Yuan Qiongdan
"Sister Pomegranate" has recently become very popular on the short video platform,
People found that she is not just an ugly and funny clown in Stephen Chow's movie,
When she was young, she was truly "stunning".
People only know that she is a golden supporting role, and know that the Hong Kong film industry "has Wu Mengda and female has Yuan Qiongdan",
Few people talk about her old story.
01 Has been a "little pepper" since childhood
Sister Pomegranate was originally named Yuan Liqiong, and after her debut, she firmly believed in Buddhism and changed it to "Yuan Qiongdan" for the sake of transport.
The name contains the expectations of parents, "Yuan Liqiong" is a harmonic sound of "far from poverty",
Her parents wanted her to get ahead and stay away from poverty.
Because Yuan Qiongdan's family is really poor.
Yuan Qiongdan was born in Hong Kong in 1963 to a poor family, the son of a carver.
Although the family's financial situation is not good, Yuan Qiongdan is pampered as the youngest child in the family.
This also cultivated her character of not being afraid of heaven, not being afraid of the earth, and being confident and dashing.
All day long is either going out with friends and playing crazy or fighting with people at home,
Because of her frank and brave personality, she has been teased as "Little Pepper" since she was a child.
His father was a carver, and Yuan Qiongdan was interested in painting since childhood.
When she was a child, her dream was to apply for the Design College to study design, and after applying for the Design College, she failed to make the list.
I stumbled into an ATV interview in the same building as the Design Academy.
The interviewer saw her and said to her, "You look so beautiful, you can come to us as a host and an artist."
Yuan Qiongdan was reluctant at first, but everyone in the family agreed to let her go.
At that time, being an artist was notoriously good at making money, which was better than a lifetime of hard work at the bottom.
In order to reduce the burden on the family, Yuan Qiongdan entered the profession of actor.
At the age of 19, she went to TVB for an interview, and she didn't know anything when she was a fledgling.
During the interview, she was given a piece of paper that read, "I'm glad to see you today."
It means to make her do this.
She mistook it for a recitation and read the sentence aloud with emotion.
The result, of course, was not admitted to TVB.
With this lesson, she also has experience.
In the same year, she was admitted to the ATV Actor Training Course.
At that time, she didn't have that much passion for acting.
I think it's just a job to make ends meet.
When filming the first scene, her toothache was so swollen that her face was swollen, and she ran to the director to ask for leave, and the director did not agree.
She was so angry that she didn't want to do it at the time.
But for the sake of salary, she persevered,
Yuan Qiongdan initially took the jade girl route
Most of the "Yun Hai Yu Bow Edge" is a supporting role like Sambiyi,
The costumes are amazingly beautiful, and the company praises her.
Let her be a host in addition to acting, Yuan Qiongdan made a lot of efforts to learn professional knowledge.
But for the audience, the response was mediocre.
Yuan Qiongdan has been tepid in ATV for many years,
During this period, her frank and direct temper did not change.
Everyone in the circle knows that Yuan Qiongdan has two principles for filming: "You can't be late for work, and you can't enter the scene without reading the script."
She has always demanded this of herself, and she has always asked of others.
02 Principled and powerful but not reused
When filming "Everyone is Happy", Xue Jiayan was late, delaying the shooting process.
At that time, Xue Jiayan was already very popular, and no one in the crew dared to speak.
But Yuan Qiongdan dared.
She had a big fight with Xue Jiayan and angrily rebuked her for not reading the script and not being dedicated.
It offended Xue Jiayan, who was in the limelight, to offend in public.
It wasn't the only thing she had offended.
There are many unspoken rules in the circle, and everyone knows it.
But everyone will not say to the outside world, Yuan Qiongdan does not care about this,
She wasn't very famous at the time.
Dare to directly expose a male star in the name of magic to indecent female star,
Chatting with people, she complained that "filming also has to pull gangs and factions",
It was passed to the ears of the company's senior management, the leaders also had opinions on her, and the people below also saw the wind and rudder,
In the dressing room, she said to the makeup artist, "It's okay if the hair doesn't blow, it's not good to take the scene later."
The makeup artist threw the hair dryer on the table and scolded her: "When is it bad to take the drama?"
The dressing room was immediately quiet, and all the people looked at Yuan Qiongdan.
She didn't say a word, silently picked up the hair dryer and blew dry her hair herself,
Such humiliation is not once, and each time you can only grit your teeth and endure it.
The top management deliberately hid her, and colleagues deliberately alienated her.
She went from being a tepid supporting role to a dragon suit.
Once she played a, waited for half a day and didn't see the makeup artist come,
When the makeup artist came, she knew that the dragon set was not given makeup by anyone.
She started putting on her own makeup, and one day she was wearing makeup and a very red female star came in.
When the makeup artist saw it, he snatched her mirror and ran to the female star to flatter her.
She felt that she had been greatly insulted that time, and she did not want to be bullied like this again.
That was the first time she had a sense of enterprise and wanted to become popular.
But the company had already decided to abandon her at that time and did not give her a chance,
The contract is about to expire, and her last play is "Ten Brothers".
The company clearly told her to terminate her contract after filming this play.
She can only do her best to shoot "Ten Brothers", which is also a last-minute without regrets.
Kung Fu pays off, and the response to "Ten Brothers" after its release is good,
She began to gain a little fame.
The company renewed her contract for another two years, and she continued to have drama,
At this time, the person who put her on the road to comedy, Chen Jiashang, appeared.
03 Unintentional willow planting, dressed as ugly to become famous
Chen Jiashang is a famous screenwriter in Hong Kong, who has won many movie stars.
It is the "Bole" in the hearts of actors, and has a high status in the film and television circle.
Lin Zixiang Zhou Huimin Jackie Chan is a regular in his movies,
When preparing to shoot "Truant Weilong", he noticed Yuan Qiongdan,
At that time, Yuan Qiongdan hosted a funny variety show with Zeng Zhiwei on ATV.
Yuan Qiongdan thought that she was very inconspicuous in that show, but Chen Jiashang only took a fancy to her after watching that show.
Chen Jiashang found Yuan Qiongdan and told her that she had a talent for comedy and should develop in this regard.
In 1991, Yuan Qiongdan starred in "Truant Veyron", which was her first contact with nonsense comedy.
Therefore, she was appreciated by Zhou Xingchi,
People often say that "small Dan is easy to find, female clowns are rare", that era dared to sacrifice the image to be a clown Bo audience laughed,
There was only one Wu Junru in Hong Kong, and Yuan Qiongdan became the second.
In 1993, Yuan Qiongdan became famous overnight by playing ugly in "Tang Bohu Dian Qiu Xiang",
Everyone knows the pomegranate sister who calls herself a magnificent pomegranate in exaggerated makeup,
Behind this is Yuan Qiongdan's countless persistence and dedication,
Yuan Qiongdan believes that acting in comedy "to be ugly is to be ugly to the end, and you can't retain the slightest beauty."
The makeup in "Tang Bohu Dian Qiu Xiang" is also her own,
It is also fate that has made people, and after walking the jade girl route for so many years, there is no harvest,
On the contrary, because of the ugly fire all over the country.
After starring in movies such as "Nine Pin Sesame Officer", it also continued the funny style,
She became the Golden Clown of Hong Kong.
People have stereotypes about the clown, thinking that no one likes her inside and outside the play.
Yuan Qiongdan said generously: "Everyone says that I am so ugly, how can I have a boyfriend?"
It's a great thing to know, for so many years, I'm a guy who doesn't lack drama or boyfriend."
Yuan Qiongdan and his first love met at ATV, the two people have a good relationship, filmed for six years, ready to get married.
However, after she finished filming "Super School Overlord" in 1993, due to temporary changes in the crew, the location was cancelled.
She went home early to surprise her boyfriend, but saw that her boyfriend was fooling around with other women.
Yuan Qiongdan later laughed and recalled that it was so wonderful, like filming,
It turns out that the man who was caught on the spot will not be able to say, "Men are so decayed",
At that time, she was very calm, did not cry or make trouble, and asked who the girl was.
Sent away the girl to "drag" the boyfriend, did not listen to the explanation, and immediately broke up with the boyfriend.
Among Yuan Qiongdan's successive boyfriends, the most famous is Lin Zhengying.
It was also her most unforgettable love,
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In 1995, Yuan Qiongdan filmed "Zombie Daochang" and Lin Zhengying met,
During the filming process, he fell in love with Lin Zhengying, and Yuan Qiongdan, who has always been frank, bravely pursued love.
Lin Zhengying belongs to a more old-fashioned person in the crew, looking serious and not smiling,
Almost no one dared to joke with him.
Yuan Qiongdan speculated: Maybe he was also very strange at that time, why did this crazy woman always come to me?
Lin Zhengying's delay in agreeing is actually because of inferiority, before meeting Yuan Qiongdan,
He already had a marriage and children, and Lin Zhengying felt that he was not worthy of Yuan Qiongdan.
Yuan Qiongdan chased after them, and it was a long time before they were together.
Yuan Liqiong deliberately moved from Happy Valley to Sai Kung to live with Lim Cheng Ying, and the two spent a romantic and sweet time.
Later, the story of Lin Zhengying was known to everyone, Lin Zhengying unfortunately suffered from cancer,
I didn't want to drag Yuan Qiongdan down, refused to tell her the truth, and casually found a reason to break up
Yuan Qiongdan's temperament, of course, does not believe in disagreement.
Lin Zhengying had to tell her the truth.
After knowing the truth, Yuan Qiongdan insisted on guarding his lover to take care of him, and Lin Zhengying was a person who was just a little old-fashioned.
He refused Yuan Qiongdan's company, but divided the property between her and her children.
Then he moved to the countryside to recuperate, and did not allow others to tell Yuan Qiongdan the address.
Yuan Qiongdan understands Lin Zhengying, knows that he is very strong, and does not want others to see his sick appearance.
Lin Zhengying knew that if she saw his pain, she would be sad.
Yuan Qiongdan promised Lin Zhengying that he would be happy and would not be sad because of him.
The Yuan Qiongdan we later saw on the screen was happy and brought us happiness.
Although she has nominally broken up with Lin Zhengying, Yuan Qiongdan's heart has never let go, which is the most unforgettable love for her
In 1997, Lin Zhengying died, and Yuan Qiongdan recalled: "That day I was just about to go out to see the building, walked to the door, and suddenly I was very sleepy. After sleeping for ten minutes and dreaming that he was gone, I woke up and heard the phone ringing, and I knew that he had passed away. ”
It turned out that neither of them had let go of each other.
Yi Shu ShiTai later said that Yuan Qiongdan was a clown and wanted to make comedy on TV to make the audience happy
On the day of Lin Zhengying's death, Yuan Qiongdan was still imitating Xu Xiaofeng on the happy evening,
Funny and idiotic to make people laugh, harlequins, harmonic stars.
After making the announcement, she rushed to the spiritual hall to thank the guests as a "surviving person" and sent him on the last road.
Everyone says that Tang Bohu's dotting Qiuxiang is the highlight of her acting, but looking at the "List of Fengshen Gods" she later starred in, it is the peak of her acting.
In "List of Fengshen Gods", she played a reclusive and loving mother, in order to play Yin Shiniang, who cried and cried every day
He didn't say a word to Yuanhua after the whole scene was filmed, and he didn't use a drop of eye drops, that was the real blood and tears
The play earned her the Most Popular Award from the audience, who found that she had completely underestimated Yuan Qiongdan's acting skills
She is not a pomegranate sister who only draws funny makeup comedies, she plays tragedies like three points.
No one knows what she went through when she made this scene, and Lin Zhengying's death gave her a major blow.
In the year of filming "List of Gods", my mother and several relatives died one after another.
She was hurt again, and she felt that she had reached the extreme of misfortune,
With her love and dedication to acting, she endured grief to finish the play.
Later, she commented: "With this play, I died without regrets."
04 After going through ups and downs, I finally met my loved ones
For a long time, she could not walk out of Lin Zhengying's shadow,
It wasn't until four years later that she let go of her knot and started a new relationship with Huang Naiyang.
When the two got married, public opinion was in an uproar, one was a TV clown,
One is the Glass King, and when he was interviewed, Yuan Qiongdan was light-hearted and humorous: "I didn't hide it from everyone, but you didn't ask me."
After Yuan Qiongdan got married, he was still a fiery personality, and when the two quarreled, Yuan Qiongdan beat her husband violently.
He threatened to divorce immediately the next day, and as a result, his husband was a "soft persimmon" who could not fight back and scolded.
Yuan Qiongdan calmed down in the middle of the night and felt that he had done something wrong, and rushed to the law firm the next day to withdraw the application.
Huang Naiyang is really good to Yuan Qiongdan, Yuan Qiongdan does not want children, Huang Naiyang will accompany her Dink,
Yuan Qiongdan's other affairs were also handled by Huang Naiyang.
Yuan Qiongdan finally found a home, brave to love the person, love will not fail her
Although Yuan Qiongdan went on a rampage, the temper of heaven not being afraid of offended many people,
But there are still many people who are attracted to her personality charm, and friends like to call Yuan Qiongdan "Yuan Zai." ”
The past with Xue Jiayan was turned over by the media,
Hong Kong media have been talking about it, and Yuan Qiongdan said in an interview:
"I just have higher requirements for myself, and I have higher requirements for others.
If someone doesn't care about filming, I'll be angry. ”
There is no personal grudge here, only Yuan Qiongdan's insistence on acting.
If she had been a person who went with the flow and saw the wind and the rudder at the beginning, I am afraid that she would not have achieved today.
It is the personality that is not afraid of heaven, and the attitude of dedication,
Yuan Qiongdan was discovered and became a generation of comedy goddesses.
Comments: Yuan Qiongdan may be one of the few people who can understand Zhou Xingchi, she does not think that Zhou Xingchi is a tyrant on the set,
She supports the director's own logic and rhythm, the actor should not interfere too much in the director's creation, the important thing is to act well.
As for the overall expression, it is something that writers and directors should consider.
Asked why he did not continue to cooperate with Stephen Chow, Yuan Qiongdan confessed that Mr. Stephen Chow was a very talented person.
In her heart, Zhou Xingchi is a college student, and she is just a primary school student.
In fact, even primary school students are not counted, only kindergartens.
There is a lot of pressure to cooperate with Zhou Xingchi, afraid that he will not play well and affect Zhou Xingchi,
It is better to let Stephen Chow find other actors to cooperate.
Yuan Qiongdan is also worried that there is no successor to the "female clown",
It wasn't until he saw Zhou Xingchi dig out the Tooth Jane from "Kung Fu" that Yuan Qiongdan was relieved to transform.
Clowns need to sacrifice their image, filming "Tang Bohu Dian Qiu Xiang",
The producer later recalled that some of the scenes had changed too much, and Yuan Qiongdan paid a lot
"Now I think I'm sorry for Yuan Zai", but Yuan Qiongdan himself didn't think so much,
You can pay anything for filming.
She does not resent others, she is grateful to Zhou Xingchi, and she is also grateful to Wang Jing, feeling that they are all her own nobles.
After the transformation of other movies, everyone saw Yuan Qiongdan's acting skills and felt that she should not only play a supporting role
But Yuan Qiongdan now sees it very clearly: "The protagonist's supporting role is not important, as long as the audience recognizes you, you are the protagonist."
Although career and love on the court Qiongdan have suffered great misfortune,
But fortunately, she persisted until dawn, she gave the heavens an excellent answer sheet, and the heavens also gave him the best arrangements.
Yuan Qiongdan, who became famous for his ugliness, regarded "ugliness" and suffering as his wealth.
Life gave her the best reward.