In the eyes of others, Ding Yiyi is often associated with the label of "cute girl", and she is playful and eccentric on the screen, and is often the most endearing one in the story. From the debut of starring in "The Best time of youth" in 2017, winning the 17th Lily Award for Best Actress with "Billiard Girl" the following year, and now playing the role of Qiu Jiaxin in the hit drama "Heartbeat Source Project", Ding Yiyi's actor road seems to be brisk and relaxed, but always carries a down-to-earth and serious side.
Outside of the spotlight, Ding Yiyi in life is like any ordinary girl, simple and pure. She will be happy to play with the actors she likes, will scream for the love in the script, and will complain a little that "it is too difficult to lose weight.". Just like Qiu Jiaxin, who plays her, always be honest with people in order to harvest luck. Maybe it's also the story of a teenage girl who finds herself in the path of becoming an actress.
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The role of Qiu Jiaxin is common in urban dramas in the setting, she has a different personality from the heroine, often close to the protagonist, in the story to promote the progress of the relationship between the male and female protagonists, but also to harvest their own romantic love.
In the "Heartbeat Source Project", the main creative team broke the routine of "emotional entanglement with the male protagonist", Qiu Jiaxin, as the sister of the female protagonist Qiu Jianning, undertook the story progress of the hospital branch line, and her relationship with Qin Bin's "teacher and friend" also always touched the hearts of the audience.
Ding Yiyi confessed that he was very nervous, "When I first entered the group, I definitely felt nervous when I played with the seniors, and I was shaking even when I was shooting." But everyone was very nice and tolerant of me, including the director, who also taught me a lot of things and gave me a lot of room to play. Slowly I was able to get away with it. ”
Although he laughed that he was still a little girl when filming "Heartbeat Source Project", it was precisely this kind of little girl's simplicity that created the flexible Qiu Jiaxin. In the play, Qiu Jia's heart is pure and kind, with a little girl's unique scare. When she thought that her master Qin Bin liked her sister Qiu Jianning, she would make all kinds of matchmaking. This kind of unscheming personality is a bit similar to Ding Yiyi's usual state of life, "but I am still slightly more mature than her." ”
As a little girl who grew up being pampered by her parents and sisters, Qiu Jiaxin inevitably has a wayward and arrogant part in the eyes of the audience, and Ding Yiyi has a very peaceful attitude and has his own views on the praise and bad reviews that Qiu Jiaxin has received. "Although it is eccentric, many people do evaluate her as a bit of a work. But after all, Qiu Jiaxin, as a child who was pampered and raised, and did not enter the society, although it was a bit of a work, but her nature was still cute and kind. She also has a heart to work well, including in the relationship is also growing. ”
In Ding Yiyi's eyes, the key word about Qiu Jiaxin is "growth", and these two words also run through her entire crew. From the initial nervousness to the slow can improvise, partner Xu Kaicheng is indispensable. "I wasn't nervous about starting the shoot, it felt like playing with a good friend, and he recognized that I could catch it and act how I wanted to."
"Heartbeat Source Project" Ding Yiyi as Qiu Jiaxin
From nervousness to ease, in addition to the confidence given to the actors in the play, the change of environment also gave birth to her growth. A scene in the crew makes her still unforgettable, "That scene is about Qiu Jiaxin teaching in the countryside, and as a result, there was a mudslide, and the scene in that scene was all wood, bed board, and it was winter, it was particularly cold when shooting, I wore a white coat, and my face was smeared with mud, and I was pressed inside." In the play, I wanted to protect a little girl, and I had to cry and talk, which was difficult at the time, but the director thought I was in a very natural state. After shooting, I felt like I was improving again. ”
Qiu Jiaxin's role is heavy, although for Ding Yiyi, this means that there is more room to play and polish his acting skills, but it also makes the audience question the excessive drama of this role. This point of doubt Ding Yiyi looked very open, in her opinion, the actor is only for the service of the plot in the end, how to act, how many scenes can be played, the actor can not unilaterally decide. She doesn't argue or try to refute it, because for a newcomer actor, the chance to be seen is important. "I have a very good mentality, I have the honor to star in a work, everyone is satisfied when they see it, and I hope that everyone can be more tolerant and acceptable, which is a very fortunate thing for me."
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In the upcoming sweet pet drama "Little Brother Who Lives Opposite Me", Ding Yiyi wants to play the female number one Tian Tian. As an "imperfect" girl, Ding Yiyi smiled and said, "She is cute but has many flaws." The unfolding of urban sweet pet dramas is often inseparable from a "sweet" word, which can be seen from the somewhat peculiar and playful name of "Tian Tian". "She doesn't like to clean up the house, she's a big hungry cat, she has her own temper, she's sloppy and lazy, but she's a very real and ordinary girl."
Nowadays, after detaching from the "tall" character setting, urban dramas have become more and more fond of portraying real stories close to ordinary people. Tian Tian's casualness and freedom have similarities with Ding Yiyi, they don't like to disguise themselves, don't like to live tightly, "There is nothing to hide, people live freely is very good." This rare open-mindedness makes her not afraid of being misread.
It is also this slackness that also allows Ding Yiyi to meet the role of his choice. As early as the previous "Dear Lord Medicine King", she had already provoked the beam of the heroine, one person decorated two corners, which was not only the cute and cute Banlan Root Immortal Xiao Songlan, but also the former female demon king Jiang Qingyun in Daxing City. She admits that although the two characters are a bit refined, "they seem to have a little bit of the same as my own personality." ”
It didn't take long to meet the role that suited him, and to have the opportunity to do some authentic performances, in the eyes of many people, it was Ding Yiyi's luck. She also recognizes this, acknowledging that the current strength is here, "Maybe in a few years you can challenge more different roles, but you can't force it." ”
"Dear Lord Medicine King" Ding Yiyi as Xiao Jinglan
She wants to try charming villain roles, just like the little fans in the American drama "Breaking Bad", who is both good and evil, although evil, but has her own pain, this complexity of human nature attracts her. Ding Yiyi talked about the "boyishness" in his personality, and also longed for female characters to have a three-dimensional personality like male characters. When asked what kind of female role she wanted to play, she thought about it: "Always play a little girl, but also want to be a big heroine." 」 ”
With the innocence of a girl, Dante did not want to be confined to this framework. As a newcomer actress, she also has her own ambitions. Not born in Keban, but in the film and television works to absorb the nutrients of the predecessors, like Jin Chengwu, but also like Zhou Xun. Those are all faces that belong to the heyday of the film, with a fluidity temptation that is rare among actors today. Not defined, but also unique aura, is the direction of Ding Yiyi, who is still exploring on the actor's road.
She admits that she has learned a lot from her predecessors in the play, and she has also worked hard to learn the experience of empathizing with others, although it is still clumsy, but the scenery along the way is her biggest gain. "In fact, if you enter the drama now, some of the more non-daily things will have some difficulties, but I am also combining my imagination and then entering the situation given by the opponent." Fortunately, the current role does not have a particularly obvious span, so it feels good when it comes to the transition. ”
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On the way to becoming an actor, Ding Yiyi has the component of yin and yang. She began studying ballet at the age of nine and had eight years of skill. Ballet is a child's skill, because of the relationship between stage viewing, the requirements for body shape are particularly harsh. Entering a ballet class often requires rigorous selection, with the length of the arm and the length of the leg being measured, and the lower body being 10 to 16 cm longer than the upper body. In other words, it requires long legs, long arms, small heads, and good insteps.
It was this unique temperament that had been influenced by dance since childhood that made her receive private messages on Weibo asking if she wanted to become an actress. "At that time, I was going to study abroad, but I received a private message, and the other party was also a very good sister, so I asked my mother if I wanted to go, and she told me that you are happy. I went to see their work, and I was editing something, which I thought was very interesting, plus I liked to watch movies when I was a child, so I went down this road step by step. ”
And Ding Yiyi's fate with the current company is also inseparable from dance, "I practiced dance in the dance studio, and then one of the company's brothers found me and talked to me about cooperation." Although the company's business today is mainly based on cultivating idols, it is also planning for the multi-threaded development of Ding Yiyi. In addition to the heavy identity of an actor, Ding Yiyi also has his own dream of singing and dancing. When she's not acting, she goes to dance classes with her other siblings in the company and laughs that she's the most inconspicuous of them. Despite the busy filming, Ding Yiyi insisted that when she had time, she would follow her to class, to study, to learn more about what she had not had the opportunity to see before.
When she was seventeen or eighteen years old, Ding Yiyi accidentally embarked on the road of an actor, and the smooth shooting and interpretation made her naturally like the performance and persisted. In addition to controlling her diet for the sake of being photogenic, other troubles under her open-mindedness are all overnight floating clouds. But everything is logical and also needs to pay the price of a lot of works to lay the groundwork for the resume. Ding Yiyi also has his own method of mediation for this busy work schedule - to maintain life. "I think I definitely still want some free time to live, because I think life is very important, and life is also important for the completion of a role, but if you can live happily at work, it is naturally good." 」
She tries her best to find the joy of life in her busy work, playing with her favorite teacher in the crew, meeting new friends, discussing new topics, and screaming for the love in the story together... She also shared the content of a private message from a fan with her, "Her mother died last year, and she wrote me private messages every day, sharing her life with me every day like writing a diary. She would also tell me that watching my daily routine would make her happy, and she was a nurse and would tell me a lot about paying attention to her body. ”
The concern from strangers has eased many of the pressures faced by public opinion after becoming a public figure, and she always has a smile on her face when she talks about this kindness. Unlike the bright and beautiful she imagined in the magnesium lamp, Ding Yiyi was no different from an ordinary girl in life. She is homely and enjoys staying at home and chatting with her family, and can sleep all day if she doesn't work. Even her dream is very ordinary and warm, "If I don't work as an actor, I will open a coffee shop, and I can drink some wine with my family and friends at night, and drink some coffee and chat with people during the day when I work." 」 ”
From dancer to actor, Ding Yiyi's career has dressed by accident, luck, reason and defeat, which are neutralized with her girlish heart and blended into a gas field unique to Z-era girls. Today, she will not be depressed by the criticism of the outside world, but she is grateful for all the forgiveness and appreciation, and will work hard to prove her ability for these loves.
At the recent Olympic Games, she chased after every game with a Chinese team, lamenting the tenacity and strength of the athletes, and yearning for if there is a chance, she also wants to try those very exciting and extreme sports, "I still like high places." But whether it's diving, skiing or surfing, Ding Yiyi is not afraid, she just knows that the moment she lets go, she will find the freedom she is looking for.
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