In the 80s of the last century, television sets began to become popular among the average household in China, and grew rapidly at a rate of 30% per year.
At that time, the production of TV series took an unusually long time, taking the 86 version of "Journey to the West" as an example, the production of only 25 episodes took a full six years.
As a result, in many cases, TV stations are faced with the dilemma of not having a new drama to produce.
At the beginning of 1989, Beijing TV found a blank area in the process of pre-rehearsing TV dramas, and needed a TV series to fill this vacancy, and it was embarrassing that there were no ready-made TV series on the market.
Therefore, Zheng Xiaolong, who was the director of the Beijing Television Art Center at the time, took on this important task: to complete the filming of the drama within one year.
In 1990, China launched its first large-scale indoor TV series "Desire". This work, which focuses on the real lives of contemporary people, quickly won the love of a wide audience after it was broadcast, and reached an astonishing 9078% viewer rating.
During that period, it was not only the general public who did not want to go out, but even the thieves chose to "strike" simply to pursue "Desire" at home. Therefore, the Ministry of Public Security specially awarded the "Outstanding Crew Award" to the production team of "Desire".
You have to understand that during that period, the crime rate in our country has decreased by 30%.
Interestingly, when Zheng Xiaolong received the assignment from the TV station, he only got 1 million in funding, not even a script.
With nothing to do, Zheng Xiaolong asked writer Wang Shuo, screenwriter Li Xiaoming, and magazine editor-in-chief Zheng Wanlong for help. After an in-depth discussion with several people, they found inspiration in a 300-word news story from Reader's Digest.
Therefore, they first formulated the outline of the story and invited Lu Xiaowei to be the director, filming and creating at the same time, and finally completed this classic work.
It's been 31 years since "Desire" first aired. Today, Brother Pi would like to share with you the interesting story behind the scenes of the main creative team of "Desire", let's see how these actors are doing now.
01, the role of Liu Huifang is played by Zhang Kaili.
In the play, Liu Huifang, played by Zhang Kaili, as known as the "first generation of national daughter-in-law", has won the love of many audiences with her gentleness and kindness.
However, director Lu Xiaowei's original idea was to choose the actor who played Liu Huifang, not Zhang Kaili, but Fu Yiwei, who had already become famous for starring in "Fengshen Bang".
However, after Fu Yiwei tried on makeup, Lu Xiaowei thought that she was too gorgeous and did not match expectations, so he looked for Zuo Ling, who had just won the award, but he didn't expect that because the other party's schedule was too full, he had no extra time.
Subsequently, when Lu Xiaowei checked the actor's resume, he was surprised to find that actor Yang Qing's family background was almost the same as the role of Liu Huifang.
In order to let Yang Qing participate in the performance, Lu Xiaowei visited him many times, and finally Yang Qing accepted the script and expressed his strong interest in playing the role of Liu Huifang.
However, at that time, Yang Qing was still filming in Xi'an, and Lu Xiaowei could not wait for Yang Qing due to time constraints. In the end, Lu Xiaowei chose Zhang Kaili by chance, and he thought that Zhang Kaili's gentleness and intellectual temperament were very in line with Liu Huifang's setting.
With this TV series, Zhang Kaili quickly rose to prominence, was known as a "good national daughter-in-law", and became popular overnight.
She once expressed this emotion: "It feels like you've spent a long night on your own, and then when you walk out on the street the next day, everyone around you starts to know you." ”
However, at the moment of her fame, she was already 28 years old. Although she was at the peak of her career and had a lot of drama appointments, she eventually chose to succumb to her identity as a woman and married her husband Zhang Jianquan at the climax of her life.
After getting married, she decided to let go of her career and focus all her attention on her husband and daughter.
Play the role of a husband and educate the children.
In 2011, Zhang Kaili reappeared, and she played the role of Tian Shuyun in "The Age of Naked Marriage". Subsequently, she played the role of "mother" in TV series such as "Let's Get Married" and "Kung Fu Mother-in-law", and she was known as the "national mother" due to her outstanding performance.
Now she is going well in her career and marriage, but in addition to these, she is more inclined to enjoy every moment of life.
Not long ago, someone caught him driving a luxury car to get together with his friends, and he was in surprisingly good shape!
02, Sun Song plays the role of Wang Husheng.
Sun Song's Wang Husheng in this play is undoubtedly the "first generation of Chen Shimei" in modern film and television works.
Because his performance was too vivid, after the broadcast of "Desire", he was known as a "well-known scumbag" in the country, and even when he went out, he would be discarded by people, which also made him dare not step out of the house for a while.
At that moment, Sun Song's father, Sun Qingrong, happened to be the one who accompanied director Lu Xiaowei in the role selection.
Initially, Lu Xiaowei had decided to let Pu Cunxin play Wang Husheng, but despite many auditions, he was still unhappy with it.
Therefore, Sun Qingrong suggested that his son, who works in the actors' troupe of Beijing Film Studio, come over and give it a try.
Interestingly, on the day when Sun Song and Mao Amin were filming the movie "The Secret History of Female Stars", Sun Song received his father's ** and rushed to the crew of "Desire" in the rain.
On the road, it was raining heavily, and Sun Song rode his bicycle all the way, and when he stood in front of Lu Xiaowei, he was already soaked in the rain. However, such a slightly literary embarrassment made Lu Xiaowei feel that it was very compatible with the role he played.
At that time, Sun Song was already 26 years old, and for a person like him who had no experience in love, it was indeed challenging to play the role of a middle-aged male with children.
Luckily, he was very attentive and worked very hard.
In a duel with Li Xuejian, Sun Song bravely poured himself two bottles of Erguotou in order to find his best state, and this scene was also impressive.
After the filming, Sun Song was rushed to the hospital due to alcohol poisoning.
It is precisely because of this "respectful" attitude towards work that "Desire" has become popular.
Sun Song quickly rose to prominence after the show, but surprisingly, due to his brilliant role as a villain, he couldn't find a suitable filming opportunity for the next two years.
At one point in the trough of his career, Sun Song lost his way, and in order to make ends meet, he worked as a host and participated in commercial performances.
After a decade-long period, he achieved new artistic breakthroughs in theatrical works such as "The Sky of History" and "Migrant Workers of Survival".
Sun Song and his wife, Hou Jilin, are both actors, but because Sun Song was too focused on his career, they once gave up the opportunity to have children.
In 2013, at the age of 50, Sun Song decided to work with 40-year-old Hou Jilin to prepare for pregnancy, but unfortunately, despite the great efforts of Sun Song and his wife, their baby was not born.
The 58-year-old Sun's appearances on TV screens have become rare, and perhaps for him, having a child makes him feel happier!
03, Song Dacheng is played by Li Xuejian.
In the original script of the TV series "Desire", the role of Song Dacheng was only a supporting role, and there were relatively few scenes. However, when Liu Huifang entered the palace of marriage, the filming of this role was basically completed.
However, this drama was filmed while it was created. When the director and screenwriter discussed the next plan, Li Xuejian, who played Song Dacheng, proposed a plan: let Song Dacheng marry Sun Yuejuan, and at the same time, he would also silently protect Liu Huifang behind his back.
In this way, Song Dacheng regained his vitality, and at the same time, Li Xuejian was successfully "promoted" from a supporting role to the protagonist of the story.
In fact, at that time, Li Xuejian had already won two important awards in a row because of his outstanding performance in "Jiao Yulu", and he truly achieved the title of double actor.
The reason why Li Xuejian chose to participate in this drama is to repay Lu Xiaowei's father for his gratitude to him in "A Thousand Autumns".
Thanks to his outstanding performance, Li Xuejian once again won widespread attention and love.
Despite the warm welcome with flowers and applause, Li Xuejian still devoted himself wholeheartedly to his beloved acting career, and continued to create classics such as "Water Margin" and "Jing Ke's Assassination of the King of Qin".
In 2000, Li Xuejian was diagnosed with nasopharyngeal cancer when he participated in the filming of "China Orbit" in Shaanxi, so the crew decided to temporarily stop filming and suggested that Li Xuejian accept ** first.
However, Li Xuejian did not want to do this, and he firmly stated that he would continue filming: "I have spent a lot of money and filmed a small part of it, and if you stop filming because of me and cause a miscarriage, then your pain will even outweigh my death." ”
Li Xuejian still firmly completed the filming of "China Orbit" in the torture of illness, and this drama has won 9 so far0 of the extremely high rating.
With his deep passion for acting, Li Xuejian has won 33 actor awards in his 41-year acting career, which makes him the only actor in China to win the honor of Grand Slam actor.
Huang Bo was also shocked by this: "He put a lot of effort into the performance, and that kind of soul seems to float above the character, and the relationship between people and characters is intricate, and it is difficult for you to fully understand it in a short period of time." ”
The 67-year-old Li Xuejian has rarely entered the public eye.
A few days ago, the film "If One Day I Will Leave You", directed by his son Li Gan, was nominated for the "Temple of Heaven Award" and held its first opening in Beijing.
Li Xuejian also appeared at the scene, he wore simple clothes, and gave evaluation and recognition after watching it, so that many audiences felt the seriousness and strict requirements of the older generation of artists for their acting careers.
04, Wang Yaru is played by Huang Meiying.
Before Huang Meiying participated in the filming of "Desire", she had already become popular with the TV series "Blood Orange".
Moreover, during that period, she was already a senior actor in Bayi Factory.
When Lu Xiaowei was looking for Huang Meiying to play the role of Wang Yaru, he used some "small means".
In the 90s of the last century, many actors were reluctant to play a negative role, and Huang Meiying was no exception.
Therefore, when Lu Xiaowei invited Huang Meiying with the script, he only provided the previous script, which successfully "deceived" Huang Meiying.
Huang Meiying only learned Wang Yaru's true identity after the performance, and at that time she had missed the best opportunity.
However, after careful consideration, she decided to bravely challenge her limits, and finally a vibrant and emotional image of "Wang Yaru" was fully revealed.
Due to the constraints of her age, she was already over forty years old when she participated in the filming of "Desire", so her acting skills were greatly limited.
Since then, she has emerged primarily as a middle-aged woman and has gradually become an expert specializing in "mom" work.
Although Huang Meiying has not been able to continue to be popular in her career, she feels extremely happy in her love life.
In 1981, during the filming of the movie "Long Road", she met actor Jin Xin, and although both of them had a crush on each other, neither of them expressed it publicly.
However, in the Spring Festival of the following year, Huang Meiying lost the opportunity to date Jin Xin, and in that era of backward communication technology, what was lost may be goodbye forever.
Fortunately, in 1984, the two met again. This time, they did not hesitate to go to the Civil Affairs Bureau to register their marriage the day after they met, and there was no ring between them, no formal ceremony, just deep love for each other.
37 years have passed, and the relationship between the two is still deep.
In the movie "Embarrassing Mother" in the last two years, she played the role of an ordinary mother who often nagged.
Obviously, despite Huang Meiying's advanced age, her appearance and temperament are still quite good.
05, Xu Yuejuan is played by Yang Qing.
Before participating in the performance of "Desire", Yang Qing's popularity far exceeded that of Zhang Kaili.
After completing her studies in Chinese opera in 1982, Yang Qing won the Plum Blossom Award in less than seven years, which was regarded as the highest honor in the drama industry at the time, and Li Xuejian, who played Song Dacheng, also won the award.
Therefore, in the preparation process, director Lu Xiaowei contacted Yang Qing to play the role of Liu Huifang, in the hope of finding a heroine with very good acting skills.
However, Yang Qing's drama appointment at that time was too tight, causing him to miss the opportunity to play the role of "Liu Huifang".
Yang Qing returned after completing the shooting, but found that the heroine was no longer there, and he immediately decided to leave.
Lu Xiaowei was eager to keep someone, so he used the radical method to warn Yang Qing: "Only those actors who can be qualified for various roles can be called truly excellent actors." ”
In this way, Yang Qing successfully created the role of Xu Yuejuan, a supporting actress in the play.
In order to better experience this role, she specially rode the 28 Red Flag bicycle at home and crossed the alley, which is also the reason why Xu Yuejuan won the hearts of many audiences in the play.
After Yang Qing became famous for this play, she still decided to perform on the drama stage, despite her many other drama appointments.
Then, he managed to win the "Grand Slam" honor in the theater world.
It wasn't until 2002 that she participated in the TV series again, similar to the roles of Zhang Kaili and Huang Meiying, she mainly played the image of her mother, and had an intimate scene with Zhang Kaili in "Let's Get Married".
Yang Qing once experienced a marriage, but due to personality incompatibility, she finally chose to divorce.
Now, her appearances on TV screens have become less and less frequent, and in her daily life, she also maintains a very low-key attitude.
06, Wu Yuhua played the role of Xiao Zhuxin.
In Wu Yuhua's young years, his appearance was absolutely outstanding.
Not only is her acting skills outstanding, but she also became popular nationwide for starring in "Fence **".
At that time, director Zheng Xiaolong had already developed a strong interest in the role of Xiao Zhuxin, Wang Husheng's college girlfriend in the play, and said to Wu Yuhua: "I think I have a role that is very suitable for you, should you consider it." ”
After reading the script, Wu Yuhua immediately rejected Zheng Xiaolong, because she thought that the character of "Xiao Zhuxin" was too "villainous" and liked to intervene in other people's emotions, which was inconsistent with her outlook on life.
However, Zheng Xiaolong has a different view. He explained: "In the play, Xiao Zhuxin is just an ordinary worker, although she may have some ** in her heart, but she is very kind and generous to people from the outside world. Moreover, her character setting is also very stable, do you really want to play a woman who is always gentle? ”
So, Wu Yuhua was invited by Zheng Xiaolong to play the role of Xiao Zhuxin in the play.
In 1992, Wu Yuhua won the honor of the 3rd China's Top Ten Film and Television Actors for his outstanding acting skills.
As the years passed, she gradually embarked on a journey to show the image of "mother".
Unlike the softness on the TV screen, she shows great courage in her daily life, her ex-husband is director Wang Jun, and the two have spent seven or eight years of relationship together.
Although Wang Jun is known as "Dink", Wu Yuhua has a strong interest in children. After many unsuccessful attempts to communicate, Wu Yuhua chose to take the initiative to file for divorce.
After that, she met the painter Mo Dafeng, both of whom shared similar interests and soon entered the sacred hall of marriage.
After getting married, the couple had a son and a daughter, and the whole family lived happily ever after.
In addition to occasionally starring in some film and television productions, she has also started her own company and invested in several TV series as an investor, and her fortune has exceeded 100 million thanks to her outstanding performance in the business field.
Now 59 years old, she has a harmonious family and lives a happy life.
From the latest **, we can observe that her dress looks very fashionable, whether it is her ** or her figure, it reveals a youthful atmosphere.
07, Liang Guanhua plays the role of the big head.
In the movie "Desire", Liang Guanhua is only a supporting role, and there are not many scenes, so he does not receive much attention.
At that moment, Liang Guanhua was immersed in the "warm kang head of his wife and children".
In 1987, Liang Guanhua won the 4th Chinese Drama "Plum Blossom Award" for playing the role of "Zheng Lively" in the drama "Red and White Wedding", and was promoted to a young powerful actor.
It was in that particular year that the unit ushered in a fair-skinned and outstanding-looking talented woman Tang Ye.
After getting along for a period of time, Liang Guanhua plucked up the courage to confess to Tang Ye, but he didn't expect Tang Ye to readily agree, and then the two got married smoothly in 1989.
During the filming of the film "Desire", although Liang Guanhua showed excellent acting skills, he did not receive the attention he deserved, often only playing supporting and supporting roles.
In 1997, 33-year-old Liang Guanhua joined the production team of "The Happy Life of Poor Zhang Damin" with the full support of his wife Tang Ye.
At the beginning, investors were very concerned about whether the actor and the role could be perfectly matched, but unexpectedly, Liang Guanhua immediately made it clear: if Zhang Damin's performance fails, he will not accept any remuneration.
In 2000, the TV series immediately aroused widespread attention and discussion after its release, and Liang Guanhua quickly rose to prominence and won the Outstanding Actor Award for the Chinese TV series "Feitian Award".
Since then, Liang Guanhua's career has been significantly improved, especially the "Detective Di Renjie" series he starred in, which is deeply loved by the audience and is hailed as a classic.
At present, Liang Guanhua is still active in the theater industry, and his new work has recently been released.
In this painting, Liang Guanhua is not only obviously fat, but his appearance also shows a trace of heroism.
08, Luo Gang is played by Zheng Qianlong.
In the play, the role of Luo Gang is Zheng Qianlong.
He was born into a family with a pear orchard tradition and was introduced to the performing arts at an early age.
Since entering the School of Drama in 1960, his plays have won a wide range of popularity.
In 1978, Zheng Qianlong participated in the performance of the movie "I Am the Eighth Route Army", in which he played the role of Yang Xueren, the deputy captain of charcoal burning based on Zhang Side.
After that, he successively participated in many film and television projects such as "People to Middle Age", "After the Trap", "Hua Tuo and Cao Cao" and so on.
In the 1990 TV series "Desire", his fame rose rapidly, playing the role of Luo Gang, who has deep affection for Liu Huifang, but can't get his love and waits silently.
However, after the show ended, Luo Gang gradually faded from the TV screen.
It was later learned that he was diagnosed with severe illness in 2004 and died at the age of 65 after three years of battling the disease.
It is no exaggeration to say that the TV series "Desire" contains many fascinating stories.
Although it contains coincidences and hard work, it has to be admitted that in that unique era, it managed to touch the hearts of countless people.
Viewed from a modern perspective, "Desire" shows excellent emotional resonance, and the actors realistically show the inner world of the characters in the play, which undoubtedly touches the heartstrings of the audience.
After so many years of time, looking back on the past, it still makes people have a long aftertaste.