If you want to say who is the most low-key star second generation in the entertainment industry?
That Wang Xiao must be one of them.
Many viewers are not unfamiliar with the roles he plays such as "Si Ming Xingjun", "Shen Guangshun", "Yang Ke", etc., but they do not necessarily know that his mother is the nationally famous performance artist Wang Fuli.
In 1998, at the age of twenty, Wang Xiao boarded a flight to Russia and embarked on the road to study abroad.
At that time, Wang Fuli could be said to have sent away his son with joy and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
In Wang Fuli's view, as long as Wang Xiao goes abroad, he can no longer continue to pursue his dream of being an actor.
But what Wang Fuli did not expect was that Wang Xiao had already silently planned his future acting path.
He is ready to use his work in the future to develop contacts and meet directors to realize his dreams.
However, at that time, Wang Xiao did not know that this road would be so difficult.
Why did Wang Xiao insist on embarking on this road despite his mother's objections?
Why is Wang Xiaoming able to rely on the aura of the second generation of stars to get ahead, but still choose to work alone?
Why is Wang Fuli so reluctant for her son to get involved in the show business circle?
His parents were busy at work and took flawless care of the young Wang Xiao
In the show business circle of the 1970s and 1980s, the first generation of "four small flowers" emerged.
They are Wang Fuli, Liu Xiaoqing, Pan Hong and Gong Xue.
Wang Fuli played a Jiangnan girl in "Water Guerrilla", Lu Ruifang in "Cotai Strip", and a role in "Our Cow Hundred Years Old".
Although compared with the other three, Wang Fuli's acting career is much inferior, and she has only won the Golden Rooster Award and the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Supporting Actress.
But Wang Fuli is the most beautiful and happy emotionally.
In 1973, in the process of filming, Wang Fuli and the fledgling director Wang Qun had a love affair with each other.
Soon the two came together, and both fell in love.
Two years later, Wang Qun and Wang Fuli submitted a marriage report to the unit, but they were rejected by their superiors.
For this hard-won love, the two also moved the idea of resigning and "eloping" for a while.
In order to keep the two backbones, the leader had to nod his head and agree to the marriage.
In 1978, Wang Fuli conceived and gave birth to a son, Wang Xiao, in October.
Due to the busy work of his parents, he rarely had time to take care of Wang Xiao.
Therefore, Wang Xiao has been cared for by his grandparents since he was a child.
Growing up under the spoils of his grandparents, his personality became more and more mischievous and active.
Once, Wang Xiao and a few male classmates swept away the food in the principal's refrigerator and even set up a wild barbecue stall.
For this reason, Wang Xiao was also suspended from class and called the parents.
Even as a well-known actress, Wang Fuli did not have to get an education from the principal of the school.
She felt extremely guilty because she did not teach the children well, and Wang Xiao, who had run into trouble on the side, looked like she didn't care much.
After returning home, Wang Fuli hid in the room and sobbed alone.
Wang Xiao reacted to this and said that he had caused a catastrophe, hurt his mother's heart, felt guilty, and took the initiative to apologize to Wang Fuli.
At the age of 8, he was selected by the director, but was strongly opposed by his mother
Born in a literary and artistic family, Wang Xiao inherited his parents' artistic cells from an early age and has a special love for performance.
One day, Wang Xiao, who was still in kindergarten, saw a warship on TV.
He whimsically made up a story that took place on a warship.
In the story, there are captains, sailors, first officers and other characters, all played by himself.
He even prepared lines between the various characters.
Since then, Wang Xiao's heart has deeply planted the seed of an actor's dream.
The road to chasing dreams will always encounter many unexpected difficulties.
But to Wang Xiao's surprise, the first obstacle encountered on this road was set by his mother.
In 1986, pearl river film studios were preparing to shoot a war film.
Eight-year-old Wang Xiao was chosen by the discerning director to play the role of a small guerrilla.
When he got home, he was ecstatic to tell his mother the news.
His mother's reaction was unexpected.
Wang Fuli is firmly opposed to letting her son go to filming, and she is in the show business circle, and she knows that it is not easy for actors to take this road, and how much suffering to suffer.
Filming often requires filming in the winter to shoot the scene of the water, and in the summer to shoot the scene of wearing a cotton jacket, and her body has fallen into some problems.
It is worth mentioning that she believes that the reason why many child stars set foot in the show business circle is to satisfy the greed and vanity of their parents, and finally waste their studies and delay their children's lives.
So she did not hesitate to ask the teacher to push this opportunity off.
This is a great blow to Wang Xiao, who has been looking forward to entering the group to shoot.
At one point, he did not understand the stubbornness of his mother, who had always pampered himself, in this matter.
However, under the persuasion of his parents, the young Wang Xiao still temporarily devoted all his thoughts to learning.
Still not giving up the dream of being an actor, he embarked on the road to study abroad at the age of 18
When Wang Xiao was twelve or thirteen years old, he happened to coincide with the school's thirtieth anniversary celebration, and each class had to produce a program.
After some discussion in Wang Xiao's class, he decided to perform the drama "Thunderstorm".
He was lucky enough to get the precious opportunity to play the role of "Zhou Ping" and hollowed out his mind to play this role well.
So he spent a lot of time reading the original work, delving into the character image and personality.
At the same time, Wang Xiao was also very afraid of being discovered by his mother, and could only secretly memorize the script at home.
Unfortunately, the paper could not contain the fire after all, and Wang Fuli soon discovered the reason why her son had not been in school recently.
She found the teacher again, and because Wang Xiao was not qualified for this role, she once again pushed off the opportunity to perform the drama.
But for Wang Xiao, who is in adolescence, the more his parents don't want him to do, the more he wants to do it.
In fact, the little flame in his heart was never extinguished.
In line with the principle of not hitting the south wall and not turning back, Wang Xiao still did not think of giving up the dream of being an actor.
He also decadented for a while.
Wang Xiao learned to smoke, drink, fight, and even skip class from time to time.
Wang Fuli was also called to the school more and more often.
No matter what catastrophe Wang Xiao had caused, she had never punished Wang Xiao.
Her only request is that you can do anything, but you can't be an actor.
But Wang Fuli did not expect that Wang Xiao had already thought of a dream-chasing method of "saving the country with curves".
In 1996, after graduating from high school, Wang Xiao stepped on a plane to Russia and officially began his study abroad career.
He had wanted to spend some time learning Russian before applying to Stanislavsky's performance theory course at the Moscow Film Institute.
Unfortunately, two years are fleeting, and the ultra-difficulty Russian language makes Wang Xiao discouraged, and even daily communication has become a problem.
So under the advice of Wang Fuli, Wang Xiao, who had achieved nothing, transferred to the University of Sherdan in Canada and began to learn three-dimensional animation.
At the age of 23, he starred in his debut film and lost 60 pounds for his dream
Wang Fuli thought that his son had finally given up his dream of being an actor.
But what she did not expect was that Wang Xiao had already made a wishful thinking.
Three-dimensional animation work can often be done with some film and television companies, at that time he can take the opportunity to meet more directors and pave the way for his future entry into the show business.
However, before Wang Xiao graduated, he ushered in the first opportunity to touch the shadow.
In 2001, Wang Xiao starred in a small supporting role in the film and television drama "Sun Yat-sen", that is, the bodyguard next to Yuan Shikai.
Although the role is not much, it is enough for Wang Xiao to experience the joy of filming.
Still, he suffered a verbal blow from his mother.
At that time, Wang Xiao, who had been living abroad for a long time, could not resist the temptation of junk food, and his weight even soared to ninety kilograms.
Even the crew's largest pants could not be worn and had to be secured with pins and ropes.
After Wang Fuli learned of this, he said even more ruthlessly: "You are so fat and want to be an actor." ”
Wang Xiao said in disbelief: "I will thin for you to see." ”
After returning to Canada, he began desperately trying to lose weight.
Originally, you could eat five or six burgers for a meal, and in order to lose weight, you only eat one cookie a day.
In this way, Wang Xiao relied on his perseverance to lose sixty pounds in seven months.
It's like going from a big fat guy to a type of man.
This time, Wang Xiao thought that his parents would finally stop him from realizing his dreams.
But Wang Fuli insisted that he finish his studies first, and then say after the graduate school.
In 2005, after graduating from graduate school, Wang Xiao returned to China, full of ambition, ready to show his fists.
However, his mother broke her word again and tried to persuade him: "Even if you enter the show business circle, you may not have a drama to shoot, or find a stable job first." ”
After resigning, he stepped into the show business circle and signed a contract with Jiaxing Media
In this way, his parents found a job for Wang Xiao in a famous animation company through personal connections.
Wang Xiao lived a nine-to-six life as an office worker.
But he knew it wasn't the life he wanted.
In his spare time, he often stares at the TV in a daze, fantasizing about when he will be able to act like them.
In May of the same year, after some careful consideration, Wang Xiao made up his mind to quit his job and enter the dream showbiz circle despite his parents' objections.
In the end, Wang Fuli, who loves his son, is still a stubborn son.
So she made a three-year contract for her son.
That is: within three years, if Wang Xiao can't break into any fame in the show business circle, he will obediently go back to work.
The premise is that parents do not give any resources to network support.
Therefore, since entering the show business circle, Wang Xiao has rarely mentioned his parents.
But Wang Fuli clearly underestimated Wang Xiao's enthusiasm for his dreams.
In the following years, Wang Xiao, who has zero basic and zero resources, has been playing the role of a dragon set with few roles in film and television works.
Wang Fuli learned from a director friend about Wang Xiao's hardships in filming, which can be said to be extremely painful.
So Wang Fuli finally let go of his obsession and slowly approved of his son's idea.
Unlike other second generations of stars, Wang Xiao did not want to use his parents' connections to open up resources for himself.
He believes that film and television superstars such as Andy Lau and Stephen Chow have started from small supporting roles, why can't they do it?
So even if Wang Fuli wants to add bricks and tiles to his son's acting career, Wang Xiao does not agree.
In 2012, Wang Xiao starred in the urban romance drama "Midsummer Evening Sunny Day".
His natural superb acting skills left a deep impression on Yang Mi, and the two also formed an extraordinary fate.
After Yang Mi founded Jiaxing Media, Wang Xiao became one of them.
Conquering the audience with acting skills is known as "drama throwing face"
In the twelve years when he could only play supporting roles, Wang Xiao was also indignant.
But Wang Fuli still encouraged him: "It is impossible for everyone to be the protagonist, there must always be someone to play a supporting role, many actors are popular by supporting roles, you must stick to it." ”
Finally, in 2016, Wang Xiao waited for the role that made him popular all over the Internet.
That is the role of the humorous Si Ming Xingjun in "Three Lives and Three Worlds and Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms".
With the explosion of the drama, Wang Xiao's fame also rose.
Such an ordinary role was vividly interpreted by Wang Xiao.
He used his own personal experience to prove what is called gold always shines.
In recent years, the role played by Wang Xiao has been enjoyed by the audience.
For example, Cao Jun in "Building Dreams", Lin Nan in "Trident", Shen Guangshun in "Inspection Patrol", Yang Ke in "Flowing Golden Years" and so on.
From the little bastard of Hanger Langdang, to the decadent Shen Guangshun, to the prodigal son of the affectionate love field, to the witty and funny immortal.
With his pure acting skills, Wang Xiao interprets one role with different personalities to be fascinating.
Wang Xiao is not from a science class, so there is no trace of assembly line performance, more natural and more vivid, and more able to take the audience into the plot.
Many viewers even jokingly called Wang Xiao an actor who "threw his face in the drama".
That is to say, the personality and image of each play are far from each other.
So far, Wang Xiao has not starred in male number one.
He was also asked in an interview: Have you never thought of playing a leading role?
Wang Xiao said indifferently, "No one does not want to play the main role, but the supporting role has the meaning of supporting roles, and my ambition is to be an actor that I admire." ”
As a second generation star, it is not easy for Wang Xiao to maintain such a sober and independent idea.
But as Wang Xiao said, no matter how famous his parents are and how well-known they are, they have nothing to do with him.
What about resources even if you rely on your parents' connections?
When the camera is facing him, he has to act on his own.
Word of mouth must also use his own acting skills to slowly accumulate step by step.
epilogue
In order to dream, Wang Xiao gave up a high education and a high-paying and stable job.
He broke through in the show business circle by his own strength and became the pride of his mother Wang Fuli.
Even if Wang Xiao is in the second generation of stars, he does not have the advantage of appearance.
But as long as the acting skills are naturally superb, they will inevitably be sought after by the audience.
It is not an easy task to make up your mind to enter the show business at the age of twenty-seven.
He is neither for fame nor fame, nor for money and fame, but he truly loves acting and finally realizes his dreams in his youth.