The six-year-old children's version of "Journey to the West" seems to have become the memory of generations, so the attention to the actors in it has not been small, as we all know, there are three different actors in "Journey to the West" who have played Tang Monks, but looking back now, the situation of the three actors who played Tang Monks is really very different.
On December 10, the assistant of Xu Shaohua, one of the Tang monks, posted a dynamic video on the social platform, which can obviously be seen as a shooting scene, Xu Shaohua is wearing a military coat outside, but it is not difficult to see that it is Tang Monk's dress.
In the video, Xu Shaohua sits in a chair with his eyes closed, his face is obviously tired.
The scene seems to be filming a scene about "Journey to the West", because the image of Sun Wukong also appears in it. In this way, Xu Shaohua seems to continue to play the role of more than twenty years ago, although many netizens still express their liking for Xu Shaohua's Tang monk, but it is undeniable that Xu Shaohua still eats the old book.
At that time, Xu Shaohua did not finish the "Journey to the West" and left the crew, and then Chi Chongrui continued to play tang monks, and there were many kinds of ways to leave, but from the interview with Ma Dehua, the actor of the Eight Precepts of the Pig, his departure seemed to be for the issue of increasing the salary, because the director finally only agreed to increase 5 yuan, Xu Shaohua left in anger.
Perhaps Xu Shaohua himself did not expect that the world would be unpredictable, and now he had to rely on the corner of Tang Monk to walk around and make a living.
Among the three Tang monks, perhaps Chi Chongrui's life is the happiest and most beautiful. Chi Chongrui, who accepted Xu Shaohua to play the role of Tang Monk, later directly entered the rich and married Chen Lihua, a well-known female entrepreneur, and her life can be described as incomparably moist, and it is rumored that Chi Chongrui's value is as high as 50 billion.
Chen Lihua's history is extraordinary, public information shows that Chen Lihua was born in the Royal Summer Palace of the Qing Dynasty, plus she is also of the Yehenara clan, and the rumors of "Empress Dowager Cixi's direct lineage" have not gone away. Later, Chen Lihua relied on her own strength to enter the Hurun Female Rich List and the Forbes Global Billionaire List for many times. In 2020, it ranked 6th in the newly released "2020 Hurun Global Self-Made Women Rich List".
Some time ago, the "Journey to the West" crew had a private party dynamic flowing out of the outside world, which had the appearance of Chi Chongrui and his wife, and it can be seen that Chen Lihua, who is sitting firmly on the list of female rich people, is still full of momentum even if she is 79 years old, and the state of her and Chi Chongrui is also very loving.
The remaining "Tang monk" Wang Yue, who once played only four episodes in "Journey to the West", is now a teacher of the acting class and audiovisual language class of the directing department of the China Academy of Performing Arts.
By the way, a knowledge point: Wang Yue was once in the same class as Zhang Fengyi, Zhang Tielin and others.
However, Wang Yue has not given up filming now, but unlike Xu Shaohua's hard work, he is a little easier in comparison, but participating in film and television dramas is also related to the Journey to the West series. For example, in 2017, he starred in the movie "Xuanzang's Journey to the West" directed by six children, and also played the role of Tang Monk again in the 2019 movie "Wukong".
In fact, from the different experiences of the three Tang monks, it can be seen that if they are not completely retired, then the actors related to Journey to the West are still more or less affected by the fame of "Journey to the West", which is a good thing and a bad thing for people who are still in the film and television circle. Because no one will forget you, but no one can remember your other characters.