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Preface
Wang Guowei has a poem that says: "The most important thing is that the world can't stay, and the words of Zhu Yan are flowery." "For a woman, the most beautiful time in her life is the girlhood, but unfortunately she is old and can't force it.
But somehow in the entertainment industry, some middle-aged actresses have never given up the act of deliberately pretending to be tender, and they have reached the age when they should play their mothers, but they have to play the role of a young girl.
Today, we will take stock of four female stars who obviously have superb acting skills, but forcibly pretend to be tender and overturned.
Liu Xiaoqing: 71 years old and 17 years old
Liu Xiaoqing, who was born in 1951, has a very rich life experience.
She has been beautiful since she was a child, and after entering the entertainment industry, she has acted in many works, all of which have been well received by the audience, the most noteworthy of which is "Wu Zetian", which made her famous.
Liu Xiaoqing was 40 years old at the time, but with the blessing of Mao Geping's makeup skills, she instantly became a delicate and lovely 16-year-old girl.
Wu Zetian, a generation of empress with a legendary life, was vividly interpreted by Liu Xiaoqing, and she also became popular all over the country with this masterpiece.
But it was this experience that made Liu Xiaoqing taste the sweetness of pretending to be tender, and connected several girl characters who did not meet her age.
When filming "Heroes of the Sui and Tang Dynasties", Liu Xiaoqing was 58 years old, but he played a young princess who was 21 years younger than her, and Zheng Guolin, who was 21 years younger than her, shouted "girl", which was really full of disobedience.
Netizens shouted spicy eyes after watching it, hoping that this old actor would not be obsessed with pretending to be tender, and would take on a role suitable for him in the future.
But Liu Xiaoqing took these kind reminders as a deaf ear, and at the age of 71, he took a script to play a 17-year-old girl in the flower season.
This time is even more exaggerated than before, in the play, she directly combed her double braids and left air bangs, but even so, it did not hide the fact that her face was tired, and the result was naturally a group of ridicule.
With Liu Xiaoqing's qualifications and acting skills, she can take on the role of a mature woman with depth, and take the route of old drama bones, but she is addicted to pretending to be tender and can't extricate herself, which is really regrettable.
Zhang Ziyi: 38 years old acting 15 years old
In 2021, 38-year-old Zhang Ziyi played the role of the 15-year-old county lord in "Shangyang Fu".
Who would have imagined that a generation of actresses interpreting the role of a girl would rely on the clumsy expressions of pouting and selling cuteness, staring and coquettishness?
What's even more criticized is that before the show was broadcast, Zhang Ziyi served as a mentor in the program "Actors Please Be in Place", and publicly criticized Jin Sha, who was transformed into a singer, is the threshold for actors so low now?
In her words, she is all talking about how noble the profession of actor is in her heart.
Unexpectedly, as soon as "Shangyang Fu" was broadcast, the words she said when she lost her temper on the show became a boomerang piercing herself, and the dart was fatal.
Since Zhang Ziyi respects this profession so much, why do she forcibly play the role of a girl who does not fit her age? And the effect presented is not good, and it is reasonable to provoke ridicule from netizens.
In fact, Zhang Ziyi played the girl very well in her debut work "My Father and Mother", and her role in the movie "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" Yu Jiaolong is also a deviant girl.
Now that he is getting older, there is really no need to prove his acting skills under the pressure of a 23-year age difference with the age difference of the character.
Zhou Xun: 44-year-old acting 15-year-old
When it comes to Zhou Xun, the adjectives that flash in most people's minds are pure and smart, extremely talented actors, although Zhou Xun is not from a professional class, but with his natural perception of the script, he interprets one vivid character after another.
She is the fox spirit Xiaowei in the movie "Painted Skin", the poor Xiuhe in "Orange is Red", and Gu Xiaomeng, who sacrificed himself for righteousness in "The Wind".
is such a female star who has won all the domestic awards, and she was ridiculed for pretending to be tender.
In "The Legend of Ruyi" released in 2018, 44-year-old Zhou Xun played the heroine Ruyi, she did not find a young actor to play the girlhood in the play, but chose to play it by herself from the age of 15.
During the filming, Zhou Xun even brought his own stylist Zhang Shuping for the show, but the effect of the performance was indescribable.
Zhou Xun, who is middle-aged, combed a one-sided braided hair and tied a pink-purple streamer around her neck, but she couldn't hide the fatigue on her face because of the years.
In fact, except for the early girly scenes, Ruyi, who is middle-aged and late-aged, slowly showed her charm under Zhou Xun's delicate acting skills, but most of the audience was shocked by the beginning of the appearance and chose to abandon the drama.
It turns out that in addition to acting, the performer's own state is also very important to the degree of character restoration.
Even the famous Zhou Xun planted a big heel because he was not suitable.
Liu Tao: 40-year-old acting as a teenager
Compared with the first three female stars, Liu Tao's situation is more ridiculous, she was commented on her appearance when she first debuted, although she looks beautiful, she is easy to show maturity and has no girlish feeling.
Fortunately, Liu Tao's early roles are very suitable for him, whether it is Mazu, the god of the sea, who has great love, or Bai Suzhen, who is kind-hearted, they have won unanimous praise from the audience.
But she also has irrational moments, in the TV series "The Sea of Stars" released in 2021, 43-year-old Liu Tao actually played a working girl in her early 20s.
A mature face with a double ponytail was complained by netizens that he was too old and looked too dramatic.
Not only that, Liu Tao also played tender to the end in "Da Song Gong Ci", which was released in the same year.
Although Liu E in the play has been a wife from the beginning, her actual age is only in her teens, but even if Liu Tao is dressed as a girl, she can't see the girlishness at all, but has a bitter face, no matter how you look at it, it is impossible for Song Zhenzong to fall in love at first sight.
What's even more speechless is that Liu Tao himself didn't count his age in life.
In 2017, 40-year-old Liu Tao's children were all 11 years old, but in the variety show "Cute Pet Little Adult", he insisted that the three-year-old child call himself "sister", just to show his youth.
epilogue
No one can be young forever, but there will always be people who are young, in the prime of their youth, they can have unlimited energy, fly wantonly, and squander the good time to their heart's content.
There are many kinds of beauty in the world, the green girl is just one of them, and it can be very beautiful when you age gracefully, don't be kidnapped by the white and thin aesthetics, and gradually get lost in this obsession.
A qualified actor should first have the ability to judge whether the role is suitable for him, and make careful choices, which is responsible for his profession and at the same time responsible for the audience.
I hope that the actresses in the entertainment industry can bravely face their age and stop pretending to be tender and ruining their roles.