In China's film and television industry, many actors have played the image of a great leader. Among them, Gu Yue is known as the most successful actor with his unique acting skills, Tang Guoqiang has become the actor who has played the most times with his years of acting experience, and Hou Jingjian, as a leader among the new generation of actors, has also emerged with his unique performance style.
So, this drama actor, who is famous for participating in "Teahouse", once played the role of ***. He was the first actor to play ***, and he was the only actor who played this role when *** was alive.
One of his performances even got *** personally**. His performance has been praised by many leaders, including Mr. He, Mr. Zhu, etc.
However, ** offers a different perspective on his performance. Before that, let's get to know the actors. In order to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, the Beijing People's Art Theater decided to stage a large-scale opera "Long March".
After the end of the Long March, Li Bozhao had an idea, and carefully sorted out her diaries and essays during the Long March, hoping to come in handy one day.
However, due to Hu Zongnan's sudden attack, these precious materials were unfortunately lost in the retreat. "
Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, Li Bozhao took the Chinese Youth Art Troupe to Budapest to participate in the World Youth Festival.
She also won the warm applause of the foreign friends present with her personal experience of the Long March. These experiences have strengthened Li Bozhao's determination to tell the story of the Long March, and she believes
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the country is slowly coming out of the trauma of war, and various literary and artistic activities also have a stable creative environment and demand.
As soon as Li Bozhao's words came out, it aroused the unanimous consent of the creative team, and everyone believed that this was not only a pioneering achievement in the history of Chinese performances, but also a strong and colorful stroke in the history of world literature and art
When Li Bozhao was worried about the actor of the *** role, a photographer offered a suggestion: the young actor who played the "Cheng Maniac" in "Longxugou" was so.
After seeing So Zhi himself, Li Bozhao thought that they had god-like characteristics, so he recommended So Zhi to the team. So he was born in Tangshan, Hebei Province in 1927, lost his father at an early age, and his mother and son depended on each other.
In order to make ends meet, his mother went to Beijing to join his distant cousin Shi Hui, who was a famous "king of drama" during the ** period. With the support of his cousin, he reluctantly completed his high school studies and was admitted to the Department of Foreign Languages of Peking University with excellent results, becoming a top student in the Department of Spanish Languages.
New copywriter: So he dropped out of school again for financial reasons. His life experience has given him a very unique understanding and grasp of the psychology of the characters. In the process of acting, he often reaches the performance realm of "no need to perform, naturally", which makes his performance and the role one and the same.
After his performance, Lao She spoke highly of him: ".
So he took over Lao She's other scripts, including "Cheng Maniac" in "Dragon Whisker Ditch". By chance, he entered the sight of Dean Li Bozhao and became the first actor to play ***.
However, despite stepping onto the acting stage, he still felt helpless and uneasy in his heart, because he knew that he had a heavy task on his shoulders, and the pressure was so great that he almost couldn't breathe.
Being able to play the role of the chairman of China's great leader *** is undoubtedly the greatest recognition of the career of this young drama actor. However, the challenges that this role brought almost made him unbearable.
In the drama "Long March", the chairman of ** has few lines, only two short sentences, however, his role in this play is crucial.
So when he played the role of the chairman, he knew that he had a great responsibility. Because this is the first time that the image of the chairman has appeared in front of the public, and there are many leaders in the audience who are familiar with the chairman.
Therefore, he must be in place in terms of language, movements, demeanor, etc., and there must be no negligence. Although he was a little nervous at first, with the comfort of Li Bozhao and others, he strengthened his determination to play this role well.
In order to better fit the role, he made two preparations. First of all, he wanted to ensure linguistic proximity to make the characters more vivid and realistic.
So, in order to make his performance closer to ***, he held the gramophone every day to listen to his speech and imitate his Xiangxi accent. This move made other actors praise him for his enthusiasm and professionalism, calling him a "drama idiot".
Although his accent is already very authentic, he still persists in his efforts to create a more realistic and vivid character.
So he has a soft spot for ***'s speech, no matter when and where, he will use it as a background sound, whether it is eating, reading or practicing, you can hear ***'s voice.
In order to better grasp the Hunan dialect, he also sought help from his Hunan colleagues in the theater and practiced dialogue with them every day, which greatly improved his language skills.
So he changed the linguistic challenge from "listening" to "speaking", he collected various speeches in the newspaper, and at the same time asked Dean Li Bozhao to recall the conversation with *** during the Long March.
Li Bozhao was very willing to help him, gave him all the speeches he had collected, and found some *** life photos and other materials. So he relied on these materials to carefully figure out the tone, rhythm and tone of ***.
Soon, he successfully passed the "language barrier".
So after overcoming the language barrier, he began to study and imitate ***'s movements and demeanor through ***'s related images, especially the picture of ***'s reception of Song Qingling.
Director Jiao Juyin also reminded him that in order to better imitate the demeanor of treating people, he also commissioned the unit to find this precious picture. In this picture, ** is pacing anxiously on the platform, waiting for Song Qingling's arrival, and talking to the guards around him from time to time.
In the absence of enough video data, he decided to focus on imitating *** at the station, pacing back and forth in the yard, thinking seriously. After hearing his colleague's evaluation, he went back to study the video and found that there were some problems with his imitation.
In the picture, ** behaves calmly and confidently, full of vitality. In contrast, his imitation appears too deep, somewhat contrived, and the performance traces are obvious, which seems unnatural.
In order to let him have a deeper understanding of ***, Li Bozhao arranged him in the military music team to participate in the important occasion of meeting ** representatives. In the auditorium of the Qinzheng Palace, while beating the drum, he was engrossed in observing and listening to the speech of ***, and recorded this precious experience and intuitive feelings in detail in his diary.
After experiencing the baptism of close observation, he let go of the burden on his heart and devoted himself to rehearsals with his colleagues. Finally, the long-awaited first rehearsal arrived as scheduled.
After the whole performance, he received many valuable suggestions from his colleagues: ".
The eyes are lacking in vitality, and you should cast a respectful gaze on the instructor before going uphill. When reporting, please keep an eye on the head of the regiment to avoid being distracted from looking at Xie Fugui. The pace is a little hurried, and it needs to be steady.
The language is too urbane and does not fit the current environment. There is a need to show more leadership qualities and reflect the courage of the chairman. "
Although these criticisms are sharp, they are very constructive for them. Two months before the start of the performance, he entered a state of high tension, and after each rehearsal, he would take the initiative to ask his colleagues for their opinions.
After a month, the opinions from colleagues gradually decreased. In order to ensure the accuracy of the performance, Li Bozhao invited leaders such as Peng Zhen and Yang Yankun to come to the stage in July, and asked them to give their opinions on the performance.
Yang and other leaders agreed: "It's really similar. "Since these leaders have been with them for a long time, their opinions have a high reference value.
After receiving a general affirmative answer, he was relieved. On August 1, 1951, on the special day of the 24th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, the opera "Long March" ushered in the premiere moment.
On the stage of the Beijing People's Art Theater, the lighting, choreography and soundtrack are ready, and more than half a year of hard work awaits the actors who are ready to go backstage. At this time, the **wait** leader sat in the audience, and *** was unable to attend the premiere because of government affairs.
When the curtain slowly opened, the superb performance of the actors conquered all the audience. When the second half of the sixth game,"***"When this character was about to play, Li Bozhao and everyone present raised their throats.
Accompanied by the political commissar and division commander, "* came to the Chishui River, he looked at the eighteen warriors who were about to cross the river in front of him, and said in a firm and powerful tone: "Comrades, come on!"
I wish you every success. The audience applauded, and even the leaders sitting in the audience cheered for them.
In the next few months, the drama "Long March" toured more than 50 times across the country, and the venues were full, among which the actor who played *** also became an instant hit, attracting the attention of countless audiences.
In June of the following year, at the invitation of Yang Yankun and his wife, he decided to personally perform the "Long March" opera. ** Meticulous attention to every detail, and a detailed evaluation of the actors' performances.
However, when he saw Li Bozhao who played ***, he did not express his dissatisfaction with Yes's performance.
Two days later, Li Bozhao received a letter from Li Min, which was written by *** himself. After opening the letter, Li Bozhao saw ***'s deep understanding of the whole performance.
In the letter, the chairman was indifferent to fame and fortune, and his unproud mind touched the actors of the troupe. They immediately changed the repertoire arrangement, changed the opera into a drama, canceled the role of ***, and added close-ups of the commanders and fighters at the grassroots level of the Red Army.
Under the guidance of the spirit of ***, many later plays avoided his personal image, and the *** he played became a precious screen image of that period.
"Going North" has aroused enthusiastic responses across the country, and the story behind its creation is also fascinating, and the script won the first prize of "Excellent Literary and Artistic Works" of the Ministry of Culture. This work made the young Sozhi a representative of the "excellent actor" who is dedicated, loving and happy in the hearts of the audience, and he interprets the true "actor" spirit by carefully shaping the role.
So with his excellent acting skills and professionalism, he won the first session of the Lifetime Achievement Award for Chinese Theatre, and the *** he played has also become a model for later generations of actors to learn and imitate.
In 2013, at the age of 86, he successfully ended his life "performance".