Yung Mei Ling wrote an article about Huang Rong's feelings

(Jade weekly issue 12, reported on December 24, 1982)

Photo 1: when Yung Mei Ling wrote this article, she immediately turned her head to show her lovely smile when she knew that the camera was facing her!

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Picture 2: Yung Mei Ling's manuscript of Huang Rong's feelings

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The role of the eagle was not chosen until after I was elected, and I was determined to be more beautiful than the others.

It's been a long time coming, but when it comes to writing, I don't know where to start. Recently, after being cast as Huang Rong, many people have suddenly become concerned about me.

I've been flattered by the sudden interest in me since I was cast as Huang Rong.

I am a fatalist who believes in letting nature take its course and resting on my fate. All in all, I went for the audition when the company asked me to.

In fact, am I really someone who deserves people's attention? I don't know. I just know that I will do my best and do a good job. No matter what the results are, I just want to be worthy of myself.

I just want to be right with myself. Don't read martial arts novels

I never thought I would be playing Huang Rong. I lived in England for 12 years and rarely read martial arts novels, even the famous Jin Yong's original Legend of the Eagle Heroes.

I have learned a lot from being back in Hong Kong after a 12-year absence and competing in the Miss Hong Kong pageant. Therefore, I think that competing for the Miss Hong Kong title is not the only goal, but to gain knowledge and experience from it.

Although being Miss Wong is not a big deal, at least it gives me a chance to try out some new roles and learn more from my experience. I'm not asking myself to get to the top in one step, I just want to progress gradually and get into the role.

After all, I am a newcomer and I am not yet experienced in acting, so I hope that the guidance of the director will help me to play this role well. Having said that, I can't rely on others and I should do my best.

I have to do my best. Figuring out the character

So far, I have watched three of the four episodes of "The Eagle" and I am now on my fourth episode. Although I can't say that I have fully grasped Huang Rong's character, I have basically figured out the character's personality.

I once said to myself, "Yung Mei Ling, you must not stand in front of the camera expressionless, you must show something. I really can't let down the audience's expectations of Wong Yung, and I can't let down the efforts of all the people who worked on "The Eagle" for nothing.

Although I have high expectations of myself, I don't want to add to the psychological pressure, I want everything to come naturally. "I think my performance is very natural. I wonder if people will feel the same way after watching it. Although my role in "Legend of the unknown" is not as big as that in "Shooting Eagles", I believe that my experience in "13 Sisters" will help me in my performance in "Shooting Eagles".

Admittedly, I am a newcomer and one performance may not be enough to consolidate my acting foundation, nor do I expect to ascend to the top of the ladder. However, I will not imitate others because of this. It's not my business if someone else is good, because I can't follow someone else's path. I have to break away from them and create another image of Wong Yung.

This is the only way to be worthy of the audience's love. Don't mess up the original

I can't believe how much they love me as a new artist. Everywhere I went, there were groups of enthusiastic fans asking me to sign autographs and to take photos with them. I felt uncomfortable with this at first, but I am used to it now. What makes me happiest is when they shout, "Huang Rong! Here's Wong Yung." I couldn't help but feel the sweetness in my heart when I heard it.

Not only did the audience shout this, but even the staff at the video, they shouted "YELLOW YUNG!" whenever they saw me. I think I may have to drop my English name Barbara Yung and change it to YELLOW Yung to make it more acceptable!

Even though I haven't played a part in "The Eagle" so far, I have become the embodiment of Wong Yung in my daily life.
I once heard a few of my friends, whom I didn't know very well, whispering, "Have you noticed how much more beautiful she looks than before? I secretly laughed when I heard that. Of course, I should melt myself into the pretty Wong Yung, don't they want to see an "old-fashioned Wong Yung"?

It's not easy to be a hibiscus! I hope I can bring Huang Rong to life and make my own Huang Rong on screen, so that the audience will be impressed and not spoil Jin Yong's masterpiece.

I am confident that I can bring her to life.

It's not easy for me to play a character that is so well known in fiction. I know nothing about martial arts, I can say that I am a fancy boxer, so if I am asked to dance with swords and spears, jumping and bouncing, I am really afraid that I am not capable of doing it, but with the careful guidance of the martial arts instructor, I think I will be able to do it smoothly. If I had known that I was going to be "in the martial arts", I would have gone to the mountains to learn from a master.

However, I was the first one to audition that day, and after the audition in the morning, I had to shoot "Thirteen Girls" in the afternoon, so in the rush, I could not see the performance of other competitors, nor did I know how I was doing.

It was only after the results were announced that I was told, and I was surprised to hear the news, but of course I was overjoyed.

It's all in the past now and I can't say enough about how I felt at the time. All in all, I think the only words I can use are "lucky" and "happy".
Once, when I was having my make-up done, Kou Hung Ping came to visit me in the make-up room and we had a very good conversation.

I'm here to tell you, Isabella, I'd love to do a great play with you too!

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翁美玲执笔撰文讲述『黄蓉的感受』

(翡翠周刊12期,82年12月24日报道)
        图一:翁美玲执笔写本文的时候,知道镜头对着她,马上转过头来展示可爱的笑容!
 
        图二:翁美玲写『黄蓉的感受』的手稿
 
        好不容易才执笔,但落笔之际,却又不知应该从何说起。近日自从被选演黄蓉后,很多人突然对我关注起来,使我着实有点受宠若惊。
        我个人是一个顺应自然,安于天命的宿命论信奉者,我当选黄蓉可能就是命运的安排,事前自己一点也没想过,这些我已跟记者们说过很多遍了。总之一句话,公司安排我去试镜我便去。
        其实我是不是一个真正值得大家注视的人呢?我自己也不知道。我只知道尽自己的能力做好,无论成绩怎样,只求对得住自己便是。
        少看武侠小说
        我从来没想过自己会扮演黄蓉,我在英国住了十二年,很少看武侠小说,就是大名鼎鼎的金庸原著「射雕英雄传」也从未看过。
        重回到阔别十二载的香港,参加香港小姐竞选,我从中获益良多。因此,我认为参选港姐,争取宝座并不是唯一目的,重要的是从中吸取知识,增广见闻。
        虽然当选黄蓉算不上一件怎么了不起的事,但最少给我一个机会尝试一些新角色,从而吸取更多经验。我并不是要求自己一步登天,只希望循序渐进,慢慢进入角色。
        我毕竟是新人,演戏经验尚浅,所以希望借着导演循循善诱的悉心指导,能够帮助我把这个角色演好。话虽如此,我不能完全依赖别人,自己也应该尽力。
        揣摩色角特性
        到今日为止,我已经看完了四集「射雕」之中的三集,现在已经进军第四集。虽然我不敢说自己已经完全可以掌握黄蓉的性格,但基本上我已经揣摩到角色的特性。
        我曾将对自己这样说:「翁美玲,你决不能站在镜头前面木无表情,你必须有所表现。」真的,我不可以辜负观众对黄蓉的期望,更加不可以白费了所有参与「射雕」工作人员的心血。
        虽然我对自己的要求颇高,但我并不因此而加重自己的心理压力,我希望一切都可以来得自然些。「十三妹」是我有生以来所演的第一套剧集,我觉得在演出方面都很自然,不知人家看了会否有同样的感觉?虽然我在「十三妹」的戏份不如在「射雕」的多,不过,我深信吸收了「十三妹」的演出经验,多少对我在「射雕」的演出会有帮助。
诚然,我是一个新人,一次的演出经验可能不足以巩固我的演戏基础,我亦不奢望一步登上青云路。可是,我断不会因此而模仿他人,翁美玲就是翁美玲,应该有自己的路向。人家演得出色与我无关,因为我不能跟从别人的路线走,我必须脱离人家的范畴,塑造另一个黄蓉形象,这样才对得起观众对我的爱戴。
        不可糟蹋原著
        想起那群热情的观众,就更加不容松懈,他们对我一个新艺员这样爱戴,真叫我难以相信。无论我走到大街小巷,都有一批一群的热情影迷叫我签名,拉我跟他们一起拍照。对于这些,我初时感到很不自然,但如今习惯了。令我最开心的,就是当他们大叫:「黄蓉呀!黄蓉来了。」我听了不禁甜在心头。
        不但观众这样叫我,甚至录影「妇女新姿」的工作人员,他们每见到我也高呼:「YELLOW翁!」我想,我可能要将我的英文名字巴巴拉翁摒弃,改为YELLOW翁会更为人接受!
        纵然「射雕」到今日为止还未有我的戏份,但在日常生活里,我已经不知不觉间变为黄蓉的化身。我曾经听过几位我不大熟识的朋友私私窃语地说:「你们有没有觉得翁美玲的举止神韵比以前俏得多呀?」
        听到这句话,我暗地里笑。当然,我应该将自己融化于俏黄蓉身上,难道他们想见到一个「古气袋黄蓉」吗?这个黄蓉可不容易做呀!就是「娇俏」也是要培养出来,我扪心自问不及黄蓉的「俏」,但我希望可以将黄蓉演得更俏。我要将我自己(黄蓉)活现于荧光幕上,使观众留下深刻印像,不可糟蹋金庸先生的名著!
        有信心演好戏
        对于我来说,要演一个这样已深入人心的小说人物,并不容易。我对武术一无所知,可说是花拳绣腿,叫我舞刀弄枪、跳跳蹦蹦,真惊力有不逮,不过经过武术指导的悉心指导,我想定必可以应付裕如。
        要是我早知自己要「置身武林」的话,可能我会上山拜师学法。可是当日我是第一个试镜的,上午试镜之后,下午就要拍「十三妹」,匆忙之际,根本看不到其他对手的演出,亦不知道自己做得怎样。
        直至结果公布后,方有人告诉我,我听到这个消息也感到意外,意外之余当然喜上眉梢啦。
        一切已成过去,当时的感受也说得太多。总括而言,我觉得只有「幸运」和「喜悦」四个字。一次,我在化妆之际,寇鸿萍走到化妆间探我,我们谈得十分投契。依莎贝拉还表示,若果她有机会演话剧,希望能够演到类似黄蓉的角色呢!
        在此我告诉你依莎贝拉,我也很希望跟你一起合演一出好戏呀!

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zhangqin
2 years ago
我每年都会欣赏射雕英雄传黄蓉,我正在为播放器头痛,找不到好的播放器欣赏
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