In May, the topic "Dau Kieu absent from Ha Sieu Lien family memorial ceremony" appeared on the hot Weibo search. The 37-year-old actor was surrounded by news about his marriage to the daughter of Macau (China) "casino boss" Ha Hong San.
Many labels are attached to him but absolutely unrelated to acting, such as "son-in-law of the casino king", "piggybacking on rich wife", "not being valued by his wife's family".
In response, Dou Qiao only quietly changed the personal page introduction from "Ha Chaolian's husband" back to "actress Dou Qiao". He did not explain, did not write a letter of complaint, just quietly focused on returning to the screen.
When the movie "The Main Character" (Subconscious) aired, Dou Jiao began his journey to revive his career and surprised many people.
Although Dau Kieu's role as Luu Hong Binh is not the main role and only starts to appear in the second half of the movie, the way the male actor portrays the image of a rich young master who is both rugged, humorous, and warm and thoughtful has left a strong impression.
Notably, "The main character" is directed by Zhang Yimou. This veteran director is the one who discovered and chose Dou Qiao to play Lao San in the movie "The Story of the Apple Tree" when he was only 22 years old, this is also the first work in Dou Qiao's career.
Many people think that maybe thanks to his relationship with Zhang Yimou, Dou Qiao was able to get a role in the movie "The Main Character". But the truth is completely different.
Producer Nham Song Huu of "The Main Character" once recounted the story in an interview. At that time, he visited another film crew where Dou Qiao was filming. Just as the crew was resting for lunch, the staff shouted loudly: "It's time to eat!
Dau Kieu is squatting on the roadside cracking banh man thau to eat, his head doesn't even look up, just blurting out in a Shaanxi accent: "Great!
Nham Song Huu was stunned, turned to ask: "Who is this kid?". The person next to him replied: "Dau Kieu".
He immediately turned to the deputy director: "That's him, no need to look for more.
Even Dou Qiao later recalled it and found it quite unbelievable. He said this was not Zhang Yimou personally calling to invite him, and it was not the result of a elaborate audition process. It was simply a coincidence that the role naturally fell into his hands.
Dau Kieu was born in 1988 in Xi'an, Shaanxi (China). When he was young, his parents immigrated to Canada, but in the family he still spoke Xi'an dialect because he was afraid that his son would forget his roots. The pronunciation, intonation and characteristic melodies of the Shaanxi dialect have been preserved in him for more than 30 years.
Therefore, when the "Main character" requires all actors to use their real voices at the scene and perform in Mandarin mixed with Shaanxi accents, while many other actors have to painstakingly practice dialects, practice speech and adjust pronunciation pitch, Dou Qiao just needs to open his mouth to immediately have the voice of an adult who grew up at the foot of Xi'an Bell Tower.
The lines coming out of his mouth do not feel like "I am playing a person with a local accent", but as if he originally belonged to that world.
Art director Zhang Jia Yi is a native Xi'an. In the industry, everyone knows that he is extremely strict with the Shaanxi dialect, but was also persuaded by Dou Jiao.
