Speaking of Cao Jun, many people may be sorry.
The male protagonist of "True Destiny Little Monk", "Nine-year-old County Grandpa" and "Pauline Lantern", such a cute child star, is now 33 years old, but he has become a marginal person in the show business circle.
However, on September 15, I suddenly saw "On the Field of Hope" starring Cao Jun and An Yuexi on a video platform began broadcasting without any publicity.
In memory, Cao Jun has not been a male protagonist for many years, and the last time he saw his slightly drama work was "Shangyang Fu".
It turned out that when Cao Jun participated in "I Am an Actor", Zhang Ziyi was a judge on the stage, and Zhang Ziyi was moved after seeing Cao Jun's performance.
So Zhang Ziyi took Cao Jun to shoot "Shangyang Fu" privately after the show, although there were not many scenes for Cao Jun, but at least there was a face, there was a scene, and it would not be impossible to receive even a role in the circle.
And in the newly broadcast "On the Field of Hope", Cao Jun changed from an eighteen-line small actor in the circle to a male protagonist.
Of course, it is a good thing to have a protagonist play, and more importantly, whether Cao Jun's performance can satisfy the audience, and the quality of the script of this play has become the key.
After watching one episode, I just want to say that the scale of the show's opening is a bit large, and it keeps up with the trend.
The story takes place in a small mountain village in the southwest, where Zhang Nan (Cao Jun), who graduated with a master's degree, returns to his hometown to have a look at the invitation of Fa Xiao.
At the same time, an article published by Zhang Nan on his personal account caused a hot discussion on the Internet, exposing that the primary school building in his hometown had not been built for 6 years, and the children could only go to school at the dangerous construction site.
The irony is that the office building of a local department stands in sharp contrast to the dilapidated elementary school.
It just so happened that the local leaders in charge of education also saw this article, because it coincided with the change of term, so the leaders who protected the officials and officials decided to deal with it coldly, and it is not known how much corruption is involved behind the primary school.
In the past, the "villains" in poverty alleviation dramas were generally village hooligans, but when "On the Field of Hope" directly raised the level of villains, the decent faction represented by Zhang Nan will inevitably encounter greater resistance, because he is not fighting against one or two people, but the local corrupt system.
So after watching an episode, I can't help but sigh that the intention of this drama is really good, and these trendy things through network public opinion involve many practical problems.
Of course, the biggest attraction of this drama is Cao Jun, from his performance in the first episode, Cao Jun is indeed suitable for this kind of decent role, the image temperament is very consistent, thick eyebrows, big eyes, typical decent face.
In the play, Zhang Nan, portrayed by Cao Jun, is the absolute male protagonist, and the plot also gives him a lot of room to play, such as the indomitable and firm resistance in the face of the leader, and the feeling of a gentle big brother when facing a child.
At least from the first episode, I saw that Cao Jun's acting skills were loose enough, much better than he was in "I Am an Actor".
However, when watching the play, I also found a problem, Cao Jun's height is really a disadvantage, when in the same frame as the male actors in the play, Cao Jun is often the shortest, and even standing with the actress has no advantage.
This is also an important reason why Cao Jun has been difficult to take over the drama in recent years.
It is not difficult to find that most child stars look cute when they are young, but when they grow up, they are clear and clear, especially in appearance, there is no advantage, and the more typical ones are Shi Xiaolong, Hao Shaowen, You Haoran and Cao Jun.
Even a child star like Zhang Yishan is actually not outstanding in appearance, not too tall, and sometimes the producer will not choose him when choosing people.
When participating in "Actors Please Take Place", Cao Jun and Tang Yifei stood together about the same height, far less than the 175 indicated, especially when he compared with the 176cm Dapeng Yi, cao Jun's actual height was between 168 and 170cm.
Why are child stars like Cao Jun less popular in the market when they grow up? The reasons are manifold.
First: the rise of traffic stars, child stars have no advantage
From around 2011 to the present for a full 10 years, the domestic film and television circle has been popular with traffic stars, the most serious is in 2016, when whether it is a movie or a TV series, it is necessary to have traffic stars to participate in order to get the project.
So in this process, there is a typical traffic faction such as "four sons returning to China", this group of people have fans, hype, and heat, and the producers naturally consider them at the first time, because capital also considers the rate of return.
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On the other hand, child stars and traffic stars are completely incomparable, and even many powerful actors have been squeezed to the point where there is no drama to shoot, let alone child stars. Child stars, in particular, also have to go through the process of survival of the fittest being eliminated by the market.
Second: Most child stars fail to shoot all the time
Many child stars choose to read after filming some scenes, away from the film and television circle in the process of reading, and when they return to the market, they have already found a replacement, naturally they do not need these child stars, of which Xie Miao and Cao Jun are typical examples.
Moreover, many child stars do not always have dramas when they grow up, as long as they are slightly forgotten for a year or two, it will become more difficult to become popular in the future, unless there are one or two works out of the circle.
In fact, even popular stars like Yang Zi and Zhang Yishan, they have also had a period of struggle and survived, which has led to today's results.
In general, Cao Jun's biggest loss is still his appearance and temperament, it may be that there has been no drama for many years to smooth out the edges and corners of his body, so it can be felt that Cao Jun is a very honest person, but this kind of honest person who does not argue is easily buried in the circle.
The main reason why most child stars are eliminated by the times is "too ordinary", whether it is appearance, acting, image, temperament is not prominent, there is no prominent point, capital naturally does not like, rather to find those new actors.
Finally, seeing that Cao Jun has a new male lead drama, I am really happy, and I hope that this honest big boy can have more opportunities and a better future.