Xie Tingfeng knew that Jiang Ling’s acting skills were excellent and her explosive power was immense. When acting with her, he had to give his all, otherwise, he might not be able to keep up.
Unexpectedly, during their scene, Jiang Ling's initial performance was very subtle, not as explosive as the outside world hyped. It didn't put the actors who were acting with her under much pressure.
Xie Tingfeng thought that it was probably his obsessive fans hyping her up too much. Her acting skills were actually just so-so, not as good as the legends said.
Although he thought this way, Xie Tingfeng still followed the script and cooperated with her performance step by step.
As they acted, Xie Tingfeng suddenly realized that he might have underestimated Jiang Ling's capabilities.
Her performance looked very subtle, and there was no great explosion of acting skills as hyped by the outside world.
However, after a whole scene, she didn't make a single mistake.
Instead, he was NG-ed by Huang Jing several times.
Actors who can perform well in large-scale scenes are not bad in acting, but they are not considered brilliant.
True acting powerhouses can easily handle any role, appearing subtle and unremarkable, yet being like a deep ocean, all-encompassing, following the rules, and never making mistakes.
However, to reach this level of acting, even with natural talent, one needs decades of research and practice to achieve it.
Jiang Ling is still so young, how could she possess such exquisite acting skills?
While shocked, Xie Tingfeng put away his contempt and treated her with utmost seriousness.
In fact, Jiang Ling's subtle yet unusual way of acting was not an intentional show of skill.
This is because television dramas, unlike movies, have long shooting schedules. If one were to go all out in every scene to show off their acting skills, it might lead to overdoing it and falling into the trap of being too forceful.
Acting requires a balance between tension and relaxation; one must be relaxed when needed and tense when needed to perform a play well.
Jiang Yuyan's initial scenes were very subtle, with not much emotional fluctuation.
Because her early scenes were few and lacked highlights, her subsequent transformation and darkening would create a strong contrast, making the audience exclaim in surprise.
Many viewers who abandoned the drama after the "little fairy" died never imagined that Jiang Yuyan would become a super demon king a thousand times more terrifying than Liu Xi in the later stages.
Jiang Ling portrayed Jiang Yuyan with a relatively relaxed mindset. Her performance appeared subtle and unremarkable, but it perfectly fit the script, with no flaws to be found.
It was precisely this flawless subtlety that highlighted her extraordinary acting ability.
Moreover, in subtlety, details are revealed.
Acting as Jiang Yuyan is like writing a mystery novel; as long as the groundwork is laid early on, the shocking twists later will not feel jarring to the audience.
In her seemingly subtle scenes, Jiang Ling added significant brilliance to the character through her eyes.
For example, when her stepmother abused her, in her pitiable eyes, there was a fleeting glint of venomous coldness.
Or, when she saw her biological sister Jiang Yufeng enjoying a happy family life with their father and stepmother, and she herself felt like an irrelevant outsider, her eyes would reveal envy, jealousy, unwillingness, mixed with a hatred that would destroy everything.
Huang Jing stood before the camera, watching Jiang Ling's performance, and the joy in her eyes grew stronger.
Jiang Ling's early performance was subtle yet elegant, with a rough exterior but fine details. Within the frame, she appeared innocent and pitiful, captivating the audience. Her eyes, however, held a greed for power and martial arts that was even more intense and profound than that of her hypocritical father.