Relying on "Flowers" to get out of the circle, 37-year-old Xin Zhilei appeared on the Spring Festival Gala and once again amazed the four!

At the 2nd Annual Chinese TV Drama Ceremony, "Flowers" won nine awards and became the biggest winner.

Among them, actor Xin Zhilei won the honor of Breakthrough Actress of the Year.

Throughout her acting career, this is the first time she has won a major award.

She had been waiting for this moment for thirteen years.

At the same time, Xin Zhilei also appeared on the stage of the 2024 CCTV Spring Festival Gala in the Year of the Dragon with the crew of "Flowers".

first participated in the performance of the opening chorus, and then participated in the performance of the creative New Year's show "Unique" directed by Zhang Yimou. Although the second show just sat in the audience, the four main creators sang in Shanghainese, which suddenly pulled people back to "Flowers".

"Flowers", as a big drama and hit drama at the beginning of 2024, made the 37-year-old Xin Zhilei completely out of the circle, and finally stood on the podium, and also appeared on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala for the first time.

As a guest at the "Q&A Spring Festival Gala Garden Party", in an interview, Xin Zhilei expressed her hope to continue to walk the flower road in 2024.

Dressed in red, for such a styling design, Xin Zhilei also said:

"First of all, it should be red, and there will be an atmosphere of the New Year, and then it will shine, and I hope that everyone will shine the same in the New Year, as I do. ”

I have to say, "shine like me" is a pun.

It refers not only to the sparkle of clothes, but also to the sparkle of one's own star journey.

After all, "Flowers" made the public realize the new Xin Zhilei, and also saw her beauty and charm, which pushed her acting career to a new height!

Xin Zhilei herself said, "She never thought that she could be so beautiful." ”

This is not only the credit of the director and other staff, but also inseparable from everything she has paid for herself.

Such beauty was earned at a great price.

Such a character is something Xin Zhilei has never tried. In the past, most of her roles were tougher because of her appearance and personality. But all this, the Li Li to be portrayed is not like this, but a woman who is soft on the outside and strong on the inside, and has great charm, what she needs is the softness and flavor of women. But the chivalrous spirit of the past is also indispensable.

Chivalry is what Xin Zhilei has, and it is also what director Wong Kar-wai likes. But the feminine flavor is what she lacks.

To this end, she listened to the director's arrangement and learned all kinds of dances, what Latin, what tango, as long as it was useful, she practiced it all over. Then she began to learn the way women walked and spoke in that era, including expressions, eyes and other aspects, and she was in line with that character.

Naturally, this is not pleasant.

It needs to be broken and reinvented, and it needs to be started from scratch.

We only saw Li Li's amorous and heroic side, but as everyone knows, it is indeed uncomfortable behind it.

Xin Zhilei said that she has never been comfortable playing Li Li, because "you have to wear very high heels, exquisite suits, exquisite hair, and exquisite makeup forever".

All of this made her uncomfortable, but for the sake of the characters, she persevered.

not only played Li Li and created a new heartthrob, elegant and beautiful like a plum blossom leopard, but also let the public see Xin Zhilei's beauty and superb acting skills.

"Persistence" is the most important word of Xin Zhilei in the past ten years.

When asked, what is the secret of being an actor and what is the secret of success?

Xin Zhilei always said: "When I say no, I just insist, I just don't give up." ”

A simple sentence contains too much bitterness and suffering.

Because the family conditions are not good, he began to take on the responsibility of the family very early. When she first embarked on the road of acting, she still just wanted to make more money and support her family.

Love and a sense of responsibility for her family are the source of her hard work at the beginning, but she just wants to make her family live a better life, and she has nothing else to ask for.

I started working part-time when I was in high school, and I wanted to share some of the burden for my family. After stepping into the showbiz, Xin Zhilei worked harder. In order to fight for the character, the character can work harder than others. This kind of desperateness did give her a lot of opportunities, such as finally playing the heroine in "The Yangtze River".

She has said more than once that she just wants to be popular, because only when she is popular can she have more filming, more money to make, and a better life for her family.

Of course, such remarks also caused controversy for a time, and she was criticized. She just said what was in her heart, and she was honest and responsible. If the public can learn more about her life experience, maybe they will understand more.

Such an actress is like a child without an umbrella, she has to run hard!

Her heart for wanting to be red has not changed, and she insists on working hard to polish her acting skills. It has indeed brought amazing characters to the public.

From the female cultivator An Lu in "The Yangtze River", to the cold and arrogant Qi family knife descendant Ding Baiying in "Embroidered Spring Knife 2: Shura Battlefield", and then to the bright and moving and heroic red girl in "Angry Qing Xiangxi", as well as the daughter of the famous family Huang Yanyan in "Antique Bureau", and the Northern Qi saint Begonia in "Celebrating More Than Years".

Finally, at the age of 34, she was selected by director Wong Kar-wai to play the role of Li Li in "Flowers". Originally, it was said that the shooting would be completed in half a year or a year, but I never thought that this shooting would be three years. But the hard work paid off, "Flowers" was a big hit, and Xin Zhilei at the age of 37 was also completely out of the circle.

At this moment, Xin Zhilei became Li Li, the owner of Zhizhenyuan, and Li Li also became Xin Zhilei, and the two fully integrated.

On the 2023 Weibo Night, she won the Weibo Shining Actor of the Year, the 2nd Chinese TV Drama Annual Ceremony, the Breakthrough Actress of the Year, and the first time she appeared on the stage of the CCTV Spring Festival Gala, the 37-year-old Xin Zhilei once again amazed the four!

Looking back on the past ten years of acting, although she has been running for life for a long time, when her life is improving, she has finally found a career that she is willing to dedicate to her life. Adhering to the spirit of hard work and continuing to go all out, she no longer has to worry about the prosperity, nor does she have to worry about whether she will be scolded, this time, just do her best and continue to walk the flower road!