Recently, a trend of forcibly pretending to be tender has quietly blown into TVB, causing heated discussions and dissatisfaction among the audience. With the launch of the two female group dramas "Today's Them" and "Cherish the Flowers", the performance of the two well-known actresses from TVB has become the focus, and it has also opened up this discussion about the "age of actors".
At the same time, the 44-year-old Myolie Wu played the role of "Three Ladies" in "Cherish the Flowers", and her calm and atmospheric performance won unanimous praise from the audience. Netizens praised: "No wonder she is the most popular actress in TVB, her acting skills are really not enough!" Myolie Wu's accurate grasp and natural interpretation of the role shows the charm and charm that a mature woman should have.
These two powerful actresses, who are also from TVB, have made completely different choices when facing the issue of age, which has also caused the audience to think deeply: In this showbiz that still advocates youth, how should mature actresses balance the relationship between maintaining charm and accepting age? Some netizens shouted: "Give young actors some chances, they are all here to play an eighteen-year-old girl, who will play the mother!" This sentence expresses the voice of many audiences, and also reflects the problems existing in the current film and television industry.
Some directors seem to ignore the feelings of the audience and blindly pursue the contrasting effect of "old actors playing girls", which not only violates the authenticity of the role, but also deprives the new generation of actors of the opportunity to a certain extent.
In this acting dilemma under age anxiety, the different performances of Charmaine Sheh and Myolie Wu just reflect the challenges and choices faced by the entire industry. Do you continue to cling to the illusion of youth, or accept the gift of time? This issue is not only related to the career of individual actors, but also affects the healthy development of the entire film and television industry.
In less than three years after entering the industry, Charmaine Sheh successfully won the "Favorite TV Character" award with the drama "Moonlight on the Fifth Day of October". This hard-won achievement not only proves her acting strength, but also heralds the birth of a new star.
However, what really made Charmaine Sheh famous in one fell swoop was "The Desire of the Golden Branch". The role of "Rufei" she played in the play is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, which not only made her popular all over the country, but also won the TVB Best Actress crown in one fell swoop.
The success of this role marks Charmaine Sheh's official entry into the ranks of TVB's first-line actresses. But Charmaine didn't stop there. She constantly challenges herself to try different types of roles.
The success of works such as "Palace Scheming" and "Apostle Walker" further strengthened her position in TVB, and also showed her versatility and plasticity as an actor. With the development of her career, Charmaine Sheh's performing arts territory has gradually expanded to the mainland.
In 2018, she successfully came out of the circle with the role of "Succession" in "Yanxi Raiders", and conquered a large number of mainland audiences with her delicate and superb acting skills. This role not only allowed her to gain a large number of fans in the mainland, but also proved that her strength and charm as an actor can transcend regions.
Last year, Charmaine Sheh's role as "MAN Sister Wen Huixin" in "News Queen" caused a sensation again. This resolute character has sparked a craze for imitation across the Internet, once again proving Charmaine Sheh's ability to control different types of characters.
Looking back on Charmaine Sheh's acting career, from Sister Hong Kong to Queen, from TVB Hua Dan to cross-border actor, she has paved a star-studded acting career with her own efforts and talents.
However, it is such an acting actress who has encountered unprecedented doubts in her latest work "Today's Them". The ups and downs on the road of this kind of drama can't help but make people sigh at the unpredictability of the entertainment industry, and it also arouses people's deep thinking about the age of actors.
In "Today's Them", a highly anticipated female group drama, Charmaine Sheh plays a strong woman in her 30s. It stands to reason that this role should be the image of a domineering and resolute female president.
However, Charmaine Sheh's performance in the play surprised the audience and caused a wave of doubts. Charmaine Sheh in the play seems to have changed into a different person, showing a "girlish feeling" that is extremely inconsistent with the character setting.
In the company, she can still maintain the image of a strong woman, saying domineering lines like "Whoever disappoints me, I will make them despair". But once she meets her boyfriend, she seems to be a different person, showing a ridiculous girlish attitude.
The most unacceptable thing for the audience is the scene where she has dinner with her boyfriend. Charmaine Sheh shook her head with the skewers and made an exaggerated expression, as if she wanted to write the word "cute" on her face.
Not only is this behavior inappropriate for her age, but even the reaction of a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl to a meal is not so contrived. What's even more embarrassing is that when she finishes talking with a client about business, she sees her boyfriend coming to pick her up.
Charmaine Sheh suddenly turned into a little girl, first with a look of surprise, then pursed her mouth, pouted and asked her boyfriend to wait for her for a while, and the whole person was overjoyed. Where is this kind of performance, where is there still a bit of a strong woman in the workplace? The audience can't help asking: "Where can a strong woman in the workplace who comes out to talk about work seriously let her emotions be so exposed, isn't this a joke?" There is also a scene in the play that makes the audience unable to look at it directly.
When Charmaine Sheh and her boyfriend were warm, she actually tapped each other's cheeks with her fingertips with a shyly face. Such a move seems contrived even for a young girl in her early twenties, let alone a mature woman with a successful career? Charmaine Sheh's performance in the play not only did not show the mature charm that a working woman in her 30s should have, but gave people a feeling of deliberately pleasing and forcibly selling cuteness.
This contrast not only did not add color to the characters, but instead caused discomfort and criticism from the audience. This "rollover" experience can't help but make people reflect: while pursuing youthfulness, do you ignore the characteristics and charm of the character itself? Isn't the love of a mature woman calm, rational and passionate? For a powerful actor like Charmaine Sheh, there may really be no need to prove that he is still "young" in this way.
In stark contrast to Charmaine Sheh's embarrassing situation in "Today's Them", Myolie Wu's performance in "Cherish the Flowers" dazzled the audience. Myolie Wu, who plays the role of the "third lady", shows the demeanor of a noble lady in her gestures, which makes the audience fascinated.
Myolie Wu's appearance in the play is graceful and luxurious, quite like the style of "Wang Xifeng" in "Dream of Red Mansions". As the current actual controller of the Hua family, she knows all the expenses of the family well, is strict with her subordinates but will not treat them badly, and she is also insightful about the behavior of the ladies in the house.
This kind of aura of controlling the overall situation makes people sigh: "The third lady can let the audience understand the Hua family when they talk and laugh, Myolie Wu is really good!" What's even more impressive is that when the Hua family was defeated, Myolie Wu's "Third Lady" showed her tenacity and unyielding side.
When she was robbed by thieves and not only lost one earring, but even her ear was torn and bleeding, she did not cry, but took off the other earring open-mindedly and let the children buy food.
In just a few shots, the open-minded optimism of the "Three Ladies" is vividly interpreted. Faced with the condition that her mother could let her go home but needed to abandon the child, Myolie Wu's "Third Lady" resolutely chose the child and the Hua family that needed to be protected.
This kind of motherhood makes the audience deeply feel the inner strength of the character. Although Myolie Wu plays the role of the girls' mother's generation in the play, her performance does not look old at all.
On the contrary, her skin is smooth and delicate, and the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes are almost invisible, where can you tell that she is a mother who has given birth to three children? Myolie Wu used her state to prove that age is not an obstacle that limits an actor's performance.
Compared with the girls in the cardamom years, Myolie Wu is not the youngest and most beautiful, but her unique charm cannot be concealed. Compared with Carina Lau deliberately pretending to be tender in the play to play a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl, Myolie Wu seems to be the most sober in her role positioning.
Myolie Wu's performance not only won praise from the audience, but also triggered people's thinking: it turns out that accepting the changes brought about by age and carefully interpreting the roles that meet your own conditions can also exude unique charm.
Her success proves that actors don't have to be obsessed with playing young roles, but should give full play to their own conditions and show the charm of mature women to the fullest. This attitude of accepting age calmly not only won Myolie Wu the love of more audiences, but also pointed out a feasible path for other mature actresses.
Charmaine Sheh and Myolie Wu, two powerful actresses who were also born in TVB, made completely different choices when faced with the issue of age, which aroused heated discussions and thinking among the audience.
Charmaine Sheh, 48, seems to be still trying to maintain a youthful image in "Today's Them." Even when playing a mature woman in her 30s, she did not forget to show her "girlishness".
However, this approach backfired, drawing discomfort and criticism from the audience. The audience said: "At the age of being a mother, she is still pretentious and pretentious to play a girl, and it is really sober to look at the people next door."
Charmaine Sheh's performance makes people wonder, is it impossible for a powerful actor like her to escape the curse of "pretending to be tender"? In contrast, the 44-year-old Myolie Wu's performance in "Cherish the Flowers" is more calm.
She is no longer obsessed with playing a young role, but gives full play to her own conditions and shows the charm of mature women to the fullest. Myolie Wu's "Three Ladies" is refreshing and bright, showing the demeanor of a noble lady in her gestures, which makes the audience fascinated.
This attitude of accepting age calmly has won her the love of more audiences. The different choices of the two actors reflect two completely different attitudes towards life.
Is it the stubborn pursuit of the lost youth, or the graceful embrace of the traces of the years? This problem not only plagues the entertainment industry, but also a life issue that everyone has to face.
Myolie Wu's success proves that actors don't have to be obsessed with playing young roles, but should recognize reality and find the most suitable positioning for themselves. As netizens said: "Give young actors some chances, they are all here to play eighteen-year-old girls, who will play mothers!" This sober attitude is not only conducive to the development of the actors themselves, but also brings more possibilities to the entire film and television industry.
In this acting dilemma under age anxiety, the different performances of Charmaine Sheh and Myolie Wu just reflect the challenges and choices faced by the entire industry. It is not only about the actor's personal career, but also affects the healthy development of the entire film and television industry.
Throughout the entertainment industry, actresses' attitudes towards age are quietly changing. This shift is not only reflected in Charmaine and Myolie Wu, but also in the entire industry.
Once upon a time, seniors like Liu Xiaoqing and Jiang Wenli were still persistently playing roles that were extremely inconsistent with their age. In the past, there were two teachers, Liu Xiaoqing and Jiang Wenli, whose "girl" literature attracted a lot of criticism from the audience.
However, now more and more actresses are beginning to face the traces of time calmly. Yongmei said frankly at the award ceremony: "Can you not smooth out my wrinkles, which I have grown with great difficulty."
This self-acceptance attitude won the respect of the audience. Haiqing calmly accepted the role of a mother and was no longer obsessed with the image of a girl. Although Ruby Lin has always been known for her youth and loveliness, she also tried a more mature role in "Imitation Criminal" last year, which made many viewers change their views on her pretending to be tender.
Even Jin Sha said that she is willing to try all kinds of roles, even if she plays her boyfriend's mother. This change in attitude is undoubtedly a welcome step forward in the entertainment industry.
It not only opens up a broader drama path for mature actresses, but also brings a richer and more diverse screen image to the audience. As an audience member said: "Leaving youth idol dramas to them is extremely beneficial to the audience and the film and television industry."