For most viewers of domestic dramas, “enough is enough” is a common sentiment in recent years. Looking at the IP adaptations of novels and dramas that have gained huge momentum and have extremely high gimmicks in recent years, everyone’s disgust is far greater than their expectations.
There are so many young people who film one drama after another, and use the same expressions to act in n dramas, their works have almost become "internal special dramas" for fans to enjoy themselves.
Even if passers-by frequently frown, there are still fanatical fans who criticize and criticize and praise with closed eyes. Under each hot search term discussed, three or four pages of the comment section were filled with rainbow farts pasted and copied by fans.
not only makes ordinary viewers lose their desire to express themselves, but also makes more top-notch people trapped in glass covers become addicted and lose their self-awareness of their own rights.
But recently, there has been a really top-notch person with works and traffic. Although he can live comfortably in his comfort zone, he smashed the glass cover with his own hands and decided to face the storm and scorching sun of the real world. She is Yang Mi.
[1] Yang Mi lost in the traffic
Recently, "People" released an in-depth interview "Yang Mi Her Choice", which triggered several hotly discussed hot searches. In this interview, Yang Mi confessed her fears for the first time and anxiety.
debuted as a child star and started acting at the age of 4. He has 34 years of experience in the industry and has filmed more than 80 film and television dramas. Yang Mi has always been known for her high productivity. In the early days when the traffic economy was just emerging as a phenomenon, she took the initiative to confess that she had been filming multiple movies together for many years, like a "spinning top" that didn't dare to stop.
However, even if she shoots more movies, she is getting farther and farther away from the goal she vowed to become a "people's actress" when she was young.
In the past ten years, Yang Mi has always been the most popular in terms of the number of works and controversial topics. It can be said that her star status is far greater than her actress status.
She frequently appears in the industry because of various strong and sober sayings, and her image as a heroine in interviews and variety shows; or her glamorous style and trend-setting outfits are praised as hot searches, all of which have greatly increased her commercial value.
But Yang Mi’s success in variety show interviews is like a layer of perfect makeup, covering up her many overturns in acting.
looks through the list of works she has starred in in the past few years, including dramas such as "The 28/20 Law of Love", "Thank You Doctor", "Mrs. Huzhu", "Building Dreams of Love", "Fuyao", "The Negotiator" and "Dear Translator". The reputation and ratings have always been low.
Especially in the five years from 2017 to 2022, Yang Mi filmed 8 films, 7 of which were produced by Jiaxing in which she participated. During that period, it was also the darkest moment when her reputation as an actor plummeted.
In 2012, "mentor" Li Shaohong pointed out in public that Yang Mi's biggest problem was that her performance fell into a programmed template, and happiness and pain were very stereotyped. When she wanted to use her brain to think, she no longer knew how to exert force.
Of course, this is almost a group disease, with repetitive works and highly similar characters. She is not the only one who has fallen from being a high-quality actor.
In that era of hot money, traffic and remuneration, fame and fortune came too easily, and stars were coaxed like bodhisattvas.
If you don't let the pigeons go midway, show big names, and need the staff to be humble like slaves, you have already made the staff sigh. others? I don't even dare to hope.
still remembers Zhang Han’s filming behind-the-scenes being exposed. Something went wrong when he was shooting a horseback riding shot. When the director gently coaxed him to "take another shot," Gao Guigui coldly replied, "No, just let the stuntman take a back shot." Then he decisively turned over and dismounted without looking back.
People in the industry have vaguely talked about it. It is rumored that a top-notch "big name" who has been out of business read the script temporarily during filming time. He read it for two hours. He seems to be very dedicated? But it takes up filming time. The entire crew was too angry to speak out, so they could only stop working and wait eagerly for him to finish reading.
You must know that the time of the top people is so valuable. They have to sign an hourly contract to join the group, and this working time starts from the time they step out of the house, including complicated costumes, makeup, and costumes.
After finishing this and that, how much time is left for the official shooting? Is there any leftover left for reshoots, reshoots, and polishing your acting skills? As you can imagine.
In this relationship where the producers and actors have an inverted right to speak, the lead actors can change the script if they want, add scenes if they want, and are refused even if they are filmed one more time; not to mention that there are many scenes where the protagonists are not present, and the scenes are Relying on a stand-in for reshoots.
In this kind of working environment, if the actors can't even "act" the whole scene, how can they have feelings for the protagonist and put themselves into the scene? How to carve and polish it into a fine product? impossible.
[2] Yang Mi Awakens from Warm Water
A large investment of 300 million, 200 million was spent on actors' remuneration, and the protagonists were involved in three dramas/variety shows at the same time. It's like using a high-end plate with gold rim to bring out a bowl of instant noodles. It seems to be full of color and fragrance, but in reality the seller's show is not consistent with the real thing. It is all about technology and hard work, flavors and seasonings. After eating to satisfy your cravings, don’t try to find nutrition in fast food noodles.
In the universal context of domestic entertainment, Yang Mi was almost pushed by such a crude force, and she followed the trend and filmed too many "water dramas" with highly identical characters and repetitive characters.
Yang Mi recalled that in many of the scenes she filmed in the past, she did not have any mirrors that gave her objective feedback. She acted them out based on her one-sided understanding. No one gave her advice, and no one discussed with her the design behind the plot. Logic; the shooting time was tight, and it was difficult for her to even take the initiative to challenge herself and ask for another shot.
So she can only shoot according to her past experience. She is really relaxed and comfortable in her comfort zone, but not being challenged for a long time means that she has not made a breakthrough for a long time.
This bunch of bad dramas specially provided by fans are the result of the practitioners' strict self-discipline, and also the result of the creators' over-reliance on traffic and blind laissez-faire. It's like boiling a frog in warm water, but at a certain critical point, the frog will suddenly wake up and seek change.
As Yang Mi still has some demands on herself, her alarm system and self-examination were triggered. Yang Mi, who couldn't stop like a top, pressed the pause button in 2023. Apart from attending a few events and announcing upcoming dramas, she barely made many appearances and her output was 0. The two biggest things about
are that she announced in May that she was "breaking up" with Jiaxing Company, in which she held 7% of the shares, and then established a new company with 60% of the shares held by her family, completely taking back her right to choose.
Another incident is that because of his participation in "Harbin 1944", fans thought that Qin Hao was the one carrying the show, and Yang Mi was only second behind. When fans who were protective of Duzi besieged the production company, Yang Mi spoke up to stop him, "Actor The first task is character creation, and each character has a meaning. The order of the names in the row should give way to the characters."
has a clear stance in his speech. He is the first top person in the industry who opposes rip-offs and expresses his attitude. ,none of them. Including recently, she faced the public and revealed her anxiety and fear about acting stereotypes.
But her random action was to hire an acting teacher and rehearse day and night; after joining the crew, she immersed herself in it, repeatedly trying to break away from the old model and try new ones. performance style.
was once asked what she wanted to do after leaving Jiaxing? She said, take the movie you want to take and do what you want to do.
She didn’t say what she wanted to do, but she voted with her feet, and the script that was highly repeated in those years was always glamorous, under the guise of a professional female elite, but always pretty and fell in love with various rich second generations and male bosses. Draw clear boundaries.
During the period of exploration and transformation, she would still have many times of self-doubt and collapse. But after feeling powerless, I still “wanted to try again.”
In the flow of focusing on polishing the work, although there is the painful anxiety of slow progress, it still allows Yang Mi to regain the tranquility and happiness after becoming popular.
suddenly remembered that the TV series "Flowers", which was a hit at the beginning of this year, made Xin Zhilei, who plays the female boss of Huanghe Road, Li Li, famous.
This drama is directed by Wong Kar-wai, and it is a big piece of cake that everyone in the industry can only dream of. The reason why Wong Kar-wai chose Xin Zhilei was because of her performance in "Xiu Chun Dao 2". Coincidentally, the female lead in this movie is Yang Mi.
I really don’t mean to offend, but the lead actor has been in the sugary drama all year round, and the supporting role that was not even ranked in the fourth series has soared, which in a sense verifies the difference between the two choices.
The excellent production of "Flowers" is the result of the actors filming and polishing a scene dozens of times over a period of three years, and the whole crew working together to craft it carefully.
During this period, several leading actors were enduring their own pains. Xin Zhilei wanted to play the role of Li Li and make an all-round makeover. She took bodybuilding classes to practice dancing and wore high heels until her feet were rotten. Tang Yan was scolded by her fans for not being enterprising. After three years, There is only one supporting role in the film that is not the protagonist; Hu Ge was beaten repeatedly by the sunglasses king, and was "tortured" to the point where he was sentimental and gibbering, and posted on Weibo that he was considering quitting the industry.
acted until they cried bitterly, acted until they doubted themselves, and acted until the characters integrated into their bodies and became part of their own souls. One of director Zhang Li's creeds in directing movies is, "If the actors are uncomfortable, the audience will be comfortable."
Some hardships in life do not need to be endured, but the hardships in the growth period, if you escape by taking the easy way and shirk the hard ones, you will definitely have to go. Longer detour to make up for. Fortunately, Yang Mi came to her senses this time, learned from the pain, and decided to go back to the path that was obviously more painful and difficult.
Of course, sometimes, efforts may not always yield results. After all, despite the objections of her agency, Yang Mi would rather act ugly and film "Baby" without makeup, but she still failed to save her negative reviews and doubts.
But Yang Mi, who has torn off the fig leaf of traffic, finally showed her attitude. This kind of "dare to admit" and "self-knowledge" has already defeated the top players in domestic entertainment who have repeatedly criticized them.
In the past, the invincible female star with a diamond heart was cool and sassy; but today, Yang Mi, who is self-doubting, fearful, anxious, and unwilling like ordinary people, is more real, touching, and humane.
