In Jiangsu Satellite TV's popular drama "Flowers", Li Li is a person with a story: in the early 1990s, with her life experience a mystery, she came to Shanghai alone and opened a splendid Zhizhen Garden on the gold-rich Huanghe Road. "The ones who come last get the upper hand", and Zhi Zhen Yuan has become the most prosperous and stylish restaurant on the Yellow River Road.
"Some of Li Li's characteristics are very similar to mine: he has goals, courage, and is a person who is not afraid of anything." As the actor, Xin Zhilei said in an interview.
Think carefully about "Li Li has a sense of loneliness"
When they met for the first time, Xin Zhilei had read through the original work, but she didn't talk much with Wong Kar-wai. "I didn't talk too much about "Flowers" at that time. I talked about my life experience and personality traits. Director Wang will not say in advance who he wants you to play when choosing roles. He will observe the actors themselves more. Are there any characteristics that meet the needs of the character?"
However, Xin Zhilei saw posters of his previous works in the corridor of Wong Kar-wai's office. The scene left a deep impression on her: "At that time, I was thinking, in my In my acting career, if there is a work produced by Wong Kar-wai, I will really have no regrets."
Half a year later, Xin Zhilei finally got her wish and officially joined the cast of "Flowers" to play the role of Li Li.
Li Li in the drama is wise and elegant, and he becomes a team by himself. But in Xin Zhilei's view, Li Li has a sense of loneliness: "She is a northerner who came to Shanghai alone. She has no teammates or friends. I often thought about Li Li when I was acting. What will she do? She opened such a big restaurant, but maybe she just eats a simple bowl of clear soup noodles when she goes home."
There is a scene in "Flowers" where Li Li goes to Mr. Bao and wants to Thanking him, she saw Mr. Bao and his relatives and friends gathering together to eat. At that moment, Xin Zhilei felt Li Li's loneliness the most. "They also invited Li Li to come for dinner, but Li Li refused. This is Li Li's character. She knows her purpose and rarely makes friends and lets other relationships affect her personal feelings. But in Deep down, she envied this lively scene." Xin Zhilei explained.
Started by learning to walk "It took me two years to learn to walk well"
Wong Kar-wai likes to take pictures of walking, and even more likes to take pictures of the backs of actresses walking. In "In the Mood for Love" Maggie Cheung wore a cheongsam walking late at night, and in "Chungking Express" she wore Brigitte Lin walking in a windbreaker...
In "Flowers", Wong Kar-wai still likes to take back shots, which stumps Xin Zhilei. Before, Xin Zhilei had never paid attention to her walking posture. When playing other roles, her walking posture was more casual and relaxed. "The director likes to take back shots, so when you walk, you must show off the person's spirit. But I don't walk in such a feminine way at all." Xin Zhilei said helplessly.
Xin Zhilei spent more than two years learning to walk. "At that time, I felt like I was about to break. Both my feet were bleeding, but I still couldn't achieve the desired results. I was in a state of collapse every day. That's when I discovered that walking is not an easy thing."
Later, Wong Kar-wai asked Xin Zhilei to take dance classes. Practicing manners has also become her biggest challenge. In the first two years of filming "Flowers", Xin Zhilei learned Latin, tango and other dances. Her feet were almost worn out, and she finally got the approval of Wong Kar-wai.
is well on its way, but there are still many external details that need to be adjusted. Xin Zhilei said: "There was a scene of eating hot pot. As soon as I started eating, I ate as hard as if I had been hungry for three days. The director immediately stopped and said, this is not how Li Li eats. Think about it, why did Li Li come today? ? She is here to facilitate this business, will she only focus on those pieces of meat?" After that, Wong Kar-wai asked Xin Zhilei to eat only a little bit of sesame sauce with chopsticks: "Eating is not your purpose, you are here to discuss business. , be elegant."
From the outside in "Wong Kar-wai helped me find another way to perform"
As we all know, in order to strive for excellence, Wong Kar-wai will repeatedly ng during filming. When Xin Zhilei feels anxious, she will pull out relevant interview videos and watch so many Strong actors have been "tortured" over and over again, which made her feel much better.
However, there are also times when it has happened over and over again. Due to the failure of the investment, Mr. A wanted to commit suicide by jumping into the sea. Before he died, he and Li Li stood on the beach and did With the last hug and farewell. Watching her lover jump into the sea and commit suicide, Li Li cried hoarsely in the car. Xin Zhilei only shot this scene once, and she was both pleasantly surprised and surprised. Wong Kar-wai said: "Look, I can also shoot very quickly. "
"Flowers" also brought Xin Zhilei a breakthrough and turning point in her performance.
Because she had not learned acting in her early days, Xin Zhilei admitted that she had always been an "experience person" when acting before: "I have been acting for more than ten years, and all of them are Interpreting roles based on inner feelings is from the inside out. But Director Wong Kar-Wai made me find another way. He let me know that the character can slowly move inward through the outside, so that the character can be integrated from the outside to the inside. "
The role of Li Li also places Xin Zhilei's own expectations: "Li Li is a very ambitious person, a big woman, and she is as good as men in her career. In reality, many women also have this sense of power. I also want to tell everyone through the role of Li Li what a truly beautiful woman looks like. "
Li Li is an ambitious woman, but what about Xin Zhilei herself? "What I want, I always have to fight for myself. This is my ambition. If I have a goal, I won't cover it up. Instead, I will think, how about giving it a try? What if you get it? I think this is my ambition. ”
Let’s meet up with “Flowers” at Jiangsu Satellite TV’s Happiness Theater at 19:30 every night!
