"The most beautiful Xu Xian" Ye Tong: At the age of 60, she finally fought a turnaround battle!
This year's Dragon Boat Festival's movies performed well, with a total box office of 911 million, ranking second in the history of domestic Dragon Boat film.
Among them, "Disappearing Her" attracted many audiences with its inverted and exciting plot and two popular starring actors, and dominated the box office with 507 million.
Wang Baoqiang's second directorial work "In the Octagon Cage" is also good, with a box office of 66.6 million in 3 days of screening, which is expected to allow Wang Baoqiang to fight a turnaround battle.
In contrast, I Love You! is a bit low-key.
This movie starring Hui Yinghong and Ni Dahong, Ye Tong and Leung Ka Fai specially starred, bringing everyone a twilight love.
In the external publicity, the film side focused on Hui Yinghong and Ni Dahong, after all, they are the starring actors, plus Hui Yinghong is a Hong Kong star, Ni Dahong is a mainland actor, which can fit the film and television markets of the two parties.
The audience is familiar with these 4 actors, Ni Dahong is the representative of the old drama bones in the mainland, Hui Yinghong has won three Academy Awards after film, Leung Jiahui is the "thousand-faced actor", and Ye Tong is the "Xu Xian" in everyone's childhood memory.
In the movie, Ye Tong plays an old man with Alzheimer's disease, she is slovenly, her hair is like dead grass, her clothes are messy, and her expression is not normal.
If you go out and meet this kind of old lady, everyone will probably bypass her.
Elderly people with Alzheimer's disease are like old children, they have great emotional ups and downs, they may be laughing one second, and crying the next.
Ye Tong is 60 years old this year, because she does not use scientific and technological means to resist aging, she is older than actresses of the same age, and the role she plays in the film is set in her 70s, this old age makeup is indeed old enough, but also ugly enough!
This scene made many viewers wonder: Is this still the personable "Xu Xian" in our memory?
But in fact, "Xu Xian" is the audience's biggest misunderstanding of Ye Tong.
Genius actor: the first Academy Award "Back to the Pot" actress
Speaking of the most pity actress in the Hong Kong world, many people will think of Maggie Cheung, the internationally renowned actress who died too early, otherwise she might have won several international film trophies.
But many people don't know that before Maggie Cheung, there was another actress in the Hong Kong film industry, that is, a talented actor from a non-professional background - Ye Tong.
Ye Tong is tall and handsome, and she first worked hard in the modeling industry, and also met her other half - director Chen Guoxi at work.
Chen Guoxi saw Ye Tong's potential and introduced her to director Tan Jiaming, allowing Ye Tong to step into the film and television industry from the modeling industry.
Ye Tong's first film was "Fire Youth" with Leslie Cheung.
This is a controversial movie, once blocked, now it has become a classic in Hong Kong films.
Audiences who have seen the movie may have a deeper impression of Xia Wenxi, because her sexiness is outward, like a blooming rose, which makes people can't help but be intoxicated.
And Ye Tong is like a lilac, seemingly inconspicuous, but in fact, it hides a faint fragrance, and the eye waves are full of charm.
In the face of this partner who is as natural as drinking water, even Leslie Cheung can't help but sigh: This girl is a genius, and (acting) is very free.
The bold scene made Ye Tong suffer a lot of criticism, but it also made her nominated for the Best Newcomer at the Academy Awards, which made all directors notice this rising star in the film industry.
Immediately afterwards, she collaborated with Zhong Zhentao on "Seven Days of Love for Mistakes", performing the charm of a married young woman at the age of 20.
With this film, Ye Tong won the Academy Award in the second year of his debut.
Nominated in the first year and awarded in the second year, Ye Tong's development speed is beyond the reach of most people.
Since then, Ye Tong has participated in films such as "Waiting for the Dawn", "Half Love", "Accidental", "Smiling Rivers and Lakes", "Flying Over the Dusk", "Marriage Don't Talk" and "Lame Hao".
starred in 7 films in 7 years, won two Academy Award nominations, two Academy Awards Best Supporting Actress nominations, one Golden Horse Award actress nomination, won one Academy Award Best Actress and one Academy Award actress...
Ye Tong's achievements in his 7-year acting career are something that many actors cannot achieve in their lifetimes.
Ye Tong is also the first actress in Hong Kong film history to win the Academy Award twice, but unfortunately Maggie Cheung soon caught up and overwhelmed Ye Tong's limelight.
Success in "Xu Xian", defeat in "Xu Immortal"
Time came to the 90s, when Maggie Cheung rushed to the world with a "Ruan Lingyu" and won the Berlin Film Festival in one fell swoop, reaching the peak of her acting career.
Ye Tong, on the other hand, changed his focus, went to Taiwan to shoot a TV series, and plunged into the small screen.
It can be seen from her previous roles that Ye Tong is not a conformist person, even if she shoots a TV series, she has to shoot something different - women pretending to be men.
In "Blue Sea Love", Ye Tong imitated "Zhu Yingtai", although most of the time he showed people in men's clothing, but eventually returned to female roles.
In "The Legend of the New White Lady", she completely reversed the string, bringing the audience the most "fake", but also the most classic "Xu Xian".
Ye Tong's appearance is handsome, but she is not completely like a man, but she makes up for this with her acting skills, so much so that Xiao 8 really thought she was a man when she chased the drama, and thought that "Xu Xian" and "Xu Shilin" were really two people.
Although Pan Yueming, Ren Quan, Lin Feng, Yu Misty and others have played Xu Xian before and after, the only thing recognized in the audience's hearts is Ye Tong, just as the saying goes: After Ye Tong, there is no Xu Xian.
In fact, after "The Legend of the New White Lady", Ye Tong also participated in the 1994 version of "The Legend of Relying on the Sky and Slaying the Dragon", in which he played "Yin Susu" and "Zhao Min".
How to evaluate her role as "Zhao Min"?
Mr. Jin Yong said this: "The Legend of Relying on the Sky and Slaying the Dragon", I think it is still Hong Kong's Ye Tong who plays Zhao Min the best, she played the characters in my novel, thank her very much.
However, the aura of "Xu Xian" is too big, so big that the audience does not have time to pay attention to her "Zhao Min" on the small screen, and forgets her contribution on the big screen.
Even if you are trapped, take a big stride
It's not that the role of "Xu Xian" is not worthy of Ye Tong, for most actors, if you can create a role that the audience remembers in your acting career, then this life is worth it.
But Ye Tong can actually have more development, but he was firmly suppressed by the role of "Xu Xian", which is really a pity.
So over the years, Ye Tong has been trying different roles, "I Love You! "Ah Xin" in " is the answer sheet she handed over.
Ye Tong was not afraid to play ugly, and against the body of an old man, he performed childlike ignorance.
When curious, she would stretch her chin and look forward, her expression full of confusion.
When she is aggrieved, she will cry and pout, like a child who does not want toys.
When the cancer was onset and the pain was temporarily awake, the pain she showed made the audience frown in front of the screen.
In fact, Ye Tong really doesn't look like a female star, others have fought hard for maintenance, she is not afraid of aging, and shows the most real white hair and wrinkles.
Others dressed up to attend the red carpet, from head to toe, she came wearing short-sleeved trousers.
"Indifferent" is her style of doing things, and "challenge" is the core of her filming.
Such an excellent actress, it is not only "Xu Xian" who should be remembered by the audience.