Now when the name Wang Chuanjun is mentioned, the first word that comes to many people's minds is "weird":
All the male actors of the same age are in suits and leather shoes and are well-dressed, but he has long hair, a beard, and suspenders;
When someone questioned that such an image would ruin "Guan Gu" in everyone's mind, Wang Chuanjun bluntly said: "It's none of my business!"
Others were greeting each other and looking enthusiastic on the show, but he was not. He didn't care about the so-called "personality", and just said "I don't", which immediately pushed Song Dandan to the forefront;
When all the actors were catering to the audience's preferences, he firmly refused to star in "Love", which made him famous "The Apartment" series of film and television dramas;
and the original Wong Kar-wai did not do very well after the release of the movie " The Ferryman ", so he posted a message saying that he liked it, and many stars came forward to support him.
Wang Chuanjun slapped a lot of people in the face with the words "I don't like it"...
He also said bluntly in front of the camera: When he was the poorest, he only had 1 million in his card, and he lived very anxiously every day. This behavior is defined by everyone as "celebrity selling out miserably" and it feels deliberate and contrived.
's various unexpected behaviors make it difficult not to think that Wang Chuanjun is an "alien" in the entertainment industry.
Because of expressing emotions and anger, expressing love and hate with words, it seems that only children can do this, and Wang Chuanjun is now 36 years old.
But if you push back the time 18 years ago, Wang Chuanjun was not like this.
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Wang Chuanjun's acting career started when he was 17 years old.
He participated in his first movie "The Eyes of Xi Shi", directed by Guan Hu and starring Ma Yili. Wang Chuanjun's name ranked fourth.
is not well-known in movies, but this accidental experience prompted him to make a major decision: to be admitted to theater and become an actor in the future.
In 2004, Wang Chuanjun was successfully admitted to the undergraduate class of the Department of Acting at Shanghai Theater Academy, and became classmates with Chen He, Zheng Kai, Du Jiang, Jiang Shuying, Li Jinming and others.
Wang Chuanjun was more or less a "social cow" when he was in college.
lives in the same dormitory with Zheng Kai and others. He is the "dormitory chief" and claims to take care of the lives of his brothers and often takes the initiative to clean.
He is even more popular among girls.
Girls will drag Wang Chuanjun along when they go shopping because he is very good at matching clothes. They also like to look for him when going to eat because he knows many delicious places. In addition, Wang Chuanjun especially likes to pay for the food, so he is always around. Became everyone’s “best friend”.
In addition, Wang Chuanjun also likes to participate in various literary and artistic activities. In his sophomore year, he won the runner-up in the finals of Shanghai TV Station's "Smile and Become Famous" program.
participated in the talent show "Come on!" in his junior year. Good Man".
Yes, seeing the current Wang Chuanjun, it is indeed difficult to associate him with this show. After all, Li Yifeng, Jing Boran and others who debuted through this program all followed the "idol male god" route.
However, it is enough to see that when he was young, Wang Chuanjun was like many passionate young people: he loved to sing, dance, and make trouble, and he enjoyed his youth to the fullest.
in "Come on!" In "Good Man", he only achieved the top four results in Shanghai, but made a close friend: Qiao Renliang .
In front of the camera, the two filmed together and appeared on shows together. In life, they often met each other for parties, supporting each other, and working hard to walk the difficult path of the entertainment industry.
After graduation, he followed the same path as many artists in their 20s. Wang Chuanjun participated in variety shows, acted in some mediocre dramas, and also made "bad movies."
but it has not become popular yet.
Until the filming of "Love Apartment" started, Wang Chuanjun waited for a rare opportunity. With the role of "Guangu", he achieved "an overnight hit".
So for this series of works, he shot four in a row from 2009 to 2014.
However, everything has its pros and cons. While "Love Apartment" has made many young actors successful, it has also allowed them to be labeled by the audience as comedians. Those who find them after
are almost all comedies.
Wang Chuanjun suddenly realized that this had deviated from his original intention of being an actor, so he turned down many roles that came to him and was "unemployed" for 11 months.
At that time, he fell into the trough of unemployment. He said that he only had 1 million left in his card. He dared not even take the subway every day and was very anxious.
And this anxiety is actually caused by mutual comparison.
In 2015, when Wang Chuanjun and Zheng Kai were recording a program together, Zheng Kai revealed that his job was probably: five dramas and two seasons of variety shows a year.
I don’t blame Wang Chuanjun for being panicked. Human nature is like this. Everyone is in a different life circle. Although for many people, 1 million is already a lot, but everyone cannot avoid taking advantage of themselves and their friends. When making comparisons.
However, life soon dealt Wang Chuanjun a more painful blow.
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In 2016, Wang Chuanjun learned that his mother had cancer. He resolutely chose to put down his work and stay with his mother at home for 4 months.
But the mother did not want to delay her son because of herself. She also hoped that Wang Chuanjun could go out to work.
At that time, there happened to be a movie being shot in New York and Wang Chuanjun was approached. It only took one month and the workload was not heavy, so he went for it.
In New York, besides working, Wang Chuanjun can also go shopping, see exhibitions, and watch dramas every day.
He gradually discovered that New York allowed him to see another aspect of the world. It turns out that people can still live like this, and everyone has very clear self-expression.
During this period, the news of the departure of his friend Qiao Renliang reached Wang Chuanjun's ears. He wrote a text seriously on the social platform, which was not like a condolence, but more like a warm chat between buddies.
Since then, Wang Chuanjun has been changing. He feels that he has found himself in New York.
After visiting New York, Wang Chuanjun went to India for work.
But looking at the living habits of the local people, he still couldn't understand it. One day, he asked a little boy:
"Your streets are so dirty, full of ashes, and cows poop and urinate casually. How can you?" Isn’t it dirty just walking around with bare feet?”
Unexpectedly, Wang Chuanjun was very surprised and unforgettable by what the other party said: can be washed away with water, so what’s so dirty about it?
Looking at the flow of the Ganges, he suddenly understood: In fact, what you may have passed by one second was taken away by something else the next second.
was influenced by India during that time. He texted and chatted with his mother every day, like friends, talking about everything. In this way, he accompanied his mother on her last journey.
At the end of 2016, Wang Chuanjun’s mother passed away.
In one year, he experienced all the ultimate things in life, including life and death.
Because of these experiences, Wang Chuanjun suddenly felt that his whole person had turned upside down and began to live the life he wanted to live.
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If he doesn’t like to “disguise” so exquisitely, he will simply grow a beard and long hair;
Even if he is trying to get his favorite role from the producer, Wang Chuanjun will not listen to the agent’s advice at all and insists on sending a photo of himself looking ugly. photos, he thought that was the real thing.
He didn’t want to make low-quality movies, so he said bluntly in the interview: "I just want to be myself, and I won’t play with you anymore!"
He began to focus on honing his acting skills. As for the human sophistication needed in the entertainment industry, Wang Chuanjun didn't care at all, so he said publicly on the Internet: "I don't like it."
In fact, for a person with such a personality, he either has to use his own ability to break other people's prejudices, or he has no strength and loves to "make things", and finally becomes a person who is hated by others.
Wang Chuanjun is the former.
In 2018, he encountered "I am not the god of medicine ". During the filming of
, in order to stage the patient's dying state, Wang Chuanjun stayed without sleep, food or drink for two days and two nights. The final appearance was the same as when he saw his mother finally pass away.
In order to achieve the feeling of weakness required by the director, Wang Chuanjun jumped rope from 4,000 times a day in the early stage to 8,000 times a day in the later stage, losing 20 pounds.
In order to show a patient's thirst for food, he actually ate 44 steamed buns, 5 bowls of noodles, and vomited three times.
These efforts were rewarded with a deeply rooted and heart-wrenching role of " lv benefited from ".
Because of this play and this role, Wang Chuanjun won the Best Supporting Actor Award at the 14th China Changchun Film Festival.
After 9 years, Wang Chuanjun finally relied on his own sobriety and strength to replace his personal label and masterpiece.
Therefore, when he introduced himself in the program " Fifty Kilometers Taohuawu ", he could confidently say: My masterpiece is "I am not the God of Medicine".
Regarding this success, in the face of everyone's praise, Wang Chuanjun's response was:
"It's too praised. I don't think I played the role of the God of Medicine well. This is not my fault. The movie is well promoted, and everyone is more interested." You should pay attention to the film itself! "
This is not just a show, because many actors will go all out to participate in activities to increase their popularity and exposure after becoming famous, but Wang Chuanjun chose to "hide".
In his mind, hiding is also one of the job responsibilities of an actor.
aims to maintain that sense of freshness, so that the audience will feel that it is different the next time they see it, and the audience's money will be spent meaningfully.
So in 2018, "I'm Not the God of Medicine" became popular, but the name Wang Chuanjun has not always been active in the circle.
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Many people did not expect that such a good actor who is conscientious and sober alone would suddenly appear on a variety show in 2022. Didn’t he say that he should be himself? Are you actually going with the flow?
In fact, you can probably tell something from a small detail in the show.
Before, Wang Chuanjun lived the way he wanted. After seeing through life, he felt that money was not the most important thing. It was enough to make himself live comfortably and freely.
But in "Taohuawu", he admitted that he now has children.
I believe that every parent is the same. The stubbornness in his bones may start from the day he has a child, and he will compromise for the sake of the child. This is the responsibility and responsibility of a parent.
However, in the show, although Wang Chuanjun seems out of tune with everyone in terms of appearance and personality, he has gained the envy and love of a large number of netizens.
Rather than attracting attention by saying "no" in front of Song Dandan, what Wang Chuanjun deserves to be seen is his sincerity towards his friends.
No one wanted to be exiled to the island, so Wang Chuanjun volunteered to explore the way.
In the camera, he likes to watch birds, draw pictures, and farm alone. He will think of sharing the coffee beans he grinds with his friends as soon as possible, even if they are judged as "coffee porridge" in the end;
will also work hard to pick them up. I exchanged the crumpled snail rice noodle from rubbish all night just to prepare a hot breakfast for my friends, but I forgot that not everyone will eat snail rice noodle, let alone eat it for breakfast;
And when I heard When his friends said it was delicious, he smiled with relief...
After meeting Wu Dajing, Wang Chuanjun said to him seriously: "I don't even want to watch the sunrise today. You are prettier than the sunrise!"
Wang Chuanjun The stubbornness on the conference table and the warmth on the isolated island created a great sense of contrast for the audience.
But these behaviors are not contradictory when it comes to him: Because underneath Wang Chuanjun’s seemingly maverick appearance, he actually has a warm and kind heart like a child.
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In the entertainment industry, there are too few people like Wang Chuanjun.
Because in this circle, everyone seems to have a set of agreed-upon rules: Everyone wears a mask and carefully plays the "perfect role" that the audience wants to see.
So much so that in front of the camera, most people will wrap up their true selves with watertight rhetoric to cater to, follow the crowd, forget themselves, and create "false personalities".
Because in this circle, it is easy to be confused by the "flowery world", and it is easy to gradually lose your original intention because you care too much about other people's lives and how others evaluate you.
Wang Chuanjun also went through such a period. To be precise, almost everyone will go through such a process, but now his "big change in temperament" is his unique "maturity sign."
No longer pandering or pretending, and has the strength not to cater or pretend. Is this the true freedom that many people pursue?
