Before the 20 10 college entrance examination, Zhou Dongyu was a student in a dance class in Grade Three. She went to Nanjing to take an art test, and happened to meet the national recruitment interview of the crew of Love of Hawthorn Trees. The interview process didn't go well, and she was eliminated at the first time. The assistant director made another version and finally moved Zhang Yimou.
Although Zhou Dongyu is not a beauty with big eyes and double eyelids in the public sense, she has her own characteristics. When I first debuted, I took a pure route. Now I have found a style that suits me best and can stand out among actresses.
Zhou Dongyu is getting more and more beautiful now.
In July, An Sheng, I like you and other films, I have achieved good results. Xiaohong in the online drama "Spring breeze is not as good as you" is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and has been recognized by the audience. Isn't this Zhou Dongyu more attractive than many beautiful women with big eyes?
As we all know, Zhang Yimou chose Zhou Dongyu because Love with Hawthorn Tree lacked a heroine. To put it simply, Zhou Dongyu went for an interview at that time, and was finally confirmed by Zhang Yimou after being eliminated at different levels. As for the reason, Zhang Yimou also mentioned in an interview that he "wanted to express the pure love of that era, that is, the clean love story that was really paid without any balance of interests." And Zhou Dongyu is only roughly in line with the image in his mind. In Zhang Yimou's words, "She feels like a pure girl in the early years of the Republic of China."
In any case, Zhang Yimou followed his heart in choosing actors. As a senior director, he knows that he should choose actors who are suitable for the roles in the play, not the beauty pageant or the background. Of course, this also has something to do with Zhang Yimou's status. As a veteran director who has been famous for many years, it is largely time for him to make his own decision. So he can make a decision according to his understanding of the script when choosing actors. Now many young directors, of course, don't have this qualification, because there are too many factors that can affect their decision-making.
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First of all, Zhang Yimou chooses actresses and likes to use those who don't have much acting experience. Seeing Gong Li, Zhang Ziyi, Angel, Zhang Huiwen and Nini, they were all unknown before, and their performance energy was not great. Zhang Yimou chose them, and we are just a blank sheet of paper. Let them play their roles well, and because they have no famous roles before, the audience thinks they are right.
Besides, Zhang Yimou's choice of actor's temperament and appearance is very close to the task he wants to shape. For example, Gong Li, a big girl in Shandong, plays a persistent and generous female image, which is very close to her own appearance and temperament. And Nini's ink jade. Nini's figure and eyebrows are there. As soon as she puts on makeup and does a few movements, the power of charm and grace comes out. So they can play the role well even if they play it as it is.
Zhou Dongyu will play Jingqiu, an honest and naive ordinary girl 40 years ago. The photos of Zhou Dongyu in those days are very close to the image of Jingqiu written in the book. So it's not that Zhang Yimou values Zhou Dongyu, but that he needs Zhou Dongyu's own temperament to show this role. After all, it is only in recent years that Zhou Dongyu has changed from an ugly duckling to what it is now.
I saw the story of Lao Liang. At that time, I was going to shoot Love of Hawthorn Tree. Zhang Yimou asked the deputy director to go to the whole country to find actors. It is said that Zhang Yimou has seen 5000-6000 actresses alone, not to mention how many people have been screened by the deputy director. And the work can't be loud, nor can it be said that it is Zhang Yimou's casting, otherwise it will cause a great sensation. At that time, Zhou Dongyu was just an ordinary dancer in the Dance Academy. There is no foundation. I wonder if I saw Zhang Yimou as Zhang Yimou himself. At that time, after Zhang Yimou chose Zhou Dongyu, she said that the girl's photos were in line with the heroine's pure temperament, which was a bit out of touch.
Of course, Zhou Dongyu didn't live up to Zhang Yimou's expectations. He played the role very well and became an instant hit. After that, Zhou Dongyu won the film "July and An Sheng", and sincerely wished her to go further and further on the road of performing arts and bring better film and television works to the audience.
Zhang Yimou is a famous director in the entertainment circle. The first is to bring good works to the audience, and the second is to bring fame to some actors, that is, to win popularity. Zhang Yimou's Red Sorghum, Alive, flowers of war, Return from 1987 to now, and this year's Shadow, it is easy for such a director to impress anyone, and the actors also want him to praise him. Zhou Dongyu, as one of them, has no face value, and a small man with small eyes has become Zhang Yimou's favorite person. Why?
Zhou Dongyu came from an ordinary family and later suggested gymnastics. Later, I filmed Love of Hawthorn Tree and missed the college entrance examination. But Zhang Yimou attended the Beijing Film Academy with more than 300 points. In fact, in recent years, Zhou Dongyu is also very popular. I have to say that it is inseparable from the cultivation of Zhang Yimou, and Zhang Yimou has a unique vision. Zhang Yimou won the love of Gong Li, Angel, Nini and Wei Minzhi. It can be said that their values are not low, and "seeking girls" has become a title in the entertainment circle. But in recent years, Zhang Yimou began to promote some new people, such as Zhang Huiwen and Zhou Dongyu. Perhaps Zhou Dongyu's face value is relatively low, but Zifeng Zhang has also been vigorously promoted by Xiaogang Feng. Maybe he needs more qualifications and fate. After all, there is nothing wrong with low face value, and each script needs different roles to play. This may be the director's unique vision. Do you think so?
Recently, Zhou Dongyu's new drama will show "Later Us". Looking forward to it?
Zhou Dongyu was not chosen by Zhang Yimou, but by an assistant director. Before the shooting of "Hawthorn Tree Love", the heroine in all parts of the country must be pure.
Although Zhou Dongyu has changed a lot now, some people say it's beautiful, others say it's just so-so, but before being selected, Zhou Dongyu was really pure and moving, much better than Hawthorn Tree. Although Zhou Dongyu feels thin and small, it is said that the actual height is 160, and the official data is 162. She is as thin as a child, but in good proportion. Of course, it can't be compared with those long legs whose height is above 170, but for her height, her arms and legs are very slender. Because I have studied aerobics before, I have a good figure.
When she was discovered by Zhang Yimou, the deputy director, she was at an art test site in Nanjing, smiling and watching people jump like a deer, wearing dance clothes and water birds, which made people feel really excited. So the assistant director wrote down her information. Lian Xiao didn't even laugh at that time. She smiled mercilessly like a child, but carved it naturally.
Xue Mushroom watched the video online before, not to mention Zhang Yimou. Girls think this girl is so cute after reading it. I heard that Zhang Yimou quickly broadcasted candidate videos from all over the country, and then was suddenly attracted by Zhou Dongyu. Then meet for an audition. Zhou Dongyu still thinks he is a liar.
Later, I became the heroine, and I didn't know how to act. I cry or laugh instinctively. Zhang Yimou took her with her during the film promotion, and Zhou Dongyu was still puzzled, but she always amused others. Obviously, it's the kind of childish communication that doesn't learn to look at people.
However, after years of "Hawthorn Tree Love", Xue felt that Zhou Dongyu had become ugly and earthy, without her light and innocent feeling in high school. Many people also think that Zhang Yimou has a bad eye and Zhou Dongyu is not suitable to be an actor.
But from around 20 16, she changed her stylist, which fully highlighted her personal figure advantage and made her legs look slender. And people are much better looking. After winning several films, I publicly thanked Zhang Yimou on the podium.
Zhang Yimou himself said that he had misjudged the wrong person before, but Zhou Dongyu's later films Face and Fashion Sense proved that he was right. I heard that Zhou Dongyu has been selected by Zhang Yimou to make a new film.
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As far as I know, Zhou Dongyu stands out from more than 6,000 people, and the deputy director of Zhang Yimou really can't find the right person. In the Beijing Film Academy, a camera was set up, and several classes of girls walked to the camera to perform for a minute or two. It was all recorded for several hours, and then it was given to Zhang Yimou. Zhang Yimou chose her at first sight when commenting, because she is different from the innocence of modern girls. Modern people who are used to seeing big breasts and big arms will definitely like such a small one. Lucky arrival is on your head!
There must be something that makes the old man shine. To say why Zhang Yimou chose Zhou Dongyu to play Love of Hawthorn Tree, we must first know what Zhang Yimou wants to express through Love of Hawthorn Tree.
In an interview before the release of The Hawthorn Tree Love, Zhang Yimou described his original intention as follows: to express the pure love of that era, that is, a clean love story with sincere dedication and no balance of interests.
The word "pure" tells the starting point of Zhang Yimou's casting. He just accepted the nature of Zhou Dongyu, who was a middle school student at that time, and let her play the role of Quiet Autumn. According to the present aesthetics, Zhou Dongyu is not very beautiful, with small eyes, small nose and small mouth, but she has a unique temperament. Zhang Yimou said: She gives people the feeling of a pure girl in the early years of the Republic of China.
Zhou Dongyu and Shawn Dou, who have no performance experience, live up to expectations. The film was released in September 20 10, and the box office was16 billion. Today, when the box office of any movie exceeds16 billion, people may sneer at16 billion, but at that time, this figure was not low, breaking the box office record of domestic literary films.
Since then, Zhou Dongyu has cooperated with many famous directors and actors, and finally won the Best Actress in Golden Horse with July and An Sheng.
Zhang Yimou's choice of actors is never afraid of novelty, but it must conform to the characters in his movies, so that the characters can live.
I remember reading an old interview before, which seems to say so. Zhou Dongyu was chosen because Zhou's temperament and feelings met his needs for the characters in the film!
1, in Love with Hawthorn Trees, the quiet autumn that Zhang wants to create is such an image with soft temperament, delicate and pitiful appearance, which makes people feel pity, and it is still in line with Zhou's debut. Now, through several later works, it has been proved that she is still very malleable, not only weak, for example, Spring Breeze is not as good as your Little Red, July and An Sheng. )
2. It seems that Zhang doesn't care much about small eyebrows and eyes. Lao Zhang is a photographer. He has his own unique views on the choice of actors. He usually doesn't pick the beautiful women we know, but chooses faces that are suitable or can show more possibilities in front of the camera according to his professional vision.
The last thing to say is good luck!
Actually, choosing an actor is choosing a role. Just because an actress is suitable for one role does not mean that she is suitable for all roles.
Just like the danger in a dream of red mansions, who played Wang Xifeng, with sharp spirit and a full face of spring. But it is also a big horn, but it is not as good as her. This is the charm of the corner.
Zhou Dongyu played this role in Hawthorn Tree. His little face, little face and small eyes are so pitiful. When you cry, you don't see tears falling, and there are several layers of pear flowers. Diagonal rendering is very powerful. If it is someone else, it may not be possible to play. This is the accuracy of director's casting.
Playing a role is not necessarily a good actor. So the beauty of actors lies in their roles.