Stills of "Wait a Minute"
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Stills of "Goodbye Teacher"
Stills of "Here I Come"
Recently, "Year-End" starring the only all-girl comedy team "Sha Quan Sha Mei" of the comedy variety show "Happy Wonderful Night" "Grand Prize", "Goodbye Teacher", "Yulia Don't Cry" and other works have been on the hot search for many times. With their unique performances and perseverance, they have allowed the audience to encounter different comedy works.
"I really love drama and filming so much." On September 12, as a member of "Shaquan Shamei", the actor Kong Lingmei, who "broke the circle" with "Wonderful Night", was in In an exclusive interview with Beijing Youth Daily, she said straight to the point that she likes acting not to pursue "fame and family", but to bring physical and mental pleasure to the audience by interpreting various lives and performing complete and solid works.
As a "veteran" actor in dramas, Kong Lingmei's outstanding acting skills made netizens say, "It brought me back to school in a moment!" "Performed the soul of the female CEO!" "Who is the beautiful sister playing!"... ...Many young people left messages saying that these works made them laugh, and at the same time they felt the power of comedy art and gained confidence in life.
Kong Lingmei admitted in the interview that she cherished the ten years she spent working in small theaters after graduation. She also admitted that she was troubled by the difficulty in getting the roles or scripts she wanted, but the only thing that remained unchanged was her love for acting. , supporting her to always be optimistic and positive in facing challenges, "I believe that only through continuous training and challenges can I have the opportunity to play better roles."
It is a great thing to make others laugh or cry.
True Warm workplace stories, touching teacher-student friendship... On the comedy stage, every performance of Kong Lingmei seems to be a dialogue that goes straight to the depths of the soul, making people forget their worries and immerse themselves in it. From the time she formed a team to enter "Wonderful Night" in March and started recording programs and competing until the finals in August, Kong Lingmei said that she had not preset any ending, but in the summer of 2024, three women The "Shaquan Shamei" composed of "Shaquan Shamei" has been here before, and she thought "this was a very good encounter."
What is less known is that in the hearts of drama fans, Kong Lingmei is recognized as an acting school. She has won the Best Leading Actor Award at the 7th International Theater Academy Awards and has directed many artists to perform.
In 2007, after graduating from Central Chinese Opera, Kong Lingmei plunged into the small theater, which was particularly popular at the time, and "struggled" on the drama stage for ten years. She starred in "I'm Not Li Bai", "My Deskmate" and "That Time I Don't Care About My Life". "Love" is performed hundreds of times every year in Beijing and Shanghai. She also played the role of Zhen Huan in the drama version of "The Legend of Zhen Huan".
"At that time, the audience loved watching plays in small theaters. Everyone actually bought tickets to watch them. I was also particularly fascinated by the performance atmosphere of small theaters." Kong Lingmei recalled. After meeting director Peter Chan in 2014, she considered switching to film and television dramas, but she also got into trouble. Because she starred in "Aunt Huifang", she was nicknamed "the most old lady in Beijing", and she was always some "mom" or something like that. The character comes to your door.
After much thought, Kong Lingmei chose to continue to work on the drama stage. She felt that it was particularly good to grow with the audience. "I review dramas every day, because the stage of the small theater is very close to the audience, and a play is not good to watch. The mobile phone screens in the audience started to light up. It was the audience playing with their mobile phones. At this time, the actors had to quickly adjust the rhythm on the stage. "When she later became a producer and producer herself, she still paid attention to the audience's reaction, "Where is it? If the audience doesn't find it funny, they will adjust the actor's performance. "
Is it your childhood dream to be an actor? Kong Lingmei laughed and said that there was no actor in her family. When she was a child, she cried so much after watching "Green Grass by the River" that her mother teased her and said, "Go ahead and act." She remembered that she loved telling stories to people since she was a child, " I feel very satisfied when people look at me with all their attention. I feel that it is a great thing to make others laugh or cry."Later, she was admitted to the Normal College, where she studied dance and vocal music until she started working. An accidental opportunity revived her idea of acting, so she applied for the Chinese Opera.
"Maybe I was more sincere and moved the teacher. "Kong Lingmei was deeply impressed by the last interview," the teacher asked, have you applied for other schools? I said no. The teacher asked again, do you really want to come to China Opera? I said I enjoyed performing. The teacher said, go back and review the cultural classes. In fact, my grades were not very good when I entered the exam, but in the end I graduated with the top grade in my major. "
When it comes to acting, Kong Lingmei is very strict with herself, "I used to be very stubborn, including when I entered the Chinese Theater Academy. For example, how many points must I get for this homework? If I don't get a certain score, I will compete with myself. ; If there is a line in this script that is not spoken well, I think it will not work. She admitted that she was able to bravely stand on the stage of "A Wonderful Night" this time. One of the motivations was that when she was studying at the Chinese Opera, there were many role models who gave her courage and strength. "I hope I can also receive a good script," she said. Acting in a down-to-earth manner. When the audience saw it, they said that this actor performed very well, and it turned out that he was a Chinese actor. I hope that I am proud of China Drama and China Drama can be proud of me. "
is integrated with those born in the 90s and 00s. They taught me an important lesson.
Many people have asked Kong Lingmei how she would have thought of participating in such a comedy variety show. Some people even bluntly asked her as a senior Would it be a bit "bullying" for newcomers to participate in the competition? "I don't think seniority will necessarily lead to success. I am completely a newcomer in "Wonderful Night", which is exactly the challenge for me. "
Kong Lingmei said frankly that when entering the new field of comedy, you need to learn to let go. For example, who are you and who are your predecessors? For example, if you fail in the performance, you will not be able to act in the future. These so-called "baggage", all Let go and start everything from scratch.
In fact, Kong Lingmei has a long history with "Wonderful Night". She once passed by the first season of "Annual Comedy Competition" in 2021. At that time, she participated in many offline workshops. (Performance Workshop), many creative directors will come to watch the performance. “Maybe I’m not too afraid of the performance. After participating in a few sessions, I received an invitation from the program team. I was pregnant with my second child at the time, and I heard that the season would start in the middle of the year and finish at the end of the year. In fact, my health was okay, but I thought this competition was a collective matter, so I had better prepare for my second child. "Kong Lingmei said with a smile that she watched the first season from beginning to end, "I am familiar with the actor Zhang Chi. After graduation, the two of us arranged our first serious original drama "That Risky Love", and I also know the actor Jin Jing because I gave her lines and performance guidance in 2017. "
Until she actually stood on the stage of "Wonderful Night", although she was not afraid of performing, Kong Lingmei knew that she had no advantages in terms of age, image and acting skills, but why did she come? She said bluntly, "I am too I like drama. I came here to learn, and it would be good to be edified by so many wonderful people. I want to find the sense of struggle I had in these six months, and then get ready and set off in the best possible condition. "
Looking back, Kong Lingmei is grateful that the "Xinren" stage is very tolerant and friendly to newcomers. "Since I started working as a performance director in 2016, I have been digging for scripts that suit me. There are many scripts that I really want to act in, but No one asked me to act. In the past, my mentality was to act steadily, and there was no problem in taking my time. Later I thought about it, maybe I really need to let everyone know who you are. "However, when she decided to cross-border to participate in "Wonderful Night", Kong Lingmei did not assume that she would succeed, "For me, if the work can bring even a little bit of laughter to people, or make people feel happy when they think about it, It is enough for people to feel sweet and enjoy the whole day. "
When working with young people, Kong Lingmei bluntly said that she has experienced "opening up" and "finding" herself. "The people born in the 1990s and 2000s have great minds and don't have any internal friction at all. But we have been acting for a long time, and sometimes our thinking The model will be somewhat solidified.She sighed, "For example, there are some things that I think I have already laughed at, so why do I still laugh?" But young people will find this very funny. Why don't you laugh? I just thought, don’t you stop laughing as you get older? They taught me a very important lesson. "
regained the feeling of becoming more courageous with each setback, which also aroused the fighting spirit of filming.
put aside self-denial and started working again, as if a window had opened, "I feel that it will stretch upwards and downwards. And I have a clearer idea of what I want to act and what I am good at. This surprised Kong Lingmei, "Later I discovered that when I was with my daughters, sometimes if I 'acted' a sentence, they would burst into laughter. It turns out that children can laugh like this! This made her more aware that integrating with young people is a two-way learning process. "For example, many young people's 'face' (exaggerated expressions and funny movements) are very cute, but when they reach my age, they should not do it." I hope that I will not break away from the drama system of the academy and explore some comedy elements on the basis of the characters. This is my way of doing comedy. And I think that in a drama, everyone can use their personal strengths to make it enjoyable. ”
“I did not show myself unreservedly on the stage of "A Happy and Wonderful Night". I prefer to 'live and learn'. For example, my own books include a couple's book, a couple's book, and an old lady's book. This book, it doesn't matter if these books are not used in "Xingren Wonderful Night", because this time I also want to use "Xingren" to relax myself and rekindle it. Kong Lingmei said.
What is your experience of the crazy creation mode in "Comedy Prison"? She lamented that sometimes she felt that she couldn't keep up in terms of energy, determination to be cruel to herself, and imagination, "Six Scheduling six books a month is not about resting on one's laurels. You have to keep burning. For example, for the first one, I felt that there was not enough time. We often rehearsed until two or three in the morning. When I got home, I quickly washed up and went to sleep. I got up at six o'clock the next day to send the eldest and second child to kindergarten. There may be a time when your body really can't bear it anymore, so you just take some medicine to cope with it. But everyone also takes good care of me. Sometimes they just sit in the rehearsal space and take a break. I had almost no sleep during that time, but everyone's schedule is like this, and I have to digest a lot of things by myself. "
Kong Lingmei was deeply impressed. On the day of the last recording, after recording the competition program, she also had to record the party and interviews. Because she wore an evening dress that day, she had to wear a body-shaping suit for a day, and she didn't eat for a day. In the end, she was not in good health. Comfortable. She smiled and digested these tense creation and arrangement processes into humor and struggle, "Originally, I planned to lose weight during the six months of being on the show, but instead I gained five pounds due to stress. Think about it, we sit there and stay up late every day. Have meetings, create plans, brainstorm, and order something to eat when you’re hungry. Although there was no hope of losing weight, I regained the feeling of becoming more courageous with every setback, which also aroused my fighting spirit for filming. "
Kong Lingmei was happy that participating in the "Wonderful Night" competition set an example for her daughters. One day, the second child, who was almost three years old, imitated her lines and her tone and said, "Mom, you act It's really good! "I said, thank you, do you understand?" She said I could understand. She was very pleased at that moment, "The child's heart is very pure and healing. Sometimes I am too tired. Let me ask, is my mother great?" They said, great, mom is the best. My two daughters often hug me, which is also the source of motivation for my performance. The person I love the most relies on me, and I feel full of electricity again. "
Works bring power to people, which is my original intention to be an actor.
During the creation and arrangement of "Wonderful Night", Kong Lingmei believed that the most pleasant state is when everyone tries and explores together and makes new discoveries and touch.When the work "Here I Come" was performed offline for the first time, she imitated Guo. The actor Wang Nan said next to her, "Meimei acted like the stereotypical Guo." This made her suddenly alert, " If I just imitate superficially, will I lose this character?" After
returned home, she reviewed it carefully and felt that the moment the souls of the three characters exchanged, she must have both Yu Shasha and Guo in her body. Formaldehyde feels right. "At this time, how to string together the three characters is the most important thing, not just who they imitate." She suddenly realized, "Doing comedy is not about how similar you act. As good as it is, I would like to explore the character in a deeper way, and I don’t want the character to have too many routines or stereotypes.” When
asked whether she had any regrets in the creation, Kong Lingmei said regretfully that she had no regrets. More time to figure out the characters, "This is too late, sometimes because time is limited, sometimes because physical strength cannot keep up."
Nowadays, "Xingren" works are constantly being viewed on short video platforms, and many fans, including some When her friends saw it, they were surprised and said to her, "Meimei, you are still insisting on acting. I thought you were working behind the scenes." Some netizens left a message saying, "The persistence I feel from you makes me no longer alone." Others Some people said, "I found that being in my fifties can be better, and I am not so scared." Another person told her, "Sister Meimei, I got divorced and was very depressed for a while, but after reading these works, I think of every time and space." I will be by my side to protect myself. I think about it now. I feel that life still has so long, and I will slowly get out of it. "
"I think this is the power of my work, and this is also my original intention of being an actor." In Kong Lingmei's view, no matter how she walks in life, everyone is constantly "clearing levels and fighting monsters" on the way forward. After going through this "gratifying" journey, she admitted that the biggest gain is overcoming physical and psychological challenges. "These six months have made me feel that my life has been extended, because we have performed in many works, and many wonderful pictures are constantly flashing in my mind. I have passed the test again." A higher threshold. "
Do your job well and do what you like.
After the first program of "Happy Wonderful Night" was broadcast, some jobs came to me, "like the ones I worked with before. The role may be the fourth or fifth female lead. Now that the audience has gained acceptance, people will dare to ask you to take the leading role. I will play the first female lead in a theater movie that will be shot soon, and the subsequent schedules are basically full. "
Faced with more opportunities brought by "breaking the circle", as an actor, Kong Lingmei said that she is willing to follow the characters in the play to be happy, angry, sad and joyful. She hopes that the work can be resonant and contagious, and can make people understand life and the future. Life gives birth to new power, "Let everyone live happily. My performances, including when I pick up the book, will all have this appeal."
There are dramas that make her happy, but in fact, Kong Lingmei said She has always arranged her work cycle to be quite full, and never stops. “I remember that when I was pregnant with my eldest child, I was still working until I was more than seven months old, because the baby was very well-behaved at the time and there was no problem with my body. When I was six months pregnant, I worked as a performance coach in Hengdian. Later, when the weather got too hot, I returned to Beijing and did some offline performance coaching work. In this regard, she did not feel that she was particularly hard-working, "I just try to do what I should do, but maybe for some viewers, it will be touching to see me, an actress with a family and children, still working like this." . For example, when I come home after work every day, I give my boss a bath and then my second child, and then I show my boss my homework and play with my second child... Maybe women with children will empathize. In fact, if I didn't "break the circle", I would still continue to act when my children grow up, but now I am growing up with my two children. I told my daughters that my mother has started filming again, and we may only be able to make phone calls during this time. We will work together: I will go to work to make money, and you will learn cultural knowledge and exercise your ability to live independently. We will make progress together. "
In Kong Lingmei's view, in front of her daughter, she should first be a mother, and in addition to this identity, she can do her favorite job well."Now I am starting from scratch and starting over."
text/reporter Li Zhe
picture/"Glorious and Wonderful Night"
Source: Beijing Youth Daily
