In the hit drama "Tianlong Babu", there are many character castings, and there is controversy.
For example, Duan Yu, played by Bai Shu, is considered to have too flashy performance, while Wang Yuyan, played by Wen Yongshan, is considered to have no "recognition".
Jade girls Li Ruotong, Song Gangling, and Liu Yifei have all played Wang Yuyan,
But the most memorable thing is Chen Yulian, who played Wang Yuyan in the 1982 TVB version of "Tianlong Babu".
Chen Yulian, who was 22 years old at the time, had been in the industry for 6 years, and she had her own immortal qi on her body, and Wang Yuyan's coldness, ice and snow intelligence and persistence were perfectly expressed.
Not only that, Chen Yulian is also the little dragon girl that Jin Yong personally admits to be the closest to the original work.
Today, Pigo will talk to you about this "little dragon girl"...
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Tiu Kwan Ling is located in Tseung Kwan O, Sai Kung District, New Territories, Hong Kong, and is known as "Mirror Ridge" in ancient times.
Legend has it that in 1905, a Canadian named Lenny built a flour mill here, and then the factory went bankrupt, and Lenny actually hanged himself in the flour mill, so "Mirror Ridge" was also called "Hanging Neck Ridge", and later changed its harmonic sound to "Tuning Ridge".
In the late 1940s, a squatter housing area was built in Tiu Kyeong Ling, where many poor people chose to live, but the conditions were so poor that even the water supply became a problem at first.
On March 25, 1960, Chen Yulian was born in Tiaojingling, she was the younger daughter of the family, she was loved from an early age, and was already a beautiful person in junior high school.
After graduating from high school in 1977, Chen Yulian was successfully admitted to tvB's 6th artist training class, and soon after she was appreciated by Wong Kar-wai's teacher Tan Jiaming, and signed a contract with TVB to enter the film and television circle.
Chen Yulian, who was new to the industry, only played some dragon set roles, and when she participated in the TV series "Tycoon" in 1978, she met Zhou Runfa, who was 5 years older than her and had just emerged on TVB.
"Tycoon" is an 85-episode classic drama starring Zheng Shaoqiu, Liu Songren, Zhao Yazhi and Li Siqi, with Zhou Runfa playing Paul Kong, with many scenes, while Chen Yulian only plays a secretary.
But Zhou Runfa fell in love with Chen Yulian at first sight, and on her birthday, Zhou Run sent her a bouquet of roses, and the two quickly established a relationship.
However, TVB has always been "very strict" about the love of its actors, and does not allow its actors to fall in love, and Zhou Runfa and Chen Yulian can only engage in underground romance.
In the same year, Chen Yulian also ushered in the first important role of her acting career, playing Xiao Zhao in Zheng Shaoqiu's version of "Yitian Slaughtering Dragon".
This is one of the four female characters who are closely related to Zhang Wuji in the original novel, although the role is not much, but it is pleasing enough, so Chen Yulian soon became one of the TVB actors loved by Hong Kong audiences.
Since then, TVB has decided to let Chen Yulian participate in more martial arts dramas.
In "The Legend of Chu Liuxiang (1979)", she played Yang Yan; in "Flying Eagle" as Zhao Ling; in "Absolute Double Glory", as Murong Jiu; in "Thirteen Taibao" as Princess Yunluo; and in "Tianlong Babu" as Wang Yuyan, all classic characters in martial arts novels.
39 years later, the actress who once let Zhou Runfa commit suicide for her, how is her life now? In 1983, Chen Yulian starred in the little dragon girl in "The Condor Heroes", and it was Andy Lau who was one year younger than her.
Chen Yulian, like Xiaolongnü, is usually silent and taciturn; and Andy Lau is lively and active, and never calms down on the set.
Gradually, Chen Yulian found that Andy Lau liked filming very much, because whenever he turned on the camera, Andy Lau regarded her as his girlfriend.
Years later, in an interview with Li Zhishan, Andy Lau confessed: "If I don't have a girlfriend, maybe Chen Yulian will be me..." A sentence was not finished, but it was self-evident.
Chen Yulian's treatment of Andy Lau is a different attitude.
In an interview with Chen Zhiyun in the program "Zhiyun Dinner Bureau", Chen Yulian admitted that even if Andy Lau pursued her at that time, she would not accept it. Because in Chen Yulian's eyes, Andy Lau at that time was not mature enough.
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Helplessly, Chen Yulian and Zhou Runfa, who were blessed by the Hong Kong people, could not come together in the end.
In 1980, Zhou Runfa replaced Zheng Shaoqiu in the TV series "Shanghai Beach", and with the role of Xu Wenqiang, he quickly became a first-line celebrity of TVB.
And Zhou Runfa was not satisfied with his achievements in TVB, he began to turn to the film industry, launching a number of movies.
After all, filming and TV series are different, starring in "The King of Comedy", "Tie YiXian", "Gray Spirit", "Law Enforcer", "Hu Yue's Story" and other films, But Zhou Runfa still can't find feelings.
Because several films did not go down to the box office, he was once nicknamed "box office poison", and the film company once dared not look for him to shoot.
And not in TVB, Zhou Runfa and Chen Yulian inevitably gather less and leave more, plus Zhou Runfa has a wide range of contacts, and there is a lot of social interaction between friends, leaving less time for the two.
At that time, Chen Yulian was only in her early 20s, and she attached great importance to feelings, because she often did not see Zhou Runfa, the two began to quarrel continuously, and finally ended this 5-year relationship.
There was once a rumor that Zhou Runfa and Chen Yulian broke up, because Chen Yulian was fierce at the time, did not know how to speak gently, and often bumped into Zhou Runfa's mother. This led to Zhou Runfa's mother not liking Chen Yulian and not agreeing with them together, so the two could not be together.
But in an interview with Chen Zhiyun, Chen Yulian directly denied this statement, adding: "I rarely see his family. It can be seen that the breakup of the two is not because of the intervention of Zhou Runfa's mother, but because of the cracks in their feelings that are difficult to heal.
One day in late 1982, the Hong Kong police received a report that "a 27-year-old man surnamed Zhou tried to commit suicide by drinking detergent."
This man is Zhou Runfa, in order to save this relationship, he will not hesitate to use self-harm to prove his love. At that time, Chen Yulian was also present, and it was she who sent Zhou Runfa to the hospital.
Zhou Runfa was once unconscious, but because of the timely rescue, he was rescued after gastric lavage.
During the time when Zhou Runfa was hospitalized, Chen Yulian always accompanied him to take care of him, but after Zhou Runfa turned the corner, Chen Yulian still left.
A month later, Zhou Runfa, who had just been discharged from the hospital, and Yu An'an flashed marriage, which is still considered to be "revenge" against Chen Yulian.
Because Zhou Runfa and Yu An'an had no emotional basis, they only experienced a 9-month marriage and divorced in 1984.
During this time, Zhou Runfa has been the headliner of gossip magazines, and his mood has also dropped to the extreme.
Fortunately, soon after, Zhou Runfa met his current wife, Chen Huilian, and his film career finally improved. In 1986, he participated in "The True Colors of Heroes" not only broke the box office record of Hong Kong films, but also allowed Chow Yun Fat to win the Hong Kong Film Awards, and his life was back on track.
In 1987, during the filming of "Autumn Fairy Tales", Chow Yun Fat and Chen Huilian were married in a church in New York, and they only made up for the wedding after returning to Hong Kong on June 5.
The two have been in love to this day, but Chen Yulian has always been a piece of Zhou Runfa's heart disease, and for a long time, whenever he heard this name, he would make a big fuss.
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Soon after Chen Yulian and Zhou Runfa broke up, she was introduced by Shen Dianxia to Chen Chaowu, a Chinese-American businessman.
At that time, Chen Chaowu ran the Atlantic City Casino in the United States, and he became a business wizard because he became the vice president of the casino in only one year, and under his fierce pursuit, the two soon married on July 15, 1984.
But after marriage, Chen Yulian did not give up her acting career, and soon after she flew back to Hong Kong, and participated in several films in a row in a few years.
Due to the relationship between work, Chen Yulian and Chen Chaowu are often not together, the feelings are getting colder, and they have not had children since marriage, this marriage lasted for 8 years, and finally came to an end in 1992.
Perhaps due to tiredness, Chen Yulian also faded out of the film and television circle after participating in Chen Xunqi's "Prodigal Son of border city" in 1993.
In 1994, at a friend's private party, Chen Yulian met the director of the advertising film Cai Meishi, and the two were very close, and soon moved to Saigon to live together, a relationship that lasted for 11 years.
In 2000, Chen Yulian, who has always believed in Buddhism, began to practice with her hair, and she also spent two years in retreats in Canada and the United States, cutting off all ties with relatives and friends.
Gradually, her heart became ethereal, and she no longer needed love and marriage, which was why she and Cai Meishi separated in 2005.
In 2008, Chen Yulian participated in "The Day and Night of Tin Shui Wai" directed by Xu Anhua, and in 2012, she participated in Liu Songren's TV series "Famous Ladies and Noble Families", which was her last footprint in the film and television circle.
Chen Yulian, who is now 61 years old, is still single, but she is keen on public welfare, often doing charity in Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou and other places.
She has not been "maintained" like some older actresses, and her face has completely lost its former beautiful appearance and has become an amiable grandmother.
But the kind of light breeze written on her face and the peace of seeing through the world also make her show a completely different temperament from those big stars.
Chen Yulian felt that if she had been with Zhou Runfa back then, perhaps Zhou Runfa would not have achieved what she has now, but who can say these things clearly?
Nowadays, Zhou Runfa is also getting old, and with a family, Chen Yulian is still alone, and the things in the world are often so elusive.
Text/Pippi Film Editorial Department: Bloody Dan Heart
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