Poster of "Love Myth".
As the saying goes: three women in a play, is being screened in the movie "Love Myth", Xu Zheng played by the Shanghai middle-aged man Lao Bai lost himself between three Shanghai independent women with different personalities and different styles. Growing up in Shanghai and going out for many years, Ni Hongjie regained the Shanghainese dialect that she did not know much, playing Gloria who was "rich and idle" in the film, when she first came into contact with the script, she thought that this "less pleasing" role was difficult to deal with, but in the process of interpretation, she gradually understood and approached the role, "Gloria is not the same as women in the traditional concept, she is more free, more unrestrained, more yearning for love, more uninhibited, more imaginative, she is a colorful woman in my eyes." ”
Gloria was initially a bit "unflattering"
The director said the character had a "wildcat" personality
When she first got the script of "Love Myth", Ni Hongjie was a little hesitant, "From the original script, this role is somewhat less pleasing." ”
Ni Hongjie still remembers the first time she read the script, saw Gloria with a foreign name and Lao Bai (Xu Zheng), Miss Li (Ma Yili) discussed her husband's kidnapping abroad, Lao Bai asked the kidnappers how much money she wanted, she said: 20,000 5, Lao Bai thought it was euros, she said it was RMB, "I didn't quite understand what this woman really thought at first." Later, she and the director of this film, Shao Yihui, discussed a lot, and Ni Hongjie felt that the post-90s new director was very thoughtful, and many novel views were never thought of by herself, "One of the views that the director touched me at that time was that she felt that Gloria had a wildcat personality, she liked it, didn't like to turn around and walk away, it didn't matter. After discussing with the director, Ni Hongjie felt that there might be a turnaround in the treatment of the characters, and the overall team of the film was also very attractive, so she was very happy to join the group.
Gloria version of the character poster for "Love Myth".
From the script alone, Ni Hongjie feels that the role processing is difficult and cannot float on the surface. "Some people may have misunderstandings and stereotypes about Shanghai girls, but in fact, the Shanghai girls I know around me are very good, and I myself have developed a big grinning personality over the years, so I think she should actually be like this." 」
Being carefree is actually lonely inside
Admire the good men who cook delicious meals
Ni Hongjie said that one of her favorite scenes was the scene where she and Lao Bai rejected him in KTV, "I told Lao Bai: I am very dangerous, you don't fall in love with me, in fact, people don't fall in love with me at all, and then they walk away very dashingly." The reason why she liked this scene was because Ni Hongjie felt that in this instant, Gloria finally let everyone see that although she did not have the heart and eyes, she actually understood everything in her heart, but she chose to be a fool herself.
Gloria admired Lao Bai.
For the handling of the emotional drama in the film, Ni Hongjie believes that Gloria is actually lonely inside, and she needs a man like Lao Bai who cares about the family, she also knows that Lao Bai likes Miss Li, she chooses to take the initiative to refuse, in fact, turning around, she herself is very touched, she is for her own self-esteem, she is also for the happiness that Lao Bai and Miss Li may have in the future.
Gloria is a passionate and freedom-loving female representative. She has a classic line in the film that "I'm in the best state right now." What you want to do and do, hassle-free. Her "carefree" state of life is actually very "enviable" in the eyes of many women.
Many viewers will also wonder after watching the movie, does a woman like Gloria like or need Lao Bai? Ni Hongjie felt that she admired Lao Bai, "Lao Bai is really a good man in her eyes, cooking and delicious." She enjoys her own state, and at the same time she also hopes to have someone like Lao Bai by her side, chai rice oil and salt every day, and a little mood. ”
Gloria and Miss Lee feel sorry for each other.
After Gloria and Miss Li became girlfriends, she finally knew what choices she had to make. "Miss Lee feels very close to Gloria, they are equally confident and decisive, and I think they are a little sorry for each other. Although she usually goes to the song hall and to the exhibition with some fun-loving friends, she feels that her heart should still be the same kind of person as Miss Li. ”
Three women in one play
Inside and outside the play, I would have helped
The story of "Love Myth" takes place in Shanghai, and many of the lines in the play are completed with a large number of Shanghai Ben gang words. Many viewers who could not understand Shanghainese said that they could not understand what they were saying without reading subtitles, but everyone also agreed that if they did not use dialects, they would lose the original taste of the movie.
Ni Hongjie grew up in Shanghai, but the most difficult thing for her was to shoot in pure and authentic Shanghainese. "In the past, when I went out to shoot movies, people would always say that I didn't speak Mandarin well, but now my Mandarin is good enough that I suddenly can't speak Shanghainese." Since becoming an actress, Ni Hongjie has come out and rarely lived in Shanghai, and she has not spoken Shanghainese for many years. "There are a lot of words in Shanghainese that can't be translated in Mandarin, and then there are many meanings, and I want to find the meaning and tone of voice that best suits this character." Therefore, on Ni Hongjie's script, the pronunciation of Full Shanghainese is marked in the form of Zhuyin.
In the two months of the crew, Ni Hongjie said on a bend, "Anyway, listening to it is not good to talk." She felt that this tone of voice was more suitable for the role, "I also tried a few times, and suddenly found this feeling, we all felt that this tone is very suitable for Gloria." 」 ”
There are many scenes of three women in the film.
In "Love Myth", Gloria played by Ni Hongjie, Miss Li played by Ma Yili, and Bei Bei, the ex-wife of Lao Bai, played by Wu Yue, often staged the famous scene of three women in one play. Outside the play, everyone has been using the Shanghai Ben Gang to communicate, Ni Hongjie said with a smile, "I feel that Xu Zheng's situation outside the play is almost the same, they are surrounded by three women and have been talking, and the speed of speech is particularly fast." "Everyone talks from parents to their children going to school and then talking about makeup, where to go for a physical examination, what to eat," It was a very peculiar atmosphere, like the feeling of going back to school, except that it used to be studying, and now it's work. ”
Buying paintings for lao bai to transfer money is very "worthwhile"
Learn to say "no" from Gloria
When it comes to cooperation with Xu Zheng, Ni Hongjie feels that he is a particularly good partner, "and it is the kind that helps a lot." Over the years, Ni Hongjie has also met some actors, often telling the opponent actors how to cooperate with him," Teacher Xu Zheng will never educate you in his identity, will not let you go anywhere, how to cooperate with him, he has great respect for the actors, gave me a lot of space, and what I gave, he received quickly." ”
Almost every scene between the two people will improvise some content, there is a classic scene in the movie, is Gloria and Lao Bai eat breakfast together, Gloria is full of spring, suddenly want to buy Lao Bai's paintings, change the law to transfer money to Lao Bai, and a shot is twenty-five thousand, and said: You are worth it! Lao Bai was frightened and quickly said: It is not worth it! Not worth it!
Old White is teaching Gloria to paint.
"We did that scene several times, and then when we got to the fifth time, the director said that her idea was that these two people didn't necessarily really happen to something, or Gloria didn't care so much about it, so our conversation in the play was actually a pun. But in the end, it leaves an open space for the audience to imagine. ”
In the past two years, Ni Hongjie has participated in many movies and popular dramas, and sometimes although there are not many scenes, they can make a deep impression. "Slowly, after everyone saw my performance, they began to dare to give me more and more brilliant roles to try. Then I also started to participate in some big productions, and I was able to work with good directors and good actors. In the past, Ni Hongjie could only "exert herself" in a limited number of roles, and now her performance stage is becoming more and more extensive. "I'm particularly happy that I feel that my life experience is getting richer and richer, because I have lived in every role, no matter how long or short, each role will invisibly bring me an impact." 」 Speaking of Gloria, Ni Hongjie feels that what she has been most influenced by is that she has learned Gloria's decisiveness and decisiveness, "Before, I was a person who would not reject others, and I was unwilling to say no to others, but now I am also changing." ”
Beijing News reporter Zhang Kunyu
Edited by Huang Jialing Proofreader Li Lijun