The reunion of the three main actors of "Thunderbolt Baby" is really old, and it is really more beautiful to stand the test of the years to call the "deadly women" of the real sisters Hollywood.
author:Fashion COSMO
"Petite Action, Omnipotent"
Speaking of "Thunderbolt Baby", everyone should be familiar with it. The film tells the story of three beautiful agents who combine beauty, wisdom and force to be hired by Mr. Charlie and accept his orders to punish adultery and evil.
Although the plot of the film is very simple, it successfully creates a positive image of the female agent of the new century with both hands and brains, and surprisingly breaks the Hollywood racial dimension wall.
At the same time, what makes COCO remember is not only the youthful beauty of the three "angels", but also the heroic posture when justice is done.
In the action movies that hollywood was full of "machismo" at that time, there were very few action martial arts movies dominated by women, and the emergence of "Thunderbolt Baby" undoubtedly caused a movie boom.
<h1 toutiao-origin="h1" > stand the test of time to be called true sisters</h1>
Recently, as one of the leading actors, Drew Barrymore's new show was launched, coinciding with the 20th anniversary of the release of "Thunderbolt Baby", so the first issue invited two other lead actors Liu Yuling and Cameron Diaz to be guests!
Looking at the picture of the three people in the same frame again, I don't know how many fans want to call "Ye Qinghui". After 20 years of baptism of time, although the three are not as young as they were then, they are more sexy and mature.
Talk about the past, and then talk about feelings, the three of them are like a sister party excited to talk about the past.
When Drew recalled their relationship, she confessed, "The reason why I like our friendship is because we can accompany each other and witness all the important and important moments together." We are so good friends because the friendship between us is real. The real things we've experienced together are by no means Hollywood fairy tales."
These three women support each other and fight together, just like in the movie, on the battlefield of life.
As a "Thunderbolt Baby", which adds diversity to the female screen image and brings a new experience to the "male dominated" agent film, what attracts COCO more than sisterhood is actually three "angels" with their own characteristics, who dare to love and hate.
In "Thunderbolt Baby", Liu Yuling plays a female detective who is good at Chinese kung fu.
At that time, Liu Yuling was just an unknown small actor, and it should be known that the other two starring actors were paid up to $10 million, while she only had a mere $1.2 million.
Although the salary difference is nearly ten times, Liu Yuling's performance in the film is no worse than Cameron and Drew. This muscular black-eyed, yellow-skinned petite woman beats a big man in the movie and can't get up, not only is the shot extraordinary, but the style is even more fierce.
In addition to Liu Yuling's highly recognizable face, Liu Yuling's extraordinary charm is mainly reflected in three words: be yourself.
Although everyone was advertised as "being themselves" at that time, in Hollywood, very few people could actually do these three words.
Liu Yuling's parents are Kochi, her father is an engineer, and her mother is a biochemist. With a passion for the American dream, the family immigrated to the United States from Taiwan. However, due to identity and race, it is not easy to find a job in the United States, and even parents who are intellectuals can only work odd jobs in Chinatown.
Far right: Liu Yuling
However, Liu Yuling inherited the excellent genes of her parents, so strong that she has more Asian innate tenacity, relying on the income earned by work-study, she was admitted to Stuyvesant High School in New York, which is extremely difficult to enter, and graduated with excellent results to enter the University of Michigan to study Asian language and culture, while taking art courses such as acting, vocal music, and dance.
Liu Yuling in high school
The performance experience in the university drama group made Liu Yuling deeply fascinated by this art, and thus gave birth to the dream of becoming an actress.
Although the family has lived in the United States for many years, her conservative parents believe that the pursuit of an ordinary and stable life is more important than the pursuit of a dream acting career, and have repeatedly strongly opposed her to becoming an actress.
But Liu Yuling, who has already made up her mind, still went to Los Angeles without hesitation, and this time, she chose to fight for her ideals.
"You may only have one chance in your life to make a big choice, choose what you really want to do," she says. ”
Liu Yuling, who knows exactly what she wants, is determined to go to Hollywood to make some achievements, but the moment she enters Hollywood, she realizes that she is too naïve. Chinese actors are not popular in Hollywood at all due to their body size and appearance limitations, and it is good to have a dragon suit role in the movie.
But in order to chase dreams, Liu Yuling gritted her teeth and insisted on not letting go of every opportunity, as long as she could appear on camera and mix a familiar face, whether it was a waiter, a secretary, a nightclub waitress, or even a mistress.
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The opportunity came by waiting, and sure enough, kung fu paid off, and in 1997 Liu Yuling ushered in the first turning point in her career.
That year, Liu Yuling played a cold lawyer "Wu Ling" in the legal drama "Sweetheart Pretty Lady". Although it is only a small supporting role, this opportunity is rare compared to the original dragon set character.
"Sweetheart Pretty Lady" as Wu Ling
"Sweetheart Pretty Lady" was filmed for five seasons, and by the third season, Liu Yuling had successfully opened up her popularity in the American market by honing her mature acting skills and her unique cool girl temperament, so she was nominated for the Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Liu Yuling, who did not want to stick to small roles anymore, began to resolve to transform, and in 2000, a "Thunderbolt Baby" made her life take a major turn.
Although her appearance and fame are not as good as the other two leading actors, Liu Yuling quickly adjusted her mentality, she frankly said: "Looking back on that year, the only thing I learned was to accept reality and master changes, only grades are the only ones that can prove your ability."
The general trend of "Thunderbolt Baby 1" led to the box office success of "Perak Baby 2", and Liu Yuling's salary increased from 1.2 million US dollars at that time to 3 million US dollars.
In 2003, Liu Yuling's salary for "Killing Bill" was close to $6 million, and she deserved it all.
This time, Liu Yuling starred as a murderous but seductive Japanese gangster killer, and her eyes and actions were bloody.
This villain character with a strong contrast, a combination of fierceness and femininity, is driven by Liu Yuling to perform the creepy and deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
With her wonderful performance in "Kill Bill", Liu Yuling won the MTV Movie Award for Best Villain.
Finally, Liu Yuling became the highest paid Chinese actress in Hollywood, and since then she has been a household name for her films.
<h2 toutiao-origin="h2" > Cameron Diaz</h2>
Cameron Diaz's acting path is much simpler and clearer than Liu Yuling's. At the age of 17, Cameron, who was a model, immediately entered the entertainment industry and became popular all the way to the present.
Cameron, who has a multinational mixed ancestry, with a good appearance and tall figure, was discovered by scouts as early as the age of 16 to sign a modeling agency and began to be active in the public eye.
In 1994, due to his outstanding personal charm, Cameron successfully interviewed and starred in "Stranger in Disguise", which has been a hit ever since.
"Stranger in Disguise"
In the movie, Cameron's charming smile and graceful posture made her a sexy goddess in the hearts of countless men, and cameron, who was only 22 years old, became the first blonde in Hollywood that year.
So with a super high starting point and sexy appearance Cameron quickly gained a foothold, began her smooth acting career, and a series of movies have accumulated a lot of popularity for her.
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But the ambitious Cameron wasn't content to be the perfect vase, so she began planning a transformation.
In 2000, as a breakthrough, Cameron starred in the "Thunderbolt Baby" series of films that pioneered female action comedy.
An unusually sexy goddess image, this time Cameron played a flower girl, and her pleasing character and vivid acting skills made her completely sit on the throne of a first-line actress.
More than 20 years after his debut, Cameron has starred in more than 40 film works, which can be said to have dedicated most of his youth to the big screen, and it is time to run his own life.
After marriage, Diaz rarely appears in the public eye, fitness, health, travel, writing books, every minute and every second she is enjoying her own life, for her love of life is far happier than standing in the flash.
<h2 toutiao-origin="h2" > Drew Barrymore</h2>
As the saying goes, all roads lead to Rome, but Drew is the kind of person who was born in Rome.
With a golden spoon, Drew was born into a film family and came from the famous Barrymore Family. Known as the "first family of Hollywood," the entertainment industry was on the big screen and on stage long before the American Revolutionary War.
Born in such an acting family, Drew not only inherited the beauty of the family star, but also was born with the blood of an actor.
If there is a level of cuteness, then Drew represents the ultimate.
In 1982, at the age of 6, Drew was caught in the eyes of the famous director Steven Spielberg and starred in the science fiction film "E· Gotty, the little girl in T.
When Gotty first saw the alien scream, Drew was destined to be remembered by the audience. After filming, Spielberg became Drew's godfather.
In 1984, Drew starred in two films, "Fierce Fire" and "Stage", which earned her a Saturn Award and a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress, respectively, when she was only 8 years old.
"Fierce Fire"
But in order to make money, her mother always took the young Drew to some activities that were not suitable for her age, and even concealed Drew's true age and allowed her to flirt with other men.
Maybe it was premature young fame, or maybe it was the dark genes of the family buried in the heart that were stirring, and finally Drew broke out.
At the age of 9, she began to drink heavily, even contracted drugs at the age of 13, and had been sent to the drug rehabilitation center three times at the age of 15, and Drew had not even finished high school.
While other children of the same age play under the blue sky, Drew frequently goes to various wind and moon places. At that time, although Drew was beautiful, there was a trace of pathology and decadence in her beauty, like a rose that bloomed prematurely, gradually withering away unconsciously.
The hindsight mother began to realize that this practice was consuming young Drew, which was tantamount to harming her, and decided to help Drew. Finally, with the unremitting encouragement and support of his mother, Drew walked out of the gray adolescence and wrote an autobiography called "Lost Girl" in the drug rehabilitation center to say goodbye to the haze of his past.
Drew, who bravely walked through the purgatory of adolescence, began to use her strength to reverse the infatuation of life and the infatuation of the "bad girl" who did not know the point, after all, in the eyes of people, she was no longer the innocent and cute child star of the year.
Determined to let go of the glorious past, Drew decided to start from scratch, and she tried a variety of roles, big and small, hoping that the public would see her strength and change her mind.
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In 2000, Drew first challenged action films, and "Thunderbolt Baby" made her a huge commercial success, and Drew began to turn the tables against the wind.
"Thunderbolt Baby" Drew set makeup photo
However, after the "Thunderbolt Baby" series, Drew still chose to produce and star in her favorite literary and artistic love movies, and the big-selling movies also made Drew regarded as synonymous with Hollywood romantic comedies.
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Gradually, Drew devoted more time to the family, and in an interview she mentioned that she "wanted to provide her daughter with a traditional, beautiful and powerful family, so that they could feel warm and happy."
From the front of the curtain to the backstage, and then back to life from behind the scenes, the current Drew faces the past and is strong and determined in the face of the future.
The friendship between the three "angels" is certainly touching, but what is even more touching is the spirit of the three "angels" who constantly try to tear off the label, break free of the shackles, and break all stereotypes. COCO hopes that you also have such friends around you, mutual trust, mutual support, mutual understanding, and common progress.
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