The entertainment industry's praise for Zhou Xun has never stopped. On the one hand, her business ability is well known. Since her debut, agility has been her most frequently mentioned trait;Later, through TV series and movies, she became popular in the Chinese circle and won many awards.
When Andy Lau was a judge at the film festival, he watched Zhou Xun's five movies in one go, and then commented: "After watching it, I knew that no wonder everyone used to think that I was not good at acting." Even Chen Kexin, who has always been picky, praised her: "She is the dream of all directors." On the other hand, Zhou Xun's character is deeply loved. She dares to express herself and is sincere and indifferent.
Although there is no public personal social account, the audience can still feel her truth through filming, publicity, and occasional variety shows. On the stage of stardom, Zhou Xun always seems relaxed.
In front of the camera, others were talking endlessly and radiant, while Zhou Xun looked around with a smile on his face: "Wow, there are so many people!."”
Acting requires talent, but talent alone is not enough, I need to keep improving. Maybe it's because he is often called a "genius actor", in the eyes of the public, Zhou Xun can always perform well at his fingertips.
But in fact, her preparation and hard work also amazed her peers. This year, Zhou Xun has three works, the movie "No Name" at the beginning of the year, the TV series "Imperfect Victim" in the middle of the year, and the movie "Wading through the Sea of Anger" that is now being screened.
In the crew of "Imperfect Victim", Zhou Xun is known as the "Queen of Lines", and her 6-minute court lines are as smooth as flowing water, which is the result of her hard work for a week;In the crew of "Wading through the Angry Sea", she was wearing thin clothes and was dragged by Huang Bo on a beach full of stones, and she was completely scratched in a scene.
In the movie "Wading through the Angry Sea", Jing Lan was brilliantly interpreted by Zhou Xun.
In director Cao Baoping's five-year sharpening work "Wading through the Sea of Anger", we see his strong emotional expression as always. The fish rain and extreme chase on the highway in the film are impressive, and the death of the girl Jin Lina triggers a battle to chase the murderer, which is performed by Jin's father Lao Jin, her boyfriend Li Miaomiao, and Li's mother Jinglan.
Each character has experienced a high concentration of emotional shifts and extreme life situations in a very short period of time, which is very moving.
At the filming site of "Wading through the Sea of Anger", Zhou Xun, director Cao Baoping, and actor Huang Bo jointly performed a film full of social consciousness and reflective consciousness. The film tells the story of the love and killing of a girl with a "borderline disordered personality" and a teenager with "unscrupulous disease", which caused conflicts between two families, Huang Bo's father Lao Jin and Zhou Xun's juvenile mother Jing Lan fought wits and courage, and finally the mystery was revealed, leaving the audience with deep thoughts on family and growth.
Zhou Xun used "extreme" to describe this work, saying that as long as the film directed by Cao Baoping is filmed, the actors will be in a very extreme state, and the director's movies and characters will give people the ultimate physiological and emotional experience, although it is hard, but it will also make people adrenaline soar, and there is a feeling that they are about to pop out before the 100-meter start.
Zhou Xun was at the filming site of "Wading in the Sea of Anger", and frankly faced the challenge of physiological limits. She jokes that the easiest part of the movie is walking, and everything else requires a lot of effort.
In the film, the most thrilling shot is the typhoon that rolls up the fish in the sea and smashes them on the highway like hail, causing the three cars of Lao Jin, Jing Lan and Li Miaomiao to collide one after another.
Zhou Xun needs to hang his body upside down when the car overturns, and at the same time shout loudly. This shot required precise body coordination and acting skills, which took Zhou Xun a long time to complete.
In addition, Zhou Xun also has a scene underwater. Since she had almost drowned a few times before, she had a great fear of water. Although he couldn't avoid underwater shots when shooting, it was difficult for Zhou Xun to act out his natural state in a state of extreme fear.
To overcome this dilemma, they didn't completely close the underwater door during the shooting, just in case she could push the door herself up. Of course, there were lifeguards next to him, so Zhou Xun gradually overcame his psychological fear and completed the scene.
After coming out of the water, she said to Huang Bo, "You just drag me up like a garbage bag." This sentence is full of her tenacity and perseverance, which makes the crew on the set feel distressed and admired.
Overall, Zhou Xun's performance in "Wading the Sea of Anger" shows her talent and perseverance as an actor. Despite the challenges she faced with her physiological limits, she persevered and completed every shot.
This kind of spirit and perseverance made the audience full of admiration for her.
In "Wading through the Sea of Anger", Jing Lan played by Zhou Xun is a character with a rich inner world. She is not only a well-educated, well-educated career woman, but also a career-oriented woman with calm and composed, clear thinking, and superb crisis management skillsShe is also a mother who overdotes on her son, and as a mother, she will support and help her son unconditionally no matter what he does.
During the filming, in order to better shape the character, Zhou Xun chose not to deal with the three bags on his face, and even asked special effects personnel to help draw them, so as to show Jing Lan's rough realism.
The processing of this detail makes the character fuller and gives people a deeper understanding of Jing Lan's inner world.
After the shooting, Zhou Xun was deeply touched, especially to his family and parents. "In many families, parents and children don't really know each other," she says. She recalls one time when her mother had surgery and didn't tell her until it was over.
Chinese traditionally report good news but not bad news, and parents and children do not confide in each other about their difficulties. "Zhou Xun said. However, she emphasises the need for moments in life to be together, and the need for children to grow up and have opportunities to love each other with their parents.
After the scene where they were so tired that they dragged like garbage bags, Zhou Xun and Huang Bo moved two chairs, opened a bottle of red wine, and watched the sunset slowly set, with a waning moon hanging in the sky.
They began to talk about growing up, about family, about life – that was the most relaxing moment of the whole "wading" journey.
Zhou Xun's role has changed in recent years, and two aspects are particularly prominent. First of all, she prefers to choose realistic themes rather than the fictional or fantasy stories of the past.
Secondly, she pays more attention to the display of human nature in her performance, making the role more three-dimensional and real. Her realist works cover a variety of genres, including the main theme of "Meritorious", the urban life of "Xiaomin's Family", as well as the focus on women "Imperfect Her", "The World Has Her", "Imperfect Victims", etc., and even "Wading through the Sea of Anger" on family issues.
Zhou Xun played Tu Youyou in the TV series "Meritorious", she said that she has worked in the crew for many years, but she has little understanding of society and has not directly faced social pressure.
Zhou Xun believes that the theme of realism is not only a challenge to actors, but also a reflection of society. "Imperfect Victims," which aired in July this year, tells the story of the plight of women in the workplace and in life, including workplace harassment and online violence.
She believes that this drama ** the gray area in interpersonal relationships, not gender antagonism. Zhou Xun said that this role gave her a deeper social understanding.
Zhou Xun plays Lin Kan in "Imperfect Victim", and she is attracted because she is fascinated by the ambiguity and chaos in human nature. For many audiences, Zhou Xun's early roles are always full of brilliance, whether it is the smart girl Princess Taiping in "Daming Palace Ci", or the pure Du Xinyu in "Like Fog, Like Rain and Like Wind";But by the blockbuster period, her role began to become more complex.
In "If Love", she played the role of Sun Na, who chooses profit and acts duplicitously;In "Li Mi's Conjecture", she played Li Mi, who is crazy about love;In "Painted Skin", she played the role of Xiao Wei, who is animal and human.
She can always find a hidden secondary personality in the distinct character label, showing the tearing of the character. Nowadays, Zhou Xun pays more attention to nature, and she hopes to jump out of the script and show a more real side.
In the movie "Li Mi's Conjecture", Zhou Xun played the protagonist Li Mi. She believes that although there is an insurmountable gap between theatrical creation and reality, the importance of authentic feelings cannot be overlooked.
Zhou Xun said that her job is to devote herself wholeheartedly and convey the most authentic emotions to the audience. No matter what type of film and television work, the ultimate goal is to resonate with the audience and convey the message in the most direct and understandable way.
Zhou Xun is convinced that in order to return the character to nature and return to the heart to the basics, it is necessary to learn to reconcile with anxiety. She believes that actors are often carefully taken care of by professional staff in front of the public, such as whether the clothes are suitable, how to play the light, the angle of the camera, the color of the lipstick, the length of the eyelashes, and so on.
In such an environment, actors need to be self-aware and self-aware in order to see their true selves. Zhou Xun also feels anxious in the face of work, life and the passage of time, but she gradually realizes that anxiety itself is a part of growth, which is determined by her natural personality and the things she has experienced, not by deliberately retaining anything.
She believes that perfection is not important, what matters is nature. And to return to nature, the first thing is to learn to reconcile with anxiety, with time and with time.
There is no definite moment that will lead to an epiphany, but as the years go by, time will make people understand what things are more important. From childhood to adulthood, from a fallen leaf to a sunset, from the death of a loved one to a loved one, these can be important revelations in our lives.
Someone once asked Zhou Xun: "Is there anything you didn't care about before and care about now?"She replied, "I think it's because I know the finiteness of life, so I cherish it more." ”
As a result, Zhou Xun became keen on photography and used his lens to record the bits and pieces of life. Whether it's the sky, the electric tower, the old sofa, the walls, the perfume, the Gobi Desert, she is full of love.
"I especially love the moments when the sky turns purple in the early hours of the morning and when the sun goes down," she says. ”
Her ** often uses lines as a structure to create an alienating artistic conception. She explained that it was not due to a particular emotion, but rather because she liked the division of lines and a certain shape that seemed to be the regularity of her inner world.
Zhou Xun has also appeared in some life experience programs, such as "Adventure in Life", "Nice to Meet You" and "Longing for Life". In these shows, she listens to other people's stories and explores unknown journeys, which is another way for her to engage with society and nature.
Zhou Xun participated in the variety show "Nice to Meet You". Before she debuted at the age of 17, Zhou Xun grew up in a movie theater, her father was a projectionist in a movie theater, and her mother was a salesperson in a department store.
When she was in her twenties and thirties, she became one of the most watched actresses in China, she filmed, won awards, fell in love, and lived with passion and vitality. Now, she has reached a new stage and hopes to find a new balance.
However, her enthusiasm has never changed, just like 26 years ago, she endured fear and jumped into the water for the filming of "Suzhou River", and now she is still swimming hard in the sea of her characters.