We often say that behind a successful man is always a woman who pays silently.
For actor Liao Fan, this sentence is extremely correct.
Born in the south, he has a rough and fierce face, and even his actions and life are also stained with the big grin and informality of the north.
If Huo Xin hadn't been in charge behind his back, maybe his body would have collapsed a long time ago, or without the support of this well-known screenwriter, he wouldn't have been able to get the good script he had been waiting for in the most difficult time of his life.
Speaking of which, half of the Berlin Best Actor Award, the brilliant trophy, should actually be Huo Xin's name.
So when talking about the most proud thing in his life, Liao Fan's answer was without hesitation and blurted out - that was naturally marrying his wife, and after speaking, he also began to snicker with a little smugness.
01
The naughty child of a family of actors
Liao Fan's parents are both actors, and his father used to be the head of the Hunan Provincial Repertory Troupe.
Being busy has become the norm for this couple, so many times the two have no time to take care of their children, so they simply hugged Liao Fan to the crew and put him in the background to play by himself.
came and went, there were many people who did this, and many children became old acquaintances in the background, and they gathered into a small group, tossing and turning in the crew every day.
Of course, they still have a consensus, that is, they can't go to the front desk to interfere with the performance, and the rest of the time, the backstage of Nuoda has become their amusement park, and all kinds of props in it have become their original magic weapon.
Yesterday you may be a famous general in history, the long stick in your hand is waved to the ground called a tiger and a tiger, today you may become a treacherous villain in the Republic of China, secretly put a cold gun on the back of the hero.
So at that time, the repertory troupe in Hunan Province was very lively, the stage was the serious performance of the adults, the backstage was the improper performance of the children, and the seeds of performing arts were planted everywhere here.
Of course, this group of people has not been scolded and beaten by their parents, after all, sometimes they are too rampant.
Liao Fan once recalled that once everyone bragged that no one dared to climb on the gas lamp directly above the stage, but he was excited by this group of people, and he was angry, and climbed up without looking back, and then grabbed the thick curtain next to him and slid down smoothly, which directly made him the king in the hearts of the children at that time.
And such a move has also become a test of courage in their small group, and the ending is naturally needless to say, such a dangerous move, Liao Fan ate a hard meal after returning home.
All in all, he grew up like this in his childhood, he loved and longed for acting, and he finally got admitted to the Shanghai Theater Academy and embarked on an old path from his parents.
Of course, he was young and high-spirited, and before he set off for Shanghai, he directly said to his father:
"When I become an actor, I will definitely be better than you."
After that, the train whistle sounded, and he had embarked on his journey.
02
Off the beaten path
The class of 1993 is very special, and there are many future celebrities this year.
Li Bingbing and Ren Quan are Liao Fan's classmates.
Of course, when he returned to school, Liao Fan was not famous at all, and he could even be said to have no light.
After all, to be an actor, the first and most important thing is that face.
Liao Fan's appearance is not outstanding, and he also has a very distinctive mustache, which makes him directly miss the film of a group of handsome men and beauties.
If he wants to go through the film and television industry and make his path as an actor smooth, he can only work hard to study those literary plots and other films, and use his acting skills to carry the heavy and serious content.
And such an opportunity is difficult, one is rare, after all, there are not many people who make these movies, and why the director will use you is a big problem.
The other one is purely difficult, it has extremely high requirements for the acting skills of actors, so when the surrounding classmates began to frequently appear on TV to become stars, Liao Fan was still silently tempering his acting skills.
This is also the only place where his teacher is optimistic about him, he knows his strengths and weaknesses, and is willing to work hard, in the new generation of film and television circles that have gradually become impetuous, such a person is rare.
For example, in his freshman year, Liao Fan was able to get up early in the morning to observe the market and learn the master's movements, and he persisted for more than half a month.
This rare persistence is also a shining point that impresses the teacher with him, but he doesn't know if such a child can come out.
The script is hard to find.
Fortunately, Liao Fan had very good luck at the beginning.
In 1995, he was selected by the crew of "The Story of Beijing Late Autumn" to play the supporting role of Lao Xie, and let a young man play a middle-aged man, which is a difficult thing.
As a result, Liao Fan not only looks alike, but his acting skills are even more similar, so he was photographed by a Beijing-based director Meng Jinghui.
This trip can be regarded as a coincidence, Meng Jinghui was not famous at the time, but he was a mature literary fan, filming dramas, and talking about art.
Many times, the story is relatively heavy, you let a young man be the protagonist, often let the audience watch the play, after all, a young man, how can he come to so much life understanding?
Moreover, young actors often don't have much acting skills, and even if he is asked to come, he can't act.
For this kind of film, the best and most suitable actors are some middle-aged powerful people who have become famous, but then a fatal question comes - where did Meng Jinghui get the money?
At that time, he was just a teacher chasing his dreams, teaching at the Central Academy of Drama, and he was able to make dramas by relying on his savings for many years.
So it's a match made in heaven for these two people to get together.
Meng Jinghui found his ideal male lead, and Liao Fan also got a lot of acting opportunities, although everyone is just as poor, but every time the drama performance ends, when a group of people get together to eat hot pot, the exuberance is still unforgettable.
As a result, the two became good friends who talked about everything.
The long-term cooperation has made Liao Fan's acting skills improve by leaps and bounds, and his "learning" as always, has made his understanding of life several levels.
And Meng Jinghui didn't forget his friend, and directly recommended him to the art circle in Beijing, and after he became a big director, he repeatedly called Liao Fan to film.
At this point, this student, who was not favored by the teacher, finally found a path that suited him.
03
The actor and the woman behind it
There are many people engaged in literature and art in the small circle of Beijing, and with Meng Jinghui's sponsorship, Liao Fan's road is getting smoother and smoother.
In 02, his personal film was released, and in 04, he won the Best Actor Award at the Singapore International Film Festival with "Green Hat".
also became the somewhat interesting security guard in "Curiosity Kills the Cat".
is a supporting role, but the evaluation after the broadcast once overshadowed the male protagonist Hu Jun and the female protagonist Carina Lau, which also made many people have a higher evaluation of Liao Fan in their hearts.
This film helped him get nominated for supporting actor at the Chinese Media Awards.
In the following years, Liao Fan's resources have basically not been interrupted, but he has always played a supporting role, and he is still not popular enough in the minds of the audience.
In other words, it means that the drama celebrity is not popular.
starred in "Let the Bullets Fly" in 2010 and "The Great Cause of the Founding of the Party" in 11 years, which is the best interpretation of this sentence.
Two classics, but if no one mentions them, maybe you can't remember Liao Fan, and many times, this is also a kind of helplessness as a supporting role.
Fortunately, Liao Fan soon met the second noble person in his life, that is, his wife - Huo Xin.
The two met in 1998, and only got married in 2012.
Of course, in some of the depictions of just a few words, we can still piece together some of the small stories.
"Fireworks in the Day" is an important turning point in Liao Fan's life, not only playing the leading role in the play, but also winning the Best Actor Award at the Berlin Film Festival with his superb acting skills, which is the first time in the history of the mainland.
Moreover, this literary film has also successfully got rid of the dilemma of not being popular in the past, and won a box office of 30 million in the first week of its release, which is unthinkable in the past.
The great success in 2014 made Liao Fan finally get rid of the status of a supporting role in the follow-up, and the crucial "Fireworks in the Day" was negotiated by Huo Xin for him.
Without his wife's face, maybe he won't be able to get the role of the male lead, and he won't have the good story of the Berlin actor.
Moreover, in life, Huo Xin has also helped Liao Fan a lot.
Those who engage in literature and art are a bit decadent, and alcohol is a frequent visitor in creation, so Liao Fan, who is in the mixed literary and artistic circle, was once addicted to tobacco and alcohol.
And he also has a lot of vices, such as staying up late, such as liking to go out with his iron buddies to "fool around", and the price behind the chaotic life is heavy - fatty liver, laryngitis, possible high blood sugar and high blood pressure, etc.
And all of this was forced to change after Huo Xin arrived.
First of all, he smoked and drunk, Huo Xin was not used to his husband at all, and after repeated teachings, he directly made a phone call and called his "fox friends and dog friends" to come and loot them all for him, poor Liao Fan treasured a lot of good wine and cigarettes, and finally cheapened his old friends.
Moreover, she is also very smart, as long as Liao Fan has an excuse to go out, she will follow and watch, otherwise, I am afraid that his hand will not be able to help but buy cigarettes.
Of course, quitting smoking and drinking is a long-term process, and it was all cut off by Liao Fan at once, resulting in his spirit being very sluggish for a while.
In Liao Fan's words, these vices can't be changed in his life.
"You're not a saint, there's no need to be right, I'm just pursuing a balance now, not only to make myself comfortable, but also to live as long as possible to satisfy my wife."
And the same is true in terms of diet, Liao Fan loves to eat, and he is from Hunan, he likes to eat spicy food, which is not good for his health, after Huo Xin came, he directly waved his hand and changed his usual diet.
can't eat spicy, Liao Fan's mouth was once light and tasteless, and he once strongly resisted his wife, saying that he couldn't eat it if it wasn't spicy.
As a result, it was Huo Xin's white eyes, and the follow-up was still "doing his own thing", and after suffering for a long time, he finally adapted to this new day, and the index on the physical examination report gradually became normal.
There is also work and rest, there is exercise, and there are too many, Huo Xin interfered in the whole of Liao Fan's life with an arrogant attitude, forcing him to be freed from a state of sudden death at any time and return to the ordinary life of normal people.
So Liao Fan is very grateful to Huo Xin, no one really likes these bad hobbies, many times either out of pressure or out of some sadness.
Huo Xin used his arrival to fill the emotional gap and smooth out many edges and corners, this kind of life is very good.
Today, the marriage between the two is still sweet, and Liao Fan will still have a lot of works in 2024, such as the earlier "Literature and Art in the War of Resistance", "Come and Come", including the recently launched "Tree Shadow Labyrinth", if you like it, you must not miss it.
Epilogue:
If you want to say that Liao Fan is the most indispensable two people in life, one is Meng Jinghui and the other is Huo Xin.
One is his friend and the other is his wife, both of whom saved his career and took his life to a new level.
The acquaintance with Meng Jinghui was young and full of melancholy, and a group of literary and artistic young people left valuable spiritual memories with such nonsense and jokes.
It's just that Liao Fan fell too deep in the quagmire of depravity, and his body had already sent a critical signal, and it was Huo Xin who pulled him out, and he couldn't even refuse.
This is also where Liao Fan is most proud, although he has to be managed by his wife, the person who chases his wife is precisely himself.