好萊塢的西子姑娘

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一次偶然的碰撞，讓小丁一一頭撞進了美國著名星探的懷里，從此撞開了她的演藝之路。聽起來，這本身就像一個電影故事。

這一天，移民美國還沒幾個月的丁一陪媽媽在洛杉磯街頭買東西，一路蹦蹦跳跳走著，突然看到街邊排著長長的隊伍，都是些40來歲的中年婦女。走近一問，原來電影公司正在為新片《喜福會》招募華裔中年女演員。丁一慫恿媽媽報名，媽媽也就抱著試試看的心情排隊填表。

媽媽正排著隊，丁一獨自上樓去洗手間，匆匆忙忙走到洗手間門口，迎面就撞到一個高大美國女人的懷里。丁一漲紅了臉說：“I'm sorry.”對方驚奇地盯著她的小臉蛋看，像發(fā)現了新大陸似的問：“你想演戲嗎?今天可是個好日子啊。”

說這句話的女士不是別人，正是美國大名鼎鼎的星探Robin Gurland。這一場奇妙的相遇就此改變了丁一的人生之路。年僅10歲的丁一被帶去試鏡。Gurland遞給她一段臺詞，問：“準備十分鐘能上嗎?”小姑娘初生牛犢不怕虎，回答說：“三分鐘就夠了。”

小丁一從未演過戲，還不知道什么是緊張和害怕，在鏡頭前表現得自然大方。前后試鏡10次，沒有任何背景的丁一迎來了平生第一次觸電經歷——在影片《喜福會》里扮演少年安梅。

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丁一走上從影之路看起來不過是巧合，但她在片場的表現卻足以證明，冥冥之中，上天為她做出了一個最合理的安排。

丁一原名丁藝，這位杭州姑娘仿佛從小就與“藝”字結下了不解之緣。還在襁褓中時，她一聽到音樂就不再哭鬧，還會有節(jié)奏地蹬腿。看了電影《廬山戀》，她就在家里學著張瑜的樣子擺姿勢，口中說“我也要這樣”。少兒時的她還曾在浙江歌舞團學習過舞蹈。

也許天生就有藝術細胞，初次拍戲的丁一并沒有感覺到什么障礙。燈光、場景、道具……就像闖進了傳說中的藏寶洞，10歲的女孩在這里發(fā)現了一個全新的天地。第一次拍電影就遇到很多哭戲，但出人意料的是，丁一很快就能入戲，表現得很有靈氣。而她準備劇本時，總是把對手的臺詞也全部背下來，這樣臨場發(fā)揮就能收放自如。丁一的表演讓整個劇組都很滿意。

《喜福會》上映后獲得了奧斯卡提名。緊接著，丁一又接拍了《水之靈》和《熊貓歷險記》。幾部戲下來，丁一成為與時代華納簽約的首位華人演員。

拍戲苦，那是不假。在四川九寨溝拍《熊貓歷險記》時正是嚴寒冬天。丁一沒有用替身，而是自己勇敢地站在寒冷刺骨的溪流里。連續(xù)好幾天泡在水里，天又下雨，凍得夠嗆，后來導演想了個辦法讓人往丁一身上澆熱水。但是杯水車薪，剛上身的熱水沒一會兒就變得冰冷。在一冷一熱中丁一開始感冒發(fā)燒了，然而一天不出鏡就會給劇組帶來巨大損失，所以丁一咬牙堅持著，陪同拍戲的母親在一旁流著熱淚看著女兒站在冰冷的溪水里演出。

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連拍了幾部戲，丁一一下子被譽為“好萊塢童星”。但這位童星卻做出一個聰明的決定——暫時告別銀幕。直到考入大學后，她才再度接戲。

追求完美的丁一為了學業(yè)，很長一段時間都沒有再接拍電影，而是全心投入到學習中去。中學畢業(yè)時，丁一獨具慧眼地選擇了加州大學伯克利分校的“企業(yè)管理”專業(yè)。她說：“演戲是感性的，我希望增加一點理性。”此時此刻，丁一的理想已經走得更遠，她暗暗為有朝一日成為制片人而努力著。如果說，拍戲是一門藝術，那么，做制片人是一門更大的藝術，需要具備更全面的能力，而這正是丁一瞄準的目標。

大學學習之余，丁一的生活仿佛又與兒時接上了軌，她再度客串拍戲。2000年，她在影片《庭院中的女人》里出演女二號秋明。片中的秋明是一名舊時的鄉(xiāng)下孤女，她為生活所迫被賣入吳府成為老爺的小妾，并與少爺鳳慕產生出一段感情糾葛。

一個生活在美國的現代女孩，如何去演繹這樣一位感情被壓抑的中國農村女子?丁一自有她的絕招：看電影。那段時間她找來很多相關電影用心看，了解那個特定時代中國女性的處境和生活，如張藝謀的影片《菊豆》《大紅燈籠高高掛》等等，她一邊看一邊揣摩片中人物的性格。

雖然在國內生活時間不長，但丁一好學，愛看書。她說：“我知道的很多東西都是從書上看來的。”有時，她嘴里會冒出幾句很有古文味道的話語。很難想象，這可是個10歲就移居美國的女孩呢。

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最近丁一可忙了。由她主演的新片《微笑》不久前剛剛殺青，新的拍戲任務又接踵而來，丁一母親說：“她這個人人緣好，很多人都愿意找她合作。”

丁一勇于嘗試新鮮事物。在前不久剛剛殺青的中美合資影片《微笑》里，她出演女主角——一個面部有缺陷的女孩。影片著力描寫了這個女孩曲折成長的故事。這是一個非常有挑戰(zhàn)性的角色，丁一很喜歡自己塑造的這個人物。

拍這部戲時，每天一大早化裝師就往她的臉上粘上仿真面具。那是一種塑膠合成物，卸妝時必須使用一種特殊化學品。“每次卸妝，卸妝液都會流到眼睛里去，很痛很痛!”丁一至今描述起來仿佛還能感覺到痛。

女演員往往喜歡出演美麗的人物，可丁一為什么要選擇這樣一個可能有損形象的角色呢?丁一自有自己的選擇標準。她說：“青春靚麗的角色有的是，但我想演一些特別的、有挑戰(zhàn)性的角色。我很注重劇本是否感人，是否有深度，選擇這個角色就是看中了劇本對人性的刻畫力度。”這部影片不久將在國內上映，到時家鄉(xiāng)觀眾又可以在銀幕上一睹這位西子姑娘的演技了。

在美國居住了這么多年，丁一仍能說得一口最地道的杭州話。前不久，她帶著《微笑》的導演和制片人特意來了一趟浙江杭州，親自領著好萊塢客人們游西湖、登雷峰塔。丁一說：“家鄉(xiāng)有這么美麗的風光，我要把這些美景介紹給好萊塢的制片人。”我們期待著，丁一有一天也許能把杭州的好風景溶進她的片中。

A West Lake Girl in Hollywood

By Jin Ting

Yi Ding literally ran into Robin Gurland， a Hollywood talent scout a few months after she landed in America. That’s how she came to star in the Joy Luck Club， a big movie that won a few Oscar nominations.

Yi Ding was shopping with her mom one day in Los Angels. They saw some Chinese women in their forties queuing in the street. It turned out that a movie director was trying to find a right woman for The Joy Luck Club. Yi Ding urged her mom to try her luck. When her mom was filling out a form， Yi Ding went to the powder room. She bumped into Robin Gurland in front of the washroom. Yi Ding blushed and apologized. Gurland looked at the ten-year-old for a long while and said， You want to appear in a movie? It’s a lucky day today!?Yi Ding was given 10 minutes to prepare for a scene. She got ready in 3 minutes. After ten screen tests she proved to be a natural. She was chosen for the movie. And she did so well as if she had been born for the limelight and the camera.

But Yi Ding’s success came not by accident. Born in Hangzhou， she loved music since very young. She liked to imitate young actresses in movies she had watched. She attended a dancing course held by the Zhejiang Singing and Dancing Troupe. All this helped when she first appeared in The Joy Luck Club.

Then she appeared in the Amazing Panda Adventure， another Hollywood movie. The panda story was shot in Sichuan Province in wither. Yi Ding refused to have a substitute for scenes in a chilly stream. For days， she was in the icy water. The director had to give her a hot bath between the stream scenes. Then she ended up in a bad cold. But she stayed the course. Her mom watched her child doing this with tears welling up in her eyes.

She became the first Chinese movie player signed up by the Time Warner.

Though very successful， Yi Ding made a bold decision after a few movies. She wouldn accept any roles until she was in college. After graduation from senior school， she chose to study business management as her major at California University at Berkeley. She wanted to be a movie producer one day. If acting is an art， being a producer is a greater art which calls for more capabilities. She aimed to get fully prepared.

Yi Ding managed to find time for her movie dreams again in college. In 2000， she appeared in Pavilion of Women. She appeared as a concubine of a rich landlord， but fell in love with the landlord’s son. How could she， a modern girl now living USA， successfully interpret a rural girl in a backward time of China? The recipe was she watched a lot of Chinese movies during that time to learn about the old times.

Yi Ding appeared in Smile， an American movie released in April 2005. Yi Ding acted a girl with a severe facial deformity. Yi Ding liked the challenging role she created. In order to appear deformed， she had the dresser make her face up every morning. A chemical composition was pasted on the face. It caused great pain to remove it. Why did Yi Ding choose this difficult role that made her look ugly? She wanted something special. She always prefers a character that goes to the heart. She chose the role simply because the script gave a good presentation to the girl. Smile will be shown in China pretty soon. Audience in her home country will see her newest image.

Yi Ding is busy now. She has got a new role in a new movie after Smile. Her mom comments， The is a popular girl. Many like to work together with her.?Though she has been in America for years， Yi Ding still speaks Hangzhou dialect fluently. Just the other day， she traveled to Hangzhou with the producer and the director of Smile. She prided herself on taking them around the beautiful West Lake in her hometown.

(Translated by David)