There are many actors in the entertainment industry who are not good-looking but have successfully counterattacked, such as Wang Baoqiang, who once insisted on being a mass actor and was discovered by a famous director and then opened the road to popularity.
Another example is the actor Huang Bo, who has hit a wall everywhere in the entertainment industry because of his appearance, and finally won the "Emperor of Shadows" trophy with his outstanding acting skills.
In fact, in addition to the above two, there is also a successful figure in this circle. From the first "electrocution" to now, he has also worked hard in the acting industry for nearly 30 years, but he has never been given the opportunity to catch fire like Huang Bo and Wang Baoqiang.
Despite this, he has achieved a brilliant career with his dedication along the way and his accurate positioning of himself.
This person is an actor whose appearance is worse than Huang Bo's, and the director of "well-known ugly star" Ju Xingmao.
Mentioning his name may feel strange to the public, but once you see his face, viewers who often watch TV dramas can immediately remember the vivid image he played on the screen.
If it is said that evaluating a person's ugly appearance and low appearance will offend the other party, then it is absolutely not wrong to use "characteristics" to describe his appearance.
It is hard to imagine that Ju Xingmao stepped into the door to the film and television industry with this face and became a winner in life.
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In the summer of 1981, a boy was born in Zuoquan County, Shanxi Province, to a family with a giant surname.
The parents chose the word "Xingmao" with a beautiful meaning to name their son, and with the surname ju, it looks like a thriving scene.
In fact, Juxingmao's hometown of Zuoquan County only took off the hat of a poor county in 2019, and it is generally conceivable that what kind of living conditions there were more than 30 years ago.
However, for the child, the home is always warm, and the conditions of the hometown have not left any bad impression in the heart of the childhood Hero Xingmao, and what really bothers him is that he has some special appearance.
In fact, when Ju Xingmao was a child, he was also very cute, but his short chin and slightly convex teeth made him look a little unique.
The likes and dislikes of children are not embellished, many times he is snubbed by his friends because of his appearance, and no friends are willing to play with him, but fortunately, he is optimistic by nature, even so he remains kind and cheerful.
It is reasonable to say that he was born in such a small county town with no number of online lines, and his appearance is not correct and beautiful, and it is more difficult to become an actor than to ascend to the sky.
But sometimes things in the world are so wonderful.
In 1990, director Li Shaohong brought the new film crew to Zuoquan County, where she decided to shoot a film adapted from a foreign suspense novel, "Bloody Morning".
The reason why Li Shaohong chose Zuoquan County is mainly because it is original enough, and there are many small roles in the plot in addition to the main actors.
Of course, these small roles will not be followed by the crew, but if you find someone to play, you will not achieve the expected effect. In this way, selecting potential actors from the local masses who have no experience in acting has become a problem faced by director Li Shaohong.
It was at this time that the opportunity for Juxingmao came.
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It is extremely difficult to verify the age of that experience, but in 2011, netizens who claimed to be classmates of Juxingmao Elementary School broke the news that they were all third-grade students at that time.
One day a director came to their school to select small actors, and the director's eyes slid over the face of the vigorous face, and there was never a satisfactory image of her.
Just when he was a little disappointed, Ju Xingmao's very characteristic face broke into the director's sight, because his "ugly" was impressive, so Ju Xingmao unexpectedly stood out from a group of friends and became a small actor who entered the group to shoot.
In the film, he plays a little boy named Satisfied, although there are not many scenes, but every performance of Ju Xingmao is very natural and real, and there is no trace of carving at all.
Although Ju Xingmao was very young at the time, he also lit the fire of being an actor in his heart because of this shooting.
Around the 1990s, the Northwest was favored by many directors because of its original ecology, and there were many film crews who went there to shoot.
In 1993, Ju Xingmao ushered in his second chance to appear on camera, when the film "Cannon Double Lights", starring Tranquility and Wu Gang, came to Linxian County, two or three hundred kilometers away from Zuoquan County.
Ju Xingmao, who learned the news, decisively seized this opportunity and successfully played the role of the teenager Dou Ge in the film.
Although it was also a small role, being able to cooperate with Wu Gang and other acting schools at that time still opened his eyes.
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The opportunity to wait twice could not satisfy Ju Xingmao's heart that wanted to perform.
After graduating from middle school, he was bent on acting, and despite the persuasion of his family, he decided to leave his remote hometown and go to the first-tier city of Beijing to find opportunities to shoot.
At that time, Ju Xingmao can be said to have nothing but a lonely courage, and although there are many opportunities in Beijing, he is obviously not a type liked by the director with a "strange appearance".
Where there are many people, there are fish and dragons, and some crew members with worrying qualities can't help but laugh a few words when they see The appearance of Ju Xingmao.
No matter how much you hear these words, it is also a kind of harm to the parties.
But in order to get the opportunity to appear on camera, Ju Xingmao still repeats the life of running the crew and casting resumes.
When there was no rice under the pot, Ju Xingmao also temporarily stopped running towards his dream and relied on the crew to do a universal small job of miscellaneous errands to maintain his life.
In this way, he soaked in the huge xingmao of various crews all day, learned valuable acting experience from countless actors, and after mixing his faces, he also began to receive some insignificant dragon set roles.
In the late 1990s, he appeared in a number of TV series, but it was not enough to impress the audience.
Until 2001, Ju Xingmao got a chance to appear in Zhang Jizhong's version of "Smiling Proud of the Jianghu".
Although he appeared as a member of the "Peach Valley Six Immortals" group this time, this was already the most advantageous role for Ju Xingmao, who had always been unknown.
Ju Xingmao and Wang Baoqiang originally had a similar starting point, and the reason why Ju Xingmao was not as lucky as Wang Baoqiang was because although he was also obsessed with his acting career, he had not been given a chance to star in the top configuration of film and television works.
In the years after starring in "Smiling Proud of the River", Ju Xingmao still runs the dragon set without saltiness, doing the relevant work behind the scenes, and in time is to run the dragon set, he also takes 120% of the energy to pay every time, just to improve his acting skills.
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In 2004, a person with a unique vision finally discovered Ju Xingmao, who had outstanding acting ability, and he was the director Guo Jingyu.
This year, director Guo Jingyu directed two TV series with different themes, "I Am Not a Hero" and "Brothers Like Brothers and Sisters".
In "I Am Not a Hero" picked by Sun Honglei, Ju Xingmao played a role named "Laizi".
In "Brothers Like Brothers and Sisters" starring He Bing, he played a character nicknamed "Half Puller".
Before this, Guo Jingyu had been the executive director of "Smiling Proud of the River", which was the beginning of his acquaintance with Ju Xingmao, and the two had a good relationship in the crew, so Guo Jingyu would think of this little brother when filming later, and Ju Xingmao finally entered the eyes of a well-known director.
Nevertheless, after playing these two roles, Ju Xingmao's brilliance in his acting career dimmed again, and he did not play a more outstanding role for several years.
However, during this period, he found the stage for development behind the scenes, and since 2006, Ju Xingmao has worked as an assistant director with director Guo Jingyu for many times, which has also laid a solid foundation for his future transformation behind the scenes.
If you try to figure out Ju Xingmao's mentality, you will understand that he was in a state of wandering in front of the stage and behind the scenes.
On the one hand, he longed to become an actor who picked up the beams, and on the other hand, he felt that his dream was far away, and he began to pave a second way for himself.
In 2007, Ju Xingmao played a role in Guo Jingyu's new drama "Beautiful Life" and also served as an assistant director.
In this drama, Ju Xingmao regained the name of the role he had used when he first acted, and he was satisfied.
Maybe it was the cloud that kept the clouds open to see the moon, or maybe the name brought him good luck, and the road to showbiz after Ju Xingmao went much smoother, and at this time he also began to call himself a giant satisfaction.
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In 2010, a "Tie Pear Blossom" made the heroine Chen Shu win numerous awards, and also brought a little high attention to Ju Xingmao, who played the small role of "Color Son".
Although this role still can't get rid of the identity of the supporting role, it has become a representative figure in the career of Juxingmao actor.
The audience remembered this characteristic face overnight, but no one knew that it took 20 years to flourish along the way.
If Ju Xingmao is well known to the audience simply because of his unusual appearance, it is inevitable to be biased.
In fact, in the past 20 years, Ju Xingmao has always had a passion for acting, and after drifting north, he is either soaking in the crew or is on his way to the crew.
It is not surprising that you have worked so hard to move towards your dreams and cultivated your acting skills.
The cooperation is much more, even the director Guo Jingyu will half-jokingly remind the leading actors who play with Ju Xingmao to be careful of the seemingly unremarkable supporting role in front of him, because he will unconsciously steal the scene, and his level is already at the level of the film emperor.
After years of running-in, Ju Xingmao has been deeply loved by director Guo Jingyu, whether in front of the stage or behind the scenes, Guo Jingyu's team is always indispensable to his figure.
In those years, director Guo Jingyu was also a continuous masterpiece, such as "Red Lady" and "BraveHeart" from that time. The performance of Ju Xingmao, who already has some audience popularity, in the play has also added a lot to the series.
At the same time, Ju Xingmao also participated in the war and military theme TV series directed by other directors such as "Arrow on the String" and "My Natasha".
Just when the audience has become accustomed to using Guo Jingyu's royal supporting role and well-known clown to look at Ju Xingmao, he has quietly come to a gorgeous turn.
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In 2012, a new drama directed by Guo Jingyu, "Playing Dog Stick", was in the preparatory stage.
After Ju Xingmao, as the main creator of the team, got the script, he called director Guo Jingyu and asked dai Tianli if the role was written for himself.
Guo Jingyu was so shocked by his whimsy that he almost bit his lip, seeing the director's attitude, Ju Xingmao asked the second lady if she could play by herself.
After being rejected by the director again, Ju Xingmao put down his "harsh words", and if he did not let me play Ma Jiujin, then I simply did not act.
When Guo Jingyu told this rather laughable dialogue at the premiere of "Playing Dog Stick", the atmosphere in the audience was very relaxed.
But in fact, at this time, Juxingmao has already adjusted the direction for his future development. Although he did not appear in "Hitting the Dog Stick" that year, he stood in the director column on the same side as Guo Jingyu in the cast list.
Yes, the sober Ju Xingmao recognized the reality, his own image is indeed very difficult to play the male number one, so it is better to transform into a director with a future.
In order to be able to increase the weight of becoming a qualified director, he also entered the Central Academy of Drama to learn relevant knowledge.
In 2014, Ju Xingmao and Guo Shimin co-directed the thriller suspense web drama "Soul Ferry".
After the launch of this drama, many netizens complained that the props in the play were not exquisite enough, but they couldn't help but continue to watch it, which was also a hot time. In the absence of the help of first-line big names, the show still maintains a rating of 8.5.
It should be known that the most popular web drama in 2015, "The Promotion of the Princess Princess", has a rating of 7.2, and in 2106, Zhang Yishan's well-known transformation work "Residual Sin" has a rating of 8.4.
In this way, it seems that Ju Xingmao's control over directing a drama is still very good.
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Since entering the directing industry, Ju Xingmao's previous years of experience have come into play, and his career has embarked on the road of Prosperity.
Today, he still plays roles in some plays, and he can still instantly integrate into the role when he wears the costume.
In 2017, Ju Xingmao followed director Zhang Jingyu to direct the new drama "Niangdao", which was criticized by young people after it was broadcast, but it was incomparably wonderful and enduring in the hearts of countless middle-aged and elderly audiences. In the same year, he also directed the film Time Merchant.
In 2018, the online movie "Soul Ferry Huangquan" directed by Ju Xingmao quickly exceeded 100 million hits after its launch, and the number of views reached 7.33 million in 8 hours, creating the highest record for the 8-hour playback of online movies.
His career also ushered in the icing on the cake, in the first chuxin list "China's top ten young directors" selection, he ranked first among the selected directors.
After winning the award, Ju Xingmao was not overwhelmed by joy, and he still made films step by step.
In 2019, he directed the youth suspense drama "I Met Him in Hong Kong", which was not only filmed in Hong Kong, but also invited veteran actors Wu Qihua, Li Lizhen and Kuroko to star.
Not long ago, there were many TV dramas focusing on poverty alleviation, in fact, from 2020, Juxingmao also involved in poverty alleviation themes.
That year, he launched the TV series "The Most Beautiful Countryside" and the movie "I Am from Beijing" to alleviate poverty. These film and television works have received a lot of praise after meeting with the audience.
In the same year, Juxingmao also filmed a Republic of China action network drama "Five Elements Family", which although it has not yet been broadcast, is also very much expected by the audience.
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Ju Xingmao was once snubbed because of his appearance, but he never looked down on himself. After establishing a goal, he took one step at a time and trudged on the road of sticking to his dreams.
When he realized that he might not be able to win a protagonist in his lifetime because of his image problems, he decisively transformed and chose a path that was more in line with his expectations.
In the end, he succeeded, and now he has become a "billion-dollar director" who has passed the ability test.
Although he can only play a clown, he has also relied on his own efforts to go from "poor boy" to today's worth hundreds of millions, driving a thousand Marriott cars, and a beautiful wife.
Maybe Ju Xingmao's name is not loud enough, but the work is the best business card for a director.
When some netizens question the level of director Ju Xingmao, there will be viewers who can't help but jump out to justify their names.
This is probably the real glory and confidence of a director!