" The Story of Roses " is booming and gaining popularity, and it has also made the audience pay attention to the characteristics of the "Yishu Girls" again.
They were all born in Hong Kong in the 1970s and 1980s. They are all grown-up characters with good family backgrounds, outstanding looks, independent and brave, and they also have a Mary Sue filter. They talk about love and money, lively and free.
However, in fact, there are not many film and television works of Yi Shu. Except for "The Story of a Rose" and " Golden Years " in the early years, starring Maggie Cheung and other actresses, there was a break in the middle.
Until 2017, a movie "My First Half of Life" turned out and became a phenomenon-level work, with more than 1 billion views, and the heroine Ma Yili won the Magnolia Queen's crown.
After that, Yi Shu Girl seemed to become a popular IP, and actresses also rushed to participate in it.
Liu Shishi, Ni Ni, Yang Zi, and now Liu Yifei, Zhu Zhu, etc., who has performed the character and characteristics of "Girl Yi Shu" more in line with the image in the original work's mind?
1. "My First Half of Life" Ma Yili and Yuan Quan
In 1982, Yi Shu wrote the novel "My First Half of Life", which tells the story of Zijun, a housewife who had to go back to work after being abandoned by her husband, and stood up step by step to find happiness. .
It is said that the prototype of the story was extended by Yi Shu based on Lu Xun's "Sorrow", so the names of the male and female protagonists also used the names of Juansheng and Zijun.
But there are two other important figures in the story: friend Tang Jing and Zijun’s later partner Zhai Youdao.
However, the two women have completely opposite personalities. Zijun has no ideals and aspires to be a good wife and housewife; while Tang Jing joins the society after graduation, experiences ups and downs, then marries a foreign country and lives a smooth life.
In the drama version, Zhai Youdao was modified and "incarnated" as He Han, and he also had another identity: Tang Jing's fiancé.
In fact, this kind of modification has changed the original core of Yi Shu's story and made everything bloody.
Fortunately, Ma Yili and Yuan Quan's performances are delicate and rich, especially the latter, who fully interprets the style of "Yisu Girl".
Her outfit also adopts the minimalist style that she likes in the original work. The colors are always black, white, gray, and khaki, but the style is always simple and elegant, giving people a strong petty bourgeois sentiment.
On the other hand, Ma Yili also used makeup to create a kind of transformation when portraying the character:
From being bold and flamboyant when she was a housewife, she gradually became low-key but became very powerful and stylish.
In terms of acting skills, both of them were recognized.
Ma Yili's performance is full of layers, especially the crying scene where her friend Tang Jing discovers her ambiguity with He Han. She comes to apologize and apologizes, which is really impressive:
There are guilt and restraint in her micro-expressions, and she finally loses her voice. Crying bitterly also contains my own helplessness.
Tang Jing, played by Yuan Quan, has set standards for professional women on the screen:
She walks with style, has clean lines, and is never sloppy in dealing with relationships. However, after discovering her boyfriend's spiritual cheating in the process, she also I once broke down and cried bitterly...
This textbook-level acting is amazing, and netizens once again experienced the charm of "Yisu Girl".
2. "Xibao" Guo Caijie
" Xibao " was created in 1979, 3 years earlier than "The First Half of My Life".
But it was not until 2020 that the film adaptation of the same name was released to the audience.
The heroine in the original work, Jiang Xibao, is a top student from a poor family. By chance, she met Xu Conghui, a wealthy girl, and was later invited to attend her engagement party. As a result, she met her father, Xu Cunzi, and the two began an illicit love affair.
To put it bluntly, this is a "parasitic relationship in which youth is exchanged for money." She said:
"I want a lot of love. If there is no love, then there is a lot of money. If you don't have both, it is good to have health. ”
This sentence may still resonate today.
But after the movie was released, Guo Caijie, who had become famous for starring in "Little Times ", encountered Waterloo.
Some people directly said: She played Xibao as Gu Li.
Perhaps everything starts with the exaggerated scenery and makeup. Although Jiang Xibao came from 1979, the scenery of the movie is indeed too exaggerated, and Guo Caijie is not as described in the original work, "only two sweaters and two pairs of jeans are needed." That’s enough for one semester.”
Instead, she turned into a retro dress and transformed into a transformation show, with all kinds of gorgeous accessories...
Are you sure this isn't Gu Li?
The male protagonist Xu Cunzi is completely different from the "gentle-faced middle-aged man" in the original work, so the two are also jokingly called the "grandfather and grandson love".
In terms of acting, Guo Caijie, a former singer, transformed into an actor after filming the "Tiny Times" series.
But after the film, her acting skills and her vision for selecting scripts seemed to have problems. She has participated in " Skyfire ", " Peerless Master ", " Next: Ex " and other works, all of which were rejected. end. "Xibao", the only starring role of
, was even more criticized, and it ended with a regrettable score of 3.3.
In fact, as early as 1988, Hong Kong female director Li Xinyi filmed a movie "Xibao". Although Li Yanshan, who plays the heroine, is not famous, judging from the stills, she seems to have more of a "Yishu Girl" flavor.
Oh, by the way, in Guo Caijie’s version, Li Yanshan guest-starred as Xibao’s mother.
3. "Golden Years" by Liu Shishi and Ni Ni
In the same year as "Xibao" was released, the TV series "Golden Years" also started airing.
is a story created by Yi Shu in 1987. It tells the story of a pair of completely different best friends Jiang Nansun and Zhu Suosuo, who experienced various life changes together and grew up with each other.
The year after the book was published, Maggie Cheung and Chung Chuhong, who were at the peak of their careers, acted out the images of the two girls.
Zhu Suosuo in the original work is a "sexy little wild cat" who confuses all living beings: "A snow-white oval face, delicate facial features, and a mole at the corner of his mouth. He curled up on the sofa, like a cat..."
Zhong Chuhong, who was 28 years old at the time, She has been nominated for the Golden Horse and Academy Award for Best Actress for many of her works, and is also known as "Xiayu Fanghong" together with Brigitte Lin, Maggie Cheung and Anita Mui. In terms of
's acting skills, although many viewers at the time called her a "vase", the title of "Sexy Little Wildcat" was not for nothing.
In "Golden Years", Zhong Chuhong really interprets a flamboyant, fresh, bright and charming Zhu Suosuo, from the innocence of student days to the charm of adulthood... easy to handle and effortless.
In the drama version broadcast in 2020, it is Ni Ni who plays Zhu Suosuo.
Her advantage also lies in the persona of a modern girl - after her debut, she encountered career slumps several times, but she regained the right to speak by relying on various candid photos on red carpets and magazines.
Zhu Suosuo, played by Ni Ni, has also been recognized by the audience, especially for her extremely high taste in clothing. All the clothes on her have a unique charm and temperament.
And in terms of acting skills, she also successfully crushed Liu Shishi, who played Jiang Nansun.
Indeed, compared to Maggie Cheung’s version of Jiang Nansun many years ago, Liu Shishi also had no chance of winning.
Unlike Zhu Suosuo, Jiang Nansun is simple, innocent and unaware. The original book describes her as follows:
"She is that rare girl who is unconsciously good-looking, with a colorless face with naturally thick eyebrows and long eyelashes."
Maggie Cheung also feels "wooden" to people, but the "woodiness" makes sense - she is a "distressed daughter". She was cold, noble and ignorant of the world in the early days, but later became independent, sober and free.
This is all due to her special growth experience. Maggie Cheung undoubtedly combined this background with the character, and managed to grow with the character.
But in Liu Shishi, "Jiang Nansun" appears more like a person with a temperament that is very similar to her own, as light as chrysanthemum, but slightly indifferent.
Perhaps it was for this reason that her name was missing from the Magnolia Best Actress nomination list that year.
4. "The Story of Cheng Huan" by Yang Zi and Xu Lingyue
Compared with the above original works by Yi Shu, they are too old. The story of "The Story of Cheng Huan" released in 1996 seems to be closer to the present.
The heroine Mai Chenghuan in the original work is an ordinary girl living in a low-rent house, but she needs to run away from her original family.
In this process, she also needs to decisively get rid of her mama's boyfriend, win respect with her hard work, and gain a rich and handsome boyfriend, indulgently...
At the beginning of this year, Yang Zi made a high-profile appearance with this work filmed last year. came, but the response was not as good as expected. The reason was that the story was old-fashioned and not innovative.
But in fact, in this group drama, Mak Chenghuan and the female lead Mao Yongxin do reflect social reality to a certain extent.
The 32-year-old Yang Zi interprets the characteristics of the 29-year-old Mai Chenghuan such as stubbornness, persistence, and sincerity, and also transforms into a down-to-earth urban beauty, making people easily assume the role of themselves as migrant workers and enter the play in minutes.
The second female lead, Mao Yongxin, is played by Xu Lingyue, who is the same age as Yang Zi. Although she has been in the show for many years, she has always been tepid.
Mao Yongxin’s character design is very good. She dares to love and hate, she is sober and transparent, and she can see through the feelings of her best friend at a glance. In the original work, people say to the outside world that "Marrying into the Xin family is a high achievement for Mai Chenghuan," but Maomao speaks quickly. :
"Xin Jialiang is the one with the upper hand! He is a mediocre person, and his qualifications are incomparable to yours, but they all say that such a person will be a good husband, so I won't mention a word about it."
But he is not the same as Mao Yongxin in the original work. Different from marriage advocates, the drama version forcefully arranged her to be given to Cheng Huan's younger brother Cheng Zao. Maybe it seems redundant?
After all, Maomao is a person who is very transparent about emotions. She said: "I just need love that can make me burn."
However, Xu Lingyue is very stunning in appearance, with long curly hair + exquisite light makeup, accessories Although it is gorgeous, it does not steal the limelight and is very eye-catching as soon as it appears.
coupled with his straightforward personality is indeed unforgettable.
5."The Story of a Rose" Liu Yifei, Wan Qian, Zhu Zhu
The now popular "The Story of a Rose" has been highly requested since its preparation and filming, and has aroused heated discussions - after all, "The Story of the Rose" stars Huang Yimei in "Super Mary Sue" , itself is very exciting.
This book was published in 1981. It is one of Yi Shu's classic representative works. It tells the unforgettable love story of Huang Meigui, a girl from a wealthy family, and three men, but in the end she fell in love with another man.
The story itself denies the traditional concept of one-and-done love through the perspective of Rose, emphasizing that women should have spiritual space in love.
As early as 1986, this work was put on the big screen by Chow Yun-fat, Maggie Cheung and others.
At that time, Maggie Cheung had only made her debut for 2 years. Although she had already acted in " Police Story ", she was also hailed as a "vase beauty" by the outside world.
But she is not a beauty in the traditional sense, but has a good temperament and a full sense of story.
When she played Rose, Maggie Cheung was still carrying baby fat, but she had a round face, long black hair, bright eyes and white teeth, and her skin was crystal clear under the sun. She was especially sweet or salty, as quiet as a virgin and as active as a stripped rabbit.
Liu Yifei was born the year after the film was released, and 37 years later she once again interpreted the role of Huang Mei. After the news of
's initial casting came out, everyone was unanimously unfavorable, thinking that she would not be able to play the gorgeous role of "Rose", and even nominated Ni Ni and Zhu Zhu.
But after the TV series was aired, Liu Yifei quickly became a hot search topic for "The God of Beauty Is Coming".
Although she is 37 years old, she has indeed used her beauty to hold up the Yellow Rose from all angles, especially the crew who worked very hard: she changed 32 looks in 5 episodes as proof.
In terms of acting, Liu Yifei also contributed sympathetic crying scenes and passionate scenes that made people burst into blood. She still retains a spirit, which is indeed commendable.
In addition to her, the addition of actresses with their own characteristics such as Wan Qian and Zhu Zhu also gave "The Story of Roses" more highlights.
The character of Su Gengsheng played by Wan Qian seems to be more complicated:
The heroine's boss, best friend, and then sister-in-law, the two of them have become increasingly close, and even developed an inexplicable sense of censorship.
In terms of appearance, she looks like a strong woman. She mainly wears a shirt and pants, which is the standard outfit of a Yishu girl.
Although it may not have the eye-catching charm of Yellow Rose, Su Gengsheng's family of origin and past experiences add a sense of storytelling and alienation. Wan Qian's performance is also progressive and captivating.
And Zhu Zhu’s role as Boss Rose is equally wonderful.
She was at her peak when she appeared, and just a few scenes in the interview demonstrated the relaxation, naturalness, and wisdom of Jiang Xueqiong.
In fact, it is not difficult for Zhu Zhu to play this role. After all, she is the real-life version of Rose.
The above is the "Yishu Girl" award that has been changed in recent years. Although the story has been adjusted, the core remains the same, retaining what Yishu wants to convey about independence, sobriety, transparency and other things that modern modern women need. Traits.
And who do you think has the feeling and charm of the original work?
