He was once ridiculed from an early age because he was too ugly in appearance;
He, due to his peculiar appearance, was discovered by Li Shaohong at the age of 9 and embarked on the road of acting;
He, due to his outstanding ability, was promoted by Guo Jingyu in middle age and counterattacked as a hundred million directors;
You may not know his name, but as long as you have seen his plays, you must have never forgotten him. He is the "ugliest" ugly star in the film and television circle - Ju Xingmao.
Ju Xingmao was born in a rural family in Shanxi, his family was poor and ugly, and he became two mountains on his growth path. The tuition fees for junior high school were all borrowed, and the economic conditions ruthlessly shut Juxingmao out of the door of the high school campus. And his appearance has been squeezed out of the ranks of ordinary people, and anyone can laugh at it.
But no one can predict where your ship of destiny will sail in the next second.
In 1990, when Ju Xingmao was 9 years old, the crew of "Bloody Morning" came to the village to shoot a scene. Inadvertently, director Li Shaohong discovers that Ju Xingmao is exactly the image of a little boy in the script she is looking for.
This also makes the young Ju Xingmao firmly believe that looking ugly is not only a disadvantage, but also a feature that others do not have, and if you look good, you can eat by the face, and if you look ugly, you can also eat by the face. Since then, he has decided to become an actor.
At the age of 12, he played the role of Dou Ge in the movie "Cannon Hit Double Lights". These two "child star" experience opportunities have made Ju Xingmao more convinced that he is the material for being a natural actor, and he has also strengthened his determination to take the road of acting.
Ju Xingmao, who dropped out of school after graduating from junior high school, decided to go to Beijing to break through and look for performance opportunities. After parents learned, like most parents, the first reaction is that the child's idea is too naïve, one does not look, two does not have education, three has no background, not to mention the door of the entertainment circle, that is, from the window can not climb in ah.
However, Ju Xingmao ate the scales and iron heart, and his parents had to let him go out to try, and when he touched the south wall, he would naturally turn back.
Penniless, Ju Xingmao, as soon as he arrived in Beijing, ran around the crew to find work. The result can be imagined, as soon as the staff saw that he looked like this, he immediately refused.
In order to survive, Ju Xingmao went to the crew to find a job, changed the interview actor into a handyman, and tried to "lurk" in the crew to wait for the opportunity to appear. Unable to afford to rent a room, he slept in the subway station, ate only one meal a day, and drank water to fill it with water when he was hungry.
Once, the crew recruited extras, ju Xingmao thought that the extras should not pick three or four, there must be no problem, so he went with great interest. As a result, the director saw Ju Xingmao and said sarcastically: You sharp-billed monkey cheeks, living like a mouse. You've come to the wrong place, and you should go skit.
In people's minds, those who play sketches are all ugly, and those who act in movies are all handsome, and they are completely people of two worlds. For example, when Zhang Xiaofei performed a sketch, everyone thought that he looked beautiful and could not perform the same effect of comedy.
The reason why we fail is often because in the difficult period of climbing, we cannot grit our teeth and insist, and in the ridicule and denial of others, we surrender our weapons early. In the face of setbacks and contempt, Ju Xingmao chose to go against the wind, and finally won the opportunity to run the dragon set for himself after being rejected countless times.
Even in film and television dramas such as "Shenzhen Love", "Song of Youth", "How Much Love Can Be Repeated", he is a "pure dragon set" that does not even have a line, and Ju Xingmao also interprets the role with 100% enthusiasm.
Ju Xingmao understands that his appearance is given by his parents, and he is powerless to change, but his acting skills are constantly improved by his own efforts.
Gradually, Ju Xingmao played a supporting role with lines and became an actor whose name could be found in the cast list.
In 2004, Ju Xingmao played "LaiZi" in the criminal investigation drama "I Am Not a Hero", playing the same scene with Sun Honglei, and his momentum did not lose the bones of this drama.
With the increase of starring opportunities, Ju Xingmao has become a well-known " ugly star" who "eats by the face", if the strength of "ugly" is discussed, he is recognized as above Huang Bo.
In 2008, Ju Xingmao met a nobleman on his acting road.
That year, he played "Satisfaction" in "Beautiful Life" directed by Guo Jingyu. Guo Dao found at a glance that Ju Xingmao was a talent, and his acting skills were so good that he basically went through it all over again.
Therefore, Guo Jingyu invited Ju Xingmao to play the role of "Color Son" in the TV series "Iron Pear Flower". Ju Xingmao won the title of "Di Ge" with his superb acting skills and that unique "ugly face".
Guo Jingyu joked that filming with Ju Xingmao, if he is not careful, he will be robbed of the scene, and his level has long been the level of the film emperor, but he is delayed by his appearance.
Ju Xingmao also realized that with his looks, it was no problem to eat in the play, but he could never wear the aura of the protagonist, and he was a golden supporting role. If you are a director, is there no restriction on appearance?
The idea is a world of breadth.
Guo Jingyu was very supportive of Ju Xingmao's ideas, and began to take him to learn to be a director, in order to study more systematically, Ju Xingmao put down his acting career, was admitted to the Central Academy of Drama Directing Training Class, and concentrated on two years of further study.
In 2013, Ju Xingmao returned from school and directed the TV series "Playing The Dog Stick" with Guo Jingyu, and was nominated for the "Best Director Award" of Magnolia.
In 2014, the two collaborated on the "Soul Ferry" series, which was played by 2.2 billion yuan on the Internet and won the "Best Online Self-made Drama in China" award. Ju Xingmao was also named "China's Top Ten Young TV Drama Directors".
Later, Ju Xingmao directed excellent works such as "Niangdao", "I Met Him in Hong Kong", and "The Most Beautiful Countryside".
In 2020, he also directed the anti-epidemic drama series "The Most Beautiful Retrograde".
Compared with small fresh meat, the traffic of ugly stars cannot rely only on "selling ugly", and must have strong strength. Ju Xingmao, who has played small supporting roles for more than 20 years, finally successfully counterattacked with talent and became a billion directors with a net worth.
Career is booming, and emotionally he is a winner in life. When Ju Xingmao filmed "Tie Pear Blossom" that year, he met his beautiful wife Mou Xing District.
Their married life is quite low-key, no scandals, and never show affection, just quietly living their own lives.
In the face of external doubts, the wife is looking at The money of Ju Xingmao, and frankly values his heart, and the two people are very comfortable together. When the two got married in 2009, Ju Xingmao was still just an obscure little supporting role.
The road to success is never easy, and all the unfairness is an excuse for the loser to make for himself not working hard enough. Relying on his own efforts, Ju Xingmao has gradually surpassed those who mock himself, harvested enviable love, and the peak of his career that is difficult for ordinary people to touch.
For those who are powerless to change, do not give up on themselves, as long as you do not give up, you have the opportunity to become a winner in life. We must always firmly believe that the joy of struggle is far more wonderful than what is given by God, given by parents, given by others, and picked up by luck.