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Talented and both literary and martial, Wu Fan is a well-known actor who is loved by the audience.
In the 21 years since his debut, he has starred in hundreds of film and television dramas such as "Huo Yuanjia", "The New Version of Journey to the West", "Prodigal Son Yanqing", "Liancheng Tips", "Cold War 2", "Mine Warfare", "Lonely City in the Line of Fire", etc., and is well known for his kung fu and acting skills.
In the early years, Wu Fan was entangled between his own red and not red, in order to fight for that breath, he was bent on running for career and delayed personal problems, until he was 38 years old, he was introduced to his wife outside the circle, and he became a father at the age of 40.
After a third of his life, now that he is middle-aged, Wu Fan is no longer obsessed with his own talent, only wishes his family peace and health, and the rest of his life is the happiest thing to accompany his daughter to grow.
Wu Fan with his daughter and father
Why learn martial arts?
Wu was born in April 1976 to an ordinary worker family in Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province.
When Wu Fan was a child
Don't look at Wu Fan's thick eyebrows and big eyes when he was a child, his body is weak and sickly, so his parents are also broken.
In order to make his son's body stronger, Wu's father went to a folk master who taught shape and meaning boxing, and let the 5-year-old Wu Fan begin to follow him to learn to stand on piles and some basic movements of shape and meaning.
In other words, Wu Fan's original intention of learning martial arts was to strengthen his body, but he did not expect to go further and further down this road to become a national martial arts champion, a national martial arts martial arts athlete, and finally a well-known martial arts actor.
Wu Fan is a natural martial arts seedling, and at the age of 6, he met Mr. Wu Shuqing, a martial arts professor at Hebei University, who is a famous master of Wu-style taijiquan.
Mr. Wu Shuqing, a famous martial artist
Mr. Wu Shuqing was particularly kind to Wu Fan, and felt that he was a tiger and wanted to take him as an apprentice.
But because she is much older than Wu's father, and Teacher Cai Longyun, Teacher Wu Bin, and Professor Zhang Wenguang are all of the same generation, if you accept him as an apprentice, that generation is too high, so Wu Fan called her a grandmother.
But because Wu Fan was active when he was a child, Tai Chi was a very slow practice that needed to be calmed down to learn.
He did not start to do it at first, but after his husband taught him a few tricks, he suddenly benefited a lot, and slowly he fell in love with tai chi, but he officially began to practice tai chi when he was 13 years old.
Wu Fan was born for martial arts, and he also met many nobles in his martial arts career.
After practicing with the teacher for two years, the teacher felt that he had a clear skeleton and was a martial arts wizard, especially suitable for performative martial arts, so he recommended him to Zhangjiakou Sports School.
Wu Fan has been participating in martial arts competitions since he was 7 years old; At the age of 17, he was awarded the title of "Wuying Grade" by the state, and entered the national training team at the age of 18;
At the age of 20, he participated in the "National Individual Elite Competition" and won the first place in "Eight Pole Quan", and at the age of 21, he was admitted to the Chinese Opera with the first place in the national performance major, and after graduation, he was admitted to the National Drama Theatre of China with the first place in the performance major.
Wu Fan martial arts performance
Wu Fan's flawless personal resume should be the best stepping stone on his road to fame, but he has a bumpy road, and it is precisely because of this that he always laments that he does not meet him.
The children of poor families have long been in charge
Wu Fan's journey seems to be smooth, he has been a martial arts wizard since he was a child, and he is the type of god chasing after the rice to eat, but behind this is endless heartache and tears.
Wu Fan learned martial arts from an early age, and it was his parents who made him stronger and sicker, which was his parents' love for him.
Later, through learning some martial arts-related knowledge and watching some martial arts star movies, he completely fell in love with martial arts and walked on this road without hesitation, no matter how difficult and tired he could persevere.
The reason why he was not afraid of suffering or tiredness, in addition to liking, was also because this was the best choice for Wu Fan at that time.
Originally, the family conditions were ordinary, when Wu Fan graduated from junior high school, his parents were both laid off, and what made it worse was that his mother also suffered from stubborn diabetes.
In order to save money, Wu Mu did not go to the hospital for treatment, just took some cheap conventional drugs to control the disease, but her body was getting thinner and thinner, and sometimes the body could not stand the crime, Wu Mu simply said that she did not take medicine and died.
Every now and then, Father Wu would patiently comfort her, in order to support the family, Father Wu borrowed money from relatives to buy an old truck to run a long distance, but the money was not earned, and he was urged by relatives to pay off debts at both ends of the three days.
Watching his parents anxious about money, Wu Fan's heart was very tight, and he thought about how to share the burden for his parents and support the family together.
It just so happened that the Ningxia Sports Brigade went to Zhangjiakou to recruit martial arts athletes, and if he was lucky enough to be selected not only without tuition, but also with a monthly allowance, Wu Fan decided to become an athlete after learning about it.
The parents knew in their hearts that he was lightening the burden on the family, and the mother felt that she was dragging down her son, and the father said to him with tears:
Child, you are not in high school, the level of education is too low, what can you do after retiring from the army in the future?
Wu Fan comforted his parents, telling them that even if he became an athlete, he would not leave his studies behind, and he would practice martial arts while learning cultural lessons.
In this way, Wu Fan entered the Ningxia Martial Arts Team.
This became the most brilliant period of his sports career, and he has won the national junior championship, the national championship championship, the world invitation championship, etc., and it is also from here that he began to take on the burden of supporting his family.
How did you get on the path of being an actor?
In 1995, director Chen Jialin was preparing "Helan Xue", which is a HISTORICAL WAR TV series with martial arts elements, so the director team went to the Ningxia Wushu team to select martial arts stuntmen.
At that time, Wu Fan, who was skilled in martial arts, tall in stature and good in image temperament, was played by the director in the role of Li Ninglingge at a glance, and this film and television electrocution experience awakened Wu Fan's sleeping acting dream, and he gave birth to the idea of applying for drama school.
Wu Fan is a person with strong action and execution, and he immediately puts it into action when he has this idea.
In 1996, 20-year-old Wu Fan accompanied his first love girlfriend to apply for the acting department of the Beijing Film Academy, and was admitted, but because he wanted to participate in the National Eight Games, he gave up.
This year he won the first place in "Eight Pole Quan", and the Ningxia Martial Arts Team gave him a house and a car, but he did not accept it, because he always had a dream of acting in his heart.
In 1997, Wu Fan applied for the Central Academy of Drama, in order to double insurance he also applied for the Beijing Film Academy, did not expect that after the three examinations of Chinese opera, he won the first place in the chinese opera performance major, the teacher told him that he did not have to take the examination for other colleges, as long as the cultural class was over, the Chinese opera would definitely be admitted.
Martial arts athletes do not learn culture classes, fortunately, Wu Fan did not slack off much on weekdays, plus in the 28 days before the college entrance examination, he learned the spirit of the ancients "head hanging beam cone thorn stock", and finally entered the Chinese opera with the second place in the class culture class.
In this way, Wu Fan "abandoned his family and business" and went from Ningxia to Beijing to go to school.
But his four years of college life is not good, originally retired from the athlete he can have everything, but in order to chase the dream in his heart, resolutely gave up, although his parents do not approve of his choice, but they also know his son's temperament, and finally chose to support him.
But his parents could not give him substantial support.
Why did you try so hard?
At that time, Wu Fan's annual tuition fee was 6,000 yuan, plus the usual drama performances and various tuition and miscellaneous fees, etc., at least more than 10,000 a year, and four years added up to 50,000 to 60,000.
But at that time, his father earned more than three hundred a month, which was undoubtedly a huge amount of money for such a family.
So this is also the reason why his parents did not approve at first, but these did not bother Wu Fan, who had trained his strong and indomitable willpower from elementary school martial arts.
He studied while studying, while working and studying, he was the host of the dance hall, he was paid 50 yuan a night, he used the lunch break to teach international students martial arts, at most there were more than thirty people, 20 yuan a lesson, half a month of classes, so that the next month can earn ten thousand yuan.
Wu Fan said that his college life is actually not a college student, because since he was 16 years old, he has been raising a family and does not use a penny at home.
What is even more rare is that while raising his family, he has also achieved both good character and excellent learning, won scholarships for two consecutive years, and won numerous awards in the national college student competition.
After graduating from university, Wu Fan was admitted to the National Drama Theatre as a professional actor with the first place and obtained a Beijing hukou.
In 2001, Wu Fan made the second TV series of his life, in "Jingwu Hero Chen Zhen", playing a generation of martial arts master Chen Zhen, after this drama he got a salary of 60,000 yuan, and the first thing he thought of when he got this money was to take his mother to Beijing and see her.
Wu Fan's parents
At that time, Wu Fan rented a small two-bedroom apartment in Beijing, and took his parents to Beijing, so that it was convenient to take care of them and send his mother to the hospital for better treatment at regular intervals.
Wu Fan knew that in order to gain a foothold in Beijing and earn a guarantee for his parents' old age, he must work harder.
In the following five years, he filmed dramas such as "Hero", "Young Huang Feihong", "Lian Cheng Tips", "Prodigal Son Yanqing", "Seven Fairies of Joy and Joy", and became a well-known actor to the audience.
Stills from "The Trick of the City"
After acting in some dramas, Wu Fan's economy began to improve, he bought a house in Beijing, and the family ended the days of renting a house, but soon he encountered the Waterloo of his career.
Why is it not red?
In the scenes filmed by Wu Fan a few years before his debut, most of the roles he played were known for kung fu, but this type of film was limited after all.
With the rise of youth idol romance films, Wu Fan can shoot fewer and fewer scenes, and even can't receive dramas.
He couldn't understand that his "Wen" was the first to be admitted to the Chinese opera, and "Wu" had won the national championship.
"Why don't the characters I like to play come to me?" Even begging people to say that they want less money, don't want money, can you choose a role for me" The answer is always "No!" ”
In those years, Wu Fan almost fell into depression, he felt that he was not bad, but why was it not red? Why is there no drama to play?
After several years of lows, in 2011, Wu Fan ushered in a new career start, playing Qi Tian's great saint Sun Wukong in Zhang Jizhong's version of "Journey to the West".
With "Sun Wukong" Wu Fan once again returned to the audience's vision.
After that, he cooperated with Zhou Runfa and others to shoot "Macau Storm 2", "Cold War 2", and cooperated with Gu Tianle in films such as "Kill the Wolf and The Wolf", and his career ushered in a new peak.
After experiencing the ups and downs of his career, Wu Fan understood that as an actor, he needs to return to the work, don't take himself seriously, take what he does seriously, take every role he plays seriously, shape it with his heart, and win the recognition of the industry and the audience.
In 2022, Wu Fan starred in two films that received praise, one was "Broken Gold" and the other was "Zhang Sanfeng".
Among them, when Zhang Sanfeng was released, half of the entertainment circle including Shen Teng, Huang Bo, Deng Chao, Yu Hewei, Hu Ge, Li Xian, Jiang Xin and other powerful factions all appeared on camera to help call, which showed its strength.
From the beginning of entering the show business circle, has been tepid for many years, Wu Fan has become more relaxed from the person whose ambition was written on his face before.
He no longer dwells on whether red is red or not, only cares about whether he is doing what he loves, living happily or unhappily, and after he is relieved, he finds that everything is so beautiful.
Happiest with family
Wu Fan with his parents
Over the years, Wu Fan has been obsessed with running a career and delaying personal problems.
As mentioned earlier, he had a first love girlfriend when he went to Beijing to study, but he did not achieve positive results for many years, and then he did not get rid of it.
It was not until the age of 38 that at the urging of his family, he met his current wife Liu Jing through blind dates.
Wu Fan has only one of the most important conditions for choosing a mate, that is, to have filial piety, of course, the premise must also be that two people love each other, Liu Jing is a gentle and virtuous woman, she personally also appreciates Wu Fan very much, and has seen many of his plays.
Wu Fan Liu Jing and director Liu Weiqiang
The first time the two met, they were very close, and then they found that each other was the other half they were looking for, so they naturally established a relationship.
In March 2015, Wu Fan successfully proposed to Liu Jing, and the two entered the palace of marriage hand in hand.
In 2016, they ushered in the crystallization of love, Liu Jing gave birth to a daughter Wu Dini in Beijing, officially upgraded from a world of two to a happy family of three.
After becoming a husband, becoming a father, and having a daughter, Wu Fan has a deeper understanding of acting and has more layers in shaping her role.
When filming "Kill the Wolf" in Thailand, his daughter was just born, and the wife in the play also happened to be pregnant.
There was a scene where he paid his wife for the maternity checkup, the moment he saw the B ultrasound, he was a little confused, he thought of his wife and children, at this time he was no longer acting. This scene, the director said it was really good, he liked the feeling.
Also in the drama "The Gate of the Big Mansion", there is a scene in which Bai Jingqi and Yang Jiuhong rob the child, and his line is "You put the child in the old lady for a while, and then return it to you later." ”
In the past, Wu Fan performed this scene with a commanding tone, speaking a little hard, giving the audience the feeling of "you are assured, the child will definitely give it to you." ”
But after becoming a father, he will not be so tough in this scene, but more relaxed.
This is the feeling brought to him by the father, and more importantly, Wu Fan used to shoot action scenes very hard, but after having his daughter, he paid extra attention to safety.
Although Wu Fan is an action actor, he is also afraid of heights.
Because he had filmed a scene before, Weia broke, he fell from a height of 15 meters, there were no safety measures underground, it was all pebbles, he fainted for 15 minutes, and when he opened his eyes, he thought he was in another world.
Wu Fan and his daughter
Later, after becoming a family, after having a daughter, Wu Fan was even more spared of his life, and then there was a high-altitude drama to find him, he would discuss with the director whether to delete it, the director did not agree, and finally could only politely refuse.
Because at this time for him, the health of the family and the neatness of the family together are the most important.
In the past few years, it can be clearly seen that Wu Fan has slowed down, he is no longer ambitious, but tries to balance work and family, and spends more time with his family's daughter.
The longest love of romance is companionship, he hopes to accompany his daughter to grow up in this way, record her bits, cherish every moment with her, the former tough guy hero, now has become a "showgirl madman".
Wu Fan and his daughter
Looking back at Wu Fan along the way, martial arts have run through his entire youth, participated in various competitions of all sizes, won various championships, and is a martial arts athlete of the Wuying level;
After that, he was admitted to the Acting Department of the Central Academy of Drama with the first place, and after graduation, he was once again admitted to the National Drama Theatre with the first place and became a professional actor.
On the road of performing arts, Wu Fan has been confused, but he has never given up. Now that he is middle-aged, he has finally lived to be what he likes.
In his career, he is a good actor in the eyes of the audience; In the family, he is a good son of his parents, a good husband of his wife, a good father of his daughter, and he is a powerful actor with responsibility.