After 40 years old, how big is the gap between Ruan Jingtian and 16 years ago, when he became popular overnight？

1905 movie network feature When the movie was released, just after his 41st birthday, many viewers’ earliest and deepest impression of him was the young rich boy Ji Cunxi in the idol drama "Fated to Love You" 15 years ago.

Time passed by in an instant. In this interview, we saw that he not only has the maturity and calmness of this age group, but also still retains the lively and precious "childish spirit" that belonged to Ruan Jingtian after he made his debut at the age of 20.

Not long ago, during an interview and live broadcast of "Wanted", Ruan Jingtian shouted from the air, "I am 50 years old and not married, you are 50 years old and not married, you come to my house". Under the hype of media reports, the topic of the two’s 50-year-old marriage agreement became a hot search.

It was, of course, a humorous, interactive joke. He and Mr. Zhang met 16 years ago on the TV show "I’m in Kenting," and have been good friends ever since. Mr. Ruan remembers Mr. Zhang’s sudden appearance on the day of his grandparents’ farewell ceremony, giving him a real sense of their friendship. "No matter how long it takes to meet, you know there’s another person standing behind you."

Ruan Jingtian did not think that the marriage agreement at the age of 50 would come true, "It seems that no one wants the two of us, and we will get together at the age of 50. No, I believe that even when we reach the age of 50, we should be the kind of two people who are willing to give each other support and strength no matter what happens to the other."

"Hunted" prompted the two to cooperate again after 16 years. As a producer, Zhang Junjun took the initiative to call and invite Ruan Jingtian to star, and Ruan Jingtian agreed. He also wanted to know how the two would change in their acting work in the past 16 years.

Zhang Junyu has many friends in the circle, and Ruan Jingtian believes that he is the one who is more suitable for interpreting the role of Lin Yousheng in the film, because in this role, he can see some of his life trajectories and conditions over the years.

Ethan sees "The Hunt" as part of the end of the 40-year-old painting. He said it was quite enjoyable to draw.

"Hunted" is a mirror for me

"The character in’Hunted ‘is more of a mirror, a reflection of my life situation in the previous years, or looking at the surrounding environment with my eyes."

Ruan Jingtian plays Lin Yousheng, a small owner of a grocery store who works privately as an illegal human agency. His ex-girlfriend, a female migrant worker, was accidentally abused and murdered. Lin Yousheng’s love and hatred with his ex-girlfriend made him a suspect in the case…

When he saw the script and the role, Ruan Jingtian knew it in his heart. There were two main reasons why he had confidence in playing Lin Yousheng.

About seven or eight years ago, Ethan Ruan began riding motorcycles and often rode with his team friends, who came from all walks of life, including people like Lin Yousheng who worked hard in the vegetable market. Therefore, he can better empathize with the environment in which this character lives and the hardships he has put in to maintain his life.

When I came into contact with this movie, Ruan Jingtian’s grandparents happened to have an Indonesian caregiver who took care of them. After a long time together, he found that migrant workers did have the problem of being marginalized by society, so he was very touched by the theme of this story.

The character contains some of his views on life experiences and perceptions. In a scene of emotional breakdown after learning that his ex-girlfriend was murdered, Ethan cries in anger and despair. When acting, he mobilizes a similar experience at a certain stage in his life and immerses himself in the character’s psychological state.

He was also able to understand the human meaning behind the character. At first, Lin Yousheng was suspected of murdering his ex-girlfriend. As the investigation deepened, it turned out that he was also a victim, experiencing the double blow of breaking up and losing his loved one forever.

"It’s easy for us to label certain people with our own subjectivity, and when we get to know a person closely, we will know that he has suffered so much pain." Lin Yousheng is such a person. On the surface, "I am fine", but in fact, after returning home and closing the door, "I am still a fragile soul." Ruan Jingtian played such a person.

In the difficult situation, he still wants to seize a little light. The policewoman Wu Jie played by Zhang Junjun is like a pair of hands that appear in his sinking life. In the process of finding the truth of the case, they have become a ray of light to comfort each other’s lost lovers.

Enter the 40-year-old "sober world"

Looking back on the period of "I’m Destined to Love You", Ethan Ruan said that he was like "a Muggle who accidentally entered the wizarding world." Today, he obviously has more mature ideas and thinking about his performance.

At the age of 20, he passed the model interview, starred in the "Love" MV and entered the entertainment industry. At the age of 25, he starred in "Destined I Love You", which became popular overnight. Ruan Jingtian admitted that it was because of the play "Destined I Love You" that he continued his "life", otherwise he would have left the film and television industry early.

At that time, he thought that modeling was a good opportunity to work part-time, and decided to make a career out of it. In the five years before he met "Fated to Love You," he had achieved nothing. It was only when the show became popular that he was able to stay in the industry and later have the opportunity to star in "Monga." The film set a box office record in Taiwan, and Ethan Ethan won the Best Actor award for it, which was something he had never imagined before entering the industry.

Another benefit of "Destined to Love You" for Ethan Ruan was that he established his rigorous work quality. One day he was 30 minutes late. Before he finished filming and was about to go home, the director stopped him and asked him to stand by the side for 30 minutes before he was allowed to leave.

"The shame and embarrassment at the moment are extremely embarrassing." This incident deeply affected Ruan Jingtian. From then on, he did not like to be late for work, and he did not like that everyone was not in the state at work.

Since "I’m Destined to Love You" and "Monga", Ruan Jingtian has been trying to perform different types of works and seeking new opportunities for performance: learning to ride horses and challenging action scenes in the movie; acting as a perverted killer in the movie; acting in a costume drama for the first time through "Shake"; through "Assassin Nie Yinniang", "Di Renjie’s Four Heavenly Kings" and other major directors…

In the new film "Hunted" and another "Three Evils in the Week", which has been praised for his personal acting skills, Ruan Jingtian summed up these films and characters he encountered in the past year or two as a period of recollection and a certain period before he entered his 40-year-old life, "forcing me to face the loneliness and weakness I had in the past, forcing me to face the unbearable I had."

He said, "Before the age of 40, I did often feel angry about certain things, eager to prove myself, eager to refute the labels that others put on you. After the age of 40, especially after the departure of my relatives and loved ones, it made me more accepting of what I was like, and then I realized the old cliché – your value is never recognized by others, your value is always because you know who you are… For me, it is to live every day well.

I don’t want to be overly flattering to the people I meet, and I don’t want to be disrespectful to the people I meet, not as I used to be, because I have to protect myself, because I’m afraid to face these strangers and try to be as armed as possible or as disguised as possible. These two decorations are emotions and states that I don’t want to have after 40. "

Ji Cunxi has a line, "Life is like a gamble, it is impossible to win all the hands. As long as the chips are in your hands, there will always be hope." The years of accumulation, experience and ups and downs in the past 20 years of debut seem to have a corresponding projection and fulfillment in Ruan Jingtian. For Ruan Jingtian after the age of 40, he is full of expectations.