In the past few days, because the new drama "Lady's Character" was broadcast, Liu Mintao has been on the hot search again. With this slender and fair body, it is really impossible to see that she is 47 years old.
But what about other than that? Liu Mintao, who is recognized as a powerful person, has a lackluster performance in this work.
"Lady's Character" is the most discussed female group drama at present, Wan Qian, Liu Mintao, Xing Fei played by Yao Wei, An Xin, Liu Xiaoxi are three different generations of women, around their problems are different.
In order to promote her career, Yao Wei concealed the fact that she was married to Cheng Liang, who worked in the same group, but did not want to be involved in various changes due to pregnancy.
Liu Xiaoxi gave birth to a baby in confusion, the balance between family and work was completely disrupted, and she was constantly marginalized in the workplace.
Anxin looks much more laid-back and has a "relaxed feeling". She is married to the famous business tycoon Jiang Hongkai, backed by this mountain, others have worked hard to grab the resources, she only needs a meal to turn the plan over. In front of her husband, An Xin is a complete little wife, she gave the other party 100% trust, but her husband has already cheated and wants to "fake" divorce her under the pretext of the company's financial problems.
The role of An Xin can actually see Liu Mintao's own shadow. I believe that many people have seen Liu Mintao's growth experience, she was admitted to the Central Academy of Drama with the first cultural course score in the country, although she did not become popular after graduation, but she also filmed continuously, "The Great Song Ti Criminal Officer 2", "Fugui" and so on are all works worthy of name.
At the age of 31, like countless traditional women, she entered into marriage with a man with good conditions in her early years, and retired completely after marriage, becoming the benefactor behind her husband.
But Liu Mintao, who sacrificed his career, did not get the same ending as the princess in the fairy tale. She took care of the baby and the housework, but she couldn't find herself more and more in the busyness of day after day, and "lived a humble and pale life in the good years that should have been radiant."
Once, while traveling to Japan with her husband, passing by Kiyomizu-dera Temple, Liu Mintao said that he wanted to eat a matcha ice cream. But this wish so simple also did not come true, because she had to palm her hands up, because she was penniless.
This matcha ice cream that was not eaten has now not only become a classic argument of "what can women gain in marriage", but also a thorn in Liu Mintao's heart. Coupled with the lack of communication with her husband, at the age of 37, Liu Mintao decided to divorce.
This kind of life trajectory is quite similar to the awakened An Xin in "Lady's Character". But did Liu Mintao hold the role? Apparently many viewers questioned.
Most of the time in the play, An Xin's expression is half-squinted, I don't know if it is to show the contempt of the characters or simply because the actors are tired, and when speaking, the lines are also a little muddy. And An Xin's parents and younger brother are both pure Beijing films, but she always has to add an accent "ah" that is very similar to the free postal area at the end of the sentence.
You know, Liu Mintao's line skills that were extremely suitable for the role back then were stunning in "Sound Immersion".
And this kind of disdainful and fluttering eyes, it seems that since Liu Mintao's "Red High Heels" broke the circle and exploded, it was a little unable to stop the momentum of the car.
For example, in "Life Home", many viewers complained that they played the characters so badly, and their facial features flew chaotically.
But this kind of "pompousness" and "artifice" that has become a signboard does not seem to have been paid enough attention by Liu Mintao himself. In "Lady's Character", there is also a special meme-like show: An Xin and her friends dance drunk in a bar, and finally, the camera gives her red high heels.
Liu Mintao now seems obsessed with playing roles such as executive female elites. Including "Lady's Character", in recent years, in many works such as "Elite Lawyer", "Positive Youth", "Lady's Law", "The Bottom Line" and so on, she has shown people as a shrewd and capable dragging sister, but unfortunately, there is no representation out of the circle.
Perhaps, this kind of role is Liu Mintao's comfort zone, she only needs to put on a template with acting skills and experience, and she can play the passing line, but over time, the audience will inevitably suffer aesthetic fatigue, what is the essential difference between this and Jin Dong, an elite lover who is often complained about playing the same?
Yi Bloom Jun really felt sorry for Liu Mintao's consumption. Back then, shortly after the divorce, she was not like now, holding many glamorous heroine scripts that could fall in love with fancy young men, and in "Parental Love", she interpreted the stubbornness and unwillingness of the "fisherman" daughter Ge Meixia, and the envy of An Jie and other contradictions quite well.
In the blockbuster "The Pretender", the eldest sister of the Ming family played by her is even more vivid and three-dimensional. Externally, Mingjing is a red capitalist, deeply aware of righteousness, willing to sacrifice his life for the revolutionary cause; Internally, she is the eldest sister like a mother, and she broke her heart for her three younger brothers. As the only hegemon at the top of the food chain of the Ming family who can suppress Ming Lou, she and her younger brothers get along with them so humorously and warmly.
In "Langya List", she played Concubine Jing as plain and calm, understanding and understanding, but "if I want to fight, the gods retreat".
The two roles of Mingjing and Jingfei are the origin of the filter for the overwhelming majority of audiences to Liu Mintao, and it definitely shows that Liu Mintao is a good actor with strength. Maybe the character's reputation is not as enjoyable as the overnight traffic of "red high heels", but at least it is down-to-earth.