Whenever it comes to classic Hong Kong actresses who are still active in the entertainment industry, Li Ruotong's name must not be ignored.
At the age of 30, she became an eternal goddess in the hearts of a generation with the two classic roles of "Little Dragon Girl" and "Wang Yuyan".
Then, because of love, she resolutely retreated at her peak. In those ten years, she loved, paid, hurt... But there is always good in the heart.
When she came back at the age of 50, she was not only beautiful, but also brought amazing abs and vest lines. In terms of career, in addition to acting, Li Ruotong has also published books, served as a program planner, and sincerely shared on social media, unlocking different new identities and perfectly adapting to the new requirements of this era for artists.
Life has no limits, Li Ruotong has always been on the road, as she said: "My best time has not yet arrived." "This issue of [Chinese Style and Style Characters] lets us enter the wonderful life of Li Ruotong.
Topic 1: Little Dragon Girl
"I once resisted this role, but for more than ten years, I began to accept the glory brought to me by my 'aunt'"
"It seems that Heaven arranged for me to enter the show business circle." Li Ruotong opened the conversation box with this sentence.
The first time she got a chance to get into the industry was at the age of 17, but she didn't want it at the time. Looking back now, Li Ruotong feels that this decision was right, "17 years old is too early, the mind is not yet mature, if you enter the industry at that time, it may be easy to take a crooked road." ”
After the second opportunity to enter the industry, she only regarded filming and advertising as a part-time job, and she chose to be a flight attendant.
It wasn't until after a loss of love, thinking that he could just take the opportunity to go to the mainland to shoot a movie to leave Hong Kong, which was a sad place, that Li Ruotong officially opened the road of acting.
In 1995, when she received the role of "Little Dragon Girl" in "Condor Heroes", Li Ruotong was about to enter the age of 30, which was the first time in her life that she starred in a TV series.
For this play, Li Ruotong has done a lot of preparatory work, "not only is it familiar with the script, but also how to really integrate yourself into the role of 'Little Dragon Girl'." "The first is to change her personality, Xiaolongnü is lonely and taciturn and has no friends, but Li Ruotong herself loves to talk and laugh, and when she encounters speculative topics, she can often say non-stop. In order to enter the heart of the little dragon girl, before the shooting, Li Ruotong asked her family and friends not to look for her, and she isolated herself so that she could truly plunge into the loneliness of the little dragon girl. In interpreting every day of the Little Dragon Girl, she will always remind herself - "I am her", "If I were her, what would I do"... Because she was too deep into the scene, for a long time after the end of filming, she was still trapped in the play and could not extricate herself.
(Li Ruotong's version of "Little Dragon Girl")
The successful shaping of "Little Dragon Girl" has made Li Ruotong an eternal "aunt" in the hearts of a generation of audiences, and her TVB mailbox will be filled with letters sent by fans around the world every few days - Xinduo, which is the most important sign of whether the artists of that era are "red".
"When you successfully play an eggplant, then all the purple will find the door", after the success of Li Ruotong's version of "Little Dragon Girl", for a long time, the role that found her leaned in the direction of "Little Dragon Girl". "Little Dragon Girl" is like a burden, so that Li Ruotong lost the "challenge" opportunity that she most desires as an actor, and the happiness she gets from this role is slowly consumed. It wasn't until these ten years that she really figured it out, "Many actors play a lifetime of dramas and it is difficult to meet a representative role, everyone likes my play of 'Little Dragon Girl' so much, this is a glory, I should not resist." 」 Now I really enjoy being called 'aunt' by everyone. ”
Topic two: Love brain
"Ten years to understand that women must love themselves first"
After 2003, Li Ruotong did not shoot much for nearly a decade, and fans could only repeatedly recall her acting skills and charm in classic works such as "Divine Eagle Hero", "Tianlong Eight Parts", and "Great Inner Secret Agent Zero Zero Hair". It is only in recent years that we suddenly learned that her ten years of retirement were due to love.
(Li Ruotong's version of Wang Yuyan)
(Li Ruotong's "Great Inner Secret Agent Zero Zero Hair" stills)
Li Ruotong ridiculed that she was a "love brain" who was in love, and many people would feel that her efforts in those years were not worth it, but therefore compared to "loss" and "regret", Li Ruotong was more willing to talk about her gains in that experience, she said that she learned a lot of things in that decade, "such as swimming that she did not learn since childhood, such as riding horses, clay, and taking a lot of courses." And most crucially, the ten years of rest allowed me to spend a lot of time with my family, and I really had a good time. ”
"Whether you were stupid or stupid, look back on the past, don't take regrets, even if you really have regrets, don't think about it." And it is precisely because of this experience that I have become stronger. Li Ruotong's summary of the past is like the famous French saying - "C'est la vie" (this is life).
Li Ruotong hopes that young girls can share a truth through her experience: in love, we must first love ourselves, "I used to think, I love a person, I should pay for him, but later I understood that paying should be a two-way street." ”
"But." After saying the last sentence, she immediately had a turning point, "Love yourself first, not just yourself!" It's that you love others and you have to love yourself. ”
Topic three: career comeback
"Acting is like riding a bicycle, if you learn it, you will always"
Li Ruotong's comeback today is importantly related to the two male stars.
One is Zhou Runfa. During a flight, Li Ruotong and Fa Ge met in the cabin, and hearing that Li Ruotong had not worked, Zhou Runfa said a sentence " How can people not work?" This short sentence seemed to be a wake-up call for Li Ruotong, making her start to think about her own state.
The second is Zeng Zhiwei, who is the executive producer of Li Ruotong's comeback filmed in 2013, the TVB TV series "Women's Club". When he first received Zeng Zhiwei's invitation, Li Ruotong was full of fear, "I haven't filmed for ten years, and I'm worried about whether my physical strength, memory, and mentality can keep up?" Is the script suitable for you? If I play a girl, am I suitable? ”
(Li Ruotong's "Women's Club" stills)
When the real shooting, Li Ruotong was also nervous to no, "TVB new TV city I have never been to, I heard that it is so big, will I get lost?" Will I be nervous in front of the camera? "But the result was that the first day of shooting was successfully completed, and the third day began to get used to it." This comeback made Li Ruotong realize that acting is already buried deep in his body, "just like riding a bicycle, as long as you learn it, you will always do it." ”
Topic Four: The Other Side of "Little Dragon Girl"
"I am an 'aunt' who loves sports, loves to share, and eats fireworks in the world"
In recent years, Li Ruotong has followed the trend and chosen to go north, opened a new career in the mainland, and quickly adapted to the new requirements of this era for artists, and successfully broke through the identity of actors.
Now Li Ruotong, often because of the hot search on the figure, 55-year-old she is tight and strong, has muscles in her arms, has a vest line in her abdomen, and the jaw line is clearer and smoother than when she was 30 years old. Her good figure is not hungry, but more than 20 years of insisting on fitness.
When it comes to fitness, she has endless topics to talk about. She said that she was a top sports student since she was a child, and officially started systematic fitness at the age of 34, "The goal at that time was very simple, that is, I hoped to eat whatever I wanted, and not to worry about eating and gaining weight." But now, fitness is no longer her purpose to stay in shape, but a love from the heart. She loves to share and has become a fitness expert on social platforms, and the various fitness videos and tips she shares are well received by fans.
At the end of 2020, Li Ruotong published her first personal book work "Live Well", in which she shared her own life experience and emotional experience, as well as her attitude towards life in the face of difficulties and choices. She said that she also found out in the process of writing this book that her life experience was so rich, there were so many stories and experiences to share, "A lot of things are not deliberately learned, they are learned unconsciously, and then I grew up and became better." ”
In 2021, she served as the program planner of the documentary program "Meet You".
Now Li Ruotong is a fitness expert, a health expert, a beauty expert, a program planner, and also the "editor-in-chief" of her own social media, she will personally plan every sharing content. Through her sharing, fans also found the other side of the "aunt", "Maybe everyone misunderstood before, think that I don't like to talk like The Little Dragon Girl, think I don't eat snacks, diet every day to lose weight, through my sharing, everyone found that I am actually not what everyone imagined." ”
Fans came with anticipation, found various surprises on the "aunt", and also learned a lot of life experience and practical good things from her sharing, Li Ruotong said that this is what she most hopes to see.
【Style character】Parlor
Sohu Fashion: What fun happened in the process of filming "Condor Heroes"?
Li Ruotong: There is one thing that is more interesting, "Condor Heroes" is a TV series, the makeup artist is not as abundant as the film, after the makeup artist gives us makeup, then the makeup work will depend on itself. Then I made the powder flat, hid it in the belt, and the belt was blocked with a bow, and some clothes did not have a bow, so I put it behind me and blocked it with a cape, and now I think it is quite witty.
Sohu Fashion: What style of dressing do you like in life?
Li Ruotong: In life, I occasionally wear a suit, but most of the time I will wear more casually. There was a time when I was obsessed with wearing high heels, but in recent years, my family is full of sneakers, and high heels are almost forgotten. If I go out alone, I certainly won't dress up, and it's better that everyone can't see me. If you see a friend, you will draw a light makeup and a light lip, but you will not paint a big red lip, because the big red lip needs to be contoured, which is too difficult.
Sohu Fashion: If you maintain it so well, will you be afraid of being said that "the existence of Li Ruotong has brought facial anxiety to women"?
Li Ruotong: Why not think about this matter from another perspective? If I see a girl 20 years older than me now, well-maintained, I won't complain, but I'll think, she's my goal, I'm going to learn from her, she's going to give me an inspiration. I share a lot, but also hope to give you such encouragement - there is no free lunch in this world, not lying still the next day will have six-pack abs, so pay well.
Sohu Fashion: What are the suggestions for young girls?
Li Ruotong: First of all, we must have self-confidence, do not turn ourselves into a climbing vine, you must let yourself go up even if you do not rely on it. To turn yourself into a cactus, the cactus can grow without a lot of water and have a vigorous life.