Diao Yinan wrote and directed "The Party at the South Station" starring Hu Ge and Gui Lunmei, and the current box office has reached 200 million yuan. As an author's film with a strong literary and artistic temperament, it is not easy for "The Party at South Station" to achieve such box office results.
Hu Ge and "The Gathering at the South Station" achieved each other. For actor Hu Ge, "The Party at Southern Station" will become a landmark masterpiece in his acting career; and for the film, Hu Ge's market appeal and his wonderful performances also fulfill the film's success Art integrity and better market prospects. If "Zhou Zenong" is placed in the corridor of Hu Ge's character, we will see this more clearly.
Li Xiaoyao Era
In 1996, the 14-year-old Hu Ge became the young host of Shanghai Education TV. In 2001, Hu Ge was admitted to the Shanghai Theater Academy's performance department. At the end of 2003, Hu Ge, who was still in his junior year, was selected to star in "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" as Li Xiaoyao.
As the originator of ancient costume fantasy, "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" became an instant hit and became a classic that influenced a generation. At that time, Hu Ge, who was young, straightforward and full of youthful spirit, was also highly compatible with Li Xiaoyao. After that, "Li Xiaoyao" became another synonym for Hu Ge, and Hu Ge also became the number one costume idol drama because of Li Xiaoyao. people. After the popularity of Hu Ge, there are many drama appointments, most of which are costume dramas, and the image is mostly close to Li Xiaoyao, such as Ning Caichen in "New Liaozhai Zhiyi", Dong Yong in "Flying Immortals", "Young Yang" Liu Lang Yang Yanzhao in "The General", Guo Jing in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", Yi Xiaochuan in "Myth", Yuwen Tuo in "The Scar of the Xuanyuan Sword"...
It can be said that from 2003 to 2012, Hu Ge was in the "Li Xiaoyao Era". Of course, from the youthful Li Xiaoyao to the good and evil Yu Wentuo, Hu Ge has always been expanding his performance field, but because of the market's stereotype of him, Li Xiaoyao was still the one that most audiences mentioned Hu at that time. Song is the first character that comes to mind.
Later, Hu Ge mentioned in an interview that he was watching TV at home. First, he saw "Myth", changed the channel, and saw "Xianjian 3". After watching it for more than ten minutes, he changed the channel and saw "Xianjian 1". After watching three of his works from different periods in one night, Hu Ge was in a heavy heart because he felt that he was still the best performer in "Xianjian 1".
Hu Ge wants to break through. If the market doesn't have a good role to choose from, he voluntarily stops. Therefore, in 2013, Hu Ge devoted himself to the performance of the drama "Dream Like a Dream".
The transformation of patient 5
The drama is a very test of the actors, and it also trains the actors very much. After all, there is no dress rehearsal in the drama performance, no NG, direct face to the audience, large paragraphs of lines... Long-term drama training is very helpful for the improvement of acting skills. Many veteran actors in the entertainment industry are veteran drama lovers and participants, such as Ni Dahong, He Bing, Liao Fan, Hao Lei, Qin Hailu, Yuan Quan, etc.
But few popular actors will give up film and television dramas and choose dramas. One, showing timidity and worrying about his acting skills; two, drama performances are extremely intense, in addition to a large number of rehearsals, two or three hours of a drama will consume the actors' physical strength and energy; three, for popular actors Speaking of, exposure rate is the most important indicator of "redness". Compared with film and television works, the audience of dramas is narrower, and there are less lace news.
But Hu Ge still made a bold choice.
The role of Patient No. 5 in "A Dream Like a Dream" is completely different from Hu Ge's previous roles. He is highly life-oriented. He suffered great changes in his family, his child died of illness, his wife evaporated, and he contracted a strange disease. Time is running out and he decides to travel the world...and in the end, in a grand dream, Patient 5 finds his own liberation.
Hu Ge rejected the commercial performance and theatrical contract, and completely immersed himself on the stage of the drama. As director Lai Shengchuan said, "Hu Ge is one of the most dedicated actors I have ever worked with. He has never asked for leave, arrived late, or left early, and has never had any opinion on what to do. In our collaborative drama "Dream Like a Dream" , before the start of the second half, he needs to lie on the bed on the stage for about 20 minutes, but there is no drama on him, only the actor who plays the doctor is next to him, he never has any complaints, because that is what the director needs. Every day rehearsal or perform him Both bring the most positive work attitude and temperament. During the rehearsal of "Dream Like a Dream", when there are often no plays of his, he will come to the rehearsal field and quietly watch other actors perform."
"A Dream Like a Dream" was a great success, and the No. 5 patient played by Hu Ge was also firmly remembered by the audience. In 2013, he won the second Danny International Stage Performing Arts Best Actor Award for this role. In the same year, Hu Ge starred in the drama "Forever Yin Xueyan" and won the Most Popular Actor Award of the Year in Shanghai Cultural Plaza for his role as Xu Zhuangtu.
In 2014, Hu Ge played the second lieutenant of the army in the anti-Japanese drama "Forty-nine Days Festival", and also played a sister and brother love with Yan Ni in the urban drama "Life Apocalypse", and the roles were more diverse. And "Langya Bang" producer Hou Hongliang also met Hu Ge through "A Dream Like a Dream", and Hu Ge came to another important role in his life - Mei Changsu.
Mei Changsu's Nirvana
In fact, Hu Ge, who didn't really want to return to costume dramas, initially took a wait-and-see attitude towards "Langya Bang", but after reading the novel, he was sure of the idea of participating in the role. Because the fate of Mei Changsu's character is highly compatible with Hu Ge's life experience.
In 2006, Hu Ge suffered a fatal car accident while filming "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". More than 100 stitches were stitched on Hu Ge's neck, face and eyes. Hu Ge, who escaped from death, has a deeper understanding of life. As he said in "Happy Scavengers", "I wanted to find myself in the scavenger journey, but inadvertently got an opportunity to re-examine myself - reinventing and subverting at the same time. Many times I live in inertia, and I have no way or desire to truly know myself. The car accident knocked me off the original track, allowing me to find new motivation and direction in the most authentic state.”
Mei Changsu in the play, escaped from death and returned from Nirvana, and Hu Ge outside the play, also had similar experiences, and after years of accumulation, he has more thoughts on life, and he also hopes to play some thicker roles. If Li Xiaoyao's acting is the "letting" of a young man who does not know the taste of sorrow, Mei Changsu is the "receiving" who "knows all the taste of sorrow" but "wants to talk about it". Heart the world. Hu Ge poured his life experience into Mei Changsu, and he and Mei Changsu became one.
Mei Changsu made Hu Ge popular again. Hu Ge will win a series of blockbuster TV awards, such as the "Best Actor Award" at the National Drama Festival, the "Excellent Actor Award" nomination at the Chinese TV Drama Feitian Award, and the "Best Actor Award" at the Shanghai TV Festival Magnolia Award. Actor Award", "Audience Favorite Actor Award" of China TV Golden Eagle Award, "Most Popular Actor Award" of China Golden Eagle TV Art Festival...
Zhou Zenong's Restart
The great success of "Langya Bang" and "The Pretender" in the same year, the public thought that Hu Ge would strike while the iron was hot, take more movies, or quickly make money in the variety show circle. But Hu Ge, who was at his peak, refused to take on the show. Because of Li Xiaoyao's popularity, Hu Ge was trapped in the character type of Shaoxia, and Mei Changsu's popularity made Hu Ge aware of this problem, "I don't want myself to fall into such a role again. In the cycle, so I'd rather stop for a while." This stop is two years. Until 2018, Hu Ge waited for "The Party at the South Station" and Zhou Zenong.
This is Hu Ge's first big-screen work in which he starred. Hu Ge has been involved in the big screen very early, but mostly in the form of supporting roles. This film represents Hu Ge's true "entry into the palace of film art".
Although both are filming, there are still differences between movies and TV shows. As Hu Ge said, "There are many lines in TV dramas, and the actors use the speed, rhythm and tone changes of the lines to express their emotions and emotions. But the lines in the movie are very simple, and the actors need to use actions, even eyes and breathing. To convey emotions. At the most accurate time, the director even requires the number of blinks." TV drama performances will have some standardization. For example, because the TV screen is small, the actors' performances are exaggerated, such as crying scenes. This kind of performance is not suitable for movies, because the movie screen can be as high as 15 meters, the actor's performance is not attentive, the amplitude is too large, and it will appear exaggerated when projected on the big screen. Therefore, film performances have higher requirements for precision, restraint, and immersion.
The Party at South Station is a highly stylized and personal auteur's film, where the director focuses more on the mood of the film than on the plot. It has higher requirements for the actor's performance. The actor must remove all labels of himself, integrate into the emotion, and become a part of the emotion.
Zhou Zenong in the movie is a desperado, and at the same time a little man struggling at the bottom of the society. In him, survival and death, sin and redemption, cruelty and tenderness are mixed into one. He is just a microcosm of this dreamlike apocalyptic mood. During the shooting process, Hu Ge completely abandoned the inertia of performance, captured the hearts and emotions of the characters, and chose to let these emotions stay. In Zhou Zenong, the audience can't see the shadow of any of Hu Ge's previous roles.
Actor Hu Ge
From Li Xiaoyao, to Mei Changsu, and then to Zhou Zenong, many people say that Hu Ge is lucky, and every transition is just on the spot. But this is not so much Hu Ge passively waiting for luck, but rather that every step Hu Ge takes is his self-examination and conscious active choice as an actor. At every turning point in Hu Ge's acting path, there is obviously an easier path to take, but Hu Ge always chooses the more difficult but more accurate path.
For example, this time, "The Gathering at the South Station", in the eyes of some people, this is a literary film. Why did Hu Ge choose a niche literary film? Why doesn't he start with that kind of commercial blockbuster, the box office can be higher, and the "actual results" will look better.
But Hu Ge, who became famous at a young age and has already gained both fame and fortune, knows that his biggest opponent is himself. If he wants to further improve his acting skills, what he needs is the kind of model, type, and routine. The work requires a character with a distinct personality and a unique style. Zhou Zenong is such a character.
At the same time, as an actor with a strong sense of social responsibility (Hu Ge has been silently devoted to public welfare for so many years), Hu Ge is also thinking, as a famous actor, "what else can be created and achieved through this profession? ". At this year's FIRST Youth Film Festival, Hu Ge served as the host for free, and there was a very wonderful host. On the stage, he shouted to the new directors offstage that he was "cheap and easy to use" and asked the new directors to give them more opportunities.
In a sense, isn't this Hu Ge supporting these new directors in another way? Although this time with Diao Yinan, Diao Yinan is already a well-known director, but "The Gathering at Southern Station" is a literary film. After Hu Ge joined, his fame and traffic also helped the film to gain more attention and open up more wide market. Therefore, it is said at the beginning that Hu Ge and "The Gathering at the South Station" achieved each other.
"Zhou Zenong" is not the final stop for actor Hu Ge. Actor Hu Ge is always on the road.
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