summer season, "Laifu Hotel" is here to collect tears.
The cancer patients and their families living in the old shabby hotel exude infinite energy and vitality.
But...why is there a smooth-haired and pure version of Long Aotian hidden behind the handsome gangster Huang Xuan and the sexy proprietress Liu Yan?
In the past two years, I have seen a lot of happy people on the big screen. Zhang Zhehua is probably the first to see such a huge contrast.
心如意
In the movie, Xiao Hebei, played by Zhang Zhehua, has a good relationship with Li Qingrang, played by Huang Xuan. When Laifu is in urgent need of cheap labor, he is captured to solve the re-employment problem of reform-through-labor prisoners.
Liu Yan said in an interview, "From the first day Zhang Zhehua appeared on the crew, it was like a ray of sunshine shone in my heart." In the film, Hebei is also everyone’s little sun and also delivers a lot of laughs.
For example, the "big job" practiced in prison-folding tofu cubes in 46 seconds.
Hebei was very young when he was released from prison, full of freshness and enthusiasm for everything in society.
He is the only one who regards Laifu's complicated work as a "career", sparing no effort to contribute his physical and mental energy, and by the way, he also provides a lot of emotional value to the residents and the landlady.
The hotel is facing a financial crisis, and Hebei is the first to firmly demand a salary cut to stay. And he is quick to plan the "big job": externally going to hospitals to attract medical staff and engaging in viral publicity; internally, he will vigorously promote new policies for hotels. Small calculations can fly and save the Rifford Hotel from crisis.
Hebei is The purest warm color in the entire Laifu Hotel. He is more determined than the proprietress and has become the last rope that keeps the family from falling apart.
Zhang Zhehua’s innocent dog eyes are very iconic, and he is also there. When
looked at Li Qingrang, he could see the admiration in his eyes; when he looked at the boss's wife, he looked a little cowardly and humble like a worker; when he argued with the family members of his favorite elderly patient, his eyes were full of admiration. His angry and sad eyes were undisguised.
Only when he looked at the little girl with cancer, his eyes were so clear and shining.
Little Angel Hebei clearly cared about his appearance, but when the little girl said it. "I'm so scared that my hair won't grow back", while humming a little tune, he took off his wig and put it on the girl's head.
Zhang Zhehua's eyes in the scene here are experienced in quickly hiding the deep sadness and distress. This series. Quickly changing. In this clip, he sacrificed his own image and easily broke the little girl's fear of being embodied.
I like this scene very much. It is the look between the two simplest and cleanest people.
He has himself. Liu Yan said that Zhang Zhehua's performance "has a strong sense of presence and is a capable performer." ".
After changing his hairstyle, you discovered that he can be the "crazy and cool" Long Aotian. He can play the role of a hard-working and simple worker, or he can be the male protagonist of an idol film.
The day "Laifu Hotel" was officially released , the movie "Her Little Pear Vortex" adapted from Jinjiang IP, in which Huazi plays the absolute male protagonist, also released a new trailer.
Originally, some people were worried about Long Aotian's filter and questioned the casting, but friends who have already watched the movie. , it is said that Zhang Zhehua, who has a good cooking image, looks particularly good on the big screen, and is also "successful" by the male protagonist.
I am not that interested in youth romance movies, but I have to admit that I was attracted by the comments of netizens to watch the trailer. This friend does have a bit of a "great turnaround" look.
Not to mention the setting of a "romance comedy", isn't it just jumping around in Zhang Zhehua's comfort zone?
Zhang Zhehua’s waiting list does not stop there. Ning Meng’s urban love-oriented “Half-Mature Man and Woman”, Noon’s reality-oriented “Mortal Song”, and iQiyi’s costume comedy “I’m Not a Poet” are all on the way. The characters in each one are very different.
Will my treasure Huazi finally be available on the table this year?
The joy of joy is: "You know my joke"
The joy of joy has recently returned, and I rewatched the second season of "Comedy Competition" again.
"The Young Master and Me" was one of my favorite series at the time. The overbearing butler with extraordinary appearance and the rough and useless young master were able to portray a clear Liu Bolong Aotian universe through five or six performances. It is not difficult to see Zhang Zhehua He Xinzi does have strong performance ability.
During that time, my conversations with my colleagues were full of young master jokes, "You touched my Nilin!" "This is a notice, not a discussion!" "Is it okay to be sincere?!"
Nowadays, Xiaohongshu, Douyin and other platforms are full of hilarious memes about Ba Zong, which can also be seen as an extension of the concept of "less self universe".
After being controlled by the "Less of Me" series, I once arranged an interview with Zhang Zhehua. I wanted to know which film inspired his comedy. As a result, Huazi said, "When I was young, I watched my family chatter.
As a Northeasterner, Zhang Zhehua His joyful gene awakened very early. In 2014, he participated in a comedy variety show and won the runner-up in the finals. Judge Cai Ming spoke highly of him, "It is so commendable that he can live freely on the stage at such a young age. "
It's just that there is no Long Aotian in reality. Zhang Zhehua, who won the grand prize, began his wandering in the entertainment industry, experiencing various small people and roles.
A salesman who insists on "service with a smile" no matter what weird customers he encounters, and an idol The silly third male protagonist of the play is a young security guard from Beipiao who dreams of becoming a star...
The role of the security guard is very interesting. He has experienced the warmth of a foreign land and the throbbing of love, but he has also suffered a lot of looks and bullying. There is a scene. It was the little security guard who was slapped by the arrogant owner. From the unexpected shock to the subsequent choked with grievance... This bitter and helpless and aggrieved mental journey was also part of Zhang Zhehua's real experience off-screen.
Wait until he meets "Er Happiness". Meeting Long Aotian is already in 2022. Every time
discusses comedy, the concept of "tragic core" will be mentioned. The actor lowers his self-esteem to present absurdity and dislocation, which makes the audience feel emotional during the watching process. A sense of superiority.
This is a very philosophical presentation method, but in actual practice, it is often crudely understood by some comedians as "a happy ending but a sad ending", in which sensationalism is greater than true feelings, and the audience's tears are expressed instead of laughter.
I am glad that Zhang Zhehua did not fall into this misunderstanding. Compared with comedies and other types of dramas, Zhang Zhehua feels that the difficulty of comedy is to make people laugh, and high-end comedy not only brings joy, but also brings thinking. Effectively conveying the information in the memes to the audience is what he has been pondering over and over again.
Xinzi once described Zhang Zhehua as a "steady showman". This trait is obviously in contrast to most of his characters, but it is also the key to his character creation. .
Regarding Long Aotian, Zhang Zhehua never regarded him as an abstract concept, but as a concrete person, looking for the "real" fulcrum in him, and connecting the characters with flesh and blood and life experience.
So even if Speaking shameful lines can also make people feel that he is "real" and not "pretending".
A steady and showy person is not good at being clever. Every work is constantly pondering and rehearsing to find the clues. A sense of proportion, grasp of rhythm and rules, triggering a "knowing smile" from the audience.
He has experienced the embarrassment of being "cold" when standing on stage, and has also been tortured by being unable to come up with jokes. These are painful moments for comedians, but these pains will be overturned by the applause heard when performing on stage. Instead of laughter, if the audience can understand the plot of the work while laughing, the feeling of "you understand me" will make him feel very satisfied.
Comedy Universe is a place where sincerity is exchanged for sincerity.
In the new universe, continue to exchange your sincerity for your sincerity
Because they often make the audience happy, comedians always have a very good rapport with the audience, but when they return to acting in real dramas, they will encounter new resistance - they need to change their own Comedy habits, such as relatively exaggerated body language and expressions, always want to make the audience laugh, and the sense of proportion and rhythm also need to be re-measured.
Huazi’s inventory has quite a variety of character types.
"Half Mature Couple" is an urban love drama. It tells the story of young people today who regard the love scene as a battlefield. They are highly vigilant and practice skills, but they don't know that winning in the scene only requires sincerity... It is said that everyone in the drama has a contrasting personality, and the plot is very different. Korean romance dramas also catch horses.
"Mortal Song" is a realistic theme, telling the "life crisis" of three couples who drifted from Beijing.
Zhang Zhehua plays the role of Na Jun, a programmer with an annual salary of one million. He has set a ten-year development plan for himself, which requires him to change houses, get married, have children, and be promoted before the age of 35. As a result, he suffers from panic disorder due to the high-intensity work.
His girlfriend, who advocates instant gratification, is drifting away from him because she is difficult to understand.
breaks away from the comedy universe and takes on a major role. Will Hua Zi's popularity with the audience still work?
If you have watched the short drama "Master and Me" starring Chun Jie Huazi and Xin Zai, you should be confident in his next performance.
In this short drama, Hua Zi no longer plays the "boss boss" joke. The 12-episode micro-short drama is more like 12 short fables. He is the mysterious god of dumplings, a principled little god, and he has suffered a lot. The cowardly real estate agent... has a wider imagination and deeper reflections and implications.
My favorite short story is "The God of Land and Me". The God of Land played by Zhang Zhehua is a down-and-out but principled little fairy.
Other gods would directly grant wishes to people if they were granted a wish, but he felt that "getting something for nothing is not good" and insisted on forcing people to get it with their own hands.
The lazy man played by Xinzi came to him and made a wish for four bowls of rice, and he gave him four handfuls of white rice; the lazy man made a wish for "millions of hectares of fertile land", and he took people to open up wasteland in the back mountains...
He is obviously an inspirational god, but he is rejected by the heaven. The supervisor considered it to be dereliction of duty and was punished, with all the immortal bones scattered.
The concept of the land god was not accepted by the system, and his approach was not understood by the world. However, at the moment when he was wiped out, what showed in his eyes was not unwillingness, but relief and resignation.
He accepted his fate because he had expected the outcome. He was relieved because he believed that the lazy man would eventually use actions to prove that his persistence was meaningful.
The lazy man who was reformed through labor did not disappoint the God of the Land, and lived a prosperous life with his own hands, but the lazy man never saw the God of the Land again after that.
The whole story has a hidden meaning of satirizing a certain workplace system, and the sympathy between the land god and the steward is also very touching.
Zhang Zhehua's experience and energy in comedy have also been applied to different types of roles. For example, in "Blue Comet", the role of Hua Zi is a fantasy projected from his brother's heart, and his life is always stagnant at the age of 7 or 8. younger brother.
For this role, Zhang Zhehua said that he had been thinking about it in private for a long time, and also discussed with the director for a long time, how to use an adult's body to act like a child? When he arrived at the set, he communicated with the young actor who played the role of childhood Hua Zi, observed the young actor's performance, and then changed his performance accordingly. The younger brother presented by
in the end is clear and stupid in the early stage, entangled in the middle stage, and relieved in the later stage. In just 20 minutes, the mood has changed several times, and every second in the play is full of details.
I also saw yesterday that Huazi wrote a character reflection on Xiao Hebei from "Laifu Hotel" on Weibo.
He regarded Xiao Hebei as a friend he knew around him, observing him, getting close to him, and empathizing with him. Only by truly entering Hebei's inner universe and understanding the logic of Hebei's every action can he bring Hebei, who was cautious at first but gradually became active and mature, to the audience.
Whether it is a comedy character or a tragic character, any type of character comes from life, so going around in circles is still inseparable from those three words - use sincerity. Director
retweeted the article, revealing that a year ago online, he identified Hebei through the screen of his mobile phone, and was deeply impressed by Huazi's shyness and cuteness in private, as well as his confidence and radiance in front of the mirror.
Huang Xuan replied "You will be great" under this short essay.
This is also my expectation.
I believe that people who create characters with sincerity will naturally gain everyone's sincere love.
e sister's conclusion:
In Stephen Chow's movies in the past, there have been many golden supporting characters who are good at entertaining the audience, but their positioning is more like NPCs in Xingye's movies. They entertain the audience according to the script tasks, and there is not much room for self-expression. Therefore, some supporting characters become "not funny" after leaving the Xingye universe, and the road to transformation becomes even more difficult.
Those comedians we see who can still surprise and impress in other types of films, such as Jia Ling, Shen Teng, and Huang Bo, are actually always looking for the value of their works and thinking about ways to express value.
Life is often the source of their inspiration and material, and it is also the way for them to maintain their own aura. Therefore, when you watch their comedies, you will not feel like you are stuck in your throat, and when you watch them in dramas, you will not feel like sitting on pins and needles.
I believe the same is true for Zhang Zhehua. Ten years ago, he could live freely on the comedy stage. Ten years later, he can also live freely in the multiverse.
