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Now when it comes to Korean movies, good movies always can't avoid a few actors: Song Kang-ho, Choi Min-sik, Ha Jeong-woo, Hwang Jeong-min... Recently, even Kong You, who walked the idol faction in the past, has become popular again because of the zombie movie "Busan Trip".
I've probably written about them before, and this time I want to introduce another personality actor who just won the final prize at the awards ceremony of Tvn, a Korean cable station:
A South Korean uncle who just turned 40 this year, Cho Zhen-hung.
The drama he won this time is the "Signal" that has previously won a super high reputation, which is known as subverting the conventional impression of Korean dramas, reaching more than 9 points on Douban and capturing countless fans.
Zhao Zhenxiong plays the criminal police officer Li Caihan in the play, a man who can't stand the unspoken rules in the police station and does not give up or abandon the unfinished events of that year.
This is similar to his role in Park Chan-wook's film "Miss".
In this year's most watched Korean film, Cho Zhenxiong starred as the uncle of the heroine Miss, who is also her guardian, who usually likes to collect rare books and paintings, and is a perverted masochist.
In order to play this role, Zhao Zhenxiong lost 18 kilograms, spent 4 hours putting on old age makeup, and learned the gait and voice of the elderly.
Just watching the movie, who can easily see that he is only 2 years older than the actor Ha Zhengyu who played the earl of the liar in "Miss"?
No wonder many fans hesitated for half a day when watching "Miss" before recognizing him as Li Caihan in "Signal".
If the Korean male stars mentioned before the beginning of the article are "best actors", then Zhao Zhenxiong, who was born in 1976 and is exactly 40 years old this year, can be said to be one of the actors in the Korean film and television circle who swims between the best supporting actor and the best actor.
Take a look at his work in recent years, all of which are highly divided.
However, Zhao Zhenxiong did not become famous in world war I, but also played from a very small role.
In 2004, in the famous Korean movie "The Cruel History of Ma Congee Street" starring Kwon Sang-woo, Cho Chun-woong was just a "dead fat man" who had just entered the film world, not even a supporting role, just a dragon set of several shots.
In this film, his original name was Zhao Yuanjun, who used his father's name "Zhao Zhenxiong" as his stage name for the first time, because he "wanted to become an actor worthy of his father's name".
Years later, Zhao Zhenxiong mentioned in an interview that he had just ventured into the film industry.
"I remember when I was filming "The Cruel History of Horse Porridge Street", I played the role of Lee Jong-hyuk's predecessor, and at that time, among the people who followed the class, some continued to make movies, and some stopped making movies. When I saw the protagonists sitting in the actors' chairs and discussing with the director, I was very curious about what they were talking about, and I wanted to join in, imagining that from some point on, I would also sit in the actor's chair and discuss with the director. When I thought about it, I laughed where the director couldn't see it. ”
Perhaps, it was this idea that led him to continue to work hard towards the dream of being an actor.
However, like many dragon sets, he continued to play unknown roles in various film and television dramas for many years after that.
Persistence pays off.
In 2010, for starring in the movie "Bestseller", Cho Zhenxiong won the Best Newcomer Actor Award at the Spring History Film Festival.
At that time, he was still a fat man, but because of this award, his acting world was opened up.
In 2011, "Baseball Love" was nominated for Best Newcomer Actor at the Baeksang Arts Awards in the Film Category
In 2012, "The Dedication of Suspect X" was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the 49th Baeksang Arts Awards in Korea
This year, Cho's performance in the movie "War with Crime: The Heyday of bad guys" starring Choi Min-sik and Ha Jeong-woo was impressive.
He is the knife scar face who was shot in the head by Ha Zhengyu with a glass bottle in the film.
At that time, Zhao Zhenxiong was still chubby when he promoted the film
Zhao Zhenxiong and the two gods in the film, Ha Jeong-woo and Choi Min-sik
In 2013, "Huayi: The Child Who Devoured the Monster" was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the 34th Korean Film Blue Dragon Awards
In the same year, he also starred in the film "Xu Sanguan Selling Blood" directed and starred by Ha Zhengyu.
Looking at this shot, Ha Jeong-woo and him, who would have thought that these two people would later perform perverted performances in "Miss".
In 2014, Zhao Zhenxiong opened the hanging.
He won the Best Supporting Actor Award at the 35th Korea Blue Dragon Film Awards and the Best Actor Award in the Film Category at the 51st Korea Baeksang Arts Awards for starring in the movie "The End".
This film is about a contest between two corrupt policemen, the little fly meets the big tiger, and Zhao Zhenxiong plays the tiger.
Interestingly, the two male protagonists of this film, Li Shanjun and Zhao Zhenxiong, won the Film Emperor of the Baeksang Art Awards film category at the same time.
Taking the movie emperor, in 2015, Zhao Zhenxiong's good luck was one after another.
Participated in the filming of Park Chan-wook's "Miss", played an important role, and the movie "Assassination" in which he starred was also released this year.
In this film, which brings together many Korean superstars such as Lee Jeong-jae, Ha Jeong-woo, and Jeon Ji-hyun, Cho Play plays "Rapid-Fire Cannon".
Zhao Zhenxiong was still relatively fat when he acted in the movie
When the movie was promoted, it had already begun to lose weight, and it should be slimming down for the character of the movie "Miss".
The following photo is from left to right: Cho Jin-hung, Lee Jung-jae, director Choi Hoon-dong, Ha Jeong-woo, Oh Da-so (this lineup is not too luxurious)
The main creators of the promotion of "Assassination", Zhao Zhenxiong (fourth from the left) in this photo has lost a lot of weight
In the same year, the movie "Longevity Chamber of Commerce" directed by the famous director Jiang Digui, starring Zhao Zhenxiong, was also released, in which he starred in the boss of the longevity supermarket in the old city.
This touching film became the tear-jerking film of the year.
What completely changed the status of Zhao Zhenxiong's film and television circle and made him a super popular star was the popular Korean drama "Signal" in 2016.
"Signal" not only completely carved him from a fat man into a personality man, but also sent him to the position of a Korean first-line male star.
Douban netizens "left a hand" said: The same is a Korean drama, some people choose to watch "Signal", some people choose to watch "Descendants of the Sun". At this moment, the IQ and taste are cruelly widened.
However, in terms of fame, Cho Zhenxiong and idol star Song Joong-ki were grouped together: in the 2016 Korean magazine selection of women's minds most want to have men's topics, the first place is Song Joong-ki, the second is Cho Chung-woong. Among men's preferences, Song Zhongji ranked behind Zhao Zhenxiong.
Acting skills are improving, and the figure is also getting better.
Zhao Zhenxiong, a type man who is now frequently featured in fashion magazines, finally bid farewell to the "super fat man" he once was.
It is reported that in the past, when eating a noodle, a normal person put a bag of noodles, he had to put 12 packs of noodles, and the highest weight reached 124 kg.
Therefore, his title of "Uncle Bear" is by no means a waste.
So how did he lose weight?
His method is simple to say: eat less and move more, but you know that it takes perseverance to do it.
Zhao Zhenxiong had to run every night when he was most cruel to himself, running 30 laps, running non-stop at the gym, and stopped eating after 6 pm.
When the creators of the movie "Miss" went to Cannes to promote together this year, Zhao Zhenxiong, a scarred fat man who was headshot by He Zhengyu in the movie in the past, actually became the same type of man as He Zhengyu.
At that time, he was headshot by He Zhengyu and wanted to sell Meng
Sell a cute one next to Choi Min-sik
Now, it has been impressive
It's really jaw-dropping.
There is a saying that goes like this: the harder you work, the luckier you get.
Zhao Zhenxiong has been using his own practical actions to prove it.
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