drama "Walking with the Phoenix", Zeng Li plays the spiritual leader "Chen Muyue". She is a decisive and self-sacrificing character. She gave up her red makeup and put on a military uniform, for the sake of peace and tranquility in the spiritual world. to her personal happiness in life.
Recently, Zeng Li accepted an exclusive interview with Tencent Entertainment and talked with us about the behind-the-scenes story of "Walking with the Phoenix". She talked about her attitude towards filming and her thoughts on always playing the role of a mother.
After reading the entire self-report, I found a double-faced Zeng Li who is "a cold and strict mother on-screen, but loves square dancing outside of the screen". I really fell in love with her.
[1] Zeng Li, the school beauty whom we met once in 200 years, has been a beauty since she was a child. Her appearance perfectly illustrates that beauty is in the bones, not in the skin. With a round oval face, beautiful facial features, affectionate eyes, and a slender figure of 170cm, she is highly recognizable. She is the type who can be thrown into the crowd of beauties and still stand out.
In 1995, 19-year-old Zeng Li was assigned to work in the Peking Opera Troupe of Hubei Province, but unfortunately there were too few performance opportunities, so he decided to continue his studies. The next year, she was admitted to the Chinese Opera with the third place in the professional course and entered the famous 96-level star class. She was known as the "Seven Golden Flowers" together with Zhang Ziyi, Mei Ting, Hu Jing, etc.
Among them, Zeng Li's beauty is recognized in the circle. She is nicknamed "Big Beauty" and is a famous school beauty. The picture below is the ID photo of Zeng Li, Zhang Ziyi, Mei Ting, and Qin Hailu when they were studying at China National Theater Academy.
Liu Ye said that Zeng Li was recognized as the best in the class; Qin Hailu also said that there was often a row of boys sitting under the teaching building, just to wait for the girls to finish class and walk there. Especially when Zeng Li walked over, it was a sensation.
Bao Jianfeng, who has collaborated with Zeng Li, even praised her, "In the two hundred years of Chinese opera, there has never been such a beautiful actress. I don't think there will be any beauties as beautiful as her in the future."
In 2021, 45-year-old Zeng Li went to play in "Sister Lang 2". A shot of her getting off the car made netizens impressed by her beauty. Sister Sa's temperament was well understood.
came among the sisters, and the whole audience was full of curiosity and appreciation for her. Cecilia Cheung, as a "face tyrant", couldn't move her eyes away when she saw Zeng Li. Sure enough, beauties also like to look at beauties.
It’s not scary to be beautiful, but it’s scary to be beautiful all the time. Zeng Li, who is 48 years old this year, is still in good shape and can still hold up the slightly exaggerated title of "a school beauty rarely seen in the 200 years of Chinese opera".
She posted a vlog about airplane makeup removal and skin care. She uses professional makeup removal techniques and her skin is still translucent even without makeup. She is so delicate and attractive during the trip.
What's more, Zeng Li experienced taking a pulse in a variety show. The doctor said she was 30 years old at most, but she said she was almost 50. The doctor had a look of disbelief on his face, and the corners of his mouth twitched in fear.
[2] Why not play the heroine
After all the praise, many netizens may be confused. With both the appearance of Da Qingyi and his remarkable acting skills, why has Zeng Li not played any popular roles? The female lead in the drama, but she always plays the role of mother/elder?
In addition, her classmates Zhang Ziyi, Hu Jing, Mei Ting, Hu Jing, Yuan Quan and others either received awards and were treated softly, or they always stood in the spotlight and enjoyed flowers and applause. Why didn't Zeng Li get this kind of treatment?
One reason for this is that she has a non-competitive and indifferent character, and has no natural ambition or obsession with domestic entertainment.
According to Liu Ye, "Zeng Li's qualifications are recognized as the best in our class. He is tall and has a big Qingyi. But Zeng Li doesn't seem to have such a big desire, and he always feels that it doesn't matter."
Chinese opera students are never short of performance opportunities, and many program teams will go to school to select new actors. Zeng Li, who is famous all over the world, naturally has a lot of acting appointments coming to his door, but the teacher said that instead of making bad movies, it is better to study hard in school.
That's it. Zeng Li stayed in school for 4 years without filming a single movie.
It can be said that as long as she has the desire to be popular, her career has already taken off.It's a pity that this is not her intention.
In those days, there were strict regulations in the drama, and freshmen and sophomores were not allowed to go out to film. Mei Ting dropped out of school in her sophomore year in order to film "Red Lovers" with Leslie Cheung. Leslie Cheung even gave her a pair of glasses, which made Zhang Ziyi extremely envious.
Seriously, Zeng Li was originally cast in "My Father and Mother" directed by Zhang Yimou. Unfortunately, Zeng Li was not at school that day, so Zhang Ziyi succeeded in the temporary audition and finally won the role of "Zhao Di". Zhang Ziyi also quickly rose to prominence with this film.
Anyone else might be angry because they were robbed of an opportunity. Zeng Li was very calm afterwards, "If I had acted, the movie might not be a hit."
really matched her Buddhist mentality and didn't want to break her head to fight, just let everything take its course.
Secondly, as a true beauty, Zeng Li does not care about appearance and age, and calmly plays supporting roles and elders for traffic florets/niche students.
In an interview with Tencent Entertainment, she mentioned, "Every film has both red flowers and green leaves, just like decorating your own small home. It can't be all flowers, but you also have to add some green plants to balance it. "It's so beautiful."
Therefore, she doesn't resist the role of mother at all. In her opinion, "There are many kinds of strict mothers, and there are many kinds of stories behind the characters, and they will have different chemical reactions with different daughters."
In "The Next Stop Is Happiness", she is the "most beautiful stepmother" Wu Meiyin. Her calm eyes and red lips have impressed many netizens with her mature temperament.
In "July and Ansheng", she played Li Ansheng's mother. Her demeanor is modest and gentle, showing a good upbringing. However, as a mother, she looks troubled and slightly embarrassed when faced with the director's various criticisms of her daughter, which not only shows her inner emotions but does not deviate from the character's own logic.
In "Brilliant Star", Zeng Li plays Xiao Yuanyi. She is not only a heroic female general, but also a double standard tiger mother.
Especially the scene with Zhao Lusi, I was so addicted that I couldn't stop. The famous scene where mother and daughter team up to tear Lou's mother and daughter apart with their hands in synchronicity is as majestic and domineering as a female general.
Xiao Yuanyi was originally an annoying character, but because of Zeng Li's vivid interpretation, she became less annoying. It was with this role that Zeng Li won the Best Supporting Actress Award at the 13th Macau International Television Festival, which was her first professional award since her debut.
After that, Zeng Li renewed his relationship with Zhao Lusi. In "The Secret Can't Be Hidden", she is a smart and elegant woman with high knowledge, and she is also the perfect mother who raises her son harshly and pampers her daughter.
In "Daydreaming About Me", Zeng Li plays Zhuang Dafei's mother for the second time. Because her career was frustrated, she was afraid that her daughter would be worried, so she sent her daughter to her ex-husband's house. Knowing that her daughter was wronged at her ex-husband's house, she did not hesitate to come forward to speak out.
In the recent hit drama "Traveling with the Phoenix", she plays the role of Shen Muyue. In order to shoulder the responsibility of the spiritual world, she gave up her personal life, love and hatred, and was strong and domineering.
For Shen Li, played by Zhao Liying, Shen Muyue is a special being who is both a teacher and a mother. Shen Li was raised by her since she was a child. She is not her biological child, but she is better than her biological child. She has a motherly side to Shen Li, but she is not completely a mother. This makes her relationship with Shen Li very delicate. It seems very harsh, but in fact, it has a sharp mouth and a tofu heart.
Xingzhi is the only ancient god in the world, and his mission is to seal Xu Tianyuan. In order to prevent the presence of Xu Tianyuan's aura in Shen Li's body from being exposed, she did not hesitate to spend a lot of spiritual power to use the Thousand Miles Shadow Chasing Technique to call Shen Li back and protect him silently.
"It will be your thousandth birthday in a few days" and "I remember all your days" are just two simple words, but they express Shen Muyue's strong love for Shen Li in an ordinary and sincere way.
Looking back at each of Zeng Li’s mother roles is interesting and complex. Their stories subtly entered Zeng Li's life, and she learned a lot from the characters.
As Zeng Li said to Tencent Entertainment, "To present different perceptions to the audience, then this role is meaningful. I also think it is worthwhile to play the same type of role repeatedly."
[3] Off-screen Loves square dancing
Zeng Li is in one state when he is acting, but he is completely different after he comes out of the play.
She likes to share health care, outfits, grocery shopping, makeup, and skin care on social platforms. You can't see the age limit in her body. These all come from her self-discipline and accumulation in life.
During the live broadcast, she became an unusual stream of fresh air. On the surface, he looks full of energy, but in fact he is stupid and naive.
had no technical guidance, so there were a lot of things going wrong during the live broadcast alone. When she was watching with her, she chose the wrong episode number and played it as a preview. When she was preparing to sing, she found the wrong words. A series of small problems made her say that she was overturned.
She interacts with fans enthusiastically and responds to everyone's requests. She compares her thoughts and posts, and is very busy.
Many netizens said that the Zeng Li on social platforms is not at all the person they remember. I don't know if it is because as she grows older and more experienced, her personality becomes more carefree, and she occasionally develops "crazy" traits, such as dancing with the aunties in Tianjin, imitating Foshan welding videos, and going to the park to dance in the square. Dance.
But as far as I am concerned, when I saw Zeng Li in this state, I was happy at that moment.
These are the lives around us, and for actors, if they want to express themselves better, they cannot escape from real life. Feeling the joy, anger, sorrow and joy in ordinary people, and feeling yourself in the fireworks of the world, for Zeng Li, who is an actor, it is more like a hard-won gift of life.
When she was 20 years old, she had bright eyes and white teeth, short hair and refreshing youthfulness. At nearly 50 years old, she is full of femininity and exudes charm.
Although Zeng Li has never been popular, she has always been excellent and lived how she wanted. Her strength was all given by herself. Now 48 years old, she is neither impatient nor impatient. Time has settled and left her with tranquility. She is still being herself and living a beautiful life of her own.
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