Looking at the cast of "Flowers", Hu Ge, Ma Yili, Tang Yan, Chen Long, Papi Jiang, and Wu Yue are all native Shanghainese, and they speak fluent and authentic Shanghai dialect.
However, Xin Zhilei is the exception!
Xin Zhilei, a very Northeastern girl, how can she break the casting standards of director Wong Kar-Wai and become the only protagonist in the crew who is not from Shanghai.
Is she extremely qualified? Or is she a good actress? Maybe these are just one of them.
She debuted at the age of 25 and became popular after being scolded at the age of 32. Now she has successfully become popular again with "Flowers" at the age of 37. Xin Zhilei relies not only on her acting skills and qualifications, but also on her "ambition" and "courage".
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As one of the three female leads in "Flowers", Li Li, the proprietress of Zhizhenyuan played by Xin Zhilei, is full of weight and her identity is quite mysterious.
This woman from the north, whose life experience is a mystery, suddenly rose up on the Huanghe Road, where land is scarce, and she single-handedly opened a restaurant called "Zhizhenyuan".
The description of Li Li in the novel is not only tall, bright-eyed and white-toothed, but also emotional and distressed about her tragic fate. For example, she learned how to walk on the runway very early, ran to the dock to make money, and later even I went to a nightclub and lived an involuntary, wandering life.
So whether it is Li Li in the novel or the TV series, all the experiences she has experienced have many coincidences with Xin Zhilei herself.
Xin Zhilei was born in Hegang, Heilongjiang. She did not have a prominent family background or extraordinary beauty. She grew up in poverty and hardship during her childhood.
Especially when she was about to enter college, she also encountered a huge family change. Her father was paralyzed due to an accident, and her grandfather, who loved her most, also died of liver cancer. The beautiful world she had just built collapsed at this moment. .
In order to pay for the medical expenses of her father and grandfather, and the living expenses of the whole family, Xin Zhilei took on the important task of supporting the family by herself. She worked as an etiquette lady, a dishwasher, and a waiter. She would accept any job that could make money. Hard.
Until she was working as a hostess, she met the famous Kung Fu superstar in Hong Kong - Donnie Yen.
Donnie Yen noticed this girl with a unique appearance and personality. After the event, he asked his agent to get in touch with Xin Zhilei and give her suggestions to try for a job as an actress.
At the moment when she needed money the most, when Xin Zhilei heard the words "become an actor", she thought that she could make more money, so she made the decision on her own without thinking too much, dropped out of school decisively, and started working alone So he went to Guangzhou to become an "actor".
It was also from that time that Xin Zhilei began her 8-year life as a drifter in Beijing.
In the past 8 years, Xin Zhilei did not make a lot of money by filming a movie as she initially imagined. Instead, she gradually figured out her role by constantly playing supporting roles and guest appearances in various film and television dramas. Actor's skills and routines.
It was not until 2017 that Xin Zhilei received the script of "Xiu Chun Dao II", in which she played the supporting female role of the female knight Ding Baiying, that Xin Zhilei really made her mark.
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Xin Zhilei's own experiences can be connected with Li Li's life, so when she heard that director Wong Kar-wai was planning to film "Flowers", Xin Zhilei did her homework a few years in advance and read the entire "Flowers" , and also carefully figured out the role of Li Li.
Then I got on the plane to Hong Kong and met with director Wong Kar-Wai to try to get the role of Li Li.
But director Wong Kar-Wai is famous for being strict and serious. The actresses who work with him, including Brigitte Lin, Maggie Cheung, Faye Wong, and Zhang Ziyi, are both outstanding and famous.
In terms of fame, Xin Zhilei is not as good as Ma Yili and Tang Yan; in terms of strength, Xin Zhilei is still in the stage of continuous learning. If she wants to win this role, Xin Zhilei herself is not completely sure.
So when she received a call from director Wong Kar-Wai, asking her to go to Shanghai for a fitting, Xin Zhilei was overjoyed.
Director Wong Kar-wai later told her that the reason why he chose her to play Li Li was because of her fierceness, the story in her eyes, and her chivalrous aura as Ding Baiying in "Xiu Chun Dao II".
Xin Zhilei, who had accumulated a lot of experience, finally got her wish and played her favorite role.
Winning the role is only the first step. How to play this role well next is the biggest test for Xin Zhilei.
Before the official filming started, Xin Zhilei was asked by director Wong Kar-wai to practice Latin, tango and other dances in order to cultivate the charm and temperament of a prostitute in the 1990s.
When Xin Zhilei almost wore her feet out while practicing dancing, director Wong Kar-wai finally relented and told her not to go to class anymore.
After hearing this sentence, Xin Zhilei understood, and finally had the opportunity to witness the results of her hard work with her own eyes!
Sure enough, after careful training by director Wong Kar-Wai, Xin Zhilei under the camera is different from Maggie Cheung's gentleness and twists and turns. Instead, she has an aggressive beauty that makes people unable to help but be attracted, but they dare not approach easily. .
And Xin Zhileiโs good figure is also fully revealed in the play. Her graceful and well-proportioned body curves, exquisite and elegant hair style, and graceful and luxurious makeup like peony flowers, really capture the style and beauty of Shanghai women in the 1990s.
When she is holding a wine glass and walking among all kinds of people with a charming smile, even the heroine Ma Yili and the second female lead Tang Yan will be severely compared to her. The dangerous but seductive atmosphere, a glance back. It's enough to make people excited.
Of course, the scene in the play that best demonstrates Xin Zhileiโs charm is undoubtedly the scene where she and the male protagonist Mr. Bao look at each other across the road.
On the streets of the Yellow River where light and darkness intertwine, Mr. Bao's probing and scrutinizing glances and Li Li's provocative and joking eyes instantly made the scene sparkle and undercurrent surge. It was obvious that they were matched against each other, but yet they made the characters compete with each other. a feeling of.
This scene alone won crazy praise from the audience in the comment area. The audience said: I watched "Flowers" directed by Wong Kar-Wai, but I was so surprised by Xin Zhilei's appearance that I watched the whole movie for her. drama.
"Flowers" took three years to shoot, and Xin Zhilei worked hard for three years. In these three years, even though director Wong Kar-wai repeatedly asked him to reshoot, Xin Zhilei never tired of it, because she knew clearly that this was the embodiment of Wong Kar-wai's pursuit of perfection. This is also the most important reason why he has been able to dominate the film industry for decades.
Being able to star in "Flowers" is already one of the most glorious moments in her acting career. Even if the director asks her to film it for the rest of her life, she will be happy to do so.
The success of "Flowers" has boosted Xin Zhilei's popularity, giving this actress who had acting skills but no reputation in the industry, finally a chance to show her face openly.
I hope that in the coming time, Xin Zhilei can always maintain this "ambition and courage", continue to boldly shine her glory, and let the audience see that Xin Zhilei is not only heroic, daring to love and hate, but also has a confused side of "Northeast I" , lost and lost, and other contrasting cute aspects.
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