Zhao Liying, 36, has sparked a heated debate for her role as a deaf-mute mother in Zhang Yimou's Spring Festival film Article 20. Some of the clips from the film reveal her unprecedented image change. after changing the glamorous role setting in the past, Zhao Liying appeared almost without makeup and dressed very plainly, showing a strong commitment to the character and a firm determination to transform with a sincere and in-depth interpretation.
Although the current public footage is only a few dozen seconds, Zhao Liying has won high praise from the majority of netizens for her deeply rooted performance and authentic characterization. Even if she does not take the lead in the film, being able to participate in Zhang Yimou's works and challenge such a deep role is undoubtedly an important leap forward for Zhao Liying in her acting career.
Director Zhang Yimou praised Zhao Liying for her professionalism, saying that she kept breaking herself during the shooting and even kept silent for a long time on the set in order to better understand the state of her deaf-mute mother. The co-actors also expressed their admiration for Zhao Liying's dedication and excellent acting skills.
In the current entertainment industry, Zhao Liying, as an A-list actress, wisely chose to broaden her acting path and successfully enter the mainstream film industry from the TV field. This decision has obviously opened up a correct path for her acting career. In contrast, although many actresses of the same level are also popular because of their idols, they are still hovering among similar types of roles.
Yang Zi, 31, for example, recently played the role of a high school student in the new drama long Love, partnering with Fan Chengcheng, 8 years younger. Although Yang Zi's acting skills are widely recognized by the industry, the facial state presented in the play is controversial and is considered to lack natural dexterity and can not fully match the role. In addition, in the behind-the-scenes tidbits of Jia Ling's Spring Festival film "Hot and Hot", Yang Zi's true face was also exposed, revealing traces of time. In spite of this, Yang Zi's works in recent years are still mainly concentrated in the field of idol drama, such as "long Acacia" and "Please give me more advice for the rest of my Life" and so on.
Let's take a look at the post-85 Huadan group. Liu Shishi, 37, is still active in idol dramas. In recent years, she has starred in works such as "Dear self", "Golden years" and "a thought of Guanshan". Although she has won a prominent place on Weibo Night, but there are still no obvious signs of transformation.
At the same time, Yang Mi is also facing the challenge of transformation. Although she tried to put aside her idol baggage and play a disabled mother in the 2018 film Baby, the film received a mediocre response and did not help her successfully transform herself into a powerful actor. After that, Yang Mi returned to the idol drama market and participated in works such as "Building a Dream", "Mrs. Dendrobium", "the 28 laws of Love" and so on. Although Yang Mi was famous for her outstanding beauty when she was young, as the years passed, audiences' acceptance of her continuing to play the role of "Girl" has declined.
Zhao Liying, on the other hand, although she also started from an idol drama, since 2022, she has focused on the "Great Tsing Yi" route, through works such as "Happiness to Wanjia", "the Wind blows Banxia" and now "Article 20" and "Sauce Garden". Gradually away from the flow label, to a solid acting school. It is particularly worth mentioning that Zhao Liying does not frequently attend various Vanity Fair activities, such as the absence of Weibo Night this year, which shows that she is focused on acting and knows her own position and development direction.
Zhao Liying is known by the outside world as a "Zhao orphan", which means that she is a maverick, but this is because she is clearly aware of how her acting career should go. While many actresses are still clinging to teenage roles when they are close to or over 40, Zhao Liying has begun to bravely try a mother role with a more sense of age. as Hao Lei said, actors should choose the right roles according to their actual age. this is a reasonable phenomenon that the audience expects to see. However, this truth is not understood by all artists.