Yang Yang has had a history of bad acting throughout his 10-years of acting.
As a top star in Chinese showbiz, Yang Yang is the talk of the town, but in a not-so-positive way after he returned with the 2023 drama “Fireworks of My Heart.” While it is undeniable that the actor looks more handsome by the day, his acting does not seem to be more polished through 10 years of work. Netizens recently compiled a list of Yang Yang’s most terrible acting moments onscreen to prove the point.
Recently, Yang Yang as Song Yan in “Fireworks of My Heart” has led to a decrease in the actor’s popularity. In the series, Yang Yang was criticized for trying too hard to look perfect as if he was in a magazine photoshoot. The stiffness was apparent in the smallest behaviors such as drinking water, which further disappointed fans.
Yang Yang’s entire acting career rarely has any highly regarded role that could showcase his acting chops. This includes the project that shot him to stardom – “Love O2O.” Specifically, Sina took jabs at the actor’s emotionless expression which remains the same from every angle.
Yang Yang once had a memorable historical drama return with “Who Rules the World.” However, as Feng Lan Xi, the actor still could not redeem himself and gained even more criticism for walking around the scene in a robot-like manner, according to Chinese netizens, and could not convey the nobleness of his character in a historical setting.
Moreover, a more iconic scene in “Eternal Love” was when Yang Yang attempted to perform an impressive fighting scene using mundane objects such as noodle strings. However, the outcome was subpar and the audience was left unimpressed.
In 2020, Yang Yang joined a drama promoting an anti-COVID campaign called “Together”. Standing beside actors such as Deng Lun and Huang Jing Yu the top star was completely overshadowed and was under fire for looking out of place with his role as a doctor.
In “Glory of the Special Forces,” Yang Yang’s acting was so stiff it was as if he was modeling his way through the drama.
Finally, “Martial Universe” was no exception. Apart from the boiling controversy regarding an unfaithful adaptation, Yang Yang was also the target of criticism. Some scenes startled viewers when the actor appeared on the scene acting as if he was having a stroke or a convulsion. Some audiences remarked the acting would be more suitable if the actor was portraying a zombie. There were no elements of mischief that matched his character’s description.
Source: k14
