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From "Hello, Li Huanying" to "Hot and Spicy",
Jia Ling, whom we haven't seen for a long time, stood in front of us,
is both familiar and unfamiliar.
She lost weight and gained muscle for this movie.
She experienced loneliness, entanglement, fear, etc.
complex and three-dimensional emotions at high density.
She is both an actor and a film director.
She was under great pressure but found it difficult to share it with others. ,
carried it all on his own.
But the only emotion she has never had is regret.
does not regret challenging new directions.
does not regret everything she has tried her best.
As a public figure, actress Jia Ling has never thought there was anything wrong with being fat. She is very happy because of the tolerance and love of the audience.
After more than a year of closed training and filming (until November 2023, she is still shooting scenes to maintain a true record of the actor's status), she finally "carried" her second directorial work "Hot and Spicy" into the new year The big screen has become a curious "side dish" for audiences across the country. Before this, many people had heard that she had lost weight and gained muscle for this movie, and her whole body had become "hard" because of her muscles. From the perspective of commercial films, this information may be a big selling point, but... It's not what Jia Ling wants to express most.
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Jia Ling had a conversation with Harper's Bazaar for nearly an hour. We found that before walking into the cinema, there are many things to know about this movie. Many possible imaginations do not exist. It is not a narcissistic growth record, nor is it a replica of the genre of cool films based on body anxiety. The birth of "Hot and Spicy" comes from a sincere and simple insight into human nature: under the secular standards of winning and losing, the vast majority of ordinary people lose more and win less, so how should they stick to their original aspirations and achieve self-consistency?
During the production of this film, she experienced complex and three-dimensional emotions such as loneliness, entanglement, fear, etc. at a high density, but it was difficult to share them with others. She had to bear it all on her own and reconcile one by one. In "Despair", Jia Ling clings to the "feeling of living" that seems fragile but can leverage all hope. Jia Ling feels happy for this little bit of real feeling. The only emotion she has never felt is regret. She does not regret not hiding in her comfort zone due to the dazzling results of "Hello, Li Huanying". She does not regret challenging new directions, and she does not regret everything she has tried her best.
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She wants to express the themes and stories of encounters in the current stage of life! The most colorful scene in the film, which seems like a dream but not a dream, is like a "bet" in Jia Ling's heart. She bets on her faith and believes that the audience will follow the protagonist of the film, the kind-hearted girl Le Ying, stepping on the light step by step. Climbing up, even though there is darkness in front of and behind me, "I" is the light. As long as I keep walking, a new day full of hope will be awakened by firm steps.
The following is Jia Ling's first-person self-report:
"Every day I open my eyes in despair"
"Hot and Spicy" is my second directorial work. When I first watched "One Hundred Dollar Love", I was most moved. The important point is that this girl lost her first official competition, but won her life. This feeling is so good. For most of us, "losing" in winning or losing is the norm, right? "Winning" is certainly a good dream, but what we should cherish more is the process of reinventing ourselves. Therefore, I think we can make a story like this. This girl named Le Ying, her "losing" seems to be against the so-called "winning" in the secular sense. In fact, in her own life arena, she also wins, taking back own heart.
During the year that I devoted myself to creating "Le Ying", if you ask me now what is the first feeling that comes to my mind, that is fatigue.During the whole process, I certainly experienced a variety of emotions, including anxiety, suffering, and the joy of seeing my body change. Overall, it was a long, lonely psychological process. After all, I am a public figure. Because I want to complete this story and shape this character, I enter a closed state without social interaction. The people I come into contact with every day are limited to a few people in the work team. All emotions need to be faced by one person. Yes, digest...
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As a director and screenwriter, the production of this film itself has a lot of work to do, and there are also many difficulties to overcome. In addition, as a leading actor, changes in character status require long-term training. This training has many requirements, not only physical but also psychological. It hopes that the recipient will be calm and relaxed. Therefore, I am quite afraid that my bad mood will affect my training.
But one thing I am sure of is that after experiencing so many emotions,
the only thing I don’t have is "regret".
I have the impression that I seldom "stealed" this year, maybe only once or twice. One of them was on the first day of my birthday. The coach agreed and I ordered beef ramen, pepper chicken and mutton skewers.
Then it was September 1st, I remember the date very clearly. That kind of feeling is something I have to endure all the time, exercising every day, and my body hurts every day. In addition to resisting the temptation of delicious food, I also have to accept the physical pain. It really hurts. This is the most painful thing for me. On September 1st, I felt like I was about to die, so I ordered skewers, ate a lot of grilled chicken feet, a box of cucumbers, and drank two glasses of red wine. At that time, I felt like I was still alive and I could feel my own heartbeat.
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. In the past few months, I opened my eyes in despair every day, just exercise, then eat breakfast, and wait for the stomach to digest I go to exercise right after, repeating the same process for lunch and dinner. I strictly control my diet and exercise alternately, and complete other work when I am not training. I have no emotions, no emotions, just like a machine. I sat on the floor outside the door and ate the kebabs, and the next day I gained three pounds. But I don’t have any regrets about these three pounds. It was worth it. I feel that happiness is back. I am proud of myself for being alive. To be honest, I didn’t completely fall in love with boxing because I was very afraid of pain. At the end of our movie, the audience will see a tidbit, which is that I hope to be able to hit a professional athlete with a real punch. This is an explanation of my training this year.
"Keeping this shot is just a gamble"
Since I chose to film Le Ying's story, I didn't want to leave any regrets. One day when I opened the movie myself, due to some accidental factors, some of the muscles on the body in the shot were not up to standard, did not match the character's state, etc. At the end of
, I took several shots of Le Ying appearing on the stage and walking across the promenade to the ring. Each shot had a different frame size. It was actually a test. I could show the audience how far my muscles can reach after training. , dare to show the audience the most part. In the end, my wish was achieved. My sister had seen the footage in advance and asked me: "Are your muscles like P? That's great." I was a little "angry" at the time. Why was it P? Didn't you see that there was green behind it? Cloth, nothing is adjusted. In fact, my sister knew in her heart that this was true, but she just couldn't believe how she could practice so well.
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In order to let the audience see a good story,
I must force myself not to leave any regrets,
This is the responsibility of an actor.
We have no idea what the final result will be after the movie is released, and we are a little afraid that the audience's reaction will be different from expectations. Because I am very serious about making a movie, I have some expressions to share.So compared to box office, I think word of mouth may be more important.
If the audience sees this movie, they will notice that the scene that led Le Ying to make a major decision is very well designed. She has experienced a lot of frustration and hurt, climbing stairs one floor after another, heading towards Her rental house, and then the lights lit up layer by layer with her figure, and then went out again. You will feel that the character's inner state at this moment is very painful and lonely, but at the same time, there seems to be some new hope brewing. , because the character is walking upwards, just like a spring that is depressed to the extreme, and will eventually explode with a shocking rebound force.
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When I write a script, I like to summarize the highlights and themes first, so that I can think clearly. This lens is very important to me, but it is also quite scary. My photography and art skills tell me that this must be a fixed focus lens. If you dare to shoot it, you must consider whether the audience’s patience can accept the extra minute of climbing the stairs. bell.
In the end, I insisted on keeping the footage, just to take a gamble. Because I believe that after the audience has watched this for more than a minute, a big reversal is about to come...
"I feel very lonely inside"
During the creation process, I feel very lonely inside. On the one hand, I think I’m asking for everyone’s opinions, but on the other hand, I’ve already made my choice, and I know exactly how I want to express it. I remember once, when I was playing her in a particularly decadent state, the executive director reminded me, sister, you have to hold on tight, because I feel like I'm going to explode. Because the filming was about to be completed at that time, I felt a little bit unable to hold on to "Jia Ling", and the eyes in the camera began to move.
has struggled many times. Of course I know that if the camera is pointed at me and Lei Zi (Lei Jiayin) is filming, we will give a good emotional response and the audience will immediately realize that this is a comedy. Will feel very happy. But we all gave up. On the contrary, we chose longer and more meaningful long shots several times in the movie. In addition to Le Ying going upstairs, there was also the beginning where she walked aimlessly on the street, eating and wandering, and... There was the scene in the lounge where she questioned Haokun for taking 30,000 yuan privately, etc. Of course, in order to make it easier for the audience to accept these expressions, I also adopted some necessary packaging, including highlights from the comedy, such as lines, such as showing the audience the character's tendons, and of course the expressiveness of our actors.
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I chose teacher Lei Jiayin to play the leading role this time because I have recorded "Ace" with him once and I feel that he is a very real actor and it will be very easy to communicate with him. So, I called him and told him a story. I wanted to work out and play a boxer. There was a love part, and he agreed. I don’t know which sentence moved him (laughs). He was serious and trained for two months. And Zhang Xiaofei, because we have worked together many times, we are very familiar with each other, and she will always be the partner who can give me a sense of security.
"Leave tomorrow's affairs to tomorrow"
I didn't make the movie "It's Hot" to satisfy my wish or dream of losing weight. It's not a gift to myself. I didn't have any confusion when I was in "Ace". I didn't think there was anything wrong with being fat. I was happy every day. The audience tolerated me infinitely and thought I had dimples when I smiled, which was very festive and cute.
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Actually, there was a period of time because I had to do this role, I still need to gain weight, from 170 pounds to 200 pounds at a rate of 10 pounds per month. I have to eat a lot every night to maintain this weight. I am not born to eat that much. In order to create a sense of decadence in the character, I had to eliminate the cuteness of "Jia Ling" alone.These are the creative processes that will not be explained to everyone before the interview.
This kind of mood is actually very similar to Le Ying in the story. She was very decadent when she appeared on the scene. She hid at home and was unwilling to face the society. Why did she work for a while and then shrink back home for 10 years? In fact, in my script, she suffered similar harassment. She went out with kindness, but when she didn't get a response, she blamed herself for not being good enough, and finally chose to go home and hide in her mother's arms. Therefore, behind everyone's current appearance, there must be a story that you don't know.
is different from the cultural temperament of the original "Mang". I think we Chinese people are still positive and energetic. This is the spirit written into our cultural genes. Isn't it the old saying that ants can live in vain, and it is better to die than live in vain, etc. wait. My understanding is that no matter what happens, our vitality is tenacious and we can choose to be optimistic. Leying had "died" once, so she thought since she wasn't afraid of "death", what else should she be afraid of, so just risk it all. I put a lot of thought into the design of the boxing gym where Le Ying and Hao Kun train in the
movie, because boxing is not a popular sport in second- and third-tier cities. I don’t want it to be too clichéd or make people feel unfamiliar. trendy items. It should have a sense of intimacy, but not as casual as a food stall, and it needs to have some boundaries. In my opinion, this boxing gym facing the street should have such an atmosphere, like a metaphor of life. As long as people in difficult situations take their own step and go in for training, the result of the game is no longer so important. , he has changed and everything will be fine. "Hot and Spicy" doesn't care about "how to win". It may respect the heart of "wanting to win once". It is to share the possibility of ordinary people's choices, to do what they think is right and what they like, and stick to it, day by day. No matter what the result is in the end, you will definitely be proud of your persistence, because you only live once.
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Although my muscles have been trained so well, it seems that I am very strong. But I have always been a very fragile person inside. I always feel that only fragile people can have so many insights. People with a truly strong heart may feel that this and that are not a thing at all.
Someone asked me, if you made "Li Huanying" as a tribute to your mother, then who did you make "Hot" as a tribute, and for what purpose. I said that making a movie doesn’t have to be dedicated to anyone, I just want to make this story myself. Human emotions and experiences are all the same and there is no essential difference. I hope that when the audience enjoys this movie, they can let go of the label attached to the creator. This movie was just made by a person named Jia Ling. There is no other attributive.
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Finally, I would also like to talk about the script I wrote, which is about a kind, emotional person who may get hurt a little, but in the end persists in being kind, And conquered his own timidity. This story is not limited to the topic of fat or thin.
I just hope that the audience who enter the cinema
will still see some spiritual things,
stick to themselves, defeat themselves, reinvent themselves,
and fall in love with themselves again .
The ending of our version has been greatly changed compared to the original version. "Le Ying did not cry, nor did she lead the male protagonist to eat supper." Instead, for the first time, she posted a confident circle of friends, shook her hair and went home coolly. . But I don’t mean to say bluntly, whoever Le Ying rejected, she just finished the game heartily and felt tired, leaving tomorrow’s affairs to tomorrow.
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Producer/Wang Xiaobai
Photography/Zhong Ling
Styling/Wang Hao
Makeup/Zhang Jin
Hairstyle/Xiao Yunjian ontime
Writing/Chandler
Art/feifei_li
Coordination and execution/Kuang An'an, Xuedan
Producer/Wang Liuqian, Zhang Yu
Publicity/Zheng Haoming
Costume Coordinator/xixi
Costume Assistant/Kang Kang, Fang Fang
Video Director/Wu Keyi
Video Editor/carina xiao, Wu Keyi
Assistant/Han Jiangyu
Brand Acknowledgments/prada
