In 2001, many classic works emerged in the film and television circles of Chinese mainland, and various types of dramas emerged one after another. This year, Jin Yong's martial arts dramas include "Smiling Proud Jianghu" starring Li Yapeng, Qiong Yao's romance drama "Deep Love and Rain", criminal investigation dramas "Six Groups of Serious Cases" and "Black Ice", romantic dramas "Like Fog, Like Rain and Like Wind", war dramas "The Years of Burning Passion", and costume dramas "The Wrong Sedan to Marry the Right Lang". In addition, there are two high-profile dramas "Mansion Gate" and "Kangxi Dynasty".
Despite the fierce competition among the strong players, a small-production TV series stood out as a dark horse and won the warm love of the audience. This drama is "Clever Little Don't Understand", with its unique plot, performance style and clever integration of nonsensical funny and brain teasers, it has become a childhood memory for many people.
Now 21 years have passed, and the actors in the play are in different situations. Some have succeeded in becoming popular, and some have disappeared from public view. The three female protagonists are still unmarried. Zhang Weijian's performance in "Clever Little Don't Understand" is amazing. The little monk he plays doesn't understand, he is smart and clever, acts eccentricly, has a pure and gentle heart, and has three strange views. He is not only the homeroom teacher in the play, but also the life coach of the students. Through a series of "experiential teaching", he cultivated a group of recalcitrant students into talents. In the later plot, he was involved in court disputes, although he was the eldest prince, but for the sake of Li Min's life, he chose to assist his younger brother to ascend the throne, eliminate the war, and retire successfully.
Zhang Weijian's acting skills and character shaping ability are undoubted, he is good at playing extremely smart, determined, and agile characters, with classic mantras, leaving a deep impression on the audience. Although known for his comedy, Zhang Weijian's star journey has been quite bumpy. He initially debuted as a talent singer champion, but rarely had the opportunity to sing after that. Zhang Weijian's acting career is full of ups and downs and twists. At first, he could only play tricks in the entertainment industry, until 1987, when he filmed "Book of Swords and Enmity", he found that he had a talent for horseback riding, and even thought about changing careers to become a jockey, but he had to give up due to his lack of height.
In the early 90s, he was appreciated by Wang Jing's father Wang Tianlin and began to play the starring role gradually. However, these works did not cause much repercussions. Until 1996, he became popular overnight for starring in "Journey to the West". However, the hardships behind success are less well understood. During the filming of the sequel to "Journey to the West", he fell out with wireless because of salary problems and was **.
This made him disheartened and decided to quit the entertainment industry and switch careers to invest in real estate. Unexpectedly, it suffered another financial crisis in 1999 and almost went bankrupt. In desperation, he could only return to the showbiz and starred in the co-production drama "Young Hero Fang Shiyu", which turned out to be very popular. This gave him a new opportunity, and he began to enter the mainland market, starring in works such as "Clever Little Don't Understand", and his popularity continued to rise.
In his love life, Zhang Weijian has also experienced twists and turns. He once fell in love with Jiang Xinyan, but was abandoned by the other party because of poverty. After that, the relationship with Xuan Xuan also ended without a problem. In the end, he met actress Zhang Qian in the mainland, but after the two got married, they failed to have children due to miscarriage, which became a regret in his heart. In recent years, in order to take care of his family, Zhang Weijian has reduced his film appointments, but he still maintains high popularity. Now he has made a comeback and participated in many variety shows, which was warmly welcomed by the audience.
Compared with Zhang Weijian's hard work for many years, Li Bingbing's acting career seems to be much smoother. After she rose to prominence last year with "Young Bao Qingtian", she participated in the big hit "Clever Little Don't Understand" this year, and the two dramas have accumulated a lot of fame for her. In the play, Ying Ziyan played by her is a typical "second generation official", who is rebellious and willful, often taking the lead and not knowing how to make trouble, and as a result, he was killed again and again. In this process, she and the ignorant gradually developed feelings for each other, and eventually became husband and wife.
The young, lively, intelligent and wise duo left a deep impression on the audience. The combination of Li Bingbing and her sister Li Xue can be described as a match made in heaven in the entertainment industry. Li Bingbing has excellent external conditions and talents, can be literate and martial, and behind her success, her sister Li Xue has made great contributions. In 2004, Li Xue began to serve as Li Bingbing's agent, and with her operational ability, she successfully opened the door to the film industry for her sister. Li Bingbing became an instant hit with "No Thieves in the World", and then became the first sister of Huayi, and various resources followed.
With the help of her sister Li Xue, in 2009, Li Bingbing successfully entered the international entertainment industry and starred in the Hollywood blockbusters "Transformers 4" and "Resident Evil 5", becoming an internationally renowned actress. However, career success did not lead to a smooth love life. Li Bingbing and her partner Ren Quan, who have worked together for many years, although they are known as the golden boy and girl, they have always had no fate and only maintain brotherhood.
In 2017, Li Bingbing made her relationship with a corporate executive public, but unfortunately the relationship did not come to an end. Today, 49-year-old Li Bingbing is still unmarried.
Another actress worth mentioning is He Meitian. In her acting career, she has cooperated with Zhang Weijian many times, and the two have been high-profile CPs on the screen. He Meitian once became popular for playing roles such as "Zhong Ling" and "Yilin's Little Sister" in "Dragon Babu". However, she was not very ambitious, and as she grew older, she gradually reduced her film appointments. Now 46 years old, she is still single and lives an indifferent life of fame and fortune. Judging from the recent photos, she is very well maintained and still beautiful.
Another male star, Nie Yuan, is also a representative of the peak of his debut. Shortly after graduating in 2001, he quickly became popular with "Marrying the Right Man in the Wrong Sedan Chair" and "Clever Little Don't Understand". After that, he starred in a number of costume dramas, such as "The Love History of the Tang Dynasty" and "A Chinese Ghost Story", each of which was a huge success, making him one of the "New Four Little Students in the Mainland". However, in the ups and downs of the entertainment industry, he has also experienced a low point in his life. However, in 2004, his career suddenly suffered a waterloo. That year, he got an invitation to appear in Zhang Jizhong's version of "The Condor Heroes" and competed for the role of Yang Guo. For this role, Nie Yuan put in a lot of effort, and he even deliberately changed his appearance to become more handsome. At that time, his voice was very high, but in the end he lost to Huang Xiaoming, who was not as famous as himself. Since then, Huang Xiaoming's career has flourished and he has become a first-line superstar, while Nie Yuan's development has been mediocre.
In the following years, Nie Yuan experienced several imperfect loves. After his relationship with his first girlfriend Huang Yi broke up, he broke up with Liu Yun (Zheng Jun's wife) after three years of bitter love. In 2008, he married his sister Sunshine ("Young King" Bai Su), but the marriage lasted only four years and ended in divorce. In 2014, Nie Yuan married Qin Ziyue, who was 9 years younger than him, and finally found his own happiness.
In addition to the ups and downs of his personal life and career, Nie Yuan's performance in many dramas is also worth paying attention to. For example, in "The Condor Heroes", his cooperation with Xue Jianing has attracted a lot of attention. Xue Jianing's performance in the play is not amazing, and the emotional drama between her and Nie Yuan is adapted from the Peking Opera "Dragon and Phoenix", which tells the story of Emperor Zhengde's private trip to Datong.
Although Xue Jianing's acting skills and appearance at that time were not outstanding, her role setting in the play still has a certain degree of reasonableness. A few years later, Xue Jianing's "Ha Mei" in "Pink Girl" made her popular in the sky. In addition, Xue Jianing and Hu Ge's bitter love has also caused heated discussions. After Hu Ge was injured in a car accident, Xue Jianing took care of him unabandoningly, which was touching. However, the relationship between the two eventually ended in a breakup. In 2017, Xue Jianing said that she had converted to Buddhism and had been practicing for almost a year, but she didn't know if she was hurt by love.
In addition, Shen Xiaohai's role as King Ning in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" is also impressive. He is noble and personable, although he is consumed by profit and seeks power and usurps the throne, but because of his good looks, everything is ignored. In "The Flower Girl of Liaozhai", the image of "intoxicated" is impressive. His face is like a crown jade, his temperament is elegant, and he gives people a sense of otherworldliness, which is far more than the current little fresh meat. In the entertainment industry at that time, Shen Xiaohai and Huang Haibing were known as "two beautiful men in ancient costumes", but their development paths were completely different. Huang Haibing became famous overnight with "The History of Martial Arts" and became a new star of martial arts dramas, while Shen Xiaohai failed to get the audience's love because he played the villain role many times and was gradually buried.
At the beginning of this year, Shen Xiaohai played a role in the TV series "The World", and Fa Fu's figure was almost unrecognizable. In addition, we also have two outstanding actors, Luo Jiaying and Ma Jingwu. Luo Jiaying's performances in "Domestic Lingling Paint" and "Journey to the West" are eye-catching, and his comedic talent has been fully displayed and has become a classic old drama bone.
Luo Jiaying's long-distance love run is also moving. He and Wang Mingquan have been in love for 21 years, and it was not until 2009 that they entered the palace of marriage. Finally, we would like to mention Ma Jingwu. He played the role of Ming Xiaozong Zhu Youzhu in the play, although there are some discrepancies with the historical image, his performance and temperament are impressive.
Ma Jingwu is also a senior head of the acting teaching and research group of Beijing Film Academy, and has made great contributions to China's acting career. Ma Jingwu, the 83-year-old artist, still retains strong vitality and creativity in the film and television industry. After retiring in the 90s, he began his film and television career, making numerous cameo appearances, and his performances, although short, were always impressive. In 2001, Ma Jingwu broke expectations with his unconventional ghost horse style and transformed into a director, filming a critically acclaimed series.
Even at this advanced age, he is still at the forefront of the film industry, and he also participated in two films last year. Seeing such a figure, people can't help but feel sincere admiration. Let us all wish this artist good health and eternal creative youth.
Back to "Elf Little Don't Understand", this drama does have some problems, such as the plot is slightly stiff before and after, and the scene switching between the academy and the government is not smooth. But overall, "Elf Little Don't Understand" is an excellent series. Its production is fine, and ingenuity can be seen everywhere in the service; The actors' performances are distinct and personal; Although there are some funny elements in the plot, there is also a simple truth, which attracts audiences of all ages and has a positive worldview. More than 20 years later, it is still unforgettable.
As for the actors in the play, Zhang Weijian's performance is undoubtedly impressive. The characters he portrays are full of charm, and the acting skills are vivid and real, giving the characters deep emotions. So for you, which is your favorite Zhang Weijian TV series? Which of his characters touched your heartstrings? Behind these deeply rooted performances is our recognition and love for him. We look forward to seeing more of his performances in the future."