The sense of relaxation, the sense of life, and the plasticity between good and evil in him are the qualities that actors need most.Author |Captain Produced by |Captain of the Mining Force
Lei Jiayin is becoming the new face of Chinese actors.
In the Spring Festival in 2024, he starred in "Hot and Hot", with a box office of nearly 3 billion yuan in 10 days, sprinting for the annual championship. "Article 20", which served as the first starring role, had a box office of more than 1.5 billion yuan in 10 days, and under the fermentation of word-of-mouth, it fell backwards for many days.
In the Spring Festival file of 2023, he participated in the movie "Man Jianghong", and finally won 45With a box office of 4.4 billion yuan, it ranked as the champion of the year. During the National Day schedule of the same year, the box office of "Solid as a Rock" starring him exceeded 1.3 billion yuan.
Back to the Spring Festival file in 2021, "Assassination of the ** Family" starring Lei Jiayin has a box office of over 1 billion yuan. It was also that year that Jia Ling's "Hello, Li Huanying" was a miraculous success. 3 years later, Lei Jiayin became Jia Ling's "scumbag friend".
In addition to movies, in recent years, the TV series "The Twelve Hours of Chang'an" and "The World" starring Lei Jiayin have also won a bumper harvest of word-of-mouth and business, and they are the hits of the year.
has many works, good reputation, high box office, 40-year-old Lei Jiayin, entering the best stage of life as an actor, everything is so wonderful.
But at this point, he has crossed a lot of hurdles.
Lei Jiayin's starting point in his film and television performance career was in 2011, when he met director Ning Hao.
At that time, because of the explosion of the two works "Crazy Stone" and "Crazy Racing", Ning Hao became a representative of cutting-edge directors, and became popular with Huang Bo, who looked like a crotch but had a great personality. Too many actors want to cooperate with Ning Hao, even if there are not many scenes, they can also rub off on the popularity.
In 2011, Ning Hao planned to film "**The Great Robbery" and decided to use a newcomer to play the protagonist "Little Northeast", but he was not satisfied after picking a few rounds, and saw that the start date was coming.
At this time, Xu Zheng, who had worked with Ning Hao, recommended his colleague Lei Jiayin at the Shanghai Drama Center to him.
Who is Lei Jiayin? This was a question shared by Ning Hao and most of the audience at that time.
In 1983, Lei Jiayin was born in Anshan, Liaoning Province, and many years later, he was nicknamed "Anshan He Zhenyu". Both parents were workers, and my mother studied Chinese, but she was laid off and went to the night market to sell things for a living, and Lei Jiayin also helped to drink.
When he was a child, Lei Jiayin didn't like to study, and his family was not strict, and he could blow a bottle of beer in the first grade of primary school. When I was in junior high school, I dropped out of school before finishing because of my early love, and I was idle at home.
At that time, his dream was to open a commissary. After all, it's better than going to a night market to set up a stall.
Young Lei Jiayin.
When he was 16 years old, a secondary vocational college "Shenyang Foreign Affairs Service School" came to Anshan to recruit students, including art majors, including modeling, acting, dance, vocal music and other classes. A friend wanted to see which girls had signed up for the model, so he took Lei Jiayin to sign up together.
At that time, Lei Jiayin's height had grown to 1.79 meters, which was also suitable for modeling, and his father accompanied him to Shenyang for the exam.
In the examination room, Lei Jiayin met the examiner Lu Xiaohe by chance, who was "Liang Sanxi" in the movie "Garland Under the Mountain", and later played the role of Ren Xing in Li Yapeng's version of "Smiling Proud Jianghu". Lu Xiaohe is an actor in the Shenyang Repertory Theatre and is employed as an art teacher by the Foreign Affairs School.
Lu Xiaohe felt that Lei Jiayin had a good image, suggested that he learn acting, and brought him to the examination room of the acting department.
The topic of the exam that day was "Your Favorite Principal Announces Retirement", and the other candidates all performed and cried, only Lei Jiayin looked around a few times, turned his head and left. Lu Xiaohe felt that this kid had a personality and was a piece of material.
In this way, Lei Jiayin accidentally embarked on the road of acting.
During the period of secondary vocational study, coinciding with the hit of "Kangxi Dynasty", Lei Jiayin admired Chen Daoming and practiced his lines with the TV series: "I succeeded to the throne at the age of eight......”
In 2002, 19-year-old Lei Jiayin was admitted to the Shanghai Theater Academy with the second place in the country and achieved a college upgrade.
Therefore, not every child with poor academic performance is useless, the key is where to put it and what it is learning.
In college, the line teacher once told him: "Lei Jiayin, you look good and evil, especially suitable for playing the role of Huang Laoxi." "This evaluation is very accurate, both good and evil, in order to play complex roles, and the drama will be wide.
After graduating from Shanghai Opera in 2006, Lei Jiayin was admitted to the Shanghai Drama Center with the first place. In this unit, there are already Xu Zheng, Guo Jingfei and other senior brothers who graduated from the play. Two years later, Chen He and Zheng Kai also came in.
Lei Jiayin and Guo Jingfei are friends.
In the next 5 years, Lei Jiayin spent most of his time on the drama stage and also participated in TV series, but he was not famous.
Thanks to the recommendation of the elder brother Xu Zheng, Lei Jiayin participated in the audition of "**The Great Robbery". Ning Hao decided to use him in his heart without reading it. He has a ruffian and cowardly temperament, but he also has the stubbornness to be a hero, which is just right.
In April 2012, "* The Great Robbery" was released, with a box office of 1500 million yuan, ranking 29th on the box office list that year.
At that time, it was the heyday of Hollywood, and a 3D version of "Titanic" ended with 9700 million yuan to win the championship. The highest box office of domestic films is Zhang Yimou's "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling", 5900 million yuan. Ning Hao's movie is considered a medium grade.
Lei Jiayin in "**The Great Robbery".
As "Ning Hao's man", Lei Jiayin felt that he was going to become popular, imagining the days when he took magazine covers and made announcements every day.
But, the movies were all released, and none of this came.
Lei Jiayin was a little aggrieved. Ning Hao told him, hold on, wait, don't act in a TV series.
But Lei Jiayin couldn't hold back, he couldn't live without acting, he still went to act.
Looking back now, it was a good thing that there was no fire at that time, and he was given more time to practice, so that he could rise to prominence later.
Just finished playing the leading role in the movie, Lei Jiayin starred in some of the next TV series, but it was dumb.
2013's "Weaning in the Year of the Baby" is a workplace drama with little noise. In 2015, he collaborated with Huo Siyan in "My Daughter-in-law is the Queen" and Yao Di in "Love in a Saucer", and the Douban scores were below the passing line.
What's more, Lei Jiayin's screen image is solidified, and he mostly plays the image of a cheap and swishing little man, and the pattern can't be opened.
Lei Jiayin "My daughter-in-law is the queen".
In September 2014, Ning Hao's new movie "Heart Flower Road" was released, with a box office of 116.9 billion yuan, ranking second in the annual box office list. But this time the starring roles are Huang Bo and Xu Zheng, and Lei Jiayin is just a cameo.
The one who plays the leading role can't be popular, but the one who plays the supporting role is a big hit, this so-called metaphysics.
At the same time, the entertainment industry has entered the era of small fresh meat. In 2014, Li Yifeng became popular because of "The Legend of the Ancient Sword", and Wu Yifan, Lu Han, and Yang Yang, who returned to China for development, were called the "four major flows". TFBOYS has been established for one year, and the three little ones have also accumulated super popularity.
Lei Jiayin, an actor whose image and popularity are in a half-dead state, looks like he is about to be submerged by the tide of the times.
In 2015, he took over the filming of the TV series "White Deer Plain", and is no longer the protagonist, playing the role of Lu Zhaopeng, the eldest son of the Lu family. filmed this drama, he stayed in rural Shaanxi for a year, and he felt more and more out of touch with the times and was very anxious.
Lu Zhaopeng in "White Deer Plain".
When he is free, he watches variety shows and has fun. That year was also a big year for variety shows, "Run, Brother", "Where Are You Going, Dad", and "Extreme Challenge", which were at their climax. Perhaps affected by this, Lei Jiayin later appeared on a variety show.
In April 2017, "White Deer Plain" was finally launched, and the popularity of this famous IP is very high, but Lei Jiayin's role is not likable, and the symbolization is too strong. Lu Zhaopeng and Bailing's CP is also unbearable.
Even Lei Jiayin himself chose to fast-forward when he watched it.
It's a good thing to have filming, but if you don't get a good response on the play, it's uncomfortable. Lei Jiayin saw that he was about to fall to the bottom.
Unexpectedly, good luck followed.
In July 2017, the family workplace drama "The First Half of My Life" was broadcast, Lei Jiayin played the male No. 2 Chen Junsheng (male one is Jin Dong), who cheated in marriage and married a junior after divorce, a typical scumbag.
was originally an unlikable character, but because of the complex personality of the character, Lei Jiayin acted realistically and distressed, but it received great attention and was called "brother-in-law" by the audience, which became popular.
The first half of my life" and Wu Yue became popular.
In the same month, "Embroidered Spring Knife 2" directed by Lu Yang was released, Lei Jiayin played the male No. 3 "Nanzhen Fusi Jinyiwei" Pei Lun (male one shock, male second Zhang translation), and a noodle scene in the film left a deep impression on the audience.
The final box office of the film is 26.5 billion yuan, Douban score 72 points, it is a masterpiece of new martial arts films.
And Ning Hao is the producer of this film, and his Bad Monkey Film and Television Company is the co-producer, and it is also Ning Hao who recommended Lei Jiayin to act. Going around and around, this cooperation between the two finally made Lei Jiayin's fame one step further.
Embroidered Spring Knife 2" also allowed Lei Jiayin to be nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the Golden Horse Awards.
July 2017 is the July of Lei Jiayin.
Lei Jiayin in Embroidered Spring Knife 2.
In fact, after a few years of hustle and bustle, the film and television industry has gradually returned to common sense, and powerful actors have been recognized again. Zhou Yiwei (the annual champion of "The Birth of an Actor"), Pan Yueming ("Chasing the Murderer in the Day") and others also became popular this year.
Because of the success of "The First Half of My Life", Lei Jiayin got the opportunity to star in the movie "Living Together in Time and Space". Senior brother Xu Zheng served as the producer of the film, and the heroine Tong Liya had worked with him in "Weaning", and they were all acquaintances.
In the film, Lei Jiayin from 1999 and Tong Liya in 2017 "live together in time and space", the collision of the times and the germination of love are brain-opening and interesting.
Coincidentally, Lei Jiayin was also admitted to the art school in 1999, which was a turning point in his life.
Lei Jiayin and Tong Liya.
In May 2018, the film was released with a box office of 90.2 billion yuan, breaking the curse of domestic sci-fi films, is also a classic of romance films.
This is the first film starring Lei Jiayin to achieve box office success.
In the nearly 20 years since he embarked on the road of art, his talent and talent have been gradually discovered by nobles from all walks of life along the way and given the opportunity to be displayed.
Once you get out of the Three Gorges of Destiny, there is wide water in front of you.
In 2017, the year Lei Jiayin became popular, he received the script of "The Twelve Hours of Chang'an".
Director Cao Dun, a photographer, previously cooperated with Teng Huatao to shoot popular dramas such as "Snail House", "Double-sided Tape" and "Naked Marriage Era", all of which are also set in Shanghai.
Originally, Cao Dun wanted Lei Jiayin to play another role in the play, Yao Runeng, but after Lei Jiayin read the book, he liked the protagonist Zhang Xiaojing, and asked the director to eat a meal of oily noodles and fought for it.
As a native of Xi'an, Cao Dun's previous works have mostly cooperated with Shaanxi actors, such as Zhang Jiayi ("Snail House"), articles ("Naked Marriage Moment"), etc. If it weren't for the derailment of the article, it would be very likely to play Zhang Xiaojing.
Interestingly, Lei Jiayin has cooperated with the two women of the article, Ma Yili and Yao Di.
From November 11, 2017 to June 15, 2018, 217 days before and after, Lei Jiayin was filming "The Twelve Hours of Chang'an". There are many action scenes in the film, and he is often injured, and Lei Jiayin almost feels that this is his last play.
In June 2019, "The Twelve Hours of Chang'an" was launched and quickly exploded, with a Douban score of 86 points, known as China's No. 1 drama in 2019, and finally won the Golden Eagle Award for Outstanding TV Drama.
Compared with the movie, this drama has consolidated Lei Jiayin's identity as a powerful actor of the new generation, and he has truly gained a firm foothold in the film and television industry.
Lei Jiayin has a breakthrough in acting skills in this drama.
Also in 2019, another Shaanxi director found Lei Jiayin-Zhang Yimou to shoot "Solid as a Rock" and invited him to play the male number one Su Jianming.
As early as 1999, when Lei Jiayin was studying acting at Shenyang Art School, he dreamed of one day being able to play Zhang Yimou's **. After 20 years, the wish has finally come true. But because "Rock Solid" was released late, many people didn't know that this was their first time working together.
In the film, Lei Jiayin played against a group of old actors, such as Chen Daoming, who was once his idol, and netizens commented that he was like "a husky who fell into the wolf's den".
Zhang Yimou, who has entered his later years, likes to use familiar actors, and is no longer as popular as before. The communication cost of acquaintance actors is low and the shooting efficiency is high, which is also the reason for his high output in recent years.
After cooperating with "Solid as a Rock", Zhang Yimou filmed "On the Cliff" and "Man Jianghong" next, and continued to use Lei Jiayin, but he was not the protagonist, he made cameos. The latter two films were released first, and Lei Jiayin's Qin Hui in "Man Jianghong" was highly praised.
Zhang Yimou praised, "Qin Hui came alive under his interpretation, I didn't expect him to act like that." It's a pity that Lei Jiayin failed to win the Golden Rooster Award for Best Supporting Actor for this role.
Lei Jiayin played Qin Hui very well.
However, Lei Jiayin starred in Zhang Yimou's "Article 20", which is the fourth collaboration between the two in just 5 years. The film's word-of-mouth performance is good, and Lei Jiayin has also maintained his usual natural and down-to-earth performance level, and is expected to win the performance award.
At the level of TV dramas, Lei Jiayin's achievements are even more prominent, and "The World" broadcast in 2022 made him win the Magnolia Award and the Golden Eagle Award.
As early as 2015, when filming "White Deer Plain", Lei Jiayin was thinking about when he could make an epic drama about life in the Northeast. In 2021, this goal was achieved, and director Li Lu invited him to star in "The World".
Lei Jiayin had watched "In the Name of the People" directed by Li Lu before, and felt very enjoyable, so he decisively agreed. And Li Lu just watched "The Twelve Hours of Chang'an" and insisted on letting Lei Jiayin play Zhou Bingkun.
Zhou Bingkun was born in 1952, exactly the same age as Lei Jiayin's father. Speaking of which, it's all fate.
Lei Jiayin plays Zhou Bingkun.
In fact, over the years, many of the works Lei Jiayin has starred in have cooperated with the director many times, because of their familiarity and trust with each other.
After becoming popular with "The First Half of My Life", he collaborated with director Shen Yan on "Basic Law of Genius" and "Meritorious". After "Embroidered Spring Knife 2", he starred in "Assassination of ** Home" directed by Lu Yang.
In the Spring Festival of 2023, he starred in "Exchanging Lives", which is the new film of Su Lun, the director of "Living Together in Time and Space", but this time it failed to replicate the box office miracle of the previous work.
And this Spring Festival file, when Lei Jiayin starred in ** soaring, his first Bole Ninghao was very disappointed, and "Mr. Red Carpet" had to be withdrawn because of the dismal box office.
This is the film and television industry, the tide rises and falls, the people are light, this time, that time.
Next, Chen Kexin's "Sauce Garden Lane" starring Lei Jiayin and Cao Dun's "Lychee of Chang'an" are both expected to be broadcast in 2024, and it will be interesting to see whether they can continue the current momentum.
What is certain is that Lei Jiayin, who is in the best period of his career, does not worry about not having a good book.
The sense of relaxation, the sense of life, and the plasticity between good and evil in him are the qualities that actors need most.
A reporter once asked Lei Jiayin: What do you want to do after you don't become an actor? His answer was: eat as a fat man and travel the world.
It's also good that you can make another male version of "Hot and Hot".
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