Zhang Ziyi Legend Oriental Woman
In April 2009, “Vanity Fair” magazine in the world’s billions of women in selected out of 19 could trigger a world war a beautiful woman, Zhang Ziyi, is the only chart the whole of Asia women. There is no doubt that in Hollywood, she has written for Asian women, a legend. Her legend comes from not only did she have the international classic, she represents the modern Chinese-style. Like her name, in China, known as Zhang Ziyi, in the United States, also known as Zhang Ziyi, but they are just used to put names on the back. She had her attitude, never to meet, confident and proud. Famous American critic commented on her: “She definitely has the pride of the capital, but Hollywood never refuse to have the pride of the capital.” So, in this period of 23 anniversary of the pairs of the international edition of the magazine published, we will focus on for your introduction, Zhang Ziyi’s international film industry is how to start, and she brought a change in how … …
“Sometimes Life is like a jigsaw puzzle, is an outsider to put you in a location. Your place here today, tomorrow you may feel more appropriate in another place.” Park Hyatt Hotel in Beijing, the highest of the China Bar, Zhang Ziyi about her life. Her feet are CBD, China and the world economy, the connection point. Choose a quiet corner, we sat down. The opposite, she wore a silver-gray T-shirt, simple but not simple, dark blue jeans wrapped in thin legs, high heels without losing vaguely reveal a gentle force. Her hair was swept up in a pony tail tie the braids too high, as the expression on her face, like high spirits.
She points, for a cup of coffee, slightly wrinkled brow a moment that in order to a meeting in the morning got up early. However, she has happy moments together, happily said: “My little niece, waiting for me, I would like to take her to swim.” We have the topic began in her family, she was talking all the time, there is a deep eye pointing a sincere heart, her mind occasionally jumping, but every word clear speech. We talked, she was often a look out the window, it is the usual Beijing sky, gray, not clear and lofty. “Do you know what? Each returned to Beijing, when the aircraft is about to fall, watching the gray Dodo days, my heart is Liangtang Tang’s.” Americans have been presumptuous to say that Zhang Ziyi’s ambitions in the West, she was smiling said to me: “to New York feeling, forever unable to return to Beijing than cordial.”
Zhang Ziyi did not know that this is not the famous film festival, has always been the original base for training of new people, where, once out of the many world-class big-time director and international film star.
First visit to the United States, and the imagination quite the same as
Aircraft landing in the United States Utah Park City. Here is the American ski resort, very cold. Snow everywhere, facing the sun look at the past, the air is water vapor to form the Ice in the fly. In January 2001, Zhang Ziyi off the plane all of a sudden has been frozen stunned and speechless. “I did not think the United States so cold ah.” She muttered in her heart, as she imagined the United States can be really not the same.
This is Zhang Ziyi for the first time to the United States, she followed Zhang Yimou to attend the Sundance Film Festival to promote “My Father and Mother.” The Film Festival and the Oscars are the two extremes of American films, Sundance is designed for independent film and video, as well as the famous film and the film has not yet set. Cohen Brothers said that apart from the Toronto Film Festival Sundance Film Festival, the threshold for the lowest Film Festival. , “Not because of the low threshold works, but because of this film festival has maintained an extremely inclusive gesture welcomed the new directors and new actors.” Industry commented.
The free atmosphere filled with the town of the western United States, where, in addition to be able to see from around the world non-mainstream films, everyone can walk past and the directors, actors to speak freely. Zhang Ziyi for this fledgling festival Sidongfeidong, when she does not speak English, people are more shy, not very good at talking to strangers.
Perhaps people are not too high above sea level to adapt to, “I feel sleepwalk on the back.” Years later, Zhang Ziyi, I recall with their first U.S. tour, said “Seeing so many people who love movies non-stop conversation, discussion, also know that some of them controversial topics, as if I understand the film a little more. ”
Zhang Ziyi did not know that this is not the famous film festival, has always been the original base for training of new people, where, once out of the many world-class big-time director and international film star: 1985, Coen Brothers With a “blood maze “The drama won the Sundance Grand Jury Prize, after which greatly increased the confidence of the two brothers win the shoot-day,” Barton Fink “,” Fargo “and” the absence of men, “at the Cannes International Film Festival clocked a previous Palme d’Or prize for best director and three, after which he replaced the “Old Men” became the number one hot Oscar; in 1989, only 26-year-old Steven Soderbergh shoot sensual magnificent The “sex, lies and video tape,” shook the Sundance, the audience chooses to pitch for the feature film prize, 4 months later, this film successfully selected for the Cannes International Film Festival, and eventually won the Palme d’Or for best film … …
At that time, “My father, mother” beat from around the world 27 films, including self-guided Japan’s Takeshi Kitano acting out of the first English film, won the audience award voting. Zhang Ziyi and Ryan Gosling (2006 Nian With “Half Nelson” won the Oscar nominations), Jake Gyllenhaal (2005 year “Brokeback Mountain,” his Oscar-nominated best supporting actor), has become the world’s film from that year Sundance discover the most attractive of the three young actors and actresses. Sundance fortune from their rapidly toward Hollywood.
“I have never been a Hollywood dream.” In Hollywood’s power centers, Zhang Ziyi, but never think Hollywood is her dream.
A person living in New York, loneliness go hand in hand
First U.S. trip to Zhang Ziyi did not leave behind a deep impression. Really make her feel of American life is that she study English at Columbia University during the time.
The summer of 2001, Zhang Ziyi came to Columbia University, was admitted to a girlfriend at home, so we prepared some time learning English. Prior to this, in a film festival because of the low standard of English pronunciation and poor vocabulary, and she was mean to ridicule.
Once again, Beiqishubao When students without English-based Zhang Ziyi is no suspense been assigned to the primary classes.
“What is the problem?” To her teachers and fellow students often ask questions, this is typical American-style education.
“Say no exports, there are problems can not tell you.” Initial days, Zhang Ziyi is always silent, barely noticeable classmates this girl from the East. Occasionally there is the Italian people to stand up, with not a standard English stumbling advice to the teacher, so she especially admired, “also his classmates a little better in English and other students also asked what problems could not always he was a man stood there said. “She also remembers when the boys come to school is always open a red Ferrari, it seems like a very good families. At that time, Zhang Ziyi is always take the subway to school, this time, she has played in Hollywood, the “Rush Hour 2.”
During that when students come, Zhang Ziyi, a person living in an apartment, only friends left a cat to accompany her. 5 o’clock every morning, the cat will jump on her bed on time, with claws scratching her awake. “It is to allow me to feed her to eat.” Zhang Ziyi drowsily put end cat food, fell on the bed to sleep. On one occasion, she has just Weiwan cat, and continued to go to bed, you have not seen for a while, the cat claws scratching her face again, it completely woke up the next Zhang Ziyi, in the room, after a careful examination, she happy to laugh: “So Do cats eat more, and vomit. ”
Although there are lovely cat companionship, although the school when she has long been used to date outside their own, while the unfamiliar language, unfamiliar environment, or to Zhang Ziyi never feel lonely.
“A kind of very strong sense of loneliness, and once I get sick, go to the hospital himself, totally unfamiliar, and really struggled to live with.” In those days, Homework is Zhang Ziyi’s only spiritual pillar. Go hand in hand in order to expel loneliness, Zhang Ziyi to go to school on time after school, back home began to do the homework the teacher arranged down. “And China is strong enough, foreigners have come to learn Mandarin, others do not have to be a sin I have endured.” In her mind, such thinking is the best opponent to defeat loneliness.
“My goal is always played a good role in the next one, rather than taking a prize in Hollywood.” And the outside world for her ambitious evaluation of different, in addition to movies and roles, Zhang Ziyi has never fame and power as their own ideals .
I came to filming, not to conquer Hollywood
Dare not speak any English the day away from her forever, and in fact, in our chat process, Zhang Ziyi must constantly switch between the English and Chinese – we are talking several times the phone from Hollywood interrupted, there are many new films to be waiting for a chance to discuss her film.
“I have never been a Hollywood dream.” In Hollywood’s power centers, Zhang Ziyi, but never think Hollywood is her dream. “My goal is always played a good role in the next one, rather than taking a prize in Hollywood.” And the outside world for her ambitious evaluation of different, in addition to movies and roles, Zhang Ziyi has never fame and power as their own ideals .
“Crouching Tiger” as Zhang Ziyi got tickets to Hollywood, “Memoirs of a Geisha” Let Hollywood for the Chinese girl exclaimed, when the Hollywood film about one after another coming to her when she spread the word people said: “Hollywood is not our world. ”
“In Hollywood, I turned down the movie a lot more than I make. Hollywood is the American game, to the Asians are not many good roles. In fact, the idea is very simple, you think there are many good Chinese film roles is for foreigners? “she did not because it is in Hollywood, they make a decision to reduce its own standards. “Hollywood will shoot a year a lot of lousy movies, so I do not care that people say you took a number of Hollywood drama, you want to make, what kind of drama, and what kind of producer co-operation This is the most important.”
“I came to filming, not to conquer Hollywood.” Is no longer just blindly worship, Zhang Ziyi’s blunt a lot of people for the first time an objective look at this superior movie palace.
Despite pressure from brokers, Zhang Ziyi turned down a lot seems to be little sense in her American film. Has always been to decide everything – her role and her life. Her talent and hard work that she is bound to red, not just in the East, but also red in the West; and her calm and wisdom, decided that she could red, long, in Hollywood, this place is full of classic, her persistence may be a Oriental classic.
“In the U.S., many of the actors will have the ability to produce their own films, perhaps in China, very fresh, in foreign countries, they are common things.” Zhang Ziyi in her own way, low-key talk about their ideals: “Good The role requires a strong team to go for you to create, and the creative process is not one or two days on the possible. ”
A short span of two sentences, albeit brief, was able to clearly explain her a producer’s mind – not about the owner of a dream, nor about the money and, more importantly, is able to create more good movies.
When the lens of the photographer trying to record her every fashion party, when people are in a warm and discussed her every dinner, fashionable dress, all of the people do not know, Zhang Ziyi most memorable will always be in Cannes in 2008 The Wenchuan earthquake that preparations for the fund-raising dinner, and she wore a black dress on the Naduo small white flowers.
Celebrity life is not what I want
In addition to Hollywood, a variety of celebrity parties and international awards ceremony has always been the stars of the arena. For every one here, for those who struggle, and no one did not want to lose the limelight at such occasions.
February 2000, losing their leaves Berlin sky, people in the cold where Jin Guo a thick winter coat, walking hurriedly, petite Zhang Ziyi first appearance in the Berlin Film Festival, the first time before the whole world, her oriental America to the city more than a hint of heat and temperature.
Was amazing to see the change in 2006, the Academy Awards ceremony, Giorgio Armani personally designed for her dressed in a black dress that she boarded the fashion heights in the same year’s Cannes Film Festival, she was again wearing a red Armani combat gear.
From then on, Zhang Ziyi to Oriental and Western-style modern classic perfectly together, in a variety of fashionable parties, her beauty, such as diamond-like shine, and she and her together with representatives of the Oriental fashion, unstoppable.
In April 2009, the United States, “Vanity Fair” magazine launched the “woman” special edition, in this special edition of the magazine voted through the network named its 19 world-class beauty, Zhang Ziyi selected as the only Asian actress, and Angelina Na Julie, the French first lady Kalab lugny, the United Kingdom ranked list along with supermodel Kate Moss and so on. Like Greek mythology, Helen, which has triggered a war charm Empress Dowager Zhang Ziyi, is on the list the only Asian women. This way of life dedicated to reporting high society magazine commented: “In the billions of women around the world, only these 19 have set off war of stunning, rated as the 21st century beauty Helen of Troy.”
Heard that they can lead to war, Zhang Ziyi shrugged, smiled.
“Rip tens of millions of Chinese clothes, bedecked in jewelry and relieved, that is the life of most of the truth, I most want to look like.” Zhang Ziyi casually leaning on the large sofa, the increasingly appeared to petite. Are familiar with her friends all know, even if there is a room on the couture dress, her favorite time to wear is still the most simple T-shirt and shorts.
When I asked her about her name and a “high society” with more and more appeared in the news, she laughed again, her face full of quietly talking about the world’s most high-profile Vanity Fair, like about her niece, the next to go for a swim with a small, like an everyday affair.
“I have never thought to break into high society, on the contrary, I do not want to enter what kind of a circle.” Although the United States, major celebrity parties, more often than to see Zhang Ziyi’s figure, but she did not consider it is a different world.
“Maybe in one circle, you make the crowd is not the same, but I do not think there is much difference between this occasion we may discuss the contents of a little more charitable, political topics will be a little more, but I that can not be assigned to the type of their own people inside. ”
When the lens of the photographer trying to record her every fashion party, when people are in a warm and discussed her every dinner, fashionable dress, people do not know, Zhang Ziyi most memorable will always be that the 2008 Cannes Wenchuan earthquake preparation times for fund-raising dinner, and her wearing a black dress on the Naduo small white flowers.
“You have done so much for your country, someone will still challenge your show, how do you do?”
“I have done in order to conscience, and I do not care, I do not dispute for those who do.” She blurted out without hesitation. Close to a half-hour interview into this answer, she put the most sonorous, powerful, and the most steadfast. Yes, regardless of whether the outside world to her to conquer Hollywood and the United States labeled as upper class labels, Zhang Ziyi, has not swayed by fame and fortune, still always listen to your heart, which for her would have been sufficient.