From "Eighteen-Year-Old Sky", to "If You Can Love Like This" to "In the Distance", Bao Jianfeng is the kind of actor who can meet him at any time you can meet him. In recent years, he has shown himself as a "domineering president" in the style of "Liu Yuntian", and quickly got rid of the burden of "Liu Yuntian" and played well in variety shows.
Director of this issue: Jia Ru
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In this interview, Bao Jianfeng and KeFan took a sightseeing tour bus to Shanghai together. For the two, riding a double-decker tourist bus can be a fresh attempt, passing all the way through Nanjing Road, Grand Theater, Shanghai Sports Palace, Daguang Cinema, People's Grand Stage, The Bund... Reminiscing about childhood anecdotes, there are laughter, there are feelings.
Bao Jianfeng grew up in a typical military family, his parents are more traditional, especially his father has a lot of rules, quilts are folded into tofu blocks, toothbrush and teapot handles maintain a direction, etc., often making Bao Jianfeng rebellious, every time he goes out and mischievously makes mistakes with his friends, he will usher in a severe punishment from his father.
Bao Jianfeng and his parents
Nevertheless, from the modesty and prudence of teaching by example, learning more and making more progress, to witnessing the stories and images of his father and comrades-in-arms as a soldier, his father's influence on Bao Jianfeng gradually deepened into the marrow. The lively and active Bao Jianfeng has always maintained his top grades and is also the backbone of literature and art among the students.
In Bao Jianfeng's eyes, Shanghai is a city with a strong artistic and cultural atmosphere, and it is often possible to see drama, performance and participation in various interest classes. When he was a child, Bao Jianfeng was like this, going to the Yunfeng Theater every week to watch movies, learning to dance, sing, recite, act in sketches and so on.
Juvenile Bao Jianfeng
As a small screen star dancer, Bao Jianfeng has participated in various galas of all sizes since the age of 15, and has danced with singers such as Chen Baixiang, Jacky Cheung, Andy Lau and Lin Yilian, which has also made Bao Jianfeng's vision gradually broaden and start from a higher starting point.
"The first time I went to the Shanghai Film Studio Theater, I saw the big actors hanging in the hallway. From before liberation, those were really stars shining and envious. Suddenly you feel that this place is awesome! I think it's a kind of edification and cultivation. I've always felt lucky to be able to grow in the soil of this side and give myself a lot of opportunities. ”
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For the path of acting, Bao Jianfeng's parents were not very supportive at first. But whenever he passed by the Shanghai Theater Academy, he was "moved" by this art school, and saw that the students inside had a special "literary and artistic youth" temperament, and he also wanted to become a part of them. In the third year of high school, some students wanted to be admitted to the drama, and Bao Jianfeng applied for the examination in this way, and successfully passed and became a student of the drama.
"It opened a door to me and really understood that it was actually quite a long way. Now I feel that drama school for me, until now can have a direct impact, so that I must maintain a uniqueness of myself. Because being an actor is also like this, you have to maintain a uniqueness, you have to have characteristics. ”
Looking back on his college days now, Bao Jianfeng's most memorable thing is the debriefing performance at every stage, and the whole year and even the whole school come to "judge" your performance. The most embarrassing one is that before he is on stage, there is a "boo" sound below. However, it is this kind of actor who grows up in doubt that can better hone himself.
Group photo of Bao Jianfeng University students
"People in this industry are sensitive and have to be fragile inside, but they have to hammer you so that you can have a sense of faith after you come to power." You don't care what other people say, you have to go on stage, you have to act out to everyone, this is what you have to do, throw away all distractions. You've had this experience, you can finish this clip, that's success. ”
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In 1996, he starred in the youth love drama "Vacuum Love Record" directed by Zhang Ming, which was his first TV drama work, thus officially entering the show business circle. And then the "Eighteen-Year-Old Sky" made Bao Jianfeng stand out.
Stills from Eighteen-Year-Old Sky
"The first time I filmed "Vacuum Love Record", I actually understood one thing, that is, acting is a technical job. A lot of things, including the 'sound stage shape', you master it well, the direct lens will not deceive people, can be seen completely, then you have to pay attention to technology. Later, in almost "Eighteen-year-old Sky", and some of the later scenes, I found that not only do you have to have technology, but you actually have to think. ”
Stills from "Supreme Red Face"
In the following years, Bao Jianfeng starred in classic works such as "Supreme Red Face", "Qin Wang Li Shimin", "The Legend of Xue Rengui" and shined in a series of costume dramas. Bao Jianfeng likes costume dramas, can detach from reality, and completely become another person.
Poster of "Big Waves and Sands"
In recent years, the leading figures in the main theme blockbusters seem to be no longer arranged by special actors, and Bao Jianfeng recreated the image of Comrade Mao Zedong in the more than two decades from the "May Fourth Movement" in 1919 to the "Seventh National Congress" in 1945.
How to play a great leader in a grand historical context is a huge challenge for actors. This is Bao Jianfeng's second time playing Mao Zedong after "Xiangjiang North" ten years ago, and for him, each time it is a new challenge.
"We have a lot of materials, including teachers like the Party History Archive who will come to talk to you, and we will often hold seminars. My last play, four months of pressure, because this is a person that everyone is very familiar with, and everyone admires so much in their hearts. So it's a lot of pressure. ”
Poster of "In the Distance"
In 2019, Bao Jianfeng's "If You Can Love Like This" and "In the Distance" have achieved very good ratings. Because the broadcast is very close, people will inevitably compare the two "domineering president" images he starred in, and they will inevitably be curious about the positioning of the actor himself.
"Positioning is what others have positioned for you, I actually have no plan for myself from the beginning, if there is, I can only say that I can only say that I have completed each role well, which can only be a requirement for myself." Most of the time the actor is this role, the play has found you, you have such an opportunity. So what can you do? All you can do is get it done. ”