A sought-after beautiful girl
Zhou Xun, who was born in a worker's family, has been bright and moving since he was a child. She has a unique aura and a perfect appearance like a half-breed, and is carefully cared for by her parents as a pearl in the palm of her hand.
In the simple and simple salary of parents, there is never a shortage of anything that their daughter wants.
The father, who works in the cinema all the year round, often sneaks some leftovers from the set home to decorate his daughter's bedroom. The "photo wall" composed of neon tubes and spotlights has become the most dazzling decoration in Zhou Xun's childhood.
Every night before she goes to sleep, she stares at the lights - she wishes she was the high-profile heroine of the screen.
In the blink of an eye, Zhou Xun grew up, and his natural artistic cells were stimulated in professional Xi. With her delicate dancing and moving appearance, she began to make a name for herself in the school.
By chance, a production director took a fancy to her photo and decided to let Zhou Xun, who was still in school, play a supporting role in his new drama.
Although his debut is just a trick, it has already given Zhou Xun the first drop of sweetness in his career as an actor. In order to make her parents retire in peace, she began to run around looking for opportunities and resources.
The rain on the first night in Beijing
The rain in Beijing is so cold that it seems that a light touch can condense the oil layer of the body into ice. Zhou Xun hugged his youthful body tightly, stood in front of the empty shelter, and watched the back of his boyfriend Dou Peng disappear into the heavy rain.
He promised to come back to her, but he didn't.
Zhou Xun woke up the next day, covered with a sloppy torn cotton jacket, and the kind aunt had left last night. She shivered to get dressed and get out of bed, and it was only when she swept the wall that she realized that this was a filthy and chaotic prostitution slum.
The kind aunt saw that she was pitiful, and dropped the clothes and let her stay for the night. "If I run into you again, I won't care anymore. When leaving, the aunt said coldly.
Zhou Xun was frightened, and she stumbled away from here with a feeble pace. Lost her way, she fainted on the street and woke up in a simple board house.
There was a weak old man in the room, and he picked up Zhou Xun and gave her medicine and food.
The old man turned out to be an unknown TV drama screenwriter, and he gave Zhou Xun a job to play tricks. In order to repay the elderly, Zhou Xun will go to the supermarket to work in his spare time.
Finally, with the help of the old man, she got through the most difficult months in Beijing.
A middle-aged actress should be very simple
Time has passed, and Zhou Xun has faded out of the front line for some years. Now she is no longer the little student who caused a sensation in the film industry back then, but has replaced the vicissitudes of life and visible aging with the naked eye.
Just when fans thought that Zhou Xun, who was at the peak of her acting skills, would fade out of sight, she took over the starring role in a big-budget costume drama.
She was reluctant to take on this play because the other party asked her to play a girl in her early 20s. And when she stood in front of the mirror and looked at her face covered with fine lines, this look was simply incompatible with the word "girl".
But under the producer's soft grinding, she still signed the contract. When the filming started, the makeup artist made her "beautiful", which simply turned her from a middle-aged woman into a little girl.
The Queen of Britain was gray-haired in middle age, but her temperament was not compromised in the slightest. A middle-aged actress should be very simple.
Middle-aged returns
After the hit of the costume drama that pretended to be a girl, Zhou Xun really encountered a collective complaint from fans and critics as expected. Even if her performance has stabilized in the later period, the label of "middle-aged royal sister to create a pure girl" has been deeply imprinted in the hearts of the public, and it seems to be even more difficult to reverse the image.
Just when the outside world was Xi to belittle her strength and charm, she suddenly returned and caught everyone's attention again with a brand-new film - her brand-new style and temperament completely subverted Zhou Xun, who "failed to play tender" in people's impression.
In this film noir, middle-aged she no longer hides her weathering and gray hair. Instead, it is the naturalness and calmness after washing away the lead. What she exudes is a hard-won charm - a precious quality created by time and vicissitudes, and no makeup or dress can concoct it.
From the moment she and the male lead actor played against each other and exchanged feelings, all the audience was impressed. It turns out that the return of a middle-aged actress can be so dazzling.
Zhou Xun used his excellent acting skills to once again prove a truth - don't hastily draw conclusions that define actors as "overshadowed" just because they are old.
Phoenix Nirvana
After ups and downs, Zhou Xun finally proved himself again. In the face of doubts from the critics and the audience, she did not flinch at all, but just buried herself in practicing her skills. Relying on her love and dedication to acting, her performance in the new play was amazing, and she won a double harvest of praise and word of mouth.
When the red carpet host named her and asked her to go on stage to receive the post-actress award, she burst into tears with excitement. This is not only an affirmation of her acting skills, but also a symbol that she has just escaped death in this circle - she is almost completely denied by those word-of-mouth executioners and forced to disappear from people's sight.
Fortunately, with her excellent acting skills and professionalism, she once again shined brightly. When the director approached her backstage and said that she wanted to work together again to make a new film, she happily hugged each other.
It turns out that her charm has never faded, but has faded a little.
This time, Zhou Xun used his attitude to tell the world that it is normal for time to change. But as long as your heart is still shining, the wind and frost on the outside cannot knock you down.