Spring is late, pine shadow moss,
Flowers fall all over the path, and the river flows freely.
The seasons change, and everything starts all over again.
Liu Yifei cares about those flowing things,
Mobility often contains an unshakable new force.
She said: "The water seems soft, clean and clear.
But the impact is very strong,
This is the power of flow,
Where do you concentrate your direction,
It's where it's going.
sometimes
It's a powerful ability,
It's like you don't have to express yourself out of your way.
The more capable the person may be, the more stable it may be,
Just because he has the power of inclusion, the power of love. ”
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Between interviews, there was a sudden pause, and Liu Yifei looked a little out of his mind. She was trying to recall, trying to discern the boundaries between inside and outside the play for a moment. "Suddenly I thought about this question for a long time. You see, I sometimes get confused, I don't remember filming in Hengdian, Xiangshan or Dali, and the first thing I remember is the time and space where the characters lived. ”
In the past few years, actor Liu Yifei has frequently appeared in his works, and has also added new doppelgangers: Xu Hongdou, who is far away from the city and re-finds himself in idyllic songs, Zhao Paner, a strange woman who shuttles through dreams of Tokyo with a clear love and hate, or Mulan, who has a heart for her family and country to serve in the army for her father. Although the story is very different, the characters she plays are becoming more and more powerful - they are no longer girls waiting to be saved by superheroes in traditional dramas, but sober, flexible, and take the initiative to break the dilemma of fate, instead of following the flow and becoming banished by the times. She said: "Every role, whether it is Mulan, Xu Hongdou or Pan'er, you will find that the strength of women will be presented on different levels, and these are precisely the characteristics of women. I think girls don't think too much of themselves, sometimes, your energy is very large. ”
She decided to take on "Go to the Windy Place" in a state full of energy. This unconventionally created TV series does not have too strong dramatic conflicts, no positive and negative characters familiar to the audience, no characters blessed by halo, and the unconventional drama attracted Liu Yifei. "When I took over the play, it was when I had a lot of energy, I didn't have so much fear, I didn't worry about what if the character didn't have to play, what to do if it didn't shine. A seemingly ordinary and glorious character, if she can be shaped with the heart of an actor without distractions, it will also make her shine. Everyone is ordinary and extraordinary, and I hope to dig out the extraordinary side in the ordinary. ”
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She thinks a lot about the character. "Xu Hongdou is a character who needs to hold down the actor to express his desires. She looks simple, the simplicity is that she does not have so many emotional ups and downs, and it is difficult that there is no emotional ups and downs in no role. "The type of role she has never played has brought Liu Yifei a new performance experience, and she began to tirelessly find the fulcrum of performance and embrace the unknown." When I met with the director that day, I was also asking me if I dared (act), I dare. I can try to learn in a relatively bland script, to discover new content. My fulcrum may all have to be filled with my own content, building up those things that seem to be absent one by one, filling the flesh and blood for the characters, and finally being able to present. For Liu Yifei, who is accustomed to doing enough desk homework, she never gets away with the advent of inspiration, and believes that kung fu is outside of poetry. She was the first to join the group and the last to leave, leaving plenty of time to create without distractions. "On set, there are only things that you prepared early that you haven't used yet, and there are no things that you haven't prepared."
When "Go to a Windy Place" was a hit, the audience glimpsed the beautiful model of slow life in Yunnan and the poetry and distance within reach through the lens, and also healed many hearts that had been shackled by the 996 work system for a long time. Asked what healing places Liu Yifei felt, she was happy, "I originally wanted to see myself through this play and heal myself. Later, I found that when you enter the work site, you will not be in the mood of vacation, and you will think about work. When I have free time, I go for a run, take a break, observe the conversations of real local people, and tell me some details and wisdom in trivial matters, which makes me feel very relaxed. "She injected these observations on the ground into the performance, laying the loose outline for Xu Hongdou's character." Although Xu Hongdou is under a lot of pressure and has suffered some trauma, she knows very well that her state is wrong during this period, and she will stop the loss in time and not wronged herself, which is worth learning. ”
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Liu Yifei has the innate sensitivity of actors, and she cares about the intertwined characteristics of women, which are collectively called "layers" in her context. No one is single, one-sided, more complex, and more and more capable of actors breeding multiple imaginations of characters. Perhaps, this is Liu Yifei's perspective on the world: looking at mountains is not mountains, looking at water is not water, there will be infinite possibilities for growth.
She talked about her partner in the play, 85-year-old Wu Yanshu, with amazement in her tone, "The first time I played against Teacher Wu, I helped her, and Teacher Wu looked at me in surprise. Later, I found that her fitness was much better than mine, she planked for a minute a day, and the muscles on her body can amaze you. I think she's perfect proof that what a person wants to do has nothing to do with age. She once told me that she never felt that nothing could be done, so she has achieved such a brilliant achievement now, which I admire! She is naturally willing to be close to Wu Yanshu and is deeply inspired every time she meets. She saw in Wu Yanshu the layering of being a woman, an inside-out strength that she yearned for, mixed with firm, childlike, powerful and exuberant life energy.
Liu Yifei believes that the tension of the drama is hidden between the layers, when playing Mulan, she said that she never thought of only showing Mulan's bravery, both brave and hesitant weakness, after balance, to sincerely present is a real person; In "Menghualu", she doesn't just want to recreate the strong side of Zhao Pan's children. "Pan'er is a delicate, sensual woman with a delicate perception of feelings. The power in her heart burst out, in the face of anything, her thinking is so clear, her attitude and handling methods towards different people and things are also different, she is a three-dimensional and vivid person. And these layers are interesting, and there is also explosive energy, intertwined together, to be attractive. ”
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In the era we live in today, women stepping out of the kitchen and boudoir and pursuing independence have gradually become a kind of collective consciousness. The Internet is still circulating Liu Yifei's golden phrase in her early years, "Women are independent and the world is wide", talking about independence again, she said, "Now no one asks women why they want to be independent, I think it's very good." I often work with female directors and cinematographers, and when we talk about the power of water, we find that it's a very powerful ability. The water seems soft, clean and clear, but the impact is strong, this is the force of flow, wherever you concentrate the direction, it goes. Just like you don't have to express yourself specifically, the more capable a person may be more stable, she will also have the power of inclusion, the power of love, which makes me feel very cool. Regarding the subject of independence, I believe that nothing is brought to you by others, whether it is a gift or a challenge, you must face it yourself. ”
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In the world of light and shadow, no matter how many glimpses of beauty or dramatic ups and downs, it is easy to pass after all. For actors, once out of character, the lesson to be done in the long years is to look at themselves. More than 20 years since her debut, Liu Yifei has many moments to look at herself, acting, she does not have shrewd means and precise calculations, she uses an experiential performance method, every time it seems that she has to bump into something, and she can understand herself more by bouncing back something.
She has an almost digging curiosity about her inner self. On vacation, her thoughts flew a little. "Over the years, I've filmed some scenes, and it seems that I've experienced a lot in the characters, and they have taught me a lot. My perception widens or shrinks in stages, and I think: Who are you besides the character? It's a good question, and each time the question goes through the character to get a deeper, more authentic understanding of themselves. Liu Yifei can't describe more about the starting point of thinking in two words, she believes that "I think, therefore I am", and the process of thinking itself is happy.
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Seeing Liu Yifei several times in succession, she was reading scripts and selecting projects without exception. If she were asked whether it would be easier to make choices now as she accumulated experience and increased her works, her answer would be "to see the ups and downs of energy". When she is particularly fulfilling, she feels that everything can be controlled, and when her energy is weak, she inevitably thinks about everything. "I don't make a decision right away until I make it. When I was a little younger, I could quickly decide whether I liked it or not. Now I will ask myself more: can you do this thing well? "Will you be worried about failure? She shook her head, "If you are given a good role, if you don't play it well, you will fail." I think failure is worthy of your expectations, whether it is worthy of your original intention, it seems tacky to say, but I do think so. ”
She laughs and says she's an objective rationalist, follows intuition, and spends a lot of energy as thoughtful as possible. "Most of the time, 80% of the choices I make follow feelings, and sometimes I go crazy and do things that aren't so comfortable for me. It's not very comfortable, but maybe it's in the bigger picture." Once decided, there are no regrets. This is the current Liu Yifei, rarely entangled, naïve, stubborn, and determined. She always spoke generously, answering unquestionably in a soft tone, saying that she would only do what attracted her the most at the moment. "As an actor, acting is the best thing to express myself, and I can't do much outside of acting, it's distracting. Maybe in the future, my mind will change, but for now, my energy will still be used in acting. ”
Is it dangerous for artists not to be seen? Speaking of Xu Hongdou's giving and gaining, Liu Yifei felt: "Sometimes, you have to put it down to be able to hold it." I'm not just talking about exposure. Anyone who makes any choice is they staying true to their highest expectations of themselves, and for me, what is the most nutritious? That is, keep exploring yourself, do not regret it, devote yourself wholeheartedly, and have nothing else to worry about. ”
At the moment, she just wants to do things that elevate her energy, and she does not shy away from talking about misunderstandings, "I think explaining to others what kind of person you are will become addictive for a long time." You will want others to understand you, or you will want others to know who you are. Are these important? Important, but I prefer that the (external) understanding is expressed in the work, let others judge what kind of person you are, really can't be fake, there is no need to say through anything. ”
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As an inward seeker, she is not willing to be limited by various standards set by the outside world, rather than chasing the light, she pursues the comfort and satisfaction of the spiritual world brought by performance and art, however, the answers related to the heart are often difficult to measure, only the person concerned knows, and the only answer can be found is the inner self.
The inner self in her body is not static, it is sometimes powerful and sometimes sensitive. "When my heart is strong, I don't explain, I don't have much temper, and I can completely solve problems in work and life beautifully." Talking about the recent small vulnerability, she will not hide it at all: "Vulnerability is because of themselves, I always say that people can't be lazy, lazy, a little slack about themselves, small vulnerability will run out, but always have to face it." "The actor's natural sensitive antennae allow her to sensitively capture the flow of emotions, and every time at this time, a bath and sleep can fill the energy again.
She has long been accustomed to living with joy, anger and sorrow, and she is also accustomed to using her will to find answers to life, so is acting, and so is life. "It's important that we often go straight to the experience of wise people, but if we dare to ask ourselves these questions, then you may really grow." Once something is predetermined, it means that you haven't given yourself a chance to think. Instead, I'm more willing to think and find answers on my own, and for me, that's a big improvement. ”
Hemingway said that you know that spring never dies, just as a river flows after it freezes. The seasons change, everything starts from scratch, Liu Yifei cares about those flowing things, and the flow often contains an unshakable new force. In her light narration, performances, memories and thoughts of gazing inward again and again are intertwined, Liu Yifei creates a new world in flow, insisting on an unfinished upward state with room for space. "I'm trying to learn to enlarge the spatial scope that I like and am interested in in acting, and then zoom in, so that I have more opportunities to see new possibilities."
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M.C.: When you took on "To the Windy Place", how did you judge whether the audience could accept such an unconventionally created drama?
Liu Yifei: What may be needed now is creation without distractions, which is a real responsibility to the audience. If you keep thinking about whether the work will be popular, then this thing is not precious enough. It still depends on the content itself and the final product, if you pay attention, it is worth seeing, so it may not put the cart before the horse
M.C.: Are you looking forward to playing a specific type of role that you haven't tried?
Liu Yifei: I have always been looking forward to it, but it is not interesting to say it. It's nice to have characters that are on the trigger and seem like a match made in heaven, but most of the time, you have to dig in, and maybe you find something in the character you want. You can't just read the script and think you can read the characters, but that's not the case. The role is greater than the actor, when I opened myself and rediscovered her, how to play her extraordinary, the homework is up to you, and each role has her own space to play.
M.C.: Are you an idealist?
Liu Yifei: I am a more objective idealist. To make one thing clear, I never wanted to give up, and at the same time I had to know my highest standards, and I had to iteratively upgrade with the meaning of the highest standards, and I couldn't rest on my laurels.
M.C.: How do you protect yourself from being changed by the outside world?
Liu Yifei: The heart knows, ask your heart, feelings can speak. When you're doing something, there's an attraction that draws you to move forward and ask yourself if you feel like you respect the moment.
M.C.: What do you think are the most valuable qualities?
Liu Yifei: Whether it is being an actor or a small thing in daily life, we are always facing all kinds of things, but the precious thing is that when you make a choice, you can repeat the same choice. Sometimes, what is firmness? It's giving yourself a little light when you want to give up, and maybe you'll really find a path.
M.C.: Do you like running, are you a speed runner or a jogger? What is the highest running record?
Liu Yifei: Jogging and variable speed running. After jogging 2 kilometers, sprint to run 500 meters, stop and jog again. My highest running record was 8km in Yunnan. After finishing work, I said to everyone, let's go! Everyone jokes, how's it going? How many kilometers will you run today? We set off towards our goal, running and running, and it was dark. I've always loved running, I feel decompressed, and I don't pick a place to run, I can run on flat ground.
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