"From the debut of a martial arts actor to the debut of a thorny thorn, my original intention has never changed."
After the official formation of "Brother With Thorns and Thorns", Zhang Jin wrote on Weibo.
It took 133 days before and after, and the show, which was called the strongest "inner volume" of domestic male artists by netizens, finally drew a successful end. From a martial arts actor to an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, to the X-leader of today's singing boy band, Zhang Jin has once again touched the amazing inflection point of his life. In his testimonial, he once again introduced himself to the public, "Hello everyone, I am actor Zhang Jin. ”
Zhang Jin on the stage was full of honors, and Cai Shaofen on the stage was in tears. If you can open the perspective of God, then you will see that this scene is almost exactly the same as at the 33rd Hong Kong Film Awards ceremony seven years ago.
The excitement, joy and complacency on the stage are the refinement of dreams after they come true.
The emotion, ecstasy, and pride of the audience are the release of the dragon after getting the water.
It seems that this moment is the beginning of Zhang Jin's dream.
1 lens back, the beginning of the dream
The outside world believes that Zhang Jin's dream of being an actor has been made for more than ten years before it comes true.
In fact, this "dream" is far longer than the public thinks.
In 1974, Zhang Jin was born in Chongqing and became the oldest in his family. At the age of 11, he entered the Sichuan Junior Martial Arts Team, where he was brilliant and won numerous awards, becoming the only martial arts actor after Jet Li to win the wushu championship of the National Games.
The 1980s were the golden age of Hong Kong martial arts and kung fu films. Zhang Xinyan's "Shaolin Temple" set off a kung fu fever on both sides of the strait and three places; Hong Jinbao's establishment of Hong Jiaban was immeasurably popular for a while, and after the 90s, he entered Hollywood to show his skills; later, Jackie Chan's "Drunken Fist", "Fast Food Truck" and other films rekindled the enthusiasm of movie fans, and the kung fu films with hard bridges and hard horses and realistic styles were popular for a while and entered the era of high box office.
At that time, the seeds of kung fu dreams were quietly planted in Zhang Jin's heart.
In 1998, one of Zhang Jin's brothers was doing martial arts instruction in the show business circle and asked Zhang Jin to come out with him to shoot a scene. So Zhang Jin, who had been in the martial arts team for nearly 20 years, gave up the opportunity to stay as a coach and began to pursue his dreams.
In 2000, Zhang Jin received his first role in life- the male N "donkey egg" in "The History of Wulin", a supporting role in a supporting role. But this role made Zhang Jin wait for nearly three years.
When he got the role, Zhang Jin had ecstasy, happiness and relief in his heart, but he did not have a sense of weightlessness after the dream came true, "I have been in the crew for a long time, although I am not an actor, I am doing martial arts, but I am really not nervous." As a result, "Donkey Egg" became Zhang Jin's first character who poked his head out from the back of the camera.
For more than a decade, Zhang Jin's identity repeatedly jumped between actor and martial artist. He has successively taken over many plays, and because of "Water Moon Cave Heaven", he has met his current wife Cai Shaofen. He has also served as a martial arts instructor for many blockbusters such as "Hero", "Night Feast", "Thunderbolt Baby", "Night Devil Man" and so on. But no matter what kind of identity, Zhang Jin always lacked a chance to shine.
It wasn't until 2013 that the light really shone through.
In that year, the film "A Generation of Grandmasters" directed by Wong Kar-wai began filming, and Zhang Jin was invited to play Gong Er's brother-in-law, the White Ape Ma San. As we all know, Wong Kar-wai's plays have never had a complete script, and how to shape the role of Ma San can only be explored by Zhang Jin himself. The next day in the northeast, Zhang Jin didn't even know what he wanted to shoot. "The director said that you are gong'er's brother-in-law. What happened before the scene at the train station was filmed, the director only had to dictate, and he would not have a script for you. ”
He also talked to Wong Kar-wai, who told him to try to "fall in love" with the camera. Zhang Jin thought about this sentence for a long time, how to truly become Ma San. "Director Wong Kar-wai said that when you get along with the camera, you are actually in love, and when you fall in love with the camera, you are in love with the audience, and you have to let the other party feel your love."
Thus, there is a famous scene in "A Generation of Grandmasters", Zhang Jin and Zhang Ziyi at the railway station.
In the speed of a train, the master frequently moves, Ma San from the duel of the triumphant, to the final repentance, the details of the defeat, the test is not only the actor's martial arts, but also the inner changes of the characters. The kung fu duel in this scene, in Wong Kar-wai's lens language, is dashing and restrained, very beautiful.
In 2014, Zhang Jin won the Best Supporting Actor Award at the 33rd Hong Kong Film Awards for the role of Ma San, and at that moment, he finally proved to everyone that martial arts actors can also stand on the mainstream stage with their own efforts. At that time, he thanked many people on stage, the director, the actors, the staff, the wife... Only forget to thank yourself.
That year, Zhang Jin was already 39 years old.
2 Aggregation and out-of-focus
Zhang Jin, who rarely participates in variety shows, has become a member of "Brother Who Cuts Through Thorns" this year.
In the 90 days of the program's broadcast, Zhang Jin's hot search on Weibo reached 110.4 hours on the list, and the number of related hot searches reached 32, which means that on average, there is a hot search about Zhang Jin every three days.
Knowingly, netizens unanimously voted Zhang Jinzu's "Good Spring Light" as one of the famous scenes of the whole season.
At the beginning, Zhang Jin beat the drum with martial arts, Li Xiang beat the drum with a Chinese dance posture, and the two of them surprised everyone with their rigid and soft choreography. Later, Zhang Jin and others also performed a sword dance, combining traditional Chinese martial arts with national style dance, which was innovative and showed a variety of stage styles, bringing a lively visual feast to the audience, and netizens called out to experience Cai Shaofen's happiness.
On the B station, netizens from all over the world watched Zhang Jin's "MMA" stage, and the foreign brother who could not understand the lyrics said that Chinese kung fu was flowing smoothly, which was almost like watching an action blockbuster. Douban netizens even called "MMA" "the first round of performance TOP1".
This is undoubtedly the highlight moment that belongs to Zhang Jin.
Talking about the original intention of participating in the show, Zhang Jin hopes to let the public see his side on the stage. "Although I like to sing and dance, I am a hobby, and I don't have the opportunity to learn how to sing systematically, formally line up, and finally present it on stage."
However, in addition to showing his other side, Zhang Jin has greater "ambitions".
Looking back at all the performance stages of Zhang Jin, there are basically martial arts elements. And whenever he performs martial arts on stage, the enthusiasm of the audience can always be ignited instantly, which is actually Zhang Jin's intention, "I want more people to see Chinese martial arts, from the debut of martial arts actors to the debut of thorns, my original intention has never changed." No one could have imagined that this idea was born at the beginning of Zhang Jin's participation in the program.
As a martial arts actor, Zhang Jin is well aware of the cruelty and reality of this line. In his view, the current scarcity of Chinese kung fu movies makes it difficult for many martial arts actors to have a head start.
This became Zhang Jin's biggest anxiety at the moment.
Twenty years later, Ang Lee's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and Zhang Yimou's "Hero" have entered the Oscars, opening up overseas markets for Chinese kung fu films. Looking at the present, there are only a few kung fu films printed with Chinese culture. Zhang Jin believes that many people dare not do this, because they feel that kung fu seems to be outdated, "What no one is doing, the market will naturally feel that it is eliminated." In fact, it is not that it has been eliminated, that no one can do it well. ”
For Zhang Jin, in stark contrast to the focus he has gained on stage, the Chinese kung fu he is proud of is gradually out of focus.
When he received an invitation from the "Brother With Thorns and Thorns" program group, Zhang Jin realized that the opportunity had come. After thinking about it for a few days, he readily agreed to participate in the recording, and from that moment on, Zhang Jin's shoulders were not only a personal glory, but also a mission to bring Chinese kung fu back into the public eye.
3 From hiding to standing up
Before becoming Zhang Jin, who is now full of honors, he also experienced the darkest moments.
In Zhang Jin's cognition, the relationship between the "lens" and himself is always changing. When doing martial arts, Zhang Jin is the person hiding behind the "lens". At that time, he would even envy the passers-by of the crew. "Passerby A can show his face, but not a stand-in. Sometimes my parents ask you to make this play? Why didn't I see you? So I was envious of passer-by A at that time, do I want to be a passer-by B? ”
When he made up his mind to become an actor, Zhang Jin was rejected by the "camera". The origin of the national martial arts champion has become a stumbling block in Zhang Jin's path as an actor. "Because my resume says that you are practicing martial arts, people will think that you are in the sports world, not a film school graduate, and have no acting experience to use you." 」 Many times, the other party just let Zhang Jin leave information, and then there is no following.
The back side of the pain is often growth. In the past time, behind the scenes, the days of running dragon sets and being a martial artist have become Zhang Jin's best nourishment.
The past experience was transferred to reality by Zhang Jintong. In the performance of "Love Letter to the Filmmaker", Zhang Jin let himself "hide" behind the camera again. The narrator shouted "Come, boot!" Zhang Jin slammed into the glass in front of him and fell to the ground, until the "cut" appeared, and then he slowly got up.
After that, he sat down slowly, and the lighting on the stage also turned from light to dark, which was the time when he was a martial artist, with no lines, no face, no name, and no one caring.
In this performance that breaks everyone's defenses, Zhang Jin uses his own ideas to take us into a parallel time and space. If there is no firmness in his dreams, his dedication to actors, and his love for performance, then he may still be a stand-in for so-and-so, starting with "action" and ending at "cut".
Zhang Jin felt that he was lucky. Staying behind the camera for a long time gave him a keen sense of observation. He applies the conceptual power cultivated behind the scenes to his own performances to form a unique lens language. "Sometimes on the stage of the show, I will think from a behind-the-scenes perspective and design some actions."
Being able to endure hardships is also the "skill" that Zhang Jin learned in the days behind the camera, "This is also related to the previous time when I was a martial artist, and the amount of dance on the stage of "Brother Who Cuts Thorns" is huge, so for me, I can carry it down, and it has a lot to do with my previous experience." ”
Today, Zhang Jin has become the one who stands out. What drives him to stand in the spotlight is the kung fu dream that has been buried in his heart since he was a child.
Zhang Jin believes that fashion and martial arts actions can also be achieved by foreign directors through martial arts and special effects, but traditional Chinese kung fu movies really require you to have a certain degree of achievement in martial arts or kung fu to be able to shoot them. "Whether it's the person who shoots it or the person who acts, this charm is a kung fu movie that only China can make, so I want to take the time to study how to make it better."
From hiding to standing up, Zhang Jin never forgot that he was an actor. He once said on stage, "A filmmaker is a dreamer, and his work is the dream he creates." In fact, in order to chase his dream, Zhang Jin sacrificed a lot.
"For example, if I want to be able to pursue good action effects when filming, I have to endure the pain to present." When asked if he remembered how every wound on his body came about, he immediately said that he was lucky and never broke his arm or leg. The most frightening one was the filming of "Huang Feihong", and there were five stitches in the corner of the right eye, "because it was too close to the eye, I was afraid." Parents who initially opposed him as an actor are now just worried that he is working too hard.
In addition to the physical, even at the expense of profit. In Zhang Jin's view, a good script is not only his own dream, but also the dream of many actors, as long as the footsteps do not stop, they are approaching the dream. On the night of the group last night, Zhang Jin also made no secret of his love and awe for the profession of an actor, "As long as the script is good enough, the remuneration is really not important." ”
Dormant for many years, the torrent of fate carried Zhang Jin through a thousand mountains, from a martial arts champion with outstanding martial arts to an unknown actor with a bad career, he could not grasp the direction of this fate, but he cultivated a pampered aura and a strong and peaceful heart, as the song sang, "with the body outside, dream in the dream".
During the days when the crew was a martial artist, Zhang Jin asked himself countless times, "My kung fu is better than others, why can't it be me?" ”
Now standing in the spotlight, Zhang Jin has completed the transition to actors, singers and other identities, and the talent, hard work, and talent that were once hidden behind the camera are fully displayed. But he still reluctantly asked, "Why can't you?" ”
Only this time, not for himself, but for the Chinese kung fu and martial arts actors hidden behind the camera.