In 2020, a suspense drama "The Hidden Corner" exploded, which not only made the audience see more possibilities for the male protagonist Qin Hao, but also made Li Meng, who played the female number two "Liu Yao", become popular overnight.
Her interpretation of Wang Yao is arrogant and stylish, with thick hair + a face full of high-end sense, giving people a feeling of never being forgotten.
Compared with the "low young beauty" that is popular in the entertainment industry, the special Wang Yao is simply like a clear stream.
But she soon "disappeared" - because of the popularity, her "black material" was constantly pulled out: late, spilled, angry director... Zhang Jizhong also used words like "difficult to engage" to confront her face to face.
From the rising new little flower, Li Meng instantly became a "big sister", how did all this happen?
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In "The Hidden Corner", Wang Yao, played by Li Meng, is the stepmother of a junior boy, and originally this role was positioned after 80 when selecting actors.
But Li Meng, who was born in 92, took it down with a tenacity, and at that time she herself felt incredible, but kept telling herself:
"It's okay, I'll give myself a try first, what if it works out?"
As a result, she obviously gambled correctly, and the score of this well-made web drama finally stopped at 8.8 points, which can be called a batch of "dark horses" of the year, and received countless audience praises at the same time, but also let Li Meng taste the "popularity" of his debut for 11 years.
Yes, although Li Meng is not very old, she has been "debuting" for 11 years, but although her starting point is very high, for various reasons, it has suddenly stopped in the middle.
Until 2013, in the film "Destiny" directed by Jia Zhangke, she gained attention for starring as a nightclub lady Lian Rong, and went to the Cannes Film Festival with the crew, and became the first post-90s mainland actress to step on the international red carpet.
After that, Li Meng took over the film "Everything Grows" starring Han Geng, and partner Qin Hao participated in the youth film "Rock Hero".
In "Rock Hero", she interpreted a Li Ai who grew from a dragon running set to a "film queen", and was also praised by the media as quite "Faye Wong's charm".
In 2015, Li Meng got many good scripts such as "Rescue Mr. Wu" and "To Youth, It Turns Out You Are Still Here", but because he starred in supporting roles, there was not much room to play, so he has been tepid.
However, due to Li Meng's beautiful "story face" and excellent acting skills, she cooperated with director Jia Zhangke in 2017 and participated in the movie "Floating City Shanghai".
As a result, she became the first post-90s Chinese actress to win an award at the Sundance Film Festival, and her achievements were extraordinary.
Before the broadcast of "The Hidden Corner", Li Meng also cooperated with Wang Junkai in the movie "749 Bureau", playing a female scientist;
In the movie "Mustang Mane", she played a female college student full of contradictions and confusion, once again impacted Cannes, and became the only mainland film selected for the official film list of "Cannes 2020" at the 73rd Cannes International Film Festival.
There is no doubt that although he is not yet 30 years old, Li Meng has always taken a very "high-end" route, and the films he has taken are either commercial blockbusters gathered by big celebrities or niche works with a high sense of art.
Because the temperament is quite similar to Jiang Wen's wife Zhou Yun, the acting skills are full of spirituality, and they directly catch up with Zhou Xun.
If Li Meng had not successively produced those black materials about "playing big names", her future should be unlimited.
But in this world, there are no ifs.
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Li Meng was born in 1992 in Changsha, Hunan Province, to a wealthy family, because her parents were too busy at work, she was "thrown" to her grandparents living in Shenzhen when she was a child.
Because of the "generation-skipping", the older generation was extremely pampered with her, and slowly Li Meng had more "princess disease".
When she was studying, Li Meng was also a "problem student", she lived in her own world, and once said to the outside world: "I am a person who has been autistic for 18 years." ”
At the age of 11, in order to let her get a better education, her parents sent little Li Meng to Canada to study.
Here, she felt a deeper sense of loneliness, only to watch various movies to pass the boring time.
At that stage, she saw "Gone with the Wind" and was deeply fascinated by it - and it was precisely because of this that Li Meng's life changed.
To this day, her personal social platform avatar is still a childhood photo of Vivien Leigh, the heroine of "Gone with the Wind".
After barely staying in Canada for a year, Li Meng gave up his studies and chose to return to China to stay with his parents, and has made up his mind to enter art colleges and become an actor.
In 2009, 17-year-old Li Meng entered Beiying to start studying acting, and it is said that he was then photographed by the producer at the airport and confirmed to participate in the film "White Deer Plain" directed by Wang Quan'an, and was also stamped by Chen Zhongzhong, the original author of the book, "Is Bai Ling".
If there is no accident, the role of Bai Ling, played by Li Meng, is the heroine of "White Deer Plain", she is deeply loved by Chen Zhongzhong, and she is the original "White Deer Elf".
Some people commented: What bai ling embodies is the pursuit of idealism, the hatred of the decadent feudal system, and the love for the poor masses.
And it is such an important role, but it is not shown in the movie.
According to the official account, due to the length of the reason, the scene had to focus on Tian Xiao'e, played by Zhang Yuqi, so Li Meng was "cut off".
A few years later, Li Meng was hand-picked by Chen Zhongzhong and invited to play the role of Bai Ling in the 160 million yuan investment TV series "White Deer Plain", which shows that her image and business ability are excellent.
However, after filming more than 40 scenes, Li Meng was suddenly replaced again, and the role of "Bai Ling" was replaced by actress Sun Iridium.
This in turn led to a scandal between Zhang Jiayi and his student Sun Iridium, but whether it was true or not, it was true that Li Meng was changed halfway.
Later, on the stage of "I Am an Actor 3", Zhang Jizhong pointed out that it was because she was too temperamental, wanted to add drama, and was always late, and Zhang Jiayi could not replace her halfway." ”
In this regard, Li Meng's statement is that he "does not know why", but also admits that he is a person with a flawed personality.
And Li Chengru did not shy away from saying:
"If the producer hadn't been turned over and the crew had been turned over, who would have easily changed the roles, and it was still a heavy role that had been filmed for more than half of the scenes?" So, you have to find out why for yourself. ”
Zhang Songwen, who also recorded the show at the same time, also came out to "give an example", saying that when filming "The Hidden Corner", because of an apple, she also let the prop teacher look for several hours in the middle of the night.
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Since then, other "big-name" stories about Li Meng have also been turned over, the most popular of which is her 2016 film "Old Cavity".
The film's side staged a collective hand-tearing Scene of Li Meng, and everyone's common view is that "I have lost contact several times, and my art is worrying."
Indeed, for this play, producer Li Linhong once said that he was in debt and hoped to make this movie well, especially in the publicity link, hoping that Li Meng would definitely attend, but she finally broke the contract when she signed the contract.
Subsequently, a video of Li Meng 'spilling" on the set of "Old Cavity" was circulated on the Internet, and the staff also said that "this is just the norm".
Coincidentally, in 2018, Li Meng acted in another movie "That Dearest Stranger", and one of the Taiwanese actresses lu Xuefeng, who had worked with, said in an interview that she "hated Li Meng".
The reason is that every time she goes to the set to shoot, she will bring several assistants, although the row is very sufficient, but also often because of trivialities, affecting the shooting progress.
Shooting the scene under the abnormal sun, the lights and the sun were waiting for her, but Li Meng touched her hair for 15 minutes.
Subsequently, she was rumored to have starred in Jiang Wen's "Evil Does Not Pressure Justice", but later the role was also deleted.
And "The Last Night on Earth", Li Meng's role was eventually replaced by Zeng Meihuizi...
After one "good play" after another was turned over, even if Li Meng had good acting skills, it also made many producers and directors "discouraged".
But it is strange that her resources are still good, and this year she has also starred in the movies "Summer Is Just a Day", "Hot Soup" and "Mustang Mane".
In terms of TV dramas, there are also "Babel Tower" cooperated with Qin Junjie, and Yang Zi's "Female Psychologist".
This can't help but make people wonder what the background is Li Meng, who is outstanding in appearance and good acting, but has a huge temper and doubtful artistic virtues.
At the beginning of this year, someone broke the news that her father was the president of a bank, and his connections and resources were excellent, so Li Meng was able to "run amok" in the entertainment circle at a young age, but he never cooled down.
However, although it is not cool, she is not red with the "big name sister" on her head, but "black".
Perhaps for the audience, the actor's acting skills are good, and the works produced are enough to touch people's hearts, which is enough.
However, for the job of an actor, practitioners must at least maintain a sense of awe and professional ethics, after all, a play is the result of the cooperation efforts of several parties.
Too paranoid or too serious about yourself, there is really no need, after all, out of the mix, are to pay back.