Title: From now on, please call him "Actor"!

Author: Chu Tian.

When I first saw Wang Bangmin and Wu Hai mention "actor-level acting skills", I thought they were talking about themselves, but I didn't think it was right, with my understanding of the two of them, I knew that they were not such arrogant people, and they would not boast like this.

Then I thought that they were talking about Guo Ziping, which is understandable, because Guo Ziping's acting skills have indeed reached the actor level - he has already won a Golden Goblet Award actor trophy.

However, when they emphasized this word again and again, I realized that it was wrong, if they were talking about Guo Ziping, there was no need to emphasize it repeatedly, because Guo Ziping's acting skills have been professionally recognized and are obvious to all.

So, I became interested and turned out their arguments in the relevant reports and looked at them carefully, and sure enough, what they said was neither themselves nor Guo Ziping, but a name I never thought of - Zhao Zhenghao.

Presumably, when many people first see this argument, they feel the same as me, absurd and ridiculous!

Zhao Zhenghao = actor-level acting skills, how can this equation be true?

Not to mention Zhao Zhenghao's original profession, he is a singer, his acting is the same as his director, it is cross-border, only to say that his performance in the last two works - "A Chinese Ghost Story" and "Journey to the West" can only be described as decent at most, and there is still a distance of 108,000 miles from "actor-level acting".

At that time, "Infernal Affairs" had not yet been released on a large scale, although a trailer had already been launched, but only through the clips in the trailer, I couldn't be sure whether Zhao Zhenghao's performance had really reached the "actor level" as Wang Bangmin and Wu Hai said.

This gave me the idea of getting a sneak peek of "Infernal Affairs" for the first time, and I decided that if I received an invitation to attend the preview screening of "Infernal Affairs", I would break my rules and accept it.

It's a pity that "Zhenghao Studio" and Penguin Pictures, apparently full of confidence in "Infernal Affairs", did not hold a test screening for it, keeping the mystery to the end.

In desperation, I found "A Chinese Ghost Story" and "Journey to the West" again, hoping to find some clues that Zhao Zhenghao's acting skills have improved by leaps and bounds by revisiting these two films.

Acting skills cannot produce earth-shaking changes overnight, and it requires a process of accumulation and transformation.

When I used to watch "A Chinese Ghost Story" and "Journey to the West", I didn't pay much attention to Zhao Zhenghao's acting skills, and paid more attention to the film as a whole, because at that time, Zhao Zhenghao was questioned more, not about his acting skills, but about his directing skills.

Presumably many friends, like me, used to watch "A Chinese Ghost Story" and "Journey to the West", they only thought that the movie was very good, the story was very exciting, Zhao Zhenghao was not messing around as a director across the border, he did a good job, as for his acting skills...... Does he have acting skills?

However, when I revisited these two films and focused on Zhao Zhenghao's performance, I suddenly found that he does have acting skills!

Before this, Zhao Zhenghao left the biggest impression on people in terms of performance, which was his handsome face with no dead ends at 360 degrees, in "A Chinese Ghost Story", he gave full play to his advantages in this regard, and every close-up of him in the film can be taken as a blockbuster.

In "Journey to the West", in order to circumvent this advantage, he focused everyone's attention more on the movie itself, and did not hesitate to self-destruct his image, pretending to be ugly and obedient, but when we watched it at the time, we only felt that it was a kind of contrast cute, so cute!

but because of this, he ignored the changes in his performance.

I won't list specific examples here, there are too many, everyone is interested, you can turn these two films out and rewatch them, and pay attention to Zhao Zhenghao's performance, I promise, there will be another feeling.

Returning to "Infernal Affairs", by revisiting "A Chinese Ghost Story" and "Journey to the West", it was determined that Zhao Zhenghao's acting skills have indeed changed a lot compared to the previous impression, and I still dare not agree with Wang Bangmin and Wu Hai's arguments.

When Guo Ziping personally agreed with this argument in the promotion, I became more interested in "Infernal Affairs", and booked its premiere tickets early, and I couldn't wait to enter the theater to watch it in the first one of its release.

As is customary, here, I am not spoiling the plot, I can only say a word about my real feelings after watching the movie - the story is very exciting, and after watching the movie for an hour and a half, it feels like it is just a blink of an eye, and it has passed!

Because I see it with a clear purpose, I deeply feel Zhao Zhenghao's acting skills in this movie, at this time, even if I don't want to admit it in my heart, but in the face of indisputable facts, I have to admit that Zhao Zhenghao did show "actor-level acting skills" in this film!

After coming out of the screening room, my mind has been recalling the details of Zhao Zhenghao's performance in the film, the more I recall, the more wonderful I feel, there are many details, I didn't care when I watched it, but when I recalled it, I felt that each had a deep meaning, and I wanted to taste it carefully, but the impression was already blurred.

So I immediately went to the box office to buy another ticket, went in and watched it again, but was told that all the tickets for "Infernal Affairs" that day were sold out.

I didn't try my luck at other theaters because I knew that it wasn't going to be an isolated case, it should be common to all theaters.

I directly took out my mobile phone and booked tickets for the earliest show of "Infernal Affairs" the next day, and booked one more for fear that when I watched it for the second time, there would still be omissions.

The next day, when I entered the screening room again, I realized how wise I had been in booking an extra show yesterday.

I don't know about the situation of the screening halls of other theaters, anyway, the theater I went to, the two screenings I booked tickets, the screening hall was full, and the attendance rate was 100%.

The last time I encountered such a situation was a year ago, when I watched "Adult" (Note: "Adult" is a film released in 2016, with a box office of 7.5 billion in Dragon Country, and it is the box office champion in 2016).

After watching these two scenes, I have a deeper impression of Zhao Zhenghao's performance in this film, and I dare not have any doubts about Wang Bangmin and Wu Hai's "actor-level acting skills".

I believe that many people, like me, had great doubts about Zhao Zhenghao going to play against the three major actors when they learned about the cast of "Infernal Affairs", but at this time, when I recalled my original doubts, I only felt that I was too ridiculous.

I consider myself a professional film critic, and when I comment on films and acting skills, I will not be affected by old impressions, but here in Zhao Zhenghao, I still unconsciously made a preconceived mistake, thinking that Zhao Zhenghao, who was born as an idol, has no acting skills at all and cannot be called an "actor".

Now, with the facts, he slapped me in the face!

From today onwards, I will give Zhao Zhenghao fair treatment and regard him as a "real actor whose acting skills have reached the level of an actor"!