In 2017, "The First Half of My Life" became a hit as soon as it was aired. Its success lies first in its good-looking story. Of course, this is inseparable from the original novel of the same name written by the writer Yi Shuxin in a romantic style, which is characterized by bein

In 2017, "The First Half of My Life" became a hit as soon as it was aired. Its success lies first in its good-looking story. Of course, this is inseparable from the original novel of the same name written by the writer Yishu in a new romance style, which is characterized by being good at shaping modern women and closely integrating romance with current social events.

A stay-at-home wife is divorced, a strong woman in the workplace is betrayed, Mr. Gu Jiahao cheats on his wife, a divorced woman takes over, and an elite boss falls in love with his fiancée and best friend. It can be said that the five protagonists in the story are all interesting.

Secondly, the actors in the play are also very good, corresponding to the above five characters, Ma Yili plays Luo Zijun , Yuan Quan plays Tang Jing , Lei Jiayin plays Chen Junsheng, Wu Yue plays Ling Ling, The role of He Han played by Jin Dong also made this drama deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and resonated with the public. Now that "The First Half of My Life" has been broadcast for five years, the situations of the five leading actors are also very different.

1. Ma Yili

In 2016, two years before taking on this drama, Ma Yili was going through the darkest moment of her marriage. Although she expressed her forgiveness by saying, "Although love is easy, marriage is not easy, you can do it and cherish it." But everyone knows that this kind of thing is not easy for anyone.

It just so happened that Luo Zijun, played by Ma Yili in "The First Half of My Life", was also divorced in middle age. In the original work, Yi Shu wrote: Divorce for a middle-aged woman is a narrow escape from death. There is no trace of death, but Zijun survived. That one.

Undoubtedly, this is a very high-quality character. The director of the play, Shen Yan, immediately thought of Ma Yili, who starred in the urban emotional drama "Chinese Relationships" directed by him in 2015. But I can't help but feel a little worried.

Firstly, they are afraid that the emotional experiences inside and outside the film will be similar, which will bring back Ma Yili’s sad memories; secondly, they are afraid that the audience will inevitably associate with the actor’s real life status, which will once again push Ma Yili’s private life to the forefront.

Unexpectedly, Ma Yili acted very firmly. She said that she is an actor, and the criteria for accepting a role are whether the script is good and whether the role is worth it. Other things are not considered.

This drama became a hit after it was aired in 2017. The role of Luo Zijun won Ma Yili the 24th Shanghai TV Festival "Magnolia Award" for Best Actress. It is also her first important TV drama. Both the previous "Chinese Relationship" and the subsequent " in the distance " were only nominated.

Perhaps, when playing this role, Ma Yili's personal experience inspired her to make the character of Luo Zijun come alive.

Perhaps it was this marriage crisis that gave her new thoughts about her marriage, life and career. Just like in an issue of " Reader ", she sat down with Dong Qing and talked about her parents and how to educate their children. She quoted a sentence from "My First Half of Life":

and its It is better to let others hold the umbrella for yourself than to hold the umbrella for yourself. This is the case in study, work and life, so the sooner you make this preparation, the better.

In 2019, two years after "My First Half of Life" was broadcast, Ma Yili still chose to divorce and began to climb to the top of her career again. Being able to have the courage to face her own heart and give up an unsatisfactory marriage is also a kind of growth for Ma Yili.

Since then, Ma Yili has reached new heights in her acting career, starring in "In the Distance", " Find You ", " Living Quietly in an Uneasy World ", " Cheongsam Beauty Detective ", "Me and My Motherland" Love Myth " and many other excellent film and television works. She was also nominated for the Best Actress in the 32nd China Golden Rooster Award for the movie "Finding You".

In 2021, in the movie "The Myth of Love", Ma Yili once again played the role of a divorced mother. Ms. Li is coquettish, independent, arrogant, sensitive, and thorny. She is really smart.

This character has had sighs, heartbeats, and melancholy when it comes to love. She has all the characteristics of a 44-year-old divorced woman, but also has more considerations about reality, both for herself and her children. So we seem to see the 46-year-old Ma Yili in this role.

Before "The First Half of My Life", Ma Yili was a married woman. Five years later, she became a single mother raising two children by herself. She had a delicate short haircut, a slim figure, well-dressed, and bright eyes. Yes, even if there is no love or marriage, you still have to live a wonderful life.

2. Yuan Quan

At first, the director of "The First Half of My Life" Shen Yan wanted to find Yuan Quan to play Tang Jing, but then he thought about it. Yuan Quan has been nominated for the Golden Rooster Award Best Actress twice and won the Best Actress twice. Supporting Actress Award. Based on her reputation, would she be willing to play the second female lead in a TV series?

With the attitude of giving it a try, the director sent the script first, but unexpectedly Yuan Quan agreed quickly. The director couldn't believe it and repeatedly emphasized: This is not the female lead. Yuan Quan said that when he accepts a role, he only looks at the role and not the position. Facts have proved that the director chose the right actor and Yuan Quan also chose the right role.

The Tang Jing she plays is decisive in the workplace and treats her friends heartily in life. After the broadcast, the audience loved Tang Jing's character more than the protagonist Luo Zijun.

In fact, Yuan Quan has always kept a low profile in life. Except for the reported relationship with Xia Yu many years ago, she rarely appears in the media's sight, let alone gossip news. After experiencing some ups and downs in their relationship with Xia Yu, the two finally became successful. After marriage, Yuan Quan also became more low-key and focused only on acting.

It was this "My First Half of Life" that allowed more viewers to get to know Yuan Quan again and witness Yuan Quan's excellent acting skills. Later in 2019, Yuan Quan played the role of flight attendant Bi Nan in the movie "Captain of China" and won the Best Supporting Actress Award at the 33rd China Film Golden Rooster Awards. This was also the third Golden Rooster trophy in her acting career. .

In 2020, Yuan Quan played the role of aunt Dai Qian in the TV series "Golden Years". Although she did not have many roles, her performance in the drama can be said to have directly overshadowed the two heroines, as if she is the leading heroine. Feel.

played the role of doctor Wen Ting in the movie "Chinese Doctor" in 2021, which moved people very much.

Before "The First Half of My Life", Yuan Quan was a low-key "treasure actor". Later, he was discovered by many viewers and netizens and his popularity skyrocketed. Now 45 years old, Yuan Quan has long lost her youthfulness and is more of a wise, elegant, intellectual and mature woman. This indescribable charm makes people like her.

Recently Yuan Quan will have a new drama "War of the Roses" cooperating with Huang Xiaoming which will be broadcast soon. Let us look forward to her wonderful performance again.

3. Wu Yue

In the drama "The First Half of My Life", the most hated character is undoubtedly Ling Ling, who intervened in Luo Zijun's marriage and successfully rose to power. After the script was handed over to Wu Yue, she knew that this character was very unpleasant, but at the same time she also found the role of Ling Ling challenging and she wanted to try it.

Another point of hesitation is that Wu Yue was already 44 years old at the time. She felt that she was older and not very beautiful, and did not fit the image of a third party intervening in other people's marriages.

So she said to the director, "I can steal the husband of Ma Yili (referring to the character Luo Zijun)? Who believes it?"

The director hurriedly explained that this role is different from the young and beautiful third party that everyone knows in the traditional sense. She has her own pursuits and goals, and is a very mature, shrewd and "scheming" woman. As we all know, Wu Yue successfully performed Ling Ling's disgusting face, and after the broadcast, she was not unexpectedly attacked by the Internet, and her comments on social platforms were closed for a time.

Wu Yue herself is very open-minded. Faced with all kinds of inexplicable malice, she just replied calmly, I am just doing what an actor should do, and perfectly interpreting the role that belongs to me. From these words, it is not difficult to see Wu Yue's love for acting. Wu Yue is not the kind of beauty who is first seen. In the entertainment industry where there are so many beauties, she can be remembered because of her strong acting skills.

But after calming down, everyone understood that the character and the actor are completely two people, and there is really no need to influence the actor just because of the quality of the character. Wu Yue, like many actors such as Sun Song, who played Wang Husheng in "Desire", and Li Mingqi, who played Mama Rong in "Huan Zhu Ge Ge", were affected because of their good acting skills.

After the popularity of "The First Half of My Life", Wu Yue's popularity soared and he appeared in more and more dramas. "Tiankeng Eagle Hunting", " Young You ", " Ming Dynasty ", " Elite Lawyers ", " Qing Ping Le ", "Golden Years", " Xiao She De " and many other film and television works can be watched to her wonderful performance.

Especially in the 2021 " Anti-Crime Storm ", Wu Yue played the role of He Yun, the director of the anti-crime office, which left a deep impression on the audience.

In fact, Luo Zijun and Ling Ling, who were incompatible with each other in "The First Half of My Life", are very good friends in real life. In 2021, the two also starred in "The Myth of Love" together. In the movie, Wu Yue played Lao Bai's wife Beibei. It can be seen that Wu Yue, who is almost 50 years old, has managed his figure very well, his face is in very good condition without makeup, and his temperament is not to mention.

will soon have a new drama " County Party Committee Courtyard " in which she collaborates with Hu Ge , Huang Lei , Li Guangjie . Let us look forward to it together.

4. Lei Jiayin

Some of the main actors have been confirmed. Even the actor Chen Daoming, who collaborated with Shen Yan in " Chinese Divorce " as early as 2004, has also agreed to make a guest appearance. But the only thing missing is the actor who plays the role of Chen Junsheng. The reason is simple. This scumbag character will undoubtedly be scolded.

At the 2018 Chinese Drama Festival , the producer of "My First Half of Life" Huang Lan personally said whether the role of "Ex-husband Brother" was difficult. He found so many actors but they didn't come. We don’t want to play the ex-husband, we want to play the current husband.

Fortunately, director Shen Yan, who was interested in Lei Jiayin, had experience and kept an eye on it. He first sent Lei Jiayin the list of several leading actors.

As a result, Lei Jiayin fell into the director's fancy: "I'll go, these are all big names, if they ask me to act, of course I have to go!" But after reading the script, Lei Jiayin changed his mind. He told the director: This Chen Junsheng is a complete scumbag. If I want to play the role, the audience will not curse me to death?

No, director, I can’t act. First of all, director Shen Yan was very confident that the role was full and had room for development, so he asked Lei Jiayin to read the script. To be on the safe side, he also brought in Chen Daoming to wrap up the battle: Jiayin, I can tell you, Teacher Chen Daoming read this script. , liked it very much, and said that if he were 20 years younger, he would definitely play Chen Junsheng.

Just like that, Lei Jiayin insisted on reading the entire script. She felt that the character Chen Junsheng was really well written and would test his acting skills, so he happily accepted the role.

Facts have proved that the director's persistence is right, and Lei Jiayin's acting skills are also very good. After the broadcast, the audience first scolded and then praised, which was both scum and warmth. Lei Jiayin was also called "Ex-husband" for a time, which shows that this role played by him is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. This role also earned him a nomination for the Magnolia Award for Best Actor at the 24th Shanghai TV Festival.

In fact, Lei Jiayin has always been a very good actor. There is no doubt that before "The First Half of My Life", he played the male nanny Fang Yuan in "I Love Male Nanny‎".

plays Wang Dading in " Peace Hotel ".

's role as Lu Zhaopeng in "白鹿plain" has already accumulated a lot of popularity and experience for him. The role of Chen Junsheng in "The First Half of My Life" can be said to be Lei Jiayin's breakthrough, becoming a first-line actor and successfully transforming into a movie star.

has not only contributed many high-quality movies such as "Xiu Chun Dao II: Shura Battlefield", " Cohabitation in Time and Space ", " Assassination of Novelists ", " Antique Bureau Middle Game ", " Above the Cliff ", etc., but also There are countless high-scoring TV series such as " Chang'an Twelve Hours ", " Meritorious Service " and "Human World".

There is also a new drama " Basic Law of Genius " directed by "The First Half of My Life" director Shen Yan, and a new movie " Solid as a Rock " directed by Zhang Yimou is also waiting to be released. Lei Jiayin can be said to be the most popular actor five years after "The First Half of My Life" was aired.

5. Jin Dong

At first, producer Huang Lan still put a lot of thought into asking Jin Dong to play He Han. At the 2018 National Drama Ceremony, Huang Lan won the annual quality producer award. When delivering the award speech He did not forget to tease Jin Dong: Everyone asks if the work of a producer is difficult. I think it is difficult to write a script, and it is difficult to find a director, but the most difficult thing is that it is especially difficult to be an actor. Like "The First Half of My Life" we Looking for Jin Dong, how long did it take to knock Jin Dong...

made Jin Dong put his hands together in the audience and apologize.

Because a year before the filming of "The First Half of My Life" started, Jin Dong had become very popular with his role as 明楼 in the spy drama "The Pretender ".

then played Hu Bayi in the online drama "Ghost Blowing the Lamp: The Ancient City ". He was in the limelight for a while. It is really not easy to "knock" Jin Dong at this time.

And to be honest, He Han, a workplace elite, domineering president, and affectionate mature man, was really played very appropriately by Jin Dong. So much so that after the show was broadcast, countless female viewers were shouting: God owes me a congratulatory message!

In other words, before "The First Half of My Life", Jin Dong was already very popular. This drama is undoubtedly the icing on the cake for Jin Dong's acting career. What is a pity is that perhaps there is no harm without comparison. Compared with the rapid progress of the acting career of the first four after "My First Half of Life", Jin Dong seems to be possessed by the boss since he finished playing He Han.

and several other dramas such as "Elite Lawyer" and " Breakout " did not have much breakthrough in acting skills, and their temperament became more and more close to that of veteran cadres.

However, in 2021, 45-year-old Jin Dong was appointed as the deputy head of the China Coal Mine Art Troupe, and became a real cadre, which is gratifying. I also hope that Jin Dong can complete his leadership work well and at the same time contribute film and television works that will impress the audience.

I have to say that the drama "The First Half of My Life" does not blindly pursue a happy ending, but dares to lift the veil of reality and present it in front of the public. It aroused heated discussions among the audience at the time. This is the enlightenment of film and television dramas. meaning.

It has been on the air for 5 years, and this drama still has a lot of inspiration for everyone. For example, tell us some truth: women must be independent, so that when they encounter misfortune, they can turn around or exit gracefully.

As Ma Yili said, people must first learn to love themselves before others can love you. Of course, both men and women must have their own careers. If you don't work for a long time, it is easy to lose touch with society. When two people in a marriage have no common topics, potential crises will come.