2024-08-27
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"The Willow Boat" is getting better and better, reaching the sad part. The male lead Zhang Wanyi is also very active, following the drama with fans.
At present, the effective broadcast volume of the drama has exceeded 400 million, which is a good result.
But some viewers who don’t like it said:
Zhang Wanyi who walked out of "Awakening Age" has lost the filter of serious drama, and there are problems with both her acting skills and her appearance.
Indeed, looking back further, he was once rated as one of the "Four Ordinary Men in the Domestic Entertainment Industry" because of his appearance. It is not surprising that he has now appeared in a series of ancient idol dramas and caused controversy.
But is Zhang Wanyi really not suitable for costume dramas?
His typical Chinese face structure may not make him a flamboyant handsome guy, but his features are evenly proportioned, and his ancient and modern looks are unique.
Today, Badianban will take a look at the changes in Zhang Wanyi’s appearance in the many works he starred in since his debut in 2016. Which role of his made you fall in love with him?
Zhang Wanyi is from Hubei. She has been lively and active since childhood, but because she grew up in an intellectual family, she has had plans for her life since childhood.
Having received professional training in piano, vocal music and other subjects at an early age, he decided to become an actor in high school and even repeated his senior year in order to be admitted to the Performance Department of Beijing Film Academy.
When he was a sophomore in college, Zhang Wanyi successfully signed a contract with an agency and immediately got the script of "The Best Model King", playing the third male role, Wang Fugui.
This character, who was later exposed as a "joke", was a "clown" - he was frustrated, stupid and poor, but he had an extraordinary passion and persistence in being a supermodel.
The 22-year-old Zhang Wanyi appeared in the drama. Compared with other handsome and stylish male actors, the impression he left was that of youth.
Moreover, his nature is so liberated that he can interpret various embarrassing scenes by himself, even wearing women's clothing.
Last year, "Longing" was a big hit. When fans found out, Zhang Wanyi's eyes were wet:
"This is not my black history, it is the best performance I can do within my age and ability."
Rumor has it that after "Model King", the agency saw potential in Zhang Wanyi and hoped that he would continue to take on similar projects, but he was rejected.
It is said that he hopes to work with more formal drama crews, "thinking that he can learn more experience from them."
Perhaps because of the differences in their ideas, Zhang Wanyi was left alone for a long time and her early development was not smooth.
In 2017, he only had one movie called "Lin Hai Xue Yuan", in which he played the seventh male role Gao Bo.
This role doesn't have many scenes, but his personality is consistent with his age and status at the time. He is also cheerful and strong, and often has a sunny smile on his face.
But he was too young back then, with baby fat on his face, so his facial features were not obvious and he went for the cute look, completely different from the image of the "sinister prince" in today's costume dramas.
Off topic, at this stage, Zhang Wanyi had already started to terminate his contract with the agency, and the other party asked him to pay 12 million yuan in termination fee.
In the end, he paid 500,000 yuan out of his own pocket to successfully terminate the contract. After that, he no longer signed contracts with other companies. Instead, he set up a studio and became his own boss, taking care of everything from negotiating contracts to selecting scripts.
Because she had no background and no agency, Zhang Wanyi's acting career was greatly affected.
In the third year after entering the industry, he only appeared in two works, "Moscow Operation" and "Everything I Said Is True", and his roles in both films were pitifully small.
Among the former, he is Kong Jie, the youngest Chinese policeman in the team. He is upright, young and energetic. He also has a vague love scene with actress Wu You. Later, the two collaborated again in "I Know I Love You".
Zhang Wanyi in this drama has lost her baby fat. Although she still looks silly, there is a scene in the drama where she and Xia Yu smoke together, and sexual tension begins to emerge.
In 2019, he began to make efforts in the drama market and played the boyhood of the male protagonist in "Communist Liu Shaoqi", which was broadcast on CCTV-1.
The young Liu Shaoqi he played was based on the principle of "a young man determined to serve the country", and focused on depicting the changes in his ideology from Tanzichong to Ningxiang County.
From "country boy Jiuman" to an impassioned and high-spirited man, Zhang Wanyi used his meticulous acting skills to interpret the growth arc of an outstanding great man.
And this drama may have laid the foundation for his future performance in "Awakening Age".
In the same year, Zhang Wanyi also played the supporting actor Fu Xiaoning in "My True Friend", a down-to-earth little character, just like an ordinary young man with flesh and blood who lives among the public and struggles for life.
He was penniless and had no background, but he worked hard and finally realized his dream on his own.
In terms of acting, Zhang Wanyi also did not disappoint. Watching his crying scene with his girlfriend Xishan now is still moving.
Then came "Awakening Age" which was broadcast in 2021, but in fact this drama was filmed in 2019 when Zhang Wanyi was only 25 years old.
It is said that the director chose him to play Chen Yannian just because of a ray of light. Zhang Yongxin said in an interview:
"It was a strange and fateful afternoon. It was a rainy afternoon. It was the usual frog-throwing audition. He was concentrating on reading the script and was completely unaware that a beam of light happened to hit his face. At that time, I felt that his eyes were the most appropriate."
He also mentioned that Zhang Wanyi was not very noticeable among all the handsome men running for the election.
Indeed, because of the subject matter, he brought to life in this play the most exciting, passionate and tragic best years of Chen Yannian's life, from the age of 17 to his death at the age of 29, but the focus was definitely not on being "handsome".
From Chen Yannian's stubbornness and willfulness to his high-spiritedness and determination to die bravely, Zhang Wanyi's eye acting is extremely moving, and his "smile when looking back" is still a "hardship" in the hearts of many people.
Few people know that in order to better portray the character, he designed a unique way of speaking, walking, and living habits for the character before filming, which was also revealed by the actors in the same crew:
During the nearly half-year shooting period, Zhang Wanyi's room was empty except for the script.
In the same year when "Awakening Age" was a hit, he also released two works with different themes, "The Legend of Fei" and "Children of Qiao's Family".
In the former, Zhang Wanyi plays the role of Li Ming, the Prince of Cao, who is both civil and military but extremely cruel. His handsome appearance allows the outside world to see his plasticity.
This time, his baby fat has completely disappeared, his facial lines have become smoother, and his neatly tied hair has fully revealed his superior bone structure.
What is even more surprising is that Zhang Wanyi's manners are perfect. It can be said that she has both the dignity of the ancients and the modern aesthetic, giving people a unique and magical feeling.
This may be related to his willingness to carefully ponder the script. In Zhang Wanyi's view, ancient people are also human beings, and emperors are also human beings. No matter how dignified they are, they will have a relaxed side. Therefore, when he interprets ancient roles, he is neither dignified nor loose. It can be said that he is very adept at it and deserves to be called "the ancient chosen by heaven."
In the TV series "Children of the Qiao Family" which was broadcast after "Awakening Age", Zhang Wanyi's image changed again.
This time, he is the honest, simple, yet stubborn and affectionate "Qiao Erqiang".
In this drama, Zhang Wanyi's look can basically be described in two words: ordinary.
He does not have Qiao Yicheng's intellectual "appearance" nor Qi Chenggang's "handsome man" label. He is ordinary from the inside out, even a little dull.
Zhang Wanyi used delicate eye acting to portray a young man who was unwilling to become a numb person in the great era - he used stubbornness to survive, broke through tradition, and finally married his master, which was truly moving.
Although she is a minor character, Zhang Wanyi in "Children of Qiao's Family" also has a scene full of hormones:
Sometimes he is a “cute puppy”, sometimes he is a “forbidden male god”.
Thanks to several hit works, the little-known Zhang Wanyi was finally noticed by the audience, and she gradually got into the limelight and received many acting offers.
In 2022, his leading male role work "Brave Wings" was broadcast, but the response to this drama was mediocre due to the subject matter and other reasons.
In the play, Qin Lang, played by Zhang Wanyi, is a young and promising young bomber pilot who is unwilling to play by the rules. He longs for change and hopes to make great achievements in the career he loves, which inevitably leads to many conflicts with his conservative predecessor Feng Lei.
In this drama, his appearance is still average, but the neat short hair also better shows his other side of fortitude and courage, which makes fans feel refreshed.
Then it comes to 2023 - this year is very critical for actress Zhang Wanyi, and it can also be said to be the year when her career took off.
The hit summer costume drama "Chang Xiang Si" made his name a "potential breakout star". In addition to his highly recognized acting skills, he was also jokingly called by netizens as "a reverse blood transfusion for the bad character of Xixuan". Zhang Wanyi's appearance was also recognized.
Although the drama is filled with handsome guys like Deng Wei, Tan Jianci, and Wang Hongyi, he has controlled many fans with the most orthodox Chinese aesthetic.
A plastic surgeon analyzed his appearance: his bone contours are quite superior, his nose is high, and his lips are rare crescent lips. The combination is grand and comfortable, and he always has a sense of righteousness, which is different from the popular dark-skinned handsome guys nowadays.
Moreover, Zhang Wanyi’s pair of peach blossom eyes are also very distinctive. They are as gentle as water when she smiles, and majestic when she is not smiling.
It is so compatible with the character of the young emperor "玱玹".
Despite the popularity, rumors that he is an "ordinary man" have once again become popular.
But Zhang Wanyi, who has a calm personality, has been producing good dramas one after another, including "I Know I Love You", "Extraordinary Doctor" and "Glory of Our Fathers", with a wide range of subject matter that is staggering.
Among them, the most popular one is the idol drama "I Know I Love You" starring him and Sun Yi. In this drama, he actually played a "male mistress" who was full of immorality.
He fell in love at first sight with the heroine when they first met. The atmosphere between the two was full of excitement, which made the audience excited.
In terms of appearance, his fashion style is also fresh and comfortable. A shirt can outline the image of an urban man with a refined lifestyle.
In "The Glory of Our Fathers", Zhang Wanyi became a rural child who walked out of the mountains, and his temperament was immediately changed because of his makeup.
In fact, Zhang Wanyi is an actor who is very dependent on makeup. Once the makeup is right, he will reach new levels of handsomeness.
Therefore, even though the appearance in "The Willow Boat" is basically the same as that in "Longing for You", it can also perfectly present his outstanding demeanor and superiority in bone structure.
He plays the "evil prince" Cui Xingzhou, who falls in love with the heroine during the extreme tug of war with her.
What is even more rare is that when interpreting the "dandy" Cui Jiu and the "Prince of Huaiyang" Cui Xingzhou, Zhang Wanyi achieved obvious differentiation. The two images are completely different: one is down-to-earth and down-to-earth, and the other is cunning and scheming.
It is for this reason that some fans said:
"Among the current domestic entertainment actors, some who are more handsome than him don't have as good acting skills as him, and those who have better acting skills than him are almost not as handsome as him..."
Zhang Wanyi is currently filming "Like Brocade", which is also an ancient idol drama, with Jing Tian as the female lead. In addition, he also has another drama "Splendid Peace" co-starring with Ren Min and Ci Sha to be broadcast.
Some people complained: It was unwise for Zhang Wanyi to "come down to earth" from serious drama and indulge in ancient costume drama. But in fact, he has already worked hard in serious drama, and there is nothing wrong with using ancient costume drama to broaden his acting range and harvest traffic.
After all, as he himself said: "With traffic, I can choose the dramas I want to act in."
These are all his works since his debut in 2018. Has his appearance changed? You can see it with your naked eyes.
But in fact, what has really changed is the increase in experience, and what has never changed is perhaps his original intention for acting.
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