Ma Yili's recent emotional performance in public has been somewhat surprising. In some activities, her state sometimes seems low, and sometimes she cries uncontrollably. In a speech, she revealed that she had not seen You Benchang on the nearby set for three years, which caused some netizens to question her character, causing her popularity on social ** to rise for a while.
Ma Yili was once active in the entertainment industry as a decent strong woman, and often showed her sober personality in the world on talk shows, but in a short period of time, her decent image and role model image collapsed.
As the heroine of "Flowers", Ma Yili should have attracted much attention, but she didn't expect her popularity to be surpassed by Tang Yan and Xin Zhilei. When the show aired, it was normal for her to feel lost.
Compared with the thin and strong impression left on the public before, Ma Yili's recent state of emptiness is more worthy of our in-depth **.
Although some of her performances during this time have caused some controversy, she is still holding on to her career. For example, when the crew of "Flowers" assembled for promotion, although she looked a little tired, she still went all out and did not relax at all.
She talked about how to show both her personality and her inner world when playing the role of Reiko, which made her feel both stressed and challenging. At the same time, she also mentioned the outstanding performance of director Wong Kar-wai, which makes people look forward to the results of their cooperation.
When asked why she was able to portray the characters so vividly, she calmly replied: "That's because director Wong Kar-wai has top-notch lighting and cinematography skills." This made netizens ask: "Didn't you play a living person before?" ”
Recently, some netizens expressed their dissatisfaction with an interview with Ma Yili, thinking that she seemed to be deliberately scolding people or being forced to do business. In fact, the matter itself is not so important, Ma Yili is a single mother, she will go home to accompany her children immediately after work, plus the special reasons of those years, it is understandable that she did not visit You Benchang.
But the information she revealed in the interview was a bit contradictory, and it may not be what she wanted to express. Although her statement may truly reflect her inner feelings, such an expression is not easy to arouse everyone's affection.
Ma Yili was not a person with low emotional intelligence before, she showed good emotional intelligence at an awards party, and when the host asked her if her cooperation with Zhang Guoli would become a father and daughter or a couple, she cleverly threw the question to Zhang Guoli and asked Zhang Guoli to answer.
Ma Yili's character seems to have undergone major changes. In her early years, her evaluation of "Returning the Pearl 3" was sharp, but after filming, she said that because of her different understanding of performance, she would no longer cooperate with the Hong Kong and Taiwan crews, and this decision seemed quite bold.
But her words and actions have changed so much recently compared to the past that one can't help but wonder if her attitude has changed.
She has been filming "Flowers" for three years. She has said before that you can't cry casually, it's too embarrassing to cry in front of people, and it's still embarrassing to cry the next day after people cry and their eyes are swollen like panda eyes.
But when Teacher You Benchang came to the stage to speak for the first time, she couldn't help crying in front of everyone. Ma Yili, who has always been known as Little Brother Ma and Commander Ma, has been stumbling through her glasses recently, she no longer cares so much about face, and has become easy-going and natural.
You know, face used to be all her pride and confidence**. When she was young, people, including her ex-husband, commented on her surprisingly unanimous: she was not as delicate as a Shanghai girl, but more like a northern girl.
But I personally think that Ma Yili is a standard Shanghai girl. Although on the surface, Ma Yili does not seem to be as sophisticated as a traditional Shanghainese woman, her friends say that she can eat at any restaurant table, which is more aggressive.
But digging deeper, you will find that the core of the exquisite and style of Shanghainese people is actually three words: to be decent. At this point, Ma Yili's Shanghai temperament is simply unsurpassable.
When asked who she would become if she traveled back to the era of "Flowers", Ma Yili replied without hesitation: Reiko. She said that Reiko's strength and strength are the concepts of Shanghai women that her mother instilled in her since she was a child.
She is well aware of the tacit understanding of Reiko and Mr. Bao, and maintains each other's decency, which fully demonstrates the regional characteristics of Shanghai. Between them, the relationship has both tension and balance, Reiko cooperates with the decency of Mr. Bao, and Mr. Bao also fulfills the decency of Reiko, this relationship is full of a sense of order and deeply imprinted with regional characteristics.
However, for Ma Yili, decency is only her minimum standard, she has higher requirements for herself, and what she once pursued was a competitive and ruthless attitude to win the jackpot.
When she was young, in order to win, she could even drink multiple bottles of wine in one go, hold back her tears, and even if she came home and vomited until she was dark.
In the crew, when someone wants to see her make a fool of herself, or even really serve her a bowl of glutinous rice when acting, she can eat it firmly and not let them succeed.
1.When Huang Lei was bullied in Shanghainese by the crew next door, he didn't understand what they were scolding. However, Ma Yili immediately felt embarrassed after hearing the other party's words.
No matter how many people there are on the other side, they are all taller than her, and even have ** in their hands, the thin Ma Yili did not hesitate to rush into the crowd and scold them. This scene made Huang Lei feel very shocked, he said: "Since then, Shanghai has been messing with Sister Yili. ”
2.In 2014, after the article was exposed to derailment, Ma Yili's "Although it is easy to fall in love, marriage is not easy, do it and cherish it" is still regarded by the internal entertainment CP as the top decent copywriter when it collapsed, and no one can match it.
Two years later, they officially divorced, but in 2017, they also collaborated together on "Razor's Edge", which sweetly sprinkled sugar in the play.
When she won the award for "The First Half of My Life", she was full of smiles and thanked her family for inviting an excellent aunt to help take care of the children. However, during that time, questions about her aunt bothered her a lot, and she was not as relaxed and happy as she seemed.
In "Cheongsam Beauty Detective" with Gao Weiguang in 2020, although the show won her an award, she was not satisfied with the connotation of the role, because she cherished her professional reputation, and she once said that Miss Su was just a small episode in her long career.
It can be seen that Ma Yili used to care about her face very much.
In the past, strong women often tried to maintain their appearance, but now, she has the courage to show her embarrassment. While such an image may not be flattering, I think it's commendable.
When we're tired or vulnerable, we should be brave enough to express our feelings. Compared with Ma Yili's tired image, many people have recently envied the "old-fashioned" Tang Yan.
They praised her for being loved by her husband and father, and even though she was middle-aged, she still looked like a playful Miss Wang in her 20s. Tang Yan's happiness is like a pie falling from the sky.
In her insights, Ma Yili wrote that only hard work can achieve something. As Reiko said, if it weren't for helplessness, what woman would want to be a boss lady?
Whether it's Ma Yili or Reiko, they understand that they have to put in the effort themselves to meet the challenges of reality.
For energetic middle-aged people like Tang Yan and Ma Yili, we may feel envious, but the reality is that most people are in a busy state, like Ma Yili, they have to complete their roles well and deal with all kinds of trivial household chores.
The actors who have worked with her have praised her for her energy and almost perfection. On set, she was always able to take advantage of the gaps to take care of various matters. However, even directors like Wong Kar-wai have criticized her actions, often staring at her phone.
However, when she explained to Wong Kar-wai that it was because of an urgent email from her daughter's foreign teacher, Wong Kar-wai laughed and reminded her not to keep her head down all the time, as this could cause her to have a double chin and affect the shooting results.
She felt the director's understanding because he really knew her. However, even energetic people can inevitably get tired. Ma Yili sometimes feels like many desperate housewives.
She does have a lot of specific things to deal with. For example, two daughters of different ages have different needs for their mothers, and the eldest daughter needs to spend half an hour talking about school things, ** values; The youngest daughter needs to sleep with her and tell stories.
Which daughter should I take care of first? She could only listen to the story for half an hour before going to sleep with her little daughter.
In order to succeed in her career, she needs to be more efficient, which means she needs to be more focused on her work than others. Over the course of three years of filming, she certainly put in a lot of effort and sacrifice in dealing with the work-life problem that may have left her frustrated and helpless, but she persevered.
However, despite her efforts, the final result was not satisfactory, which made her feel even more frustrated and aggrieved.
She is tired and fragile now, why bother not to cry? When you're upset, cry as much as you want. Seeing her so good at expressing emotions now, although she is no longer familiar with Commander Ma, it makes us feel much more relieved.
She often shares on Weibo how lonely she feels when she comes home late at night.
She always shows the audience her elegant and calm side, but in fact, she has also had moments of collapse. Only by experiencing the twists and turns and pain of life can she better interpret Luo Zijun's helplessness after being betrayed.
Those former pride and dignity, she chose to destroy with her own hands to better shape the image of the character.
From being optimistic about dealing with problems to now breaking down in front of her daughter, what kind of transformation has she experienced? In fact, the "beautiful mental state" advocated by contemporary netizens is no longer reckless and no longer stubborn to hide their emotions.
This kind of self-recognition and self-expression is no longer forced to be strong for the sake of face and other people's opinions, but is a real strength and freedom. The cooperation with Wong Kar-wai made her realize that she had always been stubborn, but it also allowed her to find herself and the courage to truly be herself.
Ma Yili generously accepts the uncertainty of life, and although she is no longer satisfied with the outside world's definition of decency, the state she shows is more real and enthusiastic. When I was young, my joys, sorrows and sorrows were written on my face, but now I am middle-aged, and I take the initiative to share happiness, which is not a kind of bravery and fearlessness.
Maybe it's not to praise how powerful Ma Yili is, she knows how to renew herself, transform, and so on. This transformation does not necessarily represent a metamorphosis, but there may be only one reason for the transformation, and that is the passage of time.
Age brings with it a sense of urgency. In terms of career, Ma Yili is actually quite lucky. She once concluded that every ten years, she will have a masterpiece that has attracted widespread attention.
In the past few years after the divorce, almost every drama she participated in was the protagonist, and the drama itself was also quite influential.
She has always worked hard to "turn the world upside down" and always preaches with vigor. But this time, she no longer shines alone, but because of the fuse of the age crisis, she began to express her emotions directly, and the feeling of exhaustion began to appear on her face.
This is Reiko, and it is also a portrayal of many ordinary and real middle-aged women. When people reach middle age, age anxiety and reality busyness will squeeze a person at the same time, and no one is spared fragility and exhaustion.
When Ma Yili heard You Benchang's speech, why did she cry? You Benchang, a 90-year-old man, has loved movies since he was a child, and when he is 80 years old, he has not had the opportunity to make movies, and he is already desperate.
However, at the age of 90, Wong Kar-wai asked him to play Hu Ge's godfather. Ma Yili said a large number of unpleasant words, and even became so excited that he was so excited that he was nothing more than to express his respect and emotion for the 90-year-old You Benchang.
Because You Benchang's words really moved her. She finally said that she hopes that she can have this kind of mental strength to love acting when she is old, and she doesn't care whether it is the protagonist or a supporting role. That's what she was saying.
At this stage, the protagonist is still a supporting role, and she really cares, even more than when she was young. Just like the old Haiqing.
In the film and television industry, actresses often face the danger of gradually becoming a supporting role as they grow older. In order to remain competitive in their careers, they have to be more vigilant and work hard to strive for more opportunities.
Ma Yili is a typical example, although she doesn't say that age is a problem, she is actually very sensitive to age. In a recent interview, when a reporter asked her how she saw her change from 18 to 47 years old, she just gave a cold face and did not answer any further.
Although she did not directly admit to her age problem like Haiqing, her behavior and expression have shown that she is experiencing a downhill road in her life and is not ready for her future.
Therefore, Ma Yili is actively seeking change, hoping to cope with the upcoming second half of her life.
Ma Yili, a determined and straightforward woman, has a clear sense of boundaries about the world. She is never afraid to express her preferences, whether it is her love for Xu Wei, or the judgment of her plastic surgery face, or her disdain for the young brainless sweet pet, she will say her opinion without reservation.
Her friends may be worried about her, but she stands her ground and is not affected by outside distractions. This is Ma Yili, a real, straightforward, and resilient woman.
Now she has learned to adapt and compromise to become a slightly more complex middle-aged person. She no longer insists on her own edges, but learns to accept all kinds of different people and things.
For those young people who had not been favored by her, she began to re-examine them; At the same time, she has also learned to be coquettish and express her emotions appropriately like her Shanghai girlfriends.
Once this door is opened, for better or for worse, I will move forward with no turning back. ”
When business is booming, Reiko warmly greets every guest with an exaggerated smile, and although she is a little embarrassed, her enthusiasm makes people feel very warm.
In the moment when no one cared, she felt powerless and gasped helplessly. At this time, her best friend spotted her and saw her eyes immediately filled with tears.
Life can sometimes make you feel embarrassed, but that doesn't mean you have to be strong. Life is like a one-way journey, and no matter how big the setbacks are, we need to keep going.
Just like Reiko, although her eyes were full of embarrassment when she looked at her best friend, she still put away her emotions and continued to devote herself to work. I believe that every middle-aged woman like Ma Yili will persevere and maintain her tenacity and vitality even in difficult situations.