The Farewell became a favorite Zhao Shuzhen： Oscar didn’t dare to think.

Special feature of 1905 film network From the Sundance Film Festival at the beginning of the year to the awards season at the end of North China, a film focusing on American families has become a hot winner. Not only has the film won unanimous praise from the North American film critics, but the heroine Awkwafina has also become the first Asian actress to win the Golden Globe Award as a musical/comedy heroine. Zhao Shuzhen, a China actress who plays Grandma Awkwafina, won many awards in the award season and won several trophies for best supporting actress.

Before attending the Golden Globe Awards Ceremony, Zhao Shuzhen sat down face to face with us and told us many interesting stories about The Farewell. Like in the movie, the white-haired grandmother in front of her is also wearing a blue velvet gown and a pearl necklace. Although she speaks slowly, she is still excited.

The Farewell was recommended by a friend, "Grandma", and now she knows her illness.

The Farewell was recommended by a friend from Harbin, Zhao Shuzhen. At the age of 76, she began to be an actress at the age of 16. She used to be the mainstay of Harbin Repertory Theatre, and then slowly began to take over TV dramas. Although friends in Harbin recommended Zhao Shuzhen to the director Wang Ziyi, the crew continued to make preparations and did not contact Zhao Shuzhen immediately.

Later, when the director saw Zhao Shuzhen’s information, he thought that she was close to her ideal image of "grandma", so he called Zhao Shuzhen and told the film based on the true story of her family. "I was very moved at that time. I felt that we should support the director’s affection and love for his grandmother, so I was really excited and shed tears in it. I said, stop talking and I will take this movie." Zhao Shuzhen recalled.

Before shooting, the director arranged for Zhao Shuzhen to visit his grandmother. Before the visit, the director told him never to tell his grandmother that he was going to play her. Zhao Shuzhen should be down. The director’s grandmother was older than Zhao Shuzhen, so Zhao Shuzhen called her Big Sister. The elder sister showed Zhao Shuzhen around her home, looking at photos of her youth and playing the violin. This contact made Zhao Shuzhen feel that the director’s grandmother was strong and confident, uncompromising at home, amiable and respectable.

Grandma was actually kept in the dark until the film was finished. But I never imagined that The Farewell was such a sensation in the United States. When I went to the United States to participate in activities in November, the director Wang Ziyi told Zhao Shuzhen that grandma knew about it, and now the whole family was in a panic and didn’t know how to face it. Grandma’s first reaction after knowing is to go to the cinema to see this movie about herself. But now how, Zhao Shuzhen said he didn’t know.

Awkwafina will always be Billie’s opposite.

Although Awkwafina is a Chinese-Korean mixed-race and went to school in Beijing, Chinese is still not fluent enough. Recalling her, Zhao Shuzhen said that what she remembered most clearly on the set was that she always called her grandmother to ask after her cold. This move made Zhao Shuzhen feel that she was a caring and affectionate girl.

They were a little rusty at the beginning of the set. Zhao Shuzhen’s name is Awkwafina "Billie", which is the name of her film. At the Golden Globe Awards, Awkwafina thanked "Miss Zhao" in Chinese in his acceptance speech. This title has also become like a code word between two people, which was mentioned by Awkwafina on different occasions.

Recalling Awkwafina, Zhao Shuzhen said that she always spoke some nonstandard Chinese on the set, which made everyone laugh, enlivened the atmosphere, narrowed the distance, eliminated the tension, and made the two people play each other more tacitly.

In the movie, Awkwafina secretly went back to Changchun to see his grandmother. The scene was not written in detail in the script, but it was made warm by the performance of two people. The dialogue between the two people in the play is very simple, only "grandma" asks "Billie", how did she come back? Awkwafina made a joke at the scene, saying that he came back from swimming. Zhao Shuzhen also remembered his love for his grandson, added a little gesture of patting Awkwafina’s ass, and temporarily said a sentence "I liked to touch your little ass when I was young".

This is also Zhao Shuzhen’s favorite scene in the movie. Although Awkwafina speaks nonstandard Chinese, it often makes her want to laugh. But the opposite is playing, Zhao Shuzhen thought, and he must control it. This kind of smile, on the contrary, produces a true feeling for the granddaughter, which makes the performance of the two people look natural.

It’s a little embarrassing to be asked about Oscar. I never thought I could be nominated.

Zhao Shuzhen can cause such a big sensation this time, naturally, because of this role, he has been nominated for many American awards as a Chinese. During the promotion of the film in North America, Zhao Shuzhen was interviewed by many media in other places. What surprised her most was that every reporter would ask her, you are expected to be nominated for the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. What do you think?

"When you first asked me, what did I say? I was embarrassed and embarrassed." Speaking of this matter, Zhao Shuzhen became a little embarrassed, but she was very cute. She said frankly that it was really embarrassing to be asked this question for the first time:

"I just want to know how to answer it. I can only say that Oscar is the highest reward for actors. Every actor yearns, hopes and expects not to win the prize. For me, I will continue to work hard in the future. Let’s talk about Do not forget your initiative mind in China, and I still act seriously and be a down-to-earth person. As for whether to nominate or win the prize, I think it’s hard."