"The corners of his mouth curled up slightly, and he said 'Don't be nervous, easy, easy', while the trembling eyes in the rearview mirror exposed his inner fear" This scene appeared at the beginning of this year's National Day box office champion "The Road Back". When this scene happened, a life-and-death battle between the government forces and the rebels was taking place outside the car, and the explosions everywhere were heard to symbolize the danger of the situation at this moment. The shot of
impressed me and also made me see what a professional actor should look like. The interpreter of this clip is actor Zhang Zixian .
Zhang Zixian’s biggest trick to play a role “live” is relaxation. Perhaps because he is a "non-professional" person, Zhang Zixian is actually a person who can't perform with the so-called "technology". He gives his true feelings to all his works and characters, so his acting skills that are natural and relaxed enough can resonate with people. When he interprets the role, he relies on his understanding and feelings about the role, or in other words, Zhang Zixian has his own thoughts on each role he plays, and the same is true for Zhang Ning in "The Road to Return".
In the interview, Zhang Zixian once said, "I never thought of portraying Zhang Ning into a diplomat, official, civil servant, hero, or just being upright." Zhang Zixian felt that "Zhang Ning is a person who often 'works there', a normal person." He was irritable and joked. The diplomat played by Zhang Ning did not seem to be as "standard" as we see, but when there was a conflict, he would rush to the forefront to safeguard the interests of his country. As Zhang Zixian said, diplomats are also "normal people". It is because Zhang Zixian was not "carried" when performing, which allows us to see a more down-to-earth and realistic image of a diplomat.
And about the part of Zhang Ning's sacrifice, Zhang Zixian also added his own thoughts. He designed two ways of acting before the performance: one is "feeling in love", and the other is the real cruelty that is presented in the movies now. When the riot suddenly happened and all the audience thought that no one was hit by the bullet, Zhang Ning's neck was instantly penetrated by the bullet. He reluctantly raised the corner of his mouth and said "easy, easy". In my opinion, the design of this part is very wonderful, and the sudden departure is even more unexpected, and the audience's reluctance to Zhang Ning also exploded instantly with the fall of his hand. The last sentence Zhang Ning left in the film is "easy, easy", just as optimistic and humorous as he first appeared... Compared to the long-term lyricism, the blank space of the two simple words makes the character more vivid and full. I think Zhang Zixian really "eat" this character thoroughly.
In addition to sacrificing the clever idea of the clip, Zhang Zixian also has some insights in his lines. When Zong Dawei pretended to call his wife on Dubai , Zhang Ning's "Did you see Zong Dawei?" made the audience hilarious; and when looking at the photos, "Why do my daughter look more and more like me?" also made the audience unable to stop; even Zhang Ning's golden sentence "Easy easy" was also Zhang Zixian's own creation. The lines of
have become a great help for Zhang Ning to enter the audience's hearts.
In fact, before Zhang Ning, I knew many "Zhang Zixian". There are many impressive roles in his past acting resumes.
In the workplace drama " Ordinary Glory ", Zhang Zixian created a manager Zhang who is smooth but has his own principles and bottom line, and is ordinary but has shining points; in " Rebel ", Zhang Zixian shows Wang Shi'an's calculating and cunning, while also showing his panic, helplessness and instinctive desire to survive in the changes of the great times, giving this character a true and credible psychological logic and action logic, as well as the "Glasses" of the "Debt Collection Gang" member "Glasses", Liu Guodong, the Immortal Bear Cell in "Animal Management Bureau", Zhong Zhenjiang in " Beneficiary "... Each character is a new "Zhang Zixian". I think this is the so-called " Face-making " acting skills!
Only by truly integrating into the role and grasping every detail of the character can each character perform its own taste, which is what a truly professional actor should do. Performance focuses on details and roles focus on feelings. Zhang Zixian always presents one outstanding work after another to the audience with his full understanding of the characters. He is the well-deserved biggest dark horse in the National Day holiday.
