Yingzi and her mother, just like what Xiao Taohong said, is a lover-like mother-daughter relationship: Mom devotes all her time and life to her daughter, and takes full control of her daughter’s life. Yingzi has become her. Accessories to life. There are so many families in "Little Happiness", and the parents’ expressions are different. One major premise is that they all love their children, but on this basis, the children should not forget that this is their own life and their parents have made mistakes. To tell them that this is wrong"
(this article was first published in Southern People’s Weekly, No. 27, 2019)
Li Gengxitu/ Interviewee provided
with the broadcast of the TV series "Xiaohuanxi", relationship with parents, Discussions about college entrance examination education have become a hot topic. In the play, the stories of three families in the third year of high school are presented to the audience. The mother Song Qian played by Xiao Tao Hong and the daughter Qiao Yingzi played by Li Gengxi portray a typical mother-daughter relationship: In a divorced family, the mother who lays his heart on her daughter and even controls her daughter’s life, and the daughter of a schoolmaster who already has her own ideas, face the increasingly heavy schoolwork, the conflict intensifies, and the mother-daughter relationship is on the verge of collapse. Qiao Yingzi The actor and 19-year-old actor Li Gengxi also entered the audience's attention.
As an actor signed by Xu Jinglei, Li Gengxi was initially thought to have the same breath as Xu Jinglei at the time: light facial features, smooth makeup, clear soup noodles, and good-looking. She was originally in the United States After studying and revealing to his father that he wanted to be an actor, his father consulted his friend Xu Jinglei. At that time, Xu Jinglei just had a web drama "Classmate Two Million Years Old" ready to shoot, so he invited Li Gengxi to make her debut.
starred. After two films and TV series, Li Gengxi got the opportunity to play Qiao Yingzi. She tried seven times and made up her mind to take the role. Although she and Qiao Yingzi have completely different family environments and learning backgrounds, she thinks Her personality is very similar to Qiao Yingzi, and she has been unable to sleep due to heavy insomnia, and can understand Yingzi’s heart.
Li Gengxi took on most of the emotional scenes in the play, and the audience was surprised at her complexity of sadness, pain, depression, etc. Emotionally grasped, her performance with the other two young starring actors also made the audience see new possibilities in post-00 actors.
"Little Joy" stills
Qiaoyingzi
Qiaoyingzi This role I tried seven times before I got it. At that time, there were only three episodes of the script. I didn’t expect it to be like that later. I thought I could act in a play easily and happily. When filming, I basically got the next script while filming, and I felt better day by day. It was a heavy day. It was already a more obvious turning point from my mother falling Lego. Later, my mother quarreled more and more, and the relationship became more and more fierce. In the end, I was about to die. The scene where Song Qian slapped me was very impressed. It was the first emotional scene I filmed in "Little Joy". I walked the scene a few times, and it seemed to be shot once. This emotion cannot be repeated many times, and I didn’t really prepare anything when I was preparing. When I was shooting, Xiao Taohong and I were emotionally uplifted and we finished it smoothly. From my own understanding, this kind of drama must not be overthinked. You must have real feelings on the scene. What the opponents give me, I Feedback again. She hit When I was, ah, it really hurts. The relationship between
Yingzi and her mother, at first I only felt that her mother's desire for control was a little bit strong, but as the shooting continued, my opinion changed. As Teacher Xiao Taohong said, they are a lover-like mother-daughter relationship. My mother values her daughter too much. She devotes all her time and life to her daughter, and takes full control of her daughter's life. Yingzi has become an accessory to her life, and she must not be able to bear it.
I can understand her excessive love and control, but I do not accept her understanding. It's useless for my father to support me, and my mother (said) can't do it. Yingzi couldn't find an exit either. In fact, her hobby is the outlet of her emotions, playing Lego and going to the planetarium for explanations can make her happy. But every time she found an exit, her mother blocked it. I felt sorry for her during the acting.
There are so many families in "Little Joy", and their expressions are different, but they are born for the first time, and they are also the first time parents. I will also be the first parents in the future. I do Maybe not as good as them. A major premise is that they all love me, and the way of expression is somewhat different, I understand. But on this basis, don’t forget that this is your own life. Parents’ wrong expressions should tell them that this is wrong.Wrong.
My favorite scene in "Small Joy" was the scene where Aunt Liu Jing, played by Teacher Yongmei, said goodbye to the planetarium. The original script did not require crying in that scene, but Teacher Yongmei brought me into that mood. , What she said was like a strong fist hitting my chest, and I couldn't help crying. That feeling will never be forgotten.
What I understand is "Xiao Huanxi", which is what Mr. Huang Lei said. There are always unsatisfactory things in life, and there is such a little joy. I think there is such a small joy, no matter how bad it is, it is not so important. The little Huanxi around me is always there. I have eaten delicious food and took some photos... When I was unhappy, I took a look at it and I became very happy.
I don't know what kind of person I am. It is better to say that I am optimistic than I am neurotic. Maybe because I rose to Gemini? I must have anxiety and worry in my heart, but I will not tell you.
Li Gengxi Picture/Interviewee provided
. I decided to do
and acted in "Little Joy". I think the college entrance examination is quite scary. Thinking about how scary it is, the pressure must be quite heavy. But I also have exams while studying in the United States, and the SAT pressure is also great.
I went to school in the United States when I was in junior high school. At that time, I was sending my sister to college in the United States, but my parents left me there too, and they returned to China. I'm always slow for a while, and I didn't resist at first. I thought it would do anywhere, but gradually I became more and more convinced that this was not very good, and I couldn't bear it.
I am very lonely at school. I don’t have a Chinese classmate. I don’t speak that language, and I don’t really like to communicate with people. At the most exaggerated time, the only things I said in a day at school were "hello" and "thank you" ". Other classmates took the initiative to talk to me. At first they would kindly want to be with me, but slowly realized that I seemed to be very difficult to be brought into their environment. I am not a very active person, and they felt that I did not need to be Brought in, and gradually stopped coming to me. I think it's fine, you might as well don't take care of me, or I will be uncomfortable.
After junior high, I went to an international high school, and I went to San Francisco, which is more prosperous than the place where I went to school. I also passed the adjustment period, and some Chinese classmates appeared beside me. I felt that I became more cheerful and wanted to develop my hobbies. I joined the drama club.
I have liked acting since I was a child. When I was young, I played blindly and liked to imitate. I often played "Deep Love and Rain" by myself. I also studied Song Dandan and Zhao Benshan in the Spring Evening, and I especially loved to imitate Xiao Shenyang. Such.
I'm a superhero in the drama club, either as an old man or as a dancer in a musical, four or five scenes. But for a while when I joined the drama club, an idea suddenly came to my mind: Isn’t this my childhood dream? Then I have to implement it. I haven't discussed it with my family or formally talked about it, but I know they support my choice. They respect my ideas since I was a child and hope that I develop my hobby.
I was planning to take a college entrance examination for psychology or film and drama performance, but I came across an opportunity. Xu (Jinglei) said that there was a play of "Classmates 200 Million Years Old" and asked if I would come. There is no way to suspend my school. If I want to leave, I have to leave the United States and return to China. I especially liked the unknown and came back impulsively. Life has to work hard. Of course, I will go back to school when I have the opportunity, not necessarily in film and television, maybe it is psychology, and I am interested in whatever I want to do.
I returned to Beijing in September 2016, and "Classmates 200 Million Years Old" started in April 2017. In the middle, I was trained by Director Xu. She looked at my performance first and said "Okay, it's a seedling." Then I taught me what everyone who learns to learn about acting must learn. After joining the group, I started to slow down again, and I realized that my life was different after I finished filming. "Classmates 200 Million Years Old" and "So You Are Still Here" were shot consecutively. I received "Little Huanxi" after a year of interval.
always wanted to film that year, but there was no filming. Quite anxious. But now that I think of it, that year has been blank, and my brain will automatically block negative emotions. Maybe at a certain moment some clips will be thought of again. I was already out of that state when I received "Little Huanxi", probably because time has cured my anxiety? It doesn't seem to be a long time in a year, but if you really want to experience it, it will still feel like a long time.
I now want to know what the first two years of my career mean to me. In the first year, I shot two films in a row. After the filming, I was determined to do this. I like this way of working.I can bear it too. There was no filming in the second year. I learned that there are many blank periods in this profession, and there may be no jobs at all. I have experienced it this time and I can accept it. I have experienced both extremes of this profession, and I will come here at any time. Anyway, I will do it.
Southern People Weekly reporter Zhang Mingmeng, intern reporter Jiang Caixin
