Editor: Xiao Yi
She is Situ Jing in "The Savage Princess", with her quirky performance, she became a household name overnight, she is the Korean actress Zhang Nara.
She is also the only foreign singer in "Beijing Welcomes You", not only that, but she also served as the publicity ambassador of the 08 Beijing Olympic Games and became the first foreign torchbearer.
However, Zhang Nara, who was so favored by China, was tragically banned by China because of her momentary hiatus.
What did Zhang Nara say, and what happened to her now?
"The Savage Princess" is popular all over the country
In 2006, a costume light comedy "The Savage Princess", with its vivid and interesting storyline, successfully became popular all over the country as soon as it was broadcast.
Among them, the most popular role among the audience is the heroine "Situ Jing", she is smart and chivalrous, and this role is played by Zhang Nara very well.
Zhang Nara also became one of the few Korean actresses who could be a smash hit in China at that time because of this role.
Zhang Nara is not only good at acting, but also very good at singing, in order to repay the love of Chinese audiences, Zhang Nara has released two Chinese albums, and the response is very good.
In 2008, Zhang Nara officially joined the domestic record company, because of Zhang Nara's popularity, she was also invited to record the opening song of the Beijing Olympic Games "Beijing Welcomes You".
You must know that this song is the theme song to celebrate the 100-day countdown to the Beijing Olympic Games, which is of great significance.
The singers invited were also heavyweight guests in the Chinese music scene at that time, and Zhang Nara, as a Korean, was among them, which shows how much the Chinese market values her.
Not only that, Zhang Nara also became the torch relay bearer of the Seoul leg of the Beijing Olympic Games, which was also the first foreign torchbearer, and these achievements made Zhang Nara's career flourish.
But no one expected that in just the past year, Zhang Nara's reputation began to take a sharp turn and was abused by thousands of people.
One gaffe Cheng Senko grudge
Zhang Nara never imagined that her brilliant career would fall into the abyss just because of one sentence.
Back in 2009, in order to promote the movie "Heaven and Sea", Zhang Nara not only promoted it in China, but also deliberately went back to her own country - South Korea to promote it, and she participated in the recording of the variety show "Strong Heart".
In this show, Zhang Nara answered the host's questions with a smile, and the atmosphere of the show was also very lively.
But at this time, Zhang Nara didn't expect that her words would make her lose the Chinese market, which made people wonder, what did she say?
Because Zhang Nara is quite popular in China, the host asked Zhang Nara about Zhang Nara's filming experience in China out of curiosity, but unexpectedly, Zhang Nara spoke amazingly at this time.
Zhang Nara said without scruples that because her father was a stage actor, he was occasionally responsible for making movies, but the high film production fees often made Zhang Nara's father feel sad.
In order to solve her father's financial difficulties, Zhang Nara often went to China to shoot advertisements to earn publicity fees, and Zhang Nara admitted that she had made four commercials in China in half a year.
And all these announcement fees were used by her father to invest in films, and the more Zhang Nara spoke, the more excited she became, and directly threatened: "Every time the production fee is tight, I will go to China to perform!"
Zhang Nara's remarks are undoubtedly disrespectful to the Chinese market, and many Chinese people regard her as an exchanger of Chinese and Korean cultures, a national goddess-like existence.
But Zhang Nara just regarded China as a place to make money, and after the current program was broadcast, Zhang Nara was also pushed to the forefront because of her inappropriate words and deeds.
Overnight, Zhang Nara's comments took a sharp turn for the worse, and many Chinese people were deeply angry and said that they would no longer support her works.
And Zhang Nara also realized her mistake, she quickly came out to apologize to the people, but the disaster came from her mouth, no matter how sincere her apology was, it could not change the negative impact she caused.
Due to the intensification of this incident, Zhang Nara's image in China has also plummeted, and under the great negative public opinion, no Chinese director is willing to ask Zhang Nara to film.
This also means that Zhang Nara has been completely abandoned by the Chinese market and will never come out again.
Zhang Nara had no choice but to run back to South Korea to develop, hoping that her acting career could make a comeback, but things were not as simple as she thought.
The career is no longer brilliant
After Zhang Nara returned to South Korea for development, she always wanted to be a shining star, but the cruel reality made her have to bow her head.
Perhaps because of the influence of her previous remarks, Zhang Nara's development after returning to China was not smooth, she is a smash hit female star in China, but her popularity in South Korea is very low.
Zhang Nara can only play some small roles with no name, and what is even more shocking is that in order to continue to develop, Zhang Nara was harassed by many chaebols in South Korea.
You must know that in South Korea, the status of artists is very low, and in order to survive in the highly competitive Korean entertainment industry, many actors and idols have to curry favor with the powerful and chaebols.
In 2009, the well-known Korean actress Zhang Ziyan chose to commit suicide because she couldn't stand the persecution of the chaebol, and the popular actress is still like this, not to mention Zhang Nala, whose career was blocked.
Zhang Nara once blew herself up that she had to commit herself to the Korean elite for the sake of her career as an actress, and this kind of life made her miserable but helpless.
Fortunately, Zhang Nara did not fall into this place, she chose to continue to pursue her career as an actress, and her efforts finally paid off.
In 2018, Zhang Nara successfully won the Best Actress Award for Shuimu Drama with the Korean drama "The Queen's Character", and regained her strength on the podium.
At the awards ceremony, Zhang Nara said with tears in her eyes that she will definitely strive to do better, even if she struggles, she will become a better actor.
And Zhang Nara did the same, and since then she has continued to fight in the crew, bringing Korean dramas such as "Dafa Real Estate" and "Agent Family" to everyone.
When Zhang Nara's career as an actor improved, her love life also made a breakthrough.
In 2022, Zhang Nara announced on social media that she is about to enter the palace of marriage hand in hand with her boyfriend who is 6 years younger.
But no matter how hard Zhang Nara tries now, she can't regain the glory of the past.
Zhang Nara proved to us with practical actions that as an artist, we must always be humble and low-key, especially in public, and we must be cautious in our words and deeds.
As the saying goes, "Be a man before acting, learn art before learning morality", in the special industry of the entertainment industry, a person's words and deeds and personal morality are very important, and only by doing these basic skills can he be invincible for a long time.