At the beginning of autumn, the sky under Jinling City is like a spike, and the love of idle yellow leaves is gradually rising, who to say?
In order to find the feeling of "old Nanjing", he wore a plain dress, stepped on shoes, flowed in the tea house on the corner, folded the fan to listen to the play, and then crossed the alley, drilled into the authentic small restaurant, feasted, dusted the corner, and the play also came.
"The more you act, the more you find it difficult to act," Liu Jun said.
In the 25 years since his debut, from an unknown supporting role to a well-known actor, every step is not easy, and he has always been in awe of performance, breaking himself again and again, clearing zero and starting again, just to make the creation more vital.
Now 50 years old, he is still like a child, immersed in his own performance world, maintaining curiosity and imagination.
I. "Rural Dolls" Who Are Not Willing to Be Ordinary
For several days, the light rain continued, three or two bungalows next to each other, permeated with a real musty smell, a dozen children like fleas in the quilt, jumping around the house, disturbing people's hearts, uncle screamed, but always called the wrong name.
In 1972, Liu Jun was born in a small county town in Yantai, Shandong Province, with diligent parents and a large family population, and life can only be regarded as subsistence.
On this day, he accompanied his uncle to deliver food to the grandfather who was sick in bed, and seeing that he was slightly better, Liu Jun went forward to talk to him, and between the words, the grandfather took out an old handkerchief from under the pillow and pulled out a coin to give it to him.
Soon, the grandfather died, and this coin seemed to foresee his extraordinary life.
In the eyes of his parents, Liu Jun is a thin-faced child, with few words and shyness, in addition to liking to play marbles, he is particularly fond of drilling movie theaters.
Because mothers like to watch movies, every payday, it becomes their family day, and the family will go to the cinema to see one of the most fashionable movies of the moment.
"At that time, I felt that the movie was a magical world, even if I went in to see the 10 minutes of the ending, I was satisfied," Liu Jun recalled with a smile.
After junior high school, Liu Jun became more and more addicted to film and television works, often skipping class to see movies, and without money to buy tickets, he climbed over the wall and entered the hospital, and the cat peeked at the movie in the corner.
Therefore, the schoolwork grades are often at the bottom, in order to give his son a skill, his mother let him go to Shandong Electric Power School to learn to repair wires.
At the age of 19, Liu Jun was already a Level 4 electrician and was assigned to work at the local electricity bureau, climbing on the pole every day to tighten the screws, and carefully learning behind the master's ass, for fear of being electrocuted if he was not careful.
Looking at the teacher fu who had been dry for 30 years, holding a smoking gun bag, clinging to the wire pile, pulling a mouth full of absurd words, Liu Jun was suddenly awakened, this is not the life I want.
After thinking about it for one night, he went to the unit to do a suspension of pay, in order to realize his childhood dream, he prepared to apply for the Xie Jin Film and Television Arts College according to the enrollment profile in the film magazine, and officially began to study acting.
1 year later, he successfully entered the Xie Jin Film and Television Academy, and became a classmate with Yan Yi and Li Xie, at that time, 24-year-old Liu Jun was the "big brother" in the class, and it caused a lot of contempt to go out of the house halfway.
Fortunately, because of his rich social experience, he is more empathetic in performance, and he walks faster than other white-paper boys, even so, Liu Jun will still bury his head in schoolwork all day long, working hard.
Two years later, Yan Yikuan was admitted to the opera, Li Xie was admitted to Nortel, and Liu Jun went to the Shandong Academy of Arts, and later entered the Shandong Provincial Drama Theatre.
However, the first time he faced the camera, he was still embarrassed, in the seven or eight episodes of the short drama "One Hundred Years of Ups and Downs", Liu Jun received a small role that could not be named, but because he was too nervous, he would not even wash his face, and as a result, he was scolded by the director.
"I'm not suitable for facing the camera, so I'll stop acting in the future."
This year, at the age of 25, for the first time, he felt landless and even scared to shoot.
Second, the past of irony
The past is like smoke, and now that he thinks about it, Liu Jun only feels that those obstacles that were once there, after stepping over, are nothing, and even become a pile of interesting talk, which makes people laugh.
In the whole 3 years, Liu Jun cured his cowardice and regained his confidence, and he resolutely went north to find an opportunity to get ahead.
This boy is also very lucky, just arrived in Beijing, he hooked up a local drama, in which he played the well-behaved and obedient young son, and Yu Yuexian played his "sister".
One day, after the two people chatted after the play, they accidentally knew that Yue Xianjie went to the noodle group "Kangxi Dynasty", and heard that Chen Daoming, Si Qinggaowa and other powerful actors were there, Liu Jun was moved, and asked her for the deputy director's phone.
The next day, he got on his bicycle, clutching a page of resume in his hand, and rushed to Wukesong, where there were more people than the temple fair.
Liu Jun stretched out his head to inquire about the situation with people, and when he saw that other people's resumes were densely packed with several pages of paper, he hid his back timidly, thinking: How can this be achieved?
In 2015, he turned around and became the "Emergency Room Story", the front-line, elegant and gentle doctor "Guan Jizhou".
And such a large span of roles, very test the skills of the actors, Liu Jun's untraceable performance, let every character stand up, but also make the audience convinced and like.
However, because of his overly straight temper, he also offended many people.
Once, the director suddenly stopped shooting, sat there not knowing what he was doing, and hundreds of people on the whole crew were waiting for him.
After a long time, Liu Jun couldn't stand it, so he publicly accused the director, making him very faceless.
Maybe he is young and vigorous, and he knows that this stinky temper is not good, but Liu Jun just can't change it, but because of his true temperament, he has made friends with many iron brothers in the circle.
In those years, Liu Jun has been wandering in a variety of small supporting roles, tepid, but he insists on polishing every little person, moving forward without hurry, waiting for the flowers to bloom.
Third, the new favorite of the noonday sun
As an actor, I am most fortunate to encounter a good script, a good production team and a well-remembered role, and these are all encounterable and unattainable, how many actors have spent their lives waiting for such roles, but have unconsciously disappeared into the hustle and bustle.
Liu Jun is undoubtedly lucky, in the film and television circle for more than 20 years, he was finally seen, with solid acting skills and a true temperament, he became the new darling of the "National Drama Brother" Noonday Sunshine team.
In 2017, under the guidance of Zhang Kaiyu and produced by noonday sun, the ancient family drama "Do You Know If It Should Be Green Fat Red Skinny", once broadcast, immediately caused the whole people to catch up and became a popular drama of the year.
And this TV series that gathers more than 100 actors such as Zhao Liying, Feng Shaofeng, Zhu Yilong and Chen Jin, Liu Jun has successfully gone out of the circle with the role of "Sheng Shao" in the play, and has won countless praise and love from the audience.
And the role of "Sheng Shao" was originally very unpleasant, above the court, he was only promised, sleek and sophisticated, and in the family, he spoiled his wife and destroyed his wife, selfish.
However, under Liu Jun's second creation, this character actually became cute, singing and harmonizing with the big lady with a broken mouth and a silly mouth in the play, becoming the source of happiness for the whole play, and he was affectionately called "Red Wolf" by the audience.
On the day of the killing, Liu Jun, who has always been funny and humorous, was wearing a costume alone, and for a long time he was reluctant to take it off, sitting lonely in the corner of the scenery shed, and crying fiercely.
This deep affection and keen sensitivity to the role made it difficult for him to separate from the role for a long time, which was very painful and very unwilling.
This year, Liu Jun was 45 years old, and he finally ushered in the brightest moment in his acting career.
After that, he played "Emperor Liang" in the new drama "The Wind Rises in the Long Forest" at noon, although the role was small, he received the highest praise from the audience.
With the first two cooperations, Liu Jun's righteous deeds and skillful acting skills have won the trust of the Noonday Sunshine team and are praised like "uncles".
In 2020, another noontime ancient drama "Qingping Le" invited Liu Jun to play the famous "Fan Zhongyun", which was a great challenge for him, because it was also a costume drama of the Song Dynasty, and it was similar to the time of broadcasting, and it would be similar if it was not performed well.
"The scenery in the autumn is different, and the Hengyang geese go without noticing." The sound of the four sides is even horned, and in the thousand mountains, the long smoke and sunset are closed.
A glass of turbid wine is a thousand miles away, and Yan Ran has not returned to the house. Qiangguan was full of frost, people did not sleep, and the general's white hair was in tears. ”
In 2021, the family emotional drama "Children of the Qiao Family", "Scumbag" Qiao Zuwang was scolded by netizens on the hot search, netizens shouted Liu Jun: "Brother Qiao, be a person." ”
The bastard, rogue and mean Qiao Zuwang was interpreted very vividly by Liu Jun, and he definitely did not disappoint the audience and successfully defeated the fans of the drama.
"I try to make this role 'interesting' as much as possible, playing this kind of character is to be real, people can't be black and white, and Qiao Zuwang also has his cute places," Liu Jun explained.
And this age span of a lifetime timeline, let Liu Jun use all his energy, but also let him very emotional, on the day of the killing, he walked around the old house again, found a place where no one sat, and cried again.
In this exposed and direct way, he said goodbye to the character.
Fourth, the great wife
Although, in most of the works, the husband played by Liu Jun is always reckless and arbitrary, but in reality, he is a good man.
Few people know that his wife is the famous wedding designer Lan Yu, who has designed wedding dresses and red carpet dresses for many stars in the circle, including Yang Mi, Li Xiaolu, Liu Shishi, Zhang Hanyun and so on.
Last year, Zhang Xiaofei, the actor who was on fire because of the movie "Hello, Li Huanying", chose a green velvet long dress designed by Magnolia when he participated in the Harper's Bazaar Night, which was once a hot search for beauty and unlimited scenery.
Lanyu is also the fastest growing and most influential post-85 wedding dress designer in China, in addition to its haute couture wedding brand LAN-YU, there are two series of haute couture and haute couture, and there are stores in Los Angeles, Paris, Sydney and Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen.
She is definitely a proper career strong woman, although she is 14 years younger than her husband Liu Jun, but the relationship between the two is very sweet, and she is also an enviable couple in the circle.
The two have a cute daughter "Duoduo", according to his wife Yulan, Liu Jun is a daughter slave, often everywhere to show off the baby, father and daughter will often stick together to eat a bowl of noodles, watch cartoons together, do handicrafts together and so on.
In Liu Jun's view, a good parent-child relationship should be equal and respectful, and when he is not filming, he will accompany his daughter wholeheartedly.
"We play games together or do things together, I often reflect on where I am not good enough, because I am also a first-time father, but also continue to learn", mentioning her daughter, Liu Jun will not stop smiling happily.
In life, both are very low-key, but the wife is Liu Jun's biggest spiritual support, whenever he begins to question himself and feel anxious in the performance, Yulan will gently comfort him and give her husband the greatest support.
In the entertainment industry for more than twenty years, Liu Jun has never reported any gossip, always clean and self-righteous, dedicated to his wife, and occasionally he will secretly poke and poke on social platforms to show affection.
When Liu Jun starred in "Do You Know If It Should Be Green Fat Red Skinny" was broadcast, he also posted an article lamenting why he did not like "Minglan" and "Mingyu", not because of "Ming", focusing on the words "Lan" and "Jade", and secretly confessed his wife.
And the wife Yulan will also work hard to cheer for her husband when she has a new work to broadcast, fully support her husband's work, the two respect each other, and work together, isn't it the best way to marry!
Fifth, all the way forward
Today, 50-year-old Liu Jun has become more calm and smooth, and he is grateful for everything that life has given him, whether good or bad, he is very content.
He feels that he can still be recognized, will still have a role, has not been eliminated by the industry, and can continue to do the work he loves, and he is already grateful.
For acting, he has never forgotten his original intention, and strives to portray every role well, worthy of the audience, and not lost himself.
"At this age, I am also waiting for better roles, and I still have to look forward and constantly discover new possibilities."
When not filming, Liu Jun likes to stay at home, gather around his wife and daughter, cook a home-cooked meal for them, or watch movies and read books, this simple life makes him feel very down-to-earth.
In the lively street market, in the endless flow of people, a man dressed in casual clothes and wearing a duck tongue hat is carrying a bottle of vinegar, wandering from the vegetable market to the park, stopping to watch the bosses play chess, peeking at the little couple to talk about love...
He is like an ordinary person, living simply and truly creating life.