Wang Lei's family background is illustrious, and he set sail perfectly
Wang Lei was born into a prominent family, his grandfather was a high-ranking general in the military world, and his father was a successful and successful man in the business world. This provided a solid backing for Wang Lei's future development.
Wang Lei's mother was also born in the art circle and was a dancer, which made Wang Lei influenced and enlightened by stage art since he was a child.
Under such favorable family conditions, Wang Lei was successfully admitted to the performance department of the famous Central Academy of Drama in China. During his time at the school, he worked his acting skills and was at the top of his class many times with his outstanding performances.
In his senior year, he was selected as the leading actor of the graduation drama with his solid professional level and diligent and hard-working Xi attitude, becoming a new star among the current students.
After graduation, Wang Lei quickly gained a firm foothold in the entertainment industry with the blessing of his family background and the acting foundation he laid. He has starred in many film and television dramas cooperated by well-known directors and veteran actors, such as "The Girl in the Bath" and "Golden Wedding", and gradually emerged in front of the public.
With the blessing of good scripts and well-known collaborators, Wang Lei's fame has risen rapidly, and the prospects are very promising. It once brought the hope and longing of the new stars of the film market to the industry and the audience.
Disrespecting seniors has caused disgust in the industry
Just when Wang Lei's career was in full swing and his fame was rising, he cooperated with Chen Baoguo, a national treasure, to shoot the movie "The Last Visa". This should be the convergence and integration of traditional arts from Hong Kong and Taiwan, and it is also the alternate inheritance of the new forces of the old MIDDLE.
However, the good times did not last long, and the two frequently had disagreements and disputes before and after the start of filming.
The focus of the problem is that Wang Lei did not respect the status of senior Chen Baoguo, and modified and deleted the role allocation and performance arrangements of many actors, including Chen Baoguo, without authorization.
This undoubtedly touched Chen Baoguo's moral bottom line and made him disappointed in his junior Wang Lei. Chen Baoguo, who has always been low-key and introverted, also had to publicly satirize in the interview, "It's Wang Lei who took me to act" to show his attitude.
The delicate relationship between the two has also become the focus of speculation and controversy in the outside world.
In fact, the reason why Wang Lei is fearless is mainly because he has an extremely deep and wide network in the entertainment industry. Years of rolling in the circle have allowed him to get to know many big-name producers and company executives, which has become his backer.
Because of this, even seniors such as Chen Baoguo are difficult to fight against Wang Lei, who has a tough attitude. In desperation, he could only express his attitude in a subtle and sarcastic way during the interview, but in fact, he was already disappointed with his juniors.
This cooperation undoubtedly made Chen Baoguo look up to Wang Lei with admiration, thinking that he was domineering and unlearned. And Wang Lei's style of relying on family background and network to embark on the road to success has also made more people in the industry disgusted.
It's a pity that many people are powerless to resist the forces behind Wang Lei, which invisibly fuels his arrogance beyond the sky.
"The first person to change the play" is inescapable
What Wang Lei did in the movie "The Last Visa" is not an isolated case. In many TV series that he participated in filming, similar situations frequently appeared.
He often modifies the script without authorization, adds his own scenes, and cuts the scenes of other main actors, in a vain attempt to make his characters more scene-stealing in his works.
For example, in the drama "Ordinary World", which is adapted from the best-selling novel of the same name, the original male protagonist was played by veteran actor Yuan Hong. But after filming started, Wang Lei repeatedly asked the screenwriter to revise the script, and increased his role as Sun Shaoan, which was originally only a supporting role, from one-third to close to the weight of the actor.
This directly led to the audience's vague impression of the real actor Sun Shaoping, but they were deeply impressed by Wang Lei's supporting role.
Similar situations also occur from time to time in other crews in which Wang Lei participates. For example, in a large-scale costume drama, he cooperated with the popular student Huang Xuan, and the result was that the scenes were increased by one-third compared with the original script, which directly led to Huang Xuan's play being only one-half of the original.
Such a blatant act of stealing the scene finally angered the other actors in the crew. Professional directors have also resigned, unwilling to continue to cooperate with a "first person to change the play".
In fact, the reason why Wang Lei can do this is mainly because of the connections he has made in the entertainment industry. He knows how to manage relationships, and often rewards producers and investors with real money.
This makes it extremely easy for him to change other people's plays even if he is in the crew. Of course, the more he came later, the more actors and directors stayed away from him. But Wang Lei seemed to be still immersed in the illusion of success brought to him by his connections, and he didn't realize that his reputation in this circle was in jeopardy.
A tough style can hardly hide the emptiness in the heart
In 2019, Wang Lei collaborated with powerful actor Chen Xiao in a war film "The King of Land War". I thought that after the tempering of the previous few years, Wang Lei would correct his previous bad Xi of changing the scene at will in the crew.
However, he seems to have firmly believed that this is his right, and still modifies the scores of many actors, including Chen Xiao, without authorization.
This time, Chen Xiao was particularly angry and disgusted by what Wang Lei did. He believes that if an actor does not respect the creation of the screenwriter and the efforts of other actors, he is definitely not a responsible artist.
So Chen Xiao made a quick decision and proposed to the producer to either restore the original script or withdraw from the filming of this film himself.
Unexpectedly, Wang Lei was unmoved by Chen Xiao's tough attitude, and still went his own way. He seems to have tacitly assumed that he has become a privileged class in the entertainment industry, and has the right to change any work at will.
Chen Xiaojian's tough attitude couldn't work, so he could only let the stand-in complete the part that needed to be played against Wang Lei in the future. And Wang Lei magnified this matter infinitely, spreading Chen Xiao's "unprofessional" remarks in the media and on the Internet, trying to throw the wrong pot on the other party.
This incident directly detonated the Chu realm's dissatisfaction with Wang Lei. Countless people in the industry have denounced Wang Lei's arbitrariness through the Internet and other channels. They criticized Wang Lei for relying on family power to climb to success, but he was lawless and had no feelings in the industry.
This undoubtedly made the notoriety of "drama bully" stick to Wang Lei's body like a shadow. At this point, there are very few connections and family influence left in the industry on which his success depends.
In the face of criticism and accusations from all walks of life, Wang Lei's heart is also shaking. He knew very well that everything that he had brought to him by relying on his family in the past was now about to disappear, and his network resources were also rapidly draining.
The personality and status that he has established in the circle for many years seem to have collapsed with this scandal. This is undoubtedly the heaviest blow to him for many years of doing his own thing and not learning and not knowing.
Career is at a low point, life is directionless
In 2023, Wang Lei and powerful actor Huang Xuan will co-star in a war-based movie "Shangganling". Originally, the industry was full of expectations for this cross-era cooperation between the two male gods, but the good times did not last long.
Like many collaborations in the past, Wang Lei once again modified the script without authorization, and changed many of Huang Xuan's original wonderful scenes to himself.
This is undoubtedly the fuse. Huang Xuan couldn't bear it anymore, and immediately revealed the truth on social media platforms, and publicly denounced Wang Lei for "changing other people's plays just to highlight himself, this kind of behavior is really excessive".
This has resonated with many people in the industry. They reposted and commented one after another, criticizing Wang Lei's behavior without basic acting ethics.
In the past few years, Wang Lei's connections and reputation in the entertainment industry have completely collapsed with this incident. Countless producers and investors who still have a good relationship with him on weekdays are no longer willing to cooperate with him.
For a while, Wang Lei became a street rat in this industry, and no one cared about him.
In the face of accusations and resistance from all sides, Wang Lei's heart was also shaken. Years of success seem to have come to an end, and all the family influence and relationships have collapsed in this word-of-mouth crisis.
He had to re-examine what he had done in this circle over the years, whether he was really wrong again and again, and went off the rails in the direction of his life.
Perhaps regaining the original intention of entering this industry and starting from acting skills and works in a down-to-earth manner is the only way to regain market and public recognition.
But Wang Lei can never return to his former simple and pure self, and the problems he has developed over the years have made him have no place in this industry. For him, whether he should choose to quit the film and television industry and find a new way out of life has become the life choice he must face next.