[Epoch Times News on August 10, 2021](Epoch Times reporter Tong Yijia Comprehensive Report) Mainland actress Xu Jiao, who debuted as a child star, played the leading role in Zhou Xingchi’s film “Yangtze No. 7” It became popular and won the Best New Actor Award at the Hong Kong Academy Awards. At the age of 24 this year, she is still the youngest “star girl” in history.
“Yangtze No. 7”, which was popular in China that year, created an astonishing box office of 203 million yuan on the mainland. In the film, the naughty boy “Xiao Di” with firm eyes, wearing a dirty school uniform, is impressive. However, it was not until the announcement of the cast that everyone discovered that this role was played by Xu Jiao, a little girl born in Zhejiang, China in 1997.
When Stephen Chow was casting a role, he interviewed many children. It can be said that he traveled all over China, but he still couldn’t find the most satisfactory role. At this time, Xu Jiao appeared in front of Zhou Xingchi, her eyes shining with firm light, but the role of reversing the role needs to be considered carefully, so Zhou Xingchi added a few more rounds of interviews to Xu Jiao. Xu Jiao passed many tests and participated in “Yangtze River”. “No. 7”, successfully signed a contract and became a “star girl”.
She became a “star girl” at the age of 9, and Xu Jiao is the one with the highest starting point among many “star girls”. However, her star journey did not go as smoothly as expected. After growing up, Xu Jiao was diagnosed with a benign tumor and could only temporarily give up her career as an actress. In 2016, she went to the United States to study design and missed a lot of scripts.
In 2020, after Xu Jiao returned to the performing arts circle, she expressed her gratitude to the demanding Zhou Xingchi for giving her the opportunity, and frankly said that her experience left her “childhood shadow”. Just when everyone was shocked by these words. Xu Jiao explained that because of the crying scenes in the film, there were too many reshoots, which made her unable to cry at all. Unexpectedly, Zhou Xingchi invited Xu Jiao’s mother to “domestic violence” her on the set, and then finished the crying scene.
Xu Jiao sighed that netizens said that she was “the pinnacle when she debuted”, but it was actually because Zhou Xingchi was too harsh on her.
Last year’s “Double Eleven”, Xu Jiao posted a video of herself singing on social platforms. Netizens were surprised to find that the dark-skinned little boy in the movie had already turned into a slim girl.
After the termination of the contract with Zhou Xingchi, Xu Jiao’s career did not go well. Unlike other “star girls” who are well-known in the entertainment industry, Xu Jiao can only accept some small web dramas and TV shows without splashes. Because there have been no particularly exciting works, the popularity has not risen any more.
As a once-hot “star girl”, Xu Jiao recently participated in the live broadcast of Internet celebrity Li Jiaqi. However, netizens found that the 24-year-old looks like a person in her 30s. The apple muscles that used to be full no longer exist, but her face is a little sunken, and she doesn’t know what she has experienced.
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