Now it is called the "Iron Triangle": Zhang Guoli, Zhang Tielin and Wang Gang and others, but the original Iron Triangle was not actually Wang Gang, but Zhang Guoli, Zhang Tielin and another person.
It's just that one of them no longer cooperated with the two, so there was a later Wang Gang, and it was the old drama bone Li Baotian who claimed not to cooperate with the two.
I believe everyone will be familiar with him, when it comes to the Iron Triangle, I have to mention "Prime Minister Liu Luoguo", although Zhang Guoli and Zhang Tielin are now more well-known than Li Baotian in the entertainment industry.
You must know that after the broadcast of this drama at that time, Li Baotian's popularity instantly crushed the two, in addition to this drama, Li Baotian also played many very good roles.
"Yang Tianqing", the long-term worker who stole qing with his aunt in "Ju Dou", the dark and vicious "Donald" in "Shake, Shake, Shake to Grandma's Bridge", and the role of "Xilaile" in "Divine Doctor Xilaile" and so on.
Although he is not as popular as the other two in the "Iron Triangle", he is not inferior to the two of them compared to his works.
But he is such an old actor with both virtue and art, and he has also been abused by many people, even if he plays a good role and is dedicated to his performance, he will still have a bad label on him.
was scolded as a "drama bully", played a big name, cut off relations with his son, and did not attend his wedding, his attitude was extremely arrogant, and later he was jointly banned by several entertainment companies.
Because of rumors for a while, in the eyes of many viewers who didn't know him very well, he became a "bad actor", but is Li Baotian really as bad as the online evaluation at that time? What did he do, and why did he have these labels?
Perhaps, in the same circle, if the child is unique, it becomes the other of the whole circle, because unlike them, even if it is in a muddy circle, that difference will become the bad one.
For example, if he is a bad person, he should do bad things, but there is one person who just wants to do good things, then this person is a bad one in their eyes.
This is the true portrayal of Li Baotian, in the entertainment circle full of silt, Li Baotian's appearance is like a lotus flower, out of the mud but not stained, clear ripples but not demons.
It is precisely because of his uprightness, serious filming, and not being in the same stream as insiders that he will receive some bad remarks, such as when he filmed "Prime Minister Liu Luoguo" with Zhang Guoli and Zhang Tielin.
After the TV series was broadcast, it was very popular, Li Baotian was the most popular of the three, but then the most famous were Zhang Guoli and Zhang Tielin, as for why Li Baotian was not popular.
is related to his incorruptible character, as well as his true love for drama, everyone knows that this drama is very popular after it is broadcast, and in order to get more benefits, the director wants to strike while the iron is hot and prepare to shoot the second season.
For the filming of the second season, Zhang Guoli and Zhang Tielin both said that there was no problem, but it was Li Baotian, he did not choose to agree to the second season, as long as he thought that a good drama would become a classic, and did not compare it and then shoot a sequel.
At the same time, because of the filming of the sequel, Li Baotian also saw the nature of Zhang Guoli and Zhang Tielin clearly, he believes that he and the two are not all the way, both of them are pursuing fame and fortune, and they don't really love acting like him.
Maybe it's really different ways that don't conspire with each other, looking at the current situation in the entertainment industry, the three of them can't tell a right or wrong approach, they can only say that they have different positions, and they think that the good and bad things are also different.
It was not wrong for him to refuse this script, but later this matter was made a big fuss by the unscrupulous media, and Li Baotian was labeled as a "big name".
As for why he still has the label of drama bully, it is because Li Baotian is not only very strict with his subordinates in filming, but also very strict with actors who have rival scenes in the same crew.
If the performance is not very good, then he will be severely reprimanded, and a scene, no matter how many times it is filmed, until he is satisfied, if he is not satisfied, he will shoot step by step again.
In addition to the performance, Li Baotian's requirements for the script are also very strict, even if the bad drama is paid,
No matter how tempting he is, he won't accept it, as long as he feels that the script is good, even if it's a small supporting role, he will accept it, and he won't deal with it because the role is small.
Li Baotian can be said to be one of the few people in the entertainment industry who really regards acting as a career.
Over the years, he has also had many roles to keep alive, such as "Prime Minister Liu Luoguo", he could have taken advantage of the popularity of this drama to receive a lot of advertisements, Zhang Guoli and Zhang Tielin, who were in the same crew, no matter how their performances in the play were.
has received a lot of advertisements, unlike the two of them, the explosion of each role, Li Baotian has never thought of going to the past to make money by receiving advertisements, or to do marketing for himself in the entertainment industry.
With his popularity in the entertainment industry, there are countless products that ask him to be an endorsement, and even an advertising fee of tens of millions, in the face of such a high temptation, Li Baotian still did not waver.
Gu said bluntly: "I haven't drunk his wine, and I don't drink wine myself, I haven't tasted it, how can I say that it's good, I can't say these words."
If Zhang Guoli can have such an idea as him, fans who love him will not be deceived, Zhang Guoli still has a high status in the middle-aged and elderly circles, and he is also very fond of him.
At that time, he once endorsed an "insurance" advertisement, and many people used it because of his endorsement, but he didn't expect to be miserable in the end, and how could he, who had already taken the advertising fee, think that these fans who were deceived because of him.
To be honest, there are really few artists in the entertainment industry who can be as clean and self-conscious as Li Baotian, and there are really few artists who are not in the same stream, even so, he will still be misunderstood by some people.
In fact, it is really not easy for him to gain a foothold in the entertainment industry with this kind of character, if it weren't for his excellent acting skills, he would have disappeared in the entertainment industry, but although he has acting skills.
But then the cake of capital was moved, because of an incident that happened in 2004, his career in the circle began to decline, because he had filmed a drama and how many episodes had been filmed.
But when it was finally broadcast, it was very strongly pursued, and in the end, under the operation of capital, there were several more episodes silently, and there were only so many episodes that were filmed, and several more episodes were added later.
It is conceivable that capital will do whatever it takes to obtain profits, and the episodes that have been added are not of any standard.
And Li Baotian, who is the leading actor, was also very angry when he learned about it, thinking that such behavior is not only irresponsible to the audience, but also irresponsible to the play and the actors in the play.
So Li Baotian, who has always been strict with the play, took the crew to court in a fit of anger, and finally won the lawsuit.
Not long after winning the lawsuit, Li Baotian was blocked by many film and television companies in the industry, and his film and television career began to decline from then on.
However, with his superb acting skills, he still received invitations to some dramas, even after experiencing such a big event, he did not slack off in the performance of Li Baotian.
is still filming seriously and responsibly, because he missed his son's wedding because of filming, and he was also criticized by the outside world at that time.
When his son got married, he was filming the TV series "Never Look Back" starring himself, and as the leading actor in the play, he would definitely not be able to leave, and if he did, the drama would definitely not be filmed.
We all know that once the drama starts filming, if it is to stop in the middle, the loss in the middle is also very serious, after all, many equipment venues are rented.
But it is not a trivial matter for his son to get married, and when he learned the news, the director, who is a junior, also proposed to let Li Baotian go home to attend his son's wedding.
As a father, why didn't he want to go back to his son's wedding, but he was very dedicated all his life, how could he let go of the drama and ignore it.
After thinking about it again, he still chose to stay in the crew, because he couldn't attend his son's wedding because of filming, and in the eyes of many people, he didn't fulfill the responsibilities of a father.
But for him, acting doesn't look like his son, after all, he has entered this industry before he has a son, and no one understands the efforts he has made in acting better than him.
knows his father's difficulty, and his son didn't understand him at first, but it wasn't until he came into contact with the acting industry that he knew his father's difficulty when he was in it.
In the end, he not only forgave his father, but also felt very proud of his father's actions, and owed his family Li Baotian.
But for acting, Li Baotian is the one with the most clear conscience, and in 2020 he also won the Golden Eagle Award for Lifetime Achievement TV Artist.
However, now with the upgrading of the entertainment industry, it can really be said that one generation is not as good as the next, and now it is the era of traffic winning, and traffic is even more important than acting.
This is also the reason why even very large and famous directors now have to use some traffic, and now the judgment of actors has changed.
As Andy Lau said: "Some things are what actors should do, but sometimes a small act will be very sought after by the audience, thinking how much they have, but in fact it is not, but the norms of the entertainment industry have changed now."
The rules of the entertainment industry have changed, which happens to be contrary to Li Baotian, which is why Li Baotian's works in recent years.
The reason why there will be fewer and fewer, after 2018, Li Baotian's works are even rarer, and there are even no works, on the other hand, Zhang Guoli is still developing in the entertainment industry, you can clearly see what kind of people the two are.