Miss Understanding from Top Cinema (Original by topcinema, reprinting is strictly prohibited
The most explosive entertainment news at the beginning of the Year of the Horse actually comes from the 75-year-old movie queen and veteran actor: Liu Xiaoqing.
Liu Xiaoqing is on the hot search again.
This time it’s not because of the domineering response of “Eight Boyfriends” or calling men to “exercise”, but because 75-year-old Liu Xiaoqing filmed a kissing scene!
Moreover, the rival actor is 30 years younger than her.
On February 26, a piece of news broke out on the Internet: 75-year-old Liu Xiaoqing challenged the role of a girl in the short play "Splendid Enron", playing the embroiderer "Su Wanqing", and staged a kiss scene with the actor Jin Jia, who is 30 years his junior.
75 years old, kissing scene, 30 years younger.
The combination of these three words has no less impact than when she played the young Wu Zetian at the age of 40.
Actor Jin Jia, who plays opposite Qing Nai, according to relevant information, was born in Shanghai on November 12, 1980. He graduated from the Central Academy of Drama. He is 46 years old this year, nearly 30 years younger than the 75-year-old Qing Nai.
Netizens' reactions also exploded: "Oh my God, it's really up to the screenwriter to write, the director to film, and the actors to act. It all depends on whether the audience dares to watch it!"
What is even more unexpected is that the actor Zhao Guanhua who plays the Queen Mother in the play is actually 12 years younger than Liu Xiaoqing.
In other words, the 75-year-old "girl" Liu Xiaoqing kissed the 46-year-old male protagonist and called the 63-year-old "Queen Mother"… This sense of age dislocation is even more magical than the script.
In order to weaken the visual sense of inconsistency, the crew also worked hard – turning on the heavy soft light filter to the maximum, rehearsing the kiss scene repeatedly and shooting it from multiple angles.
The kissing scene itself was already exciting enough, and the subsequent actions of another supporting actor in the play only added fuel to the fire.
According to netizens, Gu Yanxiu, the supporting actor in the show, liked a comment on the social platform. The comment read: "This is a work injury." Later, he responded that the like was just a mistake.
These four words are extremely lethal, causing thousands of waves to rise with one stone. Netizens instantly formed two factions:
One group believes that the actor's emotional intelligence is too low and his professionalism is worrying. "Isn't this a slap in the face of the crew?"
The other group laughed and said bluntly: "This is indeed a work-related injury, so we need to pay more!"
Controversy quickly escalated, and the number of daily reads of the topic #六晓青SKSKScene# soared to 22.55 million, ranking among the top 12 hot searches. The 75-year-old Qing Nai once again proved with her strength: Although she is older, she is very good at traffic.
Faced with this storm of public opinion, what was Liu Xiaoqing’s reaction?
Having seen countless storms, she did not post long explanations like some celebrities do, nor did she angrily attack netizens. Instead, she chose the most self-conscious way – posting beautiful photos without explanation.
After the kiss scene went viral that day, Liu Xiaoqing posted a latest photo on social platforms:
Wearing a braided braid, wearing a red fashion coat, and bright makeup. There was a pot of pink orchids placed next to her, reflecting her rosy cheeks. Her whole person exuded a powerful aura of "I am the most beautiful".
The accompanying text only has five words: "Happy Lunar New Year everyone."
The clouds are light and the wind is gentle, and the years are quiet, as if the ups and downs on the hot searches have nothing to do with her.
Someone asked in her comment area: "Have you seen the hot search? The actor liked it and said it was a work-related injury." Liu Xiaoqing still didn't bother to pay attention and continued to show off her confident smile.
The comment area has already entered the praise group mode. Everyone has liked Liu Xiaoqing's beautiful photos and praised her, "This is so beautiful!"
Some people praised her 75-year-old state as "a fairy descending to earth"!
Putting aside the gossip itself, this controversy touches on a deeper topic: Why is it that no one talks about a 75-year-old actor dating a young actress, but why is a 75-year-old actress being ridiculed for dating a young actor?
Opponents said: "Like the interaction between grandparents and grandchildren, even filters can't save the sense of dissonance." "The actor is so miserable. This is indeed a work-related injury."
Supporters asked: "An 80-year-old actor paired with a 20-year-old actress is a 'treasure sword'. A 75-year-old actress paired with an actor 30 years younger is trying to pretend to be young. Isn't this a double standard?"
Some people also cited data: in the short drama market, the starring rate of older actresses is less than 1.2%. The reason why Liu Xiaoqing took this kind of role was partly because middle-aged and older actresses really had nothing to film.
She herself said something in an interview, which sounded a bit sad: "The short drama is fun for you, but that is my life."
In other words, when actresses of the same age were playing mothers-in-law and grandmothers and raising grandchildren at home, Liu Xiaoqing chose a more "wild" path: Since you don't write a suitable role for me, then I will find my own way – playing a girl, a love story, a kiss scene, what's wrong?
This is not the first time Liu Xiaoqing has caused controversy for "pretending to be young".
In 1995, at the age of 40, she starred in "Wu Zetian", playing a role from a 14-year-old girl to an octogenarian, which caused great controversy at the time.
In 2023, she starred in the online movie "Snow Sniper 2". When she was over 70 years old, she played the role of a girl who called a 52-year-old actor daddy. At that time, netizens also exploded.
It can be said that Liu Xiaoqing's acting career has always been accompanied by the controversy of "pretending to be young", but it has also been accompanied by the miracle of "reversing age".
She once said a famous saying: "Chinese women give up on themselves too early! No longer talk about youth after twenty-five, no longer talk about youth after thirty, and no longer talk about beauty after forty."
This sentence sounded harsh at the time, but now it seems like her comment on her life——
You think I should serve my elders, but I don't; you think I should play the role of grandma, but I want to play the role of a young girl.
This mentality of "I don't care what you say, as long as I'm happy" is really admirable.
Will Liu Xiaoqing change his acting career because of the controversy?
Most likely not.
Just when everyone was still debating whether she should play a girl, she had already taken pictures of her in a calm manner and was about to start her next film.
It is said that the new series has been adjusted to more suitable elderly characters, but who knows? With Qing Nai's character, maybe one day another girl character will appear and continue to blow up the entire network.
At the age of 75, he is still filming, still dares to shoot kissing scenes, and still uses beautiful photos to counter all doubts.
It's hard for you to define Liu Xiaoqing like this just by "disobeying" or "pretending to be young". You don't have to watch her dramas, but you have to admire her strong core.
Do you accept the state and mentality of 75-year-old Liu Xiaoqing?
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