Text | An Qing
Editor | 9527 Miao Gujun
The first hit drama in 2024 is "City Within a City" launched by CCTV. Since the TV series was launched, financial themes have become popular again.
The audience's expectations for this drama are comparable to " Blossoms " and "Storm Chaser", with urban themes and realistic plots. The popularity of "City Within a City" is completely within the audience's expectations.
With the update of the series, "City Within a City" has indeed launched a lot of highlights to retain the audience. The unprecedented corruption phenomenon in the financial industry, the unspoken rules of the industry under the surging undercurrent, and even the process of some protagonists falling into corruption step by step have become the eye-catching highlights of "City Within a City".
But unfortunately, "City Within a City" has assembled the cast that the audience is most looking forward to, and interprets the most exciting financial story. However, there are many shortcomings in the casting of the TV series that the audience cannot accept.
The actor Bai Yufan has young acting skills and cannot carry the banner of the protagonist. As much as the audience is impressed by Yu Hewei's performance, they will be disgusted by Bai Yufan's portrayal. As the main male protagonist of the entire drama, Tao Wuji, played by Bai Yufan, has completely been reduced to a camera male protagonist. He has no male protagonist charm and no sense of protagonist's presence.
In addition, actress Lonnie is also the failure of "City Within a City".
After the release of "Hurry", Gao Qilan, played by Lonnie, became popular. Her long hair and gold-rimmed glasses made her look like a royal sister. She has a high-minded and intelligent image and charm, and she is a silly and sweet persona in domestic entertainment.
In "City Within", Lonnie once again recreated Gao Qilan's look. At first, the audience thought it was very fresh. From time to time, they lamented that the popularity of "Hurricane" gave the treasured actor a chance to shine.
But not long after "City Within a City" was launched, Lonnie's shortcomings were exposed.
She has a lot of flaws in her facial features. The upper court is too long, the lower court is too short, the presence of teeth is too strong, and the facial bones also cause the face shape not to be smooth enough. When she portrays some female characters in a low-key manner, she can also rely on her aura to attract attention. , but once you perform a role that relies on beauty to attract attention, it instantly becomes unconvincing.
In the plot, when Lonnie played Zhou Lin, she would always magnify all kinds of charming little moves. When she appeared, she wanted to throw her hair to the sky, with an expression of "I am so beautiful", which made people dig their toes with embarrassment. land.
In the scene where Su Jianren confessed her love, Long Ni made an absurd number of little moves. One moment she pinched her chin, the other moment she propped up her elbows, and from time to time she touched her slender arms with her fingertips. This was not all, she was acting out her reactions. When the camera was on, there was no emotion in those empty eyes, but only funny eyes darting around.
Faced with the comic character Su Jianren played by Feng Jiayi , Lonnie couldn't handle it, let alone the role of partnering with Yu Hewei. In the plot of
, Zhou Lin is the beauty trap used by Xie Zhiyuan to hook Zhao Hui. In the early stage, Zhao Hui has been restraining himself. No matter what kind of offensive Zhou Lin launches, he looks like an iron wall.
But Bai Yueguang is Bai Yueguang. Zhou Lin and his deceased wife look so similar that Zhao Hui can't resist. By the 12th episode, the relationship between the two has almost been revealed, and the ambiguous atmosphere almost fully demonstrates the feelings that adults have difficulty expressing.
This scene can be said to be the key scene where Zhao Hui once again lowered his bottom line.
But Yu Hewei and Long Ni in this scene are completely in two states.
Zhou Lin, played by Long Ni, was walking in the rain, looking frustrated and lonely, which made Zhao Hui feel heartbroken. He followed behind, silently approached, and then gave half of the umbrella to Zhou Lin.
In these few seconds of the scene, Yu Hewei had no lines, but performed a kind of hesitation of wanting to get closer but not daring to get close. The moment the black umbrella appeared, actor Long Ni suddenly rolled her eyes and looked diagonally upward.
At this moment, the audience was about to cry because of the relationship between the two of them. As a result, the camera focused on Lonnie's face, but she looked uncomfortable with her contact lenses, staring at her eyes. I could have changed the background music. Transition to a horror movie.
Immediately afterwards, Zhou Lin began to laugh at herself, and Zhao Hui comforted Zhou Lin: When the child grows up, the child will definitely understand Zhou Lin's painstaking efforts. As she talked, Zhou Lin cried aggrievedly.
At this second, Yu Hewei's tone was full of the restrained tenderness of a man. His voice was low, but his expression was painless in order to keep a distance, but the audience could see the character's emotion in Yu Hewei's eyes.
But the actor Lonnie couldn't handle Yu Hewei's scene at all. Her crying movements were very stiff, her shaking shoulders were as big as vibrating on a mobile phone, her head was lowered, her mouth was grinning, and there was no emotional foreshadowing or emotional support for the sudden crying scene. Rendering, focusing on a step-by-step approach that "makes me cry".
Not only that, this scene also required Lonnie to cry while typing out the line, "Do you know what I am most sad about?" As soon as this line came out, the audience's ears stood up, and then Lonnie broke the news However, her lines were completely unclear, her salivating voice made people frown, and her inexplicable speaking rhythm made this line, which was supposed to show the softer side of women, not achieve the expected effect.
Fortunately, Yu Hewei has his own rhythm. He gritted his teeth, with tears in his eyes, and his eyes drifted to Longni from the side. He breathed out a sigh of distress and couldn't bear it. He held an umbrella and remained silent, but with his delicate eyes, he performed a kind of love that was deafening. The sense of sight of the complete collapse of the fortress that was built.
At this moment, Yu Hewei's emotional performance gradually made it clear to the audience that the character Zhao Hui was destined to become corrupt, and was destined to take the bait because of Zhou Lin's involvement.
But it is also this scene that proves that actor Lonnie really has limited acting skills and lack of shaping ability. When many netizens saw this scene, they couldn't help but express " Zhao Xinghao Su" and "Gao Qilan can't handle the emperor's uncle's scene".
At present, Zhou Lin, played by Long Ni, is a very key role in the play. She has more scenes opposite Yu Hewei, and the character has a strong sense of presence. However, every time she plays opposite a powerful actor, the actress Long Ni’s skills are The lack of acting skills was completely eliminated.
can only say that Gao Qilan in "Hurry" really gave actor Long Ni a very thick filter. In "City Within a City", Lonnie has also been reduced to the point where she can no longer hide her strength. Netizens commented , "Long Ni really took advantage of the character design, why is her acting like this?" , and some netizens complained about , "The biggest failure was to find Long Ni, her acting skills are awkward, her speaking voice is awkward, and she died of exhaustion from Mr. He Wei." .
In fact, as long as Valonni's acting skills remain at a passable level, Zhou Lin and Zhao Hui can create a wave of CP feelings with their roles, but now it seems that it all depends on He Wei alone.
can only say that Lonnie was not unjustly scolded in "City Within a City".
Finally, what are your thoughts on the drama "City Within a City"? What do you think of Lonnie's performance? Join the discussion in the comments section.
