Millennium director

"Have the opportunity?"

"What's the meaning?"

Liu Yifei, always smart, understood in an instant. Regardless of her hair blowing, she turned around and threw herself into Wu Yuan's arms. She raised her head and blinked her bright eyes.

"Brother, do you have a new movie?"

"Do you want me to act?"

"I can!"

Facing Liu Yifei's shining eyes, Wu Yuan stretched out his hand to push her head away in a funny way, "I just said that casually."

"Maybe in the future, but certainly not now."

Just now, Wu Yuan did have a lot of classic movies in his mind where the heroines had their heads shaved or had a crew cut.

In fact, in the international film industry, it is a very classic plot for a female character to have her head shaved.

Hair is never just hair.

At least not only in the material sense, it has always been given many definitions by human society.

In movies, cutting women's hair is often a form of spiritual discipline and punishment.

The logic of the movie comes from the dark places of civilization in history.

Some people believe that cutting off the sexual characteristics of long hair can prevent some disasters.

Make sluts unable to seduce men and let them reflect on their "corrupted" morals.

Therefore, this kind of behavior has been a kind of public humiliation and a means of psychologically suppressing others in some periods.

For example, in the classic movie "Legend of Sicily", the heroine Marina eventually became the scapegoat for the masses to vent their resentment against fascism.

Once the most beautiful woman in town, she was a thorn in the eyes of other women. Only by taking advantage of the opportunity of catharsis after the war, could women tear her beauty apart in the name of justice.

They shaved off her sexy curly hair and tore off her remaining clothes.

The men who had crowded around to light cigarettes for her stood aside and acted as spectators of the good show.

In domestic movies, this kind of scene is not uncommon.

In "Donkey Gets Water", the male humiliation of Zhang Yiman is also to shave his head, which is called justice.

Zhang Yiman, whose hair was cut off, could no longer utter the "sleep on him" symbolizing the heroic slogan of feminism, and finally ended up going crazy and miserable.

There is no doubt that in these films, hair symbolizes female dignity.

Those who cut women's hair experience the pleasure of conquest with personal power over others.

Of course, in addition to being forced to cut off their hair, there are also movies in which women cut off their hair on their own initiative.

When in movies, women take the initiative to cut off their hair, get a crew cut or a bald head, it is usually a metaphor that the woman wants to "prove herself" or "stop being bullied and become stronger."

For example, in "Seals", naval intelligence officer O'Neal joined the special forces SEALs as a woman. In order to gain recognition, she resolutely shaved her head.

For example, in "Young You", after Chen Nian was bullied and her hair was cut messy, she simply asked Xiaobei to help her cut it short and trim it, leaving a meaningful scene. In the following story, Chen Nian always had a one-inch hair style and no longer had long hair.

Of course, Wu Yuan does not agree with this metaphor.

But it is undeniable that any plot that involves shaving a woman's head, whether actively or passively, is more difficult to act in this type of movie and this type of role, and it tests your acting skills.

And this kind of movie, once it is made, has the potential to become a masterpiece.

"The Beautiful Legend of Sicily" and "Young You" both won many awards, and "Donkey in Water" is also a masterpiece with great potential.

If Liu Yifei tries to play this kind of role, she might actually win an award and make some breakthroughs in art awards.

But this was just a random thought that occurred to Wu Yuan.

If you think about it carefully, whether it is "Young Man's 豼" or "Donkey Gets Water", it is not easy to play the heroines of these two movies well.

In comparison, "Young You" is more suitable for Liu Yifei, but Huang Xiaoya's performance in this movie is so good that when Wu Yuan thinks of this movie, he will think of her face.

In "Donkey Gets Water", Ren Suxi also performed the essence and soul of this role.

It can be said that in both movies, the actors made the characters, rather than the characters making the actors.

Liu Yifei's biggest disadvantage is that she is too beautiful.

If she were to act in "Young You", I'm afraid she wouldn't be able to portray Chen Nian's tragic situation.

This has nothing to do with acting, it's purely an image disadvantage.

The same makeup done by a yellow duck would look ugly and miserable, which makes people feel heartbroken and sad.

But if Liu Yifei were to do the transformation, even though she could look like she had been raped, people would still pay more attention to her beauty.

At this moment, Wu Yuan understood instantly why good-looking actors, no matter whether they were Oscars or Europe's top three, had a hard time winning awards.

It’s really difficult for them to act like ordinary, ordinary people.

Just by looking at your face, you won’t think you are ordinary.

He also understood why Xiao Lizi wanted to ruin himself, turning his handsome face into a fat boy's face.

Maybe this is the humorous part of showbiz.

If you are not a handsome man or a beautiful woman, you will not be able to enter the entertainment industry and become a glamorous actor.

But if you want to perform the top and best roles, you can't have handsome men and beautiful women. You have to be actors with "ordinary looks" like Ren Suxi, Huang Xiaoya, and Huang Bo, so that they can resonate with the audience and make them pay attention to the story itself. rather than an actor's image.

A beautiful face made Liu Yifei successful, but it also restricted Liu Yifei.

"Fortunately, I'm not an actor." Wu Yuan murmured to himself.

With his handsome face, if he were to become an actor, he might not be able to win the top three best actor awards in Europe.

Fortunately, compared to "Donkey Gets Water", at least "Young You" Liu Yifei can still give it a try.

The heroine of this movie, Chen Nian, is a top student in school. She looks weak but is a strong girl on the inside.

It's just that Huang Xiaoya looks ordinary, so in Wu Yuan's memory, this character is an ordinary girl.

But no one stipulates that top students cannot be good-looking.

Perhaps finding a good-looking actor will indeed make the movie lose a bit of color, allowing the audience to be more distracted and pay attention to Liu Yifei's appearance rather than the story when watching the movie, but the impact will not be that big.

In comparison, Ren Suxi's role in "The Donkey Gets Water" really has nothing to do with beauty. This kind of black humor comedy is not suitable for beautiful actors.

"Sissi, I do have an idea for a good script." Wu Yuan came back to his senses, looked directly into Liu Yifei's eyes, and whispered softly: "This is a story about teenagers and school violence."

"I have a hunch that if this story is well filmed, it will easily win three gold medals in China."

"But this play is difficult to do."

"It's a very high challenge for you."

"Want to give it a try?"

"Yes!" Liu Yifei said without any hesitation, "I also experienced campus violence in the years when I first came to study in the United States."

“I want to make this movie!”

Don’t worry, there won’t be a real kiss scene