The broadcast of "Flowers" directed by Wong Kar-wai is nearing the end, and all the characters in the play have appeared. As a big-name director, Wong Kar-wai's appeal is there, and it can be said that he is calling for actors. This drama focuses on Nanjing Road and Huanghe Road in Shanghai, except that the scene is not big, there are not too many characters with names and surnames, Wong Kar-wai tries his best to close the relationship between the characters, and tells stories around Mr. Bao, and even the families of Mr. Wei played by Zheng Kai and Wang Mingzhu played by Tang Yan have no role.
In addition to Hu Ge, Ma Yili, Tang Yan, Xin Zhilei and other protagonists, the cameo roles are also played by celebrities, and one is bigger than the other, some of them only have one or two scenes, and some even just flash by, let's take stock according to the approximate timeline of appearance.
1, Huang Ling - Golden Phoenix proprietress
Of course, the main scene of the hotel is also Zhizhenyuan, Jin Meilin, and the Peace Hotel, and there is almost no Golden Phoenix in the hotel scene, and the proprietress is played by Huang Ling.
Huang Ling debuted in 2004, and it has been 20 years since then, she has been focusing on singing, but her career development has been tepid, and in 2020, she participated in "Sister Riding the Wind and Waves" with attention and traffic, plus she has also participated in works such as "The Salt Merchant of the World" and "Dragon Gate Dart Game", which only got an olive branch extended by Wong Kar-wai, although there are not many scenes in "Flowers", but I also gladly accept it.
2, Wen Zhaolun - opening star
Flowers" appeared two stars at the time, one of them was Wen Zhaolun, Zhizhen Garden opened, the proprietress Li Li invited Wen Zhaolun to stand on the platform, this scene was Wen Zhaolun got off the car and was surrounded by people, after getting off the car, he went to the hotel and took off his sunglasses and waved to the crowd.
This scene can't help but make people sigh, in the early nineties, Wen Zhaolun was indeed the top of the music world, and he was once in the limelight, but to this day, he can only get such a fleeting cameo role in "Flowers", and the scenes are not even as many as Fei Xiang's scenes in the form of expansion films. And in terms of the importance of the role, Fei Xiang's song "A Fire in Winter" brought fire to Mr. Fan's Sanyang card, which is even more critical.
3. Chen Yiming - Lingzi painter neighbor
In order to show the fireworks of old Shanghai, Wong Kar-wai arranged all kinds of neighbors for Lingzi, one of whom is a painter, and there are few scenes, played by Chen Yiming. Originally, for such a role, it was enough to find a group actor or a special actor, but "Flowers" was extremely extravagant to find a real painter to play. Chen Yiming is an oil painter, the younger brother of the late painter Chen Yifei, who studied painting since childhood, and has great influence in the world, holding exhibitions in the United States and France.
4, Shi Yihong-Lingzi singing neighbor
Reiko, a somewhat peculiar neighbor, almost every time she appears, two people meet their eyes in the stairwell, and she also has a character profile that is waiting for a letter from a man. I can often hear her scenes, perhaps considering this, Wong Kar-wai invited Shi Yihong to play, she is the Mei School of the Shanghai Peking Opera Company, and she is also a distinguished professor of the Film School of Shanghai Ahui University, a national first-class actor, and her representative works include "Tang Guifei", "Hu Sanniang and Wang Ying" and so on.
5. Kong Xiangdong - Piano Teacher
Kong Xiangdong is almost a pianist on the same level as Lang Lang, "deigning" to play the role of a piano teacher in "Flowers", his acting skills are not bad, and the scene where he quarreled with Lingzi was full of emotion, and he also sang a few words "Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye!".It is worth mentioning that Wong Kar-wai also took great care to find these guest neighbors, and they are all celebrities from Shanghai.
6, Zhong Zhentao - Golden Kitchen
After the opening of Zhizhenyuan, it was squeezed by other restaurants, the kitchen collectively resigned, and the business fell into difficulties. Wong Kar-wai has a deep intention to make a cameo appearance with Zhong Zhentao, which makes people think of the movie "Full of Gold and Jade", and at the same time, they all play the role of a chef, forming a before and after echo, Wong Kar-wai loves Hong Kong movies.
7. Rhododendron-Snow Zhi
Bao is always called "** air conditioner", which is good to everyone, no more, no less, but it will not be fettered to any woman. If you want to say that what he misses in his heart should be his girlfriend Xuezhi who has become a thing of the past. This role is perfect for the beautiful and temperamental Du Juan to play, only a scene of eating in a hot pot restaurant can hook away the souls of Ah Bao and the audience, and when they meet again in Hong Kong later, they can't help but sigh at the change of fate.
8. Fan Zhiyi-Fan Factory Director
This doesn't need to be introduced too much, Fan Zhiyi was the top in the football world back then, and he has also shown his strength in the entertainment industry in the past few years after retiring, and he has participated in talk shows and variety shows "Hahahaha" and has a lot of fans.
9. Ying Jianzhong - stock critic
In the play, there is a stock critic who always sits at the door and talks, and he indirectly caused Xiao Jiangsu to buy ** at the highest point, so that Boss Jin fell to his death, which was dangerous and cruel.
Ying Jianzhong is a lawyer, but he is also a senior stock commentator, he began to intervene in the embryonic Chinese ** market in 1986, participating in over-the-counter trading, the market commentary chapter and column written later are difficult to count, Ying Jianzhong's guest appearance in the play is actually a cameo by the way, he also has a very important position in "Flowers", is the first consultant of this drama. Teacher Qin Wen, the screenwriter of "Flowers", revealed in the circle of friends that in the process of script creation, Mr. Ying knew everything about the content of **, and wrote everything. even said, "A decent Shanghai uncle who understands the scriptures, Teacher Ying is one of them." ”
10, Lin Xilei - Mrs. Lin
Lin Xilei appeared late, she made Boss Jin frightened, and as soon as she appeared, she was domineering, and her eyes were chilling down her spine. After getting married, Lin Xilei faded out of the film and television industry for many years, and it was not until "Flowers" that she came into the audience's attention again, and she also starred in "Mr. Red Carpet", which will be released on the first day of the Lunar New Year, partnering Andy Lau and playing Mrs. Lau Weichi.
11, Mai Changqing - Boss Ma
In the 26th episode of "Flowers", Wang Mingzhu drove to Shenzhen to find a factory to help her complete Wal-Mart's order, and Mr. Bao helped her find Boss Ma's Tianma Garment Factory through personal relationships, but because Boss Ma played by Mai Changqing was too cooperative and things were going too smoothly, Wang Mingzhu guessed that Mr. Bao was behind the help, and the two sides did not succeed.
Mai Changqing can be called an evergreen tree in the Hong Kong film and television industry, and he is also the best green leaf, he has a bad fate, he has lost his family property by his wife, sold fish, worked as a security guard, he played Boss Ma is a Hong Kong native, consistent with the identity of the role, Wong Kar-wai asked him to make a cameo, which can be regarded as helping Hong Kong local actors.