"There are actually many kinds of women in their forties, and when you see such a woman, the first reaction is that she is 'older', she is 'not married and has no children'. But what are these female characters that are more important and really worth exploring?" ——Xie Yingxuan
Counting Xie Yingxuan's large and small screen figures that have been deeply rooted in people's hearts in recent years: "A Qing, the eldest sister of the Chen family in "Lonely Taste", Chen Jialing, who is forty years old in "The Cultivation of Ordinary Women", and Zhang Qi, a psychological consultant who seamlessly connects with "Paradise on the Fourth Floor", the intellectual, capable, strong and frank appearance in front of the camera, with unparalleled acting explosiveness, shuttles through one beautiful body after another.
The three words "Xie Yingxuan" seem to have become the representative of the new women today.
I still remember that Xie Yingxuan's smiling face welcomed people into this interview space, emitting a dazzling and not oppressive momentum on her body, and at the same time she spoke as if she was also observing the listener in reverse. You can't find any familiar character in this pair of eyes, or there is no fragment of a character that defines this post-film actor who has performed for more than fifteen years.
Perhaps for her, the description of "constantly challenging the image of the elderly leftover woman, unmarried and childless" in the world's definition itself has a sharp blind spot - after all, people do not directly ask male actors of the same age, and do not label the first time: Why play a bachelor again?
It can be seen that this has never been the main reason why she has become Chen Jialing and Zhang Qi, but rather - "women really have countless different aspects." At the corresponding age, interpreting the corresponding roles allows the public to see different issues and faces, such as the female aspect, the forty-year-old aspect, and the various aspects of society, and she will be willing to nod.
Most actors will gradually set some goals for themselves, expecting to interpret various types of characters, cooperate with different directors, challenge scripts with certain differences, etc. Xie Yingxuan has always held the mentality of enjoying acting, following intuition, and hoping to have fun at work. Therefore, it seems that many times it is not she who chooses the script and the role, but the script and the role that choose her.
In Xie Yingxuan's talk about "The Cultivation of Ordinary Women" and "Heaven on the Fourth Floor", we can see its interpretation of different aspects of women!
Looking back at the moment when she first played a single mother, except for the script of Xu Yuting and Lu Xiaoyuan, which was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, she said that she was very lucky and could not understand why the director or producer dared to hand over Liu Sanlian to herself.
At that time, the script of "Who Fell in Love with Him First" made Xie Yingxuan can't help but be funny several times, because for a while, the news media or social network websites recorded videos of middle-aged men and women who were out of control and angry and scolded frequently, and she pulled high decibels for a second to show the legendary acting explosiveness: "How much is it!" Talk", "How awesome! You record again! It doesn't matter if I'm like this", "Why do you want money?" Wait, then you may see someone slap it without warning. It is conceivable that netizens and acid people have set out one after another in the posture of righteous demons.
All this makes her reflect on why people have become like this? But they can't see what they look like now, what experience in life will cause them to be intellectually disconnected in public?
At this point, her tone paused, "Actually, this is a very sad thing." Such a subtle and strong motivation drives her to dig deep into Liu Sanlian's mother and her life story, try to restore the truth of the fragments that have been demonized by public opinion, and even explore the main reasons behind the so-called horror mother and emotional blackmail.
"Sometimes, I don't have any grand goals for taking over the role, such as "The Cultivation of Ordinary Women", there was only one reason at the beginning: I knew Yan Yiwen, and I knew that many of the team in the first season would be theater actors, I simply wanted to play with this group of people, I didn't have any responsibility, anyway, I finished acting, broadcasting, and then the audience liked it or not, and didn't like it, and I didn't expect it to become like this in the end." 」
Even when she wears a mask, the expression on her face still flashes a hint of mischievousness in an instant, and she modestly faces people's admiring eyes with an attitude of unintentional willow insertion. Rather than not pursuing the so-called grand goal, it is better to say that the people, things, and things that can attract her attention contain certain strength and development potential.
Taiwanese drama rarely has fictional characters that impress audiences, rarely talks about an actor, equates with the character, and vice versa, but Chen Jialing is one of the few exceptions. This role not only led her to regain her passion for the performing arts, but also to find a balance between acting and life.
Xie Yingxuan always described that the purpose of taking over "The Cultivation of Ordinary Women" was to let go of herself once, when she only wanted to play and had no interest in anything; but thanks to her dear Chen Jialing, she also felt: This life is actually very short, so short that you don't have time to force yourself and hate yourself.
The timing of the appearance of the script of "Paradise on the Fourth Floor" is in Xie Yingxuan's career burnout period, thanks to the core proposition of this story is "healing", in the right moment without one step earlier or one step later, it has dragged her and her fate. The tacit understanding between director Chen Xinyi and Xie Yingxuan is self-evident, and there is a secret flow of trust, appreciation, respect and pity for each other.
If you want to find a word that clearly explains the reason for inviting Xie Yingxuan to star in the first place: "Intellectual", it is the description that the director Chen Xinyi, who sat on the side, has been in his heart for a long time, but has never revealed it to her personally. When Xie Yingxuan heard this, her eyes widened and she looked at her with a look of disbelief, and the two of them laughed out loud at the same time.
The director explained more affirmatively that xie Yingxuan's intellectual side was the one that attracted her the most, most of which came from the stage drama works of the Tainan People's Theater Troupe that she had watched quite a few times. Chen Xinyi created Zhang Qi, a psychological businessman, according to the imagination in his mind, and the interesting thing is that Zhang Qi is not only one.
It can almost be said that Xie Yingxuan alone plays the triangle, but two of them only exist in her inner world.
Zhang Qi, dressed in red, and Zhang Qi, dressed in black, appear at the right time in various moments of internal conflict in life. This is actually a certain degree of difficulty, because you must memorize the lines of three people,, and think about how to go on the scene before the performance. Moreover, the original setting was one to represent sensibility and one to approach rationality, and later Xie Yingxuan found a contradiction:
Rationality should belong to Zhang Qi himself, so later Zhang Qi in black changed to represent the constraints imposed by her mother on her children, and played chess with self-righteous rationality and coercion from top to bottom.
Faced with a dilemma, on the one hand is the real desire of things, on the other side is the foolproof choice, she laughs that she used to use flops to make decisions, but in fact, the process of choosing obstacles makes her spend a period of time on self-awareness, after all, there are always "both are difficult to throw" moments.
In fact, the crux of her self-questioning is not the inability to choose, but where do the emotions and anxiety behind it come from? What exactly is the reason for the intention to absolve? Forty years old is not like twenty years old, accidentally fell, there will be a glimmer of life, the year of not confused should arrive not confused, no longer have the cost and time to take a long detour.
On the contrary, life is always "always do not know how to be good", in Zhang Qi and her own life experience, Xie Yingxuan gave herself the expectation of "balance", learning to take responsibility for her own decisions and consequences, learning to recognize the direction of her heart at that moment.
The process of connecting the invitations to "Paradise on the Fourth Floor" is also like finding a work-life balance.
Because no matter the director or actor: Huang Qiusheng, Ma Zhixiang, Pan Lili, etc. are all less contacted by her in the past, the low tiredness of professional burnout makes her want to find a gap to breathe, and on the day of the first meeting with director Chen Xinyi, she has long been prepared to pick up or not to pick up; but she has always been curious, how can anyone dare to do such a partial content at this point in time? After talking in person, you will understand the sincerity of the other party.
Unexpectedly, the two of them chatted for three hours, and those intuitive, frequency-like small reasons opened Xie Yingxuan's switch at the right time, just this script is about healing; it just so happens that at this stage, she needs to be healed. At that moment, her heart was crossed, and she saw where she could go.
Under Xie Yingxuan's frank gaze, the strongest is the sincerity and gentleness. And that's what I feel, she's looking for a response to that sincere and gentle gaze, called fate.
Such a fate made her willing to bear a little more tiredness, a little more burden of hardship, and go to the soup to fight the fire. She has the dashing courage of a heroine, but also has the ability to perceive everything, leaving a small piece of self in each interpreted character, so the missing corner is filled with Xie Yingxuan in the future, which is the reason why she cannot be defined by any role - always do not know how to be good, always seeking the next transformation.