In the praise or complaints about various movies on the Internet, Gong Li's new work "Lyceum Theatre" seems a bit "cold".
There is no hot search, no praise, and no complaining.
But after really walking into the movie theater and seeing Gong Li's performance, I still couldn't help but sigh:
Even if she is 55 years old, Gong Li can still charm everyone in front of the screen.
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God appreciate the food to eat
When it comes to Gong Li, it is impossible to avoid Zhang Yimou.
He was her Bole and an entangled fate.
Even though more than twenty years have passed since that relationship, it is still constantly being mentioned and concerned.
Before knowing Zhang Yimou, Gong Li was a beautiful and talented child.
From an early age, he showed outstanding artistic talent, singing and dancing proficiently, and was still well-known in the local area.
After growing up, Gong Li wanted to learn vocal music, but because her voice was relatively thick, she could not be admitted to the conservatory, so she applied for the acting major under the advice of others.
Just because art has talent, it doesn't mean that culture classes also have it.
In the first exam, Gong Li fell off the list because of the culture class.
Unwillingly, she worked while preparing for the exam, and in the second exam, she still missed 11 points and fell behind again.
However, because of her excellent performance in performance and the teacher's vigorous efforts, Gong Li was admitted out of the box.
Describing a person as talented, often saying "God appreciates rice and eats", for Gong Li, her acting career is really much luckier than ordinary people.
Just in her freshman year, Gong Li encountered the most important opportunity in her life.
At that time, Zhang Yimou came to the Chinese opera, selected the heroine for the movie "Red Sorghum", and in a group of female students who tried the role, they met Gong Li.
At that time, Mo Yan, the original author of "Red Sorghum", saw Gong Li and repeatedly said to Zhang Yimou that "she is not suitable."
However, Zhang Yimou tried his best to defy the public opinion and insisted that Gong Li play.
When the film came out, all those who objected shut up.
Because Gong Li played Mo Yan's Jiu'er to life.
This play made Gong Li, who was in her early twenties, famous in one fell swoop, and also began her emotional entanglement with Zhang Yimou.
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Missing out is also a kind of fulfillment
At that time, Zhang Yimou was still trapped in a marriage with his wife Xiao Hua.
The appearance of Gong Li hastened the collapse of this marriage.
Zhang Yimou admired Gong Li's aura and the seriousness and steadfastness of his work.
Gong Li is infatuated with Zhang Yimou's talent and unique temperament.
A "Red Sorghum" made the two secretly have a love affair.
In 1989, when Xiao Hua was washing her husband's clothes, he found a love letter written by Gong Li in his pocket.
This relationship was exposed to the media, and Gong Li was labeled as "Little Three" ever since.
After this incident, Zhang Yimou and Xiao Hua divorced and began to formally fall in love with Gong Li.
When you connect your mind, you can work more smoothly.
In those years, Gong Li became a bullied Ju Dou under zhang Yimou's lens, Song Lian, who was driven crazy by a feudal family, Qiu Ju, who had no way to go to court, and a family treasure who "just wanted to have a peaceful birthday".
These characters made Gong Li and made them write legends together in the golden age of Chinese cinema.
But art is not worthy of the world.
After a few years of love and talk, Gong Li wanted to marry Zhang Yimou before the age of 30, get married and have children and live a plain life.
However, Zhang Weiping, who was around Zhang Yimou, deliberately provoked, while creating rumors that Gong Li was frivolous and frivolous, and on the other hand, Zhang Yimou was reluctant to get married because his daughter hated Gong Li.
In the face of feelings, women will become brave, and men will become timid.
Gong Li can not care about the insult of "Little Three" and be with a man who is 15 years older than herself, even if she is a stepmother.
But Zhang Yimou is unwilling to enter into marriage with a woman who he cannot control.
After 8 years in love, the two announced their breakup.
The following year, Gong Li married Huang Hexiang, a wealthy Singaporean businessman.
Gong Li, Huang hexiang wedding photos
Zhang Yimou also fell in love with Chen Ting, who was 31 years old, shortly after.
Zhang Yimou, Chen Ting
It was not until 2006, when Zhang Yimou invited Gong Li to star in "Full of Golden Armor", that the two became friends and colleagues again.
At the press conference, Zhang Yimou said that he recalled that 14 years ago, he had made a wish on the Great Wall to let Gong Li play a queen, and now he finally got his wish.
Gong Li, who was on the side, heard this and burst into tears.
It is a lifelong regret that two people who love each other can't come together in the end because of a misunderstanding.
But from another point of view, the miss at that time is also a kind of fulfillment.
Let Gong Li not be polished by chai rice oil and salt after becoming the wife of a well-known director.
Instead, he has been on the road of performance and has achieved extraordinary achievements.
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Professional achievement confidence
For an actress, stories from her private life can weaken her career achievements.
Just like Gong Li, many people have overlooked how good she is as an actress.
When filming "Red Sorghum", in order to be able to act like, I went to the countryside to experience the life of a peasant woman for 2 months.
For a few seconds of footage, practice picking the burden until the shoulder is worn.
In "Memoirs of a Geisha", in order to play the unique skill of the top geisha, he spent 5 months practicing throwing fans, more than 2,000 times a day, and finally practiced to the same level as the professional level.
Later, when filming the movie "Win the Championship", he stayed in the women's volleyball training base every day, recording and imitating Lang Ping's demeanor, actions and habits with his heart.
After the shooting began, because of accidentally hitting the machine, the two fingernail caps were lifted in half.
If this is put on some traffic stars, it may go directly to the hospital, but Gong Li insists on continuing to shoot for the sake of the coherence of the lens.
Dedicated and professional to the point that director Chen Kexin couldn't help but sigh:
Three pages of lines, the theme of the whole movie, Gong Li a shot perfectly interpreted, I have never shot a heavy scene in my life.
It is this kind of professionalism that makes Gong Li the first actress in the Chinese film industry to serve as the chairman of the jury at an international film festival, and the only actor in the Chinese film industry who has won personal honors at the three major international film festivals in Europe.
She once said:
"My confidence, my pride, my whole sense of security comes from my work."
In the showbiz circle that does not lack beauty, Gong Li is not a country that has fallen into the city.
But that powerful aura emitted from the inside out made her attract countless lights at that station.
The girl who was once obsessed with love has become mature and stable after years of polishing.
This is the 55-year-old Gong Li, once again proving to the world:
A woman's beauty has nothing to do with age, it is with the strength of the heart.