Although Ma Yili's acting skills in "Flowers" are not as eye-catching and gorgeous, they are like still water in a deep pool, low-key and full of depth;Wu Yue's performance is outstanding, and his interpretation is unforgettable. The reason why this drama can poke the hearts of the audience is inseparable from the superb performances of the eight actresses in the play, and their efforts are really indispensable!
In 2024, the domestic TV drama industry will usher in a super popular drama - "Flowers", which is on the air, and it is very popular!This work directed by Wong Kar-wai not only has explosive ratings in the domestic drama world, but also radiates heat to all corners, almost becoming popular in all directions. For a while, any wind and grass related to "Flowers" can set off a heated discussion on the Internet, and even the props in the play are popular half the sky!
For example, the pork rib rice cake, which symbolizes the deep revolutionary friendship between Po and Miss Wang, instantly became an Internet celebrity delicacy on the Internet, attracting everyone to check in and taste it. I heard that during the broadcast of "Flowers", the sales of pork rib rice cakes in Shanghai increased more than seven times, and the picture of the takeaway brother lining up in order to pack the rice cakes exploded the social **.
Moreover, people who watch "Flowers" not only chase the plot, but also drive the food trend of the drama by the way, which reminds me of the scene when Brother Qiang's pig's feet rice was also sold out when "Hurricane" was on the air last year. The classic old songs of Hong Kong and Taiwan in the 90s in the play are also rejuvenated, and with the emotional ups and downs of the plot, the old songs are like time shuttles, bringing the audience back to that era.
On major social platforms, netizens opened their brains, combined with the plot of "Flowers" to create and comment on the background ** for the second time, what "Looking Back Again" outlines the ups and downs of Ah Bao and Miss Wang's emotional world, as well as "Stealing Hearts" and "Annie" These tracks have touched the softest part of the hearts of many characters in the play, so that whether it is the post-50s who have experienced the baptism of the years, or the trendy and avant-garde post-00s audiences, they can find resonance in this "Flowers" and indulge in the classic melody of these golden songs.
Under Wong Kar-wai, a master who is good at exploring the charm of oriental women, the female characters in "Flowers" are even more vivid and full, which can be called the absolute hot topic on the current screen. In this work, he gave a new luster to the portrayal of women and the play of the actors, and once again showed his unique artistic charm.
Every once in a while, a different "Flowers" actress becomes a hot topic because of her brilliant character creation. From Xin Zhilei, who attracted attention with her unique shape, to Tang Yan with her sweet painting style, to Du Juan, who impressed the audience with her first love and youthfulness, actresses appeared in front of the camera, which gradually increased the discussion of the whole play. In this drama dominated by female images, Wong Kar-wai has become "popular" through which female characters?
As "Flowers" is about to end, Qingshi will analyze the 8 most outstanding female characters and corresponding actors in "Flowers" according to today's topic. Looking back on the entire hit period of "Flowers", the first actor to become popular is definitely Xin Zhilei. The reason for her popularity is very obvious - her look is so stunning!She plays the role of Li Li, the proprietress of Zhizhenyuan, in the play, and dresses up in various 90s fashions, which can be described as handy.
Whether it is a bright and moving red dress or an elegant and noble black dress, Xin Zhilei wears these clothes to give people a different sense of luxury. Under Wong Kar-wai's unique filter, Xin Zhilei perfectly adapts to the image of an iceberg beauty, and it is difficult for the audience not to be attracted by her charm. And the scene when she looks back at the night on the Yellow River Road is more like a pictorial beauty out of the 90s, and it has become a classic scene for the character with a bright and atmospheric style. It is indisputable that Xin Zhilei, who has been constantly changing her style, undoubtedly shows the charm of the women in the 90s in "Flowers". Of course, the reason why Li Li played by Xin Zhilei is brilliant is not only because of her appearance, but also because of her role setting.
In the plot, Li Li came to Huanghe Road in Shanghai and began to work hard to open a new hotel. Unlike other newcomers, she took the initiative to stir up the situation on the Yellow River Road, showing the characteristics of a female overlord. Not only did she take 30 million airborne to the Yellow River Road, hired the best hotel team, but also went to great lengths to invite Bao.
It can be seen that this woman is smart, brave, and determined. She has very strict management requirements for employees, even to the extent of buttoning clothes, which reflects her vigorous and resolute style. The combination of a capable image and a cold temperament makes her role particularly eye-catching. Xin Zhilei has attracted attention because of the image she plays, while Tang Yan has received wide acclaim for the charm of her role.
Judging from the likability of the role, Miss Wang played by Tang Yan deservedly became the first. In the play, Miss Wang is a clerk of a foreign trade company, and the most attractive thing is her personality. On the Yellow River Road, which is full of calculations, Miss Wang is the purest one. Under Tang Yan's excellent interpretation, she showed a female image full of yearning for life, vividly. No matter what situation she finds herself in, Ms. Wang always faces life with a positive attitude, works energetically every day, and treats everyone around her with a sunny attitude.
Even if she is in the sinister Yellow River Road, Miss Wang still has a simple and lovely "upright and stupid energy", and strives to play the role of a sweet little clerk who radiates sunshine for the people around her. In other dramas, "silly white sweet" may be a demeaning term, but in "Flowers", Tang Yan's version of Miss Wang's "silly white sweetness" has become an excellent trait that people are reluctant to hurt.
Several of her looks further deepen this image. Whether it is eating pork rib rice cake with Po in red clothes, or wearing a cute beret on Chinese New Year's Eve, Miss Wang's sweetness is even more touching. Tang Yan's "sweetness" this time is just right, and the role of Miss Wang is destined to be a very representative role in her acting career.
It is worth mentioning that in order to better polish the role of Miss Wang, Tang Yan has not accepted filming appointments for three years. During the filming, she even went through the very hard torture of "shooting a certain shot more than 80 times". However, judging from the rising popularity of the characters after the broadcast, Tang Yan's efforts in the past three years are very worthwhile.
In "Flowers", we have to talk about the last character - Ma Yili, who plays Reiko, the proprietress of Tokyo at night. Compared to the sweet Miss Wang and the cold Li Li, Reiko's image is not cute.
As the business partner of the male protagonist Po, Reiko has a more secular quality. Her image is just like what the poster shows - full of calculations. Among the three beauties in "Flowers", Reiko's image is the least liked.
But in her opinion, she is also the one who best embodies the "sound" and "non-sound" in the theme of "Prosperity".
Lingzi's "ringing" is resounding because of business shrewdness;Ma Yili used accurate eyes and expressions and appropriate lines to play the role again and again, perfectly showing the original Shanghai woman's tone, and at the same time reflecting the scheming side of professional businessmen.
She turned over ten times the money from an earring and trapped Mr. Bao, willfully extorted money to put pressure on other hotel proprietresses, and quarreled with Mr. Bao again and again, and the shrewd businessman attribute was fully displayed in front of everyone.
But on the other hand, only by reading Reiko's "no sound" can you really understand this character. Behind the image of a shrewd businessman, actor Ma Yili uses subtle expressions to show the character's inner importance to friendship.
Although she always seems to worry about Bao Zong's money, she has actually been subconsciously helping him save money. Although she complains that Mr. Bao has caused trouble for herself, whenever Mr. Bao is in crisis, Reiko always nagged while taking out her wallet and reaching out. Despite her bold personality on the surface, her subtle changes in her expression towards Mr. Bao show the softness of the character's heart.
Perhaps, Reiko's character is not as striking as Li Li and Miss Wang, but her portrayal is equally unique. She skillfully switched between "ringing" and "not ringing", and Ma Yili's interpretation of the role was also very accurate.
In addition to the three beauties with their own characteristics in "Prosperity", Wu Yue, who is the queen of Magnolia, also performed well in this play. She plays Miss Wang's boss, the section chief of the foreign trade company.
The image of this character can be described as an elusive puzzle.
After many years of foreign trade work, Section Chief Jin has developed the habit of easily expressing her position, and this habit is reflected in her words and deeds, showing a deep and mysterious atmosphere.
No matter what the situation, she always deliberately kept a cold attitude.
However, in different situations, Wu Yue successfully interprets the real attitude of this character under the position of "not expressing a position" through subtle changes in facial expressions.
In the early days of entrepreneurship, Mr. Bao cleverly fought for indicators, but Section Chief Wang did not make a clear statement.
However, instead of Chief Wang's careful observation of the young people in front of him, full of appreciation for them, this also left obvious gaps in the cooperation.
In the face of the achievements of her apprentice Miss Wang, she also did not express her position easily;
However, under the cold appearance, a few understated workplace tips also contain concern for the other party.
Even when her apprentice Miss Wang was framed, she still chose to remain silent and did not excuse her apprentice.
But judging from her silent gaze at the whistleblower Mei Ping, it is obvious that she is extremely dissatisfied with the other party.
The whole plot runs throughout, although Section Chief Jin has few lines and insufficient tension, but in Wu Yue's subtle eye performance, the deep and heavy atmosphere of the character is still very obvious.
As far as the character setting is concerned, Wu Yue's version of Section Chief Jin gives people the feeling of a female version of an old gentleman, which has the image of Shanghai Tang ** Lake and is gentle.
This character is definitely one of the most annoying in Flowers, there is no one.
The reason why Baozhu CP is ** is precisely because of the whistleblowing behavior behind Miss Wang's colleague Mei Ping.
The character's ugly behavior not only accelerated the breakup of Ah Bao and Miss Wang, but also indirectly led to the collapse of Mr. Bao and Reiko's small group. Mei Ping's appearance changed the fate of many people and attracted the resentment of a large number of audiences. In Qingshi's view, the reason why this character is resented, in addition to the plot factors that provoke the relationship between the protagonists, is that the actor Wang Ju brilliantly shows the audience's perception of the "villain" in their hearts. In the plot, the annoying Mei Ping shows three images.
The first image is a stab in the back. After hearing that "best friend" Miss Wang was about to be promoted to section chief, Mei Ping's jealousy ignited and insidiously demolished her stage. When she learned that Miss Wang and Mr. Bao had a correspondence of 20,006, she turned around and deliberately ignored the bill paid by Miss Wang herself, showing a posture of "righteous and killing friends" and reported to the section chief. This kind of behavior is both contrived and insidious, and it is indeed loved and hated.
The second image is pretending to be innocent. After killing his friend, this villain did a new set of tricks. In the face of the other party's accusations, she not only pretended to be aggrieved in front of others, but also pretended to shed a few tears. She pretended to be a weakling, and subtly provoked the other party's sore spot in her response. She said the sentence "How do I know that you are always unrequited love for Bao", which really vividly played the nature of the villain.
The last image is posturing. After successfully stepping on her friend's position, she also began to switch personalities.
In front of the client, she began to put up the score self-righteously.
Her arrogant sentence "It should be the customer who has a good relationship with me, not me who has a good relationship with the customer" also vividly interpreted her villain's proud face.
In "Flowers", there are many characteristic supporting actresses, and Wang Ju's version of Mei Ping can be regarded as a very brilliant bad character.
As for which female character is the most striking on the Yellow River Road, the question varies from person to person.
But if it's just about which character is the most "fierce", then Lu Meilin, that is, Li Li's business opponent and the female boss of the hotel next door, deserves it.
As an experienced veteran on the Yellow River Road, Lu Meilin exudes an arrogant atmosphere from market life.
From his eyes to his demeanor, the actor Fan Xiangyan brilliantly interpreted the pungency of the role.
The subordinates didn't listen to her, she roared directly like a lion, and at the same time glared at each other with that sharp eye.
The customer ran to the competitor, and she was also mercilessly furious.
And when her competitor Li Li encountered a crisis, she unceremoniously came to the door to make trouble, showing a very spicy style.
It is worth mentioning that Fan Xiangyan, who plays Lu Meilin, is not from film school, but from the early days of radio hosting.
Although Fan briefly signed with Stephen Chow's company in the early days, she has accumulated very little experience in her acting career.
However, in the movie "Flowers", Wong Kar-wai noticed the straightforward and bold side of Fan Xiangyan's personality in life, and decided to boldly let her play Lu Meilin.
Judging from the actual effect, Fan Xiangyan perfectly integrates his "straightforward character" with Lu Meilin's sassy female role, which will not make people feel unreal.
Looking at it this way, Wong Kar-wai's vision is indeed very unique.
There are similar people who come together, and people are divided into different groups according to each other's characteristics. As a subordinate of Li Li, a strong woman in her career, Manager Pan of Zhizhenyuan naturally also has the characteristics of a career-oriented woman.
Manager Pan, played by Tong Chenjie, shows a calm and firm style. Every time she appears, she gives people a sense of stability that is as warm as water.
Behind the orders of Mrs. Li Li, Manager Pan silently assumes the executor of the task, and she shuttles back and forth from all corners of Zhizhen Garden, becoming the key hub of interpersonal relationships between various characters. Years of experience working on the Yellow River Road have also allowed her to develop a calm attitude. No matter how urgent the situation is, Manager Pan always faces it with a calm smile. She can always remain calm in a crisis and make up for the fuse.
Tong Chenjie showed the intelligence of the character through the character's demeanor and speech. Every time she appears, she can give people a reassuring feeling. Echoing Manager Pan's introverted and sharp role, Tong Chenjie is also a hidden celebrity outside the play. As a model, she was known as a top model back at the beginning of the new century. She participated in the World Top Model Contest at the age of 22, and later participated in major fashion international weeks, and was even selected into the 2003 Forbes China Top 100 Celebrities List.
Although Tong Chenjie has now switched from the catwalk to the film and television industry, in "Flowers", she still showed her stable demeanor on the catwalk.
It is not difficult to find that there are quite a few actors in "Flowers" who have not learned to act. For example, Wang Ju (talent singer) played by Mei Ping, Fan Xiangyan (radio host and variety show celebrity) played by Lu Meilin and Tong Chenjie (model) played by Manager Pan, they all had no chance of acting training, but under the guidance of Wong Kar-wai, they found a suitable role in the play. And Wong Kar-wai's magic in casting is not only reflected in the selection of the main roles, but also in the selection of guest roles. For example, supermodel Du Juan plays the first love of the male protagonist Bao Zhi in the play.
So far, she has only appeared briefly in episode 15 in the form of a flashback, with a total appearance of only 18 minutes. But it was this 18-minute appearance that vividly showed Bao Zhi's "thorn in the heart" of Bao Zhi's to Mr. Bao, which made people admire Wong Kar-wai's casting accuracy again. In the plot, Bao Zhi had a heart-to-heart relationship with Ah Bao when he was young, but marrying Hong Kong for the sake of material life has become a knot that Ah Bao cannot forget. The cuckoo interprets Baozhi with a cold image, giving people a sense of elegance. Her indifferent expression adds a natural sense of distance, and the innocent romance of first love is stronger. As a first love who has played the protagonist in films such as "Hong Kong", she also has some experience in interpreting the image of this cold aura.
In "Flowers", Bao Zhi's words and deeds have an indifferent attitude, which deeply touches the sadness of first love in people's hearts. In particular, the sentence that seems to be fluttering, "I hope you have a good life, but I don't want you to live better than me", deeply affected Po in a heart-piercing way. Although the memories of first love can be seen in front of me, they can never be touched, Baozhi expresses the feeling of first love with an indifferent sense of distance, and Cuckoo's interpretation is indeed very good.
These are just the 8 most outstanding characters and corresponding actors in "Flowers", and the female characters in the crew are not listed one by one. The female boss Linghong played by Papi sauce can be regarded as a "miniature version" of Reiko, she is also good at calculation and insincere, but in comparison, Papi Sauce, who is not from a professional class, is indeed not as tense as Ma Yili's version of Reiko in terms of interpreting the role.
Xiao Jiangxi, a female worker played by Wang Yi, is also a jealous villain similar to Mei Ping. But compared with the scale of Wang Ju's version of Mei Ping's sowing discord, the character is lacking in the matter of provoking people. In general, under Wong Kar-wai's lens, these female characters as a whole show a dazzling side.
Around the business front of the male protagonist Po, the appearance and shuttle of these female characters not only adds beauty to the play, but also enhances the richness of the group portraits of the characters. The reason why this "Flowers" has become popular is that in addition to the solid script, the director's directing skills and other factors, the shaping of female characters is indispensable.
And only when you really understand the interpretation of these 8 female characters can you truly understand this "Flowers".