[This article is the original of Super Cass, author: Jia Xiaochen, unauthorized reprinting is prohibited]
On the occasion of the 70th birthday of the motherland, a number of tribute dramas reflecting the main theme of the times have emerged on the screen, and "The Great Turning Point", which is being broadcast on the CCTV comprehensive channel, is one of them.
In a revolutionary historical drama set in the Long March of the Red Army, the audience naturally pays the most attention to Mao Zedong's actor.
Although he had a relatively rich experience as chairman before this, Hou Jingjian said that this time it was still pressure and challenges. "The Great Turning Point", as a tribute drama for the 70th anniversary of the founding of New China, will make him feel an unprecedented sense of mission when filming, and he also hopes that through this play, the audience will feel the tenacity of Chairman Mao's heart that even in the darkest moment, his heart still yearns for the light.
In order to reproduce the arduous scene of the Red Army's Long March, the director put forward the concept of "pulp feeling" during filming, that is, all the war scenes and major meetings in the play went to the original site to shoot on the real scene, and the shooting time also coincided with the time of the Red Army's Long March, so the actors were wearing single clothes and straw shoes in extremely cold weather, truly experiencing the hardships and hardships of the soldiers of that year.
Recalling the various things during the shooting, Hou Jingjian said that although it was very hard, only this way of restoration could capture the most real and moving performances of the actors, "Several times I stood in the position where the chairman stood at that time, there would be an inexplicable inspiration rushing forward."
It is no exaggeration to say that after filming this drama, it is equivalent to re-walking the Long March, and Hou Jingjian also feels the enthusiasm and sincerity of the local people in this red land. According to Hou Jingjian's recollection, when filming in Miaozhai, the villagers spontaneously collected eight thousand yuan to buy a cow to improve the food for the crew.
As chairman Mao's actor, Hou Jingjian was even more "uniquely loved" by the people. Every day during the filming, enthusiastic people would come to him for autographs, treat him with local specialties, invite him to his home...
However, what impressed Hou Jingjian the most was what an old master said to him. The old master told Hou Jingjian that the people in the village did not follow the stars, and the reason why they liked him so much was because everyone transferred their reverence for the chairman to him, and this remark made Hou Jingjian very emotional, "I have been urging myself to always put this sense of honor and humiliation and mission on my shoulders."
From playing Mao Zedong for the first time in "Iron Shoulders moral righteousness" in 2010 to the present, the experience of playing the chairman in the past decade has also undergone a huge change in Hou Jingjian's personality. Once he was a typical Aries man, acting with wind and fire, full of edges and angles, but now he has learned to calm down, act calmly, and have a much broader heart, which in his view is an invisible force that the chairman brings to himself, "Because of playing the chairman, I have become a better person." 」
In addition to the change in personality, Hou Jingjian is also seeking a breakthrough in the way of performance, "In the past, playing the chairman would imitate a fixed posture, a gesture, and walk like something, but now I find that some things are to be thrown away, to really enter the inner world of the chairman, to think what the chairman thinks, to do what the chairman does." 」
Since his debut, Hou Jingjian has been called "a great professional household" and "the first young Mao Zedong actor", but in fact, he has never bound himself to the framework of a drama road.
He is the warrior Yang Yizhi in the costume martial arts drama "Deer Ding"; Zhao Long, a member of the special training class in the period drama "X Female Agent"; Jiang Shuyi, a secret agent in the spy drama "Rouge"; the economically applicable male Nanhai in the urban drama "Beishang Guang does not believe in tears"; he Yikun, the president of the group in the love drama "The Return of the Royal Sister"...
Hou Jingjian has extremely high requirements for himself in acting, no matter the size of the role, he will be treated equally and devote himself wholeheartedly, "In fact, the completion of the role can only score 60 points, I hope that each role can be designed to be reasonable and unexpected, so that the role is irreplaceable, so that the audience feels that it is not the taste to change others to play." 」
As for the development goals of his acting career, Hou Jingjian did not insist on it, in his view, it is more important to be down-to-earth than to plan and look forward, compared to being popular and popular, he prefers to be an artist with quotation marks in his heart.
Perhaps because he has played the chairman, Hou Jingjian always gives people a feeling of sitting on the edge of the box and not smiling, but in fact, the real him in life and the contrast on the screen is very large.
Hou Jingjian named himself "Be a Simple Little Monkey" on social software, and he himself is the same "happy", which is the pistachio of the people around him.
He is a sports-type sunshine boy who likes to soak in the gym when he is not filming, so he has a good body.
At the same time, he is also a fan of various ball games, with a well-developed sports cell, and has previously joined the star basketball team and participated in football public welfare competitions.
But loving sports is not equal to thick lines, on the contrary, Hou Jingjian's heart is very delicate and gentle. He often forwards the content related to stray animals on Weibo, calling on everyone to have more love and tolerance for small animals. This empathy stems from Hou Jingjian's own family of seven puppies, "people get along with each other sometimes very complicated, but small animals can make people filter themselves and become the simplest." 」 They are like a mirror for us, and how we treat small animals will naturally treat ourselves and those around us."
Since his debut, Hou Jingjian has given the audience too many surprises, obviously a handsome young student after 85 who is "cynical", but he has played Mao Zedong seven times and subverted himself to challenge himself. But when everyone decided that he was going to develop in the direction of a special actor, he could take off the label and show his head-changing acting skills in various genres.
"When will the dragon be bound with the long wisp in your hand today?"
Hou Jingjian, who has tenacity and dares to break through, will surely shine in his acting career!