"Between the Ink Rain and Clouds" plays the "crazy princess": Li Meng is out of the circle because of his strength, but he wants to overturn with his eccentric personality? The closing ceremony was broadcast, and the advance screening made Li Meng, the actor of the female No. 4 Princess Wanning, once again on the hot search with her outstanding acting skills.
Everyone was shocked by her delicate and layered acting skills, and everyone was saying: This role is very bad, but with a sense of brokenness and storytelling, "she played it alive".
This is not the first time that Li Meng has been on the hot search because of her good acting skills, and in "The Hidden Corner", she played the "vicious stepmother" Wang Yao who was also amazing.
And although it is also a villain, the temperament and charm are two different feelings from today's Princess Wanning, but they also have a touch of pathos in the "bad", which perfectly interprets "poor people must have something to hate".
These roles also made the 32-year-old Li Meng completely enter the hearts of the audience and became the "light of post-90s acting".
But at the stage when her career was rising, she was repeatedly exposed and was picked up from the crew of Zeng Drama, which led to a change of role; It's not easy to get along with, and "black material" such as frequently playing big names.
In this regard, Li Meng has responded positively, but he still can't get empathy.
Under this double contradiction of being recognized for her acting skills but not her character, where will her acting career go?
1. Highly recognizable "small flowers"
The older generation of actors once pursued "both virtue and art", which means that the premise of acting well is to be a good person first.
But now this valuable quality seems to be unable to persist in your circle, and after reading Li Meng's story, you will have a deeper feeling.
She was first widely noticed by the audience, and it can be traced back to the suspense drama "The Hidden Corner" four years ago, playing the stepmother of Zhu Chaoyang, a boy in the first year of junior high school.
Originally, the positioning of this role was a post-80s actress, but Li Meng, who was born in 92, recommended herself with a tenacity and finally successfully played it.
At that time, Li Meng had actually debuted for ten years, and although he had good acting skills, he was always unknown.
Behind this, in addition to its niche style of receiving plays, it may also be because of the so-called "flaws" in its character.
Li Meng was born in a wealthy family in Changsha, Hunan, and her parents were very busy with work, so they put her at the grandparents' house in Shenzhen to raise her.
The old man doted on her very much, and when she was a child, she was a "little princess" who was afraid of melting in her mouth and afraid of falling in her hands, which also made her personality sensitive and arrogant.
In 2003, 11-year-old Li Meng was sent to Canada by his parents to study.
Here, she seemed even more alone, and later recalled frankly: "I was autistic for 18 years. ”
During her study abroad, her only solace was watching movies and finding her future life plan in various stories.
Because she saw the movie "Gone with the Wind", Li Meng decided to be an actor, and then she gave up her studies abroad freely and returned to China to start the Beijing Film exam.
But what is little known is that in order to convince her parents, she also used the method of "splashing and rolling things" to win support.
At the age of 17, Li Meng entered the Beiying Performance Department as he wished, and was in the same class as Wu Jinyan, Li Chun, Huang Mengying and others.
Although her appearance is not a big beauty at first sight, she is full of storytelling, high-end and literary, in the words of fans, "very suitable for the big screen, much more advanced than the popular little flower." ”
Indeed, Li Meng's temperament is pure, cold, and a little sexy, very malleable, and very recognizable.
Therefore, when she was still a freshman, she was accidentally photographed by the producer, and she got the opportunity to shoot the movie "White Deer Plain", and she played the very important clue character "Bai Ling".
At that time, Chen Zhongzhong, the original author of the book, was very satisfied with her, and even publicly said that "Li Meng is Bai Ling".
And this character is an embodiment of "the pursuit of idealism, the hatred of the decadent feudal system, and the love of the poor masses" in the heart of the original party, so the length is very heavy and the character design is excellent.
If nothing else, Li Meng should be the existence of "debut is the peak".
But what no one expected was that when the film was released in 2012, Bai Ling's role was "cut off", and the official reason was "insufficient acting skills".
2. Resources are constantly changing but frequently changing?
Many years later, although Li Meng's profile said "debut work "White Deer Plain", in fact, the dividends she got from it were almost zero, but she added a lot of black material.
At the same stage, she also participated in the movies "Zhuang Zhou Dream Butterfly" and "Blood Drops", but the attention she received was really minimal.
It wasn't until 2013 that she had a name in your circle because of the role of a dusty woman in the feature film "Destined" directed by Jia Zhangke.
Because of this play, Li Meng appeared at the Cannes International Film Festival with the crew, and became the first Chinese post-90s actress to walk on the Cannes red carpet.
thought that she would shine in the next few years with this shareholder trend, but she unexpectedly fell into various controversies again and again, until she became completely popular, and was picked up one by one.
Since 2014, Li Meng's resources are still good, and he has starred in movies such as "Golden Age", "Everything Grows", and "Rescue Mr. Wu".
However, due to the limited roles, although the popularity of her works is not low, she has not received as much attention as expected, but she is the "movie coffee" that everyone envies.
In 2016, Li Meng and "White Deer Plain" renewed their fate.
In the same year, the drama version of "White Deer Plain", which cost 160 million yuan, was launched, and she was once again handpicked by Chen Zhongzhong and invited to play the role of "Bai Ling".
This time, this role is a real female No. 3, and there are a lot of scenes.
Moreover, coupled with the strong production team and the original fame, the show has been very popular since its launch.
But what no one expected was that among many related news, a news that "Li Meng was changed again" caused an uproar.
And at that time, she had joined the group to shoot more than 40 scenes, but she was still "kicked out" and replaced by Sun Yi, a student of Zhang Jiayi, the actor of the actor in the play.
It is rumored that during the filming, Li Meng was not only late but also often "emotionally out of control", which caused the filming progress to be affected many times.
A long time later, because of her participation in "I Am an Actor", this past was mentioned in public again, and it also made her fall into another "bloody case caused by an apple"......
But that's all for later, let's take a look at her development at that time.
In the same year that she was changed by "White Deer Plain", Li Meng starred in movies such as "To Youth" and "Old Voice", which did not attract much attention, but also buried another thunder for her future development.
The following year, her acting skills finally gained a small range of affirmation, because she played the heroine Bailan in the youth film "Young Babylon".
This character is a "half sea and half flame" type character, and under Li Meng's portrayal, it brings some mystery and storytelling.
Sure enough, because of this film, she not only won the nomination for the queen of the Beijing University Student Film Festival that year, but also accumulated some original fans.
After that, Li Meng's workload rose rapidly, and his works such as "That Whistling Youth" and "Evil Does Not Suppress Justice" were released one after another.
In fact, from the style of his films, it can be found that Li Meng has taken a completely different path from the popular little flower-
She doesn't seem to pursue fast food online dramas, and has been working hard to develop in the direction of art, and has also won the favor of many directors of literary and feature films.
3. Because of his acting skills, he was out of the circle but was deeply controversial
Until 2020, 28-year-old Li Meng met "The Hidden Corner".
As mentioned above, the role of stepmother Wang Yao in the play was originally positioned as a post-80s actress, but Li Meng took it down with a self-"brainwashing" method, and she kept telling herself during the casting:
"It's okay, I'll let myself try it first, what if it succeeds?"
In the end, she became popular because of her interpretation of the image of "crazy stepmother".
Although the appearance is not too outstanding, but looks very low-key and plain, Li Meng performed Wang Yao's pampering and pampering, not touching the arrogance of the spring water, and her long seaweed-like hair is also unforgettable.
What's even more amazing is her acting skills, and she is not stage frightened with the powerful Zhang Songwen, Liu Lin and others, and she also contributed empathetic clips when interpreting clips such as losing her daughter and confronting her stepson.
Sure enough, after the work was broadcast, she suddenly became popular from her previous obscurity.
But there are many so-called popular people, and after the fire became popular, Li Meng immediately encountered a bigger problem.
Everything before was turned out, and netizens came to a conclusion:
"There is a reason why it has been popular for so many years since its debut!"
In 2021, after becoming popular, Li Meng recorded the variety show "I Am an Actor", and restored the classic image of Gong Er in "The Grandmaster" on the spot.
Although the whole performance was decent, she was praised by her mentor Zhang Jizhong for "The Hidden Corner", but before her smile was put down, she was changed by the other party's words:
"I heard that your whole person is more difficult, and "White Deer Plain" has been replaced?"
As soon as this remark came out, everyone was dumbfounded, and Li Chengru even stamped it in public:
"If you don't overturn the producer, who can easily change the actors?"
In this regard, Li Meng bluntly said, "I am a person with a very flawed personality", but refused to explain the reason, and said "It's not important".
Subsequently, Zhang Songwen, who was at the recording site, also responded, but did not explain for her.
Instead, it was revealed that when the two collaborated on "The Hidden Corner", Li Meng asked the props teacher to look for several hours in the middle of the night for an apple.
As soon as this remark came out, Li Meng was saddled with the label of "an Apple blood case".
However, it can't be regarded as Zhang Songwen's downfall, because after that, stories about her "character flaws" have been picked up, and there is an endless trend.
Subsequently, a video of Li Meng "sprinkling" on the crew was exposed, and netizens immediately found out that this happened in 2016, during her filming of the movie "Old Voice".
Later, the staff came forward to stamp it, saying that "this is just her normality".
Not only that, in order to shoot this drama, producer Li Linhong once said that he was in debt, but in order to shoot the work well, he confirmed with Li Meng, one of the leading actors, that he would attend during the publicity period.
The two parties also signed a contract, but during the final publicity period, Li Meng missed the appointment for no reason, so the filmmaker said in an interview that she "lost contact several times, and her artistic virtue is worrying".
Coincidentally, in 2018, because of her participation in the movie "That Dearest Stranger", Li Meng was named and scolded by Taiwanese actress Lu Xuefeng for "hating".
According to the other party, Li Meng brings several assistants every time he goes to the set to film, although the schedule is very sufficient, but it often affects the filming progress due to trivial matters.
For example, in a scene in the sun, the props and lights were ready, but she was delayed for 15 minutes because of a handful of hair.
and Li Meng also frequently reported that the footage was deleted, and the corner was about to be changed, and she was also picked up by netizens to do the modeling to lie down, so that the staff was busy, and she smelled the osmanthus leisurely......
But after the matter fermented, she had the meaning of "the blacker the redder".
Because since then, its drama appointments have continued, and he has successively won works such as "Female Psychologist", "In the Octagon Cage", "Parrot Killing", etc., which can be said to be the dual industries of film and television.
Until now, Li Meng has returned to the audience's field of vision because he played Princess Wanning in "Ink Rain and Clouds", and has been well received.
But there are also people who jokingly say bluntly:
"Li Meng vented this madness in his acting career, which is everyone's blessing!"
Perhaps for the audience, actors with good acting skills can indeed give people a sense of enjoyment and substitution, but at the same time, it is reflective: Practitioners do not need to maintain a minimum of awe and professional ethics?
After all, the success of a play is not something that can be supported by one actor, but the result of multiple efforts and collaboration.
In any case, I still hope that Li Meng's future can really be as he said:
"I've grown up, I'm sensible, and I want to be a good actor."