The current film industry is surging, and all kinds of gossip news are emerging in an endless stream, which makes people miss those low-key and down-to-earth artists of the older generation.
Among the many predecessors, there is an old gentleman who has risen to prominence since the 60s and has been a true idol star until the 80s. However, the old man never bought a car in his life and always traveled on his bicycle. In addition, he has always been conscientious about his work, and despite the age of 83, he still goes to work every day. What is even more enviable is that he only loved his wife all his life.
So, do you also want to know who this highly respected senior is?
What about his artistic career?
Beginners. The predecessor we are going to talk about today is the famous film performance artist Da Shichang.
Born in 1940, he is a Shanghai-based artist who ranks ninth in his hometown.
When it comes to the hardships of family life, it can be said that it is really miserable. Unfortunately, my father was in poor health and lost his ability to work at an early age, and the family could only rely on my mother to support themselves. Therefore, Da Lao has a deep understanding of the hard life since he was a child. However, he was also lucky, because at the age of nine, New China was founded.
When he was in middle school, he was very interested in radio dramas, and he also loved movies. This interest became his best teacher. At that time, as long as there were theatrical performances in the school, you would definitely be able to see Da Lao actively participating in them. It was at this stage that he aspired to become an actor in the service of the people.
In the summer of 1959, Da Lao had just graduated from middle school, and the good news came that Shanghai Film College was recruiting students. He was very fortunate to be admitted smoothly. Even more fortunately, his mentors turned out to be contemporary performing arts masters such as Bugari and Ling Zhihao.
It can be said that Da Lao stood out among the students in that class, and there is an example to prove this.
At the graduation ceremony, students are customary to rehearse a play. And the role played by Da Lao is the clown in "Twelfth Night", which surprised everyone.
At first, Da Lao was very puzzled. However, he quickly understood the painstaking efforts of his mentors.
Although this clown is just a small character who works hard for amusement in the play, the actor needs to have extremely high talents in terms of body, ** and language when performing, and the requirements are very strict.
Therefore, the mentors decided to let Da Lao play this role, and break through himself by creating a clown, and then improve the image of the character.
The actor Da Lao finally fulfilled the audience's expectations, and his acting skills were extremely good. As the saying goes, "connoisseurs know what they do". After the performance, Zhao Dan, the older generation judge, shook Da Lao's hand in admiration and praised: "Young man, your kung fu is very good!."This has undoubtedly brought great encouragement to Da Lao.
In August 1962, Da Lao graduated with first-class excellent grades in all subjects, and then joined the actors' troupe of Shanghai Film Studio in September. After two years of wandering and grinding, he finally ushered in his famous work, "The Young Generation".
Before the filming of the film, Da Lao had already played the male protagonist Lin Yusheng in the drama of the same name. In the movie, he played this role again, which can be said to be at ease.
However, Da Lao was not satisfied, and still started from scratch, striving for better improvement by experiencing life and repeatedly figuring out the characteristics of the role. For most of the shoot, his performance was impeccable and he completed the task without a hitch. However, in the crucial ending scene, he ran into a problem, how could he not express the grief of the martyr's orphan Lin Yusheng in the face of his parents' suicide note.
At that time, director Ling Zhihao sat next to him, told him that "the more thoughts, the less smooth his acting skills became", and patiently guided him to resonate emotionally with the character. Ling Zhihao kept talking, and Da Lao was infected by his words and deeds, and finally successfully completed the filming of this scene.
With this film, the fledgling Da Lao has become one of the outstanding young actors. More than half a century later, Da Lao still misses the help that Mr. Ling Zhihao helped him at the beginning. He affectionately praised the mentor as "the light of life that brought me infinite light."
However, just when Da Lao was ready to move forward and keep pursuing progress, he left the film industry for eight years for some "special reason".
It wasn't until 1973 that he returned to the film career he loved, and the first film he restarted was the remake of "The Young Generation", which continued to star Lin Yusheng. Since then, he has also starred in the famous "Unforgettable Battle" and "New Wind Song".
However, during the filming of "Spy in East Port" in 1977, something happened. And this incident had a great "impact" on his life.
What the hell is going on?
In this film, Da Lao plays a public security fighter.
In one of the scenes, he drives a jeep at high speed on a winding mountain road. In order to create a tense atmosphere, the director asked the actors to go into battle in person, without any special effects. Da Lao was no exception, however, when the vehicle was turning, an accident happened.
The jeep slammed into the mountain wall, and the entire crew was in a panic. 40 years ago, four well-known actors traveled by car, and in addition to Da Lao, the other three suffered serious injuries: some dislocated arms, some head injuries, and another in unbearable pain, and Da Lao's thigh was also severely torn.
This car accident was a major disaster.
Realizing that his negligence had caused his other partners to suffer greatly, Da Lao made up his mind not to touch the car again. Therefore, even as his living conditions gradually improved, he never bought a car, but chose to travel by bicycle. Decades later, when the old artist mentioned this matter again, the guilt in his heart was still difficult to hide, and his choked words turned into speechless.
In the 80s of the last century, Da Lao's performing arts reached its peak. In 1982, he partnered with Pan Hong to star in the well-known "Middle-aged Man", which became an eternal memory of that era.
In 1984, in "Tan Sitong", he showed excellent acting skills, which made the older generation of actor Wang Xingang praise: "Lao Da brought Tan Sitong to life!."”
Soon after, the famous Hong Kong director Ann Hui planned to shoot a blockbuster adaptation of Jin Yong's work, "The Book of Swords and Enmity". This is the first film and television work adapted by Jin Yong himself, which requires filming in the mainland and the use of mainland actors.
After Director Xu watched "Tan Sitong", he invited Da Lao to play Emperor Qianlong in the film.
During the filming process, there were two shots that fully demonstrated Da Lao's excellent acting skills and professionalism.
One of the scenes is a meeting between the Qianlong Emperor and a prostitute.
Da Lao deliberately tidied up his hairstyle. The audience couldn't stop laughing after watching it, and sighed: "It turns out that Qianlong also cares about the image when he sees a beautiful woman!."”
The audience's response was very pleasing to Mr. Da, who said: "The Hong Kong audience understands this little detail that I arranged!”
Another scene is Qianlong riding a horse and archery, which was completed by Da Lao himself.
At that time, he needed to ride a horse and exercise a bow, and the imaginary danger and difficulty can be imagined. However, he was familiar with the road and received warm applause from the whole crew.
But Director Xu still proposed: "Lao Da, please straighten up a little more, okay?"
So, the camera starts again.
This time, in order to be more powerful, Da Lao straightened up and only hung the horse's reins a little with his little finger. At that time, horses were not walking leisurely, but galloping. It was too late, and then it was fast, and Da Lao drew his bow and aimed like a curve and an arrow, and the shooting was successfully completed.
Afterwards, Da Lao looked back on the scene at that time, and was still a little afraid, saying: "At that time, it was really like playing with my life, and I almost experienced the test of life and death several times." ”
With this film, Da Lao was nominated for Best Actor at the Hong Kong Film Awards, and he is also the first mainland actor to be nominated for the award.
The love between the two is convincing, and their story is full of warmth and determination from the beginning. Back in the past, Da Lao and Wang Wenhao were classmates at the Film College, Wang Wenhao was an introverted and quiet rural girl. It's a pity that her parents died early, and she grew up with her brother and sister-in-law, and the tuition and living expenses were paid by her brother and sister-in-law. However, because my brother and sister-in-law have children of their own, they are not financially well-off. When Wang Wenhao is on vacation, he usually stays in the dormitory alone and passes the time by reading books and newspapers. The same is true of Da Lao's family, he has many siblings, and the house is not enough to live in, so he usually does not go home and studies at school during the holidays.
Because of this, the two young men slowly began to get acquainted with each other.
Wang Wenhao's physical condition was not good, his throat was still broken, and he had to take a year off from school. And Da Lao gave her meticulous care of the unaccompanied country girl in life. It can be said that from then on, they began a life of mutual support, and love blossomed naturally.
After graduating, they face a lot of life pressure. Someone persuaded Da Lao that Wang Wenhao was not in good health and could not become an actor, and he would become a burden to him in the future.
At the same time, some people persuaded Wang Wenhao, saying that Da's family was poor, and she should find someone with better economic conditions.
However, the two young people are indestructible in their feelings for each other and choose to be together without hesitation.
In September 1966, Shanghai Film Studio gave Da Lao a house of less than 7 square meters. Despite the limited space, Da Lao and Wang Wenhao are very happy about it, and they have furnished the house very well. In fact, there was only one bed, a table, and a chair in the entire room. The new home only has a pair of pillowcases from a friend. A few days later, on National Day, they finally got married.
Their marriage is not rich, when Da Lao went out to film, Wang Wenhao only ate vegetarian food at home and never enjoyed meat. She even lived a frugal life and helped Da Lao pay off the debts he owed because of his father's medical treatment. At the same time, everything in the family is taken care of by her. Da Lao felt that he owed his wife Wang Wenhao a lot all his life. Years later, he vividly recalled that his wife had barely bought new clothes, even watches, until twelve years after they had been married.
In 1971, when Da Lao was working in the fields, he received the news that his wife had a difficult birth and hurried back to Shanghai.
In order to give birth to seedlings safely, Wang Wenhao, who was already weak, still silently took care of the children and housework, but as a result, he was more and more unable to take oxygen, and he did not get better when he was old.
Whenever he talked about this past, Da Lao felt very remorseful. He always said, "My lover has sacrificed almost everything for this family!".”
With the hit of the movie "Unforgettable Battle", Da Lao has become an idol in the hearts of many young people. He was sought after by many young girls to write letters, sometimes with his own **.
However, Da Lao was never bothered by this, and he always loved his wife consistently.
A friend once asked Wang Wenhao: "Lao Da is handsome and talented, many girls like him, and he often plays husband and wife with many beautiful actresses, don't you feel worried?"”
In this regard, Wang Wenhao just smiled and replied: "I believe him!".”
That's right, Da Lao has always kept his promise to his wife. Nowadays, many actors who forget their roots after becoming famous can be said to be very different from Da Lao.
At the end of the 80s of the last century, they finally got a job, and they moved into a new house arranged by Shanghai Film Studio from **, which was still a house with a small area.
It wasn't until 2001 that the old couple had their first commercial house. Located in the Pudong district, the house is a luxury apartment with more than 40 floors.
Although Da Lao has entered the moment of retirement, he is still working hard. Now he is 83 years old, but he still insists on clocking in and out every day as usual.
So, what difference does he make?
Da Lao is a guest actor in the Shanghai Film Troupe.
In fact, he also has the opportunity to go abroad. But Da Lao was afraid that his body would not be able to cope with the rhythm of filming, which would affect the progress of the entire crew.
Moreover, he is also worried that he is too old and decrepit to perform on stage, and he does not want to live up to the audience's trust in him.
However, he soon had the opportunity to showcase his talent and energy. That is to work as the director of an audio drama in the Shanghai Film Theater Troupe and play a role in it.
This year, his busiest thing is recording the audio drama "The Gadfly".
Someone asked, "Do you want to be busy for the troupe or the audience?"”
Da Lao replied: "My family has always been poor. From childhood to adulthood, we all lived on state subsidies. Therefore, as the first generation of actors cultivated by New China, the older I get, the more I want to do something for the country and society to express my gratitude to the party and the country.
The iron-cold route spirals to the attic of the theater, which has been transformed into a "studio" by Mr. Dashi Chang. Every morning at 9 a.m., he leaves the mansion and is only an hour away from the theater. There is no elevator in the small building, so he has to climb 4 floors by himself. In the summer, he could not turn on the air conditioning to maintain a quiet working environment, and could only work in a stuffy and hot environment for several hours.
Even so, Mr. Dashi can still work for hours on end, and if there is unfinished work, he will even work overtime.
He often said among his colleagues: "If you have an opinion, put it forward, if it doesn't work, I'll do it again." The old artist once said: "There is no end to good works!"."This is our people's artist, Mr. Da Shi Chang, and his inspirational story. How can such a senior not make us respect him, and how can we not become a role model for the younger generation?It is indeed a blessing for the country and the people to have such artists!Let's wish Mr. Dashi Chang a long and healthy life!I wish the old artists continued to be full of vitality on the road to creating brilliance!