The impression of Li Qin is the graceful young Baochi and the charming Tian Xiao'e; But it is even more "beautiful, strong and miserable" Princess Yuanchun, who is "crazy" after love, and Han Xiangmi, an exotic woman who is cold and fierce...
As the head artist of "90 Flowers", Li Qin's popularity is not low and his resources are online, but although his works are frequently released, the response has been mixed.
Especially in the recent hit annual drama "The Road of Life", 33-year-old Li Qin embarked on a transformation, challenging the role of Liu Qiaozhen, a rural girl who seemed to be diametrically opposed to his temperament.
But after the show was broadcast, the public's evaluation of her performance was not as friendly as imagined - after chasing half of it, everyone's general opinion was:
"Li Qin used too much force, and it was not the imaginary rural girl Liu Qiaozhen."
Perhaps, from these evaluations, it is easy to piece together the real reason why Li Qin is always one step away from becoming popular in the 15 years since his debut.
1. Transform into an actor and use too much force?
The last time Li Qin was ridiculed by the strong crowd was two years ago - the two TV series "In Love with Special Forces" and "Flowers on the Sea" starring her were broadcast in the same month, and the response was not good.
Li Qin in "Falling in Love with Special Forces" played a gentle and independent, daring to love and hate heart surgery military doctor Xia Chu, when the idol works of "military + doctor" were constantly broadcast and were in the hot stage, but the combination of Li Qin and Huang Jingyu accidentally hit the street.
The play ended up with a score of 4.2 points.
What is rare is that most of the evaluators are very pertinent, many of them say that the heroine is too strong and exaggerated, the actors and actresses have no sense of CP, and some even bluntly say: "I suggest you two go and do something else!" ”
"Flowers on the Sea" is even worse, the score is not as good as the previous one, Li Qin in the play plays a reporter, but he is still questioned about his acting skills, and someone directly asks:
"Can acting well be considered good acting skills? Every time she tries her best to be lively and cute, but there is no smile in her eyes, it looks really scary. ”
Indeed, Li Qin is good at acting bitter dramas, so it is not objective to say that she has no acting skills at all.
She was born in 1990 in Bacheng Town, Kunshan City, Jiangsu Province, which is a place with beautiful mountains and waters, and Li Qin has been born beautiful since childhood.
The hometown is also the birthplace of Kunqu opera, so old people in every family can babble a few words, and many talented young people are also sent to study, including Li Qin.
At the age of 11, Li Qin entered the Chinese opera interest class run by Shipai Central Primary School in Bacheng Town to receive basic opera skills training.
Initially, she enjoyed learning Kunqu opera, and even promised her mother that she would not delay her studies so that she could continue her studies at school.
And Li Qin is talented, and by the age of 13, she had begun to play Sister-in-law A Qing in the tin drama "Shajiabang" and Du Liniang in the Kunming opera "Peony Pavilion Amusement Garden".
Many experiences made her more and more confident, and the following year she was directly admitted to the Shanghai Opera School to study professional Kunqu opera performing arts, and because of her talent, she was selected by the dean Cai Zhengren to become the fifth generation of the academy's "Du Liniang".
This was not easy, and Li Qin was valued at that time, and was considered by the school to be a "boudoir dan" once in 20 years, so it was even more scarce.
However, Li Qin's acting career soon changed because of the appearance of another person.
In 2008, director Li Shaohong fell in love with her by chance and invited her to participate in his new work "Dream of Red Mansions".
At first, Li Qin's parents refused, and Li Shaohong and Li Xiaowan personally rushed to Bacheng to do work, saying that it was "borrowed".
Soon after, Li Qin entered the crew of "Dream of Red Mansions" and played the role of the young Baochai, and after the show was broadcast, she also won the Golden Southern Newcomer of the Year Award for her outstanding performance.
Perhaps it was filming that made her see a bigger world, and after Li Qin cooperated with Li Shaohong, she chose not to return to the drama school, but plunged into the entertainment industry.
In the early days, of course, Li Qin did not plan well what kind of road he would take in the future.
Therefore, in the two works of "The Great Cause of Party Building" and "China 1921", she played the role of Yang Kaihui twice, and the suitability of this role and herself is quite high.
But then Li Qin's reception standard is a little confusing.
At one stage, in her early 20s, she successively came up with a lot of works:
The image played by the image of an intelligent and brave underground worker, there are also female college students with a bumpy fate, there are optimistic and positive cheerful girls, and simple personalities...
But to be honest, nowadays, it seems that none of the characters have impressed the audience - that is, in the first few years after his debut, Li Qin has been groping.
2. The acting skills are unstable, high and low?
In the process of constantly filming new plays and constantly pouring into the street, Li Qin was consumed not only by the popularity of passers-by, but also by the aura of acting.
Until 2015, she finally encountered the period drama "White Deer Plain".
This is a grand work, the original work has won the Mao Dun Literature Award, and has also been adapted into films, TV series, dramas, dance dramas, Qin cavity and other art forms.
In the previously released movie, the role of Tian Xiao'e played by Li Qin was played by actress Zhang Yuqi, who has always been known for her sexiness.
Although the film works are affected by the length of the film, the response can only be described in general, so the public is particularly looking forward to the drama version of "White Deer Plain", which also puts a lot of pressure on Li Qin.
It is said that in order to make this work well, the studio and the crew went through a long period of casting and deliberation before finally deciding on all the actors.
The role of Tian Xiao'e, originally imagined in the director's heart, was an extremely plump existence, but in the end, he decided on Li Qin, who seemed thin but played charm and grace in his bones.
Li Qin once promised the director that challenging this role would be unreserved, and he would "throw" himself to the director.
And she did it, for example, in the interpretation of a finger-biting scene, Li Qin and senior Qin Hailu specially discussed which finger to bite before filming.
In the end, both chose the little finger, which left a classic shot.
When interpreting Tian Xiao'e's sexy style, Li Qin is also unreserved, she can lie on the body of actor He Bing without too much restraint.
It is said that in order to brew emotions, and to wait for all departments to be ready before turning on, the two maintained in one position for a long time.
Li Qin was afraid of the man's embarrassment, and once took the initiative to stir up the topic: "Teacher He, are you nervous?" I heard your heart beat! "It alleviated the embarrassing situation at once.
In the face of some netizens questioning their lack of style, Li Qin's answer was not humble or arrogant: "There are many kinds of beauty in amorousness, and I am just one of them!" ”
After the broadcast of "White Deer Plain", Li Qin did win a lot of applause and also reaped the biggest dividend since his debut.
As a result, she became one of the first-line flowers, and the salary rose and the films came one after another.
In 2016 alone, Li Qin came up with 5 works, and also gained attention again because of his participation in the reality TV love show "Let's Love Each Other".
It can be said that 2016 is Li Qin's "year of outbreak", in the successive broadcasts of "Chu Qiao" and "Ruyi", she matched Zhao Liying and Zhou Xun, but performed her own classic roles.
Li Qin in "The Legend of Chu Qiao" was originally a kind-natured, frank and lovely princess of Western Wei, but after experiencing the sudden changes in her family and country, she was completely blackened and became one of the representatives of "the first generation of beauty and misery".
Li Qin in the play is cold and arrogant after blackening, and he is heartbreakingly beautiful.
And her line skills are very good, from the tidbits that were later exposed, you can feel that she has learned Kunqu opera, and she really has a unique advantage in this regard.
Han Xiangmi in "The Legend of Ruyi" is also a strange woman - she has a peerless face, but she bears the fate of her family and country, and she is depressed in her life, like a jug of wine, clear and long.
The smooth exit of the two characters illustrates a problem: she is very suitable for such a role, and once she finds the right way, it is very easy to leave a brilliant role.
Just when everyone thought that she would follow this hard-to-find path to firmly go down, and then smoothly come up with better works and rush to the "top stream", Li Qin changed the routine.
3. Because of personality, where is the road?
In 2018, Li Qin participated in the fantasy drama "Breaking the Sky", not to mention whether the character is suitable, the shape is really unsatisfactory, and was spoofed by netizens.
The following year, she continued her efforts and took out the power drama "Qing Yu Nian", and was on the hot search because of the role of the lively and flexible Chen County Lord Lin Wan'er.
In particular, she is also affectionately known as the "chicken leg girl", but as the plot progresses, Li Qin's role is still controversial.
Initially, everyone thought that the temperament of her and Lin Wan'er was far from the same, on the grounds that this role was originally written for Lin Aichen, so it did not match Li Qin's cold appearance.
Now "Qing Yu Nian 2" has recently released news that filming is about to start, but Li Qin estimates that most of them will be absent.
Li Qin in "His Royal Highness Wolf" broadcast in 2020 surprised everyone again, she played the heroine Ma Jixing with a free and sassy nature.
At that time, everyone began to worry about her situation of "celebrities are not popular", and some people even went directly to interview her.
In this regard, Li Qin bluntly said that he thinks that whether he can become popular can only depend on fate, "I may still have a pump, but the road of actor is quite long, I think step by step should not be too urgent." ”
Someone once analyzed that Li Qin's "not red", in addition to the problem of drama planning, is also related to her own appearance and personality.
As a 90-year-old flower, Li Qin once took on idols, costumes or sweet pet dramas, so there are certain requirements for appearance, such as in addition to affinity, but also a sense of substitution, and a sense of CP.
For example, Zhao Liying, Tan Songyun, and even Mao Xiaotong, who are now on fire, are very affinity, and are particularly "versatile", as if standing with any male star can become a pair of screen CPs.
Secondly, in terms of personality, Li Qin is also not noisy, especially in her memory, there are almost no scandals.
In addition, there are not even many cases of variety shows, and even if they are, they will not particularly market themselves, so there is no memory point in the eyes of the public.
Finally, speaking of acting skills, as mentioned above, it is not objective to say that Li Qin's acting skills are not good.
From the grapes in the early "Watching the Sky", Li Ge in "Splendid Southern Song", Yuan Chun in "The Legend of Chu Qiao", to Ma Jingxing in "His Royal Highness Wolf", and Xiang Nan in "Chinese Doctor", they are all good choices.
But of course, she did choose many roles that were not suitable for her, especially "silly Baitian" or "rural chicks" like Liu Qiaozhen.
Whether it is image or personality, Li Qin always seems to be too strong when interpreting the image outside his comfort zone - the reason behind it is self-evident.
Finally, Li Qin did not fire, and there was another very important reason: timing.
Her luck does not seem to be very good, especially when she started her power in 2017, but she was pressed a lot of works: "Flowers on the Sea" and "His Royal Highness Wolf" are all like this.
And both works are randomly edited for the sake of review, resulting in the plot becoming particularly bloody, so it is very normal to hit the street.
Li Qin also tried to transform and participated in "She Kills" directed by Cao Baoping, which is known as the second part of the "Burning Heart Series", and the expectations are full.
But due to Sister Fan, the film has not been released.
Then came the current "Road of Life", and there were still many skeptical voices after it was broadcast.
Now Li Qin is 33 years old and has been debuting for 15 years, it can be said that the audience's freshness has passed, so how many opportunities are there to explode?
Whether the future days will take the Tsing Yi route or Hua Dan, she should really study it.