In the entertainment industry, a hit drama can often make actors famous, double their pay and win trophies. But sometimes, do trophies and acting really fit like the palm of the hand and the back of the hand?
Some actors have trophy cabinets full, but every time they appear on stage, the audience mutters to themselves, "is this acting really worthy of those awards?" And some actors, like our neighbor's eldest brother and sister, although they have not won any big prize, but at the mention of their names, everyone's heart warms up and thinks that they perform well.
I remember that the Legend of Zhen Huan was very popular that year, and how many people were impressed by the acting skills of Empress Sun Li. But when the award season came, she missed the trophy. The audience was unhappy: "our lady, how come there is no award?" It can be seen that in the hearts of the audience, the trophy is really not as important as Sun Li's eyes.
In the final analysis, trophies and acting are sometimes not the same thing. In the business of acting, after all, we have to rely on our strength to speak with the audience. Those actors who only rely on trophies to support the scene may not be able to go for a long time.
Yang Zi
Yang Zi, the name for many people, is accompanied by childhood memories. Having made her debut as a child star, she has long been an "old actress" in the circle, and her growth and changes seem to be a common witness of our generation.
But as time flies, the lively and lovely little girl has entered the age of thirty. Recently, Yang Zi and Fan Chengcheng's new play "Love for a long time" has been released. In the play, the two play lovers who grew up together, and people miss their pure feelings in high school. However, the broadcast effect of the show is not entirely satisfactory.
Audiences have said that Yang Zi's state in the play is a bit disappointing. The rigidity of her face and the obvious legal lines made her appear a little disagreeable when playing the role of a high school student. Once the image of "little monkey" is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, but now Yang Zi no longer seems to be that carefree girl.
Looking back on Yang Zi's acting career, we will find that she has created many brilliant moments. The soft cute girl in "Dear, Loved" and the infatuated woman in "Fragrance as Frost" all made the audience fall for it. Especially in the crying drama in "Xiangmi", a sentence "never" moved countless viewers.
However, with the passage of time, the audience also gradually discovered the "semi-permanence" of Yang Zi's acting skills. No matter in any play, she seems to be repeating the same acting formula: distorted facial features, wide mouth, tears and roar. This kind of performance may move people at the beginning, but over time, the audience will also feel aesthetic fatigue.
In "Love for a long time", Yang Zi once again came up with her performance formula in "Ode to Joy", but this time, the audience did not buy it. The low ratings and the lack of discussion remind her that it is urgent to change the status quo and break through herself.
Zhang Yi
When the 2024 Spring Festival film Article 20 once again pushed Zhang's translation in front of the audience, many people wondered: how did this powerful actor become a "boring" familiar face?
Looking back in 2023, Zhang was a model worker in the film and television industry, with one work after another and one role after another. From the persistent policeman Anxin in the Storm, to the righteous investigator in who is he, to the different identities in the movie Man Jiang Hong and the Tip of the knife, he seems to be everywhere, all the time. However, this kind of high-density exposure makes the audience feel a little tired.
It is not that Zhang Ye's acting skills are not good. On the contrary, his acting skills have always been stable, even outstanding. However, when an actor appears too frequently in front of the audience, and the type of role is too single, the audience will inevitably produce aesthetic fatigue. The problem of role homogenization in Zhang's translation has been infinitely magnified in this year.
Recall his early works, Chen Jianghe in "Chicken feathers flying into the sky", Han Dezhong in "Dear", and the history and present in "Soldier assault". Each character has its own characteristics, which brightens the eyes of the audience. At that time, Zhang translation was like a piece of unpolished jade, and every performance was a surprise.
However, with the passage of time and the rise of fame, Zhang Yi seems to be trapped by some kind of "pattern". His characters began to become the same: justice, persistence, for the ideal at all costs…These labels attached to each of his characters, let the audience began to feel boring.
Of course, this is not entirely to blame for Zhang's translation. In the Vanity Fair of the entertainment industry, actors are often pushed by the market and capital, and sometimes they don't even know what their next role will be. However, as actors, they should try their best to maintain their own uniqueness and diversity so as to avoid being trapped by "patterns".
Wu Gang
Do you still remember that "Chen Pingping" who sat in a wheelchair and could deduce all kinds of schemes just by looking at her eyes? He was Wu Gang, an old actor who had been in the entertainment industry for many years. The "Secretary Dakang" of that year made him instantly famous. That indifferent look that revealed a warning became a classic in the hearts of countless people.
At that time, Wu Gang was like a rising star, radiant. His performance in "the name of the people" is full of praise, deducting the role of Li Dakang incisively and vividly. The decision in officialdom and the helplessness in life have become vivid under his interpretation.
However, just as we expect him to bring more classic characters, Wu Gang seems to have fallen into a bottleneck. After Chen Pingping in "Qing Yu years", his performance began to become mediocre.
The swelling and stiffness of his face and the serious feeling of hyaluronic acid make one wonder whether he has also embarked on the road of plastic surgery. Although it is clarified afterwards that it is for physical reasons, it is very difficult for people to enter the play in this state.
In the "Daming Silk case under the microscope" with Zhang Ruoyun, Wu Gang's performance was even more surprising. The expression of emotion only depends on the stare, and it is even more ferocious when there is no expression, so that people can not see the character at all.
Especially in the TV series "the Wind", his part is called "failure" by the audience. The swelling of the face makes it impossible for people to enter the character, even if there is no expression, it is a little smiling, which is seriously inconsistent with the image of the character itself.
We can't help but ask, where is the "Secretary Dakang" who once made us fall for it? Is it true that too much exposure makes the old actor lose his thinking and pursuit of acting skills?
Recalling the glorious moment of Wu Gang, we can't help but be filled with emotion. He brought us so many classic roles and wonderful performances in front of the camera that we were moved. Now, however, he seems to have lost his direction and original intention.
But I believe that teacher Wu Gang still loves the art of acting from the bottom of his heart. It was just temporary difficulties and setbacks that made him a little confused and lost. I hope he can calm down and reflect on his acting skills and acting style, and find himself who we once fell for.
Chen Jianbin
When "the Black Earth is speechless" came to an end, Chen Jianbin's figure solidified again on the screen into that familiar policeman image. This time, however, the audience's reaction was subtle. Is it the passage of time, or has the audience's taste changed? The once-acclaimed tough guy on the screen seems to have lost his hand in this performance.
It has to be said that Chen Jianbin is experienced in the role of the policeman. From "13 years of Dust" to "Trident", his image of the police is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
However, he seems to have fallen into a kind of unspeakable embarrassment in the Silence of the Black soil. The northeast accent, which was originally a unique label of the character, became chaotic and disorderly in his mouth, like a monologue that could not be integrated.
Recalling his Cao Cao in the "three Kingdoms", it seems that the problem of the line has already emerged. The modal words "um, ah, ha" appear frequently, which makes the domineering "short song line" become fragmented. Cao Cao's domineering, in his interpretation has become a bit irrelevant, and even let the audience begin to question his acting skills: is it too single?
Chen Jianbin's face always seems to have that immutable expression. Whether he is an emperor or an overbearing president, he has the word "aloof and cold" written on his face. But with the passage of time, audiences began to feel that this "aloof" is more like "poker acting"-a permanent frost, lack of change and hierarchy.
However, when we look back on his acting career, it is not difficult to find his outstanding performance in some roles. In Nobody and a Spoon, his small potatoes are vivid and real, showing the other side of his acting skills. But unfortunately, when it comes to great heroes, bosses, emperors and other roles, his acting skills will be fully exposed.
Conclusion
After all, these actors are not incapable of acting, or sometimes fall into their own "pit". You see, Zhang Ye and Yang Zi act very well, but they are always a role carved out of the same mold, so that the audience can almost recite their lines. Where is the freshness?
Besides, Teacher Chen Jianbin had acting skills, but it was as if he was trapped. He couldn't jump out of that circle. I want to try something new, but the shortcomings are exposed, and I can't hide them.
So, the acting business really looks like scenery, but in fact it is like treading on thin ice. If you want to last for a long time, you really have to constantly challenge yourself and make up for your shortcomings.