For many years since her debut, Zhou Jiayi has actually participated in many film and television works, but for mainland audiences, the works that Zhou Jiayi has participated in before are less impressive than the two TV series she and Norma Lin have cooperated in recent years. Those two TV series are "Margaret and David Mung Bean" (hereinafter referred to as "Mung Bean") and "Bridge of Sighs", which refreshed the impression of Hong Kong dramas by Chinese audiences. The two have known each other for many years, and when they were still on TVB, Zhou Jiayi and Lin Boyi have cooperated in many scenes. After coming out of TVB, by coincidence, they collaborated on "Mung Bean" and "Bridge of Sighs", and in both dramas are male and female protagonists and have emotional dramas. Some netizens said that they are screen couples in the new era of Hong Kong dramas. In this regard, Zhou Jiayi laughed and said that in private, she and Norma Lin are very good friends, "I think everyone's communication is getting better and better, and it seems that two people can share a lot of things, as if they have a tacit understanding." Asked "would you like a man like Thomas or David in real life", Zhou Jiayi gave a rather interesting answer, which one would she choose? You might as well just read it.
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Nowadays, because of the hottest Hong Kong drama "Bridge of Sighs", Zhou Jiayi is once again active in front of mainland audiences. In the play, the heroine Fang Xiaowei (English name sammy) played by Zhou Jiayi, and the male protagonist Li Ziyong (English name thomas) played by Lin Boyi, friendship is above, lovers are not enough, know each other for more than twenty years, because of the wrong timing, some misunderstandings, the two people have been missed, and in the end they are not together, which is lamentable. For such an ending, Zhou Jiayi felt very sorry. In her opinion, if Fang Xiaowei and Li Ziyong could have confessed their feelings to each other earlier and told their love, they would not have so many regrets. From "Green Bean" to "Bridge of Sighs", Zhou Jiayi and Lin Boyi have cooperated in two dramas, both male and female protagonists, both of whom have emotional dramas, and the endings are very sadistic. Some netizens lamented that if Zhou Jiayi and Norma Lin play a couple again next time, can they ask the screenwriter to give a good ending so that they can really be together. In this regard, Zhou Jiayi laughed and said, "Now that you have finished watching "Bridge of Sighs" and watching "Green Beans" again, are they not together? ”
From "Mung Bean" to "Bridge of Sighs", the two cooperations between Zhou Jiayi and Lin Boyi, both sides are too involved, and it is difficult to withdraw after filming. Norma Lin said in an interview that after filming "Green Beans", he did not want to see Zhou Jiayi for a while, because in the play, Ma Jialie, played by Zhou Jiayi, lost David played by Norma Lin, and Norma Lin, who was too deep into the play, could not jump out of emotions for a while, so he avoided Zhou Jiayi. After Zhou Jiayi knew, he saw Lin Boyi again and felt that he had lost him.
In "Bridge of Sighs", although Fang Xiaowei and Li Ziyong did not end up together, they always had a friendship for many years, so after the cooperation between Zhou Jiayi and Lin Boyi was over, the two got along more and continued the feeling of friendship in the play. In fact, since TVB, the two have known each other and worked together many times, but the previous cooperation is not as impressive as "Mung Bean" and "Bridge of Sighs". Speaking of TVB, Zhou Jiayi, who debuted in TVB, believes that TVB is like a big school, actors have many opportunities to try, it allows you to make mistakes, "It doesn't matter if you don't do well this time, I still have the next play for you to do." And Zhou Jiayi, who has studied in TVB for many years, admitted that the change in mentality after going out of TVB is to see the real kung fu, "because when you go out, you will not have a next time if you shoot badly this time." ”
Never give up acting
"If you have one thing you enjoy doing,
Why don't you try to the end?"
Recalling her own path as an actor over the years, Zhou Jiayi said that she still likes filming very much, although on this road, she has also encountered a low point. But in the end, Zhou Jiayi still persevered, all because she thought, "People come to the earth once, this life is hurried for decades, if you have one thing you like to do, why don't you try to the end?" If you've tried and still haven't worked, drop it. You can try again the next time you come back to Earth. ”
Recalling that experience, Zhou Jiayi felt that she was very lucky, "Heaven may also think that I like acting, and he has always given me the opportunity to continue this industry." At the beginning, the family was not particularly supportive, "but they did not object, but they will worry, they will worry about whether the industry is a long-term industry." In order to make the family not worry, in addition to the job of an actor, Zhou Jiayi also accepted her father's suggestion to study law and won a higher legal diploma from the University of Hong Kong. Now, seeing Zhou Jiayi slowly gaining a foothold in the show business circle, her family has gradually relaxed her heart and turned to support her. For her family, Zhou Jiayi is always very grateful, "because this is a kind of love, and at the same time they are very tolerant." ”
Zhou Jiayi in life likes to run, and she feels that she can communicate with the body when running. In addition to running, she also likes to meditate and read. She laughs and says that her family may be full of philosophical books like "101 Philosophical Stories on the Pillow", "I like to explore some of the things above the mind and mentality." I feel like I'm a person who often wants to challenge myself, wants to improve on my own, wants to make myself better, and I want to have more and more love. This love is to love the people around you, but also to love yourself. She considers herself optimistic, and her standard for her other half is "this person must not be a selfish person." In addition, being kind-hearted, having the same values, and being able to communicate with each other is also her requirement for her other half. Some netizens are curious whether Zhou Jiayi in real life will like men like thomas or David. After zhou jiayi thought about it for a while, he smiled and replied, "If it is true that 2 choose 1, I will choose thomas." Because I think Thomas is an assertive, brave person. And he will give silently, and his kind of love is very selfless. One thing I didn't like about him was that he never confessed to me. "Yeah, if Thomas had confessed to Sammy earlier in Bridge of Sighs, their children would have been in junior high school twenty years from now.
Nandu Entertainment × Zhou Jiayi
"When I learned to love myself more,
There will be someone who syncs with me."
"After filming "Green Beans", Bella didn't see me for a while.
He felt like I hurt him."
Nandu Entertainment: What was the opportunity to get you exposed to the TV series "Bridge of Sighs"?
Zhou Jiayi: It should be four years ago, when I met Lin Baoyi and two directors (Yang Cheng'en and Li Shaobo) when they made "Green Beans". Later, they wrote the script of "Bridge of Sighs" and asked me to work with them again.
Nandu Entertainment: Do you think that Sammy in the play actually has a lot of opportunities to confess her feelings with thomas?
Zhou Jiayi: I think it is possible to confess, but unfortunately, sometimes it seems that Heaven helped them choose. Something happens that makes it seem like they will always miss it. Obviously, something happened when I first wanted to talk about it, so that they couldn't do it together, so I was really sorry.
Nandu Entertainment: This time with Norma Lin again, as an actor and as a producer, do you think there is any difference?
Zhou Jiayi: There is a difference. Because he's in the role of producer this time, in many cases he can tell the actor some of his ideas, or he suggests to the actor, you can do this. When he is just an actor, he may not interfere with how the actor will act. But in his position as a producer, he can express, to help the actors, how to act will make this role more brilliant.
Nandu Entertainment: Will you be too immersed when filming, and it is difficult to withdraw after filming?
Zhou Jiayi: Yes, of course. The hardest thing to pull out is definitely "Green Beans". The time to shoot "Green Beans" is also relatively long. The scene at that time was also very concentrated on Margaret and David. That becomes the time of shooting, until the end of the shooting, you will always feel as if you are sorry for someone who loves you very much. If you ask Poly, Boydon knows. After we finished shooting, Boydam didn't see me for a while. He had said that he felt I had hurt him and that he didn't like me. Of course he didn't say it at the time, but I was very good friends with him, and I can say it now. But in those days, people were not very connected. Then I felt that when I met, I had a feeling of losing him forever.
Nandu Entertainment: Is this feeling still there?
Zhou Jiayi: No more now. Now I'm a very good friend, I don't know if I've become like thomas, I think it's funny. In fact, I have known Norma for many years. At that time, in the TVB era, we worked on a lot of plays. We worked together until "Margaret and David", until now Sammy, Thomas. I think the communication is getting better and better, becoming two people as if they can share a lot of things, as if there is a tacit understanding. So happy and became very good friends.
Nandu Entertainment: It is said that you first entered the industry because you liked Aaron Kwok?
Zhou Jiayi: In fact, I didn't enter the industry because of Aaron Kwok, I went to learn to dance because of Aaron Kwok. Then I worked as a dancer for about two years, and then I was exposed to this profession. At that time, I was still reading books, middle school, still very young, teenagers, and after reading the books, I entered. Thinking about whether to try it, I thought acting was very interesting, and then I participated in it, took the artist training class, and officially entered the industry.
Nandu Entertainment: Later, when I cooperated on "Peerless" and met my idol, was it like a dream come true?
Zhou Jiayi: It feels like I'm dreaming. When my agent and I knew it was Aaron Kwok, I was looking directly at my agent, wow! There's a sense of "am I dreaming?"
"If I really chose 1 out of 2, I would choose thomas"
Nandu Entertainment: Has your family always supported you when it comes to acting?
Zhou Jiayi: At the beginning, it was not actually supportive, but they did not oppose, of course, they would worry about whether my industry was a long-term industry that allowed me to live. But maybe because they have seen me so insistent for so many years, and now they are slowly seeing more performances, they have changed from worrying at the beginning to being very supportive of me now. I am also very grateful to my family. Because it's a kind of love, and at the same time they're very inclusive.
Nandu Entertainment: I heard that you have a higher diploma in law from HKU and graduated with a good score of 10a, how did you do that at that time?
Zhou Jiayi: I just memorized the script like that. Because there are a lot of cases, a lot of cases, it becomes what I think is interesting, in fact, it is like a story. Some of them are individual cases, they have to be memorized, and I will recite them as if they were scripts. I gave money to read, so I must be able to stand up to myself. I either don't read it or I have to give it some thought. I'll just write down the year, and when I write down the year, there will be an a+. So at that time I was like crazy, I read day and night, and I kept memorizing it, as the script did. If everyone is willing to take the time and is willing to be attentive, nothing can be done.
Nandu Entertainment: What do you like to do when you are free? What are your hobbies?
Zhou Jiayi: I really like running. I meditate, I meditate too. And reading books. If I didn't have to start work, I would have run in the morning, and now the epidemic has not gone. I think running is very good, when running, you are able to communicate with your body.
Nandu Entertainment: What kind of personality do you think of yourself in life?
Zhou Jiayi: I think I am also an optimistic person. At the same time, I looked at the books I had bought before, and I thought it was 3 years old and 80, that is, when I was a teenager, I watched "Sophie's World". I read books at home, probably also some of the 101 Philosophical Stories of the Pillow. I love exploring things about the mind, the mind. I often want to challenge myself, I want to improve myself, I want to make myself better, I want to have more and more love. This love is to love the people around you, but also to love yourself. Many times people will neglect to love themselves, that is, scattered, your heart will worry about many things, but rarely return to themselves. I think it's a kind of learning.
Nandu Entertainment: In real life, would you like a man like Thomas or David?
Zhou Jiayi: If I really chose 1 out of 2, I would choose thomas. Thomas is an opinionated, brave man, and he will give silently, and his kind of love is very selfless. In contrast, David is also very much in love, but David loves himself so much that he ignores himself very badly. Thomas is wise, he can measure, he is analytical. So if I had to choose, I would choose thomas. One thing I didn't like about him was that he never confessed to me.
Nandu Entertainment: Not confessing this thing really makes women sad.
Zhou Jiayi: Yeah, that's the only bad thing about him, dressing up for the day (always pretending).
Nandu Entertainment: For the other half, what are your mate selection criteria?
Zhou Jiayi: You must not be a selfish person. I think this is very important. In addition, he must be very kind, good-hearted, and very loving. I also hope that everyone can communicate, in terms of ideas, the values are the same. Hopefully such a person can be found.
Nandu Entertainment: Do you think such people are difficult to find in reality?
Zhou Jiayi: It seems to be difficult, I haven't found it for a while. I think it's fate, it's really fate.
Nandu Entertainment: Is that still a wait?
Zhou Jiayi: Yeah, wait for the day to be for you. Probably, when I learn to love myself more, someone who is in sync with me will show up.