In 2015, after the release of the film "Rescue Mr. Wu", directed by Ding Sheng and starring Andy Lau, Liu Ye, Wang Qianyuan and others, it not only attracted the attention of countless audiences, but also won the Outstanding Feature Film Award at the 16th Huabiao Awards.
The film tells the thrilling story of the male number one "Mr. Wu", who was kidnapped by kidnappers as a popular star, and was finally successfully rescued by the police after more than 20 hours of all-out rescue.
What many people don't know is that although this is a film, the plot is adapted from real cases, and the kidnapped star in reality is Wu Ruofu, a famous actor and national first-class actor who was once a smash hit.
As a popular actor who was once a smash hit, Wu Ruofu has participated in many classic masterpieces, from "The Great Military Parade" to "Distant Mountain Sisters and Brothers", and then to "Rock Killer", "Holding Hands", "Infinite Justice" and so on, all of which are word-of-mouth masterpieces loved by the audience.
However, when the career was in full swing, Wu Ruofu, who was popular, was kidnapped by kidnappers and held hostage for 22 hours!
What did Wu Ruofu, who was kidnapped, go through at that time? How did he fall into danger and how did he escape?
One
Wu Ruofu was born in 1962 and is a native of Qiqihar, Heilongjiang, where he grew up in an ordinary family.
Wu Ruofu, who has a height of 1.8 meters, is burly, much taller than his peers since he was a child, because he worships the People's Liberation Army, his biggest dream when he was a child was to become a soldier.
In 1979, 17-year-old Wu Ruofu took the college entrance examination, he likes acting, he wanted to apply for the Central Academy of Drama or Beijing Film Academy, but this year, there was no enrollment plan for Chinese opera and Nortel, so he had to give up.
It just so happened that this year, the People's Liberation Army Academy of Arts was recruiting new students, and Wu Ruofu admired the People's Liberation Army since he was a child.
With his good talent and handsome appearance, Wu Ruofu was finally admitted to the Department of Military Arts and Drama and became a college student.
In 1983, after four years of hard study, Wu Ruofu, who had excellent grades, successfully graduated from military arts, and after graduation, he was assigned to the General Political Drama Troupe for development and became a professional actor wearing military uniforms.
At this time, Wu Ruofu not only realized the dream of a soldier, but also became an actor, who could struggle and work hard for the performing arts he liked, and he was very satisfied with such a state of development.
However, Wu Ruofu, who has been active on the drama stage for a long time, has nothing to say about his acting skills and appearance, and soon entered the showbiz development.
Two
In 1984, the second year after graduating from university, Wu Ruofu was photographed by director Xue Yingjun and participated in the short drama "Love in Autumn Snow Lake" directed by the other party.
The show has only four episodes, due to the small number of episodes and the mediocre response after the broadcast, although Wu Ruofu plays the male protagonist "An Xiaoning", he still failed to attract too much attention with this debut.
After filming the drama "Love in Autumn Snow Lake", Wu Ruofu became obsessed with film and television dramas, and he has been looking for opportunities to enter the showbiz and develop.
In 1986, he was photographed by the famous director Chen Kaige and participated in the film "The Big Parade", playing the role of the soldier "Lu Chun".
When filming the work "The Great Military Parade", Wu Ruofu not only fell in love with the movie, but also improved his acting skills through cooperation with his predecessors, which means a lot to him.
After becoming famous, Wu Ruofu also said in an interview: "The big military parade is the real starting point of my career as an actor. ”
After emerging in the entertainment industry with the film "The Great Military Parade", Wu Ruofu officially entered the development of the entertainment industry, and successively filmed works such as "Wangnichiren" and "Army Cadet Officer".
After entering the 90s, Wu Ruofu's acting career gradually improved, and he continued to work in many film and television works, and many of the roles portrayed were deeply recognized by the audience.
For example, the SWAT captain "Long Feng" in "Ice City Capture Demons", the underworld boss "Zheng Mo" in "Rock and Roll Killer", the fisherman "Beitao" in "Prison Escape", etc., these works and characters are impressive.
With the increasing number of film and television works he has participated in, Wu Ruofu, whose acting skills have become more and more exquisite, has become wider and wider, and the works and roles portrayed are no longer single, but have become richer.
Three
In 1994, Wu Ruofu participated in the emotional ethics drama "Fate", in which he played a wife who had an affair, he did not choose to give up this relationship, but worked hard to rebuild the family and was a kind man who was dedicated to his daughter.
In 1996, in "Government Death Zone" directed by Li Qimin, he played the minesweeping captain "Liu Han", showing the image of the character who is not afraid of life and death in order to complete the task.
Although Wu Ruofu has been focusing on film and television dramas since he entered the entertainment industry, as an actor from a drama actor, he has not given up the drama stage.
In addition to filming film and television dramas, he has been sticking to the drama stage, participating in various drama works, and is also quite recognized in the drama industry.
In February 1999, Wu Ruofu, who had been working in the General Political Drama Troupe for more than ten years, was transferred to the Central Experimental Theater, which is now the China National Theater.
It was also this year that Wu Ruofu, who had been in the entertainment industry for more than ten years, ushered in the opportunity to become popular.
In 1992, not long after Wu Ruofu was transferred to the Central Experimental Theater, the drama "Holding Hands" starring him and Jiang Wenli, Yu Feihong, Ma Wenzhong, He Lin and others was broadcast on CCTV.
He plays the role of the male number one "Zhong Rui" in the play, an excellent computer software engineer, and "Xia Xiaoxue" played by Jiang Wenli is a couple.
The male number one "Zhong Rui" he played in "Holding Hands" was busy with work and married to his wife for too long, so it was inevitable that he would have other thoughts, and had an extramarital affair with a college student who had just graduated from the unit, and once had a family crisis, and finally after the college student left, he realized his mistake and saved his family.
Wu Ruofu, who portrayed the role of "Zhong Rui" very vividly, not only attracted the attention of countless audiences after the hit of the show, but also won the 17th Golden Eagle Award for Outstanding Actor and the 19th Feitian Award for Outstanding Actor Award one after another!
It is worth mentioning that because Wu Ruofu's image of a "scumbag" portrayed in the drama "Holding Hands" is too vivid, he was later invited to play this kind of role for a long time, leaving the audience with the impression of a "cheating man".
Four
After entering the new century, Wu Ruofu, who has become popular through the work "Holding Hands", has a very smooth initial development.
With his super popularity and superb acting skills, he has successively participated in works such as "Moonlight Sultry", "Wandering World", "Infinite Justice", "The Back of the Sun" and so on.
What Wu Ruofu didn't expect was that when his career was in the red period, he encountered something that made him still feel palpitations when he still thinks about it, that is, he was kidnapped!
On February 3, 2004, Wu Ruofu, who was just popular, met with friends at a bar in Sanlitun, Beijing.
After the party, he and his friends came out of the bar, only to be stopped near the bar by kidnappers pretending to be police officers, who then kidnapped him and took him away on the pretext of causing a traffic accident.
After Wu Ruofu was kidnapped, the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau attached great importance to it and immediately joined forces with various units to launch a rescue operation, and after 22 hours of hard work, Wu Ruofu and another kidnapped hostage were finally rescued.
During the 22 hours of his abduction, Wu Ruofu could only encourage each other with another hostage who was kidnapped together in order to relieve the pressure, during which he also relaxed himself by singing in a low voice.
This kidnapping, both physically and mentally, caused damage to Wu Ruofu and had a serious impact on him, so much so that he was haunted by the psychological shadow of being kidnapped for many years.
As the saying goes, things must be reversed, after encountering a major setback in life, Wu Ruofu also has a new harvest in life, and he has gained happiness.
Five
On September 29, 2006, Wu Ruofu, who was 44 years old, joined hands with dancer Liu Sha, who was 22 years younger than him, into the palace of marriage, and the two held a wedding at the Kunlun Hotel in Beijing.
Unlike most celebrity couples when they get married, although Wu Ruofu has already become famous, he was very low-key when he got married, and he didn't make a big deal, not even flowers, ribbons, groomsmen and bridesmaids.
On the day of the wedding, Wu Ruofu and his wife wore simple white short sleeves and black trousers, and even the "diamond rings" exchanged at the wedding were made of tin foil, which can be described as extremely simple.
However, although the wedding was simple, the relationship between the two was undoubted, and after marriage, the two gave birth to a daughter and formed a happy family of three.
What many people don't know is that in fact, his parents-in-law did not agree with the relationship between Wu Ruofu and his wife at first, because the age difference between the two was too great.
When Wu Ruofu went to visit his father-in-law's house for the first time, he was even shut down, which shows how optimistic his parents-in-law are about this relationship.
However, even if his father-in-law and mother-in-law objected, Wu Ruofu always insisted on this relationship, proved his sincerity to his wife with time and actions, and finally succeeded in touching his parents-in-law with true feelings and was recognized by the other party.
Because he was deeply troubled by the previous kidnapping, Wu Ruofu became very suspicious in his life and was very vigilant about everything.
For example, when a stranger knocks on the door, he will carefully interrogate him, and only open the door to the other party after confirming that it is safe, and every day after the sun goes down, he will turn on all the lights in the house early to make the house brighter, and so on.
Fortunately, after marriage, his wife has been by his side, constantly enlightening him, coupled with the arrival of the child, the warmth of the family allowed him to successfully slowly come out of the psychological shadow of being kidnapped.
Six
After marriage, Wu Ruofu did not give up his acting career, and his acting skills became more and more exquisite, and he successively participated in "State Secrets", "There Are People Behind", "The Woman Who Walked Out of Prison", "The True Colors of the Criminal Police 2", "Wind and Dust Tears", "The Secret History of Qianlong" and other works.
In these works, Wu Ruofu plays most of the roles of soldiers and policemen, and often appears in front of the public as a tough guy.
In 2015, 11 years after the kidnapping, Wu Ruofu participated in the film "Rescue Mr. Wu" adapted from his own real experience.
In this film, Andy Lau plays his role and interprets the scene of his kidnapping, and he makes a cameo role as "Cao Gang" in the film.
After the release of this film, the audience experienced his kidnapping more realistically through the movie, and he once again became the focus of the audience's attention.
In recent years, perhaps because he is getting older, there are too few suitable works and roles, or because he has focused on his family, Wu Ruofu has participated in fewer and fewer film and television works.
As more and more young actors became popular, coupled with his declining popularity, he gradually faded out of the public's sight.
In 2024, Wu Ruofu will be 62 years old, and he is now living his life in a low-key manner, enjoying a happy and sweet married life with his beautiful wife.
Although he and his wife are 22 years apart, after so many years of marriage, the relationship between the couple has been very good, and they are still inseparable from each other.
Under the care and nurturing of the couple, their daughter is also slowly growing up, and the child is cheerful, sensible and well-behaved, and rarely worries the couple.
With the passage of time, 20 years have passed since Wu Ruofu was kidnapped, and he has long since come out of this matter.
Now he takes care of his career and life very well, he goes to film when he has filming, and accompanies his wife and daughter at home when he is not filming, and lives a carefree life.
Here, I wish life more and more satisfactory, and I also look forward to him being able to bring more good works to the audience.
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