熒屏脫穎而出
《猛龍?zhí)鼐?duì)》中,李冰冰與邁克爾·賓飾演一對情侶,是刑警追蹤過程中最關(guān)鍵的人物。李冰冰飾演的尤靜,外表嫵媚,內(nèi)心卻單純。這樣一個(gè)雙重個(gè)性的角色對李冰冰來說,真是一次考驗(yàn);另外,為了和邁克爾·賓演好對手戲,李冰冰的全部對白用英語來完成。
《聊齋·小翠》中的“小狐仙”小翠,為報(bào)救命之恩和林志穎飾演的傻兒日久生情,后來傻兒恢復(fù)智力卻中了蛇毒六親不認(rèn),為救傻兒,小翠耗盡最后一絲真氣,自己卻被雷神召回天庭?;▓@里,重新變傻的傻兒夢想著和小翠無憂無慮地嬉戲,充滿童真……李冰冰飾演的女主角小翠是個(gè)善良多情的小狐仙,只不過這份愛情的結(jié)果多少有些遺憾,“你要相信他們在一起也好,分開也好。人,要一輩子相信上天賦予你的東西,不要逆天而行。我的性格也是順其自然的?!崩畋f。
1998年的電視劇《大明宮詞》,觀眾在熒屏上第一次認(rèn)識李冰冰。權(quán)力欲望的爭奪纏繞著彌漫的脂粉氣息,在大明宮殿紅墻綠瓦的掩蓋下,“安樂公主”一襲黃紗,囂張跋扈,被仇恨扭曲得變態(tài),戲份雖然不多,卻被她刻畫得入木三分;隨后的電影《過年回家》,她獲新加坡國際電影節(jié)最佳女主角獎;電視劇《少年包青天》又獲第二屆中國電視藝術(shù)雙十佳演員稱號;她的腳步從未曾停止過,她的努力有目共睹,到了馮小剛的《天下無賊》,她的才華終于在這部戲里無限量地爆發(fā)。
《天下無賊》中的“小月”
李冰冰說:“我從2002年開始拍賀歲片,《老鼠愛上貓》《百年好合》到《天下無賊》,基本上每年都有賀歲片,最近記者們都問我是不是有什么門路?我哪有?!可能是因?yàn)槲议L得比較喜慶吧,我的表現(xiàn)讓所有的導(dǎo)演都覺得值得合作?!薄啊短煜聼o賊》是一個(gè)理想主義的作品。兩個(gè)賊失去了理想家園,但在一列火車上又找到了自己的本性。”“不止一次,馮小剛這么評價(jià)他的作品,結(jié)局是悲劇,又帶略微心酸和浪漫,不似以前作品的揶揄諷刺?!崩畋劾锏鸟T導(dǎo),是中國最有才華的導(dǎo)演之一,他的聰明藏而不露,“馮導(dǎo)對女演員有改變力量。所以我要感謝馮導(dǎo),給了我一個(gè)改變的渠道,讓我在這部戲里看到我新的表現(xiàn),讓觀眾覺得我除了俠女、傻大姐,也能演其他的類型?!?/p>
對于葛優(yōu),李冰冰是身臨其境地感受到了他爐火純青的幽默功力。她第二次和劉德華合作,也讓冰冰感覺大哥對小妹妹的照顧和體貼:“劉德華很敬業(yè)很努力,很會為人,他會夸我‘冰冰是個(gè)好孩子,真是個(gè)好孩子!’”有一場在車廂里的大戲,狹窄閉塞的環(huán)境里,李冰冰跟劉德華大跳奔放的拉丁舞,劉德華從后面抱著冰冰,冰冰感到緊張加尷尬,心里直犯嘀咕,“當(dāng)時(shí)我心里別扭著,很不好意思。老是拍不好,然后劉德華就把我拉出去說,‘你是不是有什么顧慮啊?’他讓我放松,叫我不要怕,結(jié)果再來的時(shí)候我一下子就忘記了緊張。”
故鄉(xiāng)在北方父母遷杭州
李冰冰離開故鄉(xiāng)有6年了,父母已遷來杭州定居,現(xiàn)在那邊已沒有任何親人。六七歲時(shí)李冰冰特別愛唱歌,當(dāng)時(shí)想得最多的是將來要當(dāng)歌唱家,長大后,她越來越發(fā)現(xiàn)自己不大能成為歌唱家,感到這個(gè)希望渺茫。后來她有了一個(gè)更傻的理想——當(dāng)售貨員。因?yàn)槭圬泦T比較有錢,顧客都得把錢給她才能拿到東西。所以這么單純的女孩考“上戲”覺得太意外。她說那時(shí)候特別土,一個(gè)縣城里的小孩沒有任何見識和閱歷,把當(dāng)大學(xué)生作為終極目標(biāo)。如果不是演員高強(qiáng)的推薦,如果不是因?yàn)樗约阂Ьo了牙關(guān)想要完成父母的愿望,也許至今她還在那個(gè)不知名的小鎮(zhèn)上當(dāng)著音樂老師。
到“上戲”上學(xué)之后,李冰冰開始試接廣告,“地鐵”、“玉蘭油”……掙的錢也越來越多,當(dāng)初那個(gè)小鎮(zhèn)里出來內(nèi)秀樸實(shí)的小姑娘終于見了大世面,“我要相信天生我材必有用。如果你們非要說我幸運(yùn)我也沒辦法,但我沒覺得我幸運(yùn),我是在拼機(jī)會。我總是說我是天上掉下來的小球,被我踢一步走一步,誤打誤撞就入了這一行。我會珍惜每一次機(jī)會的光顧?!薄斑@一次做好了,才會有下一次的等待。好像游戲中踩地雷一般,走好了這一步,下一步才能走出一片光明燦爛來……”
如果說李冰冰有今日的成績是歸功于幸運(yùn)的話,還不如說這是她的努力。一個(gè)女人最可愛最美麗的時(shí)候應(yīng)該是認(rèn)真工作的時(shí)候,她也不例外。每個(gè)成功的背后總是會有付出和辛苦,李冰冰相信沒有吃不了的苦。拍《天下無賊》的時(shí)候因?yàn)楦咴磻?yīng),李冰冰曾經(jīng)三天三夜下不了床;剛開始拍古裝戲,第一天在鋼絲繩上走時(shí),她根本就站不起身來;從房頂上跳下來時(shí)就趴在地上站不住腳……有一段時(shí)間她肩胛發(fā)炎,疼得眼淚簌簌地流,她不吭一聲,咬著嘴趴在一旁的桌子上。但是,一到該她拍戲的時(shí)候,她居然像沒事似地說說笑笑……
拍攝《紫蝴蝶》時(shí)劇情要求她身上裹著炸彈,等她倒下時(shí)有車子從她身邊開過,車轱轆剛好從她的腳上碾過;《飛鷹》有多出苦肉戲,有一場戲是導(dǎo)演和武術(shù)指導(dǎo)要求李冰冰穿上一雙皮靴,站在摩托車的油箱和儀表盤上完成一系列高難動作,那雙要命的皮靴后跟高達(dá)10厘米,簡直比耍雜技的專業(yè)動作還難。
李冰冰的談吐讓我相信她絕對是個(gè)完美主義者,但她自己不承認(rèn),她說自己并不追求完美,她還是個(gè)挺“無聊”的人,“我沒有喜歡的咖啡牌子,不喜歡喝茶,也沒有推崇的香水,如果不是約人談事,也從來不上咖啡廳、茶室,這不是無聊是什么?!”
《回家過年》意外獲獎
1999年張?jiān)獔?zhí)導(dǎo)的電影《過年回家》,李冰冰在里面飾演一個(gè)女警官陳潔,人物正面得有些牽強(qiáng),卻基本得到了觀眾的認(rèn)可,她和另一個(gè)女孩陶蘭“同齡卻不同命”,多少會引發(fā)一些同情和共鳴。李冰冰也因此意外地得了新加坡國際電影節(jié)最佳女主角獎。說起當(dāng)年她與電影《過年回家》的緣分,雖然過去已經(jīng)5年,現(xiàn)在還感到有趣:快要開機(jī)的時(shí)候,劇組挑選演員時(shí)曾經(jīng)找到李冰冰飾演犯人陶蘭,但因?yàn)楫?dāng)時(shí)冰冰在拍李少紅的電視劇《大明宮詞》,所以就婉拒了。而且在她腦子里,演犯人的角色并不好。等到開機(jī)了一段時(shí)間,導(dǎo)演又來找李冰冰,這次的角色變成女警官,原先的演員因?yàn)槟挲g差距太大而不合導(dǎo)演的意,李冰冰抓住了這一次的機(jī)會,去演一個(gè)距離自己生活很遙遠(yuǎn)的角色,劇組安排她到監(jiān)獄體驗(yàn)生活的時(shí)候,冰冰自己都覺得心很虛。這個(gè)劇獲獎也純屬意外,導(dǎo)演張?jiān)粋€(gè)人帶著電影去新加坡參加國際電影節(jié),卻意外地滿載而歸。夜里一兩點(diǎn)鐘按捺不住興奮的張?jiān)o李冰冰打電話,告訴她得獎了,她高興得不知所措。而冰冰特別不自信,后來又打電話給張?jiān)?,問這是真的嗎?張?jiān)f是真的,她這才高興得都不知道該干什么了。
筆者采訪李冰冰是她在橫店和林志穎拍攝《聊齋》系列《小翠》的時(shí)候,一番交談后,我對李冰冰說:看得出你在藝術(shù)上追求完美。她笑起來,說:我并不追完美,也不算時(shí)尚。后來我又問起她感情方面的事,她說:“你說我向往什么樣的愛情?各種各樣美好的感情我都向往。我不談感情問題,其實(shí)也是沒什么可說的,很空洞。電影、電視里的愛情和生活中的愛情不能同日而語,生活是漫長的、現(xiàn)實(shí)的,且需要兩個(gè)人不斷磨合,情形好的,就是細(xì)水長流,不好呢?就像老太太的裹腳布又臭又長。我的感情,還是那句老話,相信緣分吧??傆幸惶?,他會出現(xiàn)在我的身邊的。”李冰冰的愛情中有著少女的樸實(shí)和成年人的穩(wěn)重,但這樣完美的人該到哪里找呢?如果等不到那個(gè)人呢?!
李冰冰愛看書,并在電腦普遍流行的時(shí)候保持著每天用筆寫日記的習(xí)慣,記那些沉悶的事情對她來說是一種樂趣。付出總有回報(bào),我相信這個(gè)精靈一樣的女子,會用她的個(gè)性堅(jiān)持著自自然然,堅(jiān)持著輕輕松松。
Changes Change Beauty into Film Star
By Zhao Weiwei
Li Bingbing is a high-profile film actress in China today. Born into a family in a nondescript county town in the north, her first childhood dream was to become a singer when she grew up. But later she dreamed of being a shop assistant: all buyers had to hand her money before they could get anything from her. Looking back at her earlier life in the county town, she observed that college was the ultimate dream for all the kids in the town during that time. She believed that she would have been a music teacher in the town today if she had not been encouraged to become an actress.
After she entered the Shanghai Theatrical Academy, she began to appear in commercials. These small opportunities opened a window for her to see the world. The girl from a rural town finally saw the life ahead of her. She began to appear in films and television series.
Li Bingbing never believes that her success comes from luck. \"I always believe that my talent will shine one day. If people insist that my success yields from luck, I won't bother to argue it away. But I feel that it is not luck. I have been going all out for opportunities. Small things added up and unintentionally I am in the business. I treasure every opportunity. So long as I do something right this time, I am sure I can wait for the next turn.\"
Li Bingbing works hard. When she first arrived at the filming location for A World Without Thieves, the altitude reaction made her unable to leave the bed for three days and nights. The first time she was supposed to walk on a steel wire for a kongfu film, she dared not stand up on the wire. One day she was stricken with a severe back pain at the filming location, she cried but never complained. When it was her turn to shoot, she acted energetically as if nothing had been wrong. In another movie, she was wrapped with a bomb. When she fell by a road, a car dashed over her feet. In another movie, wearing a pair of 10-cm heeled leather boots, she did a stunt on the instrument panel and tank of a motorbike.
Li Bingbing has starred in a number of high-profile films and TV plays. In 1998, in a highly successful television series entitled Poems of Grand Brightness Palace, she appeared as a princess, arrogant and domineering, and distraught by her hatred. Though the role was not the big one, her performance was impressive. Since 2002, she has appeared in a year-end movie per year categorized by news media as New Year Celebration movies. Some journalists wonder why she is so popular with different directors for this kind of movies. Li Bingbing says that she has no special relations with directors. She jokes that probably she was chosen for her happy pretty face suitable for festive movies. \"My performance makes directors think I am an actress worthy my art,\" she reckoned. The latest New Year movie was A World Without Thieves in 2005.
Li Bingbing appeared in Spring Festival directed by Zhang Yuan in 1999. Before the shooting started, the cast director approached her for the role of Tao Lan, a girl who accidentally killed her stepfather's daughter for a dispute over 5 yuan. Seventeen years later, still in prison, Tao got a chance to go home for the family reunion during the Spring Festival. As Li Bingbing was still in the middle of the television series Poems of Grand Brightness Palace, she declined the invitation. But the cast director asked her again later if she was willing to take the role of a prison guard in the same movie as the chosen actress was found not suitable for the role. Li accepted the challenge. Unexpectedly, this film won her the best actress award at the Singapore International Film Festival.
The latest one will be big-time Dragon Squad, set to release in Hong Kong in September 2005. In the action thriller, she partners with Michael Biehn.
Li Bingbing is by no means a perfectionist, though many people who know her believe she is. Nor is she after \"in\" things. She says she is not particularly fond of any coffee brand. Nor does she use a particular perfume. She never hangs out in a caf?or a teahouse unless there is a business appointment. In her spare time she reads books and pens a diary when everyone else writes on computer.
(Translated by David)