Zhang Tong: He disappeared after becoming famous in "Bright Sword" and returned as the Emperor 14 years later. What has he experienced?

"Second Battalion Commander! Where is my Italian cannon! Fire!"

This is a classic line from Zhang Tong, who plays "Monk Wei" in the TV series "Bright Sword",

Although he is not the starring role in this drama, everyone must be deeply impressed by the scene where he was beheaded.

With the popularity of this drama, Zhang Tong also received a lot of dividends and became well-known to the audience.

Who would have thought that after becoming famous overnight, he would disappear.

It was not until this year that he returned to the public eye as "Li Dazhao" in "The Awakening Age".

So what has Zhang Tong experienced in these years when he disappeared from the public eye?

Zhang Tong was born in Tianjin in 1981. He has been regarded by his family as "other people's children" since he was a child.

Just like every top student has a clear plan for his future Likewise, Zhang Tong is no exception.

At that time, his dream was to become a policeman, but he was eliminated because of his high myopia.

After that, he was admitted to the computer science major of Nankai University with high scores.

However, university life was completely different from what he had imagined. It was very boring and uninspiring.

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By chance, he came into contact with acting and has been out of control ever since.

In order to systematically study acting, he went to France to study alone despite his parents' objections.

However, Zhang Tong, who was born in an ordinary family, did not realize at this time that in order to pay for his high tuition and daily life, Zhang Tong Expenses,

My parents sold the family house.

After learning the truth, Zhang Tong blamed himself and had the idea of ??dropping out of school.

Fortunately, with the encouragement of his parents, he stayed. In order to reduce the burden on his family,

He went out to work in his spare time to earn living expenses.

Four years passed by. After graduating from the Ecole de Lyon in France, Zhang Tong returned to Beijing to start his acting career.

It was a pity that he had no background and no good looks. I can only wait at the gate of Beijing Film Studio like everyone else for the director to choose someone.

Life as an extra was not easy, and his family owed a lot of foreign debt just to support his education.

Therefore, the sensible Zhang Tong rarely asked his parents for money even if he had no income. Money, living in a small house of 7 square meters every day.

Later Zhang Tong signed a contract with a group acting company. When his mother went to Beijing to visit him, he happened to encounter him being scolded by his colleagues.

When sending his mother to the station, he was the first to Second time I thought of giving up.

Seeing his mother covering her eyes in the car, Zhang Tong turned around and knelt down to cry silently. It was not until the moment the train left that he dared to cry loudly on the platform.

Even in such a difficult environment, Zhang Tong still gritted his teeth and insisted on climbing up step by step.

Only then did he achieve his current achievements. He always remembers what his father told him:

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"Since you have chosen this path, you must work hard to stick to it!"

After working as an extra, some directors gradually became familiar with him, and Zhang Tong also received some supporting roles.

Such as the "Black Eagle" in "The Seven Fairies of Joy".

Fortunately, Zhang Tong is willing to endure hardships. Although he has no chance to show his face, he still looks for various opportunities to hone his acting skills.

In order to get the guidance of the great director Chen Kaige, he knows who he is. How to tell actors about drama?

Zhang Tong was introduced to the crew of the movie "The Promise" and became a stand-in.

According to the needs of the role and the arrangement of the director, he had to crawl on the ground for several hours every day to move and adjust the angle.

His knees were worn out after only 10 days on the set. It was rotten and oozing blood.

After the staff found out about it, they told Chen Kaige.

After learning the news, Chen Kaige admired his professionalism very much and allowed him to enter the studio to listen to the show. .

Opportunities are reserved for those who are prepared. In order to gain more opportunities to be on camera and accumulate experience, I traveled to various crews all day long.

Finally, I "cheated" Monk Wei. Role.

At that time, the director wanted to find someone who knew martial arts to play this role, but Zhang Tong also wanted to fight for it,

So he lied to the director and said that he knew martial arts. , the director immediately said after hearing this:

"Then give me two gestures."

Zhang Tong clenched his fist and punched hard,

In this way, the director was frightened by him and gave him the role.

The 23-year-old Zhang Tong finally became well-known to the audience for his wonderful performance in "Bright Sword".

After gaining some fame, he received more invitations to perform.

He successively appeared in film and television works such as "Secret Order 1949" and "The Chinese Guards".

I thought that his acting career would develop smoothly,

Unexpectedly Zhang Tong ushered in the darkest time in his life.

2010 is the year Zhang Tong least wants to recall. He met a new director while filming.

This director had no ability but was very conceited. No matter how Zhang Tong performed, He was not satisfied.

He kept hitting him and never gave him a good look.

I saw him saying nonchalantly:

"Zhang Tong's acting skills are at most the level of a freshman in dramas or mid-level dramas. He has poor adaptability. Once he changes the way he plays, he won't be able to take on the role." "

After the show was aired, the response from the audience was very average.

After seeing the criticism from netizens, Zhang Tong began to doubt himself and gradually lost his way.

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I don’t think I can act anymore. Recalling that time, Zhang Tong said painfully:

"It feels like a person with strong martial arts skills has been abolished."

During that time, Zhang Tong was very Anxious, unable to sleep at night, and even experiencing auditory hallucinations.

Later, after a doctor diagnosed him, he suffered from severe depression. During the period of illness, he was still filming,

Whenever he heard the director shout "Start shooting", those negative words kept echoing in his ears,

making it impossible for him to get into the role. While questioning himself and being more serious with himself,

Under the pull of this emotion, Zhang Tong became miserable and twice wanted to commit suicide by jumping off a building to end his life.

Fortunately, his girlfriend Guan Siting has been with him during this period and will never leave him.

The two met while filming "The Wild Duck" and met again in 2006. Cooperating with "Chinese Guards",

In the play, the two played the roles of superiors and subordinates, and outside the play, they had a good relationship because of the complex between them.

With the help of his girlfriend, he actively participated in the treatment and slowly came out of his inner haze.

However, because he took hormone-containing drugs during the treatment,

He turned from a vigorous young man into a "big fat man".

At his fattest, he weighed 190 pounds, which had a great impact on his career and image.

After a period of rehabilitation training, Zhang Tong returned to his original state.

And in 2012, he and Guan Siting entered the palace of marriage hand in hand. Everything is going forward. Development in a good direction.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Tong's career stalled again due to an accident just after it started to pick up.

In 2013, when he was filming the TV series "One and Eight",

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In one of the explosion scenes, due to negligence, a fragment shot directly into Zhang Tong's eyes during the explosion.

He was still wearing contact lenses at the time, causing him to become blind on the spot.

On the way to the hospital, Zhang Tong's mind was in confusion and his heart was filled with despair.

He couldn't help but wonder if he would have already had a successful career at this age if he had not entered the entertainment industry.

After careful screening, the doctor told him that this was just temporary blindness.

But it would take a long process to return to normal.

During this period of recuperation, he began to think about the meaning of life and gained a new understanding of life.

People will grow up quickly after encountering setbacks. This period of time did not bring him all painful memories.

It also made Zhang Tong more responsible and responsible for There is also a deeper understanding of acting.

After recovering, Zhang Tong returned to the entertainment industry and devoted himself to public welfare undertakings besides filming.

Finally, at the age of 37, with his superb acting skills in "The Defender",

surpassed all the veteran actors and won the 31st China Feitian Award. Outstanding actor,

Became the first born in the 1980s to win the award.

Now 40 years old, Zhang Tong has ushered in the second spring of his career.

On February 1, 2021, "The Age of Awakening" starring him was broadcast on CCTV.

Zhang Tong amazed all the audience as soon as he appeared on the stage. His penetrating acting skills "Li Dazhao" is vividly portrayed.

On the stage of Beijing Satellite TV this year, Zhang Tong also joined hands with other actors from "The Awakening Age" to recite Mr. Li Dazhao's works on stage, which moved the audience.

Later, he emerged on the drama stage.

The play he starred in was adapted from the TV series of the same name "The Righteous Path in the World is Vicissitudes of Life".

It was performed at the Poly Theater from July 28 to August 1 this year.

Compared with the worries when receiving the invitation to "The Awakening Age",

Zhang Tong is full of expectations for the role of "Yang Liqing",

He was very interested in this work in his early years and hoped to star in this play one day.

Unexpectedly, this wish came true.

Although this drama already has senior Sun Honglei in front, when asked if he felt any pressure,

He smiled and replied: "I don't dare to compare with teacher Sun Honglei. He He is my senior, and he acted so well. But there are still differences in the expression forms of dramas and TV series, and the two should not be compared together, so I don’t have any pressure, I just think about how to portray the character well. "

When filming, Zhang Tong always has an attitude of striving for excellence and is never careless.

But in private, he is a cheerful and talkative person. His biggest daily hobbies are reading and raising children. Pets,

He has a dog named Snowball, and often shares his dog-raising experience with fans on social software,

allowing everyone to see another side of him besides acting.

We must believe that all sufferings and thorns will make us better.

If we overcome thorns and setbacks, we will definitely win our own victory!

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