text | Luokui
editor | Zhiyu
Recently, the large-scale movie " eliminates three evils in four weeks " turned out to be a hit, blowing up domestic dramas. The movie
has only been released for two days, with a box office of over 100 million, and a Douban score of 8.4. It has been frequently searched and praised by industry insiders as the highest-rated suspense action movie in the past decade. Nick Cheung called it the best film in the past five years. , calling on everyone to watch it.
"Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils" tells the story of Chen Guilin, a contemporary gangster who was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer and determined to imitate Zhou Chu and kill three gangsters by himself. He wanted to regain the top spot on the wanted list and regain his dignity as a man. It can also be regarded as a good deed done before death until self-salvation is completed.
The character Chen Guilin is both good and evil, very complex and difficult to interpret.
Thanks to Ethan Juan gave the strongest performance since his career. With his round beard, broad shoulders and narrow head, and baggy suit, Chen Guilin, the thug in suit who was criticized so much, became famous. He was nominated for the Golden Horse Award again with this film.
Ethan Juan once said, I don’t want the audience to remember Ethan Ethan, I just want everyone to remember Chen Guilin.
As he said, he did.
In the movie, Chen Guilin lights a cigarette, seemingly unruly, but he feels oppressed; he is put to death by the X-brain organization, and he fights violence with violence. He shoots and kills the gangster brother and X-brain believers, and he is calm at the same time. And calm.
left the police behind, hunched over and ran wildly with a gun drawn, his expression was joyful and cruel, he was crazy and paranoid, his hands were stained with blood, and he was fused with the temperament of a passionate young man, rushing toward him.
shaved his beard before being shot in the end. He closed his eyes and cried quietly. He was full of brokenness. He perfectly blended Chen Guilin's evil and innocence to life.
People always fall in love with the topic of Ethan Ruan again and again. It quickly became a hot search topic and dominated the screen.
I have to say that the idol Ethan Ruan, who once had countless fans, has once again attracted countless fans.
Looking back at Ethan Ruan's journey, he has been an idol, experienced a bad reputation overnight, and now bucked the trend and became an actor. What has he experienced in these years?
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In the audience's impression, Ethan Ruan is the affectionate male protagonist of Taiwanese idol dramas.
was born in 1982. He entered the entertainment industry after starring in the MV of Dai Penny , and then signed a contract with a brokerage company. Together with Zheng Yuanchang and He Junxiang, he was known as the "Three Musketeers of Kaiwo".
is 186cm tall and has the face of a man chosen for idol dramas. His superior appearance gives him more opportunities than others.
In 2004, Ethan Juan participated in the idol drama "Dance of Michael" for the first time. Although his acting skills were young, he received the attention of many directors.
starred in the idol drama "Green Forest" the following year. In the drama, he was an affectionate knight. No matter what happened, he always stood by the heroine. After his love was hopeless, he chose to help the heroine. Although he is not as naturally noble as William Li, his affectionate violin prince character makes him the second male lead most favored by the audience.
In 2008, he collaborated with Chen Qiaoen in "Destined to Love You". Ethan Ruan played the role of Ji Cunxi, a nonsensical and funny boss who eventually got married to Cinderella. With this contrasting and adorable role, he finally became an instant hit.
This drama broke the three-year-old ratings record of "The Prince Turns into a Frog". With this film, Ethan Ruan became a first-line male star in Taiwan. He also gained high popularity and attention on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.
The following year, he starred in "The Lost Dog Queen" with Yang Jinhua, playing the young but mature, infatuated and dedicated Lucas, and the heroine, who is 8 years apart, redeeming and achieving each other.
This drama went viral as soon as it aired. The ratings remained at the top of every episode. Ethan Ruan became the well-deserved king of idol dramas.
After this, Ethan Ruan's career in idol dramas was in full swing, but he did not rest in idol dramas because of this. Instead, he chose more difficult roles to challenge himself.
In 2010, he filmed the movie "Monga" and played the role of a monk with high IQ and reserved and calm personality. With this movie, he became the youngest Golden Horse Award winner in history. The leading actor Zhao Youting could only sit in the audience and applaud awkwardly. At this time, Ruan Jing Genius 28 years old.
Just when everyone thought he had reached the peak of his career, he suddenly fell silent.
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The reason was that Ethan Ethan left the Golden Horse Awards ceremony early and was absent from the group photo session.
It was the 50th anniversary of the Golden Horse Awards, and all the heavyweight movie stars showed up. Even the old empresses, the 86-year-old Lu Yan and the 83-year-old Sun Yue were sick and persisted until the end, but the young and strong Ethan Ruan arrived early. Leaving the meeting was controversial.
Although he later came forward to explain that he was too tired from filming the day before and had to fly to Kinmen to film early the next morning, this reason was obviously not accepted by everyone. They all thought that he was acting like a big name, but in the end he was still young and frivolous.
Everyone has to pay for their own actions, and the Golden Horse Award winner is no exception.
After Ethan Ruan won the award, he was deeply involved in the public controversy and remained silent for a long time. Faced with the dilemma, he chose to enlist in the army. After
retired from the army, the competition in the entertainment industry has been so cruel. The speed of updates and iterations is extremely fast, and there is never a shortage of fresh blood.
In order to prove his ability as the Golden Horse Best Actor, Ethan Ruan desperately accepted the role and had high hopes for "Army Paradise", but the box office popularity and reputation were completely wiped out.
Coupled with the exposure of his love affairs, Ethan Ruan's reputation fell to the bottom for a while.
Back then, Ethan Juan met Liu Pinyan because of his participation in "The Green Forest". They were similar in age and fell in love quickly, but Liu Pinyan was only 17 years old at the time.
Under the obstruction of both parties' brokerage companies, the two people's time together was very short.
I don’t know when it started, but it was reported that Ethan Ruan was showing off to the public that he was the one who took Liu Pinyan’s first one.
For a time, Liu Pinyan's pure character collapsed, his resources plummeted, and Ethan Ruan was said to be a scumbag.
Although Liu Pinyan stood up and explained that Ruan Jingtian was not such a person, rumors were flying everywhere and everything was ultimately irreversible.
Liu Pinyan could only leave the entertainment industry temporarily to study abroad, and the popular little flower fell silent because of this.
Later, it was also rumored that Liu Pinyan was suffering from depression and the road to comeback was very difficult.
Ethan Ruan's second relationship was with Tiffany Hsu.
In 2007, Ethan Ruan was photographed surfing in Kenting and applying sunscreen to Tiffany Hsu. As their relationship was exposed, they entered into an eight-year on-again, off-again relationship.
The media has repeatedly reported that Ethan Ruan cheated on him many times during his relationship. Tiffany Hsu has been silently enduring it and even spoke up for him in front of the media, saying that he is like a little boy and not stable enough.
However, eight years later, Tiffany Hsu realized that this man would most likely not marry her, so she firmly broke up and never looked back.
The young Ethan Ruan is like a child who has not grown up, imagining that no matter how naughty he is, the audience and his girlfriend will always tolerate and accept him, but he ignores everyone's patience and bottom line. No one will always stay in the same place, waiting for a boy to grow up. big.
Emotionally, Ethan Ruan is indeed too immature.
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Later, as the era of Taiwanese idol dramas faded and the mainland market rose, many Hong Kong and Taiwan artists went north to make money, and Ethan Ethan also followed the trend.
took over the filming of costume dramas such as " Fuyao " and " Detective Pu Songling " in the Mainland. However, he was criticized for looking ugly in costume, and the ratings were very dismal. He became the king of bad movies.
During the same period, very few of the male stars of Taiwanese puppet dramas successfully transformed.
and Ethan Ruan's Mingdao , who was once the "grandfather" of Taiwanese puppets. In the early years, he appeared on " Actors please take your place " and tried to transform on the show. However, his acting skills were controversial by the directors, and he was regretted in the end. After being eliminated, Mingdao admitted that he could no longer play the male lead.
Ming Daolian has also lost his best field. He was once deeply involved in pyramid schemes and news about being married and having children. Now he can only make soy sauce on various variety shows, earning some money by resting on his laurels and killing memories.
Zheng Yuanchang and He Junxiang, both former male protagonists of Taiwanese idols, have had terrible results in the idol dramas they starred in. Although their figures have been maintained well, as they grow older, they are no longer as handsome as they were when they were young. They are also involved in scandals in their private lives. The number of their works Reduced, the ratings are low, and she no longer plays a particularly popular role, and her popularity is no longer what it used to be.
Some people have lost their previous comfort zone, but some people can continue to enjoy themselves in idol dramas, such as Jerry Yan.
At the age of 46, he has a well-managed figure, no trace of age, and his face can still be punched, just like he did in Meteor Garden.
and a teenage actress partnered in the idol drama " Summer Flowers ", there was no sense of disobedience, and the audience could still feel the sweet love.
However, no matter how well Yan Chengxu takes care of himself, he is still nearly 50 years old and cannot continue to act in idol dramas.
Ethan Ruan, who also became famous through idol dramas, has never thought about returning to a familiar track even though he is in a trough.
was recording a variety show during his trough period. He laughed and laughed during the day, but hid in his room crying at night.
Compared with activities such as interviews, publicity or advertising, he feels that he can live a more real life on the set and devote 100% to doing what he loves, which makes him feel free.
He remembered that a director once told him that actors will slowly be able to support a movie after they are 40 years old.
Therefore, he has never given up, insisting on fitness to stay in shape, constantly breaking through himself, and trying more new screen roles.
In "Psychological Crime City Lights", he played the twisted and dark Jiang Ya. His acting skills were explosive, and he played a perverted, crazy and arrogant killer to the extreme. He was no less impressive in the same scene as Deng Chao.
played the role of Mai Langwen, an excellent police officer in "The Rage". He went from a bright heart to a dark person. When he first entered the workplace as a teenager, he was capable and determined. After seeing the reality clearly, Mai Langwen became unkempt and his eyes were cloudy. The inner helplessness and struggle came to life.
Nowadays, in the work "Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils", Ethan Juan finds himself again with Chen Guilin.
Finally, at the age of 40, Ruan Jingtian put a perfect end to this with "Abandoning Three Evils in Zhou Chu". He kept a low profile and accumulated hard work, and finally ushered in a career blowout.
html He was a traffic idol 120 years ago, and 20 years later he is the male protagonist of literary films. He is really using his strength to break his own limitations.
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As an actor, there is no doubt that Ethan Ethan is successful.
He has always been like an energetic little boy, brave, passionate and persistent in acting. In the declining idol drama market and in the entertainment industry where newcomers are emerging in large numbers, he dares to break through his comfort zone and explore more unknown possibilities.
However, actors are a combination of acting skills and character. If the whole road is to be more stable and further, both are indispensable. Character is the solid foundation, and acting skills are the building blocks. For example, Andy Lau, who has been popular for 40 years, is a legend where acting skills and character coexist.
Once upon a time, Ethan Ruan's development was in great shape. Within just 6 years of his career, he had become the number one brother in Taiwan's idol dramas, and then moved to filmmaking. At the age of only 28, he won the Golden Horse Award for Best Actor, leaving behind many of his peers. .
However, the overwhelming and continuous negative news affected everyone's perception and also had a lot of impact on his career.
Whether it is about feelings or dealing with people, he is unscrupulous and unscrupulous, lacking due respect. In the final analysis, he is still too arrogant and lacks a sense of awe in life.
Now 43 years old, Ethan Ruan should grow up, live and fight like a mature man.
I hope that Ethan Ruan, who is now famous again, will cherish his hard-won success, cherish his own feathers, be strict with himself, and produce better works.
