At the beginning of 2024, the "Fairy Sword" series has been bombarded one after another, but none of them has successfully made it out of the show.
Although Yu Shuxin and Ju Jingyi are both popular "little flowers", it is a pity that whether it is their appearance, style or acting skills, they all make the audience shake their heads: "It's too hip!"
Indeed, if the time is returned to 20 years Before, costume dramas at that time were the most popular.
In addition to Liu Yifei, Yang Mi and other "post-85s actresses", counting on: Qin Lan, Huang Yi, Alyssa Chia, Wang Yan, Gao Yuanyuan... Just pick any actress, and they are all beautiful in their own way.
And in this fierce competition, Shen Aojun is the most "national beauty and heavenly fragrance".
Her ancient costume looks gorgeous and elegant, especially her plump but not greasy figure, which is different from the current "spare-ribbed beauties", and also gives people a sense of security for the country and the people.
But unfortunately, at the peak of her career, she married in a low-key manner and gradually withdrew from the industry.
——In addition to the unsatisfactory emotional experience behind this, it may also be related to his uncontested personality.
But even though she has been out of the entertainment industry for 10 years, many fans still miss her.
1. "Other people's children" break into the entertainment industry
Young audiences may not be familiar with Shen Aojun's name, but after seeing her costume stills from that year, they will still say angrily: "So beautiful!"
She is a typical A Northeastern girl, she was born in Harbin in 1976. Her original name was Zhao Yan. Her father worked as an employee in a state-owned enterprise and her mother was a Chinese teacher.
Shen Aojun also has three sisters. As the youngest in the family, she is loved by all.
But when she was a child, she was not eye-catching. She was often ignored because of her short stature and ordinary appearance. However, she had good academic performance and had a gentle and self-disciplined personality. She was a typical "other people's child":
"The sisters are very good-looking. I am good-looking, so I don’t think I am good-looking. Ever since I was little, everyone has praised me most for being obedient and sensible, and I have always been used to following in the footsteps of my sisters.”
During the college entrance examination, Shen Aojun also followed in the footsteps of her eldest sister. She is a drama major, but majoring in TV directing - this is because she has loved literature and movies since she was a child, and she cherishes being admitted to her favorite major.
According to his revelations in future interviews, Shen Aojun may have accepted the pursuit of his junior brother Nie Yuan shortly after enrolling in school, and the two became a campus couple, but in the end they were not destined to be together.
Nie Yuan is 2 years younger than her and comes from Guizhou - he was a dance student in his early years. Later he felt that his artistic career as a dancer was too short, so he was admitted to the Shanghai Opera in 1996 and became Shen Aojun's younger brother. The two became friends.
According to Shen Aojun's life plan, she might become a behind-the-scenes worker, graduate, work, get married and have children in a stable manner.
The change happened in her senior year. She had successfully joined the Shanghai TV Station Little Star Art Troupe and went to an advertising company for an internship with her senior sister. She was accidentally spotted by the director and invited to participate in the shooting of an advertisement.
This is Shen Aojun's debut work, with a very high starting point, and the partner is Aaron Kwok, one of the "kings" whose career is in full swing.
This filming also earned her a reward of 100,000 yuan, which also unexpectedly made her discover her interest in acting and came up with the idea of entering the entertainment industry.
After that, she changed her name to Shen Aojun and began to shoot various commercials. She also acted in various film and television works to hone her acting skills.
At that time, she appeared in film and television works such as "A Rare Lover" and "True Confession", but they were all small roles.
In 2001, Shen Aojun challenged the costume look for the first time in "The Legend of Heaven and Earth: Lotus Lantern", playing the role of "Treading Snow" as the second female lead.
Although there is basically no modification in her makeup, she is very dignified and very recognizable when she appears.
Therefore, the audience began to remember this elegant and indifferent domestic entertainment rookie.
A year before this, Nie Yuan had successfully made his debut with the movie "Marrying the Right Man in a Wrong Sedan Chair". It was rumored that he was able to get the role of the male lead entirely because of the recommendation of his girlfriend Huang Yi at the time.
Huang Yi was not a student of Shang Opera, but as she studied acting in other art schools, she often went to Shang Opera to take acting classes, so she met Nie Yuan, and sparks sparked between them.
And Shen Aojun may have been kept in the dark about all this.
In 2002, she collaborated with Nie Yuan on "The Love of the Tang Dynasty", and staged an unparalleled love affair in the play.
Princess Gaoyang, played by Shen Aojun, is pampered, arrogant, willful and naive, but she ends up with a life-long event and becomes a bargaining chip for her father to win over powerful officials. It is sad to think about it.
Although her appearance is mature and dignified, she is completely indifferent when interpreting the agility of Princess Gaoyang, and she still has a girlish feeling that cannot be concealed in her arrogance.
In order to better restore the dignity and aura of Princess Gaoyang, Shen Aojun began to study court etiquette, costume dance, guzheng and other courses at his own expense half a year in advance to ensure that he could accurately grasp the charm of the character.
Sure enough, after the TV series was broadcast, it was no surprise that this character became one of Shen Aojun's classic screen images.
2. Determined to get married, but suddenly betrayed
After that, she continued to play roles, and two years later she played Sai Xishi in "The Miracle Doctor Xilaile", Zhuge Qingqing in "Four Famous Fighting Generals", and "Four Famous Fighting Generals". Ancient costume images such as Concubine Li in "Ling Yun Zhi Bao Qing Tian".
Especially in order to play "Xi Shi" well, Shen Aojun read a lot of historical books, prepared in advance, and added his own understanding, and finally portrayed an impressive image of "Xi Shi" - this role is also related to Gao Yang Princess-like and one of her most beautiful screen images.
At this time, boyfriend Nie Yuan's career was also developing rapidly. He had appeared in works such as "A Chinese Ghost Story", "Sweat and Blood", and "The Long Song of Zhenguan", and was also named by the media as one of "China's New Four Young Men".
But the regrets of success in career and failure in love also happened to Shen Aojun.
In 2004, Nie Yuan appeared on the set of "Sweet Horse" and had an affair with newly debuted actress Liu Yun. Then the two began an underground relationship that lasted for more than 2 years.
On the other hand, Shen Aojun, who plays Liu Xuer in "The Punisher of the Song Dynasty", is preparing for her wedding with all her heart.
She was 28 years old at the time. Seeing that both parties' careers were stable, she used the 2 million she had accumulated over the years since her debut to buy a house, planning to use it as their wedding home.
In terms of decoration, Shen Aojun also did it himself. Even the big red words on the windows were pasted on by himself.
But she did not expect that the beautiful wedding in her fantasy did not come, but she waited for her boyfriend to break up.
Especially at that time, almost everyone around me knew that her boyfriend was no longer happy with the old. Only Shen Aojun was the last to know. When she was interviewed a long time later, she smiled and said:
"He had someone else. I didn't know until a year later that all my relatives and friends We all know it, but I was the last one to know it.”
Indeed, Nie Yuan once said bluntly in an interview:
The actor industry is prone to feelings, because actors and actresses live and work together for several months, and they have to talk. Falling in love, feelings are born slowly...
Later, he was indeed criticized by his current girlfriend Liu Yun for "falling in love because of drama". It turned out that in addition to Liu Yun, Nie Yuan also had relationships with Hu Ke, Gillian, and Xie Na. There is ambiguity among others.
After the incident was exposed, his career was severely hit, but Shen Aojun never came out to say a bad word about his ex. When they talked about it again, he just said: "Maybe he has someone more suitable."
But after she was broken up, she She was hit hard. After all, a ten-year relationship is not something that can be put down easily. At one point, she even resisted marriage and relationships, and did not dare to fall in love again.
Accompanied by family and friends, Shen Aojun cheered up after three months and left Shanghai for development in Beijing.
After that, as her daughter turned 30, her mother began to arrange a blind date for her, but Shen Aojun had no interest in it. During
, many relatives and friends around her also introduced her to people, and she also tried to meet many people, but there was no improvement.
At that time, Shen Aojun was distrustful of relationships until 2007, when she met her future husband.
It is reported that the man is a diplomat with a very special status. He is a descendant of Yongxuan, the fifteenth son of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty.
When they met for the first time, they had a good impression of each other. In Shen Aojun's eyes, the man was tall and somewhat loyal and honest, but they had something in common, so they tried to date.
Due to the nature of their work, the two were in a long-distance relationship, and they could only rely on the phone to maintain their relationship, but this time the man gave her a sense of security.
3. During her peak period, she quit the industry and started making soup.
While enjoying her sweet love in a low-key manner, Shen Aojun took over the filming of the spy drama "Latent" and became popular again because of her role as Zuo Lan, the fiancée of the leading actor Yu Zecheng. .
This character is very well designed. She is ideal, educated, brave and intellectual. She is simply one of the most perfect female images in the play.
But this is also due to Shen Aojun's interpretation - in order to play the role well, she also prepared a biography of the character in advance, and she did not dare to neglect anything during the filming process.
During a kiss scene with Sun Honglei, the camera had just finished filming, and she ran to the director and said to him: "I will pay 200 yuan, can I shoot another one?"
It turns out that Shen Aojun felt that she was not included in the previous one. He grasped the emotions that the characters should have, so he "unreservedly" asked for reshoots. The staff around
laughed loudly when they learned about it, because this was the first time in their many years in the industry that an actress had asked for extra money for a kiss scene.
Someone also asked Shen Aojun if she would fall in love with actor Sun Honglei during the filming process. She said soberly: "No, because it was Zuo Lan who fell deeply in love with Yu Zecheng."
This drama became popular after it was broadcast. , although the heroine in the play is Yao Chen, Shen Aojun's presence is not low, especially the scene where she sacrificed her life. How many viewers felt uneasy?
But unlike many actresses who are focused on their careers and becoming popular, 30-year-old Shen Aojun is very sober, traditional and low-key - she still hopes to get married, have children and have a stable family.
The year after "Latent" hit the airwaves, she held a wedding with her boyfriend of two years. The two truly demonstrated what "plainness is the truth".
It is reported that the man's proposal was extremely simple. After returning from a business trip, he spent two years' salary to buy a 2-carat diamond ring and handed it to Shen Aojun. He also said:
"I am usually too busy at work, you Don’t be too picky!”
Even though it seems different from the imagined romance, Shen Aojun still enjoys it. She said: “Love always appears inadvertently, and happiness is sometimes just around the corner. If you can’t catch it, it will be fleeting. .”
So she accepted her boyfriend’s proposal and still took a relationship seriously as before.
When she got married, Shen Aojun took care of all the wedding procedures and details by himself, from buying a house and decorating to taking wedding photos and entertaining guests... Then, her husband, who was busy with work, hurried to the scene and went through the process.
Because of her husband's special status, all media reports on the wedding concealed his photos, but it was obvious that Shen Aojun was very happy.
The following year, she successfully became pregnant and gave birth to a child, and then shifted her energy to running a family.
Although after that, Shen Aojun also successively filmed film and television works such as "Secret of Tibet" and won the "Queen of Best Actress" at the Shanghai Film Festival for his movie "The Complaint of Hu Qiaoying".
But after starring in "Deng Xiaoping at the Turn of History" in 2014, the 38-year-old completely quit the industry and concentrated on raising her husband and children at home.
When she was occasionally photographed, she neglected to manage her figure, but her smile was still friendly.
There may still be people who feel sorry for Shen Aojun's withdrawal from the industry, but it is very rare for her to leave the most beautiful image in her most beautiful stage. After all, the beauty left in the memory will never grow old.
