Speaking of Xia Yu, do you think you haven't seen him for a long time?
In an interview show, the host asked him, "Did you know? Many people say that you are an actor who often disappears from public view." After hearing this question, Xia Yu just smiled.
Because in his opinion, his profession is an actor, and the actor's job is to act in every scene well and put a high-quality drama in the public eye, which is what an actor should do.
But when he returned home after filming, he was an ordinary person like us, and he also had his own life and hobbies. So Xia Yu said: "I don't want to tie life and work together."
This is the summer rain, low-key but transparent.
Xia Yu had a not very happy childhood, because of the divorce of his parents, the three-year-old Xia Yu lived with his father, but his father did not take care of him, but entrusted him to his aunt to raise.
In his recollections, he said that because he was young at the time, he didn't feel anything, and even lived a carefree life every day. But the happy time is always so short, the time is getting longer and longer, and slowly Xia Yu feels under the fence, which makes him feel extremely uncomfortable.
Therefore, at that time, Xia Yu secretly swore in his heart: "If I have a child myself in the future, I hope I can accompany the child more, I don't want the child to have such an experience, and I don't want the child to lack this part of love."
The childhood experience caused Xia Yu's personality to become sensitive and suspicious, but it was precisely this part of the experience that gave Xia Yu a special condition for becoming an excellent actor.
Seon lost his horse, but he didn't know if it was a blessing. Although Xia Yu's childhood experience had some psychological impact on him, looking back, why wasn't fate a reward?
The turning point in Xia Yu's life was in 1993, when Jiang Wen's movie "Sunny Days" was recruiting actors.
Sometimes fate always surprises, 17-year-old Xia Yu came to Beijing, met the film's chief director Jiang Wen, and luckily passed the interview, because everyone decided that Xia Yu was the most similar to Jiang Wen when he was in middle school.
Xia Yu's performance also surprised everyone very much, he has not learned acting, but he can perform a role to the fullest.
Fate will never be unkind to everyone who lives hard, and with this movie, Xia Yu won three actor crowns in one fell swoop, including the Venice Film Festival, the Singapore International Film Festival and the Taiwan Golden Horse Awards.
Everyone praised Xia Yu for "becoming famous overnight", but only he knew that the night was indeed a bit long.
At the suggestion of director Jiang Wen, in 1995, Xia Yu was successfully admitted to Chinese opera and began to study acting.
Because of "becoming famous at a young age", the teacher has super high expectations for him, but this is quite a lot of pressure for Xia Yu, so every time he takes an exam or performs, Xia Yu will be so nervous that his legs will tremble, and once he even forgot the words.
In such a situation, the teacher's requirements for him became more and more strict, but fortunately, those who work hard will always be rewarded, and Xia Yu has carried it all the way.
Although the days in Chinese opera are hard, Xia Yu's performance foundation has been consolidated little by little. Later, he won the 23rd Golden Rooster Award for Best Actor with "Police Appointment".
From the filming of the first drama to the year of exactly ten years, Xia Yu has experienced climbing up little by little from the trough of his life in the past ten years, and then to the current highlight moment, just like a perfect arc.
Xia Yu's life experience tells us: when we encounter difficult moments, we can't bow to difficulties, for the world we don't know, we can only go on, accumulate enough strength, accumulate thick and thin, and one day you will have a world of your own.
Later, Xia Yu and Yuan Quan, the younger sister of his own year, met, knew each other, fell in love, and fell in love with each other, and finally entered the palace of marriage together. But in the end, they are still them.
As Xia Yu herself said: If the person you choose is the person you decide to go with her, then no matter what the reason is, you can overcome it.
Of course, we also believe that they will always love each other.
In the 21st century, with the rapid development of the economy, it seems that everyone sometimes can't find their own position, and the fast-paced life has overwhelmed us.
So, sometimes I wonder what is the meaning of life?
Is it fame or profit?
Xia Yu in 2024 will be 47 years old. As the old saying goes: "Forty is not confused", as always, the current Xia Yu has already lived into a state of not being confused, sober and transparent.
He separates his life from work, as mentioned at the beginning of the article, when he comes home and takes off his coat, he is exactly like us ordinary people. brought into the crew, you have to do what an actor should do.
In recent years, Xia Yu's frequency of taking on dramas has become lower and lower, and in this era of variety shows, it is rare to see Xia Yu's appearance. Why is this happening? Is it because he is not popular? Is it because he can't compare to the new "little fresh meat" now?
The answer, of course, is "no".
doesn't participate in variety shows, it's all because Xia Yu is not used to it, and he doesn't like to show up in variety shows.
Even if he clearly knew that through variety shows, he could increase his popularity, become popular like other middle-aged male stars, and it might make his worth skyrocket, but he still refused because there were more important and meaningful things waiting for Xia Yu to do.
He's been shown at charity galas, he's been on the sports field, and now he's developing his hobbies, such as: skateboarding, magic tricks, drawing, sketching, playing the piano, and even flying airplanes.
These are his hobbies, and in his opinion, doing what he loves and can improve himself is often more important than showing his head.
The current Xia Yu never lives for fame and fortune, and in this disturbed world, Xia Yu is like a "clear stream" in the entertainment industry. He calmly faces everything, and in the face of all losses and gains, he always remembers his original intention, and does not forget his original intention.
is like what Xia Yugang said when he first entered the Chinese opera: "You are not a star, you are an artist."
The current summer rain has long been understood, the current summer rain has long become the appearance of an artist, and the current summer rain is destined not to belong to Vanity Fair!