Hollywood's famous film critic Roger Ebert once praised Wu Junmei as an Asian "Art house film queen". (Queen of Arts and Films) In fact, she is not only an internationally popular actress, but also a winner of the American Independent Spirit Award, a member of the Screen Actors Guild, and a lifetime judge of the Oscars. After "The Last Emperor", "Pillow Book", "Snail House", "The Story of Hot Mom", "Ruyi's Story" and other domestic and foreign film and television dramas, she stood on her stage with charm and acting skills.
There were countless professionals who thought that Wu Junmei’s play was poisonous, precise, and discerning, because she has always been at the box office from "The Last Emperor" to the supporting role of "Sorrow Against the River" and "Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace". The ratings, word-of-mouth, and quality are multifaceted. However, Wu Junmei said that it is very simple to choose a play. It is the role that confronts me and plays it.
According to the various information she visited on the Internet, we will also look at the secrets of her cooperation with celebrities such as John Long, Peter O'Toole, Bertolucci, Oliver Stone, Huo Jianhua, etc.!
Wu Junmei was born in Shanghai in 1966. Grandpa Zeng was a tobacco magnate during the Republic of China. Grandpa was a director and engineer of a printing and dyeing factory. His father was a university professor. His mother was Zhu Manfang, a famous actor in the 1960s and 1970s. The family background of the famous family of
gave her a noble and dignified style, and the experience of growing up on the set with her mother helped her to plant the dream of an actress in her heart early.
When she played with her children, the other children acted as mom and dad, but Wu Junmei had to act as a big star, and her younger sister had to act as a reporter to interview herself.
Because of his mother, the studio became Wu Junmei's childhood playground. Among the gang of actors and daughters playing with Wu Junmei at that time, there was a tall and thin boy named Ge You. "I didn't pay attention to him at the time, but later I remembered that there was such a guy always running behind us." What
made Wu Junmei never expected was that after many years, Ge You "frankly" said that actually When I ran behind Wu Junmei's ass, I was already "in love with" Wu Junmei. Talking about this story, Wu Junmei said with a smile: "That's a joke of Uncle Ge! A joke!"
In 1982, Wu Junmei was in the first year of high school. The film "Long Live Youth" adapted from Wang Meng's novel of the same name recruited actors across the country, and her mother's colleagues were responsible for recruiting actors. , Wu Junmei showed the youthful vitality of a 16-year-old young girl with a disco, and was finally selected.
At that time, Wu Junmei’s mother did not approve of her daughter’s acting, but her father was very supportive of her acting, so she had the opportunity to act in the film.
recalled the lucky olive branch that was thrown over the past year. Wu Junmei said, "Later, I said that my youth and stupidity, I have a particularly stupid, but unstoppable youthful vitality is beyond other children, so I basically It’s the month before the water tower."
Four years later, Wu Junmei, who was only 20 years old, was selected by an Italian director to star in the film "The Last Emperor" that changed her life. In this movie that portrays Puyi's life, Wu Junmei plays the young and brave Wen embroidery.
Wu Junmei also said that she did not dare to imagine that "The Last Emperor" would be nominated for 11 Oscars and eventually won the crown of best film, becoming a classic business card that shocked the world.
She recalled that she even missed the premiere ceremony in Hollywood because she was late, "I was late when I went to the premiere in Hollywood."
only attended the premiere a little bit and wore something very strange. Wu Junmei was still a poor student at the time. Her mother gave her a cashmere sweater. Wu Jun pleated and pleated and went to a party. Bertolucci said to him, "Look, those girls dressed very sexy. (Sexy)" At that time, she also knew the word SEXY for the first time. "
Wu Junmei said fortunately, "Zun Long is also an actor I like, because when I was a child, I used to watch the "International Film Trends" magazine brought by my mother. It was published every two weeks, and from that magazine, I know international consulting, I know Hollywood, and I know director John Long, Hollywood, and Wang Ying, but I soon worked with them all, so after seeing it on the spot, I couldn't believe my eyes and luck. "
has starred in "Lawrence of Arabia" and "The Master of All Worlds" Peter O'Toole, who played "The Last Emperor" in Wu Junmei"Emperor" thought of it afterwards, and decided that she was a particularly remarkable international heavyweight actor, "So being able to work with him, when I was so young, was simply incredible."
Although Peter Otto Er has nominated Oscars many times in her life, but in the end only won the lifetime achievement award. Wu Junmei believes that there is also a big element of luck. She also said that she was very anxious when she went to the Oscars to vote every year, for fear that this vote would let others Unsuccessful. However, she also likes the time when awards are judged, because all the good CDs of the year are sent to herself, so you can watch enough at a time and really appreciate the visual feast
The first time I saw the famous Italian guide Bernardo Beto Rucci, he was walking in the snowy sky in Beijing wearing a green army coat. The snowflakes on the army coat looked very romantic, and his gentle Italian smile remained deeply in my mind.
will always remember what the director said to Wu Junmei in the Forbidden City: "I am madly in love with your country, China, I am madly in love with the Chinese, and I am madly in love with Chinese culture."
Bertolucci is the most romantic international director she knows, "He is always so Italian, and every moment of him is full of Italian romanticism, full of untuned romanticism and romance. He was also the first to warn me that he was a sexy girl and warned me to wear a short black skirt.”
Later, Bertolucci died of cancer at the age of 77. Wu Junmei once posted a long post on his Weibo to mourn me. Bertolucci: "He is a genius of the modern film industry." Because of the unprecedented success of the epic production "The Last Emperor", the Italian Academy Awards gave Wu Junmei a nomination for a supporting actress. At that time, this was the first Asian actress to receive such an honor, but the telegram was still sent to Wu Junmei’s school, but she did not know what it was after reading it several times, because there were a lot of “stops” on it, which was very old Italian. The telegram term is still what the teacher told her.
Later, the Italians bought Wu Junmei's air ticket, first flew from Hawaii to Italy, flying for 36 hours.
"I remember when they gave me a visa, it was when I flew to New York. I was still a Chinese passport, and the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs took special care of people in the embassy. They took their own seals and went to the plane for visas. It’s an unprecedented precedent.”
As a result, the plane flew for a long time. Because Wu Junmei was too tired, she fell asleep in Frankfurt and missed the plane.
Afterwards, Wu Junmei regretfully recalled, “So when I flew to Rome, their awards were over and Bertolucci had flown away from Rome. Then they received me afterwards and awarded me a certificate. Because I was Poor students, they are very kind to me. They gave me an assistant and let me stay in Rome for 20 days before playing Rome again." During the period of
in Hollywood, Wu Junmei's "Iron and Wire" was actually When she was in Rome, director Shirley Sun specifically called and asked her to perform this literary masterpiece. The film is based on Mark Salzman's novel, and it tells about his learning of martial arts in China.
Therefore, Wu Junmei, who had been away from home for two years, accepted the invitation since he could return to China for free to shoot. But Wu Junmei humbly said, "When I went to film "Iron and Wire", I was really a poor student. I had no money. When I was about to die, I came to this film. One can earn tuition and the other can go home. China, let’s go filming.”
She returned to her home in Shanghai first. At that time, she was tanned like a little loach, so she went to Hangzhou to shoot this film.
did not expect the film to have an excellent reputation and influence, just like when Wu Junmei and his mother were in Beverly Hills, local enthusiastic black fans followed her and praised her for the film.
Regarding her frequent appearances in literary and artistic masterpieces later, Wu Junmei said happily, "When I was particularly fond of literary and artistic movies, I was able to act in so many literary and artistic movies. It was very enjoyable and quite interesting. Because now there are very few such movies and the market It has changed, and my taste has also changed. Originally, I particularly like literary and artistic movies, but now I particularly like this kind of relatively relaxed movies."
Then, Wu Junmei and Zunlong collaborated for the second time "Dragon in China", directed by Mitsuo Yanagicho Asking her to go to Hong Kong to shoot the film, Wu Junmei revealed, "I don’t have any money anymore, then I’ll go and earn some tuition.. So when I was a child, I had a dream of being a celebrity, and then I really wanted to support myself. I felt a sense of pressure and crisis. "It's not easy for
to break into Hollywood alone. Although she is a hot star in China, she runs into trouble everywhere in Hollywood. It is far from as smooth as everyone thinks. In the days when there is no drama to film, except for school, she does odd jobs everywhere. Make money.
For the cost of living, she has sold vacuum cleaners, worked as a babysitter, and washed dishes in restaurants. With a passion and unwillingness to admit defeat, she finally waited for the opportunity to film "Ninja Turtles 3", More than a dozen films such as "The Joy Luck Club", "Heaven and Earth", and "Shadow of China" have gradually been unanimously recognized by many big directors. At that time, Wu Junmei chose to audition for the Vietnam War literary film "Heaven and Earth" Yes. To this day, she believes that actors can be replaced, especially after I produced "Red Beauty", I feel that as a producer, you are not indispensable.
Although actors have their own limitations Not every actor can perform everything, but at least one role has five different people to perform, and there will be five different versions of the role. "I always think that the mentality must be right. The attitude is very good. This industry There is nothing irreplaceable here, because no matter how big Hollywood actors are, they have to go to the show, and everyone also goes, because the interview is a process of mutual understanding and a two-way choice. "
After reading the original novel of "Heaven and Earth", Wu Junmei especially wanted to play that prostitute. So she dressed herself like a prostitute with a thick rouge on her face, which was very red like a monkey butt. Red lipstick, wearing a more sexy dress.
But in the hallway of the audition, there are many Asian girls who want to fight for the role, but the director of Oliver Stone, but took the initiative to say to Wu Junmei "Vivian Wu is what you imagine prostitute? The flattered Wu Junmei replied, "Yes, doesn't it look like?" "
is such a straightforward answer. Although Director Oliver has set the female number one for Vietnamese Yao Zhili, he has given Wu Junmei the opportunity to audition for another role, Madame Lien.
And within ten minutes of preparation time, Wu Junmei is for the interpretation. This poor and weak aristocratic woman, she saw an assistant outside wearing a large coat, so she rushed to wear it so that she could look thinner inside the coat. In the end, she successfully auditioned and went to Thailand to perform After she signed the contract with Wu Junmei,
was not as simple as she had imagined. It was like when she was filming in Thailand, she found naked scenes of lying in the bathtub, and she began to refuse "I said I can’t do this. Director Oliver Stone asked me in front of everyone, what if Bertolucci asked you to shoot? I said that Bertolucci never invited me, even if he invited me, he would not shoot. "
Although Wu Junmei did not give a bathing nude scene in "Heaven and Earth", in "The Pillow Book" three years later, Ivan McGregor, a British boy who was not well-known at the time, co-acted many large-scale performances. Nudity scene. Later when director Oliver Stone saw her, he said, "Vivian, I can't believe you dare to be naked for Peter Greenaway, but not for me. "
At that time, even if Japanese investors insisted that their national themes should invite Japanese people, even if the script contains a lot of nude scenes, even if the director Peter Greenaway decides, it would be difficult for Wu Junmei to accept this theme.
is the "Pillow Book" The script is the most literary script Wu Junmei thinks she has ever watched. In the end, the producer spent eight months persuading her, and the director even changed the role of her father to Shanghai and her mother to be Japanese. This made Wu Junmei boldly accept it. Invitation.
Wu Junmei emphasized that she has worked with director Peter Greenaway twice, which she will never forget. "He once called me his inspiration bird. He said that after meeting me, he had a mysterious imagination about me. Then I asked him if he cooperated, and his impression of me plummeted. He said no, because all your actions always surprise me. "
In her opinion, the relationship between actors and directors is a beautiful chemical relationship, a feeling of flirting with each other, mutual affection, "I definitely have this feeling with Peter Greenaway. "
Ivan McCraig, who was unknown at the time, slowly conquered Wu Junmei with his professionalism during the acting process. He was a very introverted actor, and the scene was very quiet.Read straight. I remember there was a scene where he was knocking on the door. After shooting for four hours, he kept calling "open the door". Later, Wu Junmei was very moved, "Because I did not say thank you to him when I filmed that scene, because the filming ignored him."
A few years ago, Wu Junmei met Ivan again at the Cannes Film Festival. McGregor, he has become a top superstar in Britain, and Wu Junmei felt that she suddenly admired him that way. When
met him, Wu Junmei could feel a fan’s admiration. At that time, after she had watched "The Pillow Book", all of Ivan's movies, all mental states were different, and she had become his loyal fan.
She didn’t believe that she had been shooting movies naked with him for so long. “From Luxembourg to Hong Kong and London, the two of us used to be so close, soaking in the bath together, so close contact. Her wife was shot by us. The art group of "The Last Emperor" speaks a lot of Chinese. So goodbye to them, he said you have not changed at all, because we were both in our 20s at that time, which is a memory of eternal youth."
Wu Junmei Frankly said that she likes Maggie Cheung very much, "When she filmed "The Three Sisters of the Song Family" with me, she said that you are shooting with Michelle Yeoh and me now. It's really a very good thing. I didn't understand it at the time, but now I understand. It’s very important.”
Maggie Cheung is really a lovely person in her life. One of the most important things she told Wu Junmei is that she filmed a lot of scenes in Hong Kong. When it came to "Ruan Lingyu", it changed from quantity to quality. Wu Junmei revealed, "I have a lot of photos I took with them at that time, and I said that one day they would be sorry for me, so they would take out all the photos."
she revealed, "That piece of Jiang Wenying my father, he also asked for details. Gao. I have a really interesting time with them. I think these actor and actresses have young boys and girls living in their hearts. They are really childlike, so they can be curious about many things and open their minds. Now, accept new things at any time and show it well."
was deleted because of the 14-minute Xi'an Incident in "The Three Sisters of the Song Dynasty". Wu Junmei once said angrily, "I don't want to play Song Meiling again." However, when Han Sanping, chairman of China Film Group, personally invited her back from the United States to play Song Meiling in "The Founding of a Nation", Wu Junmei was still tempted.
"As soon as I saw Zhang Guoli when I returned to China, I called him Darling." For Zhang Guoli, who played Chiang Kai-shek for the first time, Wu Junmei praised her acting like, "Like a soul!"
Wu Junmei revealed that Zhang Guoli lost weight all day to play Chiang Kai-shek, every day Drinking porridge, walking in and out with crutches, even with the toilet. "He came to the set every day to report to me exaggeratedly that I lost another 10 jin today! Soong Meiling is not a very thin person in history, so the whole crew is my favorite."
Husband Oscar met while filming the TV movie "The Lost Son" in the United States. Oscar is the producer and screenwriter of this play, and Wu Junmei is the heroine of the first four episodes. The two later collaborated in the movie "China Red and Beautiful".
Domestic movies and TV series made Wu Junmei feel that there are some opportunities to stretch her performance, so she began to return to China for development.
Wu Junmei also made a special secret about how to choose a film and television drama to cooperate with, "I have always insisted on which role is attractive to me and fun, because a role is three months for me to walk into that character. After the filming, I walked back to Wu Junmei’s world, but because I took that role in my own world, it was definitely influential, including life and world outlook, so I didn’t want to waste time and energy to play some really meaningless roles. "
Wu Junmei said that she has tried mainstream performances in art films, action films, and TV dramas, but TV dramas are more difficult for actors to perform. Because the movie only lasts an hour and a half, but the TV series lasts so long, so it is very necessary to test the skills of the actors.
Regarding the phenomenon-level classic drama "Snail House" that has been performed in recent years, even Wu Junmei feels very surprised. "At that time, I just thought the role was good, but I didn't expect the script to be so suitable, that is, the housing and mistresses had such a big impact. Because it is more grounded, a good drama still has to reflect a reflection of life, which is a shadow of reality."
So she goes to a place, everyone remembers Song Siming. After so many years, everyone remembers that the big lady fought seaweed. But no one knows that for the role of Mrs. Song in "Snail House", Wu Junmei deliberately retreats and recites six or seven lines.
Wu Junmei said that with the two protagonists of "Snail House" Zhang Jiayi and Hai Qing are still in contact with each other, "Hai Qing has a very good relationship with me. I used to think I was very two, but after meeting Hai Qing, I finally met someone who was more second than me. Zhang Jiayi is also a very good actor. He is very relaxed. He gave me a lot of help on the spot and I am looking forward to working with him again."
once starred in the controversial drama "I am the Queen", Wu Junmei explained, " I also like Yi Nengjing very much, because we forged a deep friendship in Peter Greenaway’s "Eight and a Half Women". She kept saying that she would write a script for me, hoping that I would act. "I am "Queen" is the first one. I think she is different from other directors. She knows me well and understands me. She likes to express and is good at expressing. I like her expression very much."
With a poor reputation, Wu Junmei believes, “Not everyone can understand Yi Nengjing’s thoughts. This is normal. In many cases, publicity and marketing are beyond the control of actors.”
When talking about other popular stars, Wu Junmei Then there is a kind of endless excitement: "I like Chen Qiaoen very much. She is very naive and fun, and then a refreshing Taiwanese actress. Before Song Hye Kyo came, everyone had various comments on her. After she came to the scene, she was so Dignified, she can sit so stiffly. She is really not easy to sit and stand. She is particularly difficult. I often meet her in the gym. She exercises every day and she also has seven dogs."
She also likes Jun Ji-hyun in "Snowflake Secret Fan", including cooperating with Jiang Wu, "It is also a dream, because I like to perform with him very much."
because of the "Yes! "Mr. Shang", Wu Junmei and Guo Jingming's screenwriter and director started cooperation. In her opinion, Chen Xuedong and Ouyang Nana are so young and full of vitality.
Chen Xuedong is sometimes so strong, so able to control the scene, so confident, so handsome, but I disturb them every day, just amused!
Therefore, Wu Junmei also has a lower laugh point because of this scene. "Actually, I am a person with a low laugh point, but I think that the laugh point is low and makes people very happy. When I was very young, I pretended to be deep, and now I am I feel that having fun is deeper than pretending to be more transparent, simple, and happy. On the contrary, pretending to be deep is a very tiring thing."
However, "Sadness Goes Against the River" is adapted from Guo Jingming's work of the same name. Guo Jingming is responsible for the production of the original youth pain cruel No disease groaning weakened, sublimated the theme, focusing on the problem of "campus bullying" in today's society.
The film is directed by Luoluo, starring new performers Zhao Yingbo, Ren Min, Xin Yunlai, Zhang Ruonan and Zhu Danni. It tells the story of Yi Yao being bullied and getting out of the gloom with Gu Senxi's help. This time, Guo Jingming's film and television works have won more than "Little Times" and "Yes!" "Mr. Shang" more praise!
Wu Junmei plays a middle-aged single mother who is embarrassed and irritable, but extremely fragile and lonely. She never gives her daughter a good face and has no friends. She is used to disguising herself with indifference and bursting.
her daughter got sick because of this kind of contact. Wu Junmei knew that she was sitting with her back facing her, and she slapped herself severely. It's just that this compromise didn't last long. She quickly took her daughter's hand and said, "Go, mom will take you to the hospital." In a word, this character became particularly plump and powerful!
In the phenomenon-level hot drama "Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace", Wu Junmei plays Zhen Huan, and she also has many plays with Zhou Xun and Huo Jianhua.
talked about the male and female protagonists, Wu Junmei said, "Many years ago, I had a rival drama with Zhou Xun in "The Beauty Is Still", and she played my sister. This time, I am her mother-in-law. Huo Jianhua has worked with "Golden Jade Marriage" and I too Acting as his adoptive mother, so our identity has not changed this time, we are still adoptive son and adoptive mother. I like this adopted son very much, he is nice, kind, and the drama is good. And this time I witnessed him become a father, and I am very happy for him in life. Ruby Lin is happy. After returning from Taiwan, I said that your eyes are different!" In order to play Zhen Huan, Wu Junmei wears a heavy headdress, which is really ten catties. "Then I have hundreds of clips on my head, and then you It’s ok for an hour to start, but for a long timeAfter that, it became heavier and heavier. To tell you the truth, I buy all kinds of neck pulse things, and it's not easy to be a queen. "
Because of the huge volume of classical Chinese lines in Ruyi's Legend, she invited Sun Li's line teacher when she got off the plane. Sun Li was afraid that Wu Junmei was filming in Hengdian, so she sent her down pants by express delivery. The relationship between the two is very good.
Chen Chong and Wu Junmei also met in Ruyi's Biography. These two high-value female stars with almost the same age, experience and genre, from The Last Emperor to Ruyi's Biography. "For more than 30 years. The two have taken magazine photos together, and they are still elegant.
At this stage, Wu Junmei's role is basically a person from all walks of life, an elite in the modern workplace, and she became a queen mother in the ancient "Ruyi's Legend". Zhen Huan, who is dignified and calm, understands everything and looks down on everything. She is in "The Story of Hot Mom", "My First Half of Life", "The Next Stop", "Reading with Mom", "Dear Them", "Elite Lawyer" and "Burning" Shuttle in popular film and television dramas, continue to create a variety of lively characters.
In the Hunan Satellite TV talent show "Night at the Peak", Wu Junmei's just right sense of variety and sincere and touching sincere comments once again showed the audience her deeds The absolute charm indispensable for witnesses. After the
genius girl Tan Zhiyun performed her original song "Who i am", Wu Junmei was deeply moved, and for the first time in the show talked about the low period of 20-year-old filming that she had not had for a long time. "At that time, I did something that had nothing to do with acting for a long time. When I thought I might never have another chance in my life, "The Last Emperor" suddenly won nine Oscars. When I was invited again, I could still When I said that I was an actor, I felt that I finally found myself. In fact, my life is a process of losing and finding myself again.
Wu Junmei's latest film and television work is still cooperating with Zhang Luyi, Duan Yihong, Li Naiwen, Zhu Zhu, and Xin Baiqing in the costume drama "The World of the Great Qin Empire". She plays the role of Mrs. Hua Yang in the play. The current exposure still looks great and is worth looking forward to.
Now 53-year-old Wu Junmei, revealed that every time I don’t have a birthday, I sometimes have a meal with my family and husband on my birthday, "but the candles are getting smaller and smaller (haha)!"
also read from Wu Junmei’s face It can be seen that the skin is still fair and delicate. At the age of 53, it seems that the years have not left too many marks on her face. The whole person looks radiant and energetic. It is difficult to conceal her noble, elegant and generous without makeup. Temperament, she still uses the charm of performance in various film and television dramas to make the audience like it.
