In real life, Ni Hongjie memorized her lines well before filming, and she was never late for filming. (Photo / Nie Yifan)
She was late for filming, she rushed to the scene in a hurry, the departments were already in place, and everyone was waiting for her. She suddenly realized that she hadn't memorized a single line, and in a panic, she opened the crumpled line book in her hand, but she couldn't read the words on it. The director shouted to start, and a beam of light hit her face, and she panicked.
Ni Hongjie suddenly woke up and realized that it was a dream, but she hurriedly closed her eyes, wanted to return to the dream and look at the lines twice, and only after a while did she react: "This is a dream, why should I memorize the lines?" "Whenever the pressure is high, Ni Hongjie will be troubled by similar dreams, the same shooting scenes, the same embarrassing anxiety, over and over again.
In real life, Ni Hongjie memorized her lines well before filming, and she was never late for filming. She is particularly serious about her work, demanding that she do what she says and does not like to influence others because of herself. This is very similar to Zhu Wushuang, who she played in "The Legend of Wulin", always sensible, always cooperative, rolling up her sleeves and shouting "let go, I come", unwilling to add a little trouble to others.
In recent years, Ni Hongjie often plays some mother roles, and the audience mentions that she always has a wave of regret and feels that she has not grasped the timing. She herself looked very lightly: "When I was young, I was really resistant to acting for various reasons, and if I acted hard, I would only become more and more disgusted, and I might have changed my line long ago." Taking advantage of the hesitation, I tried what I wanted to do, and it was good. ”
When it comes to the past, Ni Hongjie does not have so much remorse. Her parents didn't understand her job, and she didn't complain so much. There is a kind of self-conceited calmness in her, a kind of brittle stubbornness. She never cared much about what she had not gained or what she had lost. Good and bad, she took them all.
Never understood
When she was a child, Ni Hongjie's parents went to the countryside in Changshu, Jiangsu Province, and she was fostered at a relative's house in Shanghai.
The discipline at home is extremely strict, and from the beginning of school, every little thing she does must be approved by the family. She learned to observe the color of speech very early, and the mood of the people around her changed slightly, and she could quickly find out. During the interview, the reporter's chair was a little short, leaning forward to chat with her, she called a pause, asked the assistant to change a chair, and said, "This is more comfortable."
As a child, she was dark and thin, rarely wearing beautiful clothes, and could only pick up the fat clothes left by adults, so she was always unconfident. She thinks that she has no literary and artistic cells, and the children around her have taken many interest classes, and can play instruments, sing, and dance, but she does not know anything.
She had few friends, and spent most of her childhood playing alone, going to underground bomb shelters and demolished abandoned neighborhoods in a daze, and talking to small animals when she was bored. The first time she performed in her aunt's factory, when it was a factory celebration, she danced with a group of children on stage, and after dancing, she got the only reward she received as a child - a toothpaste.
Only during winter and summer vacations can she meet her parents. When she left, her mother took her to the coach station, and the mother and daughter, through the window, waved and wiped away tears. When she was a child, Ni Hongjie had to experience such a distinction several times a year.
After Mom and Dad joined the queue, the family was finally reunited. Dad is an accountant in the mall, my mother is looking for various small businesses to do, mentioning my mother, Ni Hongjie has some sighs: "In fact, my mother has a very good voice and can sing Shanghai opera, but because my mother's culture is limited, so I can't participate in the troupe." ”
My mother once opened a small shop, the account book crookedly recorded the flow of the store, the words that could not be written were replaced by paintings, and the account book often appeared on the bottle of wine, a piece of sugar and other patterns. Ni Hongjie said: "My parents' ideas are very simple, go to work well, try to save money, and when there is enough money, they will buy small TV sets, Xiaoice boxes and other electrical appliances for the family, so that the family can live better." It's all real wishes. ”
A few years ago, Ni Hongjie took her mother to a variety show, which asked each mother to write a letter to her child. Seeing this setting, Ni Hongjie had some doubts, but did not say much. On the day of the recording of the program, in the reading session, her mother told the contents of the letter in front of the camera, and Ni Hongjie lowered her head and looked at the letter written to her by her mother, which was blank.
"I was very sad at that time, not studying has always been my mother's heart knot, she 'wrote' such a letter to me, my heart must be particularly sad." 」 Ni Hongjie said reproachfully. Since then, she has decided not to bother her parents and no longer let them cooperate in the recording of the show.
Letters have always been the way ni Hongjie and her father communicate.
When she was a child, she borrowed in Shanghai and had to pay an additional borrowing fee. She always felt that she could not integrate into it, and her inferiority complex came up, and she did not want to study in Shanghai. So she wrote a letter to her father, and when he received it, he wrote back to her. Months passed, and when she received the reply, the semester was over and the transfer was over.
The family's ideology is conservative, and no one is engaged in art-related work and scorns related work. After Ni Hongjie entered the entertainment circle, her father wrote her a letter, the general content is - other people's children are gold rice bowls, silver rice bowls, dad hopes that you find a stable job, do not do the actor's illusory work.
Mentioning this, Ni Hongjie sighed deeply: "Just like there is no way to communicate with me in person, it is all this era, (Dad) still writes to me, and the words outside the words are that I feel that the work I do is not decent." ”
Ni Hongjie was once one of the "top ten advertising stars in the country", and filmed a underwear advertisement that was popular all over the country - "Tingmei Underwear", which was broadcast on many TV stations. During the meal, whenever the familiar prelude music came, the family began to be silent, and after dozens of seconds of embarrassment, everyone still avoided talking. Ni Hongjie said: "My parents rarely talk about my work, they will talk about how my uncle is, how my uncle's children are, how my aunt is, how my grandmother is, and even the neighbors around me can discuss for half a day, but they will not talk about me." ”
In recent years, her mother has no longer been so resistant to Ni Hongjie's work, and has become more and more supportive of her, seeing the videos she sent and forwarding them to the family group. But the elderly mother is a little unable to distinguish between reality and performance, seeing Ni Hongjie lying on the hospital bed dying in "Chinese Doctor", her mother is very uncomfortable, and said to her: "Oh, no wonder you said don't let me see this, see you like this, I want to cry to death." ”
Dad is still the same. Every time Ni Hongjie returned to Shanghai, her father was always watching a war drama, over and over again, and watching it with relish. Sometimes she would knock on the side and tell her father, "Recently I have a new drama, have you watched it?" Dad waved his hand and said, "Look at it next time."
Sometimes when she is angry, Ni Hongjie will shed tears. She confessed: "In fact, I am not very good at this, and there is a lack of communication and communication between my family. But my dad's thinking has been solidified, and he is older, and he can't change anything by reasoning with him for half a day, and he will still think that I have a bad attitude. "She has been obedient since she was a child, has a clear concept of growing up and down, and consciously is a junior, never arguing with her parents and calculating."
Stills of Ni Hongjie's participation in film and television dramas. In recent years, Ni Hongjie often plays some mother roles. (Photo/ Courtesy of respondents)
Late ripening people
Becoming an actor means always being scrutinized from the outside world, and after shouting "card", life is full of shots: "Someone always recognizes me and then asks all kinds of questions, which is really uncomfortable." I like to find a small stall to eat some kebabs, but if someone stares at me, I instantly feel that this thing is not delicious. ”
Before the age of 34, Ni Hongjie was never used to this kind of scrutiny. She always wanted to escape, to escape to a distant place, to find a paradise, to immerse herself in her own world as she pleased. At that time, she saw acting as a way to make money, and when she made some money, she fled for a while. She hiked around with her "donkey friends", took a tent into the mountains, opened an inn in Yunnan, and raised all kinds of small animals... For the future, she has no plan, and always feels that there is a better place.
Ni Hongjie has hardly received praise in the process of growing up, so she is not very confident, and she will think twice about saying a word, worried about making the other party unhappy. And the actor is a special need for a sense of faith in the work, if there is no self-confidence, will not believe in the role, will not believe that they can play well, which will inevitably affect the final presentation.
With this idea of retreating at any time, a few years after the entertainment industry was about to leave, Ni Hongjie participated in the filming of the film version of "The Legend of Wulin" in 2010. Director Shang Jing noticed the change in her body: "Ni Hongjie, what's wrong with you?" It used to be quite spirited, but now how to become a wood? Later, Shang Jing recommended her to audition for the "Blue Bones" crew of which Cui Jian was the director, and because of the image and temperament, she was selected as the heroine. This time, she has been praised by the director and staff, which she has never experienced before, and she also feels the charm of the performance for the first time.
The sense of faith is long overdue, but in recent years, most of the scripts she has obtained are playing mothers, all kinds of mothers - costumed, modern, bitter, lively, sad, wandering on the edge of gray. Some people have studied the age difference between the mother played by Ni Hongjie and the children in the play in recent years, and the most exaggerated one is that she plays the mother of the same age Lu Fangsheng.
For these roles, Ni Hongjie herself is more frank: "I will cherish every role that finds me, even if it is a small role." Even if they are all playing mothers, she will try to create a different feeling, she laughed and said: "Don't feel sorry for me, when I play a small supporting role well, everyone applauds me, I am happy." 」 ”
In the TV series "Sudden Holiday", which aired some time ago, she played a trendy mother, and at first she did not particularly understand the mother's thoughts in the play - "It did not match the environment I grew up in, I have never seen such a mother", she can only bring herself close to the character by imagining such a life.
Wang Jiaxi, the screenwriter of "Sudden Holiday", talked about the cooperation with Ni Hongjie and felt that Ni Hongjie's role modeling gave herself a great surprise, "She can see her past life experience and feelings in her performance." In Wang Jiaxi's view, it is a very fortunate thing to find what they are good at and love when they are young, and few people are able to achieve insight at a young age, and they should not impose age shackles on them.
Wang Jiaxi said: "It is never too late to start. Many people feel that they should take advantage of the rising period and seize all opportunities to take themselves to a higher level, but Ni Hongjie is not, she is not so utilitarian. This coincides with the character of the heroine of the play, "Durian".
In "My Father and Me" released during the National Day, Ni Hongjie did not play much, only a few lines, and she still took it seriously. The plot is set in 1978, the year she was born: "When I walked in the alley, I imagined that I was born in June, and in October I had grown up to shoot a drama, which was really a fantasy life." ”
Ni Hongjie learned a lot of acting tips and methods to deal with problems from director Xu Zheng, "Shooting time is limited, Xu Zheng has to allocate so many resources in a short period of time, get the shots and pictures he wants, the idea must be particularly clear, really powerful."
Now she also wants to do this, relying on clear thinking and down-to-earth efforts to find the lost initiative.
Ni Hongjie enjoys the process of entering different roles: take out a part of the body, then search for a circle of people around, take a little from each person, and then assemble into a character according to her own understanding and ideas, giving the character a soul. Ni Hongjie laughed: "When I was a child, whenever the teacher asked me what I wanted to do when I grew up, I didn't have a clear answer. Now that I'm older, I've done jobs where I can experience different careers. ”
When entering the role, Ni Hongjie herself will also have some changes. When playing Niu Meili in the TV series "Come On, You're the Best", the characters in the play like to drink whiskey, and during that time she seemed to fall in love with drinking, drinking a little every day and discussing with people which wine was better.
One night after the filming, she poured some wine again, but suddenly felt spicy: "It's so hard to drink, how did you do it before?" "Now she still has half a bottle of whiskey in her house.
Ni Hongjie is an optimistic person, she said: "After adulthood, I am much happier than when I was a child, and now I am much happier than the original, so I firmly believe that I will be happier in the future, I am working hard now, step by step, that day will come sooner or later." So I'm not in a hurry, and the future is my best stage. ”
Ni Hongjie's voice is a little naïve, and she will add a lot of southern girls' usual tone words, soft and sticky.
When it comes to acting, she doesn't feel that she has much talent, nor does she use big words like love and pursuit, but she keeps saying "will work hard" and "I like", without grand prospects and without vows.
Going around, she finally found the anchor of life. "It's always going to be fine." Ni Hongjie said.