Pulling on the shoulder straps of actresses' underwear, putting their hands on their chests for promotions, and doing more than a dozen scenes of breast bumping.
Zhang Han's career as an actor started much higher than many people's, but now not only is his career in tatters, netizens mostly laugh at him when they mention him.
He was a wolf warrior on-screen and a gangster off-screen. The reputation he gained from filming the movie "Wolf Warrior 2" has already been ruined by himself.
Super high starting point
Compared with many niche students today, Zhang Han's starting point is not generally high.
He once studied at the Chinese Theater Academy, and did not go through the long journey of supporting roles like many newcomers. He graduated in 2007 and got the male lead Murong Yunhai in "Let's Watch the Meteor Shower" in 2009.
Watching this show now, of course, there are many flaws, the slightly poor props, the ridiculous lines, and the plot direction is also a bit childish.
But once this drama was aired that year, it ranked first in ratings during its time period and broke the ratings record for Hunan Satellite TV's self-produced dramas.
Several of the protagonists in it were all popular that year. It was because of its outstanding broadcast performance that the show was quickly rushed out of the second part of "Watching the Meteor Shower Together Again".
"Watching the Meteor Shower Together Again" was complained by fans because of the censorship of the plot and the bloody plot, but the ratings were still good.
In those years, Zhang Han was in the limelight and became a popular actor on Hunan Satellite TV. He also starred in popular dramas such as "Accidentally Falling in Love with You", "Phoenix Totem", and "The Secret History of Princess Taiping".
In 2013, the epic "Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties" was broadcast, in which Zhang Han played Luo Cheng.
Even with Nie Yuanzhuyu in front, Zhang Han still received a lot of praise, which shows that he does have certain strength.
During those years, he had constant resources and starred in leading roles that were guaranteed by the production team.
In 2017, Zhang Han encountered another work that could have changed his entire acting career: "Wolf Warrior 2".
This movie is a landmark work in the history of Chinese movies. It directly raised the ceiling of Chinese movie box office to 5 billion. Its popularity can be regarded as a national movie.
Zhang Han plays a naughty rich second generation in it, but he was not chosen for this role at the beginning.
It is said that this role was originally wanted to be played by Wang Sicong, but Wang Sicong felt that he was not an actor, so he refused.
He also said that he approached Lin Gengxin, but was rejected by Lin Gengxin. The reason was that he was no longer "fresh meat" at his age, and he didn't want to act in action movies after filming "The Legend of Chu Qiao".
No matter what the reason was, this piece of pie fell on Zhang Han's head, and he successfully caught it.
At that time, many media published articles praising Zhang Han for taking this role with a low salary and completing it well.
Wu Jing was also very satisfied with his performance. Later, Zhang Han was nominated for the Hundred Flowers Award for this role.
It can be said that if Zhang Han could seize this opportunity and successfully transition into the film industry, he might be a well-established actor by now.
But he just went downhill after that…
going downhill
If an actor is a little ambitious about his acting career, he should screen high-quality scripts and improve his acting skills after starring in "Wolf Warrior 2" and being nominated for Baihua.
But Zhang Han did not. He then starred in one idol drama after another, such as "Warm Strings", "If Paris Is Not Happy" and so on.
It can be seen that from the broadcast of "Wolf Warrior 2" in 2017 to now, nearly 10 years ago, Zhang Han has almost no works with good reputation.
In 2022, once "The Gentlemen of East Eighth District" was aired, it caused a stir on the entire Internet: the plot was so shocking!
This drama was promoted as a male version of "Ode to Joy". The protagonists were several young men, and the main plot was said to tell their growth stories and emotional experiences.
The Douban score of 2.1 points shows the quality of this drama. Not only the audience is criticizing it, but also various media outlets have criticized it: the aesthetic is out of touch and the plot is greasy.
It was hastily taken off the shelves before it even finished airing. Even now, when Zhang Han is mentioned, many people are still mocking him about this drama.
Netizens who have watched this drama will know that he was not unjust at all when he was scolded.
There are all kinds of blatant objectification and insults to women in it, and there is no concealment at all. There are even such outrageous and pornographic lines as "thin ones are good-looking, fat ones are easy to use".
In the plot, the actress' underwear straps were deliberately pulled, which was really eye-catching.
The most terrible thing is that after the show was aired, many netizens dug into the news about Zhang Han and discovered that Zhang Han's obscene and greasy character had already begun to show signs.
It's your own fault
In the drama "Gentlemen of East Eighth District", Zhang Han not only pulled the actress's underwear straps, but also directly pressed his hands on her breasts during filming.
Actress Wang Xiaochen held the table with both hands. It could be seen that her whole body was stiff. She was very resistant to such a posture, and the smile on her face was also very embarrassing.
Even if you are acting, you can still communicate with the actress and deal with it in a more clever way. What is the difference between doing this and sexual harassment?
Earlier, when he and Zhang Junning participated in the promotional activities of "Four Famous Catchers" together, Zhang Han also raised his hand and put it on each other's chest.
It was obvious that Zhang Junning's expression was very uncomfortable, but in front of so many people, he could only force a smile.
In 2015, he and Chen Qiaoen filmed "Since Youth Can't Remain". When the male and female protagonists first met, the male protagonist was running and accidentally bumped into the female protagonist's breast.
He filmed just such a breast-bumping scene for more than a dozen times without using a stunt double.
This was said by him himself during the publicity period, and it's hard to comment on it.
In addition to the kind of news about actresses, Zhang Han also dragged a traffic policeman and broke his arm in his early days.
With all these things, it can be said that he has a lot of misdeeds. It is astonishing that he can still stay in the entertainment industry for more than 10 years.
Fortunately, the audience is also bright-eyed, and their tolerance for such bad artists is getting lower and lower.
Zhang Han still wants to be in the industry in the future, and the space for relying on various bad dramas to get by is getting smaller and smaller. Originally, the income of artists in the entertainment industry is what many ordinary people can't catch up with after a lifetime of hard work.
With such a high income, it stands to reason that there should be stricter standards for their conduct and morality.
As a result, the reality is that the quality of many artists is worrying, and many of them have even touched legal red lines.
We must not be soft on such people, so that the entire entertainment industry will get better and better.
