The urban romantic light comedy directed by Chen Zhengdao and Xu Zhaoren is being broadcast exclusively on Tencent Video. The drama has won praise from the audience with its distinctive characters, fast-paced plot and sharp lines, and currently has a Douban rating of 8.4. Wang Ju, who entered the public eye through "Creation 101", played Xia Meng in the play - a workplace strongman who made her boyfriend feel pressure because of her excellent ability.
In addition to her lack of self-confidence, Xia Meng did everything else with full firepower, and even "herself" complained: "Now the girl group has begun to act." Wang Ju revealed in an exclusive interview with a reporter from the Beijing News that this line was improvised by director Chen Zhengdao on the spot, and she herself felt that "it is quite interesting to blacken herself." "Because when people see me, they definitely think I'm a girl group or an idol, and indeed I'm here to act, and it's also a funny call back." But being an actor is Wang Ju's original intention and dream, and she has been waiting and looking for opportunities to act after "Creation 101" came out.
I never wanted to be an idol, I always wanted to be an actor
The protagonists of "Love Is Delicious" are three girlfriends with very different personalities in the metropolis - Liu Jing (Li Chun), Fang Xin (Zhang Hanyun) and Xia Meng (Wang Ju), who often get together to share their lives, give each other ideas or spit out.
In the play, Lao Gao, the "little Zhuge in the nightclub", proposes that Liu Jing and Song Chao perform an intimate scene to test Jiang Shanmu, who has an ambiguous relationship with her. Liu Jing refused, because Jiang Shanmu brought directors and actors, "you think they can't see it." Lao Gao disagreed: "In this year, how many actors understand drama?" Xia Meng nodded in agreement: "Well, now the girl group has begun to act." The audience sighed happily on the bullet screen, saying that this was simply an official complaint, "Wang Ju is too desperate to blacken himself." In the impression of many viewers, Wang Ju participated in "Creation 101" and gained popularity, and she herself is a member of the "girl group".
Wang Ju plays Xia Meng in the play, and the relationship with her boyfriend is somewhat "strong and male is weak".
Wang Ju revealed that many of the very brilliant lines in the play were temporarily added by the director of this play, Chen Zhengdao, on a whim on the spot, including "now the girl group has begun to act." Chen Zhengdao also consulted Wang Ju's opinion after adding: "Ju, are you okay with this?" Would you say? "Wang Ju thinks that this line is quite well added, and it is an interesting call back." When people see me, they definitely think that I am a girl group and a 'love bean' (idol), even if I have always explained that I have never done 'love beans', and I have never regarded myself as 'love beans', but everyone does not think so. Indeed, I have also come to act, and I think it is very interesting to blacken myself. ”
Wang Ju's acting is not a ticket, her original intention and dream has always been to be an actor. "I've always been clear that the most I want to do is be an actor. When I was a child, I studied acting, and when I took the college entrance examination, I was admitted to art colleges, and I also applied for acting. It's just that people may not interpret it this way. So, is participating in "Creation 101" a kind of "curve to save the country"? Wang Ju said that at the beginning, she was only an agent assistant of a modeling company, and she did not go through any systematic training in the early stage, so she did not think too much about signing up for the competition. "I just love acting, and it's a kind of acting for me on stage."
Wang Ju recently took a photo
After "Creation 101" came out, she has been looking for opportunities to act. In the film "The Man Caught by the Light", written and directed by Dong Runnian, she "friendshipd" a clubbing girl who had a rivalry with Bai Ke. "Maybe a lot of people think I'm making a cameo role with the heat of Creation 101, and people don't really think about me as an actor." Although the role is very small and the role is very small, Wang Ju likes it and is very happy to have the opportunity to act. She admits that she has also received some contracts in the past three years, but she has always been cautious about choosing the script and roles. "I want to do works with content, not to make everyone think that Wang Ju has gone here and made a sharp face again."
I don't agree with Xia Meng's emotional view and feel that my body is very beautiful
Director Chen Zhengdao said that three years ago, when he saw Wang Ju say "I want to redefine the Chinese girl group" in a variety show (Note: the original words are "what you hold in your hands now is the right to redefine the right of China's first girl group"), he was touched in his heart and felt that he had found the summer dream in his heart. Many viewers also commented that Xia Meng, who is economically and spiritually independent, is like a character tailored for Wang Ju. Wang Ju told the Beijing News reporter that she is only 50% similar to Xia Meng, and in the play, she is half doing herself and half playing Xia Meng. "I think the most similar thing to Xia Meng is the state of taking work seriously."
Wang Ju plays the strong woman Xia Meng (pictured first from the left) in the play, and she does things vigorously.
In "Love Is Delicious", Xia Meng has to win everything she does since she was a child, and soon after working, she was promoted to vice president of the video platform in charge of episode content. Mr. Xia's daily comments on people and things are very sharp, and there are often golden sentences output. For example, she commented on the love drama: "Why is the female one always silly and sweet, and the female second is always a charming slut?" Talk about career and love: "Career is as long as you pay will be rewarded, love is not." 」 Such a strong person in the workplace also has his own confusion, and her excellence makes her boyfriend feel under pressure and propose to break up. Then she met a fitness coach with a good feeling, she did not dare to mention the identity of "Xia Zong", lied that she did sales, and now unemployed in odd jobs.
Xia Meng uses lies to maintain feelings.
Wang Ju disagrees with Xia Meng's practice of relying on lies to maintain a relationship: "Slowly seeing that in the end, the audience will also grow up with Xia Meng, and will find that lies can only support for a while, and whether a relationship can be stable and long-lasting in the end still requires two people to be honest with each other." In Wang Ju's view, although Xia Meng is very successful in her career, she is very insecure emotionally and her self-identity is not high. And Wang Ju himself does not have a feeling of inferiority in feelings, which is completely different from Xia Meng.
Xia Meng has body anxiety in the play, and Wang Ju has a different opinion on this outside the play.
Xia Meng is not confident in her body, has tried a variety of ways such as the ketogenic diet to lose weight, and she and her boyfriend do not want each other to see their bodies when they are intimate. Wang Ju believes that even if she is not a particularly delicate figure in the traditional sense, she still thinks that her body is beautiful. But she also had facial and figure anxieties. "These ideas are hard to completely eliminate, but that doesn't mean I can't control it. When I have facial anxiety, it's usually that I feel like I'm not good enough, rather than worrying about people thinking I'm not good enough. If it's just to satisfy others, you'll never be satisfied. Others will always have new and higher requirements for you. ”
Wang Ju performs nature in "Love Is Delicious".
Losing weight is just a job and want to get rid of the draft label with the work
Three years ago, "Creation 101" made Wang Ju, who was wheat-skinned and fit, be seen by the audience, subverting everyone's traditional impression of the girl group. Wang Ju used to be thin and white when she was a child, but she said on the show that she did not want to return to the thin and white appearance of the past. Because she didn't know what the standard of beauty was at that time, she would learn from others to dress herself, and now she thinks that "spiritual independence is very important." After the broadcast of "Love Is Delicious", some netizens mentioned Wang Ju's experience of losing more than ten pounds in "Oh Good Body", and felt that she began to compromise with the public aesthetic after becoming famous?
Wang Ju said in an exclusive interview with a reporter from the Beijing News that at that time, participating in "Oops Good Body" weight loss was not dissatisfaction with her body, but the program team set a requirement for her, and she took this as a work task to complete. "I didn't lose weight so that everyone could see me say, 'You've lost weight and you've become pretty,' but I've worked hard to do what I want to do." It's as if I'm an actor now, and the next play director asks me to lose 20 pounds. I'm going to do it for this role. As long as I agree to a work task, I will complete it. This is my attitude towards work, not that I am going to cater to the aesthetics of others. ”
Wang Ju believes that actors must make efforts in appearance.
Actors need to make the audience feel comfortable in front of the camera, and Wang Ju also realizes that being an actor must make some effort in terms of appearance. For example, the on-set cinematographer would tell her, "I think your face could be a little smaller." The director will say: "Your skin color is very good- and your body is not bone-like, you don't have to lose weight, but your face can be a little smaller." "So she would do a lifting and tightening skin management project to make her face look small." This is one of my efforts to become beautiful. In fact, it is very painful to make a face, and it is also very painful to hit the water light needle. ”
Interestingly, two of the three actresses in "Love Is Delicious" (Zhang Hanyun and Wang Ju) are from the draft. When it comes to cooperation with Zhang Hanyun, Wang Ju admires her for maintaining a good state and a focused work attitude in the 17 years since her debut. "Artists who come out of the draft will always carry this label on them, and I think it's good or bad." The good thing is that when others don't remember you very much, they have an impression when they mention this label. Not being forgotten is important for artists. The bad thing is that I have always wanted to get rid of that label, and I am eager to prove myself with new works, rather than staying at the stage of the past. ”
Yang Lianjie, a senior reporter of the Beijing News
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