A recent photo of Gazi (Xie Mengwei) and Yingzi (Wang Shasha) attracted the attention of many netizens.
Two people in the photo:
A Zhang Gazi who looked extremely strong, not at all like Zhang Gazi, who looked thin and dark back then;
is young and beautiful, without the "rustic" of Yingzi at all, so beautiful that people dare not recognize it.
I believe that many post-80s and 90s people who were accompanied by "Little Soldier Zhang Ga" in childhood.
Seeing Gazi and Yingzi in the same frame after 20 years, my heart will be touched.
As one of the red classic TV series, "Little Soldier Zhang Ga" had the highest average rating of 12.44% that year.
Ranked second among TV series in the same genre.
As the leading actors, Xie Mengwei and Wang Shasha have also been the male and female heroes and best partners in the hearts of many children.
However, after this drama, neither seems to have worked together again. There is not much news about them in the circle, what have they been busy with in the past 20 years?
01 Wang Shasha: If you have acting skills but no good looks, you can't become popular?
Speaking of which, Wang Shasha's ability to play the female number one Yingzi in "Little Soldier Zhang Ga" seems to be destined.
Wang Shasha is lively and outgoing by nature, and when she was a child, she loved "Xiaolin Kid" and insisted on practicing martial arts.
In 2005, when director Xu Geng was preparing to film the TV series "Little Soldier Zhang Ga", he picked many people, but none of them met the requirements for Yingzi in his heart.
For this reason, Xu Geng and his assistant could only go to various schools in the countryside, hoping to find a suitable young actor.
That day, they had returned in vain. Unexpectedly, when the two were driving back to the city, they happened to meet Wang Shasha, who went to the countryside to participate in the experience activities.
To Xu Geng's surprise, Wang Shasha's image and temperament at that time were very consistent with Yingzi.
He was overjoyed, and immediately decided that Wang Shasha would play Yingzi.
At that time, Wang Shasha, who had never acted before, was very nervous, afraid that she would not be able to play Yingzi well.
But what she didn't expect was that she would not only successfully complete the filming, but also received a lot of love from the audience after the show was broadcast, and she became a little popular.
After "Little Soldier Zhang Ga", Wang Shasha soon received an invitation from the crew of "Wulin Gaiden".
After "Wulin Gaiden" became popular, with her vivid interpretation of Mo Xiaobei in the play, Wang Shasha also reached the peak of her acting career.
It is no exaggeration to say that many people still don't know who Wang Shasha is, but they must know who "Mo Xiaobei" is.
However, although Wang Shasha has become popular all over the country with Mo Xiaobei, she has been ridiculed by many people as "the ugliest child star" because of her "down-to-earth" appearance.
Ordinary people are expected to withdraw from the circle when they are ridiculed like this, but Wang Shasha did not flinch, she firmly believes that for an actor, having solid acting skills is the most important thing.
Although she is filming and studying at the same time, Wang Shasha's grades have always been very good, and she has never scored 95 points in her homework.
In 2011, she applied for the Beijing Film Academy, thinking that with her excellent cultural class results and dramas such as "Little Soldier Zhang Ga", it would be a sure thing to be admitted.
Unexpectedly, the Beijing Film Academy turned her away because she was not photogenic.
Later, Wang Shasha was admitted to the Shanghai Theater Academy with her hard work.
After systematic learning, Wang Shasha's acting skills have improved greatly.
In 2014, she was nominated for the leading role of a new actor of Magnolia Drama Performance Artist with "Children of the Nation", and in 2018, she was nominated for the Golden Rooster Award and Huabiao Award for "Whirlwind Women's Team".
However, as an actor, the problem of appearance is always something that Wang Shasha can't avoid.
In the circle, although her acting skills are quite recognized, there are still topics about her "ugly" and "ordinary" appearance, and even after the broadcast of the first idol drama "Falling in Love with the Chef Next Door" starring her, many people called her to go for plastic surgery.
I have to say that Wang Shasha's mentality is very firm.
Although she has been questioned repeatedly because of her appearance, she said that she would never go for plastic surgery, as long as her acting skills are excellent, she can always find a role that suits her.
Today, although Wang Shasha's career has been tepid, I believe that she will definitely create a world of her own.
02 Xie Mengwei: How far is the road from "hero" to "joke"?
After talking about the female No. 1 Yingzi, let's talk about the male No. 1 Gazi.
If Yingzi's career is ordinary, then Gazi's brother Xie Mengwei's career can only be called "bleak".
It is said that the little actor who played Gazi in the crew of "Little Soldier Zhang Ga" at the beginning was not Xie Mengwei.
But Xie Mengwei, who was born in the countryside, seems to have been born with the stubborn temperament of "Gariga", and finally impressed the director with more than 10 fights on the spot.
After the broadcast of this drama, the audience quickly fell in love with the stubborn and clever Gazi, and Xie Mengwei also became a hot child star.
To what extent was Xie Mengwei popular at that time, it is said that other young actors in the same crew, Zhang Yishan, Wang Shasha, etc., could only avoid him on various occasions and obediently give up the C position.
However, Xie Mengwei's good luck in acting seems to have run out in this drama.
After "Little Soldier Zhang Ga", the audience may be too impressed by Gazi, and Xie Mengwei's appearance is not outstanding, so many people who come to the door are military anti-Japanese dramas.
But it is said that because his parents were afraid that he would not study well in adolescence, they asked him to concentrate on studying, and some people said that it was because Xie Mengwei couldn't like those scripts after he became popular by relying on Gazi, so he pushed them down.
No matter what the reason is, after "Little Soldier Zhang Ga", Xie Mengwei has never acted again until he went to college.
In 2006, Xie Mengwei was admitted to the China Academy of Drama with the first place in the overall ranking of students, dan, net and ugly majors in the country.
After going to college, he began to make a full comeback to filming.
But as the old saying goes, "Whoever is skilled makes perfect." ”
Xie Mengwei hasn't filmed for several years, and his acting skills are certainly not much better.
The image is not prominent, and the acting skills are not up to par, after the dividends of "Gazi" are exhausted, Xie Mengwei's acting career path is getting narrower and narrower.
In order to find a way out, he decided to find another way, combined with his rugged appearance, to create a "tough guy" route.
However, what disappointed him was that although when he auditioned for the TV series "Forward to the Fire", he got the opportunity to play the second male lead by relying on his face and muscles.
But this drama, which he had great expectations, received a mediocre response after it was broadcast, and he did not become popular.
The small screen is not good, Xie Mengwei wants to move to the big screen, especially seeing that Wu Jing is popular with "Wolf Warrior 2", who is not greedy.
In 2020, the "copycat version" of "Wolf Warrior" directed and acted by Xie Mengwei - "Falcon Assault" will be released.
However, the ending can only be described as "tragic hitting the street".
This movie is not even qualified to be rated on Douban, and it has become a joke in the hearts of many netizens.
After many attempts and unsuccessful attempts, Xie Mengwei may have no expectation that he can become popular again, so he announced that he would switch to the live broadcast circle.
I have to say that the appeal of "Gazi" is still very strong.
When Xie Mengwei first broadcast live, there were tens of thousands of online viewers.
When he brought the goods live, many netizens also placed orders with the "Gazi" filter.
But what people didn't expect was that the former little hero "Gazi" also sold fake wine.
Many netizens have repeatedly sold fake wine at a high price when they found Xie Mengwei's live broadcast.
After the exposure of "Panga's Friends" in 2021, many netizens realized that Xie Mengwei wanted to make money.
seems to have no bottom line, and the popularity he has accumulated by relying on "Gazi" has gradually lost away.
In the past year or two, he has switched back to filming film and television dramas.
However, because of his "sparse" acting skills, he is known as the "king of bad movies" by many people.
A while ago, after the movie "Tough Guy Blocking" starring him was launched, he was ridiculed as "Gazi stealing dogs" because his facial expressions in the play were too exaggerated.
Today's Xie Mengwei has become a "joke" in the hearts of many people.
03 In life, after all, you have to go further steadily
Keigo Higashino said in "Shisheng": "Without something that is built up in a down-to-earth manner, it cannot form spiritual and material support." ”
Wang Shasha and Xie Mengwei both relied on the same drama and became smash hits.
When they grew up, their circumstances were relatively similar, they were both limited by their appearance, and they had no background.
But Wang Shasha has been polishing her acting skills, although her career is not very outstanding.
But in recent years, relying on his wonderful performances in dramas such as "Mountains and Seas" and "The Bottom Line", he has gradually been loved by more and more people.
I believe that she will be able to realize her dream in the future.
On the other hand, Xie Mengwei, because he has always refused to settle down to polish himself, always wants to rely on opportunism, become popular and make a fortune, and has become a "scum" in the hearts of netizens from "Brother Gazi".
I hope that in the future, he can learn from "Yingzi", do things in a down-to-earth manner, and hone his skills with his heart.
Because, after all, if a person can stand in the world, he must rely on his true ability.
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Author|Nanshan Figure|Source: Network invasion and deletion