"The shoes are broken, the hat is broken, the robe on the body is broken, how can I ...... if there is injusticeWhen this song sounded, it evoked the memories of many people, and the ragged "Jigong" who held a broken fan and saved the world appeared in people's minds.
He is a teacher of You Benchang, he is over ninety years old, he has acted in a lifetime of plays, although he only became popular with the two roles of "Jigong" and "Uncle", but his love for performance tells us what is artistic ethics and what is the spirit of craftsmanship.
When he played Jigong, he was 52 years old and began to enter people's field of vision
Born in 1933 in Taizhou, Jiangsu, according to fortune tellers, he did not live to be 13 years old, and only by taking refuge in Buddhism could he escape. So, when You Benchang was 6 years old, his parents sent him to Fazang Temple in Shanghai, where he worshipped Master Xingci as his teacher, and his Dharma name was Chengpei. When he had passed the dangerous period of 13 years old, as the master had spoken, his parents took him back. Since 1939, You Benchang has studied in primary schools in Shanghai, Nanjing and other places.
When he was young, You Benchang not only liked to watch movies, but also liked to imitate the expressions and movements of actors. After graduating from high school in 1951, he was recommended by the Nanjing Federation of Literary and Art Circles to join the Nanjing Art Troupe. In 1952, he was transferred to Shanghai East China People's Art Theater as an actor with the troupe. In the same year, he entered the Performance Department of Shanghai Theater Academy. In 1956, when You Benchang was rehearsing the graduation play "All the Way Safe" in Shanghai, he was selected by the dean of the secret visit to become an actor of the ** Experimental Theater and was assigned to work in Beijing.
I thought I could show my talents, however, because of his thin stature, which did not conform to the aesthetics of the time, and he was not good at dealing with people, the theater was full of talents, and You Benchang was not taken seriously after entering the theater, and could only play small roles, sometimes not even having lines. He once described it this way:"It's like serving food, I'm not the elbow, I'm not the yellow croaker, I'm the condiment. ”
In this way, for nearly 28 years, You Benchang has been playing tricks and creating 79 characters. Until 1984, You Benchang appeared on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala with the pantomime "Shower", but the short four-minute performance made the national audience remember this smiling actor. His outstanding performance has also attracted the attention of many directors, including Zhang Ge, the director of "Jigong". Zhang Ge found You Benchang and wanted him to give it a try.
So there is this classic TV series "Jigong".And Jigong is the 80th role he played, and the first protagonist in his life. And when he played Jigong, he was 52 years old and a man over half a hundred years old. Many people say that the Jigong played by You Benchang has both god and form, which is simply bringing Jigong to life.
However, behind the filming of "Jigong", there are also a lot of bitterness that few people know. At that time, You Benchang studied the script day and night, sleeping only 4 hours a day, striving for perfection in every scene, and trying to do it again several times if it didn't work once. In one of the scenes where Jigong was beaten, the actor who played the official couldn't bear to be heavy-handed, and the picture he shot looked fake, so he had to repeat it over and over again. For this reason, You Benchang was beaten for 12 rounds, and after going back, he was so painful that he couldn't get up for a few days.
There is also a scene of Jigong eating elbows. At that time, the weather was hot, and his elbow was already stinking, so in order to make the filming go smoothly, he endured the nausea and "feasted" and said, "I want to perform this delicious taste." This outstanding acting performance has become a textbook-level demonstration, which has been included in the acting textbook by Beijing Film Academy and has become a model for countless actors to learn.
But these hardships, in You Benchang's view, are just the most basic respect for acting. Just like he firmly believes,"There are no small roles, only small actors, and how much effort the protagonist puts in, he also puts a lot of effort. ”With the role of Jigong, 53-year-old You Benchang won the 4th China TV Golden Eagle Award for Best Actor.
After the fire, he quietly disappeared, but he didn't know that he had another secret
I thought that with this role, You Benchang would become popular, and his career will continue to rise, bringing more classics to everyone. But You Benchang, who was famous, suddenly disappeared from the audience's field of vision, he refused many invitations, and the industry gradually stopped looking for him, and some people even said that he was ...... "playing a big name".
But the real reason is that in 1991, You Benchang's wife was diagnosed with cancer, and in order to take care of his wife, he turned down a large number of drama appointments. It wasn't until his wife's condition improved that he began to return to acting.
However, his fame has dissipated, and he has only received some "small roles" before and after, and he is still unknown after the fire. Later, he directed and acted in the TV series "The Story of Lifan". But this story did not conform to the path of the popular film and television dramas at that time, and almost lost all his family property. You Benchang said:"This money was given by Jigong, and it is nothing to lose. "Mortal" is made for the audience. As long as one person gets inspired by it, I'm satisfied. ”
When he was close to 80 years old, You Benchang was still "tossing", and he sold a set of his own real estate in order to film the drama "Master Hongyi". He once recalled:"The playwright can't see the commercial value and stop doing it, I don't think about the commercial value, Master Hongyi is our ancestor, to carry forward, this is my responsibility, but also my glory. ”After a long period of polishing, the drama "Master Hongyi: The Final Victory" finally premiered at Hangzhou Hupao Temple in 2010. But in the end, he lost more than one million, which attracted everyone's incomprehension and ridicule. But he said"One of the most important spirits of art is sharing, which does not come from the box office, but from your deepest admiration for life. ”In the following time, You Benchang insisted on rehearsing with young actors, and even if he broke a bone, he had to wear bandages on stage.
The prosperity has not fallen, and the 87-year-old used "Uncle" to tell us what love is
originally thought that "the flowers will fall", but "hard work, the sky does not pay", Mr. You Benchang's pursuit of art also made him usher in the "big role" of his uncle after Jigong. In the crew of "Flowers", You Benchang is 87 years old, but he still works nearly 10 hours a day, even if he is very tired at night, as long as he does not have his camera, he insists on playing for other actors.
Mr. You Benchang's lung capacity is much smaller than that of ordinary people, and sometimes he will be out of breath while speaking lines, and other actors persuade him to shoot separately, but You Benchang thinks that the effect of shooting separately is not as good as one. The uncle everyone saw in front of the camera was in good spirits, but in fact, every time the phone was turned off, You Benchang would sit there with his chest on his chest and panting.
For the authenticity of the role, he broke the meat and ate it in the dinner scene, and the people next to him thought that he had a bad tooth, and he said that he was now playing the role of an uncle in Shanghai, and he couldn't eat meat, otherwise he would become Jigong. Everyone must still remember that when you watched the first episode of "Flowers", Uncle still had a full forehead and cheeks, but by the twenty-fourth episode, Uncle was already thin and out of shape.
This is Mr. You Benchang's respect for his career and his pursuit of art, and he also won the "Lifetime Achievement Artist" at CMG's 2nd China TV Drama Annual Ceremony for the role of "Uncle". He has been acting all his life, although only "Jigong" and "Uncle" are popular, but he used his love for performance to tell him what artistic ethics are and what is the spirit of craftsmanship.
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