The recently released TV series "Opponent" has a novel theme, frequent hot searches, and has received many praises.
Obviously, it is a spy war drama, but the story is trivial and true, and it completely shoots the fireworks of life.
Duan Yingjiu in the play, obviously there are old and young, but he only focuses on work, forming a great contrast between career and life.
This brilliant "female man" role has made actress Yan Bingyan attract attention again.
Many people marvel at her amazing acting skills, but they are "not impressed" with her.
In fact, Yan Bingyan has played many well-known roles, and has long been a veritable "eight-material film queen".
However, she has been unknown, what has she experienced all these years?
Life didn't give her a chance to inflate
Yan Bingyan was originally an excellent dancer and never thought of entering the show business circle.
In 1994, the mainland and Hong Kong co-produced the film "Hunting the Wild Wolf Gang".
At that time, the heroine could not star because of the schedule, and the director was worried, when he accidentally saw a photo of Yan Bingyan in the advertising agency.
Yan Bingyan's appearance is very consistent with the role, and the director tried to contact her to audition.
She came from a dance background and was very suitable for filming scenes, and the director directly invited her to play the female number one.
As a result, 22-year-old Yan Bingyan officially entered the film and television circle.
In 1997, Yan Bingyan took over the role of "Red Cross Square Team".
This drama is definitely the hit of the year, popular all over the country, and the brilliant female soldier "Xiao Hong" is well known by many people. Yan Bingyan won the Best Supporting Actress Award at the China Golden Eagle Awards, and the stars have been wide open and the film has continued.
However, at the height of her popularity, her mother fell ill.
Yan Bingyan was actually brought up by her grandmother. It wasn't until elementary school that her parents took her back.
Her mother looked forward to her daughter Chengfeng and was quite strict with her, which made her a little rebellious from an early age and had always been in an antagonistic relationship with her mother.
Later, after she was admitted to the Beijing Song and Dance Troupe, she called her mother and said, "I am in love, don't worry about me." "Then just live the life you like."
It wasn't until her mother's life was dying that she had an epiphany about how important her mother was.
When she was finally willing to hug her mother and talk to her about any topic, her mother could no longer respond to her.
In order to take care of her mother, Yan Bingyan faded out of the film and television circle during the most brilliant period of her career, which led to a sharp decline in her workload and income, and many times she also needed to borrow money from friends to pay for medical expenses.
For 8 years, she accompanied her mother to fight the disease, lost 80 pounds, and shuttled through the ward every day.
But her mother eventually left her, and she collapsed in an instant, and was silent at home for a long time.
Yan Bingyan is filial and obedient, and family affection is above all else. But from the age of 25 to 33, whether it is the growth of women or the career development of actors, it is a golden period that never returns.
She realized: "Experiencing a particularly real process of life and death. And this person is the one who has the closest relationship with you and who has brought you into this world. “
In those years, she rethought life and faced the future life more calmly.
The path of the actor also gave her a new understanding, and some things must be cherished.
"I have a moral purity"
During her mother's illness, Yan Bingyan wanted to fulfill her mother's wish: to see her get married and have children. It's a pity she didn't do it, which is a pity for her.
Yan Bingyan's mother is a person who works very carefully, and even the smallest things will be done comprehensively and completely.
She began to think deeply about what her mother had taught her since she was a child, and decided to take acting seriously.
After returning to the show business circle again, Yan Bingyan slowly set a set of her own principles: only recognize the scene, only recognize the role, and the shooting cycle cannot be less than one and a half months.
There is a literary and art film looking for Yan Bingyan, the agent asked the shooting cycle, the other party said, rest assured, never more than 25 days. The agent had a headache and had to refuse: "I'm sorry, Teacher Yan doesn't take less than 45 days of drama." ”
This has happened too many times.
Even her father said:
After her mother died, she didn't take the scene she thought was bad. 14 years after her mother's death, she set her own standards for herself and made herself awkward. ”
Even if she took over a play, it wasn't for the sake of making money, but really liked the script.
"Teeth of Love" is her comeback, which tells the story of a woman's three relationships from the age of 16 to 40.
Yan Bingyan liked the script very much, and it seemed that every emotional experience was in line with her former situation.
However, when the film was only one-third of the time, the director ran out of money and was ready to sell the house and continue filming, Yan Bingyan said freely: "I don't want the film remuneration." ”
Yan Bingyan acted very enjoyably, and she won the Golden Rooster Award for Film Queen in one fell swoop.
Later, when filming "Ten Thousand Arrows Through the Heart", the director talked to her about the film's remuneration, she said: "I like this role, you give as much as you want, don't talk about it" Even the makeup artist was invited by her own money.
Yan Bingyan starred wholeheartedly and played the mouth Li Baoli, this time she directly won 8 queen awards, each with a very high gold content.
Unfortunately, these "niche" movies have long been buried in the context of the traffic era. Even if she has outstanding acting skills, she is still "unknown".
Without high exposure and not making too much income, Li Shu, the owner of the agency, talked to her: "You shoot these niche movies, few people can see, where do you have a sense of accomplishment?" In the end, fame was not earned, TV dramas were not filmed, and money was not earned. “
After that, she advised her to go to Hengdian to pick up some TV dramas, otherwise they would be forgotten by the audience, she said: "I would rather they forget me for a while than let them watch a bad drama and think of me." ”
At that time, "Yanxi Palace Strategy" invited Yan Bingyan to star, just because Hengdian could not do the same recording, she did refuse. Yan Bingyan missed one "blockbuster" TV series after another.
The brokerage company cried and laughed at Yan Bingyan's arrogance, but it still did not change Yan Bingyan's own way.
Debuted for many years, in addition to filming, almost do not show their faces.
She doesn't take commercials and is always worried about product problems. She said she had a "moral cleanliness habit."
Yan Bingyan also refused to go on the variety show, which made the agent anxious, saying: "Our family Bingyan, with money can not move, how much money can not move." ”
For many years, because of this principle, Yan Bingyan has always existed like a Puritan in Vanity Fair.
But it is this super high "bottom line" that allows her to maintain the original intention and enthusiasm of the actor.
Experience the characters and enjoy life
She lives "at an inopportune" life in show business, but never seems to be afraid or anxious.
When she was not filming, Yan Bingyan was not idle, raising fish, being a judge, learning the guqin, learning English, reading scripts... The days were full of photographs.
Her father asked her, "Lady, you didn't work last year, how do I see that you don't want to work this year?" She happily responded, "It's okay Dad, don't you just lower your standard of living a little?" I have to go back. ”
She reads a lot of scripts every day, but in the end she still chooses very few characters she loves based on "principles".
When she is an actress, she is not for the red, but more for the experience.
In the play, Yan Bingyan can experience family affection, love, and even roles that are usually untouchable, which makes her feel interesting and happy.
When filming the movie "The Woman Who Came Out of the Smoke", she played a female soldier mixed in a pile of men, and she had to carry equipment every day.
In order to take care of her, the crew gave her a very light fake gun, she felt inappropriate, asked for a real gun to carry every day, "tired, but it feels right." “
In order to meet the needs of the characters in "Cowherd Weaver Girl", Yan Bingyan learned a pure Sichuan dialect, she said: "If the audience jumps out of the sense of reality because of language, it is a dereliction of duty for an actor." And stubbornly, she was not satisfied with the makeup artist's undertone on the skin, and decided to go to the sun herself, which not only tanned yellow, but also showed a freckles.
For the body, she is also inappropriate.
Before filming "The Autumn Leaves of the Distant Mountains", she went to the countryside and asked the people, "Do you see me like Secretary Wang Ying?" ”
The common people said, "No, you are too thin, Secretary Wang is round-faced." Yan Bingyan went back and gained 15 pounds.
Immediately after, Yan Bingyan took over the TV series "Borrow a Gun", and the costume qipao in "Borrow a Gun" was already done before Yan Bingyan gained weight, but she did not expect that she was 15 pounds fat, and the qipao could not be worn. The director said, if you can't do the qipao, do it again. Yan Bingyan wanted to lose weight, and as a result, she lost weight within a week.
In every role, she will definitely bring herself completely into the role, shoot the hospital scene, she will go to the hospital emergency room, work like an emergency doctor, see how they pick up patients, and take a winter melon to put on a stocking, and practice stitching every day.
This time, in order to play Duan Yingjiu in "Opponent", Yan Bingyan reported fitness, practiced lifting iron, and invited a fighting coach to practice professional fighting, practicing tendon meat. Even the whole TV series she was plain.
Ni Ping once said: "She is the best actress in China, not one of them." ”
Directors who have worked with her will praise her acting skills.
In the face of praise, she responded modestly: "I am a very stupid actor, belonging to the kind of people who try to capture their true feelings in their hearts as much as possible." It is more direct, there is no method, no technique. “
That's what she is, bringing herself into every role, just as she has the real life of that character too.
Yan Bingyan was still not hot, she still refused to board the train of traffic, and the "axis" was not like words.
But every time she appears, she must be in the best state, and her acting skills explode.
There is a saying in the movie "Head Text D": "There is only one kind of success in this world, and that is to live your life in the way you like." ”
Therefore, red is really not important, do not forget the original heart, live freely, is what Yan Bingyan really wants.