Pindao Zu Feng ｜ He in 1921 should not be ignored!
Special feature of 1905 film network "Interna Sonnell, it will definitely come true!"《1921》At the end,Zu FengDong Biwu, who plays the role, sang "The Internationale" shoulder to shoulder with a large number of delegates on the red boat, announcing the formal establishment of the Communist Party of China (CPC), which pushed the film atmosphere to the climax.
This is also a scene that Zu Feng still remembers. It is still full of blood. "A powerful energy field was born!"
In order to play Dong Biwu well, Zu Feng carefully read the biographies and all kinds of historical materials of the characters, and approached the characters in appearance and temperament: wearing a long mandarin jacket and a fur hat, which has both the character of an old scholar and the spirit of a new youth.
Talking about the feelings of acting, he sincerely admired the mental outlook of those "new youths": "At that time, everyone was thinking about where the country would go next, and they all wanted to learn a skill to contribute to the growth of the country."
Zu Feng is no stranger to this subject. Ten years ago, he played the role of Deng Zhongxia, a passionate leader of the workers’ movement.
"No matter who dares to destroy my country and my race, we will fight them to the end!" Deng Zhongxia’s passionate speech was deafening, and Zu Feng’s strong explosive power as an actor was also revealed.
From Li Ya in Lurking, Cui Zhongshi in Lurking to President Bai in Minning Town, and then to the supporting role in a series of literary films, "drama is more popular than people" and "underrated strength school" have become the key words of Zu Feng.
In this regard, he responded indifferently: this is the state that actors should have, and conversely, there may be problems.
01. "Screen"
Just like Dong Biwu in "1921" and Deng Zhongxia in "beginning of the great revival", Zu Feng’s role on the big screen is mostly a "green leaf" beside the protagonist, who always leaves a touch of color among the branches.
In the film, Zu Feng plays a policeman Tong Songming. The melancholy temperament in his brow and the characteristics of acting with subtle expressions make him feel at home in his movies.He said that Lou Ye gave himself a lot of performance space. After the actors entered the characters, they were free to play by instinct without the constraints of the script. "It’s fun to play!" .
Perhaps because of the literary temperament in his bones, Zu Feng is not short of "great director luck". In 2013, Zu Feng was selected to play the "villain" Deng instructor in Return.
The scene of "Deng Zhi" abruptly separating Lu Yanzhi and Feng Wanyu at the railway station is one of the colorful passages in the whole film.
In order to shoot sad feelings, all four of them made real efforts to race against time and pull each other. In addition, it was shot out of season, wearing a cotton-padded jacket in summer, and Zu Feng was so exhausted that he almost fainted from heatstroke.
There are not many scenes of "Deng Zhi", but Zu Feng performed the "irony" meaning that Zhang Yimou placed on the role in a limited space. The devoted atmosphere of the crew of "Return" made Zufeng feel "at home".
Then, Zu Feng played the writer Luo Feng in the Golden Age, and Mei Yiqi, the "eternal principal" of Tsinghua, in No Questions, two extremely bookish roles.
Especially in Mei Yiqi, Zu Feng performed the characters’ characteristics of "slow, steady and rigid" from the inside out, being rigorous and responsible for his work, and being persuasive to students. The dialogue between President Mei and Wu Linglan about "truth" was regarded as a classic by many people.
Acting well leads, and Zu Feng is no exception. It is his first feature film director’s debut, which wraps the concern for urban depression patients in the shell of a crime film and successfully entered the "One Concern" unit of Cannes International Film Festival.However, it is a pity that the scenery at the film festival has not been replaced by the market, and the box office only earned 1.3 million.
Zu Feng understood that there was originally a shortcut in front of him — — Making a crime film honestly may even become an explosion, but he chose to be loyal to himself and took the secluded path, leaving a sentence with a smile: "I don’t think this is a movie for everyone."
02. “Screen "
More people are familiar with Zu Feng through the small screen.
Jiang Wei, the director, is an important person for Zu Feng to return to the actor road. The two have cooperated in two high-profile dramas, Silent Witness and Latent, which made Zu Feng gain a firm foothold on the screen.
For Li Ya in Latent, Jiang Wei once described it like this: "How loyal Yu Zecheng is, how loyal Li Ya is; How persistent Yu Zecheng is, how persistent Li Ya is. "Zu Feng grasped the complexity of Li Ya’s body tightly, and quietly portrayed characters with eyes and details. blazing with anger, like a "vulture" locking its prey, was paranoid and heartless.
When playing against the powerful atmosphere, Zu Feng did not fall in the wind. The two men, one bright and one dark, released and closed, jointly made this exciting spy war masterpiece, and also let the audience formally know the actor Zu Feng.
"This day should have come long ago." Zu Feng’s teacher once lamented, "He is a versatile person, but he is very weak and always stays in a corner."
Interestingly, the popularity of Latent didn’t make Zu Feng walk out of the "corner" in the eyes of outsiders. Although there are many films, he is still picky, and he still plays a supporting role in various TV dramas that he likes with ease.
In No War in Peiping, he is a gentle undercover "Cui Shu" Cui Zhongshi, and in Golden Marriage, he is a loyal and infatuated intellectual Ji Cheng. In Ode to Joy, he turned into Wei Wei, a "scheming boy".
In this year’s Minning Town, President Bai played by Zu Feng is also a supporting role. He took root in the Gobi and devoted himself to the students. For decades, he was called "Zhang Guimei of Xihaigu".
In the face of students being forced by their parents to drop out of school to work, President Bai changed his weekdays.ofWenwenErya, withBeing in the car, arguing, the contrast of stubbornness and stubbornness is distressing.
He led the students to sing the "dialect version" and "Where is Spring" with the original ecological voice, which made countless audiences cry.
Zu Feng once summed himself up like this. There is a class of actors who constantly repeat similar roles and mainly rely on their own charm to complete their performances. Such people often become stars. There is also a kind of personal charm that is not enough. You can only try different types of roles. Every time you play a role, you become another person.
And he himself belongs to the latter, completely giving himself to the role and hiding behind the role with peace of mind.Or use Zu Feng’s cooperation.Hunting groundofHughHe is like air, very quiet but indispensable.
03."slow"
For Bai Chongli in Minning Town, Zu Feng is full of admiration: "His persistence and singleness are enough to be called romance and perseverance."As everyone knows, this sentence can also describe Zu Feng in the hearts of many fans.
In an interview, Zu Feng was asked to describe himself in three words. He hesitated for a long time, but only one word was suppressed: "Slow".
Always "half a beat slower" than his peers has also become his self-mockery.
After graduating from high school, Zu Feng worked as a worker for four years before he was admitted to the Beijing Film Academy at the age of 22. Because of his age and mature personality, he was unanimously elected as the Communist Youth League Secretary by his classmates and was honored as "Zu Lao Da".
After graduating from college, students such as,, and so on had been seeing each other for a long time, but Zu Feng turned back to the campus and worked as a teacher for six years in a down-to-earth manner. It was not until he was 34 that he became a little famous.
In the entertainment circle, where everyone is busy fighting for roles and keeping the heat, for fear of being forgotten by the audience, Zu Feng has always maintained his own frequency, taking his time slowly and steadily.
He said that the real performance is a long process of getting in and out of the characters. If the mentality is unstable, the role will have no foundation."If you want to keep performing, you still have to immerse yourself so that you can get into your heart, or you will float on the surface."
Zu Feng didn’t have Weibo, and even his circle of friends was closed, but he was never a boring person. He devoted himself to hobbies such as calligraphy, seal cutting and opera, and was very busy.He is good at small letters, concise, subtle, gentle and elegant, just like my own introverted and calm personality.
"Slow pace" is Zu Feng’s instinct and intentional choice: "If you live too fast, you won’t know which is inertia and which is your initiative. Slow down a little, and you can turn around at any time. "
In 2014, Zu Feng was named "the audience’s favorite actor" for Cui Zhongshi in No War in Peiping. When accepting the award, he only said two words: thank you and a deep bow.
In the face of our questions, Zu Feng also "cherishes words like gold".
The character is more popular than others, are you afraid of being forgotten by the audience?
Zu Feng: Forget it. How many people can be remembered?
What do you prefer to be remembered?
Zu Feng: Movies are enough.
