With Ren Dahua as the producer, directed by Huo Suiqiang, and starring Ren Dahua, An Zhijie, Yuan Hua, and Jiang Peiyao, the movie "Chasing Zero" will be launched on iQiyi Cloud Cinema on July 21.
"Number Zero" poster
The movie "Chasing Zero" tells the story of an agent named Uncle Hua (played by Ren Dahua) who has quit the arena. He makes a living by opening an antique shop in the old street, and lives an ordinary life with his daughter. One day, when the old street is demolished by the local Qinglong Gang , Uncle Hua's hidden identity was exposed, and he was hunted down by a mysterious organization headed by Ajie (played by An Zhijie), thus unfolding the story of the duel between the two heroes and the desperate struggle.
Ren Dahua and An Zhijie played the roles of master and apprentice agents in the film, and staged a peak confrontation between master and apprentice, while Yuan Hua's role as old man Cao, a homeless man, also played an important role in Uncle Hua's recovery of his identity. Based on the main line of suspenseful action, the film explores themes such as family affection, friendship, hero's twilight, and morality in the world.
This is the first time that Ren Dahua has produced a commercial action movie in nearly 50 years. In the behind-the-scenes footage of the film, the 68-year-old Ren Dahua is still busy on the set at 5 o'clock in the morning.
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But this seems not surprising. Zhu Shuyi, the production director of Yinhe Video, once gave him the title of "the most cost-effective actor", because he is so versatile on the set. A leading actor can communicate with the director, play with actors, and help control field.
It's hard to imagine that the energetic "Uncle Hua" is 68 years old. As a "model worker" in the entertainment industry, Ren Dahua has been shooting more than five movies a year since 1987. This record has not been broken so far. "Not at all I will be tired, I like acting so much, I just enjoy myself on the set, I can’t get enough shots.”
Ren Dahua
For the rest of my life, I will miss my father by acting as a policeman
Ren Dahua can't count how many policemen he has played.
He played the role of an undercover policeman in "Operation Icebreaker", a bottom-level policeman who insisted on justice in "Manslaughter 2", a gray policeman with a double life in "King of Killers", and a desperate old inspector before retiring in "Slaying the Wolf"... Ren Dahua left the audience with a rich image of the police, some down to earth, some mighty, and some difficult to distinguish between good and evil.
In "Chasing Zero", Ren Dahua's appearance did not reveal his identity, and his casual life behavior at street food stalls made him look like a street uncle hidden in dust and smoke. With the occurrence of bizarre events one after another, various skills hidden in the person who lost his memory gradually awakened in the crisis, involving different conspiracies and histories, and the legendary life of an agent also surfaced.
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Ren Dahua said that he has played many policemen, but when he saw the script, he was attracted by this character with special agent attributes.
"I have always been interested in the profession of an agent, because I have no chance to get in touch with it in life, and there are many unknown factors that can be put in the movie, and this kind of profession has a natural sense of mystery, and it can also start from the appearance of people. It is very interesting to explore what is the inner world of people and present it through images.”
In 1976, the first film he starred in was the TV series "CID", in which he played a little policeman. Because it is his debut work, Ren Dahua cherishes this role very much. The director of "CID" later recalled that Ren Dahua worked so hard when filming this film that he even foamed at the mouth.
Although it is now recognized as a school of acting, in fact, Ren Dahua, a late bloomer, did not win the Best Actor Award at the 9th Hong Kong Film Golden Bauhinia Awards until the age of 49 with "PTU" directed by Johnnie To, becoming a real award plus The "actor king" himself. When Johnnie To handed the script to Ren Dahua, he said, "I hope you can play your father."
On March 28, 2004, Ren Dahua won the Best Actor Award at the 9th Golden Bauhinia Awards for "PTU". Visual China Map
Ren Dahua's father was a policeman, who left Ren Dahua with a strict and unapproachable impression since he was a child.
On March 24, 1969, Hong Kong newspapers recorded such a shocking news: In the waters of Deep Bay, Hong Kong, Li Xiucheng, a policeman suffering from intermittent mental illness, was humiliated by his colleagues when he was performing a mission at sea. Agitation strikes, guns shoot indiscriminately, blood stains the sea...
Among the victims of this accident was Ren Dahua's father, Ren Jinqiu, a senior police officer.
Ren Dahua, who was still young at the time, didn't really understand what his father's death meant. When he was younger, he just felt that life had fallen into poverty, and his mother became harder. Until he grew up, he realized the lack of his father's company and the major regrets in his life, and he tried to make up for it in the play. "I like playing the policeman very much. I play many different policemen. I don't have many opportunities to get along with my father all the time, and I don't have more opportunities to experience the love of my father. So every time I play a policeman, I always use this method. Miss him." Therefore, no matter how many police roles are recruited, Ren Dahua will not feel tired. Through interpreting the lives of different policemen, Ren Dahua also recalls and imagines his father again and again, "I can't play enough to play a policeman. .”
Ren Dahua
Find the wrinkles on everyone's face in the world
Due to amnesia, the identity of Ren Dahua in "Zero Chase" was once a mystery, and the audience was led by the director to play hide-and-seek, making it difficult for the characters to distinguish good from bad. In the process of peeling off the layers of the plot, Ren Dahua not only showed the lively side of the market, but also had the terrifying appearance of "perverted killer" and "killer" who looked out of control in his inner order. When he needs to show his skills , He also has neat movements and a righteous and dignified expression. Policemen, villains, and ordinary people are the most representative screen image types of Ren Dahua. How to unify such different aspects in a movie performance, Ren Dahua said, "Humanity is very important."
"This character makes the audience have different fantasies, and there are some very complicated human things in it. Since filming, I have always felt that human nature is very important, and people's lives are very important. We should not be 'acting'. The characters seem to have a friend of one kind or another by your side, so no matter what kind of character it is, whether it is a decent villain, whether it is typed or life-like, you still have to find the foundation of life and humanity."
In addition to being a professional policeman, he is also a professional gangster, or a dull market uncle, a "clothed beast" who hides his secrets, and a "blessed" romantic wanderer. Ren Dahua is extremely malleable, but he humbly speaks out about himself "There is no talent for acting." "I think I'm quite talented in painting, photography, and golfing, but I really don't have much talent in acting." Wrinkles on everyone's face, I am such a person."
Ren Dahua said, "I have always been a person with strong observation skills since I was a child. It may also be related to my love of traveling since I was a child. I have been playing photography since the 1970s and 1980s. Before I entered the mainland, I had already gone to I took pictures in many different places. I will observe the customs of each place, which brings me many different ideas and inspirations in acting. For example, the Northeast has the taste of the Northeast, and the South has the taste of the South. People from different places meet I have different reactions to things and different views on things. I have learned from them as a good experience. And I am a person who likes to watch documentaries and news, and I am very familiar with major events in this world , I am very concerned."
"Number Zero" behind-the-scenes photos
The audience is willing to watch me, so I have the opportunity to shoot more and more
As one of the hardest-working model workers in the Hong Kong entertainment industry, Yam Dahua has been tirelessly filming movies every year since 1987, and the record of more than five movies per year is still maintained. In this kind of desperate motivation, it is inevitable to have the urgency to make a living and the radicalness of trying to prove yourself at the beginning. Later, when these external factors are no longer important, the "workaholic" who enjoys it is purely from his own love it.
During the interview, I asked him if he hadn't been tired and tired at all for so many years? He replied without hesitation: "I'm not tired. I've never had a question about whether I'm tired or not. It's all about enjoyment for me. I'm not a workaholic. I just don't think the places I go are enough. I like to be in different places." Local filming, going to different places, every filming is still fresh."
At the same time, Ren Dahua also emphasized, "I am very grateful to the audience for their support. In addition to my true love for acting, it is also because the audience likes me and is willing to watch me that I have the opportunity to shoot more and more. Stuff to try."
"I would like to thank my friends from the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s..." He carefully counted the generations. "You just want every generation of audience to love you", the reporter joked. He laughed, "Yeah, I found a very interesting thing is that each generation of audience looks at your character, likes you differently, their requirements for you, and their concept of movies are also different."
The "Uncle Hua" in the mouth of the netizens, with great interest, recounted the famous scenes he saw in the barrage that made fun of him with reporters, "They said they went fishing with me, but they had to wear a helmet" or "You can't talk to him." While eating, he had a razor blade in his mouth". "I think these are very interesting. It shows that the characters leave a deep impression on people, and after such a long time, they can still interact with today's audience. It is also the enthusiasm of the audience that keeps me fresh about the characters. .”
Talking about acting, Ren Dahua couldn't stop talking, and even took the initiative to raise the argument that artificial intelligence will replace real actors, "I'm not worried at all that the jobs of actors will be replaced by AI. Their expressions can only Make it superficial, but the inner world of people is invisible to them. Everyone will have unique creativity. It is impossible for actors to copy. Actors can find the motivation and starting point of the characters to present them. AI will always do it. not."
Ren Dahua, who is now 68 years old, is still prolific and working as a producer. He hopes to help young directors and young actors find their own opportunities in the industry, and at the same time, he also hopes to give older actors room to express themselves. "So my first request as a producer is to come to Mr. Yuan Hua. He is one of the best kung fu in Hong Kong's Seven Little Fortunes. I hope he can also show some texture in it, because the essence of Hong Kong action movies is 'Punch to the flesh'. There is a line in the movie that says, I am old, but not dead. This is the heartfelt words of us aging actors, and we hope to bring these words to all actors and audiences. We are old But it doesn’t mean we can’t act anymore.”
He really doesn't seem to have any signs of "wearing the old", "This is just the beginning, and there is only the first commercial film produced by the supervisor. I will always look forward."
