Nandu News reporter Cai Liyi "Liu Yifei is too beautiful!" This is the biggest emotion from the audience after watching the hit drama "The Story of Roses". But Liu Yifei herself said bluntly: "I am actually not an actress who loves beauty." Not only that, she also said: "Huang Yimei is very willful, very pretentious, and very crazy, but I will not perform according to the audience's preferences, but give the audience a A brand-new role to create a persuasive character. "
In "The Story of a Rose", the heroine Huang Yimei, played by Liu Yifei, goes from a novice in the workplace to a business partner, from first love to marriage, from an innocent girl. From being a single mother... Huang Yimei has stumbled along the way but never looked back, showing the various choices modern women face in the pursuit of spiritual freedom, personal independence and happy love. Liu Yifei recently accepted an exclusive interview with the drama team, revealing her thoughts in the process of creating the character, which also allows fans of the drama to get closer to Huang Yimei's inner world with her and understand Rose's different life.
What kind of person is Huang Yimei?
"There is something inexplicable about her"
"Huang Yimei is a character that makes me excited. The character itself is very tense, and the story and character relationship lines to be discovered are also clear enough. She is a very interesting character. "Character." Liu Yifei talked about how she views the role of Huang Yimei.
Huang Yimei in the play is confident and rational, but also impulsive and prone to "emotion first". What kind of person is she really? As an actor, Liu Yifei herself is also very interested: "During the acting process, I carried a kind of unknown and curiosity, wanting to know why Rose made such a choice, rather than acting out a result. This period of Rose's life, experience Living a sweet love, entering into a dilemma, there will be self-doubt, anger, depression, persistence... I think this character has many colors, it may not be perfect, but it is real, I will think. It’s an interesting person to play. There is something inexplicable about Rose, and that’s what’s so magical about her.”
When talking about what qualities Huang Yimei has that are similar or different from her own, Liu Yifei simply replied: “She has so many qualities. I don’t have it anymore. I am the one who absorbs every role. After the performance, this role belongs to me. Huang Yimei is so courageous. All her choices have a "take this step first" attitude. Feeling. Many things are not simple, but she will think of one of the possibilities, comfort herself first, and then do it. "
Which of Rose's makeup looks is your favorite?
"I'm not an actress who loves beauty,
but makeup can really help the characters"
In addition to the gripping plot, Liu Yifei's outfits in the play have also reached new heights many times, with #liuyifei changing 32 looks in episode 5# and other topics Words are also frequently searched. In this regard, Liu Yifei herself is very open-minded: "I am actually not an actress who loves beauty, but makeup can really help characters." In her opinion, every change in Huang Yimei's style is not just a visual change, in fact It also symbolizes the different stages in her life journey. "You will find her changes before and after, whether it is clothing or temperament, the small changes are particularly real. Through this change, you can really feel that a long period of time has truly left its mark on her body. ."
"For example, the early style is more avant-garde and open. Later, you will find that when a person is broken up, he really doesn't like to make trouble with himself, he doesn't like beauty so much, or he doesn't show off so much, and he starts to retract. It felt a bit like an injured animal. Later, she found herself again and became a more mature version of herself. I think these things are more interesting. "
Liu Yifei also experienced it when she played Huang Yimei." Not beautiful”. It was Huang Yimei who had just given birth in the play. There was no makeup on her face, but she looked haggard. “I am not yet 40 years old, but I have experienced what it’s like to be a mother first, and I have experienced many subtle emotions that are difficult to describe in words."Although she has little experience, Liu Yifei performed the pain of women giving birth and the happiness of being a first-time mother. There is a detail in the play where Huang Yimei holds the newborn baby and touches her own with the baby. Nose. This is an improvisation. Through her performance, Liu Yifei made the interaction between mother and child natural and real.
What is the most beautiful relationship?
"He Fang Xiewen had a lot of good things at the beginning,
she See yourself in every relationship ”
In "The Story of Rose", Huang Yimei and four men have emotional entanglements that are constantly being resolved and confused, including laughter and pain. In Liu Yifei's view, these four relationships have their own differences. They have their own characteristics and have their own charms. "With Zhuang Guodong, we are passionate, with Fang Xiewen, we are like daily necessities, with Fu Jiaming, we are soul mates, and with He Xi, we are young." She sees herself in every relationship. "
What left the deepest impression on Liu Yifei was her first love story with Zhuang Guodong (played by Peng Guanying). There was a scene in the play where she completely said goodbye to her first love. She was so heartbroken that she spilled a whole pot of paint on a painting she had once done. A bouquet of pink roses on the wall. That scene was completely improvised by Liu Yifei: “I remember pouring a basin on the wall, touching paint, and finally plastering all my hair on it during the performance. The crew members who were watching my performance were all horrified because it was real paint and after I put it on my whole back, my hair was all white. After filming that scene, the staff immediately took me to the hair salon to wash off the paint as soon as possible, otherwise I might not even be able to film the scene the next day. "
In this scene, although some people think that Rose is crazy, pretentious and willful in love, Liu Yifei believes that to get close to Rose, one must understand her madness, her artistic temperament and various actions, and experience, Observe and learn, so that all her behaviors can be rationalized, so that her willfulness can "seem annoying and not be afraid of, because she is very real."
"Which relationship do you think is the best?" "Facing the question, Liu Yifei thought for a moment and answered Fang Xiewen (played by Lin Gengxin). "Huang Yimei and Fang Xiewen also had a lot of good things at the beginning, because if she didn't love him, she might not choose Fang Xiewen. "In the play, Huang Yimei and Fang Xiewen entered the palace of marriage, but eventually parted ways. This relationship also made Huang Yimei lose herself a little, and her life changed from bright and public to a depressed look, which made many viewers "angry" . But the most rare thing about Huang Yimei is that even if she loses herself temporarily, she can quickly pull herself back and let the "rose" bloom again. "Many viewers use this to analyze gender relations, female growth, or interpersonal relationships. I think this paragraph. The play is quite realistic. Many things are not so exciting, but there are many complicated things, things that you can and cannot do but want to do. There are many such factors that are pulling in. I think this is interesting. "
When she first fell in love, she was wanton and public; after marriage, she retreated and struggled; when she came back, she was calm and determined. Liu Yifei also had a very special feeling about the relationship between Huang Yimei and Fu Jiaming (played by Huo Jianhua): "A person likes a person very much. A person may live like him, for example, wear his suit, or have some of his preferences in style. Fu Jiaming's relationship was very harmonious and warm together. I think for Huang Yimei, it was a kind of return and liberation. "
"The Story of Rose" has been broadcast on CCTV for more than half of the time. It is currently being broadcast in the second round of Jiangsu Satellite TV's Xingfu Theater. The audience's discussion of Huang Yimei has not diminished. As Liu Yifei said, "The various states of roses, In fact, they are all worth experiencing." The rich colors of roses, the growth and transformation of roses attract the audience, and also attract the performer Liu Yifei herself.
