With ancient costume dramas such as "Flower Thousand Bone", "Do You Know It Should Be Green, Fat, Red and Thin", "Chu Qiao Biography", "You Fei" and other costume dramas, she is firmly among the most popular TV drama actresses. Zhao Liying, born in 1985, is now not limited to her acting career. "Ancient Puppet" field.
In the hit drama "Happiness to Ten Thousand Homes", the rural women she portrayed are He Xingfu, stubborn, "recognize the truth", and "seek an explanation" from the human society when their head hits the south wall.
In the opinion of director Zheng Xiaolong, Zhao Liying is the perfect choice for this role: "She has a stubborn side. In addition, she herself came from the countryside, and she has vigorous vitality."
Recently, in an interview with the Yangcheng Evening News and other media, Zhao Liying also expressed her admiration and love for the role of He Xingfu: "In the eyes of others, such a woman would be a bit silly, but I think a woman with this character is very cute. She is not overwhelmed by the burden or pressure of life, she has been facing the sun, daring to think and do it."
"This is the way an ordinary woman grows up"
"Happiness to Ten Thousand Homes" is adapted from the novel "The Legend of Qiu Ju", co-directed by Zheng Xiaolong, Liu Xuesong and Yao Yuan, starring Zhao Liying, Liu Wei and Tang Zeng.
The whole drama revolves around the growth history of He Xingfu, a rural woman played by Zhao Liying.
He Xingfu loves to talk about "reasons" in everything. After encountering unfair things, he must "seek an explanation": on the day of the wedding, his sister encountered "marriage trouble", and he wanted to ask for an apology, but was blocked by all parties; he just took out a loan. When building a greenhouse to grow vegetables, she encountered the land occupied by a factory in the village, and her appeal for reasonable compensation has gone through twists and turns; after a few years of experience in the city, He Xingfu returned to her hometown to start a business. Seek justice" - this time, she is not only defending the rights of herself, her family, but also the villagers.
Zhao Liying said that "Happiness to Ten Thousand Homes" not only reflects the change in the appearance of the old and new rural areas, but also presents the power of rural women in the new era.
She admires He Xingfu's sincerity and bravery: "I entered her world, saw what she experienced, and understood her persistence better. 'He Xingfu' dares to express, dare to take responsibility, and dare to be truthful. We need such people in our lives. ."
Before playing the role of He Xingfu, Zhao Liying had created the image of independent women in many TV series, such as the determined Chu Qiao in "The Legend of Chu Qiao" and Zhou Fei, who was not afraid of power in "You Fei".
This time, He Xingfu is a "big heroine" character who has gradually grown up through hardships.
Zhao Liying said: "This is the growth path of an ordinary woman. She has never given up her studies and applied what she has learned to lead the whole village to become rich and help the development of her hometown. She has a big picture and a far-reaching vision, which is different from the image of women in other film and television dramas. new type."
Although she was born in rural Hebei, "Happiness to Ten Thousand Homes" is Zhao Liying's first appearance in a rural drama.
Zhao Liying said: "This drama truly restores the real cases in the process of new rural construction. Some people may ask, do persistent people like He Xingfu really exist in reality? But I have indeed seen this kind of progress in my life. A girl who has a heart, has principles, and insists on her ideas. The plots drawn from life and artistically processed will have more vitality." She admitted that she also has a happy side: "I am more similar to the character, and I will express it directly when I have an idea. It feels a little stubborn at times.”
After the filming, Zhao Liying was deeply impressed by He Xingfu's two simple lines: one is "live hard and live well", and the other is "people should not just live, but also live clearly and live out oneself".
Zhao Liying said: "Everyone who is on the road of struggle will be infected by He Xingfu's vitality. With an upward mentality, he pursues an ideal life. And I just want to say to myself, come on!"
"The filming is very angry every day"
In the middle of "Happiness to Ten Thousand Homes", He Xingfu and Wang Qinglai went to work in the city.
He Xingfu was down-to-earth and diligent, studied law, learned to drive, and made continuous progress;
Later, Wang Qinglai even misunderstood He Xingfu's derailment and wanted to divorce.
After slapped her husband a few times, He Xingfu did not take anger, but listened to her husband's voice and chose to return to her hometown to start a business.
Zhao Liying said frankly why she was angry when she was happy when she was filming: "I am very angry every day. When I was acting during the day, I was always trying to talk and reason, and I was angry; I went back at night to review the content of the day, and I was still angry; The plot that I acted in made me even more angry." She admitted that the most relieved part of the whole filming process was the scene of "hitting Wang Qinglai": "Although He Xingfu is open-minded and doesn't care, these slaps are a kind of slap to me and the audience. Emotional venting. Wang Qinglai will also change in the end, and his thinking and cognition will change."
In the play, Zhao Liying has a lot of "hitting" scenes, playing "village tyrant" Wan Chuanjia, sister He Lucky, husband Wang Qinglai, Zhao Liying said: "I seriously thought about using different ways to 'hitting'. For example, to Qing Come on, I was going to slap him in the mouth, but considering the relationship between the two of them, I can express it more realistically. So, I slapped his mouth a few times when his mouth was particularly broken. My sister with moral problems, I have to slap the fan in place." What would you do when you encounter Wang Qinglai's situation in your life?
Zhao Liying said: "I will not be as tolerant and brave as happiness, I will die of anger."
Many viewers asked the creators on social platforms: Did He Xingfu and Wang Qinglai get divorced later?
In this regard, Zhao Liying said: "The answer is not important. The audience's focus can be on He Xingfu's pursuit of life value. In a woman's growth experience, marriage is only a part, not the whole. No matter what marriage is, He Xingfu will still be tough. To grow up, grow up positively, and find self-worth." She further analyzed: "He Xingfu is not a very refreshing role in traditional cognition, she is down-to-earth, more realistic, and very ordinary. In the face of marital difficulties, the changes she made , it doesn't have to be dealt with by divorce. She not only wants to improve herself, but also wants to lead Wang Qing to improve."
"Director Zheng has always encouraged me to speak my mind"
In 2007, Zhao Liying played the third daughter Tong Duoduo in "Golden Wedding" directed by Zheng Xiaolong.
After working with Zheng Xiaolong again after 15 years, Zhao Liying said bluntly that Zheng Xiaolong is very professional: "He has been patiently telling us about the values of dramas, analyzing roles, and demanding details."
Talking about the change of mentality of the two cooperation, Zhao Liying said: "When I first cooperated with director Zheng Xiaolong, my wish was to be able to shoot the works directed by him. At that time, I did not have a lot of performance experience, and the process of filming was mainly learning. During the filming of "Happiness to Ten Thousand Homes", Director Zheng has always encouraged me to express my thoughts, communicate with him and discuss how to make me closer to the role."
There was a scene that impressed Zhao Liying deeply.
In the play, after He Xingfu went to the city, he started working as a cleaning aunt in a kindergarten, but was scolded for his parents' misunderstanding.
When He Xingfu was wronged, she met Guan Tao, a lawyer played by Luo Jin, but she quickly ran away and started crying.
Zhao Liying said: "Director Zheng asked me to look at the sky and cry. He knows very well what kind of emotional expression a girl with this character will have."
Many viewers believe that lawyer Guan Tao is He Xingfu's "true son".
However, Zhao Liying said that the two are both teachers and friends: "Guan Tao is a guide and gives He Xingfu a lot of help. Guan Tao was skeptical about He Xingfu's ability at first, and then slowly discovered the value of happiness. , will teach her some legal things. He Xingfu also began to learn legal knowledge because of this, and he can help everyone when he comes into contact with the law. When he returns to his hometown, he also applies legal knowledge to his life.”
Reporter Gong Weifeng