After acting in dramas for more than twenty years, even old drama bones like Liu Xitian have bottlenecks.
And once people have a bottleneck, they want to break through.
No, Liu Xitian is ready to enter the film industry, and the starting point is also high enough, because Liu Xitian played the famous Marshal Chen Yi as soon as he came up.
So how did Liu Xitian get acquainted with Marshal Chen Yi?
Group photo of Liu Xitian stills
Today's Brief History Archive will talk to you about the story of Liu Xitian's friendship with Chen Yi.
Liu Xitian's wife had a great relationship with chen yi
As mentioned above, Liu Xitian's ability to enter the China Railway Literary and Labor Troupe has a lot to do with his mother's lack of household registration, while Liu Xitian's ability to enter the film industry has a lot to do with his wife.
This is also a double happiness at the door!
In the early 1980s, many artistic talents were obsessed with the art of film, and at that time, there were only films on the Chinese screen such as "Lenin in October" and "Lenin in 1918", but there were almost no stories about their own national leaders.
So, under the leadership of the General Administration, the major film studios decided to start shooting stories of national leaders and war history.
The first is the Bayi Factory, which began to find special actors of Chairman Mao, Premier Zhou, Chen Yi, and other leaders throughout the country, and for this purpose also set up a special "special actor group." This is an honorable thing, compared to acting in an ordinary drama, to be able to represent the image of the leader on the screen, this is how many people dream of things.
Ancient Moon
As a result, actors from all over the country came and began to take turns interviewing in the factory together, and it is worth mentioning that Gu Yue came to Beijing from Dianchi Lake at this time.
At this time, Liu Xitian still had nothing to do with Chen Yi!
After all, at this time, Liu Xitian did not think that he was going to be Chen Yi's special actor, and no one around him at that time said that Liu Xitian looked like Chen Yi.
However, heaven was destined to make Liu Xitian and Chen Yi bond, and his wife Wang Jiaping became the matchmaker between the two.
At that time, the makeup artist of the special cast group of bayi factory was Yan Bijun, which was not small, and at that time, she was also the number one person in the makeup industry, and later many special actors' makeup was painted by her.
And Liu Xitian's wife Wang Jiaping and Yan Bijun are colleagues, which is the fate of the matchmaking.
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On this day, Wang Jiaping went to Yan Bijun's room to visit the door, and found that there were many stills of special actors who played the major leaders on the wall, Wang Jiaping was very interested, looked around, when he saw Chen Yi's group, he suddenly found out how the photo of Marshal Chen Yi was so similar to her husband Liu Xitian.
Wang Jiaping was a little stunned, usually did not find ah, now a look is really quite similar, so Wang Jiaping returned home and her husband said this matter, Liu Xitian also had some heart, and then Wang Jiaping found a set of military uniforms, he is also a makeup artist, and made up for her husband, so that it feels more like Chen Yi.
Subsequently, Wang Jiaping took several makeup photos of her well-dressed husband, and as soon as the photos came out, Liu Xitian found that something was wrong, and he did not look like a marshal, like an old military commander.
After all, Liu Xitian is a good actor with full experience, and he instantly understands the problem of seeming to be a god.
However, the shape has paved the way for Liu Xitian to play Chen Yi, and as for the gods, Liu Xitian's acting skills are time to debut!
Chen Yi, Chairman Mao
Liu Xitian has no clue about playing Chen Yi
Wang Jiaping was very surprised by the similarity of her husband, so she immediately brought her husband to Yan Bijun and let this big man in the makeup industry see it.
Yan Bijun is indeed professional, at first glance he feels that Liu Xitian is really like, but the strict Yan Bijun still hopes to make Liu Xitian more similar, so he is ready to give Liu Xitian a "facelift".
At that time, Yan Bijun just researched a new makeup technology of vulcanized latex, which she studied for ten years to repair the nose and plastic surgery of the ear of the special cast group.
Subsequently, Liu Xitian came to Yan Bijun's dressing room, and she found that Liu Xitian needed to sort out her mouth and ears, because Liu Xitian's lower mouth skin was a little thinner, and the ears were shorter.
Therefore, Yan Bijun used vulcanized latex to stick, and then used her unique makeup technology to engage, without much effort, Liu Xitian completely became "Chen Yi"!
Yan Bijun
Yan Bijun was very happy, and immediately came to Bayi Factory with Liu Xitian's makeup photos after "plastic surgery", hoping that Bayi Factory could consider letting Liu Xitian play Chen Yi.
However, at that time, for various reasons, Liu Xitian failed to be selected for the first time.
However, it was Liu Xitian's opportunity that could not be run away, and later in 1985, Liu Xitian successfully played Chen Yi in the "Yellow Bridge Decisive Battle" shot by Bayi Factory.
However, the first time Liu Xitian played Chen Yi, it was not this 1985 film, on the contrary, in 1981, Liu Xitian and Chen Yi became acquainted.
In 1981, Zhuying Studio filmed "Meiling Spark", selected Liu Xitian to play Mr. Chen, and when filming began in the autumn of that year, Liu Xitian also came to Ningdu, Jiangxi, with the crew.
Stills of Liu Xitian
In fact, at this time, Liu Xitian has no clue how to play Chen Yi, just like the beginning, Liu Xitian looks like a god, and it is easy to wear a gang.
Moreover, Liu Xitian did not know much about Chen Yi at that time, in addition to knowing that Chen Yi was the founding marshal, he also only knew that Chen Yi was the foreign minister, and other personality characteristics and experiences, Liu Xitian did not know.
Movies and dramas are fundamentally different, in order to play the role of Chen Yi, Liu Xitian must not only rely on his own appearance, Chen Yi's boldness and fortitude, dashing and heroic, talking and laughing, Liu Xitian must absorb Tuna in its entirety.
It really only depends on acting!
But where to start first, Liu Xitian really has no clue!
Fortunately, the Pearl Film Studio filmed "Meiling Spark", it is not very anxious, or how long it must be completed, and the director of this film, Lu Jue, is also a good match, who has filmed classic works such as "Yangcheng Dark Sentinel", the work is slow, but the requirements are strict, so Liu Xitian is given enough time to approach the character of Chen Yi.
Lu Jue
Liu Xitian is a good actor, immediately began to look around for relations, trying to get close to and understand Chen Yi himself, Liu Xitian first found Mr. Chen's old subordinates for many years, and understood the requirements of Mr. Chen's usual rule of the army.
Subsequently, under the leadership of the old subordinates, Liu Xitian got acquainted with the children of Mr. Chen, and Chen Haosu, the son of Mr. Chen, was very supportive of Liu Xitian as his father, and told Liu Xitian a lot of father stories.
It is worth mentioning that in the process of understanding Chen Yi, Liu Xitian even found Lai Yueming, the second wife of Mr. Chen decades ago.
What happened next?
Lai Yueming, the ex-wife of Mr. Chen, indirectly praised Liu Xitian
As mentioned earlier, the crew of "Meiling Spark" came to Ningdu, Jiangxi, which is the old district of the Central Soviet, with many old revolutions, and Liu Xitian can naturally absorb more understanding.
Meiling Spark
No, Liu Xitian actually happened to run into Lai Yueming, the ex-wife of President Chen.
On this day, Lai Yueming's family is very lively, it turns out that Lai Yueming's family is marrying a granddaughter, Liu Xitian is very interested, he went in to inquire, this is not coincidental, one after another, Liu Xitian only found that the old man in front of him was actually the ex-wife of President Chen, and he said more!
Under the introduction of Lai Yueming, this story slowly unfolded.
It turned out that at that time, Mr. Chen and Lai Yueming got married soon after they met, although Mr. Chen was many years older than Lai Yueming at that time, but the two were still very happy.
On the day of the wedding, Zhu Laozong, Chairman Mao, Kang Keqing, He Zizhen, and many others came to attend the wedding of Chen Yi and Lai Yueming.
He Zizhen
Soon after the marriage, Chen Yi and Lai Yueming lived together, which was very happy, but because of the revolution, the couple only lived for more than a year before separating, and when they left, Chen Yi left a blanket for Lai Yueming, and then the two separated.
Then in 1937, when the Kuomintang resisted Japan and the situation improved, Chen Yi began to inquire about Lai Yueming's whereabouts, but at that time Lai Yueming was no longer in Ningdu, so Chen Yi inquired many times without success, and then Chen Yi began to fight the War of Resistance Against Japan, followed by the War of Liberation.
Finally, New China was liberated, and at this time Lai Yueming knew that Chen Yi was still alive, so he wrote a letter to the Central Committee and handed it over to Kang Keqing to deliver to Chen Yi.
After Chen Yi received the letter, he immediately replied to Lai Yueming, saying that Lai Yueming had been married to him in Ningdu for more than a year, and if he was married now, if he was not married, Chen Yi was willing to give Lai Yueming a few tens of yuan a month as living expenses...
Lai Yueming
Thinking of this, Lai Yueming couldn't help but shed tears; this letter could have helped Lai Yueming a lot at that time, not only acknowledging Lai Yueming's party membership, but also helping Lai Yueming get the treatment of the old revolution.
After Lai Yueming finished speaking, Liu Xitian was already in tears, and then Liu Xitian took out his makeup photo in "Meiling Spark" and handed it to Lai Yueming, also thinking that Lai Yueming did not look like Mr. Chen.
Unexpectedly, after Lai Yueming saw the makeup photo, he immediately pointed to Liu Xitian on the photo and said:
"Yes, yes, this is Mr. Chen!"
When Liu Xitian heard this, he was really very happy, and he could get the recognition of the old revolutionary who had lived with Mr. Chen, which was an encouragement and support for him!
Stills of Liu Xitian
An old man in Jiangxi must take a photo with Liu Xitian
With Lai Yueming's approval, Liu Xitian had great confidence in playing Chen Yi, but next, Liu Xitian encountered another thing that brought him closer to Mr. Chen.
Under some understanding, Liu Xitian also understood Mr. Chen more thoroughly, and then "Meiling Spark" began filming, and the filming location was also transferred from Ningdu to Ganzhou.
In Ganzhou, the director wanted to shoot a scene of Chen Yi evacuating the wounded and sick, after all, there were not many films in China at that time, so the masses were very curious and came to watch.
On the first day of filming, Liu Xitian had already acted very freely, just when he was showing his acting skills, he suddenly caught a glimpse of an old man, who had been staring at him in the crowd to act, and after a few days, Liu Xitian could see this old man every time he came to see him filming, Liu Xitian did not think much, just as an audience.
Stills of Liu Xitian
Subsequently, the crew in Ganzhou finished filming, they planned to pack up the machine and prepare to leave, the old man saw that the crew was preparing to evacuate, suddenly went forward to grab Liu Xitian, the "Old Manager Chen", Liu Xitian was frightened, the old man said sorry, and then told Liu Xitian a story.
Decades ago, Mr. Chen once spoke here, he was present, and Mr. Chen's touching speech still makes him unforgettable, so the old man is so excited about Liu Xitian playing Mr. Chen.
After the speech, the old man asked Liu Xitian if he could take a group photo, Liu Xitian agreed very happily, the old man was very happy, but he felt that his clothes were not good, so he insisted on going home to change his clothes, hoping to change clothes and then take pictures, Liu Xitian also agreed.
Then, the old man put on a new dress, shaved his beard, and then took a picture with "Mr. Chen", who had not yet removed his makeup.
This can also be regarded as making up for the old man's longing for Mr. Chen!
This incident touched Liu Xitian greatly, and he did not expect that the character he played had such a profound weight in everyone's heart.
Stills of Liu Xitian
Therefore, Liu Xitian also knows more about the love between Mr. Chen and the people!
Chen Haosu asked his son to call Liu Xitian "Grandpa"
In 1982, "Meiling Spark" was released, and since then, Liu Xitian, as a special actor of Chen Yi, has successively starred in many works that play Chen Yi.
And Chen Haosu, the son of Mr. Chen, has also been paying attention to the development of Liu Xitian, and the two have also become old acquaintances.
In the days of playing Mr. Chen, Chen Haosu often invited Liu Xitian to come to his home as a guest, and also showed Liu Xitian the relics and books left by his father, so that Liu Xitian could play Chen Yi more effectively.
In line with the understanding of Mr. Chen, Liu Xitian also wrote and directed a "Frost Heavy Color Thicker", Chen Haosu felt that the shooting was OK after reading it, but some places were a little rough, so he gave all his true feelings back to Liu Xitian.
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Liu Xitian smiled, Chen Haosu was telling the truth, the whole process of funds was 40,000 yuan, rough is too normal, but this also echoed the hardships of the old revolutionaries at that time.
In 1989, Liu Xitian filmed the revolutionary historical highlight film "The Founding Ceremony", Chen Haosu specially brought his wife and son to visit the class, at that time Liu Xitian was filming a location scene on the upper floor of Tian'an City, after the play, Chen Haosu rushed to Liu Xitian's side with his son and said to his son:
"Call Grandpa, ask Grandpa to take a picture with us."
And Liu Xitian, who really became a "grandfather", ate with Chen Haosu's family at noon, and did not know that he really thought that this was a family!
Chen Haosu
This pair of people from different classes, because of Chen Yi, also married as "father and son".
More than a decade later, Liu Xitian calmed down and thought, acting in a lifelong drama, and almost a third of his career was spent on a role.
However, Liu Xitian also has regrets, although he has acted in The life of Mr. Chen, but there is no complete "Biography of Chen Yi", which is Liu Xitian's regret.
As a person who has dealt with Mr. Chen for decades, Liu Xitian feels that Mr. Chen is always a historical figure worthy of making a biopic, and the people's love for him and his cherishing of the people are worth making such a film and giving it to Mr. Chen in the spirit of heaven.
Therefore, after "Armageddon" and other historical blockbusters, Liu Xitian decided to refuse some of the film contracts, hoping to immerse himself in the completion of this major event.
Stills of Liu Xitian
However, this matter was not successfully realized until Liu Xitian's death!
Of course, the so-called life, even if it is dead, will not end, even if it is dead, there can be a hot existence.
I am sure that someone will fulfill this great wish!
Definitely...