When it comes to the "bad guy professionals" in film and television works, who do you think of first?
Ji Chunhua, the "vulture" in "Shaolin Temple", or Du Xudong, the "Meng Qinghe" who has a bad stomach in "Divine Doctor Xi Laile", or "An Jiahe" Feng Yuanzheng, who has left a psychological shadow on countless people in "Don't Talk to Strangers"?
Among this group of "professional households", actor Feng Lei is bound to be indispensable.
The child star debuted, halfway changed careers, this non-science class -- "non-famous actor" has too many wonderful stories to tell.
01, unexpectedly won, but the ambition is not to be an actor
Feng Lei was able to embark on the path of an actor in large part because of his parents.
Feng Lei's parents are both drama actors, and growing up in such a family environment, it is difficult not to be influenced by their parents.
In 1978, due to work scheduling, his parents took the 3-year-old Feng Lei from Hebei to Beijing.
The city of Beijing has also brought Feng Lei and performance closer together.
At the age of 7, when the Beijing Film Studio was looking for a small actor for the film "Stupid King Boss", it fell in love with Feng Lei, who was full of spirit.
Perhaps inheriting the performance genes of his parents, Xiao Feng Lei, who filmed for the first time, was not afraid of the stage at all, and his grasp of the emotions of the characters was also quite in place.
After filming the scene, he was most happy not to be an actor, but to be paid 27 yuan by the crew.
But Feng Lei did not embark on the road of "actor" since then, and in the following years he was still mainly academic, until the age of 13, Feng Lei was caught off guard and boarded the Spring Festival Gala.
At that time, the program team wanted to find a few energetic teenagers to perform on stage, and happened to meet Feng Lei, who played football with his classmates.
Feng Lei has a dance foundation, and recently won an award in the Beijing Middle School Students Break dance competition, with which Feng Lei unexpectedly got the opportunity to go straight to the Spring Festival Gala stage.
Child star debut, but also on the Spring Festival Gala, with such an aura blessing, Feng Lei wants to eat in the show business circle, it can be said that it is easy.
But contrary to his wishes, Feng Lei was not very enthusiastic about being an actor.
Looking for the information of Feng Lei's works in the 80s, the only thing that can be found now is the children's film "Pleviticher Company" that was filmed in 1989, which shows that there is still a bit of literary and youthful temperament.
In Feng Lei's eyes, he prefers to play football and be a professional football player than to be a star in the public eye.
Therefore, he also consulted with his parents, but after considering it, his parents felt that it was too easy to be injured as an athlete, and they still hoped that their son could continue to develop in the literary and art circle.
02, a blow
In the year of junior high school graduation, the China Railway Literary troupe went to their school to select actors, and Feng Lei, who had a prominent temperament, was "picked" into the literary troupe.
In this way, when other children are still studying and going to school, 16-year-old Feng Lei has become a full-time actor, living independently with a salary of 80 yuan per month.
During this time, he learned a lot of acting experience and skills from the actors of the literary troupe, which benefited him endlessly from his future performances.
In 1994, 19-year-old Feng Lei first starred in the TV series "New Seven Heroes and Five Righteousness", when filming, there was an accident, the props suddenly fell off, and a long nail that was fatal enough almost hit Feng Lei's head.
Immediately after, Feng Lei starred in the most important work since entering the industry, "Red Dust".
Co-starring with him in this film are Chen Baoguo, Tao Zeru, Xu Songzi and other powerful factions, which is definitely a very good opportunity for Feng Lei.
But at the beginning, Feng Lei did not want to act too much, because he wanted to play a mentally retarded person, and he always felt that he could not erase his face.
Or did his mother's words wake him up: Do you want to be a star, or do you want to be an actor?
Feng Lei put down the burden of thought and threw himself into the role, and finally his wonderful performance in the film also brought him a nomination for the Golden Rooster Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Before Feng Lei could celebrate the taste of touching joy, suddenly a notice came down, the film could not be released for some reasons, so it could not participate in the award, this unexpected blow, but also let Feng Lei instantly discouraged.
Coupled with the fact that the treatment of being an actor at that time was not high, the young and vigorous Feng Lei could not help but have the idea of "withdrawing from the circle".
In this way, Feng Lei ignored the opposition of his family, went to the sea to set up a stall, started a business, and the work of the troupe became his side business.
03, the noble person of fate
But there are two "nobles" who have pulled Feng Lei back to the right track of the actor's road.
One of them was Fu Biao, who was also working in the Cultural and Labor Corps at that time.
Feng Lei often played with Fu Biao, and the two became acquainted with each other, but the two played mostly dragon set roles.
Fu Biao had one thing that made Feng Lei feel a little difficult to understand: even those dragon set characters who had no lines, he was very carefully prepared, and every action had to be pondered.
Later, Feng Lei couldn't help but ask Fu Biao, was it really necessary to do this?
Fu Biao's answer is very realistic, he likes acting, so he cherishes the opportunity to enter the drama troupe.
"You're in good condition, but my brother is a stupid bird, and I have to fly first!"
Fu Biao's words stimulated Feng Lei greatly, and made him have a new understanding of the word "actor".
Talking about his old friends many years later, Feng Lei was grateful for Fu Biao's influence on him and was grateful for Fu Biao's later help.
After becoming famous in the film starring Feng Xiaogang, Fu Biao did not forget Feng Lei, who ran the dragon set together, and recommended him to director Ye Jing.
The two starred together in the TV series "Laughing Generously" directed by Ye Jing, and Feng Lei also began to be recognized by the audience because of this drama.
Four years later, Fu Biao died of illness, and the TV series became the only time the brothers worked together.
Feng Lei's other nobleman was Zhang Guoguo.
In 1997, Feng Lei, who was idle at home, suddenly received a phone call.
On the other end of the phone was Zhang Guoguo, who was filming "Kangxi Micro Service Private Interview" at the time, and needed a villain role to ask him if he had time to pass.
Originally, Feng Lei was afraid that he would not be able to see the "World Cup", but he heard that the drama was filmed in Beijing, and he agreed not to delay watching the game.
Feng Lei did not expect that after playing this evil role in "Kangxi", he would never look back on the road of "bad guys".
Later, Zhang Guoli looked for Feng Lei to play the little Soba in The Fragrance of May Acacia Flowers, and the pit was abducted and deceived, and the people who had seen it hated this role to the root of their teeth.
To be fair, the villain is actually easy to act, but it is not easy to act well, and it is easy to play the same face.
The bad guy played by Feng Lei not only grasped the "bad" side of the role, but also captured the "human" side of the role.
But Feng Lei does not want to be stereotyped by the label of "bad guy professional household", and is constantly trying to broaden the path of drama.
For example, Xiao Shi, the "living Lei Feng" played in "Little Aunt Tatsuru", his sincere love for Tazuru touched many audiences and successfully removed the label of "bad guy".
However, people are not as good as heaven, and Feng Lei did not expect that the role that finally made himself popular was still a "bad person".
This "bad guy" is the villain Zhao Ruilong in "In the Name of the People", who makes people love and hate.
04, afraid and worried, Zhao Ruilong, everything has just begun
Before "In the Name of the People", Feng Lei had not filmed for several years.
He still couldn't put aside his "business field" and started trading again, which was another two years.
After returning to the show business circle, the first person to come to Feng Lei was Li Lu, the director of "In the Name of the People".
Li Lu's attitude was very sincere, and he told Feng Lei that it would be a pity if he did not continue acting.
Li Lu's words touched Feng Lei, although he did not want to return to the old road of "bad guys", he still agreed to play Zhao Ruilong.
In order to create this role, Feng Lei took a lot of thought.
Feng Lei consulted some information related to character archetypes, and speculated through character archetypes and understanding of characters.
The role of Zhao Ruilong is actually not easy to play, and he cannot play his "evil" too much, nor can he play too much of a city government.
In the face of Secretary Dakang, he called him "brother" to him, and at the same time used his father's name to put pressure on Secretary Dakang; and in the face of Gao Yuliang, Zhao Ruilong put away his usual flying and stumbling attitude, with a humble and even curved attitude.
Feng Lei portrayed this villain character extremely vividly and realistically, without overly distorting the character characteristics, and people's attitude towards this role is also mixed.
"Brother Dragon" is on fire, and the 42-year-old Feng Lei also became popular overnight, but Feng Lei's first reaction after knowing that he was popular was not to be happy, but to be afraid.
The image of a good person who has been hard to establish, this time it is planted back!
And he is worried that because the role of Zhao Ruilong is too hot, he will limit the play path, and he can only return to his position of "bad guy professional household".
But to his surprise, because of this role, many people re-acquainted with this "treasure actor" and have since become fans of "Brother Dragon".
And Feng Lei has also been invited to more film and television dramas, not only villains, but also absolute positive roles.
For example, in last year's new drama "Circuit Inspection Team" directed by Li Lu, Feng Lei starred as procurator Xiong Shaofeng.
Xiong Shaofeng, who he played, was framed one after another in the play, and was repeatedly regarded as a suspect, which can be said to be the most tragic "back pot man" in the play.
Some people just ridiculed: how crazy Zhao Ruilong was back then, how miserable Xiong Shaofeng is today.
In any case, after "The Name of the People", this powerful actor who has been acting silently for many years has finally come out.
After breaking the circle with "Zhao Ruilong", Feng Lei participated in "The Birth of an Actor" while it was hot, competed with Yu Yi on the same stage and won, and finally PK mentor Song Dandan retired from the competition, which also triggered a hot discussion about "acting" on the Internet.
In the recent hit "Glory and Dreams", Feng Lei also used his plastic surgery acting skills to play Ren Bishi into three points, which was recognized by the audience.
"The greatest pleasure of being an actor is to be able to swim in the inner world of different characters and experience different lives."
This is what Feng Lei said in an interview, he is really enjoying the performance, so that the actor can present the acting skills that impress the audience.
The spring of good actors has come, after Zhao Ruilong, the real excitement that belongs to Feng Lei actors, everything has just begun...
Looking forward to the arrival of Feng Lei, more classic characters!
Text/Pippi Film Editorial Department: Ah Zhi
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