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Editor|The Man in Black at Aoyama
Preface
"An actor's career is like a roller coaster, even if his debut is at his peak, no one knows where the turning point is. ”
In the entertainment industry, some actors are from professional backgrounds and are late bloomers.
There are also actors who made their debut as child stars, although they are young, they are extremely famous.
However, with the continuous development of the times, their current situation is also full of differences.
Some have become top-notch, some have stagnated, and some have even become bad artists and disappeared forever.
Looking at them again now makes people feel sorry.
Shi Xiaolong (debuted at the age of 5, now 36 years old)
Speaking of the earliest and longest-lasting child star, it must be Shi Xiaolong, many people even called him "Jet Li's successor" at the beginning, but I don't know what kind of pain he endured behind his glamorous appearance.
He was born in 1988, and others learned it when they were interested in a certain aspect after they were sensible, but he was sent by his family to a place to practice martial arts as soon as he learned to walk.
In this way, when others were still coquettish with their parents and asked for toys, he had already started a career of martial arts training for many years, and when he was three years old for handstand training, even if he couldn't hold on and cried and said no, his master still let him insist.
At that time, Shi Xiaolong learned many basic skills such as drunken boxing and Shaolin sticks in just two years, as he said in an interview, I feel that every day is the most difficult day of 365 days a year.
And the bell that called him up every morning to train would still be very scary when he thought about it, and it was this kind of effort that finally took a fancy to the director at the age of five, and the first action movie he starred in went directly to the peak of his career.
And his fame in the movie at that time was even the same as that of the popular stars Lin Zhiying, Qin Pei and Wu Mengda, and he was not yet an adult, and he had more schedules than many adult stars, although he created many classic roles, but this kind of life made him feel very tired.
So after he grew up and could decide his future, he stopped for a long time on the grounds of further study, and when he appeared in front of everyone again, he seemed to have become a different look, and he was like two people before.
So although he is still active on the screen now, his popularity can no longer return to his previous state, fortunately, everything is going well in life, and he has no scandals except for his works, which is also very good.
谢苗（9岁出道，如今39岁）
In addition to Shi Xiaolong, there was another actor who was also very well-known in movies of that theme at that time, and the stars who cooperated with him were also very famous, and he was even called "Jet Li's royal son".
Semyon was born in 1984, his childhood was much better than Shi Xiaolong, because of his outstanding appearance, so his parents sent him to a dance class to improve his temperament, and the dance he was exposed to was related to martial arts.
So when he was 9 years old, he happened to meet the director who was screening young actors for the movie "New Shaolin Five Groups", and because every aspect of Semyon is in line with the film and television characters, and he is also a good seedling who is hard-working and hard-working, he has the opportunity to participate.
And this first work received a lot of attention, which directly made him a "popular student" at that time, but because he was too young at that time, he still focused on his studies after signing the contract.
And after he became famous, the stars he worked with were all first-class stars, not to mention Jet Li and Wu Mengda, and even Chow Yun-fat's main movie series also had him.
Later, after several collaborations with Jet Li, although his popularity rose rapidly, it also seriously affected his studies, so in 1996, he chose to return to campus to concentrate on completing his studies.
In his junior year of high school, he was supposed to concentrate on reviewing, because he participated in a work, and even the college entrance examination was abnormal, and the work did not cause much sensation, so he did not choose to give up during the trough period, but precipitated his heart and began to further study.
After completing his studies in 2006, he entered the showbiz again, although his appearance was no different from the beginning, and he was even more handsome than before, but because the entertainment industry was changing too quickly, he gradually faded out of everyone's sight.
Third place: Xie Mengwei (5 years old practice, now 35 years old)
The one I want to talk about now is not a child star, but he began to practice for his dream of being an actor at the age of five, and entered the middle school attached to the Chinese Opera School at the age of 10, and became popular directly in 2003 with the role of "Gazi".
Although he also starred in many works after that, he never had the first role to be amazing, but if he could precipitate himself, he might still be successful, but he chose a very wrong path.
Because there has been no improvement in the entertainment industry, many stars started live broadcasts at that time, so Xie Mengwei also joined them, originally there was nothing, after all, it was all about survival.
But the last thing he should do is to use everyone's trust in him to sell "fakes" to deceive his most trusted fans, that is, the "Panga Friends" turmoil at that time completely ruined his acting career.
Almost as soon as he appeared, everyone would hear the voice of unanimous resistance, and since then, he has rarely appeared in front of everyone again, which is really self-destructive, and people can't help but feel sorry.
Zhang Yishan (became famous at the age of 8, now 31 years old)
In "Little Soldier Zhang Ga", it is not only Xie Mengwei who has risen very quickly, but also Zhang Yishan, who was born as a child star, Zhang Yishan, who was born in 1992, is much happier than others, was sent to a martial arts school to practice martial arts at the age of 5, and began to shoot advertisements when he was 8 years old.
Speaking of his debut as a child star, the first thing that comes to everyone's mind must be his role in "Family with Children", but in fact it is not, in fact, he is also in "Little Soldier Zhang Ga".
And because of the experience of practicing martial arts when he was a child, Zhang Yishan's personality is more lively than others, and he often jumps up and down like a monkey, so after filming "Little Soldier Zhang Ga", he was directly "taken away" by the crew of "Family with Children".
It is precisely because of this drama that many people know him, this TV series has been filmed several times, and then he has also participated in many TV series, each character is very successful, and his character has attracted the love of many people.
But in 2020, the new "Deer and Ding Ji" played by him was complained by everyone as soon as it was broadcast, not only did the remake of this drama fail, but even his acting skills were dragged down by this drama.
It was after this that his reputation was also affected, although he was an old acquaintance in everyone's eyes, it was difficult to stand at the original height, which is what everyone called the "career awkward period", and he couldn't find his own position.
Fifth place: Wu Lei (debuted at the age of 6, now 24 years old)
Speaking of actors who were popular in the past and now have an excellent reputation, it must be Wu Lei, who debuted at the age of 6 and has a very wide road to play, whether it is funny characters or various costume dramas, he is holding the handle.
When he grew up, he successfully transformed into a domineering male protagonist with a cold heart on the outside, whether it is an ancient costume or a modern drama, it gives people an acceptable sense of intimacy, and he is a very gentleman, and he is also an actor without a star frame in life.
Therefore, he is still very popular with everyone until now, and now the movie "Grass and Trees" he participated in has been praised by many people, saying that the characters he plays are very real, even in front of the old drama bones, he does not show stage fright at all.
It's rare to find such an actor who is serious about his work and doesn't rely on scandals to stir up popularity!
Information sources:
[1] Baidu Encyclopedia: The acting experience of the five actors, their early lives, and character evaluations.
[2] Interview with Shi Xiaolong in the program "Golden Years".