Returning to the small screen after 11 years, 65-year-old Deng Jie is impressive again!

When you think of Deng Jie, what comes to mind?

Zhang Guoli's wife, Wang Xifeng in "Dream of Red Mansions", Concubine Yi in "Kangxi Microservice Private Interview"...

Zhang Guoli of the National Day file became popular again with "Rock Solid", and he has not been idle all these years, and it is a TV series, a movie, and a variety show, but for his wife Deng Jie, it is much more low-key and goes behind the scenes. But now 11 years later, she is back on the small screen with the brand new TV series "My Assistant is Not Simple".

As an actor, she is well known to the public for Wang Xifeng in the 87th version of "Dream of Red Mansions", and also won the Best Supporting Actress Award at the 4th Popular TV Golden Eagle Award, the Best Supporting Actress Award at the TV Feitian Award, and the First Top Ten Actor Award for this role.

The Wang Xifeng played by her has become a classic and an insurmountable mountain. The public commented: "There is no Wang Xifeng after Deng Jie." Even she herself said that Wang Xifeng was the most successful character she created in her life, and none of the roles she has created since surpassed her.

After that, she won the Best Supporting Actress Award at the 14th Popular TV Golden Eagle Awards again for the role of "Mrs. Liu" in the TV series "Prime Minister Liu Luoguo". Then opened the cooperation with her second husband Zhang Guoli in "Kangxi Microservice Private Interview", Zhang Guoli from the second part as a director part-time, she became a producer, and her role as Concubine Yi was impressed again.

Deng Jie really faded out of the film and television industry after 2012, when she participated in the TV series "You Are My Love", and did not appear in the second season of the variety show "Happiness Trio" until 2019, followed by the producer of the movie "Singing Alive".

And now 11 years later, Deng Jie has returned to the small screen and brought a new TV series "My Assistant is Not Simple".

The play tells the story of Jiang Tian, a designer who returned from Beijing to work in his hometown of Suzhou, and met his roommate Wu Jingfang, who established a deep friendship through setbacks one after another, realized their career plans to help others renovate their old houses, and also firmed up their future paths.

This time, Deng Jie, who is 65 years old, plays the 60-year-old "re-employment" Wu Jingfang in the play. It can be said that this role is highly compatible with her, of course, not only in age, but also in the entire image temperament, and all this is inseparable from her skillful and exquisite performance, although it has only been broadcast, but this role has left a deep impression.

Although Wu Jingfang in the play has entered the age of flower armor, and is experiencing a marriage crisis, in the period of divorce cooling-off period, from housewife to want to be independent and self-reliant, prove herself, the whole contrast is undoubtedly fresh, and Deng Jie also accurately grasped the characteristics of the characters, both cute and warm side, as well as strong, sophisticated side, the whole performance presents vivid and real nature, and interprets the characters into three points.

Obviously, such a role is not difficult for her, but at the same time she is declaring to the public that she can still act, just like Wu Jingfang in the play, age is not a problem.

"I long for a real job, for being able to live independently without being attached to anyone."

Deng Jie once said that as she gets older, there are fewer and fewer roles suitable for herself. "It's not that I don't want to play the roles of older women, but these roles are really not very attractive."

Until she came across the drama "My Assistant Is Not Simple", which made her feel very challenging.

"It's a challenging and enjoyable role, and I want to convey that women can be independent and keep up with the times as they age."

It can be seen that although she does not have an advantage in the current market and there are not many opportunities, she has not compromised and will settle.

She said: "I have always been at ease with things, and when there is no good role, I take care of the house. I don't like the role, I'd rather not play. There are regrets at every stage of life, but regrets are not a bad thing. ”

Yes, for her, regret is not a bad thing, because she has created classics and created classic characters on the screen one after another.

But when she encounters a good script and a good role, she will still strive for it, just like this drama today. It can be said that Wu Jingfang in the play is Deng Jie, and Deng Jie is also Wu Jingfang.

"My Assistant Is Not Simple" is fresh in terms of genre theme, but it is closely related to the present.

It not only focuses on young people, but also pays attention to the elderly, and genre works that focus on the elderly like this have also begun to emerge in the past two years, and they have frequently exploded.

Such as "Grandma's New World", "The Long Season", "I Love You! More and more film and television works have begun to pay attention to the elderly, whether it is emotions, occupations, or others, which is enough to prove that this type of theme works have a market and are also recognized by attention. And this also provides opportunities for more and more middle-aged and elderly actors, and can let young actors learn well, of course, it has positive practical significance.

For "My Assistant Is Not Simple", it breaks the setting of traditional urban dramas, starts from the life flow style of light comedy, and aims at two generations, so that each character has a growth arc. Of course, everything is not suspended, but a down-to-earth focus on every issue in reality, but also to give humanistic care to everyone in difficulty, and finally let the audience laugh, move, warm and heal, see and think, see something.

The shell of light comedy, the inspirational core, and the warm background, "My Assistant is Not Simple" makes the urban drama eye-catching again.

31-year-old working women meet 60-year-old re-employment "aunt", in the marriage and career difficulties, how to break through, this drama undoubtedly gives audiences of all ages a clear answer.

It focuses on young people's career choices, emotional problems, it pays attention to the mental health and re-employment problems of the elderly, and it also pays attention to intergenerational communication... Of course, in the end, it conveys the spirit of "life must have the courage to start again at any time".

11 years later, the 65-year-old Deng Jie is once again impressive, not only in the role interpretation, but also in the choice of scripts. As soon as he returned, he innovated in urban drama-themed dramas, became a pioneer and leader, set an example for all middle-aged and elderly actors, and taught all actors a good lesson!