Author | Dongzhao
Title picture | Interviewee provided
Verbally, Huang Jue does not have a strong desire to express himself. He claimed that he rarely went out to socialize, and even if he ate with friends, he didn't talk much.
In the past, Huang Jue used dance, body and music to express himself. At the age of 26, he went to Beijing Film Academy to study cinematography. At that time, he may not have known that lenses and photographic paper would become an important way for him to express himself, and that movies would change his life.
In 2004, we met an actor named "Huang Jue" through the movie "Baby in Love". He was 30 years old that year. Later, he changed his name to "Huang Jue" and made different expressions through film and television roles.
In terms of performance - in fact, it is the same in other things - Huang Jue has always been happy-go-lucky. His "not exerting effort" has given many people the impression of portraying an image that does not have too many strong demands for the actor's profession.
But that may not be the case.
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In the first decade of the 21st century, the mainland's film and television industry is booming. The fifth generation of directors is making a splash on the international stage, producing frequent masterpieces on martial arts, crime, romance and other subjects. Among the actors who debuted at the same time as Huang Jue or are of similar age, there are many who have a variety of roles and often have breakthrough performances.
Looking at them, Huang Jue couldn't help feeling itchy. But at that stage, he did not have the energy and impulse to create a new world on his own. He can only act steadily in every role he receives, move forward first, and think about the future later.
Around 2018, when Huang Jue was 44 years old, that "later" finally became "now". Time has honed him into a deeper, more vicissitudes, and more grainy appearance, and the corresponding roles followed, one after another.
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In the next three years, Huang Jue broke through with his middle-aged characters with sloppy appearance and dejection in the movie "Young You" and the TV series "The Sky of the Wind Dog" and "Mountain and Sea Love". Many people have a stereotyped impression of him. In May of this year, Cheng Hao in the information gap crime drama "Rebirth" set a new high for his character in terms of selfishness and loneliness index.
has known Huang Jue for so many years, and all his expressions and changes are accompanied by the passage of time. There are no words that can sum up all of him, and he doesn't need to.
"I think I am a very obedient actor"
In November 2022, although it was under epidemic control, the successive openings of the Citizen Cultural Festival, Half Marathon, International Ocean Week, and Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival still made Xiamen It was quite lively—Huang Jue also joined in the excitement.
"We want to do an interesting photography exhibition." One day at noon, Huang Jue announced on Weibo that he and director Bi Gan selected 6 works to hold an exhibition at the Xiamen Jimei New City Citizen Square Exhibition Hall, starting from the end of November. It will last until early January next year.
People are in Xiamen, and Huang Jue plans to treat his good friend Zhou Yiran to a meal. The friendship between the two was forged at the end of 2018 when they were filming "The Sky of the Wind Dog". Unfortunately, Zhou Yiran had already joined the set at that time. For safety reasons, the crew hoped that they would not go out as much as possible, so Huang Jue did not disturb him.
Photography exhibition ended, Huang Jue returned to Beijing. "There is a play for you." said my colleague, taking out the script of "Rebirth". He took a look and thought, OK, the director is bidding for the Olympics, the story takes place in a confined space, suspense crime type, multi-line plot; he looked again, and by coincidence, this is the play that Zhou Yiran is waiting to start shooting in Xiamen.
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"I think first of all, I am interested in the director as always, and I want to get to know the director through cooperation." In an exclusive interview with "New Weekly", Huang Jue detailed the reasons why he took the role. , "I have never filmed such a scene before, so I want to try it. Besides, there is also my favorite actor Wang Yanhui."
Huang Jue's interest in the Olympic bid is not just for him. To be precise, he is interested in the Olympic bid, Xin Shuang, Lu Xing and other new directors - "I think this group has gradually formed a new force in the Chinese film and television industry. They all help each other, and we film Director Lu Xing came to visit the class and sat in the back as an extra.
The Olympic bid revealed to Huang Jue that he had been following his Weibo and thought he "may be suitable", so he approached him to play the role of Cheng Hao. The deeper reasons were not mentioned in the Olympic bid, and Huang Jue did not ask.
Judging from the script, this character "should be pretty good" to Huang Jue. After all, he is a modern person in a big city, unlike Ling Yinong in "Mountains and Seas" who is so far away from him. Before, he asked the Olympic bidder how he could express himself better, and the other party said: "Just act in your usual state. "
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In life, Huang Jue "does not speculate in stocks at all, does not make various investments, and does not do various financial-related side jobs." His financial knowledge is basically zero. So he understands that the Olympic bid refers to It's a performance status, not a life status.
However, Huang Jue has many friends in the financial industry, some of whom are doing funds, some of whom are doing stock investments, and some of whom like to ride motorcycles. They like to stay at home, "everyone is different." In his opinion, they have the same professional traits, but there are no "universal characteristics" in personality and habits, so stereotypes should not be used when interpreting them.
Huang Jue believed that the screenwriter's financial investigation and preparation were detailed enough, so he did not deliberately learn relevant knowledge, but focused on his lines and performance. According to the script's portrayal and his own understanding, he shaped Cheng Hao into "a character." A refined egoist, a lonely person."
Yes, Huang Jue seldom discusses his acting with others. He takes it as his own duty to try his best to express what the script and director tell him. If he encounters difficulties, "he just keeps doing it by himself. I went through it over and over again." "I think I am a very obedient actor. "This is how he positions himself.
"This is not a feeling of pleasure, it is a different experience."
From the perspective of an actor, Huang Jue deepened his understanding of "people are complex animals" in "Rebirth" - "Everyone They all have many sides, with parts exposed in the sun and parts hidden in the dark. "He wanted to use this play to express that "we should see everything about everyone".
But it is not easy to see "all" of a person, even if we are looking at ourselves. If we stand on the sidelines, we will always only It can increase the knowledge and understanding of a certain "part" of a person through his intentional or unintentional expression.
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Back to Huang Jue, he is in the catering business, but he is not good at food and wine; He is considered to be a "good at enjoying food" and can eat the same thing for many days. He said that he is "a very boring person" and "because he doesn't drink, he basically doesn't go out to socialize."
has a relationship with Huang Jue. Not many people are willing to sit and have meals with him, because he doesn't talk much and "others find it awkward." But he has no shortage of friends, and there are quite a few who ask him why. What we have achieved, he said: “is to recognize each other and appreciate each other. "
Huang Jue is an expert in "appreciation". If the atmosphere on the set is good, he will observe while talking and laughing to discover the shining points of everyone.
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After filming "Rebirth", he commented on the focus on the Olympic bid , is both emotional and rational, "a rare and straightforward director", and has the courage to express his emotions and analyze his own psychological feelings. "What's rare is that he is also very handsome". Under the guidance of "Encouraging Actors", Huang Jue became more and more confident the more he shot.
"Is there anything or a certain situation that makes you open up the conversation?" ”
“There is no scruples when we are very familiar with each other, maybe (we have known each other for more than 10 years). "Huang Jue mainly uses time to measure familiarity. He feels that many people are like this, especially introverts.
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According to his understanding, personality does not bring influence, but "independence" "The same path". "Such a character" will make people take "such" a path, so "everyone's different character determines everyone's different destiny". Most of the personality is determined by genes, so some of his Concepts are innate.
For example, in terms of money, "I think my views on money and consumption are very old, very traditional, and very simple. I just don't lend money, and try not to lend money to others." If he really wanted to borrow money to help a friend, Huang Jue might come up with a certain amount. Even if the other party didn't pay back, it wouldn't affect his own life or the relationship between them.
Huang Jue admits that he is not a business person. He thought of bars and restaurants while chatting with friends. Then when the opportunity came, he did it. "It was very random."
He did not lead the operation and management himself, but hired professionals to do it. However, he had some understanding of these matters, including kitchen, decoration, maintenance, etc. He thought that everything he came into contact with in life would be helpful to his performance, from this kind of cross-border experience to as small as an action of a passerby making a phone call.
Huang Jue is not an actor who is easily emotionally affected by his roles. It is rare for him to feel tired mentally for a movie, but it is very common to be physically tired. For example, "The Legend of the Tibetan Sea" is being filmed in Hengdian - there is still some time before it is finished, but he is already " I cried and shouted that this was my last costume drama."
Huang Jue’s frustration with costume dramas is mainly due to the styling, martial arts and lines, but this is nothing to be afraid of. The types of characters he is “more afraid of” are those who are “especially aggressive and active.” Of course he can also act, and he has acted at least twice in the past five years, but after all, he is not that kind of person.
's interpretation of a character that is very different from his own feels like "climbing a mountain, turning a corner, walking a road, and seeing his scenery." When his lips and teeth collided with the mantra "right" again, he said: "This is not called pleasure, it is a different experience."
"Isn't it called 'knowing destiny at fifty'?
I knew it earlier."
In the early days of entering the industry, Because of Huang Jue's unique image and temperament, the market has "fixed" him in a role based on handsomeness, and there is "little room for it". He felt "very uncomfortable" when he saw the actors around him "acting in a big space".
After turning 40, Huang Jue has expanded his performance space to an unprecedented size with a few small roles. After that, the similarity of his characters became less and less, and they were no longer fixed.
Such a result was not what Huang Jue intended to strive for, but "thanks to his growing age." "I find that this is a change in age, which gives me some space. Maybe as I get older, my appearance changes, and suddenly I have more choices."
He said without hesitation that when he was young, he was praised for being handsome, People who gain social positioning and recognition based on their appearance are more afraid of aging than the average person. When aging comes, there will be a gap in the heart, "Then you have to learn to get along with this gap, and then how to accept it." He feels that he has "accepted it" now.
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has officially debuted for 20 years, and Huang Jue has participated in more than 100 works. Since he is not an acting professional, he has not adapted to the steps that most actors are accustomed to, such as liberating his nature, auditioning, and script reading. He also does not have a fixed and clear working mode. Every time he joins the group, it is like joining the group for the first time. Every play It's all a hurdle.
Therefore, to be able to reach this point and have the current objective conditions, he feels that it is "not bad". He will not ask for more and more extreme things in his career. However, in life, it may be a different matter.
Huang Jue has to go to many places again and again, such as Xiamen. Every time he goes there, he always wants to take time to take a walk to the Eighth Market, imagining himself living upstairs in those old houses. "Every day when I open the window, I see all kinds of fireworks flowing downstairs."
He needs to delve more into some "means to relieve boredom", including photography and music, of course, as well as art, fashion, and golf, which has occupied the most of his spare time in the past two years.
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In the past, Huang Jue’s view of golf was “very decadent” and smelled of “old people”. He captured a strong "elite feeling" from the men who played with their collars turned up, feeling "not from the same world."
In 2022, by chance, he signed up for golf lessons with his friends and found that this is a "sport where you compete with yourself", and the more you play, the more you like it.Although he is "not very savvy and doesn't want to ask people for advice," he still persists until now and enjoys it.
These things are all in the category of "fun". On Huang Jue's life list, their priority must be below family.
Huang Jue's sharing frequency and openness about family life are at a very high level among actors. He also did not shy away from related issues. He admitted frankly that his view on love and family is to give without caring about the rewards, because both "will make you give uncontrollably."
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Due to his professional attributes, Huang Jue cannot balance family and career, and he often feels guilty for this. However, a life with pursuit and meaning is bound to have gains and losses. Then just continue to take things as they come. He doesn’t set any ambitious goals, and he doesn’t have excessive expectations. He feels happy “when he walks forward every day and encounters different scenery and interesting things.”
"Isn't it called 'knowing destiny at fifty'? I already knew it." Huang Jue said softly that his destiny was "pretty good".
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