Recently, the Beijing Film Festival was held as scheduled, and the opening ceremony was crowded and lively. Chen Kun also attended the film festival as a judge, he was dressed in a dark purple velvet suit, looking cold and handsome.
Since his debut, Chen Kun has left many good works, such as "Like Fog Like Rain and Like Wind", "Golden Powder Family", "Barber", "Dragon Gate Flying Armor", "Great Cause of Party Building", etc., which are all favorite works of the audience.
However, Chen Kun, who looks bright and beautiful, is actually struggling step by step from the hardships of life to today, and the process of self-help in his life can be called a history of cold door struggle.
First, parents divorced and bullied
Chen Kun was born in 1976 in a poor family in Chongqing, a family of four crammed into a small 13-square-meter house, sweltering in the summer and cold in the winter, and the family did not even have a bathroom.
Since Chen Kun remembered, his parents have been constantly contradictory, and his ears are filled with various quarrels every day, and he has also developed a delicate and sensitive nature.
Increasingly sharp contradictions, let the relationship between the couple turn straight, Chen Kun was 7 years old, they chose to divorce, Chen Kun and his brother were sentenced to their mother.
After their parents divorced, the living conditions of the family became worse, and at the worst time, they could not even afford to buy vegetables, and Chen Kun and his brother could only go to the vegetable market to pick up rotten vegetable leaves.
The mother had to work harder to support the family, and the two children were left in the care of the grandmother.
For Chen Kun, the difficulties in life are not insurmountable, and what is even more difficult for him to accept is the encounter in school.
Since his parents divorced, not only the teachers have prejudiced him, but even the friends who played together have begun to isolate him, which makes Chen Kun feel inferior.
After Chen Kun went to middle school, his mother chose to remarry and gave birth to a younger brother, Chen Kun and his brother suddenly became "father does not hurt the mother and does not love" people, can only follow the grandmother to live.
Although life is difficult, Chen Kun is very sensible and has always wanted to make money early to subsidize the family. Therefore, after graduating from junior high school, he chose to go to vocational high school, hoping to learn a craft and make money early.
Second, from an early age, I know the hardships of life
During his time at school, Chen Kun began to work part-time and study, sometimes working in the school canteen, and sometimes working as a typist in the printing house. Later, Chen Kun heard that the income of singing in the bar was good, so he went to the bar for an interview with the mentality of trying.
The boss saw that his image was good, plus he was young and confused, so he left him. However, singing is not Chen Kun's profession, and he is not troubled by customers in the bar.
In the end, the bar owner fired him angrily. In desperation, Chen Kun had to go to the next bar to apply, but the flaw in strength made him unable to hide the fate of being driven away.
Fortunately, Chen Kun did not find nothing. By chance, he met Wang Meiyan, a teacher at the Chongqing Opera House.
Wang Meiyan saw that he was quite talented and willing to work hard, so he suggested that he should not continue to linger in the bar, and advised him to apply for the Oriental Song and Dance Troupe.
However, Chen Kun, who has always been inferior, has no confidence in himself, and he feels that "he can't even do a resident singer in a bar, how can he be qualified to join a professional song and dance troupe"?
Fortunately, after Wang Meiyan's kind words of persuasion, Chen Kun strengthened his confidence: "Instead of singing in bars all his life, it is better to fight."
With such a mentality, Chen Kun had the courage to take the exam, but he did not expect that his results were very good and he was successfully admitted to the song and dance troupe.
Since Chen Kun is a student who has just joined the group, there are not many opportunities to play, and the income will be correspondingly lower. However, Chen Kun was very satisfied, because entering the Oriental Song and Dance Troupe gave him hope.
He did not bother with some trivial matters, but put all his energy into practicing singing skills, and it was no exaggeration to call him "sleep and forget to eat".
"The harder you work, the luckier you get", when Chen Kun was struggling silently, the goddess of luck had begun to take care of him.
3. Successfully admitted to the Beijing Film Academy
In 1996, Chen Kun left the Oriental Song and Dance Troupe. A friend of his wanted to apply for Nortel and invited Chen Kun to accompany him to the exam. However, unexpectedly, this friend failed to achieve his wish, but Chen Kun was admitted.
The microphone in the exam room broke on the day of the test, so the invigilator asked, "Who can sing without the microphone?" Chen Kun in the audience saw that no one raised his hand, so he took the lead in standing up and said, "Teacher, I can." ”
As a result, Chen Kun conquered all the invigilators with a song he sang and was admitted to nortel's 96-level acting class with the first place in the professional class.
This class is also the future star class, Huang Xiaoming, Guo Xiaodong and others are from this class.
Although Chen Kun's results are the first, the feeling of inferiority has been deeply rooted. He made few friends at school and put all his energy into studying.
This inferiority complex also made Chen Kun miss an important opportunity.
At that time, the crew of "Never Look Away" once went to Nortel to select a male lead. Originally, Chen Kun was very likely to be elected, but he left the classroom early because of his inferiority, and the last opportunity fell to Lu Yi's head.
By the time Chen Kun woke up, the role had already been set, and it was too late to regret it.
As we all know, acting is a very competitive industry. Usually, when rehearsing at school, many students compete for a role; when they enter the entertainment industry, they become a group of artists competing for a role.
And Chen Kun's personality is lonely, and he hates competition very much, and such an environment is extremely inconsistent with him, resulting in him having no drama for a long time.
In 1999, Huang Xiaoming had already entered the entertainment circle with "Love Is Not a Game", and other students also became popular with various works.
On the other hand, Chen Kun has not yet waited for a suitable opportunity, and even has the idea of changing careers.
However, perhaps God could not bear to bury his talent, and when he saw that he had no food to eat, he brought the food to his mouth.
Once, Chen Kun accompanied female classmates Bai Yun and Kong Wei to audition, but unexpectedly got the appreciation of director Wu Ziniu. Wu Ziniu immediately decided: give the protagonist of the movie "National Anthem" to Chen Kun to play.
"There are hearts to plant flowers and flowers that do not bloom, and there are no hearts to plant willows in the shade." In this way, Chen Kun did not go through any competition and became the male protagonist of this tribute film.
This film finally achieved the fourth place in the annual box office, as the first work starring Chen Kun, to be able to have such an achievement undoubtedly paved the way for Chen Kun to the future, making him change from a small transparent to a hot newcomer.
Fourth, become a powerful actor
Chen Kun first got the attention of director Zhao Baogang and was invited to star in "Like Fog Like Rain and Like Wind".
This drama not only further increased Chen Kun's fame, but also allowed him to get acquainted with a confidant, Zhou Xun.
At that time, when filming TV series, Chen Kun was a fledgling rookie, and he would be nervous when he hugged Zhou Xun. Zhou Xun had a wealth of acting experience before, so Zhou Xun was not only his partner, but also his teacher.
Through this cooperation, the two established a deep friendship and have maintained it for more than 20 years from degeneration. Due to the close relationship between the two, it was once considered a couple relationship by the outside world.
In 2003, Chen Kun took over the filming of "Golden Powder Family", accompanied by moving songs, Chen Kun, Dong Jie and others became popular overnight.
However, after becoming famous, Chen Kun became worried, and he felt that his strength was not worthy of the fame of the time.
Such thoughts filled Chen Kun's mind all the time, causing his mood to become more and more depressed, and finally he suffered from depression.
During that time, Chen Kun suffered from insomnia continuously, lost interest in everything, and even tried to jump out of the window several times.
Later, he found the meaning of life in a conversation with director Jiao Huang.
According to Chen Kun, "He read a poem by Shakespeare and opened his mouth, which made me feel particularly shallow. He spoke with a dramatic tone, as if it had become his habit. ”
At that moment, Chen Kun felt the artistic charm of performance, and he finally had a goal: to be an actor Chen Kun, not a star Chen Kun.
He made it clear to his team: I have been very lucky since my debut, playing many leading roles, but the opportunity came too easily for me to cherish, and I will play more supporting roles in the future.
As a result, there are "Chiang Ching-kuo" in "The Great Undertaking of The Founding of the People's Republic" and "Hu Wan" in "Let the Bullets Fly", and although these supporting roles are not many, they are enough to make people unforgettable.
5. Conceal the birth mother of the son for 19 years
Of course, there is another topic about Chen Kun that cannot be avoided, that is, his son Chen Zunyou.
Chen Zunyou was born in 2002, but has been well protected until 2011, when Chen Kun revealed Chen Zunyou's identity.
At that time, Chen Kun's speech caused a huge sensation. Because Chen Kun has never been married, then the son's mother has become the focus of public attention.
Many people once suspected that Chen Zunyou's mother was Zhou Xun, and some people revealed that it was Chen Kun's college classmate He Lin, and some even said that she was the nanny of Chen Kun's family.
However, whenever netizens have various speculations, Chen Kun's response negates the netizens' ideas.
Chen Zunyou himself once asked Chen Kun about his birth mother, but Chen Kun's answer was "I will tell you later." Therefore, Chen Zunyou is now 19 years old, and who his birth mother is is still a mystery, and Chen Kun has always been tight-lipped.
Regarding whether the lack of maternal love will affect the growth of his son, Chen Kun cannot change it although he is worried. He felt that he had also grown up in a single-parent family and was still living well.
Today, Chen Zunyou has grown into a big guy at the age of 19 and has his own girlfriend. He often goes into the same frame as Chen Kun, and the feelings of father and son are very harmonious.
And Chen Kun, when mentioning the past days of "daddy doesn't hurt his mother and doesn't love", only a shallow smile is left. For him, the luck or misfortune of the past is already a passing cloud. Living the present life well and giving his son a happy life is the most important thing.
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