The 74-year-old Liu Songren has rarely performed in front of the screen since he finished filming the TVB drama "Gorgeous Turn" in 2015, and in 2021, he was even photographed walking with crutches in his hand, shaking hands and slurring speech, so it was reported that he had suffered a stroke.
It wasn't until earlier that Liu Songren promoted the musical "Matteo Ricci" directed and created by him, and he talked about the decision to retire from filming not because he was not in poor health, but he was no longer addicted to acting, and he worked hard for this musical.
"Matteo Ricci" will be premiered for the third time this month, and Liu Songren, who is also the planner, director and screenwriter, has been personally involved in the selection of actors, music, stage design and costumes. Hope everything goes well and look forward to the show in April. I'll take you along to watch it then. Love you forever!"
In addition to reporting the progress to his old friends, Liu Songren also went around non-stop to publicize, accepted a number of media interviews, and recently went to the scene to watch the actors' rehearsals.
In addition to the starring Wang Zixuan, there are many new and old actors who work hard to rehearse, one of them is Weng Yansheng, who has participated in "All People Make Stars V", he also shared a photo with Liu Songren on social networks, and said: "April Fool's Day? I can't believe that Brother Song Liu Songren has arrived! Don't be too surprised! Brother Song, who has admired him for a long time, came to see the rehearsal of Matteo Ricci's musical today! Brother Song has a smiling face, looks very good in spirit, and gave me a lot of ideas and accurate suggestions for the role of Luo Mingjian! Thank you, Brother Song!"
As he said, Liu Songren put on a windbreaker and a scarf at that time, even if he wore sunglasses, he still saw him smiling, and his mental state was quite good, but his figure attracted the attention of netizens, and they left messages: Brother Song has lost a lot of weight, he has lost a lot of weight.
Liu Songren went to see the rehearsal again yesterday (5th), and the famous DJ Xia Miaoran also shared a clip of the interview with Liu Songren, which shows that his itinerary is quite close, "Matteo Ricci" will be performed again on the 20th of this month, and netizens have advised Liu Songren to be careful and avoid overwork.
Liu Songren's old love Li Ying passed away earlier
Some netizens estimated that Liu Songren was not only emaciated due to his recent busy work, but also because his ex-girlfriend and former beauty Hua Dan Li Ying, who had been dating him for 7 years, died in Canada earlier and lost a little weight.
Earlier, after Li Ying's death, Liu Songren posted two condolences in the early morning and early morning, suspecting that he couldn't sleep all night, and uploaded a screenshot of the last conversation between the two to reveal that they originally had an appointment: "Didn't we have an appointment in March? Clearly showing his reluctance to his old friend.