Character focus

“It’s been a long time since I have played such a good character, and I’m deeply attracted by her complexity,” actress Gong Li told Beijing News.
巩俐在接受《新京报》采访时表示:“真的很长时间没有遇见这样一个好角色了，她的复杂性非常吸引我。”

Gong spoke of her latest role as Yu Jin, a movie star and a spy, in the Saturday Fiction, which came out on Oct 15 in the Chinese mainland.
巩俐谈到她的最新角色——既是电影明星又是间谍的于堇，该角色出自于10月15日在中国大陆上映的电影《兰心大剧院》。

Gong “harnesses her timeless screen power to inhabit the role of Yu,” IndieWire commented.
独立联线影评网评论称，巩俐“利用她永恒的银幕魅力，诠释了于堇这个角色。”

She has the ability to imbue tiny moments with surprisingly deep feelings. For example, in a scene, Yu tells the other character to simply “take care”, nothing more. “But Gong’s posture, look and delivery elevate this parting greeting to the level of a Greek tragedy,” The Hollywood Reporter noted.
巩俐能赋予微小瞬间意味深长的情感。例如，有一幕，于堇对另一个角色只说了声“保重”，再无其他，“但巩俐的姿态、神情和演绎方式，让这场道别无异于希腊悲剧的水准。”《好莱坞报道》指出。

It is such power that earns Gong the praise for “being the character she plays” in her acting career.
正是这种表现力，让巩俐在演艺生涯中获赞“把要演的角色演活了”。

In fact, it is a habit for her to spend two or three months preparing for her roles ahead of filming. “Every character is special for me. So I learn special techniques to play them or try to get used to their living environments,” Gong said .
事实上，在拍摄之前，巩俐通常会花两三个月的时间准备角色，她说：“每个角色对我来说都是特别的。所以我学习一些特殊的技能，好去扮演角色，或者尽力去熟悉角色的生活环境。”

When shooting Saturday Fiction, Gong was trained to quickly load a gun in the darkness, repeating the process many times until the skill “almost turned into a physical instinct”. Although the gun-loading scene was cut from the final version of the film, Gong said the skill helped her to better understand her character.
在拍摄《兰心大剧院》时，巩俐训练了如何在黑暗中快速拆枪装子弹，她反复练习，直到这种技能“几乎变成了一种身体本能”。虽然拆枪装子弹的镜头在最终版本中被删掉了，但巩俐表示，这个技能有助于她更好地理解自己的角色。

Her pure love for film also makes her portrayals of characters convincing. Gong told CGTN that she tries to live a simple life to get rid of distractions. She hardly appears in reality shows, thus having more time for “focusing on the character”.
巩俐对电影爱得纯粹，这让她刻画的人物生动可信。巩俐在接受中国国际电视台采访时表示，她想过简单的生活，排除纷扰。巩俐很少出现在真人秀中，因此她有更多的时间去“专注于角色”。

“As an actor, sometimes it’s hard to stick to it because there are so many temptations. Only true love can make you stick to it,” Gong said.
“作为一名演员，有时候坚守是很不容易的，因为行业确实诱惑众多。只有热爱，才能让你坚守下去。”巩俐说。

以上文章内容选自《21世纪学生英文报高中版》，详情请见《21世纪学生英文报高中版》高一846期