Dig deep | He Saifei won the Golden Rooster Award for Best Actress: Beauty is like wine, the longer it lasts, the more fragrant it is
This time He Saifei won the award, which makes people look forward to the release of the movie "Chasing the Moon".
Text | Tabs
On November 4, the 36th China Film Golden Rooster Awards Ceremony was held in Xiamen, Fujian. He Saifei (a member of the Democratic League) won the Best Actress Award for his role as Teacher Qi in the movie "Chasing the Moon".
After winning the award, wearing a dress with opera elements designed by herself, He Saifei was emotional, and it was obvious that she did not expect the award to fall on her head. She excitedly said: "I think I'm the happiest person in the world, it's great, I'm sorry I'm so old and still like this!" ”
She said that creating a good role must be fully integrated into it, so the profession of an actor "affects physical and mental health" to a certain extent, but she would rather "live a few years less" and create more roles to dedicate to the audience. She said excitedly that decades of hard work in filming and creative hardships have disappeared at this moment. "I'm sure you can understand what I am."
He Saifei has always been known for his true temperament, and everyone greatly appreciates and supports He Saifei's sincere attitude of daring to speak and tell the truth. Therefore, this award is not only deserved by the actors, but also the audience.
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What made He Saifei win the Best Actress Award was the role of Teacher Qi played in the movie "Chasing the Moon".
However, in a backstage interview, she admitted that she didn't like or understand the role at first.
"I tried to find a reason why she was like this, but I couldn't find it. I asked the director a lot of questions, and I called for five hours, and in the process, I even cried and almost gave up, and after the director's constant persuasion, I realized that I didn't really want to give up the role in my heart. Fortunately, I didn't refuse at the time, but fortunately I found the core of this role, so I have today. ”
The movie "Chasing the Moon" is adapted from Ai Wei's novel "The Past", which tells the story of "Teacher Qi", who was once a famous actor in Yue Opera, and became popular all over the country with a play "Chasing the Moon" when he was young. However, in the eyes of her children, she has a bunch of faults in her body - "selfishness, lying, evading responsibility, but once she puts on the costume and stands in front of the audience, these problems suddenly become less important, and her light makes these problems seem insignificant." ”
In her later years, she was terminally ill and hoped to see her three children for the last time, but due to an unexpected incident, the hidden truth of the past gradually surfaced. Different characters look back at the "past" with the "present", and in the face of various major junctures in life, the instinctive love in family affection is gradually revealed, and the complex human nature is also revealed.
In 2022, Ai Wei won the 8th Lu Xun Literature Award Novella Award for this work. Previously, in the year of its publication, "The Past" was selected into important lists such as the 2021 Novella List of the Chinese Novel Society, the 2021 Novella List of the Yangtze River Literary Review, and the 2021 Novella List of "Harvest".
As we all know, He Saifei was originally born in a famous Yue Opera role, and later entered the film and television industry with the role of Miaoyu in the movie "Dream of Red Mansions". created classic characters such as the third aunt Tai Mei Shan in "The Red Lantern Hangs High", Yu Xiuyi in "Fengyue", Mrs. Xiao in "Lust and Caution", Yang Jiuhong in "Mansion Gate", and Hai Lanzhu in "The Secret History of Xiaozhuang".
Stills from the movie "The Red Lantern Hangs High".
Even though she has gained a firm foothold in the film and television industry, she is still keen to participate in drama programs and tell each other for Yue Opera. So far, her Weibo profile is still the following: He Saifei, a first-class actor in Yue Opera performance.
Therefore, it is up to her to create the character of Teacher Qi, and she knows that she has never seen the movie: no matter how suitable it is.
The jury of this Golden Rooster Award is also very sure of her interpretation: He Saifei's understanding of the character's personality and emotions is meticulous, and he successfully interprets Mr. Qi's love and obsession with the Yue Opera career, and handles the famous demeanor between gestures, the dazzling on the stage, and the guilt in the face of children.
This time He Saifei won the award, which makes people look forward to the release of the movie "Chasing the Moon".
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Some netizens said that watching Teacher He Saifei's film and television role, and then watching her own interviews, can always give people a sense of separation. Hey, it turns out that beauties are not cold.
In fact, this has a lot to do with He Saifei's growth environment.
In 1963, He Saifei was born in Zhoushan, Zhejiang. His father was a literary and artistic worker, and his mother was a tailor, and the family conditions were not good.
Later, He Saifei's mother contracted tuberculosis due to overwork, and in order to cure her mother's illness, they sold the house and his father's beloved musical instruments and costumes.
However, the poor couple mourned everything, and He Saifei's parents couldn't compete with the daily trivialities after all, and divorced.
At that time, the court sentenced He Saifei to be raised by his father, and his sister and sister were raised by his mother.
He Saifei still remembers the scene of that day.
Mother said that she would take He Saifei to the photo studio to take pictures, at that time taking pictures was a very luxurious thing, He Saifei was very happy, as a result, her mother did not take her to the photo studio, but sent her to her father.
At this moment, He Saifei realized that his mother didn't want herself. She hugged her mother's thigh, but was pushed away by her mother again and again. That year, she was only 5 years old.
And the days that followed, she said, were unimaginable hardships now. This can be seen from a detail, 6-year-old He Saifei learned to cook. Because of the father's decentralization, he needs to do a lot of manual work, and there is no one in the family to cook.
Fortunately, the little He Saifei is very perceptive in art and has a strong ability to imitate, and soon mastered the musical instrument of singing and sanxian.
In the winter of 1979, the Zhejiang Daishan Troupe recruited workers, and entering the troupe at that time meant that you could get a precious urban hukou. He Saifei, who graduated from middle school, hurriedly went to apply for the instrument performance, but found that the troupe only recruited Yue Opera actors.
Seeing that his daughter was about to give up, his father hurriedly enrolled He Saifei in a crash course, and relying on his good voice after practicing for a few days, He Saifei was successfully admitted to the Daishan Yue Opera Troupe. With hard work and superior appearance conditions, she soon rose to prominence with "Life Events". In 1983, she was transferred to Zhejiang Xiaobaihua Yue Opera Troupe and starred in the Yue Opera movie "Five Women's Birthday".
Since then, she and He Ying, Mao Weitao, Fang Xuewen, and Dong Kedi have been called the "Five Golden Flowers". It is also because of this movie that she became the pillar of the troupe and began to be noticed by the industry.
He Saifei's "Dream of Red Mansions" Lin Daiyu dressed
In 1989, He Saifei participated in his first movie "Dream of Red Mansions", in which he played the role of Miaoyu.
It is worth mentioning that this movie was full of big names at that time. Liu Xiaoqing's Wang Xifeng, Zhao Lirong's Grandma Liu, Tao Huimin's Lin Daiyu, Chen Hong's maid Zijuan... And He Saifei also relied on the role of Miaoyu to transform from a Yue Opera actor to a film and television actor.
Stills from the movie "Dream of Red Mansions" Miaoyu (played by He Saifei).
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When the career is going well, love is also quietly coming.
Once, He Saifei went to the office to find Mr. Huang of the troupe, and accidentally saw a family photo on the table, Mr. Huang had four sons, He Saifei had a premonition in his heart at that time: "Yo, I seem to be going to be their daughter-in-law." ”
Soon, she met Yang Nan, the second son of Mr. Huang, at the theater.
Recalling the first time they met, He Saifei remembered that he wore a pair of elastic cloth shoes and a public security uniform, and he was upright and handsome.
Yang Nan fell in love at first sight.
Yang Nan is 7 years older than He Saifei, when the two met, He Saifei was only 20 years old, in order to wait for He Saifei to grow up, the two fell in love for five years, and the year they got married, Yang Nan was 32 years old.
Later, in an interview with Lu Yu, He Saifei laughed at himself: "When I was young, no one chased me, so I chased alone, and if I chased him, I married someone else, and I was ashamed." ”
He Saifei and Yang Nan
However, their love is sweeter than textbook.
When the two were not married, He Saifei's household registration was in his hometown, and he might not be able to work in Hangzhou in the future, He Saifei was very anxious, and Yang Nan reassured her: "What are you afraid of, if you go back, I will leave Hangzhou with you." ”
In 1985, He Saifei's father was diagnosed with cancer, and He Saifei's sky collapsed. She cried and found Yang Nan: In order to let me learn skills, he spent all his money on me, and he was reluctant to buy a new dress all year round, I was not at home, and he never bought meat to eat...
Yang Nan took the initiative to ask Ying to take care of Father He, wipe his body, and feed him. One day, Father He, who had always been optimistic about their love, took Yang Nan's hand and said, "Even if I leave, I can rest assured that I will hand over my daughter to you." ”
After the death of He's father, He Saifei, who returned to Hangzhou, was grief-stricken, Yang Nan held her hand tightly, without words, but gave her the power of love. He Saifei later recalled: "This is a very powerful grip, a grip full of love. ”
On Chinese New Year's Eve in 1988, 25-year-old He Saifei married Yang Nan, who was 7 years older than him. Because of financial constraints, the two of them did not hold a drink, nor did they have a ceremony, and even after receiving the certificate, Yang Nan returned to the unit on duty.
But marrying the person he loves, He Saifei feels extremely happy.
They have spent more than 30 years together, He Saifei is full of love and gratitude to her husband, and it is Yang Nan's dedication to the family that allows her to devote herself to her acting career.
She once said: "In my life, I fell in love and loved this person. Maybe others seem to have such a monotonous emotional experience, but I think it is a kind of luck that I have never suffered from feelings in my life. ”
He Saifei, keep being beautiful!