Zhang Yimou didn't mention his acting skills, and just a few words said Zhao Liying's quality

Before the release of "Article 20", there were obviously more announcements about Zhao Liying than other actors, which caused many netizens to question it.

The reason is that although the movie is a group drama, it is still dominated by Lei Jiayin, Ma Li, and Gao Ye.

Zhao Liying is only the wife of a party in one of the cases.

According to the role, she is also a proper supporting role,

Therefore, some netizens think that the publicity of the supporting role is more important than the protagonist, and there is a suspicion of dominating the host: "Such a big battle, I thought the heroine was Zhao Liying"

Traffic is not guilty

According to the so-called publicity content on the Internet, in fact, most of them are spontaneous actions of fans.

(The official announcement is still based on Ma Li, Lei Jiayin, and Gao Ye)

But Weibo fans posted Zhao Liying's crying scene over and over again, making people mistakenly think that the heroine of "Article 20" was Zhao Liying, and even thought that the movie was a bitter love film.

In comparison, Ma Li and Gao Ye are much quieter here.

But from an objective point of view,

Zhao Liying is a traffic star, Ma Li is a comedian, and the attributes of fans are very different, which is predictable.

Even the director is happy to see it, as long as it is promoted, it is king (Liu Yaowen's hot searches are actually quite a lot).

That's why many movies now like to use powerful actors with traffic stars, which can not only attract traffic, but also ensure quality.

In recent years, almost all the films of big directors have been in this way.

From the current point of view, no matter which movie Zhao Liying plays a supporting role, this will happen.

A star with her own traffic, even if she has already transformed, the market behavior will not change much.

But the traffic itself is not guilty, mainly depends on whether the business ability of the parties can withstand such praise, otherwise it is to shoot themselves in the foot.

The market behavior is uncontrollable, and the director mainly didn't expect it, because Zhao Liying's publicity clip is a crying scene, which causes many viewers to think that it is a deaf and dumb mother's bitter love drama looking for her child, and they will consider whether to watch it during the Chinese New Year......

It belongs to the uncontrollable deviation of the publicity.

Fortunately, the quality of the movie itself is good and it has brought out a good reputation, so a few days after its release, the box office began to turn around and continued to decline.

At present, it has dominated the daily box office of the list for a row. The stamina is very high.

Zhao Liying, who was entrusted with an important task

Article 20 includes one main line case and two secondary cases:

The male owner (Pan Binlong) stabbed each other to death with a knife in order to prevent the village bully, and his deaf and dumb wife (Zhao Liying) was threatened and intimidated by the village chief, and wanted to take his daughter to escape from the cave.

[Subline 1] The bus driver was convicted of intentional injury and has been seeking justice for many years.

[Side line 2] Prosecutor Han Ming (Lei Jiayin)'s son (Liu Yaowen) stopped bullying at school and discounted the nose bone of the dean's son.

Subline 1 is to corroborate Han Ming's statement: similar cases over the years have been judged like this!

Subplot 2 is the phenomenon of school bullying to make the audience empathize with the experience of subplot 1.

and the Paving Kang Village Incident.

Although the Kangcun incident is not a righteous and courageous act, it is in line with the proposition of legitimate defense: whoever is seriously injured is justified!

As the protagonist who appears the most in the main case, and the turning point of awakening the legal provisions...... Zhao Liying's role actually played a pivotal role in the whole film.

Her character is congenitally deaf and mute, and she has a daughter with her husband, who is also deaf and mute, but the doctor said that she can still be cured while she is young.

There is a lot of information hidden here, which is not deliberately stated in the film but is about to be revealed.

The husband played by Pan Binlong is obviously much older than her, and his appearance is not good, and he is honest. In other words: cowardice

A middle-aged honest man who married a beautiful young woman would not have had this opportunity if she had not been born with a disability.

It is precisely because of one cripple and one cowardice that the village tyrant seized the opportunity and raped, beaten and humiliated for a long time, and the couple had no way to resist at all.

What's even more pitiful is that the deaf-mute girl can't even shout for help.

In view of the fact that Pan Binlong appeared in only three scenes: squatting on the ground with a dog chain, resisting the village tyrant, and being questioned in the detention center.

The main driving force of this line is Zhao Liying.

The deaf and dumb girl is also a special role that Zhao Liying tried for the first time.

There are no lines, and it all relies on body language, facial expressions, and eyes to show the character's personality.

is an extremely sad and desperate mother, which is really difficult to play.

Once the performance is smashed, it will be a disaster for the whole film.

Without the emotional foreshadowing of her little person, Gao Ye's struggle in the back, and Lei Jiayin's hearing speech would not have been able to present such a shocking effect.

Why did you choose her for this role?

is too young to give birth, and can't play the heavy feeling of love of a mother.

is not young and beautiful enough, and there is a conflict with the plot of being robbed and bullied by the village bully.

She has to be thin and tough, especially emotionally in place.

In addition to this, the attitude of the actors is also a top priority.

Originally, the script set that Hao Xiuping was a normal person, and only her daughter had a hearing impairment problem.

Zhao Liying asked Zhang Yimou, so since the child is hearing-impaired, why can't the mother.

Zhang Yimou suddenly realized, yes, why didn't I expect it. So I asked people to revise the script overnight.

After carefully studying the script, this question will arise, which is one of the manifestations of Zhao Liying's rigorous enough work.

After joining the group, Zhao Liying always walked to the corner alone to tinker with something. Others shouted at her, and even Zhang Yimou called her, sometimes she didn't hear it.

Zhang Yimou thought at first that she was playing a big name and ignored everyone.

It was only later that she found out that she was gesturing sign language.

In order to practice sign language proficiently, she not only used sign language to translate the lines memorized by others, but also went into the homes of the hearing-impaired to get a closer look at their lives.

She practiced with the sign language teacher over and over again until these sign language movements became her body memory.

It turns out that she acted very well, and every time she was so anxious that she played sign language frantically, but couldn't say a word in her mouth, the audience outside the screen was sad and anxious.

These exaggerated and distorted expressions are very shocking when they are angry, desperate, speechless, but desperate for others to understand their intentions.

She wasn't afraid to do this kind of expression that essentially scandalized herself.

After being beaten and raped by the village bully, what was the scene when she came out with her hands on the door frame:

The clothes on his body were torn, there were large bite marks on his neck, his face was all black, and his nose was bleeding, this image must be ugly.

But it is also a visual shock that makes people feel pity.

Thinking of what she had just been humiliated, the audience could easily take on her emotions: pain, nausea, and despair.

It is precisely because of this kind of unburdened, wide-open and closed performance method that it is so infectious that even the crew on the scene feel heartbroken when they watch it.

Later, in an interview, Zhang Yimou said without any psychological burden, "I used to have such an impression of her, but this time she gave me a big surprise."

Because he is sure that after watching the movie, the audience will definitely agree with his evaluation.

What is that impression?

It is probably the "wall" that exists between idol drama actors and movie actors, as well as the "wall" between traffic stars and powerful actors.

In the eyes of movie directors, actors who specialize in idol dramas are difficult to make a difference in movies.

Not to mention, Zhao Liying's positioning in the circle has always been a "traffic star".

It was also after the transformation and began to act in some dramas that it came into the eyes of film directors.

"Happiness to Ten Thousand Homes" and "The Wind Blows in the Summer", her performance is quite good, which can be regarded as paving a sunny avenue for her transformation.

brief summary

Zhang Yimou chose Zhao Liying to play this role, and he also had the intention of fancy traffic to achieve a win-win situation in business.

It is a good plan to choose a supporting role with acceptable acting skills in the traffic.

But the director probably didn't expect that Zhao Liying's performance completely exceeded his expectations.

That's why he said, "It gave me a big surprise".

It doesn't matter who the protagonist is, the supporting roles are well played, and they are still radiant.

You have to admit that half of the tears in the film are brought by the character of Hao Xiuping.

You don't have to hide and hide your acting skills, Zhao Liying's acting skills in "Article 20", I think she can afford to praise them.