About ten years ago, Zhang Yimou commented on Ni Ni as a “new type”: “Compared with 20 or 30 years ago, it is a different generation. I think her future is limitless, and of course she also needs opportunities.”
This opportunity that Zhang Yimou said is probably here.
In the box-office hit “The Demolitionist 2”, Ni Ni and Andy Lau formed a CP. Two actors who were nearly 30 years old played a pair of lovers in the film. Not only did they have no sense of disobedience, but they also performed exciting emotional dramas. . At the same time, in the hit drama “The Golden Years” adapted from the novel of the same name by Yi Shu, the same frame of the two beauties of Ni Ni and Liu Shishi was also compared with the previous movies of the same name Zhong Chuhong and Maggie Cheung.
These two works brought the “Mou Girl” this decade ago into the public eye again.
In all fairness, Ni Ni’s development in recent years can be said to be high and low compared to Zhou Dongyu, who has swept the awards ceremony recently. After the jade ink in “Jinling Thirteen Hairpins”, many people imagined Ni Ni’s popularity, but in the following years, “this high platform is sinking slowly”. Instead of actor Ni Ni, the “carpet star” Ni Ni is rising. At the closing ceremony of the 2019 Golden Rooster Awards, Ni Ni was on the hot search because of her “willfulness” – Ni Ni ran away on this occasion to increase her exposure. Faced with the crowds of media, she said: “I don’t have any works. I really don’t have the confidence. You see others bring works. When you see me, you are dressed so beautifully today.” An annoyance of unwillingness to the status quo is also a soberness after self-examination. By the 2020 Golden Rooster Awards, Ni Ni’s face has become more calm and calm. At the press conference of “Bomb Disposaler 2”, she has a feeling of “he is strong and the breeze blows the hills”, which can be seen around this year. , Her mentality has undergone tremendous changes.
In “The Golden Years”, Ni Ni plays a convincing role in an unbelievable role
Debut is the pinnacle, she used to be the “Muse Girl” appointed by Lao Mouzi Goldfinger
Ni Ni is not from an acting class. When the “Jinling Thirteen Hairpins” audition, she was studying broadcasting and hosting. Zhang Yimou caught her with a glance, thinking she was “Jade Mo”. After that, Ni Ni, who had no acting experience, trained under Zhang Yimou for three years before she became astonishing when Yumo appeared on the stage. Facts have proved that Ni Ni needs a role and a team that fit her temperament in order to play a role. Nine years after leaving Zhang Yimou, she has hardly any masterpieces she can draw. The chick movie “Waiting for the Wind”, although it was created by the original crew of “33 Days of Broken Love”, it turned out to be silent on the street; the characters in “I Want to Be Nice with You” are not likable, but are on the scene. A love affair with Feng Shaofeng has developed outside; “The Year in a Hurry” was originally the most popular style, but the audience at that time had already experienced the nostalgia for youth films such as “To Youth”, and had an aesthetic appreciation for these films. “Immunity”, coupled with the fact that Ni Ni and Peng Yuyan have no sense of CP, the movie sank silently again.
Other post-85s Xiaohua reaped the flow by one or two hit dramas. Ni Ni just didn’t have this life; but if she wanted her to go to the depths, she obviously did not have this ability at that time. Therefore, for a long time, Ni Ni gave people the feeling that it was neither salty nor weak, and her acting skills were decent, but she just couldn’t become popular.
In “Mou Girl”, Gong Li has long been crowned emperor, Zhang Ziyi swept the major awards ceremonies with “The Grand Master”. After Zhou Dongyu’s three picks, only Ni Ni was the only one who received zero awards. On the contrary, she broke into a world in the fashion circle. It seems that the response to a set of portraits and attending an event was more enthusiastic than her new play. Over time, Ni Ni became a “vase” in the eyes of officials. When Yang Mi was still in the light luxury brand, Ni Ni already had the endorsements of first-line brands such as “Gucci” and “Tiffany”. As for her acting skills, it is a part that has been rarely mentioned for a long time.
She played an unbelievable role convincingly
Until the end of 2020. The TV series “The Golden Years”, which went on stage at the end of the year, gave Ni Ni a chance to unlock her acting skills. Readers who have read the original will never forget that this Yi Shu novel published in 1987 portrays the decades-long precious friendship between the two girls and writes a golden years of mutual support between women. In 1988, Zhong Chuhong and Maggie Cheung had joined hands to star Zhu Suosuo and Jiang Nansun in the movie version of “The Golden Years”. In Yi Shu’s writings, Zhu Suosuo is “a woman among women, all shining and dazzling”. She is a beautiful stunner who travels among men of all colors by virtue of her natural feminine advantages. Her social status is gradually changing from one man to another. Ascend and enter a different class. Zhu Suosuo has been under the fence since she was a child, and she has matured beyond ordinary girls. For her, “there is nothing forever in the world. A full meal can only last for three or two hours. Life is only a matter of decades.” Struggling to hit a wall, she has long understood that everything will last, including marriage.
To be honest, the character in Yi Shu’s works is not so real and grounded. Most of the portrayal of her in the original work is realized through Jiang Nansun’s narration. This makes Zhu Suosuo’s character creation in “Golden Years” inherently difficult. If you don’t pay attention, you can easily act as a gold-worship girl + a social flower. This kind of character is unlovable and even annoying. But Ni Ni’s interpretation of this time is a bit unexpected. She didn’t copy Zhong Chuhong’s kind of amorous feelings in the movie, killing the Quartet. Instead, she revealed a kind of enthusiasm and smartness of a girl who “sees through life but I still love it” in the world, so that this character has a good taste. Space for aftertaste.
Ni Ni and Andy Lau in “Bomb Disposaler 2” play a pair of lovers
Ni Ni has designed many small movements and micro expressions to show the different faces of Zhu Suosuo. During the day, she was exquisite and sculpted. At night, she closed the door and looked at the lights of thousands of houses outside the window. She found that only loneliness was with her. She was strong on the outside and longed for love in her heart, but she didn’t know how to express. The scene of seeing off her biological father made many viewers cry: Zhu Suosuo faced her only relative in front of her, and she wanted to leave after seeing her in a hurry. Act like a baby. The father-daughter relationship that has been estranged for many years determines that she can’t do it. Calm and show grace. But her father’s unexpected hug broke Zhu Suosuo’s fortifications. She didn’t want to cry in front of him, so she could only wipe away the tears from behind her father’s head. Ni Ni handles such complex emotions very well. There is also a scene where Zhu Suosuo sells the house with difficulty, and is finally able to rent a house of his own. She was walking on the street, tears in her eyes. Get what you want, here can be handled as crying loudly. But Ni Ni didn’t do it, she was overjoyed and sad, too extravagant for a woman like her. She just walked down the street with red eyes, gnawing the bread in her hand, her eyes were suddenly relieved, and she was tired. Some netizens said, “Zhu Suosuo, a role that is not very convincing was played by Ni Ni to make people believe.” This may be the best evaluation of her acting skills.
If Zhu Suosuo in “The Golden Years” presents one aspect of Ni Ni’s character, then Pang Ling in “The Hurt Locker 2” shows another possibility for her. In “Bomb Disposal Expert 2”, Ni Ni and Andy Lau’s rivalry scenes are stable and not chaotic, emotional expressions are naturally in place, and levels are deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Unlike in some similar movies, where the heroines are mostly instrumentalists, Ni Ni’s Pang Ling breaks the audience’s stereotype of such heroines.
Pang Ling is the chief inspector of the anti-terrorist special service forces, and also Pan Chengfeng’s ex-girlfriend, and the key figure in the reversal of the plot. After Pan Chengfeng broke his leg, although he was fitted with a prosthesis, he still couldn’t return to the bomb disposal unit, and his thinking changed. Pan Chengfeng, who was driving once, drove Pang Ling out of the car because of disagreements. Pang Ling didn’t give up on him, her eyes were deeply bound. Ni Ni’s performance interprets the complexity of this role, making the audience see the anxiety of “I want to save you but can’t”. Afterwards, Ni Ni contributed many tearful moments in the film. She cried for a second when she revealed the fake undercover plan to Dong Wenzhuo in the office of the chief executive. At the climax of the film, she ordered to give up Pan Chengfeng. Ni Ni’s performance was sincere and touching. It is the “tear point” of the whole play. Many people don’t know that this is Ni Ni’s first role as a police officer, and she has achieved a personal breakthrough. In the fist-fighting man scene, her performance makes the film present a multi-voice tension.
When her acting skills should be taken seriously
Many people have only recently recovered and realized that this is an actress who has been delayed by the fashion industry.
Some people picked up Ni Ni’s performance in “Chen Xi Yuan” and thought it was remarkable. At that time, she performed three different states of life in the “Sansheng III”. The first life is lively and lovely, full of immortality; the second life is a mute girl, Lin Mo, without lines relying on expressions and gestures; the third life is God, and she performed the pull of humanity and divinity… “Chen Xi “Fate” later scored higher all the way, rushing to a high score of 8.3 at the end of the series, which has nothing to do with Ni Ni’s performance; some people pointed out that in “The Rise of Heaven” Chen Kun asked Ni Ni to play Feng Zhiwei by name. To her strength. Although the drama is not well received, Ni Ni’s acting skills are always online. Some people also mentioned the anti-epidemic drama “Together” not long ago, in which Ni Ni played a nurse. Her cry and grief were shocking, conveying the inability to do anything about the colleague who fell, the guilt of her parents in her hometown, and the fear of death when she was awake at night… Some viewers said that Ni Ni cried through the screen. Into the hearts of the audience.
Someone once analyzed that Ni Ni’s exquisite face with high sense of quality is an important factor that keeps her from being certified as a capable actress. For the fashion circle, zero degrees and full of cold faces represent high-level, while for performances, character shaping requires temperature and character to fill. In the field of film and television dramas, exquisite faces tend to dissolve the character’s texture, and the sense of high-level and many plot roles cannot be combined. This is why supermodels rarely succeed in movies. Not to mention in the TV circle, TV dramas need to be in line with the public’s aesthetics and are suitable for all ages. This determines that many actresses who play TV dramas are very grounded in appearance, such as Sun Li and Zhao Liying. And Ni Ni’s embarrassment after the “Jinling Thirteen Hairpins” has a lot to do with her fashionable sense of superiority. In a similar predicament, there is also Zhong Chuxi, who also has a superior face. There seems to be no representative work after “Fang Hua”.Chen Xihan
Original title: Ni Ni, people only see the “advanced face” but ignore her acting skills
Editor in charge: Zhou Yumin
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