preface
The profession of an actor seems to be inherently destined to be between "good guys" and "bad guys". For kind and straightforward actors, playing a vicious and treacherous villain is undoubtedly a challenge. And Wang Can is one of the few actors known for villains.
In his 14-year acting career, Wang Can has successfully created a number of classic villain characters, which made the audience hate it and couldn't help but be fascinated by it.
However, his life path is more legendary and bumpy than any other role in his artistic career. From obscurity to a hit, from the peak of his career to the trough, Wang Can used perseverance and kindness to get through the difficulties, and finally returned to the road of justice.
One
In 1980, Wang Can, an ordinary rural child, came to Beijing to join the entertainment industry, which was also foreign to him.
When he was a child, Wang Can's family was poor and his life was poor. He often lay on the window of the neighbor's house, through the small glass pane, looking at the gorgeously dressed actors in the TV, and his heart ignited the longing and yearning for acting.
At the age of 22, Wang Can got the opportunity to start his career as an actor with his peaceful and elegant temperament and enthusiasm for acting.
However, when he first entered the industry, he had no contacts or resources, and all he got was some small roles that ran tricks. But Wang Can was not discouraged, but took one step at a time, quietly accumulating performance experience.
Eight years have passed quietly, and Wang Can has participated in countless TV series.
But his name is still unknown, and most audiences don't even know that there is such a powerful actor hidden in the entertainment industry. Until 2003, Wang Can finally ushered in the first turning point of his acting career.
In that year's hit urban light comedy "Heaven and Earth Have Love", Wang Can played Jiang Qingwen, the husband of the heroine Liu Qiaoan. This is the first positive role he has received so far, which has substantial weight.
On the TV screen, Jiang Qingwen, who is wearing a high-end suit, is gentle and elegant, which is a strong contrast with the two male protagonists in the play.
In the eyes of these two male protagonists, Jiang Qingwen is like an unattainable iceberg, and he can't see the slightest fluctuation of emotions.
And when the camera switched to Jiang Qingwen, the audience discovered that under this seemingly cold face, there was a delicate and complex person hidden.
Jiang Qingwen loves Liu Qiaoan very much and has high hopes for her, hoping that she can become a self-reliant modern woman. At the same time, he is also comfortable in the business field, and he is decisive and efficient in dealing with problems.
Such a character makes the audience impress Wang Can. For a time, the reputation of "the most handsome general manager" followed Wang Can like a shadow.
Two
"Heaven and Earth Have Love" opened up popularity and popularity for Wang Can, but greater opportunities are still to come. In 2005, Wang Can played a highly controversial role - Li Wenhua - in the medical drama "Lifeline".
Li Wenhua is gentle and elegant on the outside, and has the benevolence of a doctor. He will take care of every patient with care, even the mentally disturbed psychiatric patients.
However, this is only Li Wenhua's public persona. Privately, he colluded with the hospital's pharmacy staff to add inferior substitutes to patients' medicines for illegal gain. The setting of Li Wenhua's dual personality makes the audience love and hate.
Wang Can perfectly interprets Li Wenhua's kindness and malice, successfully pulling the audience's emotions to the height required by the characters. Since then, he has gradually gained the reputation of "the most capable villain" in the circle and in the hearts of the audience.
Next, Wang Can interpreted the role of the master of national arts Mo Liqun in "Floating and Sinking Baolian Lantern". Mo Liqun is talented, personable, and popular with women.
But he secretly used all means to destroy other people's families, and finally ended alone. Wang Can used his unique Sven thoughtfulness and fatally attractive acting skills to portray Mo Liqun, a Sven scum, vividly.
Subsequently, in the costume drama "Dragon Tour the World", Wang Can once again harvested the hearts of countless fans. In the play, he plays the male protagonist Sima Yulong, a wise monarch who was born in the royal family but became an orphan and returned to the country and became king after ups and downs.
Different from the villains in the past, Sima Yulong is benevolent and upright, sympathetic to the people's suffering, and is a true good king. Wang Can dressed up gracefully and played this Chu Guoguo star with grace.
"Dragon Travels the World" once again boosted Wang Can's popularity, and he also won the title of "Most Popular Actor" of the year with the role of Sima Yulong. At this point, Wang Can's acting career has reached an unprecedented peak.
Three
However, the good times did not last long. When Wang Can's career was in full swing, a bad news came.
After years of hard work, Wang Can was diagnosed with severe cellulitis. This disease causes extensive infectious redness and swelling of the skin, and the pain is unbearable. In order to treat, Wang Can had to quit the entertainment industry in the middle of 2012.
This is undoubtedly a huge blow to Wang Can, who is in the prime of life. How many times, the crew saw this always strong man, hiding in no one's corner and crying.
Wang Can was unwilling to give up, but the disease chased after him. He had to take his medication on time, pay attention to rest, and strictly control his diet. Even so, the pain often flared up without warning, making Wang Can feel painful.
"This is probably the punishment for playing the bad guy." He often said jokingly.
Fortunately, Wang Can's optimistic and cheerful personality was not defeated by illness. He faced life with optimism, and while recovering from illness, he also did as much as possible to help the world.
Wang Can often pays out of pocket to buy necessities for children in orphanages and impoverished mountainous areas so that they are well fed and clothed.
Sometimes, he even drives there to deliver toys, stationery and so on to the children. Looking at the happy smiling faces of the children, Wang Can temporarily forgot the pain.
Once, Wang Can and friends traveled to Africa. Witnessing the hardships of local children, he couldn't help but adopt 4 African children and make himself their adoptive father.
Wang Can loves these children as if they were his own flesh and blood, and the children also treat Wang Can as their fathers and love each other.
Today, Wang Can is 49 years old, but he is still single. Some people speculate that maybe it's busy work and no time to fall in love; Some people speculate that it is the fear that the pain will become a burden on feelings; Some people even say that Wang Can has a girlfriend who has been in love for many years.
However, these speculations are not important after all, because it is Wang Can's own choice.
Four
In his 14-year acting career, Wang Can has experienced ups and downs from obscurity to soaring, and then from peak to trough. Even though he suffered heavy losses in life, he still came to the bright end with kindness and tenacity.
For Wang Can, the meaning of life is not just about success and achievement. More importantly, whether you leave a positive energy that infects others. As he wrote in his autobiography, "I just want to be in the sun with every step."
Perhaps the profession of an actor is destined to oscillate between black and white, but we can still be sure that Wang Can's life trajectory will always move in the direction of justice.
Epilogue:
Wang Can used his acting life to define the essence of "actor" - that is, there is love and goodness.
As the saying goes, Lantian gives birth to jade, which is worthy of admiration; Jade broken and beaded, forever praised. It doesn't matter what role you play, what matters is justice and kindness from the heart. This is the spiritual wealth left to us by actor Wang Can.