In 1990, Andy Lau, who had become a super idol, was ignored by a little girl in the crew of "Heavenly Love", which was the first time he met after he became popular.
Andy Lau was very curious, so he ran to the girl to brush his sense of existence, but he didn't expect to exchange it for only one sentence, "I'm sorry, you're not my idol." The girl's bluntness made Liu Tianwang a little embarrassed.
At that time, Liu Tianwang did not know that he would have thought of this girl who dared to ignore him for many years.
Even 22 years later, when the host Li Zhishan asked: "Among so many people you have worked with, who is closest to you?" When, he would blurt out her name.
Who was this girl who made Liu Tianwang think about it?
She is Wu Qianlian.
The Hong Kong entertainment industry in the 90s can be said to be a hundred flowers competing for beauty, countless beautiful women, such as Zhong Chuhong, Guan Zhilin, Qiu Shuzhen... Wu Qianlian, who has the least "astrology", has become a woman who has been "loved" by the four heavenly kings and six great film emperors.
However, Wu Qianlian chose to retire to the rivers and lakes when the stars were shining brightly, and opened her hermit dream.
What happened to make her willing to give up her great future? Today, let Uncle Chai take you to decrypt Wu Qianlian's life story.
A "tomboy" who doesn't want to be a good girl
According to the public's aesthetic, Wu Qianlian, who has single eyelids, small eyes, thick lips, and dark skin, is not a beautiful woman, and even a little ugly.
Because of the ugliness, she was born shortly after she was given to a relative in the family who would not have children, fortunately, the grandfather was distressed about his granddaughter, afraid that she would not be treated well in other people's homes, and he hugged her back a few days later.
Wu Qianlian has been different since she was a child, obviously a girl, but she prefers to dress up as a boy, with short hair and men's clothing.
At that time, Wu's mother did not dare to take pictures of her, for fear that she would see a blow when she grew up. At that time, no one expected that this ugly girl would become a big star in the future.
In elementary school, Wu Qianlian was caught and educated several times every day in order not to wear a skirt and to fight wits and courage with the director of teaching, but she still refused to change her skirt. Later, when the director of education saw that she had a good academic performance, he made an exception and gave her the privilege of wearing a boys' uniform, and promoted her to class leader, which was 6 years.
At the age of 14, Wu Qianlian was admitted to Taipei No. 2 Senior Girls' High School. This time, there was no boys' uniform at school, and she had to obediently wear a skirt.
In that era, watermelon heads were popular, and Wu Qianlian also rushed back to fashion. However, the school stipulates that students cannot have bangs.
Wu Qianlian felt that she was ugly enough, and if she stuck Liu Hai'er again, it would really be "too hot eyes" and she was very dissatisfied with the school's regulations. Therefore, she united with other classmates and teachers to fight, of course, not openly resisting, after all, she was the head of the class.
Every time she saw the teacher from a distance, she pretended to pick up Liu Hai'er, and then put the hairpin on her hair, which was not really stuck, and every time the teacher touched it, she did not take her.
At that time, she was the eldest sister of the school, and she did not fight with boys. In the worst case, when she broke her collarbone, someone called the police, and it was her father who happened to be a policeman.
Sitting in the police car, she still felt very imposing, and she did not have the slightest awareness of imminent disaster.
In high school, she stopped fighting, but changed her two hobbies, one was to break dance in nightclubs, and the other was to go to the night market to set up stalls.
Since her sophomore year of high school, she has earned her own money to pay tuition.
Many years later, she recalled that crazy adolescence, and there were only two words to describe it—"absurd."
Those "ridiculous" days end with a movie.
At that time, there was an American movie "Famous" that was very popular, mainly telling the story of a group of young people chasing their dreams in art schools. The free breath of art school in the movie deeply attracted Wu Qianlian.
After that, she began to study hard, and her kung fu paid off, and she was successfully admitted to the art college.
Five years of university life is of great significance to Wu Qianlian's life.
As she later said, "Life at that time, although it was a wandering skeleton, was of great significance to my life, and I believe that in any school, it will not be as much as in art school." 」
Workers who are forced to open their doors
Although Wu Qianlian chose the art academy, she never wanted to become a star. She loves acting, but because she can experience a different life. At that time, she was obsessed with making enough money to become a hermit.
In 1988, Wu Qianlian, who had just entered college, ran to Rolling Stone Records to work part-time to earn tuition. The boss saw that she had a talent for singing and signed a contract with her. Later, she learned that the so-called contract is to accompany the singer or harmony. However, her main purpose is to earn tuition fees, so she has not been lost for a long time. During this time as a part-time employee, she met Yu Zonghua, and the two soon fell in love.
Until 1990, a colleague's mistake became a turning point in Wu Qianlian's life.
This year, Chen Musheng took the script created based on himself and found Du Qifeng. After reading the script, Du Qifeng patted his thigh and said, "This is good, it must be a fire."
So the two prepared to start filming the movie "Heavenly Love". Du Qifeng also specially found Andy Lau as the male lead.
In order to find an image that matches the pure kindness of the heroine of the movie and is not polluted by the world, Du Qifeng decided to find a new person to play. Later, from the resume sent by Zhang Aijia, he selected Wu Qianlian, who had the least "astrology".
Wu Qianlian, who was hit by luck, was a little blindfolded for a while, and she did not submit a resume, so how did she become the heroine. It turned out that the colleague who had been sorting out the information accidentally mixed her resume.
Wu Qianlian became popular with "Heavenly Love". According to the trend of normal people, we should hit the iron while it is hot and break out of the world in the show business circle.
Wu Qianlian did not have this realization, she must go back to school to finish college, in the face of the people who repeatedly advised her, she said, "I will wait for me to finish my studies now." ”
In 1993, Wu Qianlian graduated from university and officially returned to the show business circle. Only this time back, she still went her own way.
The first big director she worked with after her return was Ang Lee. According to normal thinking, a newcomer must be obedient and maintain interpersonal relationships, but Wu Qianlian is not like this!
As soon as "Eating Men and Women" began filming, Wu Qianlian angered Li An. Ang Lee felt that wearing high heels was in line with the hostess's design, but she thought that the heroine should wear flat shoes. Later, it turned out that Wu Qianlian's persistence was correct.
There is also a scene is filming a family banquet, Wu Qianlian, who plays the daughter, wants to give her father three silk soups, and as a result, 6 Wu Qianlian feel bad and asks to do it again. At that time, only 6 copies of the materials of the three silks were prepared, and the angry Li Ann kicked the door directly.
That year, Wu Qianlian also released her first solo album "The Prodigal Son of the World Is Not Alone", and won the Gold Award for the Most Promising Newcomer of the Top Ten Chinese golden songs in one fell swoop.
Unfortunately, in 1998, after Wu Qianlian released her last album "Hope for Love", she chose to end her career as a singer. Only because she was tired of every publicity work.
Wu Qianlian has always felt that the publicity platform other than acting and singing should not be her own job. She has said more than once, "If you can sing whatever you want, you can act whatever you want, you don't need to run publicity, but that's completely impossible." ”
In order to work, Wu Qianlian had to bow to reality and be a "hit worker" who was forced to open a business.
Wu Qianlian's personality is very homely, and when there is no shooting task, she likes to stay at home and read books alone. She likes to collect money, but she doesn't like to spend it.
Taiwanese director Huang Yigong once commented on Wu Qianlian, "She has no star smell on her body, and she talks and acts like an ordinary person." ”
Male God Harvester
After the filming of "Heavenly Love" in 1990, Du Qifeng became Wu Qianlian's agent. In 1993, Wu Qianlian graduated from university and returned to the film world, escorted by Du Qifeng, all the way smoothly like hanging! In just 4 years, it swept through the four heavenly kings and six movie emperors, known as the "male god harvester".
Her first comeback was "Heavenly Love 2 Days and Long Time" with Aaron Kwok. Immediately after that, he cooperated with Jacky Cheung and Leung Ka Fai on "New Marginal Man".
In 1995, Wu Qianlian starred in the horror film "Waiting for You to Come Back", and the male protagonist was Liang Chaowei, known as Clark Gable of Asia. In this film, Wu Qianlian played two roles by herself, and she had a great breakthrough in acting skills.
In 1996, Galaxy Image Productions was established in Hong Kong, and Du Qifeng, as the main creative staff, began to shoot "Heavenly Love 3 Beacon Lady". This year, he and Andy Lau released their previous suspicions, which also contributed to the reunion of Wu Qianlian and Andy Lau. Since then, Wu Qianlian has surpassed Guan Zhilin and become Andy Lau's screen CP.
In the same year, Wu Qianlian and Zhang Guorong collaborated on the film "Midnight Song", for which she also won the Best Actress Award at the Changchun International Film Festival. Later, he cooperated with Liu Qingyun in "Dumb Guy Bai Shou", which was the first comedy played by Wu Qianlian.
In those years, although Wu Qianlian cooperated with male gods, she never used male gods to stir up news, and never spread gossip. Perhaps it is precisely because of this that Wu Qianlian's popularity is particularly good.
When Chow Yun-fat made his last film in Hong Kong before going to Hollywood, "Peace Hotel", he designated Wu Qianlian to play his wife. In 1997, when Wu Qianlian and Li Ming were filming "Half Life", Zhang Guorong also deliberately ran to visit the class.
In just 4 years, Wu Qianlian has jumped from a newly graduated college student to a first-line actress.
However, there is a saying that things are jealous of all victories, things are taboo of all Beauty, and people are afraid of being full of prosperity.
A star will not always be popular, and a person will not always go smoothly.
In 1998, Hong Kong cinema began to decline, and it was also in this year that Wu Qianlian suffered a double blow of career and love.
That year, the Taiwanese version of "Divine Eagle Hero" was ready to start filming, and Wu Qianlian played Xiaolongnü, a person who had never read a martial arts novel, and actually wanted to play Xiaolongnü.
Sure enough, the little dragon girl with a black dress and small pigtails became the nightmare of many Jin Yong fans.
Although the Taiwanese audience was very powerful that year, this version of "Eagle Hero" won the ratings championship of that year. But Wu Qianlian was still complained that she was the "ugliest little dragon girl". Even Mr. Jin Yong said that this little dragon girl was probably from Africa.
Wu Qianlian, who has not yet stepped out of the shadow of the "little dragon girl" overturning, received a breakup notice from her boyfriend Yu Zonghua.
It is said that Yu Zonghua wanted to get married and stabilize, but Wu Qianlian had just turned her career focus to the mainland at that time and was not ready for marriage. This led to the end of the love affair of the twelve.
After this breakup, Wu Qianlian gave herself a vacation, put on a backpack, and became a backpacker alone.
Until 2007, through the introduction of friends, Wu Qianlian met her current husband, a man who also loves to travel. The two secretly married in Las Vegas, the wedding did not invite relatives and friends, not even a wedding dress and wedding banquet, Wu Qianlian wore her own cheongsam to marry herself out.
In 2011, after Wu Qianlian filmed "Romantic Heroes of the Tang Dynasty", she entered a state of seclusion.
Some people say that Wu Qianlian is one of the few living sober people in the entertainment industry, and she is a clear stream in the entertainment industry. For more than 20 years in the industry, she has always kept herself in the state of removing the star aura at any time. She is said to have settled in Shanghai with her husband and lives the life of an ordinary housewife. Over the years, I have not seen her news in the entertainment industry.
Scholar Yu Dan said: "Those red dust in life that have passed and are full of spirit will never dissipate. They are deeply engraved in the depths of history and cherished in the memories of future generations. We use the whole first half of our lives to pick up, and we will use the whole second half of our lives to put it down."
Wu Qianlian was once extremely popular and attracted everyone's attention, and now she is also far away from the bottom. In fact, the best way to live in life is nothing more than to be able to take it in the first half of life and put it down in the second half of life.
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