became famous at a young age, like a peerless composer, he used musical notes to weave his own music of life;From the glory of the music scene to the Broadway dream, at the peak of his career, he chose to leave the stage for a while and start from scratch;Now that he has passed the age of sixties, he still maintains a full and self-disciplined rhythm of life.
In the face of aging, he said, it is impossible to stay in one moment forever;He also said that he enjoys his current mentality more than returning to the peak of his appearance. After years of baptism, he continues to break through himself and explore more possibilities.
The times have me, and the products are passed down from generation to generation. Produced by Phoenix.com and co-created by Guizhou Xi Wine, the fourth season of the talk show "Junpin Talk", this issue talks to Chinese pop male singer and actor Fei Xiang about his acting path.
Fei Xiang became famous at a young age and became a superstar in the music world
"I still prefer the current state of mind".
In 1981, 21-year-old Fei Xiang returned to Taiwan after graduating from the drama department of Stanford University and participated in the TV series "Eleven Women's Performance". A year later, he released his first solo ** "Lingering", which won the Golden Record Award that year and was named the first of the top ten records of the year. Subsequently, he successively launched two albums of "Ask the Sun" and "The Sea and the Sky", and quickly became a high-profile artist. His ** has caused a sensation in Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and other places, ranking first in the rankings everywhere.
Talking about the feeling of the explosion at the beginning, Fei Xiang said that he was in "chaos" in his 20s, and he felt at a loss in the face of praise and blame from the outside world. Now 62 years old, he calmly faces aging, and he enjoys his current mentality more than returning to the peak of his appearance, "I cherish all my accumulated life experience now, which is in exchange for years." ”
Fei Xiang talked about the feeling of becoming famous at a young age.
In 1986, Fei Xiang came to the mainland of the motherland to develop and signed a contract with Guangzhou Pacific Audio-Visual Company, becoming the first Taiwanese artist to cross the strait and enter the mainland (mainland) music scene. The next year, he appeared on the stage of the CCTV Spring Festival Gala and sang two songs, "Clouds in Hometown" and "A Fire in Winter", which became the collective memory of a generation.
That night, Fei Xiang wore a red tuxedo and sang "You are like that fire, the roaring fire illuminates me", lighting up the atmosphere on Chinese New Year's Eve. Since then, his charm has spread across the country, and in 1989, Fei Xiang has held 65 concerts in 12 cities, each of which was sold to capacity. His name became an indelible presence of that era.
Fei Xiang said goodbye to fame and fortune and resolutely went to Broadway
"There will be a feeling of standing firm".
When his career was booming, Fei Xiang made a decision - after the tour, he left the Chinese music scene and went to Broadway in the United States to pursue the ideal of ** drama. Looking back on the choice made at the peak of his career, Fei Xiang said frankly, "I can sing another 100 songs (at that time), but I have done almost everything I can ......."If I don't find a way to go further, my acting path may get narrower and narrower."
In October 1989, Fei Xiang resolutely went to Broadway after his last concert at the Beijing Workers' Stadium, giving up the glory of the Chinese music scene and experiencing a new role from scratch. From a stage superstar to a supporting role in ** drama, Fei Xiang thought very clearly, he wanted to know, "If I get rid of the word Fei Xiang, what am I?"
After arriving in the United States, Fei Xiang became an ordinary person. Singing, vocal training, participation in training, ......He actively worked hard for the Broadway assessment, "At that time, I could only open up for interviews." In 1991, the 31-year-old Fei Xiang broke through layers of screening and stood out from more than 300 competitors and became one of the members of the premiere team of "Miss Saigon" and appeared on the Broadway stage.
Fei Xiang (left) tells Wu Xiaoli (right) about his career choice.
Since then, he has collaborated with the top Broadway composers and creators on many times, starring in works such as "Hot Key" and "Nico and Nora". In 1997, he funded the production of the Chinese version of "Broadway Selection"**In 2001, Fei Xiang and the ** drama legend Weber and the Broadway team staged the "Extraordinary Sir Weber World ** Drama Festival" for Chinese audiences in the Great Hall of the People and the Shanghai Grand Theatre.
During his seven years on Broadway, Fei Xiang finally lived a real life and found his true self. Recalling that time, Fei Xiang felt very satisfied, "There will be a feeling of standing firm, and (this experience) is a recognition for me personally."
At the age of 62, he appeared on the screen to "become a god".
"Artists have to be very cruel to look in the mirror".
In 2023, the mythological epic movie "Fengshen Part 1: Chao Song Fengyun" will be released, and Fei Xiang will appear in front of the screen again. In order to better restore the figure and temperament of the king, Fei Xiang made a lot of preparations.
Since joining the crew in 2018, Fei Xiang feels "like he has returned to college". In order to better interpret the role, the crew designed martial arts, equestrian, etiquette, drumming, shaping and other courses for him, while Fei Xiang shuttled between various training grounds every day.
He knows that "these (skills) must be accumulated", and only by investing time and energy in training will the desired results be achieved. "A gentleman who respects his own and does not admire his heaven is advancing with the sun. This means that a gentleman values his own efforts and does not expect gifts from heaven, so he can improve every day. Fei Xiang perfectly illustrates this sentence, citing the young actors in "Fengshen" as an example, "training camp is very important to them, this is their hard work (role)", rather than relying on the favor of the team or the director.
Fei Xiang talked about the training life of the crew.
After the release of the film, Fei Xiang created the image of the king in the film, with a resolute face, a strong body, domineering and elegant, which fully restored Xunzi's king of the king, "Giant and beautiful, the best in the world." The strength is super strong, and the enemy of a hundred people is also", which shocked the audience again.
In the face of the passage of time, Fei Xiang has an open-minded attitude, "It's a good thing to pick it up, for artists (for artists), every time period, every audience is growing, and you are also growing......."It's impossible to keep the feeling of a moment." What an artist has to do is to understand himself, "and he has to be very cruel to look in the mirror".
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