofen, like every audience, has not seen Zhang Jin's performance on the stage before "brother", so she will chase after every issue, "She not only chases me, Han Yu, Xiao Bai, and Xiao Chun Brother, she also chases, of course, she will watch my part several times." ”
At the beginning of the show, all the brothers were asked to write down the contract card, and Zhang Jin filled in 6 hours of training every day. In the actual training, everyone has long forgotten about this matter, "I have not counted myself training for several hours a day, but it is certainly more than 6 hours, and sometimes it is rehearsed until the early morning." ”
Because he is engaged in martial arts, Zhang Jin has the habit of exercising, but he is not a fitness maniac, "I am now recuperating, so I have not arranged exercise, and I will maintain the basic skills that need to be used for filming, including the elements needed for movies." For example, before making Ip Man 3, I would study Wing Chun several months in advance. ”
Zhang Jin said that it is difficult to meet good scripts and good roles in the past two years. Courtesy of the picture
Some people use "low open high walk" to describe Zhang Jin's trend in "Brother Who Cuts Thorns", from the initial single and uncomfortable, to everyone vying to team up with him, and the audience's favor after the end of the five gong ranks first, which coincides with Zhang Jin's career line: from obscure martial arts guidance, stunt actor, to the film "Generation Grandmaster" to get the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, this is a person who can bring surprises to everyone.
Hearing this, Zhang Jin was silent for a long time, "It seems that you said this, it seems that it is really like this." "He said that this is probably the most suitable development change for his personality." I am not very suitable for that kind, as soon as I come out, I am considered a 'powerful character', I am not used to using language to persuade others, and through works and efforts to make everyone recognize, my heart will be more solid. ”
After the movies "Generation Grandmaster", "Kill the Wolf 2" and "Ip Man 3", Zhang Jin has rarely had a highly topical work in recent years, and he also feels that it is difficult to meet good roles and scripts in the past two years. As for the "inner volume" between middle-aged male actors, he did not agree, "Haven't I always worked very hard? Never let up. ”
"Here, nobody cares about age"
Beijing News: After reading the "brother", I found that you are simply a "humanoid barrage machine", and "scared" people to poke at the heart, have you found it before?
Zhang Jin: Friends who are more familiar with me in my daily life often say that I am funny, but I don't think I am funny at all. This time, after watching the clip of the show, I found that I seemed to be a little funny. Maybe from the perspective of a bystander, I objectively saw my own performance.
Beijing News: When everyone learned that you and Zhao Wenzhuo participated in this show, I was looking forward to the two of you being able to compete, which of you do you think can win?
Zhang Jin: Are you talking about fighting? We're all very gentle people who don't fight (laughs). In fact, because we were not assigned to a group, the recording time of the whole program was very tight, and everyone did not have much intersection, and meeting was just a few small talk.
Beijing News: In the first three-person camp, you said that you were elected as the captain because of "age", in the same competitive environment, do you think there is age anxiety in your brother?
Zhang Jin: Not at all, I am not the oldest of these brothers. My older brothers don't have a big idea of age, they are all very playful, get together like big boys, and it's easy to forget about age.
Beijing News: As a captain, from the growth of the three-person team to the present, how do you feel, is the pressure also greater?
Zhang Jin: The pressure will become greater, because there are more people and more things, and it takes a little more time to communicate. Including more people, there will be more opinions, and 12 people have 12 aesthetics. But after all, everyone has been together for nearly 4 months, and they are also very affectionate and familiar with each other, and there is almost no obstacle to communication. If I had coordinated so many people when I first started shooting, I might not have been able to cope.
Beijing News: You often update your own VLOG on social media, and you did it all by yourself in the later stage? Will you consider trying to work as a director in the future?
Zhang Jin: Yes, I have always been misunderstood that there is a professional team to shoot for me, in fact, I shoot and edit alone, I like to shoot short videos. However, there is no plan to be a director at present, there are still many things to learn, and directors are not so easy to do.
Zhang Kunyu, a senior reporter of the Beijing News
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