On the evening of December 7, the TV series "Journey of No Confusion" officially ended, in which Ma Liewen's ex-wife Wang Yiru (Played by Chen Jianbin) is a bipolar patient - noble and elegant when sober, manic and hysterical, and even makes a series of crazy moves such as setting fire to the house and jumping off the building...
Wang Yiru in the play is a bipolar patient, which is the same as Liu Weiwei in life.
In the face of the reporter, Liu Weiwei, who talks about it, lacks the sharp aura of the characters in the play, she speaks softly and quietly, and Wang Yiru judges the two of them.
The basic skills of an actor are not the capital of showing off
The audience's impression of Liu Weiwei seems to be mostly those "powerful" female figures in film and television works. "I haven't actually tried this type of role in a long time since I started working. The most starred are bitter love scenes, most of which are women who are soft on the outside and strong on the inside. Until the broadcast of the TV series "Datang Glory", in which Liu Weiwei played the fierce Empress Zhang, since then, more and more projects have been looking for her to play "Bad Woman". "Actors are like this, when you play a high-rated work, the role you create will be defined by the public."
In "Glory of the Tang Dynasty", Liu Weiwei played the fierce Empress Zhang.
Just as when Han Jie, the director of "The Journey of No Confusion", approached Liu Weiwei, he was worried that the actors would have concerns about such people's unpleasant and controversial roles. "I actually never mind playing an unpleasant role, all I have to do is follow my heart and convince myself to find a basis to support the character." 」 Therefore, after reading the script, Liu Weiwei's primary consideration is how to rationalize the logic of the character and let himself find the fulcrum of shaping the character's personality.
In the process of discussing the script in the early stage, director Han Jie recommended the movie "Desire Street Car" starring Vivien Leigh to Liu Weiwei, in his opinion, Wang Yiru and Blanche, played by Vivien Leigh, are crazy people for love. As for Wang Yiru, love is greater than heaven, she has been living in the love dream she has woven, and the life she dreams of is a fairy tale. "It is precisely because of this that after some setbacks, she will show a paranoia and pathology."
"Tracing" the character is Liu Weiwei's consistent way of combing the characters, taking Wang Yiru as an example, "She has a good family, lived in love since she was a child, and the smooth sailing of life has created her wayward and arrogant personality, that is, the pathological appearance presented to the audience." In the nursing home, she would take care of herself meticulously, so we designed a top hat, gloves, and so on for her in the details. The delicate makeup and sense of ceremony make her feel like she is living in a drama. In addition, Liu Weiwei also deliberately added stage effects to the performance, even if it is the details of daily life, she has a proud queen style.
In Liu Weiwei's view, the scenes of emotional explosions are the basic skills of an actor.
Because he plays a bipolar patient, Liu Weiwei has a large number of emotional moments in the play, "I don't know when to start, the industry's standard for measuring good actors is crying, the so-called instantaneous outbreak of emotions, this is the basic skill of actors, can not become a show off capital." For me, it was just a test and drain on physical strength. ”
【Talk about partners】
Mei Ting——
"Mei Ting is a very gentle person, we not only cooperate in the play, but also discuss and communicate together outside the play. It was comfortable to be with her, and her temperament and character were something I really appreciated. ”
In "The Journey of No Confusion", Liu Weiwei and Chen Jianbin play a divorced couple.
Chen Jianbin——
"I worked with Mr. Chen Jianbin once in the early years, and in this play, the character he played has always been cold and violent to me, and his grasp of the sense of proportion of the role is very accurate, and the character presented has his own style."
Age anxiety is not present
The market is fair to anyone
In recent years, Liu Weiwei's film and television works have not been as intensive as before, and she admits that she has not been so prolific since 2017. "I enjoy the current state, there is no age anxiety at all. However, the objective problem is that there were more big female protagonists in the past, but now there are very few works that reflect 40+ women, and the role competition is relatively fierce. I don't really want to appeal for anything for actresses our age, it's the status quo of the market and it's fair to everyone. "As far as Liu Weiwei is concerned, what is more important in choosing a script now is the integrity of the characters and the layered and rich sense of the characters' emotions.
Liu Weiwei said that he had never experienced age anxiety. Courtesy of the artist
Zhang Kunyu, a senior reporter of the Beijing News
Chief Editor Wu Dongni Proofreader Zhao Lin