Huang Xiyan succeeded in ＂charming everyone with a smile＂ in the first part of ＂Feng Shen＂

Special feature of 1905 film network He was the most impressive "strongest man" in the hit drama "Northeast Placement", but he conquered more audiences with a smile because of the "smile at the gate" at the end of the film. In this issue of "Light and Shadow Star Podcast", we are greeted by actors.

In 2022, the youthful school drama "Northeast Placement Students" was broadcast and received the love of the audience. The drama tells a series of funny campus stories that happened in the contrast of cultural differences when poor students from a high school in Northeast China came to school in a southern city with great cultural differences from Northeast China. In the play, Huang Xiyan plays Zhang Wenfeng, the president of Judo Club of Xinghua Middle School. He is a proper "steel straight man" because he always talks about "the strongest man" in the play, so many people still like to call him "the strongest man" when it comes to Huang Xiyan outside the play.

In the summer of 2023, with the hot screening of the mythical epic film "Feng Shen Part I", Huang Xiyan was once again concerned by the public. In the film, he played Jiang Wenhuan, the son of Dong Bohou, and was a positive role with affection and righteousness. Especially when Ji Fa was released at the end of the film, Jiang Wenhuan’s brilliant smile touched many viewers.

Q: As an actor, what kind of role do you think Jiang Wenhuan is?

A: Jiang Wenhuan’s personality is straightforward and tough, and he has his own judgment of good and evil. His overall goal is actually to be a good son of his father, so he will have two stages of personality and characteristics in the film. The first one is that he is hesitant in the first half, and the second one is that his father’s death is a great blow to him, so he will have a character change, and then he will help Ji Fa escape from Chaoge.

As a member of the "Fengshen Proton Group", Huang Xiyan also entered the Fengshen Training Camp for training and study in 2018.

Q: What was your most impressive training experience in the training camp?

A: The most impressive thing is that I entered the camp on January 9, 2018. It was winter in Huairou, and it was very cold. Because I was a southerner, it was the first time to go to the north and go to Beijing for training. We wore down jackets every day there, got up and ran at 5 am from Monday to Saturday, and then went to class until 9 pm. That was the most impressive experience for me.

There is a wonderful proton war dance segment in the film. All the protons leave the country without makeup, and they go shirtless to perform the bloody war dance, and the hormones burst out, showing blood and boldness of vision, which is a highlight segment in the minds of many viewers.

Q: What is the biggest challenge for you when shooting the proton war dance scenes in the film?

A: The part of the war dance is that we are an army, so we must act in unison. Because the rhythm of ancient music is different from that of modern times, we practiced for a long time before filming this part of the war dance, including where we need to raise our hands uniformly and how low we should squat, which is a big challenge for us. I remember that scene was the first day we started shooting, and we shot it for 24 hours. Everyone was very tired, but the effect was very good.

Q: What is the significance of this work to your whole performance career?

A: It’s a life change for me to participate in the whole trilogy of deities, which is of great help to me on the road of being an actor. In fact, at the beginning, because it would take two years, I was hesitant to come to the training camp for gods, but later I decided to come, because I thought I could learn martial arts, equestrian, ancient music, archery, and some acting classes in the training camp for gods, so I could learn a lot, so when I finished learning these things, I would go outside to shoot movies, such as riding horses and shooting martial arts dramas in Hengdian, so this work was very useful.

On the model selection stage in 2012, Huang Xiyan once said, "I want to charm you with my sunny smile", and in the summer of 2023, Huang Xiyan really charmed thousands of audiences with his "smile at the gate" in "Feng Shen I".

After the release of "Feng Shen Part I", Huang Xiyan’s youthful suspense drama "Da Song Juvenile Tale 2" also met with you, and the romantic comedy "Give up Captain Han" with him as the leading actor has just started broadcasting. I believe that time will not live up to this sincere actor. With continuous learning and precipitation, he will surely shine in more film and television works.