When it comes to the title of "Goddess of Immortality", the first person that comes to everyone's mind is probably Liu Xiaoqing. This veteran actor who has been showing her face on the screen since the 70s of the last century is now 73 years old, but she still has a soft spot for playing young roles. The word "desire is difficult to fill" is very suitable for Liu Xiaoqing. In 2023, she will once again play the roles of "girl" and "bride" in a TV series, which instantly aroused collective complaints from netizens. It seems that this old actor seems to be unable to give up the "girl's plot".
In the face of doubts from the outside world, Liu Xiaoqing still went his own way, and his enthusiasm for acting career did not diminish at all. However, this old drama bone, who was once known as "the people have elegance", is also quite legendary in his emotional life and business business.
The veteran of the art world "Girl's Dream" is unforgettable
As a senior veteran actor, Liu Xiaoqing has been working in the entertainment industry for more than half a century. From the classic film and television works "Little Flower" and "Wedding" in the 70s of the last century, to the perfect interpretation of the emperor and general in dramas such as "Wu Zetian" and "Furong Town", her acting skills have been highly praised. What is puzzling is that the 73-year-old veteran actor seems to have a soft spot for playing a "girl". Just recently, she once again played the leading role in the TV series "Ice and Snow Sniper 2", playing the roles of "girl" and "bride", causing netizens to collectively complain that "it is really uncomfortable to watch".
Looking back on Liu Xiaoqing's acting career, pretending to be young is a "commonplace" that she never absences. At the age of 64, she was an 18-year-old girl in "Cheongsam Assassin", at the age of 58, she played a girl in "The Legend of Heroes of the Sui and Tang Dynasties", and even when she starred in "Wu Zetian" at the age of 43, she was questioned as "too childish".
The marriage is a bumpy love road
In addition to having a soft spot for playing a "girl", Liu Xiaoqing's love life can also be described as full of ups and downs and thorns. She has experienced 4 failed marriages, and each relationship experience is intriguing. The first marriage was with violinist Wang Li, but it fell apart after only 4 years. After that, she fell in love with her married husband Chen Guojun, and the relationship between the two was also very exposed, and finally after Chen Guojun divorced, the two went through the marriage procedures, but they still ended in divorce after 2 years.
Liu Xiaoqing and actor Jiang Wen also had a teacher-student relationship, and the relationship between the two seemed confusing to outsiders. Later, she tied the knot with actor Ah Feng, but this marriage only lasted 8 years and ended hastily. Just when everyone thought that Liu Xiaoqing might be such an "old leftover girl" when she was old, she married her current husband Wang Weiming in 2013, and the degree of affection between the two was also jokingly called a "model couple" by netizens.
In prison, Butterfly changed and resumed his career
While his love life is so ups and downs, Liu Xiaoqing's career has also fallen into a trough. In 2020, she was taken away on suspicion of tax evasion and spent 422 days in prison. Liu Xiaoqing recalled in her autobiography that she once thought about suicide when she was just released, because the public image fell to the bottom and the company's property was sealed, and the whole person fell into the lowest ebb of her life. Fortunately, she finally got back on track in life.
For a long time after she was released from prison, no one dared to ask her to film because of her "previous convictions". However, with his excellent acting skills and tenacity to never admit defeat, Liu Xiaoqing finally made a comeback and won the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Houston Film Festival in 2019. Today, despite his old age, Liu Xiaoqing's enthusiasm for acting has not diminished at all. She often posts her "girl" figure and life on social platforms, and her obsession with "eternal youth" can be said to be deep-rooted.
The final position of a wandering life is still a girl
Throughout the ups and downs of Liu Xiaoqing's life, she is like a never-say-die warrior, struggling to get back on her feet at every low point in her life. Perhaps it is this tenacious and unyielding personality that makes her still have the demeanor of the "goddess of immortality" at the age of 73. As an audience, it is still a little uncomfortable to see an old actor in his 70s playing the role of a "girl" on the screen. After all, the years are merciless, everyone can't escape the fate of aging, and no matter how many beauty secrets are used, it is difficult to hide the breath of old age.
Some netizens joked: "Seeing Liu Xiaoqing wearing a wedding dress is like seeing a grandmother getting married!" Although the rhetoric is exaggerated, it also reflects some of the thoughts of the public. Perhaps for Liu Xiaoqing, playing a "girl" is a kind of attachment and reluctance to youth, but as an audience, we hope to see her interpret more roles that fit her age with empathy and great wisdom. The years are like a ruthless pig-killing knife, regardless of the rich and the poor, cutting the face of each of us.
Wake up as soon as possible and don't be dragged down by the "girl's dream".
We have seen many old people who are old, but they are not inferior to each other. On the contrary, they won the love of future generations with their kind countenances. It's a pity that Liu Xiaoqing didn't realize this, she would rather go against the laws of nature and play the role of an aunt who is older than her "girl", rather than face her own age. In fact, there is nothing wrong with the elderly interpreting youth, but the premise is that the role matches the actual age.
For example, a septuagenarian recalls the mental journey of his youth and regains his youth by remembering the old, which is understandable. But if a septuagenarian directly plays an 18-year-old flower girl, it is certain that it will be difficult to accept. Liu Xiaoqing's attachment to youth is destined to be a "bamboo basket for water". The more she stubbornly tried to control her youth, the more it slipped out of her hands. Liu Xiaoqing should let go of the confinement of the role of a girl and set his sights on a broader stage of life.
What do you think of Liu Xiaoqing's behavior of "pretending to be a girl" at the age of 73?