1905 movie network feature "It’s really good not to be sweet!"
Talking about the role of "Tu Ling" in the Spring Festival movie, he sighed.
She used three words to describe "slaughtering spirits":Courageous, able to fight, very authentic.
This "cool" character is also the reason why Yang Mi chose to work with the director again.
As of press time, "Assassination Novelist" has achieved 300 million box office, ranking third in the Spring Festival. Douban scored 7.1 points, a good reputation.
In the face of the first big screen "villain", how did Yang Mi perform the "ruthlessness" and "Sa" of Tu Ling? What "sober" speeches did Yang Mi, who can be called a "golden sentence maker" recently, make?
"Slayer Spirit"
"I’ve always wanted to design a woman who can punch an actor."Lu Yang analyzed the creative path of the character Tu Ling in this way.
"Thoughtful, dual-business, extremely rational and calm" is the director’s positioning of Tu Ling, which also made him think of Yang Mi, who had worked with him.
At that time, Yang Mi was filming in Shanghai, and Lu Yang and the producer flew to Shanghai, and the two sides hit it off as soon as they had a "meal". There was no need for too much politeness between old partners, and "trust in the director and the team" was the first criterion for Yang Mi to choose a role.
After 18 years of debut and more than 20 films, "Tu Ling" was Yang Mi’s first "villain" on the big screen, and she also excavated a strong side that contrasted greatly with her previous roles."No need to be sweet, no need to fall in love with an actor, it’s really cool."
Although she was a villain, Tu Ling was not all bad. The trauma of being abandoned by her parents in her childhood and the gradual awakening of her inner conscience all interwoven into her complex human nature, which also gave her a richer level of character.
Yang Mi explained, "No one’s good or bad can be easily defined. I think Tu Ling is a very real girl. She has always followed her own values and done what she thinks is right."
Tu Ling not only allowed Yang Mi to contribute the villain’s debut, but also allowed her to challenge the difficult real-life action scenes. The most difficult part of the play was the physical training before the shooting, and Yang Mi also entered the group early and rehearsed all the action scenes in advance.
Continuous high-intensity training, Yang Mi describes "every day my legs are like lead", the muscles are so stiff that she can’t feel it, and even the 90kg martial arts instructor stepped on the legs to help relax the muscles, she didn’t feel it at all, "It’s so perverted, I feel a little unreasonable."
In the movie, the climax fight scene staged in the library made many viewers hooked. Yang Mi continuously completed side kicks, fights, and somersaults, leaping from behind and riding on his opponent’s neck, and finally being kicked heavily on the cabinet in one go.
In the special, Yang Mi was kicked in the stomach by his opponent over and over again, and fell to the ground violently. netizens commented: "I feel pain through the screen," but this is the norm behind the scenes of "Assassination Novelist".
According to Yang Mi, 97% of the action scenes are performed in person, without the use of stuntmen. Asked why she insisted on doing it herself, she simply replied lightly: "I can do it… When I look back, it looks pretty good, and I think fortunately I did it myself."
"Breakthrough"
"Assassination of the Novelist" is hard enough and enjoyable enough, but this is not the first time Yang Mi has shown his skills on the big screen.
There used to be intensive fighting scenes in Zhongdu, and Yang Mi also won the Jackie Chan Action Movie Week Best Actress Award by virtue of the latter’s recognition.
"Reverse Time Rescue" stills
Although the overall quality of "Reverse Time Rescue" is mediocre and has a poor reputation, Yang Mi’s one-person role in the triangle as a single mother and a large number of selfless high-altitude melee scenes is still impressive.
Producer Jackie Chan also praised Yang Mi’s transformation, "When I saw Yang Mi in a scene at the garbage disposal station, I had to work hard. I heard from the staff that she was injured a lot, and she really grew up!"
"I am a Witness", which is also known for its fist-to-flesh action scenes and brain-burning plots, was once regarded as Yang Mi’s big-screen transformation.
In it, she plays Lu Xiaoxing, a police intern who goes blind by accident. She loses a loved one due to her own fault and tries to find a light in the darkness of self-blame and despair. Yang Mi once bluntly said that Lu Xiaoxing is the role she has been waiting for for for a long time.
Before this, Yang Mi’s image had always been a silly white and sweet character with big backlights, long eyelashes, and soft light with its own filters, because she was well known to audiences for the ancient costume idol dramas and the "Tiny Times" series. Therefore, she cherished this blind girl who was a little "rough". She appeared without makeup, regardless of her hairstyle, and deliberately lowered her voice, "This roughness is the texture of this character."
Before the shoot, Yang Mi went into the blind experience museum many times to feel, went to the blind massage therapist’s home to consult and observe the details of the blind’s life, and tried to approach the role in psychological state, "Blind people are very passive, when dealing with some things, their desire to protect will be very strong, especially the acquired blindness, it is easy to have an extreme tendency to commit suicide."
The title of "I Am a Witness" was also Yang Mi’s state of mind at that time. "I hope everyone can witness my sincerity and attitude towards acting, as well as my confidence in becoming a good actor."
If "I am a Witness" is the first step on the road to transformation, then starring in a realist literary film three years later would be even more subversive for Yang Mi.
She plays Jiang Meng, a congenitally disabled cleaning lady, who speaks Nanjing dialect, wipes her face black and yellow, lights freckles, and doesn’t see the appearance of "the most beautiful woman in the four seas and eight wilderness" at all.
The most the director ever said to Yang Mi was "come for real". Before filming started, he threw Yang Mi a dress of more than 100 yuan and asked her not to comb her hair, wear her hair, and wander around the farmers market until no one recognized her.
When filming, there was no script, only a story outline. Yang Mi was forced to give the truest reaction on the spot, just like "when the real situation in life is approaching".
This was a brand new experience for Yang Mi and a huge test. After countless setbacks, she gradually found out Jiang Meng’s sick and stubborn way of walking, the stubborn state of always looking directly into people’s glasses and talking, and constantly tried to approach the director’s warning:"To truly become Jiang Meng, everything must be the truest reaction."
It is a pity that after a long period of preparation and multiple reshoots, the final word-of-mouth and box office of "Baby" did not meet expectations.Just like Yang Mi’s road to the big screen, it is always accompanied by doubts and controversies, but it always lacks the courage to keep trying.
Now, when it comes to "breakthrough", Yang Mi’s answer is very calm, "Breakthrough or no breakthrough is for others to see, I think the work is good-looking, this is more important. I will not break through for the sake of breakthrough, but do it with a sense of ritual."
"Sober"
Entering the industry at the age of 4, becoming the "youngest star girl" at the age of 5, acting in "Condor Heroes" at the age of 18, and "Dream of Red Mansions" at the age of 22. With his good appearance and smart temperament, Yang Mi’s star journey can be described as smooth.
In the 06 version of "The Condor Heroes", Yang Mi played Guo Xiang
On the small screen, from "Legend of Immortal Sword and Fairy 3" to "Palace Lock Heart Jade" to "Three Lives, Three Worlds and Ten Miles of Peach Blossom", Yang Mi has always been a hit maker in the "Four Little Flowers".
Weibo has more than 100 million fans. Long before the word "traffic" became popular, Yang Mi was already a well-deserved top-class, but it was also accompanied by never-ending topics and controversies, related to acting skills, appearance and personality.
Ten years ago, in the face of "scolding", Yang Mi once posted: "Kill me if you have the ability, if you can’t kill me, just wait for me to become stronger." But now, what she exudes is more calm and comfortable after seeing the wind and waves.
Just as in a recent program, Yang Mi responded to the black fans by saying:"Everyone who scolds you is an arrow borrowed by the straw boat. Let’s wait until the east wind blows."
After many years of working together again, even those who had publicly criticized Yang Mi’s acting could not help but sigh: whether it was acting or all aspects, Yang Mi had matured, "now it feels like a big actor".
Recently, because of the performance in the female monologue drama "Hear Her Say: Perfect Girl" produced by the producer, the topic of "Yang Mi’s acting skills" once again hit the hot search, and it was rare to receive a lot of praise.
Yang Mi plays an artificial intelligence robot Xiao Ai built with "perfect standards", and uses more than ten minutes of monologue in the mirror to gradually convey "Xiao Ai" from ignorance and ignorance to confusion and helplessness when hurt.
Director Zhao Wei recalled that when casting, she wanted to find a candidate who matched Xiao Ai’s appearance, figure, and acting skills. "Except for Yang Mi, I really can’t find a second person."
But in Yang Mi’s opinion, the word "perfect" may not have anything to do with herself. She once said with self-deprecation: "I am too accustomed to failure from childhood to adulthood. It is not a matter of three days, a small somersault, and five days, a big somersault. Do you not move forward if you fall?"
Lu Yang said that "Assassination Novelist" explores "possibility", and Yang Mi’s breakthrough in self-interpretation of "Slaughtering the Spirit" just allowed him to see this. This must be one of the reasons why Yang Mi chose Slaughtering the Spirit.
At the end of the interview, we asked her what she thought of her new nickname – "Awake on Earth".
Yang Mi also output the golden sentence again:"When you don’t get enough sleep, should you be sleepy or sleepy? These comments are given by others."
