Chen Min: "Three Guns Shooting Surprise" is probably after "Wulin Gaiden", which is the first movie in which Sister Ni took over with more important roles?
Yan Ni: It's the first part. I hadn't acted in a movie where the role was as important before that. I was still quite nervous when I suddenly entered that atmosphere, Zhang Yimou is such a well-known director, I basically listen to his command. Whatever the director asks me to do, I try to do it well. Regardless of whether the performance is right or wrong, I still want to show the diversity of my performance to the director, and see what the director wants to use and what he doesn't use.
Chen Min: What is the way you communicate with the director?For example, would you give him several different acting styles and let the director decide which one to use in the end, or to use other communication methods?
Yan Ni: When I was filming the first scene of "Three Guns Shooting Surprise", I kept reading the script, and I kept reading it, and then I changed the script directly. The next day, I went to play with Xiao Shenyang, and I said that it would be more interesting to change this place. But at the time, I was probably thinking about it one-sidedly. When I went to the scene, the director said that the script of the movie is not something that can be changed if you want to.
The "Great Magician" I collaborated with Zhou Xun, there was a scene that I was particularly impressed, the props team got a very big ring, and I suddenly thought that I must lift the ring, so I imitated the action of Lady Liberty holding the torch. Because the props themselves are so exaggerated, it's okay for me to exaggerate in moderation. I'm willing to try every day, and I'm always willing to look for a better way to express myself, regardless of whether it will be immediately denied.
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