Lu Zhenjiu, who appeared on the big screen at the age of nine, has now debuted for 15 years. At the beginning of this year, his leading costume drama "Two-Faced King" ended with a record-breaking 10 ratings, and then he starred in TVN's new drama "Druna Hotel".
Taking off the costume of the King of Joseon and quickly transforming into a hotel butler, Lu Zhenjiu bluntly said that on the one hand, it was because of his curiosity about fantasy themes, on the other hand, he wanted to practice the performance secret he had gained in "Two-Faced King" in a new work as soon as possible.
Born in 1997, Lu Zhenjiu's name means "nine treasures", why not use "ten", because the remaining treasure must be found in life. Although she is just 22 years old this year, Lu Zhenjiu, who has been an actor for a lifetime, said that she has found that "baby".
Stills from "The Two-Faced King"
Stills from "Druna Hotel"
The pure eyes in "Giants", lost
In 2005, Lu Zhenjiu starred in the star-studded movie "Sad Movie" similar to "True Love Supreme", in which he played a rebellious boy who was about to lose his mother, which was his first acting experience, and he was lucky enough to appear on the poster with big stars such as Cha Taixian and Zheng Yusheng. Since then, he has successively played the childhood roles of the male protagonists Shin Ha-kyun, Zhu Jixun, Cho Yin-sung, Lee Joon-ki, Jang Hyuk- and Lee Joon-hyun, Jang Hyuk- and Lee Joon-so, Park Yoo-cheon and Kim So-hyun in the tv series "A Branch of Plum", "Lao Qian", "Giant", "Thinking of You" and "The Moon Embracing the Sun".
The supporting role of the male protagonist's childhood role also reached the peak because of the annual drama "The Moon Embracing the Sun" of the 2012 MBC fire. But for the performance, Lu Zhenjiu prefers the TV series "Giant" led by Li Fanxiu. He thinks that was the best time of his life, "the look in his eyes at that time was very real, not adulterated at all, even if you don't try to understand the character, you can enter the character very purely." 」 Lu Zhenjiu recalled that at that time, some seniors told him "don't lose this purity of the present", "but unfortunately, I don't have that kind of look now", Lu Zhenjiu sighed in an interview.
Missed out on becoming a "flower beauty man" because of "Huayi"
After this, Lu Zhenjiu ushered in the first breakthrough in her acting career. In the "18 Forbidden" thriller "Hua Yi: The Child Who Devoured the Monster", he is finally no longer the childhood of anyone, but really has his own role, and is still the big male protagonist who plays with Kim Yoon-seok, Cho Jin-woong, Jang Hyun-sung, Kim Sung-jun, park Hae-joon, which are several Powerful Korean actors. In the film, the once ignorant boy raises his pistol and is trained by the "fathers" to become a killing machine. For seventeen-year-old Lu Zhenjiu, "Huayi" can be described as a sweet and bitter coming-of-age ceremony, which makes him lose the possibility of becoming a "flower beauty man", but also gained great recognition as a real actor.
With the role of "Huayi", Lu Zhenjiu won a number of newcomer actor awards that year, including the Qinglong Film Award. Kim Yoon-seok personally stamped his acting identity, "Zhenjiu is not a beautiful man, he continues our genealogy." Even so, when "Huayi" was released, Lu Zhenjiu, who was not yet eighteen years old, was invited to the standby room by the security guard, and he still resented the matter when he mentioned it again as an adult.
"Huayi" helped Lu Zhenjiu get rid of the label of "child star", but this was not his original intention, he never thought of getting rid of the identity of child star, he believes that everything has a time, just like not talking about love but to perform love drama, there will always be some lack of confidence.
In the trough period, the perfect interpretation of the decadent beauty
After "Huayi" was recognized, too many expectations from the audience, actors and directors made Lu Zhenjiu, who was still young, feel a little powerless, and even blamed herself: "I am very suffocated and angry, why can I only act like this." In fact, including the release of "Hit My Heart" in 2015, as well as the war film "Western Front" with Xue Jingqiu, and the costume action film "Dai Lijun" cooperated with Lee Jeong-jae in 2017, the results were not satisfactory, which in turn affected his self-confidence in performance. Until I met "The Two-Faced King".
The drama version of "Two-Faced King" is adapted from the movie of the same name starring Lee Byung-hyun, which tells the story of the Korean monarch Lee Hyun in order to stay away from various conspiracies and calculations, and invited ha Sun, a seller who looks exactly like him, to be a stand-in. The drama premiered on TVN in January this year, and the finale received a rating of 10%, making it the biggest winner of the same monthly fire drama. In the play, Lu Zhenjiu, who plays two roles in one person, is indispensable.
With Li Bingxian's Zhuyu in front, it is not easy for the drama version to perform changes, especially the scene where Li Xian and Heshan meet for the first time, on the one hand, Li Xian, the king who is tired of palace fighting and mentally decadent and almost crazy, on the other hand, is the commoner Heshan, who is from a humble origin but has a straight heart. Li Xian's decadent setting contrasts greatly with Lu Zhenjiu's healthy and gentle image, and it is difficult to be convincing if he is not careful in his performance. Lu Zhenjiu not only successfully interpreted these two roles, but also left many famous scenes. In the first episode, a scene in which Li Xian's upper body was exposed in the bath won Lu Zhenjiu an evaluation of "perfect interpretation of decadent beauty".
In this acting class, the teacher was me
Lu Zhenjiu described the performance experience of "Two-Faced King" as an acting lesson, and the teacher was Lu Zhenjiu herself. Director Kim Hee-won gave maximum power to the actors on the set, which made Lu Zhenjiu, who had been accustomed to listening to the director's request, feel "a little surprised, even frightened." Over time, this new way of performing has given Lu Zhenjiu more opportunities to think and solve problems on her own.
Druna Hotel is more like a man
After the finale of "Two-Faced King" aired on March 4, Lu Zhenjiu announced that he would take over the fantasy drama "Druna Hotel", playing a human who can see ghosts, and was hired by the hotel owner played by Iu to deal with the human affairs of the ghosts. The success of the previous work had not yet had time to digest, and it was a bit of a surprise to everyone to announce the new work so quickly. Asked why, Lu Zhenjiu bluntly said, "I don't want to lose the feeling and energy I gained in "Two-Faced King", nor do I want to stop performing." ”
Lu Zhenjiu said that she wanted to be an actor who was "not limited by genre", "I don't want to fix myself in a certain genre." But that doesn't mean avoiding the same type of work, like Lu Zhenjiu's most performed costume works, constantly trial and error, and finally allowing him to find the best state of performance in "Two-Faced King".
Talking about the role in "Druna Hotel", Lu Zhenjiu said that he was "more like a man", and other actors seemed to have daily love acting skills, which was also a big challenge for Lu Zhenjiu, who played too many complex and heavy roles.
Low dull tone
Lu Zhenjiu's maturity is also reflected in the low and thick tone. In fact, this problem once affected his performance, when filming "The Moon Embracing the Sun", he was in the voice change period, and he did not know how to use his voice, and later the recording director found him, saying that the lines were not very clear, hoping that he could raise the tone. After that, Lu Zhenjiu would habitually raise his pitch when performing.
Written by/sona
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