When Zhou Dongyu first came out as a "Mou girl", ** commented on her in one voice"Simple"., but in fact, Zhou Dongyu was not born in the countryside, but grew up in a well-off family, and practiced gymnastics when he was a child.
The real "simple" and even over-the-top "Mou Girl" isWei Minzhi - was once commented by Zhang Yimou as "not beautiful, not in good shape, not suitable for being an actor".
Wei Minzhi, who was only a teenager at the time, was not discouraged when she heard it, she just sincerely thanked Director Zhang Yimou for choosing her for the opportunity to participate in the movie "No One is Missing".
After all, if she follows the normal trajectory of her life, she should still be feeding pigs in the countryside now.
Wei Minzhi, who was born in 1985, has lived in the countryside of Chicheng County, Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province, since she was a child.
Most of them will choose a normal college, and their final destination is to teach in the county or even the city, and then marry a local boy of the same age, and live a stable life.
Wei Minzhi thought that the trajectory of her life was the same, because her sister was such a trajectory, graduating from a normal school, then teaching and educating people, getting married, and everything went according to plan.
Until Zhang Yimou came to this village, Wei Minzhi didn't know who Zhang Yimou was, only knewEveryone calls him a great director
At that time, not long after the release of films such as "Qiu Ju's Lawsuit" and "Alive", Zhang Yimou was full of spirit, set his sights on rural education in China, and decided to make a documentary that would last for centuries.
The so-called documentary is to record what is happening in the moment"True".It has become the supreme pursuit of his shooting. Wei Minzhi, who has been lively and loves to dance since childhood, broke into the sight of the production team in this way.
According to Zhang Yimou's vision of selecting actors, Wei Minzhi is absolutely unqualified, but because of the filming requirements of the documentary, he puts "fitting the role" in the first place.
When the final actor was finalized, Zhang Yimou made a strange request: face the street and shout loudly!
One of the child stars was still squirming writhingWei Minzhi shouted in a high and bright voiceIt is precisely because of this that the gears of fate began to turn ......
The young Wei Minzhi plays a rural teacher in the movie, and after discovering that one of the students, Zhang Huike, was forced to drop out of school and went to the city to work, a series of stories of people going to the city to find someone.
The "no one is missing" in the title of the movie refers to that group of students. Wei Minzhi was displaced from the journey to find people, and it was common for her to curl up in the corner and sleep.
In 1999, "No One is Missing" was later onItaly, France, Singapore, Germany and other countries have been released one after another, the Reuters picture released by ** at that time, the audience was all teary-eyed!
And the advent of this movie also brought Zhang Yimou's directing career to a higher level! Won numerous awards internationally!
In the process of participating in this film, Wei Minzhi also gradually expanded her horizons, including participating in an interview with director Zhang Yimou in China, and she also saw the world outside her hometown for the first time.
Zhang Yimou's shot must be a high-quality product, especially the actors who are selected by thousands of people, and they must all be blockbusters! There is Gong Li in front, filmmakers from all walks of life, as well as **, have also brought Wei Minzhi to a "high position".
Wei Minzhi's heart was inevitably moved, just like the uncle who gave her a business card just now said, as long as she signed a contract with him and continued to make movies in the future, she didn't have to go back to the countryside again, and she could get rid of the ...... of poverty
When Wei Minzhi was moved, he didn't dare to make such a big decision by himself, so he could only look at Zhang Yimou for help.
At the critical moment, Zhang Yimou's advice was"Everything is back to zero, continue to read".
Indeed, what is really valuable isLight and shadow in the film, as well as the story, Wei Minzhi herself will always be a child from a rural background, even if there is more ** attention and fueling, she can't skip the link of education.
Wei Minzhi was suddenly woken up, and in other aspects of the follow-up publicity, she politely and restrainedly refused the so-called "invitation", returned to her hometown, and picked up the book.
Facts have proved that Zhang Yimou's suggestion is indeed effective. Later, Wei Minzhi was admitted through hard studySchool of Western Film, Film and Television Media, Xi'an University of Foreign Chinese
Later, he even got the opportunity to fly to Brigham Young University in Hawaii to continue his studies. It can be seen from ** that Wei Minzhi's appearance when she grows up is indeed not a representative actor's appearance, but in some more realistic documentary markets, she has already become a senior.
Later, Wei Minzhi also worked as a production assistant and has always worked in the film industry. The film industry includes not only films and actors, but also the countless small staff behind it, which is equally respectable.
She is always motivated in her career, and she is just as lucky in life.
In 2006, when Wei Minzhi was studying at Brigham Young University in Hawaii, she met a like-minded personChinese-American David, the two have been in a low-key relationship for nearly 2 years, and as early as 2008, they entered the palace of marriage.
According to netizens abroad, Wei Minzhi and David gave birth to a son named Liu Qian.