Ethan Juan became famous.
His role as Chen Guilin, who was shortlisted for the Golden Horse Award for Best Actor, is killing people in theaters and online.
Everyone just remembered this actor who first became popular with Ji Cunxi in "Destined to Love You" and won the Golden Horse Award for Best Actor with "Monga" 14 years ago. In recent years, he has almost disappeared.
Some people lamented that after Ethan Juan returned, there was still no meal replacement for domestic entertainment.
Today’s young audience may be relatively unfamiliar with this.
In this article, let’s talk about Ethan Ruan.
Let’s also see if what we are missing is just Ethan Ethan.
1
The New Creation
In "Abandoning the Three Evils", there is a scene that goes from the inside of the play to the outside.
Chen Guilin was dressed in white, knelt on his knees, received "baptism", sprinkled with water, whipped, and had his hair cut.
"I am a sinner
I endanger the world
I let down the people
I am willing to leave everything behind
Eliminate fame, wealth and power
Give up money and materials
Return to the true self"
From following along in a low voice in ignorance, to crying and shouting loudly, Chen Guilin Wash away sins in confession, complete self-purification, and become a new creation.
In this scene, Chen Guilin in the play and Ethan Juan outside the play overlap and become the same person:
Face the human self honestly, even if there are desires, mistakes, regrets and pain.
At the 60th Golden Horse Awards ceremony, Chen Yiwen, the actor who plays the role of His Holiness, suddenly took out a cane and imitated the scene in "Zhou Chu", whipping Ethan Ethan and asking him to recite loudly:
"I love movies
I perform seriously
and I will never leave the show midway." When
said the third sentence, he bowed to a certain direction in the audience.
That's Li Lie, the producer of "Zhou Chu".
"Monga", which Ethan Ruan won the Golden Horse Award for Best Actor, was also produced by her.
There is a festival between two people.
Ten years ago, among all the best actors and actresses taking part in the 50th anniversary of the Golden Horse Awards, except for Chen Songyong, who was ill, only Ethan Ruan left the meeting early and did not stay for the last group photo.
He was criticized as "the most rude actor" and was so angry that Li Lie, one of the top actors, broke off diplomatic relations with him.
Ethan Ruan explained that he didn't know about this part, and he had to go to Kinmen to film a movie early the next morning, so he left midway.
The movie he rushed back to film at that time was "Army Paradise". In this film, Chen Jianbin and Wan Qian won the Golden Horse Best Supporting Actor and Female Supporting Actresses respectively.
Ethan Ruan, who also performed hard, is more embarrassed. He is being "soft-banned" by Taiwan Entertainment, and the film has not been released in the mainland due to subject matter.
After that, Ethan Ethan had almost no scenes to film in Taiwan for many years.
Even if the mainland film and television market extends an olive branch to Ethan Ruan, the mistakes and regrets of the 50th Anniversary Golden Horse Awards continue to haunt him.
Its lethality was no less than His Holiness’s “brainwashing song”, which severely impacted his heart and spirit.
He said in a later interview:
"This is the only thing I have done wrong since I entered the industry.
But there is no way to make up for it.
There will never be a way to make up for it."
Not only because the 50th anniversary of the Golden Horse Awards is difficult to repeat, , and because his mistake really showed disrespect for the movie and the senior actors.
At the same time, Ethan Ruan, who moved to the mainland market, left a famous scene in variety shows;
played the role of Hu Bayi in the top-produced TV series "Huang Pi Zi Grave";
also returned to his "old business" as an idol In the play.
But none of them have given an answer as eye-catching as Ji Cunxi, and most of the dramas they have starred in have hovered on the line of substandard.
The reason is self-explanatory.
Think about how many scripts there are that are excellent in domestic entertainment, and there are still problems with adapting to the local environment.
Ethan Ruan revealed in an interview:
As the old saying goes, great prosperity turns to extreme decline: I starred in "Destined to Love You" at the age of 25, won the Best Actor at the age of 28, and then it was all in trouble. No matter what I tried, No matter how much effort you put in, you won’t get recognition.For a long time I was resentful and trapped.
For an actor, having no roles, no works, and no recognition is painful and depressing, moving forward in a daze, hurting the soul.
Until he was nearly 40 years old, the appearance of "Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils" gave Ethan Ruan the opportunity to become a new person:
Chen Guilin.
The innocent cruelty, painful hiding, hidden confusion, ignorance and ignorance, and the search for self.
Only Ruan Jingtian, who has experienced a rough student life, fallen from a high place in the film industry, and has been dormant for nearly 10 years, is the most suitable.
It can be said that Chen Guilin's 4 years are Ethan Juan's 10 years.
After filming Chen Guilin, Ethan Ruan can finally step into the new door:
""Zhou Chu" should be
My struggles in this decade
Self-doubt
Pain or
Healing or healing
Renewal It’s good to examine myself
It’s the end of my journey”
2
Ethan Ruan’s Taiwan Idol Era
The golden decade of Taiwanese idol dramas has left many idols to today.
made its debut with "Meteor Garden" in 2001. It achieved an average ratings of 6.43 at the time of the broadcast. It was exported to more than 20 countries and regions and became popular throughout Asia.
By 2011, "I May Not Love You" became the ratings champion. It swept 7 awards at the Golden Bell Awards including Best Actor and Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Director, Screenwriter, Production and Marketing. It was regarded as the last highlight of Taiwanese puppets.
The golden age of Taiwanese idol dramas lasted only 10 years.
The first time Ethan Ruan played the male lead was in "Destined to Love You" in 2008.
is still being reviewed by the audience amidst the ridicule of "replicating Mingdao" and "replacing Mingdao".
For the role of Ji Cunxi, the drama team initially wanted to cast Ming Dao as a co-star with Chen Qiao En, but was rejected by the other company, so they found Ethan Ruan in the role of Ming Dao.
How similar are Ethan Juan and Ming Dao?
In "Hit", there is a scene where Ji Cunxi dances with his back to the audience, and it was Ming Dao who came from the team to make a cameo.
The clear way and the heaven make people confused and confused.
Now the status and achievements of the two in the entertainment industry are somewhat reversed.
After "Zhou Chu" was released, Ming Dao took the initiative to post a video on Weibo, saying that many people misunderstood that Chen Guilin's role was played by him.
The last "out of the circle" work that Mingdao left for mainland audiences was the middle-aged idol drama "Love Around the Corner" starring Wenli Yatou.
In 2019, Mingdao participated in "Actors Please Take Your Place".
After his first performance, he took the microphone and said one sentence to everyone:
"This is the first play I performed this year."
Now, in the presence of Ethan Ruan, Ming Dao's words and the situation of acting , which is even more embarrassing.
also worked as a model and was also the "Idol No. 1 brother", but their development directions are very different?
In addition to acting, personality, and life experiences.
But in Sir's view, there is another crucial point. is the difference in the Taiwanese environment that the two faced when they debuted, and the resulting difference in mentality and choices:
One maintains the status quo, and the other seeks change. .
Ming Daofeng came to a stage when Taiwan puppet development was from its infancy to its peak.
Taiwan's first campus idol drama "Spicy Fresh Master", starring Ming Dao.
"The Prince Turns into a Frog" successfully broke the ratings record of "Meteor Garden", starring Ming Dao.
The cold and tyrannical boss Shan Junhao played by him has become the "white moonlight" of countless people on the screen, and he can be called a textbook-level boss.
Nowadays, if there is any disturbance on the busy road of domestic entertainment tycoons, the audience will inevitably bring Shan Junhao for comparison and encouragement.
Such a successful experience and a mainstream environment have made Mingdao more conservative in his future acting choices.
keeps spinning in idol dramas and love dramas, repeating the role of a boss many times (some are not bosses in terms of social status, but their characters are still close to bosses in character).
Looking at the works starring Ming Dao, it is difficult to find characters and movies that have nothing to do with love dramas or idol dramas.
Especially when he became popular and the resources should be the best, he still does this.
Mingdao looked at the tall buildings in Taiwan and prepared to hold on to stable happiness.
Unexpectedly, even Taiwanese puppets will be unable to protect themselves one day, and actors cannot "rest on their laurels" for a lifetime just by playing sporadic classic roles.
As for Ethan Ruan, on the one hand, he did not go as smoothly as Ming Dao in the idol drama track at first; on the other hand, he encountered a period when Taiwanese idols were turning from prosperity to decline.
From 2004 to 2007, Ethan Ethan mostly played supporting roles in Taiwanese operas. He made his screen debut in "Dance of Michael", which received a Douban score of only 5.5.
audience commented: The awkward dancing in the film is suitable for the ghost zone of station B.
When I encountered the better script "Green Light Forest", in the same year there were also "The Prince Turns into a Frog", "Prank Kiss" and "The Ultimate Class" in "Fight of the Gods".
From 2008 to 2011, Ethan Ruan was finally able to take a leading role in Taiwanese idols.
Ji Cunxi in "Destined to Love You" brought a perfect end to the era of Taiwanese puppet bosses. The bosses after that were not very effective.
Lucas in "The Queen", which aired in 2009, has become the best example of a younger brother in a sister-brother relationship. He is handsome, considerate, and respectful of women.
The TV series itself also showed a hint of the future development direction of Taiwanese dramas because it closely followed the "shaming of leftover women" in society at that time.
However, at this time, the "golden decade" of Taiwanese dramas has come to an end.
Ethan Juan became famous because of his dominance.
was also lucky enough not to be too involved in the drama.
In 2006, Ethan Ruan had already filmed his first movie "Exit 6", a Taiwanese youth film; the following year, his second movie "The Chosen" was released, which is a suspense thriller.
After coming from behind to become the "Taiwanese idol brother", he ran to star in "Monga", a movie that mixes tragic youth, action and martial arts, gangster crime, and Taiwanese history and culture.
Ethan Ruan shaved his head, acted as a tough guy, and played the role of "brother" (a gangster in Taiwanese context). He gave an impressive performance and won the Golden Horse Award for Best Actor that year.
The different trends of the big idol group and the small idol group are not isolated cases, they are even a bit like microcosms.
are similar to the veteran "Taiwan Idol No. 1 Brother" Yan Chengxu and the then rookie Wu Kangren.
Yan Chengxu, who has been nourished by the dividends from idol dramas, still attracts attention with his (physical) charm in idol dramas.
Wu Kangren, who has been on the last train of Taiwanese idols, is still hot in figure, but today everyone is discussing more than just his figure: "A Handful of Green", "Narcotic Storm", "Copycat", "The Distance Between Us and Evil"...
Last year, he won the Golden Horse Award for Best Actor for his performance without a single line.
If you are poor, you will change, if you change, you will be general, and if you are general, you will be long-lasting.
Acting is like this. This is true for
Taiwan. The same is true for
film and television creation.
3
We need "Chen Guilin" more than Ethan Ethan
As early as the second half of last year, Ethan Ruan had already appeared on the big screen many times.
The emotionally out-of-control decadent foreign labor agent and suspect in "The Manhunt"; the decadent policeman who is cunning and loyal in "The Rage". In terms of subject matter,
is all about crime, violence, and chasing murderers; in terms of appearance and character, he is unshaven, violent, and these have some overlap with "Zhou Chu" and Chen Guilin.
Only Chen Guilin can be deeply remembered by a large audience.
Of course, the actors' acting skills and the dramatic tension of the work are part of this, leaving the audience with enough aftertaste and chewing potential.
However, when the audience followed Chen Guilin in his spiritual killing spree and felt so happy;
When the killer heard the spiritual theme song after get off work and went upstairs to rework, who was so happy? I,
, got rid of the three evils every week and finally did what I had always wanted to do. I shot the stupid cup and put an end to it
. When there were different versions of "Zhou Chu, the three evils" on the Internet.
The reason why Killer Chen Guilin is so addictive is because he fits the current situation of the audience.
In people's frustrated and boring lives, the evil and anger in people's hearts are quietly growing, and there is nowhere to vent it.
As for Chen Guilin, he satisfies the instinct of evil and resistance in our human nature.
No education, no value, no hypocrisy, just a blast.
In reality, such moments have flashed through the minds of many people:
When they were educated, forced to get married, dumped, and yin and yang...
And the audience needs such a movie that is without compromising .
Sir already wrote yesterday about why "Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils" was not such a big hit, but it made movie fans collectively excited.
The reason is simply that in an over-purified water body, our boiling point is already extremely low.
At the slightest movement, it feels like a stormy sea.
was shot in the head and asked if it was too bloody.
The cult organization was photographed, so I asked how it could be posted.
We, the audience, have been successfully raised into children who lack love: always worried about gains and losses, always doubting whether we are worthy of enjoying happiness.
So this is why in front of "Zhou Chu", so many people will say in unison:
"Is this something we can see?"
Today, many people fall in love with Ethan Ruan again because of Chen Guilin.
After his career stalled, Ethan Juan has finally stopped falling and entered a new period of growth. Mainland variety shows and idol dramas will once again offer him an olive branch.
But Chen Guilin appeared on our screen, and then what?
still leaves the audience with no expectation of news.
The picture in this article comes from the Internet
Editorial Assistant: Unruly Eight-treasure Rice
