The TV series "Old Tavern", which is being broadcasted by Beijing Satellite TV, is full of stars. The leading actors Chen Baoguo and Amanda have outstanding acting skills and shine brilliantly, and the supporting roles also give people many surprises. Cheng Yu, a powerful actor, played the role of an old policeman who impressed people from the beginning.
In recent years, Cheng Yu has appeared frequently in many popular dramas. Ke Gaobin, the special agent of the police department in Cliff, Ma Hanshan, the director of Beiping Civil Affairs Bureau, who was born by the military in No War in Beiping, and the retired old policeman in Good Life are also him. Throughout his acting career, Cheng Yu can’t live without the role of police. Actors are most afraid of thousands of people, but Cheng Yu has used his decades of career to prove that even if he becomes a "professional policeman" on TV screen, he can create different police images with superb acting skills.
Playing with Chen Baoguo does not fall in the wind
As soon as "The Old Pub" started, Cheng Yu’s "Official" gave the hero Chen Huaihai a scare. In the former owner’s "Dead Body" shop, Chen Huaihai, who just came to Dalian Haoren Street from outside the customs, was charged with murder out of thin air. As the local manager of Hero Street, the "old policeman" appeared, and in a few words, he outlined the image of an old-time "official" who was greedy and cunning and tried to extort money.
In the play, several tricks of the "old policeman" and Chen Huaihai are very interesting. Faced with Chen Huaihai and others’ bossing around, when the deception was discovered, they were flustered and unintelligent, and at the last moment, they were frank and honest. In just a few minutes, the "old policeman" played by Cheng Yu did not fall under the powerful performance atmosphere of Chen Baoguo, and they felt quite diamond cut diamond about the play. With the development of the plot, the character level of the "old policeman" is gradually enriched. In the recently broadcast plot, "He Yitang" delivered food to Yang’s family, and Yang’s second aunt took the opportunity to blackmail Chen Huaihai. The "old policeman" solved the case fairly, which not only helped "He Yitang" to clear his grievances, but also helped the people in the old pub. The "old policeman" also cleverly covered the "old north wind" who came to go to his brother-in-law Chen Huaihai, and repeatedly instructed Chen Huaihai to let the "old north wind" leave. The audience at the theatre found that the "old policeman" who was bold at first was actually "washed white".
In fact, if you pay attention to Cheng Yu’s performance, you will find that he left a "live button" in the change of the role of "old policeman". If you know the fairness and justice of the "old policeman" in law enforcement and his dedication to the job of police, you will find that when he gave Chen Huaihai a scare, it was actually for the consideration of local management. Every time the corner of "old policeman" appears, it is full of scenes, and the expressions and actions of the characters are designed with ingenuity, and even the flavor of light comedy is occasionally performed. Some viewers teased, "Old Policeman" and Chen Huaihai’s "Love each other and kill each other", which animated the old buddy and brotherhood in daily life. appreciate each other’s friendship with a gentleman can stand the test in the long river of time.
Harbin Theatre lays a solid foundation.
Like most actors who have made their mark in film and television dramas, Cheng Yu originally polished his acting skills from the stage of drama. Cheng Yu was born in Harbin in 1957. After graduating from junior high school, he went to the countryside to jump the queue. After returning to the city at the age of 20, he accompanied his friends to take an examination of Harbin Theatre. As a result, he was hit by luck and was admitted. At that time, the examiner explained the reason for choosing him like this: "Someone has to play the bad guy." In this way, Cheng Yu started his acting career.
After entering the troupe, Cheng Yu polished his acting skills, and finally gained a firm foothold in the troupe and became a famous local drama actor in Harbin. His affinity with his wife, Han Xuesong, is also related to the troupe. After graduating from the director department of Shanghai Theatre Academy, Han Xuesong entered Harbin Theatre as a director, and they met because of the play. At the beginning of 1991, Harbin Theatre rehearsed the drama People’s Mao Zedong, with Han Xuesong as the director and Cheng Yu as the groom. When rehearsing and performing, Cheng Yu devoted himself wholeheartedly, and there was no trace of stylization in him, so he was a potential actor who was quick to connect and quick to connect. After the play was staged, it caused a sensation in the three northeastern provinces. With the continuous development of their relationship, Cheng Yu and Han Xuesong entered the marriage hall in 1992.
Because of its "unique" appearance, Cheng Yu was not favored at first in the film and television drama market, which always featured handsome men and beautiful women. In March 2002, he played the role of Ji Fushun, the county magistrate, in anti-corruption drama’s Supreme Interest, which was adapted from Zhou Meisen’s novel of the same name. In 2003, Cheng Yu ushered in the first highlight moment of his TV performance. In the criminal investigation drama "Honor" adapted from a real case, he played first hero Lin Jingdong, bringing the image of a public security bureau chief full of justice, seriousness and hatred to life. This is the first time in his life to play the role of a policeman, and it has officially opened his road of being a "professional policeman" for more than ten years.
Realizing the "Grand Slam" of Police Role
In his early film and television works, he played the Kuomintang spy, the enemy and puppet police, and the people’s police. In his contemporary works, he even played the criminal police, the film police and the traffic police all over the place. From the familiar 83-style olive green hat to the now-used 99-style navy blue, Cheng Yu achieved a "grand slam" in the film and television drama, which is also rare in domestic film and television dramas.
Once being crowned as a "professional household", it may mean the repetition of performance types, but Cheng Yu proved with superb acting skills that he not only does not have a thousand people, but also can be a thousand people. In 2012, Cheng Yu and Zhang Jiayi co-starred in Cliff, which showed the complexity of a villain. He created a secret agent leader who was quiet but insightful. Even his opponent Zhang Jiayi said, "Gao Bin’s eyes made me shudder when I saw him. Now I am particularly scared when I see him. He seems to be able to see through everything." In "No War in Beiping" in 2013, he played Ma Hanshan, who played the role of pig and tiger, and broke the slightly serious plot atmosphere with his joyful performance, which also made the audience remember the familiar face of the chief policeman.
For Cheng Yu, he may have met the best era of supporting roles. For a long time in the past, domestic dramas did not give matching honor and respect to powerful supporting actors like Cheng Yu. People paid attention to young actors with beautiful appearance and paid more attention to the leading role, but often ignored the supporting role of supporting actors in a good play. Fortunately, after the adjustment of the market in recent years, the brilliance of more acting actors has been released. This time in The Old Tavern, Cheng Yu didn’t waste his efforts for many years. He used his own efforts and talents to prove that good actors will shine everywhere. (Reporter Li Xiazhi)
