Scientists have found that good-looking people have better access to resources and social status than the average person. Whether you admit it or not, beauty can indeed be realized and bring about a better life.
But there are no absolutes in everything, such as the beautiful man named Bourne Anderson we are going to talk about today, he was favored by a well-known director because of his outstanding appearance, and became the leading actor of a movie at the age of 15.
But just when everyone thought that his future was bright, his beauty caused him big trouble. He has been subjected to numerous homosexual harassments, artificial death rumors jealous of his beauty, and even been implicated in a murder case.
Then his life became gray, and he was forced to quit the film industry, almost clumping.
Today, let's take a look at how beauty lifts a person to the altar and how it almost destroys a person.
1. Debut is the pinnacle
Bern Anderson was born in Stockholm, Sweden, in January 1955.
Byrne's childhood was very miserable, when he was 5 years old, his father left him and his mother to run away from home, never came back, and later his mother married a man, although his stepfather was okay with Byrne, but after all, he was not his biological father, and his stepfather's personality was a little dull, so there was little communication between Bourne and his stepfather, and the relationship was quite estranged.
When he was 10 years old, his mother suddenly committed suicide, and Bourne became even more withdrawn. During his lonely time, he played music, which he believed was the only way to soothe his wounded heart.
He later entered the Frederick Conservatory, where he studied more advanced musical techniques.
By the time Bourne was 15 years old, he had a huge turn in his life. At that time, he heard that the famous Italian director Lucino Visconti was going to make a feature film, according to Visconti's setting, one of the leading actors, Tazio, is a beautiful boy, and his beauty is rare in the world.
Visconti interviewed several actors, but they were not satisfied, thinking that they were not amazing enough.
Many people around Bourne have said to him: You are very good-looking, maybe you are the person that director Visconti needs.
With the encouragement of his peers and teachers, Byrne took the initiative to find director Visconti, who was shocked at the first sight of Byrne, Byrne was not simply born for the actor, so Visconti immediately decided: Byrne, you will be the protagonist of my movie.
Visconti is worthy of being an old director, and his ability and vision are very strong. "Soul of Venice" became an instant hit after its release, and also won the award at the 25th Cannes Film Festival, and Bourne, who played Taccio, also entered the public eye, and he amazed countless audiences.
Of course, it doesn't depend on his acting skills, but on his earth-shattering appearance. Countless girls regard him as their Prince Charming, and he became famous almost overnight.
Countless directors threw olive branches to him, and almost everyone felt that Bourne's time was coming.
But no one thought that after becoming famous, Bourne soon suffered a fatal blow, and the person who hit him was actually the benefactor who brought him to fame, director Visconti.
2. Darkness is coming
During the filming of the film, Byrne can be said to have been deeply cared for by director Visconti. Director Visconti not only patiently taught him to act, but also helped him block some ill-intentioned people.
Because his appearance is too outstanding, many men in the crew are jealous of him and want to hurt him, and even more exaggerated, some "homosexuals" want to sexually harass him, Director Visconti saw this and publicly said: "If anyone makes some small moves against Bourne during filming, don't want to cooperate with me in the future!"
Director Visconti's "threat" helped Bourne resolve many potential crises. Because of this, Byrne has great respect for Visconti, and thinks that he is an amiable and kind old-timer.
But Byrne would not have expected that shortly after he finished "Broken in Venice", director Visconti took him to a bar, saying that he was going to celebrate the film award, but Byrne pushed open the door and found a group of men staring at him, some with greedy and eager expressions on their faces.
These people seem to be all gay. They looked at Bourne's eyes very dirty, Bourne was very scared, but he didn't dare to escape, he could only numb himself by drinking and suppress the uneasiness in his heart.
Later, Byrne unexpectedly discovered that director Visconti was also gay. It's no wonder that when he was filming the movie, Visconti took great care of himself, often came into contact with him intentionally or unintentionally, and perhaps during the filming, Visconti started to think crookedly about himself.
Byrne, who figured this out, felt creepy, but what frightened him even more was yet to come. It may be that someone is jealous of his overnight popularity, jealous of his appearance, and posted slanderous remarks against him, saying that he looks so feminine that he is likely to be a "homosexual".
It is clear that Byrne is a victim of homosexual harassment, but he is suddenly labeled as "gay", which is very absurd in Byrne's opinion.
As rumors of homosexuality spread, more and more people who looked at Bourne unpleasantly jumped out to add fuel to the fire and ruthlessly slander Bourne. Among them was Visconti's acquaintance, Helmut Berg. He was a famous Austrian actor at the time and Visconti's lover.
Before the release of "Soul Broken Venice", Berg thought that with his special relationship with director Visconti, the role of Tazio must be in his pocket, but he didn't expect to kill a Cheng Biting Gold halfway, and the role was robbed by Bourne.
Byrne exploded with this role. Being called "the most beautiful man in the world" made Berg have a great resentment towards him, and Berg felt that these honors should be his own!
So when Bourne was caught up in the storm of gay rumors, Berg took the opportunity to step on Bourne a few times, and he fabricated rumors that Bourne had an inappropriate private life and relied on selling meat to get the male lead, which made Bourne's image even more collapsed, and countless people humiliated and abused him.
Berg was even vicious enough to make up rumors of Bourne's death, and cursed Bourne fiercely, although Bourne was very sad, but at that time he was just a child after all, and he didn't know how to deal with these things, so he could only endure it silently.
Under the attack of these rumors, Bourne's future has been greatly affected, but he still has a group of die-hard fans who are silently supporting him.
But soon, another rumor appeared, which dealt a devastating blow to Bourne's film career.
In February 1976, a major event happened, 37-year-old Hollywood actor Sal Mineo, was suddenly assassinated on the way home, the police guessed that the murderer killed Mineo in order to steal money, but in the end the police did not find out the identity of the murderer.
This matter was originally not related to Bourne's eight poles, but I don't know who it is, and rumors spread that Mineo and Bourne have an unusual relationship, and Bourne is likely to be Mineo's lover.
After that, the rumors became more and more outrageous, saying that Minio had a conflict with Bourne because of emotional problems, and Bourne asked the killer to kill Mineo in a fit of rage, although the police later confirmed that Minio's death had nothing to do with Bourne, and Bourne had no contact with Mineo at all.
However, due to the fact that the rumors flew too fast and the appearance of the matter, many people were convinced of it.
Because of this rumor, Bourne lost most of the audience's popularity, and he also knew that he couldn't get along in the film industry, so he quit the film industry and gradually faded out of the public's field of vision.
3. A lonely beautiful boy
If a person wants to survive in the entertainment industry, he is destined to pay some price.
What's more, the speed of his rise is too fast, as the saying goes, a gun shoots a bird, his rapid fame, will inevitably be jealous and hated by some people, he was only 15 years old at the time, how could he survive in an environment surrounded by wolves?
Byrne also seems to think that he knocked on the door of director Visconti in the first place, and Mao made the wrong decision to recommend himself. He learned from the pain and finally decided to return to his original intention and pursue his musical dreams.
He formed a dance band with his partner Sven Alex and performed from time to time. Later, he also married a poet named Susanna, had children, and gradually came out of the shadows.
In 2021, he starred in a documentary, and the name of that film was "The First Beautiful Boy of Genius".
But at this moment, Bourne is no longer the beautiful man he once wow the public, his hair is gray and messy, and his face that has experienced vicissitudes looks very lonely.
In the documentary, he expressed his bitterness and sadness, he said that he had been caught in a storm of public opinion, the most difficult moment, he wanted to grow old quickly, rather he did not have that outstanding face, in his opinion, his outstanding appearance on the contrary brought him endless trouble.
But he then said that after quitting the film industry, picking up his dreams again, and living the life he wanted, he suddenly found that although his appearance had a certain impact on his life, the real reason why the first half of his life became a mess was that he lacked the courage to deal with difficulties, lacked experience and wisdom, and did not choose the life he really liked.
A person's success and failure are caused by many factors, and success or failure cannot be superficially summarized by one reason. This is perhaps the most profound truth that Bourne has realized after the ups and downs of life.