I don't know when, we have rigidly divided actors into two categories-powerful and traffic idols.
Going back to more than 20 years ago, the words "traffic" and "fans" had not yet appeared. At that time, there were only movies on the screen and fans off the screen. Idols work hard to live in flesh and blood roles, and movie fans will not be crazy to name them after family members. Movie fans and idols are separated by a Himalaya mountain. Through the love and hatred in the movie, the spiritual friendship stretches for thousands of miles.
As the queen of the top directors in the fairy class, powerful actors have always been dressed in yellow robes. After decades of cooperation, the perfect combination has achieved countless classic works. We liked the superstars in the early years when we were in the third year of high school, and we still like them now that we are in the third year of high school.
Feng Xiaogang and Ge You, Zhang Yimou and Gong Li, Tsui Hark and Jet Li, Wu Yusen and Zhou Yunfa, Wang Jing and Zhou Xingchi, Wong Kar Wai and Tony Leung, Tang Jili and Jackie Chan, Du Qifeng + Louis Koo... 1+1 is never more than 2, they have created a lot together The classics of the era have given birth to the leaders of their respective genres.
The white horse passes through the gap, the front wave is still rushing, and the back wave is also thumping forward endlessly. The rise of young actors has changed the rules of the game in the film market and the film ecology.
"The Founding of the Party" released in 2011 gave young actors the opportunity to take the lead. Li Qin, Yang Ying, Jing Boran, Han Geng, Yang Yang and others have already appeared in the all-star lineup. In 2017's "The Founding of the Army", Ou Hao, Liu Haoran, Ma Tianyu, Li Xian, Lu Han and others all starred.
"Big IP + all-stars = high attention" has contributed to a lot of "unbelievable".
From 2013 to 2015, the four "Little Times" starring Yang Mi and others had a cumulative box office of 2 billion, but the Douban score was only 5.0. Released in 2016, "Tomb Notes" starring Jing Boran and Lu Han won a box office of 1.003 billion , Douban's score is only 4.7 points.
However, only in 2019, "Shanghai Fortress", with an investment of 300 million yuan, was released in a hurry after a three-day tour. This seems to have brought an end to the era of traffic stars. "Content is king" has returned to the main battlefield.
Then came the words of director Teng Huatao: "Traffic stars are always a double-edged sword. They will definitely help in publicity, but they will definitely not help the box office."
Since then, some traffic stars have collapsed their houses one by one because of their uncleanness, and finally cured the "stone gambling mentality" of the capital side. Gradually, "traffic star" has become a derogatory term, which is equivalent to "poor acting skills, big names, and no strength". When "1921" is released in 2021, from the casting of the movie, traffic stars will face the controversy of "poor acting".
Nowadays, traffic people who have long-term plans and don’t want to make quick money are almost all trying to lower their heads and do one thing. ". Among them, the most obvious ones are Yi Yang Qianxi, Ou Hao, Wang Junkai, and Wang Yibo.
Traffic actors generally made their fortunes on the talent show stage and gained a large number of fans in idol dramas, so compared to film performances, they must abandon idol drama-style acting. Restraint does not mean facial paralysis. Emotional outbursts do not necessarily mean yelling. Tears and snot are not enough in crying scenes. Therefore, it is really recommended that young actors learn how to act systematically before joining the group, otherwise they can only secretly pay the editor.
It's a pity that the culture of traffic circles is still ignorant. Today, 2022 is about to be sent away and 2023 is ushering in. After watching the performances of some traffic actors who have just reached the passing line, they get a uniform high evaluation:
"My brother's acting skills really exploded!"
"My sister's beauty and acting skills coexist!"
"The crying scene of the husband (wife) is absolutely beautiful!!!"
In the "National Film Critic Era" where everyone is a critic, why is our aesthetic expression so weak?
It doesn't matter, we still have hope. In the future, there will be more young actors who don't often have explosive acting skills. Their looks may not be stable online, and their crying scenes may not be perfect. Movies, forget about your identity as a descendant of gods, they are just professional actors born for roles, in the next 20 years, we will also call these former young actors-strength old actors.
Andy Lau
Representative works: "Voting Certificate" (202 million box office), "Bomb Disposal Expert" (400 million box office), "Bomb Disposal Expert 2" (1.314 billion box office), "Anti-Drug" (237 million box office), etc.
For the 20th anniversary of "Infernal Affairs" this year, Andy Lau made a video to wish his "child" a happy birthday. As an all-round artist, Liu Tianwang has left many masterpieces in the three worlds of film, television and song.
Andy Lau was born in 1961. Like Hollywood's little plum, his appearance is too outstanding. "Handsome guys can't act" has always been a cold-blooded prejudice in the industry. Most of this comes from ordinary human beings' jealousy of the chosen one.
Along the way, Andy Lau also struggled with the label of "vase" for a long time.
Stills of "Big Man with Great Wisdom"
It was "The Big Man Has Great Wisdom" released in 2004 that made him really get rid of the smell of fresh meat. In the film, Andy Lau wears 20 kilograms of stunt makeup and plays an out-and-out city ranger. His performance in the film fully demonstrates his ability to control the role and the trajectory of his acting skills towards maturity. The film also won him the Academy Award for Best Actor. In 2005, Andy Lau also won the Hong Kong Actor Award with the highest cumulative box office in Hong Kong issued by the Hong Kong UA Cinemas. As of now, the box office of the movies he starred in is 10.813 billion, and the box office of all the movies is 20.054 billion.
Maybe it's because he is handsome and a gentleman, every action of Andy Lau feels like he is fanciful. Acting in movies when he was young may be a trough, but when he gets older, he naturally becomes a signature.
"Infernal Affairs 3: Ultimate Infernal Affairs" stills
This year "Infernal Affairs" was re-screened in Hong Kong. From the outside to the inside, this is Andy Lau's pinnacle work. He also won the Golden Horse Award for Best Actor for "Infernal Affairs 3: Ultimate Infernal Affairs". In this movie, he didn't make a comeback. You can't see Andy Lau, but you can always see Liu Jianming.
Among many of Andy Lau's blockbuster films, the "500 Million Detective Lei Luo Biography" series is the coolest. This is a serious gangster film with great ambitions. For actors, acting in a biopic is indeed a rare opportunity. It can be seen that Andy Lau has repeatedly and boldly tried to break through himself in the role of Lei Luo.
Stills of "Certificate of Fame"
In 2007, "Voice of Fame", co-directed by Chen Kexin and Ye Weimin, starring Jet Li, was listed as one of the best domestic costume films in the past 20 years. The way the three brothers behaved in the troubled times, to this day, even some movie fans said that "Certificate of Voting Names" can be compared with "Blood War on Hacksaw Ridge". Andy Lau was also nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Award at the Hong Kong Film Awards for this film.
The production cost of the film was as high as 40 million U.S. dollars, which was equivalent to 300 million yuan at the time, and Andy Lau was not only willing to be a green leaf for a good script, but also only took 4 million yuan in salary.
Andy Lau is really a sober artist, he can see the essence of things through phenomena, "When you are at the bottom, every movement is upward." Andy Lau's bottom mentality keeps him youthful on the road of acting." How can a talented actor be popular for a long time? I know that everyone loves me, so I have higher requirements for my choice and work, because I don’t want everyone to be disappointed in me.”
I didn't have the opportunity to make a choice before, but now I have to make a stricter choice when I become a top-tier player. Andy Lau’s contribution to the film is not only that, he started the "Asian Rising Star Director" program in 2005, which specifically supports young directors. Nowadays, many directors and actors have benefited from this program, one of which is director Ning Hao, He joined the project back then and got Andy Lau's investment, filmed "Crazy Stone", and made Xu Zheng and Huang Bo today.
As we all know, Andy Lau is the nobleman of many male stars and the ultimate idol of many female stars.
Combination of talent and virtue, true style, no wonder Mr. Wong Kar Wai said: "Hong Kong has only produced one Andy Lau in 20 years."
Louis Koo
Representative works: "Apostle Walker" series (accumulative box office 1.307 billion), "Eavesdropping" series (box office 605 million), "Anti-Corruption Storm" series (cumulative box office 2.17 billion), "Anti-drug" series (box office 1.549 billion), etc.
"With my own strength, I have contributed to two top men in the entertainment industry", this is what fans once teased Gu Tianle. Because of the fair-skinned Gu Tianle and the tanned Gu Tianle, temperament and play are almost in two directions.
Brother is indeed very accurate in judging people. As Leslie Cheung's most promising junior, Gu Tianle is extremely malleable. His acting talent can be seen in "Sweet Words" (1999) directed by Zhao Chongji.
In this movie, Gu Tianle played a little mute, without a single line, but perfectly performed the delicate feelings of an ignorant teenager in the stage of unrequited love.
Gu Tianle has played the evil and infatuated Yang Guo, the perverted and infatuated boyfriend, the greasy middle-aged uncle, the giant baby husband, and the angry dad... He himself is an out-and-out workaholic, and also a warm-hearted philanthropist. As of now, the box office of the movies he starred in is 10.789 billion, and the box office of all movies is 11.522 billion.
This man who was once called the last star in Hong Kong by To Qifeng has continued the excellent style of Hong Kong stars in the last century: caring about society, emphasizing love and righteousness, and daring to fight.
Stills of "A Chinese Ghost Story"
It is commonplace for an actor to get injured while filming. Gu Tianle had an eye injury and had 8 stitches. When filming "A Chinese Ghost Story", I injured my ligament, which made it impossible to walk normally. When filming "Escape from Birth", because I played a retired firefighter without professional equipment, the scene was almost scorched by fire. When filming "Dangerous City", in order to show the twisted perversion of the warlord murderer, he had to perform the "hanging scene" himself. In "Eavesdropping", he gained more than ten catties, interpreting the helplessness and embarrassment of ordinary people in the role, and the smile at the end is remembered by many people.
Stills of "Slaying Wolf: Greedy Wolf"
In 2017, Gu Tianle's "Slaying the Wolf: Greedy Wolf" was released for only 5 days, and earned a box office of 294 million, becoming the most popular action movie besides "Wolf Warrior 2". The father played by Gu Tianle is in place from body movements to complex emotions in his heart, and he performed the heart-wrenching pain of losing his daughter. He also won the Best Actor award at the 37th Hong Kong Film Awards for this film. After 25 years of debut and running with him three times, Louis Koo finally raised his own trophy. Also with "Slaying the Wolf: Greedy Wolf", Louis Koo also won the "Best Actor" at the Asian Film Awards and the Hong Kong Film Directors' Guild Annual Awards.
Gu Tianle is considered a high producer in the film industry, and is naturally the king of bad movies. For 20 years, he has maintained a frequency of two bad movies every year. This year, "War of Tomorrow", which he starred in and supervised, invested 450 million yuan and took 10 years, but the word-of-mouth and box office were not good. At that time, the official blog published a group of photos of Gu Tianle. The 52-year-old Gu Zai burst into tears in the live broadcast room and watched the box office 20 times a day. Many people bought tickets to watch it later, only for Gu Tianle's determination and courageous spirit of "doing it knowing that it can't be done".
Stills of "Tomorrow's War"
Back then, Er Dongsheng suffered a lot of criticism because of his reputation as the king of bad movies. Er Dongsheng couldn't stand it anymore, and made public about Gu Tianle's charity work. Only then did everyone understand Gu Tianle's sentence "I want to make a movie, I need money, there are many people Need me" really means.
If you can imitate Gu Tianle's response with the tone of the characters in Hong Kong dramas, it must be: If you have a job, do it well, otherwise you will not make money. As long as you are willing to do it, God will naturally invite you to drink tea!
Liu Haoran
Representative works: "Detective Chinatown" series (box office (8.743 billion box office), "Four Seas" (542 million box office), "Legend of the Demon Cat" (530 million box office)
There is a poll on Weibo:
Among the new generation of post-95 male stars, Liu Haoran, Yi Yangqianxi, Wang Junkai, Wang Yibo, who is the most cinematic actor in your mind?
Being classified as the first group of young film actors, Liu Haoran's appearance has a great advantage.
Clean, sunny, cheerful, gentle. Since his debut at the age of 15, he has almost always looked like a teenager. Liu Haoran is the realistic template of "the boy we had a crush on in school days", and is also recognized as the most suitable actor in China to wear school uniforms.
Back then, the crew of "Beijing Love Story" went to the Beijing Dance High School to cast a role. Chen Sicheng asked the girls who participated in the casting to write the name of the boy they liked the most. As a result, most of the girls wrote Liu Haoran. This detail made Chen Sicheng believe that this boy is popular with the audience.
As of now, Liu Haoran ranks fourth in the box office of starring actors in China with a leading role of 17.935 billion, and is also the first post-95 filmmaker whose total box office exceeds 20 billion.
Stills of "Legend of the Demon Cat"
At the age of 19, he starred in "The Legend of the Demon Cat". In order to lose 20 catties for the role, he devoted himself to performing the obsession and paranoia of Bailong; He has become the ideal school girl for thousands of girls; Xiao Pingjing played in "Langya Bang 2", in the last important scene, he broke through himself and made Sun Chun cry. Compared with other streamers, Liu Haoran is one of the few actors who has been recognized for his acting skills from the very beginning.
In Liu Haoran's film career, the one who helped him the most was Chen Sicheng. Liu Haoran starred in Song Ge in "Beijing Love Story", which changed the trajectory of his life ever since. Later, he followed Chen Sicheng to film the "Detective Chinatown" series. Liu Haoran's real name is Liu Yuan. Chen Sicheng felt that this name was a bit rustic, so he asked someone to take the stage name of Liu Haoran.
Stills of "Detective Chinatown 3"
Someone asked Liu Haoran: "Little milk dogs and little wolf dogs are very popular now, which one do you think you are?"
He replied, "Can't I be a human being?"
Liu Haoran's first step to success is not to set up a person, not to please others, but to be true to himself.
Youth is short, and teenagers will grow old. Liu Haoran became famous at a young age. If he can always maintain his authenticity, he will have a bright future.
Yi Yang Qianxi
Representative works: "Youth in Youth" (1.558 billion), "Send You A Little Red Flower" (1.432 billion box office), "Changjin Lake" (5.775 billion box office), "Shuimen Bridge of Changjin Lake" (4.067 billion box office), "Miracle" ·Stupid Child" (1.379 billion box office) etc.
He was admitted to the undergraduate class of the Central Academy of Drama with the top score in both culture and majors; he was nominated for the Golden Rooster Award Best Actor for three consecutive years. For Yi Yangqianxi, who is only 22 years old, it is not only luck.
He debuted in the group TFBOYS, he used to be the little one on the fringe, and fans would gather to go to him at the meeting, and he would always smile and watch the fans rush to others.
Experience the warmth and coldness of the world prematurely, and those things will precipitate into his follow-up strength. Fans described the "four-character" brother, "Under the skin of a young man, there must be an old heart hidden."
The characters he plays all have a stubborn stubbornness, a sense of restraint earlier than age, and explosive power beyond age. Yi Yang Qianxi is especially good at conveying various changes with his eyes.
If the director requires an actor to be able to see 100 meters away through the camera, I believe Yi Yang Qianxi will design to see farther away.
Stills of "Changjin Lake"
Whether it is Wanli in "Changjin Lake", Xiaobei in "Youth in Youth", or his elder brother Jing Hao in "Miracle Stupid Kid", at this age, he is able to have such an acting level and works, he is beyond industry imagined. As of now, the box office of his starring role is 14.416 billion, and the box office of all movies is 17.541 billion.
Stills of "Youth in Youth"
As a new actor, "You are a young man" and "The Twelve Hours of Chang'an", the two works in a row have a high score of 8.3 points on Douban, and they have received high praise. Before Yi Yangqianxi, only Qin Hailu, Tian Yuan, and Xu Jiao won the Best New Actor Award at the Hong Kong Film Awards in the mainland. Yi Yang Qianxi is the fourth and only award-winning actor from the mainland.
Many people commented that the biggest surprise of "Changjin Lake" is Yi Yangqianxi. Among the tough guys and powerful actors gathered together, he is not inferior. .
Someone once wrote an article discussing how to observe Yi Yang Qianxi's dedication to the role by looking at the different eating states of each character he played.
"Miracle Stupid Kid" Stills
In "Miracle: Stupid Kid", he also used the most plain performance to perform the complex transition of the character's emotions and his unyielding spirit in the face of various difficulties.
Director Chen Kexin once praised him very much, "This is the birth of an actor. He should maintain his strength and will go far. I am very happy that there is another such good actor in the film industry."
Undoubtedly, Yi Yang Qianxi has transformed from a popular actor to a powerful young actor.
Ou Hao
Representative works: "Left Ear" (box office 484 million), "Calling Love in the Center of the World" (box office 11.042 million), "Qing He Nan Gao" (box office 30.41 million), "Wukong Biography" (box office 696 million), "Heroes of Fire" (box office 17.06 million) million) etc.
When Ou Hao is not smiling, he has a naughty vibe, and the sense of destruction will spread at any time, and the dimples that appear when he smiles add to his childishness, making people rush to protect him. This original contradiction can be integrated into a unique temperament in him, which makes him a bit different among young actors.
In 2017, Ou Hao played the famous general Ye Ting in "The Founding of the Army", but director Ye Daying, Ye Ting's grandson, expressed his dissatisfaction, saying that Ou Hao is a little fresh meat who "can't stand up straight and looks like a girl". In fact, I really feel wronged him. As director Huang Jianxin said, Ou Hao has a very hard thing in him.
Ou Hao is talented in acting, but he suffers from his accent, and his lines are a huge flaw. Although he debuted in the talent show and his performance is a blank sheet of paper, his sensibility and inner tension in acting are beyond those of his peers.
He delivered food, worked as a resident singer, and opened a milk tea shop. Because his father's business went bankrupt, he was forced to do odd jobs to earn living expenses. These life experiences are the nourishment for him to shape his characters.
Stills of "The Left Ear"
In 2015, Ou Hao starred in the first movie "Left Ear" in his life. This youth drama made him "harvest" a lot. After that, Ou Hao was like stepping on the gas pedal. In 2017, he starred in five movies in one go, "Legend of the Demon Cat", "Changjin Lake", "My Fathers and Me", and "Chinese Captain". Although his acting skills have been controversial along the way, it does not prevent him from appearing in blockbuster movies and dramas one after another. Just last year, Ou Hao was promoted to the eighth billionaire box office in the history of Chinese film. As of now, the box office of his starring roles is 12.026 billion, and the box office of all movies is 23.451 billion.
Recently in the hit drama "The Wind Blows Pinellia". Tong Xiaoqi, played by Ou Hao, smashed 14 wine bottles in order to be realistic, and his acting skills are also highly praised: this young actor with a vigorous blood is getting more and more refined in his acting skills.
Zhou Dongyu
Representative works: "Love in the Hawthorn Tree" (box office 144 million), "Youth in Youth" (box office 1.558 billion), "July and Ansheng" (box office 166 million), "Later Us" (box office 1.361 billion), etc.
The most insurmountable in "Moving Girls" is Gong Li, the highest starting point is Zhang Ziyi, the most transparent Li Man, the most controversial is Liu Haocun, and the most special one should be Zhou Dongyu.
In 2010, Zhou Dongyu, who was only 18 years old, was selected by director Zhang Yimou to star in "The Love of the Hawthorn Tree". It is said that the face that Zhang Yimou has been looking for for a long time, and Jing Qiu's smile reminded many straight men of their first love in an instant.
Stills of "The Love of the Hawthorn Tree"
This year, Zhou Dongyu is 30 years old. She still looks like a child, but with more confidence.
There will always be people who think that she is not particularly outstanding in everything from her looks to her figure. Standing among a bunch of beautiful actresses, she really looks like an ordinary person.
But Zhou Dongyu has a mixture of pure and untamed temperament, only in different situations, she will show that unique side to others.
Stills of "Youth in Youth"
Zhang Yimou once commented on Zhou Dongyu: "Her crying scenes are top-notch. When she sheds tears, she has rich layers in her heart and is easy to move people's hearts." In the movie "Youth in Youth", we were pleasantly surprised to see that the 27-year-old shaved his head Zhou Dongyu, who plays a high school student, can control his body and emotions so precisely and movingly. Zhou Xun was the last one who could act such a smart and unruly girl.
Stills of "July and Ansheng"
In 2016, he won the Golden Horse Award with "July and Ansheng". Three years later, he won the Golden Statue Award and Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Award with "Youth in Youth". Zhou Dongyu became the third Grand Slam winner after Zhang Ziyi and Zhou Xun. Up to now, the box office of Zhou Dongyu's starring movie is 9.609 billion, and the box office of all movies is 12.755 billion.
After "Youth in Youth", Zhou Dongyu has only three films to come out. They are "My Motherland and Me" which was released in the same year as it (released earlier), "Hug You Through the Cold Winter" at the end of last year, and "You Are My Spring" which was released on July 1 this year. Without exception, all three films are the main theme platter. According to incomplete statistics, she has at least 7 films to be screened. Including "Sturdy as a Rock", "Flame on the Plain", "Morning Cloud and Dusk Rain", "Parrot Killing", "Hot Search", "Burning Winter" and "King of the Sky".
After the age of 30, Zhou Dongyu will usher in the golden period of her career. She can play more and more female roles, and she can also play girls, and she is no longer limited to girls.
In Zhou Dongyu's case, what we are most worthy of publicizing is that not all ugly ducklings should become white swans. We really look forward to seeing more young female actors with unique appearances, rich hearts and superb acting skills in Chinese movies. They are not afraid of the conventions of appearance and age, and they will bring more remarkable and distinctive works to Chinese movies. .
