In Chapter 3 of Liu Hao Ran's first book The Eye of the Storm, he talks about the moment when the wind in his life became a powerful storm - becoming an actor and embarking on a journey that he had never even thought about before, including filming a variety show, a movie, etc. - basically, he describes, through his eyes, what 2015 was like.
To give some additional context, after Liu Hao Ran...
In celebration of the one year anniversary of his first book, The Eye of the Storm (which we are currently in the process of translating), Liu Hao Ran held a book signing event at the Page One bookstore in Beijing yesterday.
Apart from being in great spirits and joking around with fans, there was also a brief Q&A session before the signing started. Translation can be found below (keep in mind...
Welcome to Chapter 2 of The Eye of the Storm, which is Liu Hao Ran's book that was published in November 2017 in commemoration of his 20th birthday! Chapter 2 focuses on the turning point of Liu Hao Ran's life - when he left his hometown of Pingdingshan, Henan Province to Beijing at the age of 12 to attend the Beijing Dance Academy.
To give you some background to understand why Liu Hao Ran's...
Because how could we not dedicate an entire post to such an accomplishment? The 34th Hundred Flower Awards' list of nominees are out, and Liu Hao Ran becomes the youngest Best Actor nominee in the history of the awards show! This will serve as a Q&A for the awards itself - and relating it all back to Haoran, of course.
But if you don't care about the rest of it, here's the summar...
This is Part 2 of Liu Hao Ran's November 2018 interview with GQ - which essentially is a written transcript of him talking freely about his journey thus far, and how luck (and hard work) has played a huge role. Some of what he touches on was included in the full interview, but there isn't a huge amount of overlap.
Make sure you don't miss Part 1, which is the full interview!
(Transc...
Well,
it's actually happened. With the release of the November 2018 issue of
GQ (we heard about this rumor months ago but weren't sure if it'd
actually be true because it's so hard to get on GQ), Liu Hao Ran is now
just the 14th Chinese male celeb (and the youngest by far) to have had
covers on all five of the major men's magazines (GQ, Esquire, Elle Men,
L'Officiel Hommes, and Harper...
The long awaited Chapter 1 from Liu Hao Ran's book The Eye of the Storm is here! The chapters are lengthy and have a lot of content to them which meant I needed to be able to devote a huge chunk of time to them, and we just haven't had much time on our hands lately (the ever-present dilemma when we do find a bit of time - sub a vid or translate for a post? Sooo behind on subs though)...
Liu Hao Ran's eleventh magazine cover this year comes on the November 2018 issue of L'Officiel (first appearance; do not confuse with L'Officiel Hommes - a fashion magazine for men - which he was the cover star twice), which is also the first cover with short-haired Haoran that we've seen in many, many months.
Most of the interviews that we've had this year (magazine-wise) have come during ...
Liu Hao Ran was one of the cover stars of the October 2018 issue of Cosmopolitan China, and before we get into the accompanying interview, I wanted to mention a couple of things about the significance of this magazine cover. If you don't care about this stuff feel free to jump to the interview below!
This is Liu Hao Ran's first solo cover on one of the Big 5 women's magazines (you can rea...
For Liu Hao Ran's birthday, OK! Magazine did a special feature and accompanying cover photoshoot for their weekly issue (second week of October). This was the photoshoot that he went to Japan for back in August (right after he wrapped up filming for Novoland: Eagle Flag) and might be be the last cover (chronologically, I mean - Cosmopolitan came out before this one, but we're still workin...
Liu Hao Ran's 20th year - aka Oct 2017 through Oct 2018 - was not only significant because it meant he was officially out of his teenage years, but also because of the implications it had for his career. In the C-ent industry, an actor's potential future-wise is judged on a variety of factors, including their stashed works, and it was clear that Liu Hao Ran had quite a list of big, highl...
Elle China recently celebrated their 30th anniversary, and when Liu Hao Ran posted a congratulatory message (well, his studio did, since he's isolated in military training), fans thought that there might be a chance that he might have an interview portion in the 30th anniversary issue of the magazine. And they were right! Liu Hao Ran has quite a close relationship with Elle China editor-in-chi...
The first week of military training for Liu Hao Ran at the Central Academy of Drama (CAD) is now complete! If you've been following us on our Twitter account this week, we've been posting translations of the accounts from the freshmen who are currently at military training with him. This post essentially serves as a compilation for all the accounts that have been posted this week by ...
Aside from Liu Hao Ran's recent interview with Men's Uno, he also had short features in Men's Uno Young (he was the cover star for August 2018) and in the September 2018 issue of Harper's Bazaar. Because these were not released electronically, I didn't realize that they existed until I saw some HQ scans from C-fans. Both are relatively short, but are rather nice pieces, which is why we want...
Liu Hao Ran made a rare public appearance yesterday at YOHOOD 2018 x PUMA! Although his appearance was rather brief, it allowed fans to see his new haircut and hear him speak briefly. We've subbed a short part of his stage appearance, and translated the rest of what he said. Also - lots of pics because haircut!!! (2016 vibes, anyone?)
The YOHOOD 2018 event is held in Shanghai this year...
Right after the new Novoland: Eagle Flag trailer was released, Linmon Pictures CEO Su Xiao conducted a small, brief interview with Dushe on the production process and what they have changed about the drama to ensure that it might appeal to audiences more. I didn't translate the entire interview, but in essence, it seems that Linmon considers this more than just another project - this is also ...
Liu Hao Ran has finally, finally wrapped up filming for Novoland: Eagle Flag! It's been an incredibly long and difficult journey for the entire cast and crew (288 days!!!) but it's finally done!
In celebration of the completion of filming, we are doing a deep, deep dive into everything Novoland (apologies in advance for the sheer length of this post) - from the background of the creation o...
Hot off the presses - it's a brand new interview from Liu Hao Ran (well, kind of new - it was conducted back in June)! As the cover star of the August issue of Men's Uno (and Men's Uno Young!), he sat down and talked about his thoughts on Novoland: Eagle Flag and how the filming process has gone thus far. As always, it's incredibly interesting hearing his analysis of both his character and...
We are getting closer and closer to the completion of filming for Novoland: Eagle Flag, which also means that rumors are really starting to pick up now in terms of what Liu Hao Ran's next project will be. C-ent is a complicated landscape to navigate when it comes to project rumors, because what you get is a weird blend of false+true rumors, and they're all leaked with specific goals in mind...
We are traveling back in time, via a May 2016 interview that Liu Hao Ran did with The Paper. If you haven't seen the news yet, Liu Hao Ran's 2016 webdrama With You has been picked up by Shenzhen TV for its summer primetime slot after already making it on air a couple of months ago via Zhejiang TV. Although Shenzhen TV is considered to be a second tier satellite TV station, it's stil...
At the end of January 2018, Liu Hao Ran filmed a photoshoot for Bazaar Men and was featured on the cover of their March issue. Which means we got an interview along with it. Because Liu Hao Ran has had six magazine features in the first half of 2018 alone (and with the exception of the VogueMe interview which was conducted in March, the rest of the interviews were all done in December...
In celebration of their 2 year anniversary in April 2018, VogueMe - a branch of Vogue China that is primarily targeted towards millennials - released four special editions of the April issue of their magazine. The theme was "boundless future" and to go along with that, VogueMe invited four of the most popular young celebrities in China right now: Liu Hao Ran, Leo Wu Lei, and two of the TFBo...
We continue to get more Liu Hao Ran content out of Paris from Chinese media outlets - this time from Sohu and iFeng Fashion. Both media outlets released both a video and an article containing the interview, so I thought that I would provide both english subs and a written translation. We should be getting at least two more interviews in the next couple of days...stay tuned!
As always, you ca...
Liu Hao Ran has spent the past week in Paris on the invitation of Louis Vuitton to attend their show for Men's Fashion Week (for the second time). Although we only really got to see him when he left China and the day of the Louis Vuitton show, there should be a lot of content coming out in the next couple of weeks and even months (fans in France saw him doing different photoshoots and strol...
We are having a fashion-themed blog week since Liu Hao Ran's at the Paris Men's Fashion Week, so wanted to share a GQ Fashion article from January. As we've mentioned before, Liu Hao Ran was the only mainland Chinese celebrity invited by Louis Vuitton to attend their F/W18 show and it was also his very first visit to Paris - as a result, GQ Fashion asked him to share his thoughts on the ...
In 2016, right after web drama With You aired its last episode, Liu Hao Ran released a hand written letter to his fans. In it, he thanks them for their support and encouragement and shares his thoughts on fan-given gifts. Because this is a pretty short letter, I also included a translation of a letter that the primary agent at his company posted on Weibo on the very last day of 2016 - the...
NETIZEN TRANSLATION
NIRVANA IN FIRE 2
PERIOD DRAMA
TRANSLATION
C-Netz: Who else could play the role of Nirvana in Fire 2's Xiao Ping Jing?
Although Nirvana in Fire 2 wasn't the ratings hit that it should have been (yes, I'm biased), it was still heavily discussed online by those who loved it. Though there were still a good chunk of people who felt that Liu Hao Ran was too young - the Chinese audience is way too used to seeing thirty year olds play twenty year olds - his performance as Xiao Ping Jing was largely praised. In...
This is Part 2 of the Men's Uno interview from January 2018. Most of the questions here focus on how Liu Hao Ran views himself as an actor, his thoughts towards performance, and some of the more personal parts about him. Part 1 can be found here.
(Original article and interview released on January 25, 2018)
Interviewer: You've had some great opportunities. You probably receiv...
In January 2018, Liu Hao Ran was featured on the cover of Men's Uno and was also interviewed at length about where he is in his career and how his road has been different from most of his peers. It's an extremely in-depth and interesting read. I am splitting this interview into two parts as it also includes a lengthy intro by the interviewer and there are a lot of questions asked.
A couple of...
Liu Hao Ran's star is rising faster than he can age, but it's not just because his popularity and public recognition are at an all time high. In an era where most of the popular male actors under 30 have been criticized extensively for relying more on their looks and fans than focusing on developing their acting, Liu Hao Ran's much more traditional approach has been refreshing. It's gotten to...
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