With the hit of the American TV series "Stranger Things", the personal life of starring Noah Schnapp (Noah Schnapp) has attracted people's attention. He just entered college this year and is facing a completely different world.... ..
The Canadian actor Noah Schnapp, who played the role of Will, one of the protagonists of "Stranger Things", has been tragically in the play, and also miserable off-screen in recent years. Born in 2004,
is not yet 18 years old, but he already has 27.6 million followers on Instagram and is one of the highest-paid celebrities on TikTok in 2021.
In addition to his film and television career, Noah's studies have not fallen behind. He participated in the American college entrance examination and passed the Ivy score line. On his social platform, he posted about opening the University of Pennsylvania admission notice video.
's original script of "winner in life" was not written as planned, and fame and fortune became two knives stabbing him.
In the play, Will, played by Noah, follows the protagonist group and fights against the enemies of another world together. After a few seasons, the character has become the worst person in the play; Noah not only has no partner who fights side by side in school, but even Also face bullying from peers.
The University of Pennsylvania opened in August this year. Shortly after admission, some netizens reported that Noah suffered serious bullying in college.
According to netizens, as a "celebrity", there are people all over the campus who blatantly take pictures of Noah, and some students will sell the pictures and videos to the paparazzi; this can only be regarded as a side effect of fame, and the next action is indeed a real bully Ling.
Some classmates will make fun of Noah verbally, force him to drink underage, some girls will harass him, and some even try to lure Noah into taking drugs.
Noah, a freshman in the classroom, tried to integrate into campus life, but was repeatedly assigned to do some dangerous things, such as encouraging him to jump into an unknown creek; even so, the surrounding classmates still laughed at him for "trying too hard to integrate into the group". fierce".
Gossip media TMZ captured the scene of Noah jumping off the bridge
After the bullying incident was exposed, it naturally caused an uproar. Many netizens gathered on social platforms to comfort and support him. At present, Noah's Instagram last stayed on August 19 - almost a whole month without updates, for a child star who is accustomed to using social networks to manage his own image, things are a bit abnormal.
Some netizens have initiated the topic of noah deserve better; others believe that what Noah has encountered is exactly the situation faced by female victims of the MeToo movement in the early years. Take advantage of, be harassed... and there is nothing you can do.
Of course, more people hate school bullying. Even a famous and rich person like Noah can't avoid bullying. This kind of situation makes people think, what went wrong?
was excluded, abused, tried to commit suicide...
is always bullied by child stars
. There are many cases of child stars being bullied. In Asia, such cases are even more common.
koreanNational child star Xu Xinai (pictured below) broke the news that she was excluded from small groups in the school because she was not good-looking enough. They felt that "Xu Xinai is not good-looking, why should I be an artist" and "I will be isolated because I am not likable." These actions seriously hurt Xu Xinai and made her an introvert.
It is worth mentioning that in the group that bullied Xu Xinai, there was a girl group idol, she is Xu Suizhen of G-idle. Ironically, before the bullying incident was exposed, Xu Suizhen's image had always been an introverted and gentle big sister. After the incident was exposed, Xu was tested by real names of many victims, and the public relations of the brokerage company were invalid, and finally he had to leave the group in disgrace.
Xu Suizhen
As a country rich in child stars, of course, Japan is indispensable. The national child star Chunming Fenghua, who debuted at the age of 5, was inexplicably pushed to the forefront because of a social tweet. Japanese netizens think that he made too much money at a young age, and even fell into the eyes of money, so large-scale network violence .
Chun Ming Fenghua's school class and home address and other personal privacy were exposed, emails were also filled with abusive emails; some people even sent bloody curse letters and dirty panties to her home. This forced her to withdraw from the entertainment industry after experiencing mental destruction.
Not long ago, Shao Yibu, a child star who worked with Deng Chao and Yang Mi , was overwhelmed by bullying on campus and chose to jump off the building. It took several months of treatment to save his life. In Shao Yibu's mother's complaint, she said that her daughter had been bullied by other classmates for a long time, but the school just wanted to avoid responsibility.
Child stars of fame always carry more burdens than their peers. In addition to the eyes of the outside world, the pressure from family, school, and workplace has never diminished.
Jennette McCurdy (Jennette McCurdy), who debuted at the same time as Ariana Grande, has been controlled by her mother for a long time. In order to realize the family's star dream, Janet 's mother raised her as a child star since she was a child. In order to save time for auditions, she even forbade her to go to the toilet.
wants to make her child star career last longer, with mother's control over everything from diet to physical development. Due to overwork and lack of nutrition, she has been in poor health and suffered from anorexia. Even with the sparkle in the Disney series, she has always had a grudge against her mother, who wrote the book "I'm So Happy My Mother Died" after her mother died of cancer.
"I'm so glad my mother died"
On the set, child stars are often subjected to enormous work pressures that do not match their age. For example, the well-known Shi Xiaolong , from the age of 2, got up at 5 o'clock every day for training, running, pressing the legs, , and lowering the waist. There are only three things in life "eating, practicing martial arts, and filming", and there is no childhood at all. Even his father admitted he was too strict.
Sometimes the effort doesn't pay off. Xiao Xiaobin, the cute baby in the Taiwan drama "Next Stop, Happiness", has become the main source of income for the family since he was 2 years old. He basically spent his childhood in filming. There is no drama to film, and he is also infected with a serious illness.
The secrets disclosed in the film and television industry
In fact, the abuse of child stars and child actors has always been the "elephant in the room" in the film and television industry. It has always existed, but no one took it seriously.
Many victims can only swallow their voices, and most of the perpetrators are also hidden in the dark, never receiving any condemnation or punishment, and those bystanders are moreExploitation and abuse have become part of the business in this industry for various reasons.
The child stars who were bullied at school and in the workplace did not escape their parents. They acted the role of assisting the bullying consciously or unintentionally.
Actor Isaac Capi, who played the role in Thor, once posted a post on the Internet where he revealed that many parents in the entertainment industry will deliberately allow their children to be abused so that they can get more money for it,” These people are betraying their children." Cappy said in the article that if anyone thinks he is lying, they can sue him. But nine months later, he committed suicide on a highway in Arizona, USA.
In addition to campus bullying, the film and television industry tortures them mentally, making these young actors who are immature physically and mentally more anxious.
Children who have been abused: Macaulay Culkin, Drew Barrymore, Judy Garland, Lindsay Lohan
Harry Potter actorDaniel Radcliffe admitted on a show that he used alcohol to relieve the pressure of being watched in public places.
"The quickest way to forget this feeling is to get really drunk, and when you're drunk, you realize, oh, maybe people are paying more attention to me, so they keep drinking more." Many child stars are at a loss and don't know how to adjust at all, and it took Daniel several years just to quit drinking.
Another reason is actually the operation of power in the film and television industry. In a mature industry chain, many people rely on it to get paid and make a living. Choosing to remain silent means turning a blind eye to the status quo of child stars.
A professor who studies the film and television industry at NYU believes that in any field, a successful leader feels that they can do whatever they want, especially in the entertainment industry, where personal judgment and professional level are used to judge everything, let alone. It's easy to get rid of the abuse of lower-level workers, especially child actors.
He gave an example: "If you want to express a different opinion than Harvey Weinstein on a movie clip, he will shoot you like a fly and kill you directly when you are in a situation where you don't speak a word. When you're careful where you can lose your job, maybe you'll be silent too."
