What is a supporting character face and what is a protagonist face? There seems to be no absolute definition, so let's first take a look at what the faces of tvb's previous protagonists look like.
Zheng Shaoqiu, who joined TVB in 1970, can be described as fresh and handsome, dignified, his eyes and mouth are very delicate, and his big nose saves the slightly "stingy" appearance, so good looks, capturing the audience is not a problem.
In 1979, five young handsome men applied for the 1980 TVB wireless artist training class, and three years later, they became famous "TVB Five Tiger Generals" who shook the three sides of the Taiwan Strait.
At that time, tvb's classic Jin Yong drama male protagonist was basically wrapped up by these 5 people.
"Deer Ding" has Andy Lau and Liang Chaowei, "Tianlong Babu" has Tang Zhenye, and "Legend of the Archery Hero" has Huang Rihua and Miao Qiaowei.
Although they also started their acting careers from running dragon sets, the natural male protagonist is also a dragon set that will shine, and it is a matter of "minutes" to become the protagonist.
The looks of several of them have one thing in common: sword eyebrows, star eyes, handsome and extraordinary, and more importantly, they have their own righteousness.
Of course, tvb also has a category, they don't look so good, but they are unique, and they have stayed up for a few years to "turn over as the protagonist".
For example, Ouyang Zhenhua, who entered TVB in 1982, did not get his first male protagonist until 1992 - "No. 1 Imperial Court".
For example, Norma Lin, who entered TVB in 1991, began to star in the first TV series "Jian Confirmed Record" in 1997.
But the lucky thing about the two of them is that the first drama starring in them became popular, they were seen and recognized by the audience, and since then the male protagonist's road has been smooth and frank, contributing one classic masterpiece after another.
Pull the time closer, such as "TVB Four Little Students", Huang Zongze, Lin Feng, Chen Jianfeng, Wu Zhuoxi, they entered the industry almost in the same year (1999), although the popular time is slightly different, but there is no doubt that they have become the "post-TVB era", the new generation of male artists who can carry dramas the most.
Wu Zhuoxi looks handsome and resolute, full of manliness; Huang Zongze is the representative of TVB cream students, who is bad and bad; Chen Jianfeng is a standard handsome guy look; Lin Feng is between fortitude and Junxiu, and the style can be switched back and forth. Everyone is handsome and has their own characteristics.
Although "TVB Four Little Students" is much inferior to "TVB Five Tiger Generals", it is indeed tvb that can find the current "Best Actor".
Nowadays, the "TVB four small students" have also entered the forty major hurdles of life, and there is no successor? No one has to find someone to top.
As a result, in the past five years, TVB began to praise the once obscure "substitute". However, after nearly ten years, have you brought out the "famous hall"?
5. Chen Shancong
Chen Shancong has been in TVB for 28 years, has been a supporting role for 26 years, and has not opened his own protagonist road until 2019's "Jinxiao Mansion", which has now played 5 male protagonists and two to be broadcast.
To put it nicely, Chen Shancong was bittersweet. To put it cruelly, TVB really has no one, and finally it is Chen Shancong's turn.
How to say Chen Shancong's appearance, when he was a supporting role for 26 years is reasonable.
Saying that he is handsome is very reluctant, the traditional Chinese aesthetic of righteousness cannot be seen in him at all.
There are also netizen comments: Chen Shancong gives people a feeling of "villains have the will". It is not that he is "really a villain", but his appearance and eyes reveal a sinister and cunning temperament.
The villain is obviously more suitable for him than to be the male protagonist.
4. Chen Zhanpeng
Chen Zhanpeng's appearance, at first glance, looks a bit like Lin Wenlong, and looks a bit like Guan Lijie from a distance, and when he looks closely, he finds that he looks completely inferior to the first two.
Some male actors are handsome and unforgettable, and some are ugly and impressive, but Chen Zhanpeng belongs, and how to look at them has the shadow of others, which is even more tragic.
When Chen Zhanpeng was a supporting role, he contributed several impressive roles, such as Zhao Wenhai in "Mind Reader", Fang Shiyou in "Forensic Pioneer" and so on.
However, from his promotion to male protagonist in 2016, the popularity of the work and the role has been greatly reduced. Have you seen "Walled Hero", "Giant Wheel", and "Alliance"? In fact, the quality of the works is good, but few viewers know about it.
Looks are not convincing, no matter how good the work, the audience does not pay.
3. Tan Junyan
Tan Junyan is The son of Dillon, but unfortunately his appearance has not inherited one-third of his father's. When Dillon was young, he was handsome and handsome, and the benchmark is now small fresh meat.
Tan Junyan's eyebrows also resembled his father's, but the whole person still looked much rougher. Little 8 feels that he is more like a low-end version of the Korean actor Lee Jung-jae.
Recently, the Korean drama "Squid Game" was on fire, and TVB also deliberately let Tan Junyan imitate Lee Jeong-jae to promote his new drama "The Truth about Changing Lives", but it did not have any effect, the paste was still paste.
Tan Junyan has developed in the mainland for a while in the past few years, and has cooperated with Huo Siyan, Zhou Jie and Yang Mi, and began to pick Liang as the main actor in 2018.
The drama starring Chen Zhanpeng, although the popularity is not high, the quality of good villains is good. But the drama starring Tan Junyan can be described in one word: rotten and mushy.
For example, this new version of "Bao Qingtian", looking at the title of the film, you can judge that it is a bad film.
Although it has repeatedly acted in bad dramas, TVB has no intention of giving up Tan Junyan, and a lot of resources have been thrown at him, and the cooperation is also tvb first-line actors.
However, Tan Junyan, who is 40 years old this year, is afraid that it is difficult to get out.
2. Yuan Weihao
Yuan Weihao's works are much more famous than his own, such as Nicholas Tse's version of "New Ancient Puzzle Boy", "Infernal Affairs" Part I and III, "Forensic Pioneer" and so on.
To put it nicely, Yuan Weihao can also be regarded as a "gold medal supporting role".
In fact, there is nothing wrong with supporting roles, after all, a drama cannot all be the protagonists, and the supporting roles can be brilliant, which is also a skill.
Helpless tvb no one available, Yuan Weihao from 2018 to the position of male lead. "Three Women and One Cause", "Dongren's Time", "Gatekeepers", the titles of the play are more bizarre than one, but Xiao 8 is also the first time to understand these dramas when searching for information.
Yuan Weihao was the male protagonist, just like the sand fell into the lake, without any splash.
1. Wang Haoxin
Wang Haoxin is definitely the dominant male protagonist of today's TVB, entering the wireless in 2006 and filming his first male lead drama "Lou Nu" in 2015.
This urban drama that has passed the passing line has only been rated by more than 2,000 people.
In 2017, "Stepping Over the Line", which allowed Wang Haoxin to get the Emperor Trophy, had a good reputation, but the audience who scored the drama was just over 20,000 people.
At present, Wang Haoxin has seized the Emperor of Thousands of Stars and TVB is absolutely "pro-son".
In fact, the popularity of Wang Haoxin's works is already very good in the emerging group of male protagonists. But this kind of "good" is simply "unpopular" when placed in the interior.
More famous than Wang Haoxin's works is Wang Haoxin's peach news, he and Cai Sibei frequently spread ambiguity, and the Hong Kong media made a big fuss.
He and his wife Chen Ziyao have repeatedly passed on marriage changes, and when Wang Haoxin won the Emperor, Chen Ziyao's indifferent expression still seems quite classic.
Nowadays, the public is one-sided and distressed Chen Ziyao, hoping that she can incarnate as Niu Hulu Ziyao and get rid of the "scumbag".
Of course, no amount of gossip at present can shake Wang Haoxin's position. After all, the situation that TVB is not connected cannot be alleviated for a while and a half.
How is Wang Haoxin's appearance, Xiao 8 put two of his same frame pictures with Wu Zhuoxi and Huang Zongze, and everyone can judge it by themselves.
Now it is always said that TVB has declined, and Hong Kong dramas have no more brilliant days. However, TVB always stuffs a bunch of male actors who don't look like male protagonists and basically have no passers-by, and the audience really can't watch it.
For example, Norma Lin has not filmed much since 2013, and is basically in a state of seclusion.
In 2020, "Bridge of Sighs", starring him, broke through without marketing, and more than 50,000 viewers gave a high score of 8.7, and people who watched it competed to be "tap water" for Amway.
This achievement instantly beats the works of Hong Kong dramas in the past five years.
Why? First of all, of course, the work is excellent, and secondly, when the public sees the name of Norma Lin, they are willing to click on the drama to see it, which is the popularity of passers-by, which is "carrying the drama".
TVB has always taken the "old with the new" training method, Huang Qiusheng with Huang Rihua, Huang Zihua with Ouyang Zhenhua, Ouyang Zhenhua with Lin Baoyi, Lin Baoyi with Chen Hao, generation after generation of relay inheritance, only to continue the glory.
However, the male actors represented by Huang Zongze have not yet gained a foothold in their peak period (they have not yet won the Emperor of Vision), and seem to have been "abandoned" by TVB.
Fortunately, Wang Haoxin was strongly praised, but the effect was not satisfactory, the so-called "strong praise is gone", if you want to be popular, you still have to see "public opinion".
No matter how high-quality the drama, the audience will say when they see the male protagonist: he, he doesn't like it, don't watch it.
The audience complained: if tvb can't find the male lead, it can not shoot a drama; the Emperor Trophy is not good, don't give it hard.
Instead of spending effort on a bunch of male actors who have not been popular for thousands of years, TVB should use more experience to cultivate "white paper", and if you are lucky, maybe you can really descend "Purple Micro Star" from the sky to save TVB from water and fire.