Jiang Wen once said: "Chen Chong has been my dream for many years. Although we were the same age, she became my idol very early. ”
In 1977, 16-year-old Chen Chong won the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actress with the movie "Little Flower", becoming the existence of stars in the domestic entertainment industry.
But she chose to give up everything and went to Hollywood to work hard, and later became an American citizen.
Even so, Chen Chong is still the "goddess" in many people's hearts, what is her charm?
1. The girl actress
Chen Chong was born into a family of intellectuals, his parents devoted themselves to the medical industry, and his grandfather was Zhang Changshao, a famous pharmacologist in the mainland.
However, she did not inherit the mantle of her father, but was admitted to Shanghai Film Studio when she was in middle school, and participated in her first movie "Jinggangshan" at the age of 14.
In 1977, 16-year-old Chen Chong won the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actress for the role of "Zhao Xiaohua" in the movie "Little Flower", which made her acting career, which had just taken a few steps, reach a peak that she could not climb in her life.
It is worth mentioning that in "Little Flower", the role of "He Cuigu" is Liu Xiaoqing, who will also stand at the top of Chinese actresses.
Chen Chong and Liu Xiaoqing embarked on two completely different paths.
Liu Xiaoqing once said: "I don't go abroad, as long as I stay in China, I am the best actress." ”
But when Chen Chong had just reached the peak, he chose to turn around and go to the United States, abandoning everything and starting from scratch.
In Hollywood at that time, the identity of "Chinese actress" could not be exchanged for any favor, Chen Chong had no drama to film, in order to make a living, she had to serve dishes, wash dishes, and even brush the toilet.
No one held her anymore, her lover left her, and she fell into a low point in her life.
It wasn't until 1986 that Italian director Bertolucci was preparing to shoot the movie "The Last Queen", and Chen Chong got the role of "Wanrong".
In this film, Wanrong played by Chen Chong has been regarded as a classic by countless audiences because of a "flower-eating" scene. With this role, she also became the first Chinese actress to appear on the Oscars.
In 1994, Chen Chong won the Golden Horse Award for the role of "Wang Jiarui" in the movie "Red Rose and White Rose", and began to return to the Chinese film industry.
In 1998, she transformed into a director and made the classic film "Heavenly Bath", which was selected as one of the top ten best films in the world by Time Magazine in the United States.
After 2010, Chen Chong is no longer obsessed with movies, and she can often be seen in TV series, Dugu Jialuo in "Heroes of the Sui and Tang Dynasties", Wulanala in "The Legend of Ruyi", etc., although they are all supporting roles, you can still see her superb acting skills behind the role.
Such a "pension" life, but also happy.
2. The immortal soul
For many actresses, especially Chinese-speaking actresses, when they reach middle age and old age, they can only receive the role of "mother-in-law" or "mother".
In order to cater to the market, "pretending to be tender" has become a shackle that many actresses cannot escape.
But Chen Chong does not belong to this majority.
On her 58th birthday, Chen Chong updated a news on social platforms, she wrote:
"I stop at a felled tree stump and try to read its history, its rings, its scars, all its struggles, all its sufferings, all its sicknesses, all its happiness and prosperity, its barren years and its abundant years, its attacks and storms."
Immediately, Chen Chong appeared on the hot search because of his "writing".
Behind the gentle and stirring words is Chen Chong's eternally innocent and eternally calm soul, she loves literature, loves writing, has a deep and unique insight into the world and life, she is an artist.
Chen Chong once said: "Particularly challenging roles are all particularly bad roles, because you have to think about how to play in order not to be embarrassed." ”
She pursues complex roles because she will feel deep pain and joy in such roles, such roles require acting skills, and she enjoys acting.
In 2022, Ma Li said at the award ceremony of the "Golden Deer Award": "We can play roles of different ages as we get older, so we can play until we are 80 years old, 90 years old, and 100 years old." ”
A role that is not young and beautiful does not mean that it is not a good role, and a real actor should calmly accept his old age, and he should also accept the old role.
In 2023, the movie "Solid as a Rock" directed by Zhang Yimou will be released, in which Chen Chong plays the role of a "mother", without many scenes and highlights, but Chen Chong conquered the audience in front of the screen with his acting skills.
It's called strength.
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