1905 movie network feature "Fight monsters, be careful to become monsters yourself."With the hit, the box office broke through 200 million, and his acting skills once again conquered the audience.
He played a paranoid to crazy detective in the play, one person played a multi-role, thrilling play in person, and contributed countless outstanding moments of acting.
Outside the play, a section of Liu Qingyun arrived at the scene at 6:30 to prepare, and the behind- the-scene that had been waiting for 8 hours in silence also quietly became popular.Many netizens praised: "This is the real actor!"
After 40 years of debut, more than 100 works, 16 nominations for Best Actor, and three awards, Liu Qingyun’s acting skills are well-known.
But off the screen, he has always maintained a rare low profile, no different from ordinary people, and was even regarded by the media as "Mr. Liu, an enthusiastic citizen".
Just like a detective who is obsessed with solving cases, perhaps only by facing the role can Liu Qingyun release his hidden enthusiasm and energy.
In an interview, he described what acting means to him: "I think acting is inseparable from me, and it doesn’t need to be separated."
"Detective is my destiny"
"When the director asked me to film, the first reaction was that I was a little surprised," Liu Qingyun said frankly, recalling the origin of his collaboration with "Detective War". "When I heard the theme he was going to shoot, I thought, this is my destiny."
The so-called "fate" refers to the indissoluble bond between Liu Qingyun and Wei Jiahui and the word "detective".
Fifteen years ago, the pair teamed up to create another film, played by Liu Qingyun as Chen Guibin, who vividly interpreted the extreme state of "genius on the left and madness on the right", and also made him a finalist for Best Actor at the Hong Kong Film Awards for the eighth time.
Similar to Chen Guibin, this time Li Jun is also a "genius", and he also bears the loneliness brought by his talent alone.
"Many geniuses don’t believe what they say at the beginning. It takes time for people to accept him. That feeling is very lonely and helpless."
In order to show the resentment that the characters were not understood by the outside world, Liu Qingyun kept screaming and shouting almost the whole time, allowing himself to enter the state of the character’s splitting madness. This kind of performance undoubtedly requires full dedication and extreme effort.
In the bed-the-scene, which was widely rumored on the Internet, Liu Qingyun arrived at the set eight hours early and ate breakfast at the bottom of the bridge like the "homeless man" played in the film. He did not play with his mobile phone during the whole process. Once he had a script, he began to figure out and discuss with the director.
In Liu Qingyun’s opinion, he did not say "play" or "play". From the day the filming started, he became Li Jun from the inside out.
"There is no difference between’putting in ‘and’coming out’ to me. ‘Shooting’ is for the staff, not for me. I am very bold, I believe, I am a detective!"
Liu Qingyun revealed that this work habit is also to adapt to Wei Jiahui’s unique directing style. He often shoots while thinking, and only gets the script of the day when he arrives at the scene. This also requires him to keep in shape at all times.
"Sometimes you prepare an emotional scene, wait for a day or two without filming, and suddenly tell you to shoot. Maintaining that state for a long time is the most difficult, which makes people feel very uneasy, and they dare not be happy or happy."
"Complaining" was "complaining". After more than 30 years of cooperation, there was an absolute tacit understanding and trust between him and Wei Jiahui, and it was still a familiar feeling on the set. "It’s the same feeling as when we first started filming together… The difference may be that there are more action scenes."
Jumping down from the ninth floor to chase the car and rushing left and right on Temple Street, 58-year-old Liu Qingyun regained his movements and was still full of desperation. What impressed him the most was the drama of jumping into the rapids recklessly.
"The current is very fast, you can’t stop at all, they used Weiya to hang me on their backs and put me in the water. I think that scene is very new, because it will really’die ‘."
At the premiere, some fans asked Liu Qingyun why he was still fighting so hard when he was nearly 60 years old and won the award. He smiled and replied that he hadn’t filmed such an action drama for a long time, which was the happiness of the actors.
"Awards don’t represent me"
"I don’t know why I like acting so much, I was born with it! But now acting is everything to me, my self-esteem, my achievements, the only thing I am better than others."
This is the line in the 2006 movie. Through the mouth of the character Pan Jiahui, Liu Qingyun also expressed his heart.
"I Want to Be Famous"
Many people say that this is a movie tailor-made for Liu Qingyun.
The Pan Jiahui in the play is middle-aged and has not met his talents. Liu Qingyun outside the play is obviously much luckier, but he also lacks the luck to win the award. He has passed the Best Actor of the Academy Awards six times in a row, and is called "Uncrowned Best Actor" and "The Strongest Actor".
Retrospectively, his first nomination was for the representative work of the transformation of the big screen – "New Love". This tear-jerking literary sketch conquered countless audiences and swept the awards ceremony to win six awards. Only Liu Qingyun’s best actor was disappointed.
What’s more, he had another work shortlisted at the same time. He thought it was "double insurance", but unexpectedly it became "double frustration".
Liu Qingyun recalled, "After the host announced the result, I sighed loudly. I was really disappointed."
The more frustrated he became, the more courageous he became, the more productive the big screen became, with at most seven or eight productions appearing in the audience each year, ranging from cops and gangsters to comedies to urban romances.
In the era of the bright stars of Hong Kong movies, the plain-looking Liu Qingyun was hard to show, but with his unique temperament and solid acting skills, he won the favor of a group of famous directors such as Wei Jiahui.
Some people say that he is like Guo Jing in Jin Yong’s martial arts, who is clever and does not work, but wise and foolish.
"Deadly Gold."
Johnnie To once commented on Liu Qingyun: "It’s easy to use, but it’s not realistic," while Wei Jiahui described him as "bottomless". And he mocks himself as a "rotten boy expert", which is best suited to interpret the little people who are confused and struggling in difficult situations.
Indeed, whether it is the irascible police in "High Alert", the murderous killer in "Dark Flower", the three-legged leopard in "Death Gold" who is full of affection and righteousness but does not know how to work, or Liang Junyi who is not in favor and works with love, there is always a kind of almost crazy stubbornness in the characters he plays, which is unforgettable.
"High Alert."
Not only in the police gangster film will be the character of the interpretation of the wood three points, Liu Qingyun in the literary film performance is equally delicate and moving.
He teamed up with Er Dongsheng to create "New Love" and are all classics, establishing his honest and affectionate image of a good man on the screen.
Er Dongsheng was deeply impressed by Liu Qingyun’s work attitude: "He has countless opinions on the script, because he has to fill in all the loopholes and find out the background of the whole character. He is an actor who keeps asking questions, and he keeps asking questions."
I can’t forget.
Both good and evil, both commercial and literary, with obvious acting skills, Liu Qingyun is regarded as the biggest hit every time he is nominated, but most of them are disappointed.
However, 12 years of "running with" experience has also made him look down on the award, "I can’t live with the trophy, I have to put it down and start again after holding it once. Although I haven’t picked it up yet, I have learned to let it go."
Until 2007, when "I Want to Be Famous" was truly "successful", Liu Qingyun was not overjoyed or overjoyed. What moved him the most was the thunderous applause that day, which was the recognition and encouragement of his peers, far more weighty than a trophy.
Liu Qingyun, who is approaching his 60s, is increasingly asked when he will retire. Now, in front of our camera, he responds: "Before marriage, acting was everything to me. After marriage, she (wife) is the most important."
"By now, I think acting is inseparable from me, and there is no need to separate. I didn’t think about what I would do after retirement. I will continue to act, and I will perform better and better than before."
Liu Qingyun thanked his wife in his acceptance speech for winning the Best Actor again
Not surprisingly, "Detective War" will have some success in next year’s awards ceremony, but Liu Qingyun must have already moved on to the next role.
Leave the classic words: "Awards don’t represent me, I represent it."