At the Beijing premiere of the movie "Rebirth", Chen Jianbin sat in the audience, feeling the violent aesthetics of this gangster film, and also feeling the growth and transformation of actor Ethan Ruan who had worked with him.
In the spring of 2024, "The Three Evils" starring Ethan Ruan became a dark horse at the box office of mainland theaters. This small-budget movie, which cost only 10 million yuan to produce, has grossed more than 600 million yuan at the mainland box office. The Avenger Chen Guilin played by Ethan Ethan has subverted the appearance of all his past roles. He wears a baggy suit with large shoulder pads. He is slovenly and decadent, with deep eyes. Once he smiles, his face is filled with an unfathomable coldness, creating an alternative character. Screen killer image.
In "Rebirth", Ethan Ethan still plays a cunning and complex avenger.
"You can't predict where the plot will go until you see it to the end." After watching the premiere, Chen Jianbin lamented not only the continuous reversals of the movie's plot, but also the surprises brought by Ethan Ruan, "Xiaotian has a mature personality. Traces, since "The Three Evils", I feel that he has completely changed and become a very mature actor, which makes me respect him."
"Rebirth" is the relationship between Ethan Ruan and this film. The second collaboration between director and screenwriter Ma Yuke, in Ma Yuke's directorial debut "The Rage", Ethan Ruan, Ma Yuke and starring Nick Cheung, presented a high-energy and continuous male revenge story.
Revenge is Ethan Ruan's continuing theme in these movies. Even though they are both revenge crime movies, in Ethan Ruan's opinion, there are still many differences, ""Rebirth" is a completely different challenge, a different look, and a different inner drama."
The Complex Avengers , kicked off the era of Ethan Ruan
There was a loud noise, and the funeral parlor where the funeral was being held suddenly exploded, implicating a serial drug conspiracy case in Southeast Asia. The son of a gangster, Sawang (played by Nick Cheung), the anti-narcotics captain Andu (played by Ethan Juan), and the gangster Balai (played by Ma Yuke) all have their own agendas and want to get a share of the gang's civil strife. The story background of the
movie is a small town called Mancheng in Southeast Asia. The boss of the drug cartel and the city police chief colluded with each other, forming a huge drug trafficking profit chain. Countless families fell into abyss due to drugs, and their families were destroyed. Between the underworld and the white, it is difficult to distinguish between good and evil, and the progressive reversals make this movie full of conspiracy full of suspense. The film has both the bloody fighting and gun battles of the John Woo era, as well as the obscurity of the dark side of human nature.
In "Rebirth", Andu played by Ethan Ruan is the core role of the whole drama. He is a righteous anti-narcotics captain, but he also hides an unbearable past and huge ambitions. Andu stayed in the home of his uncle Anpei when he was a child. His uncle, the police chief, violated his mother, causing his father to commit suicide. When Andu became an adult, he followed his uncle into the police station while never forgetting revenge. He is innocent, violent, ruthless and hysterical at the same time, and his character is full of complex and compassionate character tension.
Ethan Ethan, who puts on a police uniform, plays the role of Andu, as if he is the embodiment of justice. His handsome appearance is deceptive. The later reversal and darkening make people see the rich layers of his acting skills.
When accepting a group interview after the premiere, Ethan Ruan recalled that director Ma Yuke designed a tight police uniform for him from the beginning, "Including the place where I usually live, it is in a huge house. A cramped small space. Some people say that you look good in this uniform. I thought about it. Whether it is a small room or a uniform that looks straight, it is very important to the character of Andu. It's a kind of restraint. This kind of restraint forces his desire to grow until one day it goes out of control."
Neither Chen Guilin nor Andu is a bad person in the absolute sense. Ethan Juan used his precise eyes to interpret the complex and multi-faceted character of both good and evil. The look in his eyes ranges from innocence to viciousness to manic madness. Even though he is committing evil, it also allows people to see the character's past of being insulted and damaged, as well as the struggle of his inner desires.
"I think everyone will encounter difficult things to some extent when they grow up. At every node in life, they will also face different choices, and they are all burdened with their own destiny." Ethan Ruan said that at the end of the movie, "Everyone has their own destiny." "Everyone is facing death." Only at the moment of death does the tragedy of the character's choice of fate appear.
When he first read the script, he sorted out the complexity of human nature from the relationship between Andu and Anpei. Uncle Anpei violated his mother, causing his father to commit suicide. But at the same time, his uncle also raised him, trusted him, cultivated him, and made him the successor of the police station. Faced with such a complicated relationship between relatives, benefactors and enemies, Ethan Ruan gave Andu more understanding and empathy, and felt the pain deep in the character's heart. "This is also a part that I hope everyone can slowly appreciate when watching the movie. "
has one of the praise comments on Douban, "Following "Zhou Chu's Three Evils", Ethan Ruan has played another ruthless character. Andu's paranoia and ruthlessness are terrifying. Some fans also praised, "Belongs to Ruan Jingtian." The time has come."
Growing up in confusion and self-doubt
Chen Jianbin and Ethan Ruan collaborated in the 2014 movie "Army Paradise". This film about the ups and downs of personal destiny in the times won Chen Jianbin the Best Supporting Actor Award at the 51st Golden Horse Awards. The Ethan Ethan in his impression was the big boy standing in the sun with his muscles gleaming in the film.
Ethan Ruan, who made his debut in idol dramas, has a handsome appearance and has enjoyed enough dividends in the era of popular idol dramas. He starred in "The Weather Is Sunny in Kenting", "Destined to Love You" and "The Lost Dog Queen" were once phenomenal dramas.
In 2010, he starred in the gangster film "Monga" and won the 47th Golden Horse Award for Best Actor for his role as He Tianyou. From "the first brother in an idol drama" to "the best actor", it can be described as smooth.
Ethan Ruan still remembers what Chen Jianbin told him, "You are at the very important stage of your life as an actor. TV dramas hone your skills as an actor the most, so you should spend more time on work, TV dramas, and shoot more. Study more."
After that, he went to film many TV series, from "Ghost Blowing the Lamp", the costume drama "Fuyao", to "A Life of Tenderness", trying various roles, but unfortunately it didn't go well. . The films he starred in, such as "Bloody Man", "Rampage" and "Murder in Time", received mediocre responses despite being a famous director and a big cast member.
He was concerned about the outside world's comments on his acting skills, but for a while, all that came into his field of vision was overwhelming criticism from the audience and the media, and he fell into long-term self-doubt.
"I'm very scared, and I keep thinking about what went wrong." He said frankly that he only learned acting after entering the industry. If the only thing he can do is not recognized, what is the value of being in the world? During the backlog of pain, he was unable to go out for a long time.
Going to the mainland to participate in variety shows in 2016 was the most frustrating period for him. The program team helped him celebrate his birthday and found him with a camera, only to see Ethan Ruan hiding in the house who had just finished crying. Confusion and doubt led him to live a life alienated from the public, closing in on himself, missing friends, and often losing contact by phone.
Ethan Ruan once said that ten years before he took over the filming of "The Three Evils", he felt like he had fallen into a deep pit and was trapped in it, which was difficult to navigate. He mentioned that lonely and painful low period in many interviews.
Director Huang Jingfu approached him to star in "Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils" and wanted him to perform the painful and uncomfortable state. He easily answered that he could return to that low mood at any time.
Ethan Ruan, who has been dormant in a deep pit for ten years, spent a lot of time with himself, riding a motorcycle, learning to cook, and experiencing the daily life. He himself didn't realize that that kind of pain and isolation was a leap forward, allowing him to naturally and slowly grow himself.
In the small-budget film "Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils", he put down his expectations, did not think about any performance skills, did not consider any exquisite design, and let himself become the character, experiencing ups and downs and realizations with the character's mentality. , growth and thinking.
Two months before he played the role of Chen Guilin, he began to wear the big baggy suit in the movie, whether it was hot or cold, to feel where the character came from and to look for traces of the character's psychological changes. During the filming, Huang Jingfu also asked him to think about the questions Chen Guilin was thinking about every day: who are you, where do you come from, and what do you want to do in the future.
The character's experience and situation were empathically experienced by Ethan Ruan. His confusion and pain, as well as the encounters and emotions between the characters, are just integrated into one, becoming a real, gray, and relaxed synthesis. As a result, people saw a brand new Ethan Juan, transitioning from the domineering president in idol dramas to a gangster, from a young boy to an obscure killer.
This year, Ethan Juan is 42 years old. He said that at this age, although his body began to decline, his experience in life was increasing. He regarded the present as the golden period of an actor. He could see the dusk in the distance and knew the importance of time, so he also increased I gained a lot of motivation, acted honestly, did what I wanted to do, and played the role I wanted to play.
There is a line in the movie "Army Paradise": "In whichever direction the wind blows, the grass will fall. When I was young, I thought I was the wind, until I was covered with bruises in the end. I didn't know until I got older. In fact, , we are all just grass."
Ten years ago, he thought this line was beautiful, but now he knows that it is an understanding and sigh that can only be gained after experiencing various situations in life.
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