I didn't want to be an actor

In fact, the bigger the star, the harder it is to transform into a real actor!

Andy Lau is a typical example.

You can easily tell that he has no problem with his acting skills.

If you have time, you can go and watch one of his movies, "To the Fury of the Sea", and you will find that in the first movie, his acting skills were no problem...

He expressed his emotions very well, and his skills were skillful, without any exaggerated expressions - of course, except when he deliberately showed off.

From the beginning, he was a qualified actor - he was definitely talented in acting, otherwise he would not have become an excellent student in the wireless training class!

He is not the kind of example that many people market as "he was a fool at the beginning, and he became a superstar after years of steady progress"...

But in the early years, his personality was the kind of conceited and face-loving, like a big brother - the same as Jackie Chan, and then, when others were honestly acting and making movies, he was already thinking about setting up his own company.

But starting a company is not that easy. In the end, he owed a lot of money and could only make bad movies to pay off his debts. Invisibly, he developed a set of superficial and stereotyped acting skills.

His acting style is really bad.

The most extreme example is in "Five Tigers: The Breakup" (1991 movie), where he was able to play tricks for half a minute before shooting himself. His exaggeration is beyond description of bad acting skills!

In 1998, after relying on Wang Jing to get rid of the financial crisis, Liu Dehua gradually improved the quality of his films. With Jackie Chan, Chow Yun-fat, Leslie Cheung and other Hollywood stars going west and reducing production, good scripts on the market gradually gathered around him, and Liu Dehua ushered in his peak period...

But he was really too busy, so busy that he had no time to experience life and feel more and deeper joys and sorrows, which made his acting skills always stay at a certain level and could not really go deep.

"Lost and Love" is a typical example.

His rivalry with Liang Jiahui - a foreigner, did not think, understand, or gesture at all about what the traffic police said.

Both parties spoke Mandarin with a strong accent from a foreign place, and Andy Lau only listened once and understood?

This is not in line with the actual situation...

So, he has never been a first-class actor, but... it doesn't matter, his position should not be a singer or actor, he is a big star in the entertainment industry!

"My name is Chen Xiaomeng,"

"How old are you?"

Liu Dehua took out his ID card and looked at it: "Should be 29..."

Wan Qian couldn't help but look back at him a few times...

"Does it look a bit old?"

"No!" Wan Qian laughed: "I'm 33 this year!"

"Ka... Not bad!"

Shen Liang frowned, stood up and walked to Liu Dehua, whispering: "Brother Hua, after Sister Qian said she was 33, you look at the rearview mirror again and mutter 'I'm 29?' This will make this plot funnier..."

"Look at the rearview mirror again?"

"Yes, a kind of cold humor..."

"Okay!"

Liu Dehua immediately Do as instructed…

After this round, Rao Xiaozhi asked Shen Liang: “Do you think Hua Ge can add more scenes?”

“Sure, give him some dry humor. I always think Hua Ge is good at comedy. He has a sense of serious comedy. Among the Hong Kong actors, except Stephen Chow, Hua Ge’s comedy is also very good. At least he is much better than Chow Yun-fat!”

“Better than Chow Yun-fat?”

“Chow Yun-fat’s comedy is like a dog playing with a camel. He is not serious… It’s watchable, but you can’t think about it. It’s quite boring…”

Rao Xiaozhi was speechless. Even he, a die-hard fan of Liu Dehua, felt that Shen Liang was over-praising Liu Dehua…

That’s Chow Yun-fat!

A recognized big star with good acting skills!

Then Shen Liang said: "I feel that in "God of Gamblers", Liu Dehua's performance is better than Zhou Runfa's..."

"???"

Rao Xiaozhi widened his eyes, wondering what kind of absurdity Shen Liang could say...

"Chen Daozi is a name that can be recorded on the Internet. The charity gambling king Lu Benwei once said: 'I often say one thing. Chen Daozi was able to win 37 million with 20 yuan. It's not a problem for me, Lu Benwei, to win 5 million with 200,000 yuan.'"

"Who is Lu Benwei?"

"... No one... Let's continue filming!"

Boring, even the charity gambling king Lu Benwei doesn't know!

...

In fact, comedy is difficult to act. Take Chen Xiaomeng for example. When he speaks his lines, he should be timid and look up at people subconsciously...

But these are just skills.

How to make the audience feel that this character is funny?

You have to master the performance scale!

The most important quality of a comedian is the scale, which can also be called the sense of rhythm, not the acting skills.

How to grasp the degree of a joke, just enough to make the audience laugh without being too much?

The other party throws out a lead, how can you catch it just right?

Three times and four times, neither too fast nor too slow, neither too hot nor too cold, all the emphasis is on scale and rhythm!

In an orthodox comedy, the role serves the purpose of gags, whether it is identity, personality or even appearance characteristics, it is to create contrast and promote laughter.

It does not mean that acting in comedy does not require acting skills.

People without acting skills certainly cannot act well in comedy, but acting well in comedy often does not require too profound acting skills.

In fact, many veteran actors do not perform well in comedy, which does not mean that their acting skills are not up to standard, but that they do not grasp the scale well.

Shen Liang has never tried comedy before, so although he has made some designs, he does not know the specific effect...

So, I asked the stylist to design a straight bangs hairstyle for me - with a wig!

The stylist specifically told Shen Liang: "It is said that straight bangs are the most unlucky hairstyle... The forehead is the top of the head, and the straight bangs cover the forehead. This will affect luck, so long straight bangs will suppress luck..."

Shen Liang immediately realized: "No wonder "Bangs Fortress" is so bad, it turns out that the straight bangs caused it!"

The next scene to be filmed was the first scene of Chen Xiaomeng and Zhou Quan, in the hospital...

Chen Xiaomeng attempted suicide but found a bathhouse ticket. On the other side, Zhou Quan was stuck in traffic after completing his task. He also came to the bathhouse with the victim's (fake) blood on his hands.

The two people with different lives met dramatically in the bathhouse. Zhou Quan slipped on the soap and lost his memory. Chen Xiaomeng took Zhou Quan's key in the chaos and replaced Zhou Quan's identity...

In fact, Chen Xiaomeng just wanted to pretend at first - after all, Zhou Quan looked very rich, and he also wanted to experience the life of a rich person.

Driving a luxury car to pay off the debt...

Chen Xiaomeng felt very guilty for using Zhou Quan's things, so he came to the hospital to visit Zhou Quan and helped him pay the hospital bills.

However, when he learned that Zhou Quan had lost his memory, his guilt disappeared instantly. He naturally took over Zhou Quan's identity, car, house, and even money.

So, Chen Xiaomeng is essentially a disgusting character!

Shen Liang saw Liu Dehua lying on the hospital bed: "...You said your name is Chen Xiaomeng?"

"...Yes, this is my ID card...I have lost my memory!"

Shen Liang's tone could not hide his surprise: "You have lost your memory!"

"...Do we know each other?"

"Oh, we met once...Take good care of yourself, I'm leaving first!"