Why did Wong Kar-wai abandon Liu Shishi and Yang Mi and choose Xin Zhilei? "Flowers" reveals why.
Since the TV series "Flowers" directed by Wong Kar-wai was broadcast, it has continued to occupy a place on the hot search list, with a Douban score of 82 points, loved by the audience.
The success of this drama is not only because the male and female protagonists Hu Ge, Ma Yili and Tang Yan are all popular idol stars, bringing high popularity to the show, but what is more surprising is that the originally unknown supporting actress Xin Zhilei performed eye-catching in the play, became famous in a fight, and became the focus of everyone's attention.
During the audition process, Xin Zhilei did not meet Director Wang's requirements, but Director Wang was deeply impressed by her. It turned out that Director Wang had seen Xin Zhilei's sharp eyes cutting off other people's knives in "Embroidered Spring Knife 2", and he thought that was the Li Li he wanted.
Since then, Director Wang has begun to pay attention to Xin Zhilei and discovered her acting potential through that movie.
In "Embroidered Spring Knife 2", Yang Mi became the heroine, but in Director Wang's "Flowers", Xin Zhilei won the role of the important female number three. This can't help but make people wonder, does Director Wang think that Yang Mi and Liu Shishi's acting skills are not good enough?
Looking back on the acting experience of the two actresses, it is indeed difficult to find too many works with excellent reputation. In addition to Liu Shishi's debut work "Embroidered Spring Knife", the ratings of the follow-up film and television works are generally not high, and there is still a distance from the boutique level.
And Yang Mi's situation is similar, although she relies on external conditions to become popular, her acting skills have always been controversial, although she tried to find a good script to change her fate, but the results were not ideal.
Although Xin Zhilei debuted late, and her ** degree is much lower than the other two predecessors, her acting skills are becoming more and more mature and gradually leave a deep impression on the industry.
was able to get Wong Kar-wai's appreciation and become the third female in "Flowers", which laid the foundation for her to enter the ranks of Hua Dan in the future. In any case, acting skills cannot be deceived, and no matter how good the external conditions are, they can't make up for the internal deficiencies.
We also can't ignore that Liu Shishi and Yang Mi are going all out to seek breakthroughs. Yang Mi has frequently cooperated with well-known directors such as Chen Kexin and Guo Jingming in recent years, hoping to have more room to play on the big screen.
Liu Shishi, on the other hand, has invested less in new plays, and seems to be carefully selecting scripts, and both of them are eager to have masterpieces to prove their strength, and this kind of professionalism deserves our respect.
The competition in the film and television industry is fierce, and the requirements for star actors are also constantly improving, and it is impossible to gain a long-term foothold only by relying on appearance and popularity, and acting training and performance opportunities are equally important.
This is also the reason why Director Wang chose Xin Zhilei, she surprised the director at the right time and seized the opportunity.
Whether it is Liu Shishi and Yang Mi, or actors in other industries, they need to find a balance between pursuing traffic and maintaining quality. Pursuing economic interests too much and ignoring the improvement of acting skills and the quality of works is not beneficial to long-term development.
But if you only choose niche and artistic film and TV series, it will be difficult to gain a long-term foothold in reality. Moderate trade-offs and finding a balance between traffic and quality are the right way for star actors to gain a foothold in the film and television industry.