Foreword: In the process of giving birth to children, women take on the sacred and arduous responsibility of motherhood, which is a major life event that every woman must face. For actors, childbirth is not only a life experience, but also an art. How to truly interpret the ups and downs of childbirth on the screen is a huge test for every actor's acting skills.
This article will take the fertility performances of many first-line actresses in film and television works as clues, vividly show various details from pregnancy to childbirth, and interpret how goddess-level actors perfectly interpret the bitter process of the birth of life on the set.
1. Qin Lan: An excellent performance by Dora.
In the 90s of the 20th century, Qin Lan, who was only a teenager, played the role of Zhihua in the popular idol drama "Huanzhu Gege", presenting an impressive fertility performance to the audience. At that time, Qin Lan didn't know anything about the process of giving birth, but under the guidance of the director, she devoted herself wholeheartedly and vividly showed the various pressures and helplessness of mothers in childbirth. Qin Lan clutched the sheets tightly, her eyes closed, sweating profusely, and moaning in pain, making people feel as if they were in a real childbirth scene. Her performance made the audience call it too realistic, as if she was in the scene, showing her excellent acting skills.
2. Ren Suxi: delicately depicts the helplessness of the mother.
In the 2017 hit urban drama "Dear Child", Ren Suxi played a pregnant teacher Bai Huanhuan. Among them, a delicate and nuanced delivery performance showed Bai Huanhuan's various real emotions in the delivery room. Ren Suxi's performance ranged from calm to anxious to desperate, successfully portraying the pain of childbirth through subtle changes in expression, making the audience sympathize with the suffering of this ordinary mother. She did not use a stand-in in the whole film, and spent a lot of effort and physical strength to successfully interpret the helplessness and despair during childbirth, which left a deep impression on the audience.
3. Zhou Xun: Use your eyes to interpret the anxiety of mothers.
Zhou Xun's childbirth scene in the literary film "Red Sorghum" is also impressive. The pregnant woman Jiu'er played by her experienced a series of torments during labor, and Zhou Xun perfectly presented the inner anxiety of the mother through the change of her eyes. In the play, Jiu'er tried her best to push the fetus, but the fetus in her womb did not move, and this plot was vividly expressed through Zhou Xun's deep eyes. Her performances range from pain to anxiety to despair, perfectly interpreting the mental journey during childbirth, and is known as a classic of fertility performances.
Fourth, Yang Mi: Embarrassment under the glamorous appearance.
Compared with the wonderful birth performances of the older generation of acting schools, Yang Mi's childbirth scene in the costume drama "Three Lives, Three Worlds, Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms" is disappointing. In the childbirth scene filmed with an eye patch, she failed to express the pain and urgency of the character through the change of eyes, but could only rely on body language. However, her expressions and movements appear stiff and unrealistic, and do not fit well with the birth scene. In addition, her makeup after giving birth is too delicate, which is contrary to the plot of childbirth, which destroys the sense of substitution in watching the movie. After this scene was broadcast, it caused many viewers to complain.
5. Tang Yan: understatement of "production".
In stark contrast to Yang Mi, the acting actress Tang Yan's childbirth scenes in the historical drama "Yanyuntai" are too simplistic. She gave birth to a dragon and phoenix fetus in the play, but her expression was relaxed, lacking the pain and joy of childbirth, and the whole production process seemed too understated. In addition, after the end of childbirth, Tang Yan's makeup and hair were neat and tidy, without any sense of weakness, which was seriously inconsistent with the image of a mother who had just experienced childbirth. After the broadcast of this scene, many viewers questioned Tang Yan's performance, thinking that this performance seemed too unreal.
6. Zhao Liying: The birth of "eating and drinking".
In the light comedy movie "Surprise All the Way", Zhao Liying's fertility performance also sparked controversy. The pregnant woman Yin Xiaoqing she played not only had a relaxed expression during childbirth, but also gave birth while eating chocolate, which did not match the severe pain of childbirth. Her performance failed to realistically present the critical situation of high-risk mothers, and was disconnected from the story background and psychological activities of the characters. After this scene was broadcast, the audience criticized Zhao Liying's fertility performance for being too frivolous and questioned her acting skills.
Conclusion: Giving birth to children is an indispensable experience in a woman's life, and the process of interpretation puts forward higher requirements for the acting skills of actors. In this process, some older generation actors such as Qin Lan and Ren Suxi profoundly portrayed the pain of childbirth with their superb acting skills. However, some new generation actors such as Yang Mi and Zhao Liying seem stiff and unnatural when dealing with this kind of drama, and fail to integrate well into the role. It is expected that the new generation of actors, under the influence of their predecessors, will further enhance the meticulousness and sense of substitution of fertility performances, so that the audience can better immerse themselves in the humanistic landscape of the film.