Author: Zhen Huan. TWYMG
"Oops! Liu Mei!"
"Isn't this a fat aunt!"
When it comes to childhood memories of "Family with Children", many viewers must be deeply impressed by Liu Xing's family, and the second most impressive is the fat aunt with a wide heart and a fat body.
But do you know? The actor Zhang Haiyan, who plays the fat aunt, is not only a child star, but also learned to dance before.
Let's talk about cold knowledge, she also starred in the 87 version of "Dream of Red Mansions", and is one of the most famous actors in the crew.
If "Fat Aunt" Zhang Haiyan tells everyone: "I starred in the 87 version of "Dream of Red Mansions"!"
Someone will definitely ask her with a puzzled face: "Really, who are you playing?"
"I'm playing the stupid big sister!"
"Silly eldest sister" is fat and broad-faced, dull-hearted, and can make people laugh when she speaks and does things, so she is deeply favored by Jia's mother.
When Jia's mother was happy, she called her over to have fun, and if she had nothing to tell her, she ran to the Grand View Garden to play.
It was when she caught crickets on the rocks of the Grand View Garden that the silly eldest sister accidentally picked up the embroidered spring sac.
Viewers who have watched "Dream of Red Mansions" know that the silly eldest sister and the embroidered spring sac she picked up were an important driving force in promoting the inspection of the Grand View Garden, which in turn led to the fall of Jiafu.
Therefore, the silly eldest sister seems to be an insignificant little person in "Dream of Red Mansions", but the existence of the little person is precisely the soul of the TV series.
In fact, before starring in "Dream of Red Mansions", Zhang Haiyan was already a well-known child star.
Zhang Haiyan was born in 1966, she was born as a dancer.
According to Zhang Haiyan herself:
"Don't look at me when I was acting in a TV series, I was a fat girl, I used to learn to dance, and then I didn't like dancing anymore, so I ate and gained weight without exercising!"
Although she has gained weight, Zhang Haiyan is very cute, and such an image has also pushed her on the road of acting.
In the early eighties, the crew of "Long Live Youth" came to Beijing to select actors.
At that time, Zhao Yue, the daughter of teacher Xia Minghui, the director of "Dream of Red Mansions", fell in love with the cute-looking Zhang Haiyan at a glance.
Then, Zhao Yue recommended Zhang Haiyan to Huang Shuqin, the director of "Long Live Youth".
In 1983, 17-year-old Zhang Haiyan participated in the movie "Long Live Youth" filmed by the famous director Huang Shuqin, playing the role of Wu Changfu, who played a very heavy role.
Acting in movies with her, there are outstanding actors such as Wu Junmei, Guo Kaimin, and Ren Yexiang.
But 17-year-old Zhang Haiyan acted, but her acting skills did not lose a few leading actors, and she was also well-known to the audience because of her honest and cute appearance in the movie.
So two years later, when 19-year-old Zhang Haiyan joined the crew of "Dream of Red Mansions", she was already the most famous actor in the crew.
At that time, many people in the group had never officially filmed, and the 19-year-old child star Zhang Haiyan could be regarded as their "senior".
Zhang Haiyan did not have many scenes in the Red Mansion crew, only two, so her main task is to chat with the actors.
Zhang Haiyan is a Beijing girl with a straightforward personality, and she quickly became familiar with Ouyang Fenqiang who played Jia Baoyu and Chen Xiaoxu who played Lin Daiyu.
Ouyang Fenqiang later recalled that for a period of time, the crew was filming around the Binhu Hotel in Beijing's Nancaiyuan, and Zhang Haiyan's home was nearby.
At that time, the food of the crew was not very good, and Zhang Haiyan's parents cooked very deliciously, so Zhang Haiyan took Ouyang Fenqiang and Chen Xiaoxu to her house for dinner every once in a while.
During the meal, Zhang Haiyan saw that Chen Xiaoxu was too thin, so she vigorously put meat in her bowl.
Chen Xiaoxu said that she was afraid of eating too much and gaining weight, and Zhang Haiyan "accused" her of saying:
"How fat can you be, the north wind can blow you to the telephone pole and hang up!"
Chen Xiaoxu laughed when he heard this, and picked up the meat with chopsticks to eat.
The relationship between Zhang Haiyan and Chen Xiaoxu is very good, Chen Xiaoxu is thin and weak, and when she is not filming, she rests on the "meat pad" Zhang Haiyan.
Chen Xiaoxu leaned on Zhang Haiyan's body, and read the poem he wrote to her, and Zhang Haiyan praised Chen Xiaoxu after hearing it:
"You won't be an actor in the future, just become a writer, write a book, publish it and then make a TV series, I'll act!" made Chen Xiaoxu laugh.
Zhang Haiyan spoke highly of Chen Xiaoxu:
"Everyone says that Xiaoxu's Lin Daiyu plays well, I don't see it that way, that's because they don't understand Xiaoxu, she is Lin Daiyu, does she still need to act?"
The days of filming in the Red Mansion crew were the happiest days of Zhang Haiyan's life.
Zhang Haiyan's father loved photography, so Zhang Haiyan and Chen Xiaoxu, Ouyang Fenqiang, Xu Lixia and others left many precious photos.
There is no banquet in the world, and after Zhang Haiyan finished filming, she left the crew to film elsewhere.
At that time, the means of communication were not developed, and Zhang Haiyan contacted Chen Xiaoxu and others several times, and then slowly lost contact.
It wasn't until on the program "Art Life: Dream of Red Mansions Reunion in Twenty Years" that Zhang Haiyan met Chen Xiaoxu again.
Perhaps because she didn't want to disturb Chen Xiaoxu's life, Zhang Haiyan did not take the initiative to ask Chen Xiaoxu's contact information.
However, it didn't take long for Chen Xiaoxu to pass away due to illness.
Chen Xiaoxu's death has always been a piece of Zhang Haiyan's heart.
At that moment, she realized that you must not be too passive in making friends, and once you miss some friends, you will never find her again.
Over the years, Zhang Haiyan has successively starred in TV series such as "Liao Zhai", "Mansion Gate", "Family with Children" and so on.
Although they all played supporting roles, they all left a deep impression on the audience.
Especially the babbling, down-to-earth, warm-hearted fat aunt in "Family with Children" is as kind as our old neighbors.
Ouyang Fenqiang once asked her: "You always play supporting roles, do you think you are a successful actor?"
Zhang Haiyan replied firmly: "Of course I am a successful actor!"
In this life, many times people are inconspicuous little people in the eyes of others.
But if we are like Zhang Haiyan, take out the optimistic spirit of "silly big sister" and treat every little role of ourselves sincerely, then we are great "big shots".
"The world throws mud at me, and I use mud to grow lotus flowers!"
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