Poster of "Love Myth".
Produced by Xu Zheng, written and directed by Shao Yihui, and starring Xu Zheng, Ma Yili, Wu Yue, Ni Hongjie and Zhou Yemang, "Love Myth" is being screened. The film rarely focuses on the emotional world of middle-aged people, which is evaluated by many viewers as a chic love film, and Wu Yue, who starred in the film as Lao Bai (Xu Zheng) ex-wife Bei Bei, does not think so, she said that the film is more like a city life map in the modern Shanghai city, both parent-child drama and close friends. As the saying goes, "three women are a play", Ma Yili, Wu Yue, and Ni Hongjie play three female characters with different personalities in the film, who are put together because of their uncle Lao Bai. From the initial jealousy between love enemies to the later mutual appreciation, and even became good friends, can such a relationship development be established? Wu Yue laughed and said that women can be like this, "I have always thought that women are very emotional, and many decisions are based on feelings, and men will pay more attention to logic." The relationship between the previous generation and the next generation also makes people see the independence and tenacity that women have. ”
Playing a free ex-wife can "let me breathe"
The "smart" script is fascinating
In "Love Myth", Wu Yue plays the divorced Bei Bei, but her relationship with her ex-husband Lao Bai is not the same as the conventional plot played out in previous film and television works (divorce is very painful, ex-husbands and ex-wives generally die and do not interact with each other, and well water does not violate the river water). In "Love Myth", Bei Bei and Lao Bai still get along like friends even if they are divorced, and she can treat Lao Bai as a friend in an atmospheric way, come and go freely in Lao Bai's home, and be full of relief and optimism in her freedom. Asked how Wu Yue described the role, she said that she recognized Bei Bei's freedom from the bottom of her heart: "She lives in the world she has created, she believes in everything about herself, and she is very confident. She is a character who makes me feel very fresh in every way, she is a passionate person, she is also very bright, and the role I played before, such as He Yun in "Sweeping The Black Storm", is very heavy, and Bei Bei can let me breathe. Someone asked me what choice I would make for Bebe, and I thought it was good that she was alive like this, very happy, and she was not sad at all. She also didn't turn herself into a resentful woman because of the divorce, she was sober and confused with her, which I think is good. ”
Stills from "Love Myth". Even if Bei Bei and her ex-husband Lao Bai are divorced, they still get along like friends.
In addition to the charm of the role itself, the film's creative team is also a big reason for attracting Wu Yue to participate, "I can also speak 'mother tongue (Shanghainese)', I feel that this opportunity can not be missed, and Ma Yili is also a second cooperation (the two have cooperated in the drama "The First Half of My Life"), plus the script itself, the director wrote such a smart script, just when I watched it, I wanted to participate in it. Shao Yihui is probably the youngest director I've ever worked with, she's young but very talented, and we're all listening to her on the spot. ”
For the first time, he cooperated with Xu Zheng, the senior
In the crew every day to tell jokes to talk about life
In Wu Yue's view, playing Bei Bei this time is a very smooth process, which may be more due to the joyful atmosphere on the set. Wu Yue, Ma Yili and Xu Zheng all graduated from the Shanghai Theater Academy, Xu Zheng is Wu Yue's senior, but "Love Myth" is the first time the two have cooperated: "Xu Zheng is one year older than me, has always been a very good friend, this time to be able to act together, especially interesting." He is a very warm person, and he also has the thoughtfulness of a Shanghai man, and Xu Zheng (who is also the supervising producer of "Love Myth") has done a good job of controlling the scene and grasping the rhythm of everyone's performance. I remember that our first scene was shot at the door of the dance hall, and it was really convincing to see his performance so free and relaxed, and I felt that I should work harder. ”
Wu Yue, Ma Yili and Ni Hongjie played three Shanghai female characters with different personalities in the film.
"Love Myth" was filmed in Shanghai throughout the whole process, a group of Shanghai actors spoke fluent Shanghainese, so that the audience seemed to be able to smell the fireworks in the Shanghai alley across the screen, thinking about the experience of shooting at that time, Wu Yue could not stop sighing: "This kind of crew is too treasured, everyone is an old friend, every day they sit together to tell jokes, talk about life, plus the style of the play itself is very relaxed, every day everyone gets up early, the end of work is not late, and the scene can't come back to God after filming." ”
【Dialogue】
I wish there were more movies like Love Myth
Beijing News: The Shanghai element of "Love Myth" has a high concentration, has this time allowed you to discover Shanghai that you didn't know before?
Wu Yue: Not really, because I am a native of Shanghai, and the scenes in the film are almost all very familiar places, but I am surprised that this script is a Shanghai drama written by foreigners, and it can be written so comprehensively and deeply, not deliberately or abruptly, and this post-90s director has indeed conquered us inside and outside the play.
Beijing News: Is the use of Shanghainese dialogue throughout the whole process also a major feature of the movie?
Wu Yue: I think it's very important to do this, and I like this feeling, if everyone uses Mandarin, if they are too literal and round, there will be no (Shanghai) taste, some emotions and effects are also very difficult to come out, maybe some viewers don't understand Shanghainese, but with the blessing of subtitles, I believe it should not be an obstacle.
Bei Bei, played by Wu Yue, fell into contemplation.
Beijing News: In "Love Myth", "three women and one drama", I don't know if you have similar girlfriends in real life?
Wu Yue: Of course, I have a lot of male girlfriends and female girlfriends, and I will often get together and chat like in the movie, with different themes, today's theme to watch movies, tomorrow's theme to eat, will often be together to relax.
Beijing News: You mentioned the embarrassment of "older actresses" in a previous interview, has this embarrassment been alleviated now?
Wu Yue: This is very normal, such as an actor, as soon as he graduates, he shoots a play, good luck, plays the main role, but at this age, there are not many roles in the script about your age and type, the protagonist has no need to act, playing a supporting role, there will also be opportunities, but it will fall into the embarrassment of a lot less (opportunities) than in the past. Just like you are now flourishing, but your time is gone, the birth of countless new people will make the competition more intense, and the role selection will be very narrow. But in fact, there will be similar things happening in every industry, you need to adjust the state to think, to face, to accept, I hope that there are more movies like "Love Myth", which are very different, and we are no longer just focusing on the plot or genre that we are used to in the past, and can make new explorations.
"Love Myth" Bei Bei version of the character poster.
Beijing News: Should there be a lot of scripts looking for you now? Will you avoid previous roles?
Wu Yue: Normal, I belong to the more elastic, meet a good role to work hard, no will adjust their rhythm. As for taking over the play, there is not so much restriction, I will not think about things that are particularly logical, this (play) wants to act, I will go to act, really can't act, I will not act, that's it.
Beijing News: You have played many roles with different personalities, known as the acting school, but outside the play always gives people a very indifferent feeling, do you usually care about the audience's evaluation of you?
Wu Yue: I'm actually scared because I don't think anyone is perfect. I have a peak period of creation, a period of lows, a time when I act like a fish, and a time when I can't get through it. My psychological construction of myself is to try to close the windows of these evaluations. If unanimous praise is given to you, it will make you a little nervous. Because the real situation will always have some flaws, if there is too much praise, I will always think when I perform this play, can I be so worthy of the audience, I feel very burdened. Acting is natural, if you are under pressure, when there is a lot of distractions, it is really easy to perform badly, do not carry all the baggage that has nothing to do with the performance, it is harmful to the performance itself.
Beijing News reporter Zhou Huixiaowan
Edited by Huang Jialing Proofreader Chen Diyan