The shortlist for the 32nd China Film Golden Rooster Awards has been announced. Just by seeing this star-studded shortlist, you will know how high the gold content is! In particular, the best actor group is a lineup dubbed by netizens as "Fight of the Fairies". Whichever one comes out is a heavyweight actor level!
Wang Jingchun won the winner of the Tokyo International Film Festival and the Berlin International Film Festival; Tu Men and Xu Zheng are the winners of the Golden Horse; Duan Yihong won the winner of the Shanghai International Film Festival and the winner of the Tokyo International Film Festival; Fu Dalong is the winner of the Golden Rooster and the Huabiao Award. In the shortlist of
, there is only one Yang Taiyi whose name may not be so familiar to everyone. He plays the grandfather Li Fuchang in the movie "Passing Zhaoguan". When this film was made, Yang Taiyi was 78 years old.
is different from other senior actors and actresses. Yang Taiyi is a farmer born and raised in Zhoukou, Henan. Before filming "Over Shaoguan", he had never filmed or received any professional training. This is his first "electric shock". The work, but suddenly won the Fei Mu Honorary Best Actor Award at the Second Pingyao International Film Festival and the Film Channel Media Award at the 22nd Shanghai International Film Festival.
The movie "Passing Zhaoguan" tells the story of a rural elderly Li Fuchang riding a motorcycle tricycle and taking his grandson to visit his old friend thousands of miles away after learning that his old friend was seriously ill. He encountered various accidents along the way. The situation, but it was resolved one by one with grandpa’s wisdom and calmness in life. The film was very warm and healed, and Yang Taiyi’s performance was particularly natural and sincere, which was professionally affirmed by industry reviewers. The director of
, Huo Meng, didn't want to find professional actors at the beginning when choosing actors. He wanted to find old people who actually lived in the countryside to achieve the "real" effect of the film. After repeated selections, he decided on Yang Taiyi. Regarding the opportunity to come to perform, Yang Taiyi was still the leading actor, but Yang Taiyi's reaction was surprisingly calm, and he proposed to "review" the script first, saying, "If I become an actor, I can't teach others to learn badly."
Of course, the result after reading. Yang Taiyi was very satisfied and felt that the script was written according to him. Li Fuchang’s character and principles of life are similar to those of himself. He pays attention to fairness and justice in his work, and he is full of philosophical vision of dividing into two when he looks at problems, revealing his life. During the shooting of
, Yang Taiyi also gave the director a big surprise. There is a scene in the film where Li Fuchang is going to tell his grandson the story of Wu Zixu's passing through Shaoguan. When Wu Zixu originally wanted to be a hermit, the child suddenly asked " What is a hermit? "The script originally didn't have this line, and the director didn't tell Yang Taiyi how to answer. Yang Taiyi then used his rich life wisdom, coupled with his own understanding of Wu Zixu's story, and replied easily and naturally: the hermit is Wu Zixu who does not want to be an official. Thinking of living in seclusion in the mountains. The director is full of praise for his live performance like
. This is how Yang Taiyi expressed his true thoughts in the film, infecting the audience and the judges with the most simple and unpretentious performance.
in Pingyao International At the film exhibition, the artistic director Mark Mueller also praised Yang Taiyi’s performance, saying that he was "better than a professional actor", which was true and unconventional. Although Yang Taiyi did not know him, he did not know who he was, and even remembered I don’t know the name, I only know that he is an Italian director, but he is still very happy and proud.
Mark Muller has a well-known position in the film industry. He has served as the chairman of several film festivals and is very influential. In the film industry, Zhang Yimou's "Raise the Red Lantern" and Chen Kaige's "Yellow Earth" and many other Chinese films have been affirmed by him, which shows that Yang Taiyi's performance is indeed outstanding.
Although the competition for the Golden Rooster Award is fierce, the final winner is not yet. It is known that being able to be shortlisted in the competition of strong players is already very successful for Yang Taiyi, who was “electrically shocked” for the first time at the age of 78. The kind, warm, and healing grandfather Li Fuchang he played in the film will definitely It is the classic screen image in everyone’s mind.
