In 1997, when Zhao Baogang was preparing to shoot "Never Look Away", he originally wanted Chen Kun to play the male protagonist "Xiao Tong", and Chen Kun prepared for this for a long time.
However, Zhao Baogang accidentally saw Lu Yi in the magazine and thought, "Isn't this exactly Xiao Tong?" As a result, Chen Kun was pushed down by Lu Yi.
After the broadcast of this drama, it was a great success, and once became a classic in the hearts of the audience, and it is difficult to be surpassed. Now that 23 years have passed, what has changed with the main actors in the show?
I. Lu Yi as "Xiao Tong"
In the play, the male protagonist Xiao Tong, played by Lu Yi, is a high-achieving law student, who not only studies well but also looks handsome. However, he has one flaw – blindness.
Later, the fiancé of the heroine Ou Qingchun sacrificed and donated his cornea, which happened to be given to Xiao Tong, so he was able to see the light again.
Xiao Tong is a warm, simple and kind young man who knows how to be grateful, and has always wanted to repay Ou Qingchun.
However, with the contact, Ou Qingchun's maturity and beauty made Xiao Tong unable to extricate himself, deeply in love with her, and even willing to go undercover in order to help her.
At that time, Lu Yigang was in his early 20s, which coincided with the age of "Xiao Tong" in the play, and he showed the youthful and pure love of a college student very perfectly.
Moreover, at that time, Lu Yi was white and pure, completely a small fresh meat, and with his "true color", the audience was very impressed. No wonder the audience said: "The drama "Never Look Away" is the peak of Lu Yi's appearance and acting skills."
With this drama, Lu Yi won the Best Actor of the China Television Golden Eagle Award and became famous overnight. Later, Lu Yi successively starred in many works, but compared with "Never Look Away", it seems to be almost interesting.
In 2006, Lu Yi and Bao Lei became acquainted. Bao Lei is also a well-known beauty in the circle, especially the proud height and the pair of long legs.
Soon after, the two had a daughter, and Bao Lei gradually faded out of the entertainment circle and taught her husband and son at home.
Now, 23 years after Lu Yi, the once big boy has become a responsible man. And he has another daughter, and he hopes that their family of four can always be happy.
2. Su Jin as "Ou Qingchun"
The fate of Ou Qingchun, played by Su Jin, is tragic, and on the eve of her wedding, her fiancé died of anti-drug. Although the two are criminal police officers and have long been mentally prepared, it is still difficult to accept that the truth is happening in front of them.
Therefore, Ou Qingchun made up his mind to eliminate the drug dealers. Later, she became acquainted with Xiao Tong when she donated her fiancé's cornea.
After experiencing many tests, Ou Qingchun was gradually moved by Xiao Tong and fell in love with this big boy. The difficult love between the two people makes the audience anxious to catch fire.
Su Jin's acting skills have been unanimously recognized by the audience, but she is not from a science class. After graduating from high school, Su Jin was selected by a modeling company and began her modeling career by virtue of her appearance and body advantages.
In 1993, she played the heroine in the TV series "Chinese Model" as a model, but this drama does not require superb acting skills, and there is no challenge for the actors.
Therefore, Su Jin's real debut should be "Never Look Away". Su Jin, who is not a professional, can express the inner activities of the characters and some emotional dramas so fully, which is indeed very powerful.
Later, Su Jin successively starred in some classic works, such as "Dream Breaking Heaven", "Red Poppy" and so on. Among them, the most impressive is the movie "Lan Yu", because this is a same-sex theme film.
Not to mention that at that time, even now, there is still controversy about the issue of gay love in society. Therefore, at that time, Su Jin dared to challenge such a film with such a theme, and she was also very courageous.
Although her career is successful, Su Jin's feelings are not complete. In 2001, she traveled to New Zealand to marry her boyfriend of many years, and the two had a son after marriage.
However, the marriage lasted only five years before it ended, and until now, Su Jin's other half has not been found.
From the popular star to the decline, the big heroine Su Jin has no drama to shoot, which is really regrettable.
3. Yuan Li as "Ouyang Lanlan"
Ouyang Lanlan is the only daughter of the big drug lord Ouyang Tian, who has lived a generous and willful life since childhood. However, after meeting Xiao Tong, Ouyang Lanlan fell hopelessly in love with him.
Moreover, because Xiao Tong wanted to go undercover at Ouyang's house, it was inevitable that he would have contact with Ouyang Lanlan. As a result, this big lady intervened in the lives of Ou Qingchun and Xiao Tong, and the three evolved into a complex triangular relationship.
Although Ouyang Lanlan loves Xiao Tong, this love is somewhat deformed. In order to control Xiao Tong, Ouyang Lanlan used various methods to blackmail him and force him to have relations with himself.
It can be said that Ouyang Lanlan's nature is not bad, and her love for Xiao Tong is also true. However, due to the influence of the environment in which she grew up, her behavior was too extreme.
Compared with the fledgling Lu Yi and Su Jin, Yuan Li's experience is much richer, and before "Never Look Away", she has successively starred in several works.
In the play, Yuan Li portrayed this role beautifully, with this TV series, she became the best actress of the Golden Eagle Award, and she has been popular for decades. Later works such as "Iron Tooth Copper Tooth Ji Xiaolan" and "My Dear Motherland" have her figure.
Moreover, she not only has rich acting experience, but also has a rich and colorful emotional life. Yuan Li has experienced four boyfriends and is married to three of them.
When Yuan Li was lonely and nameless, he met Xu Wei. Yes, this Xu Wei is the current husband of the "Great Demon King" Zhang Yining.
Xu Wei reached out to Yuan Li when she needed help, accompanied her, encouraged her, and supported her. However, after Yuan Li became famous, Xu Wei did not quit and parted, and the relationship between the two was gone.
Later, Yuan Li met Zhao Ling, and in 2007, the two had an affair because of the drama and chose to flash marriage. But this marriage came and went in a hurry. Before 2007 could pass, the two divorced.
In 2011, Yuan Li met Lin Bowen again. He is a senior executive at the Lehman Bush Company and the younger brother of former U.S. President George W. Bush. Soon after the two became acquainted, they entered the palace of marriage.
However, this marriage was not smooth, and in 2015, Yuan Li admitted to the divorce of the two in a variety show.
In 2019, Yuan Li posted her marriage certificate with Liang Taiping, and netizens knew that she was married again. After tossing and turning for so many years, I don't know if Yuan Li can harvest a happy marriage.
4. You Yong as "Li Chunqiang"
In the play, Li Chunqiang, played by You Yong, is the captain of the criminal police brigade, he is a classmate of Ou Qingchun and Ou Qingchun's fiancé, and he has always had a crush on Ou Qingchun.
Therefore, after Ou Qingchun donated his fiancé's cornea to Xiao Tong, he has always had a delicate relationship with Xiao Tong. This feeling is probably that xiao tong is regarded as a love enemy, and he can see the shadow of his old classmate in him.
Although he did not look at Xiao Tong in the right eyes, Li Chunqiang was righteous in his heart, and he also regarded drug enforcement as his life's work.
I have to say that Zhao Baogang's vision of picking actors is really good. At that time, You Yong could be described as a "tough guy" professional, playing many police and other such roles, and it was most appropriate for him to play Li Chunqiang.
You Yong's early experience can be described as brilliant, from college to enter the show business is very smooth, debut a few years after winning several awards in a row.
However, such a good actor was once trapped by love. At that time, he met Xu Qing and chased her for a long time, but Xu Qing never accepted. Unexpectedly, after Wang Zhiwen appeared, Xu Qing directly threw himself into his arms.
This incident depressed You Yong for a long time, and it was only after a few years that it eased up. Later, You Yong focused on his acting career, and also tried other dramas and achieved good results.
The most surprising thing should be his performance in "Mountains and Seas", he played the small villager "Li Dayou" to the fullest.
A while ago, You Yong also won the "Best Male Supporting Actor of Magnolia", and his acting skills were also recognized by everyone.
5. Qian Yongfu as "Ouyang Tian"
As the main villain in the play, Ouyang Tian is a cunning and suspicious tyrant who will stop at nothing to achieve his goals.
In fact, he had been suspicious of Xiao Tong, and often tested Xiao Tong. It is precisely because of this that Xiao Tong's undercover road has increased a lot of difficulty, and even has the danger of exposure several times.
Every time Ouyang Tian appeared, he could make the audience feel a powerful aura, and the momentum that was not angry and arrogant was very oppressive.
However, Qian Yongfu, such a "gangster gangster", had a very bumpy experience in his early years. In 1965, he entered the Comrades-in-Arms Literary and Labor Corps, but he did not expect that soon after the "movement" broke out, Qian Yongfu was hit.
It took more than ten years for Qian Yongfu to be rehabilitated and began to set foot in the film and television circle, and he was already 40 years old at this time.
Therefore, in that era of popular "cream students", Qian Yongfu was an alternative, and even called "China's Takakura Ken".
Since the fire of "Never Look Away", Qian Yongfu has successively starred in works such as "Thunder Strike" and "A Pair of Embroidered Shoes", creating a classic screen image.
In 1991, Qian Yongfu retired to start his own health product company and became the boss. He has a good relationship with his wife over the years, and he has a son, and the family lives very happily.
6. Wen Xingyu as "Ou Qingchun's father"
In fact, the role of Ou Qingchun's father has very little role in the play, but why should I mention it, because I want to commemorate Mr. Wen Xingyu.
Like Qian Yongfu, both of them have experienced a "special period", so they are already very old when they enter the show business circle.
At first, Wen Xingyu mainly focused on drama. In the 1980s, he starred in a large number of plays, including "The Song of the Great Wind" and "The True Biography of Ah Q".
His first TV series that was well known to the audience was the 1993 family comedy "I Love My Home", when Wen Xingyu was already gray-haired, and he won the audience's love with his unique "grandfather style".
Another memorable film is "Family with Children", in which he played the grandfather of the children, which also brought a lot of laughter to the audience and became the childhood memories of countless post-90s generations.
Unfortunately, such an excellent old artist died tragically in 2007, leaving only unlimited memories for the audience.
In the 1980s and 1990s, technology was not yet developed and props were not professional. However, in such a situation, there are still many excellent film and television works.
At that time, the actors did not have gorgeous clothing and exaggerated acting skills, only a heart to do their best for the work, so they could dedicate excellent works to the audience.
"Never Look Away" as one of the best, will not be forgotten by the audience with time, but will become a classic in everyone's heart.
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