01 Chen Baoguo as Bai Jingqi
Chen Baoguo sold his house in order to shoot "The Gate of the Big House".
Chen Baoguo's drama is the same as "Bai Jingqi" inside and outside the play, and he has a hard bone.
He was the first actor to be brought into the group by director Guo Baochang.
"The Gate of the Great Mansion" is the real experience of the Guo Baochang family.
Guo Baochang has been writing scripts since he was 16 years old, and he wants to record the real experience of his family.
Chen Baoguo was very satisfied with the script, and at the same time admired this medical family that was dashing and benevolent and made many contributions to the war.
Bai Jingqi is Guo Baochang's adoptive father, and the big and small things in this drama are all witnessed by Guo Baochang.
No one knows the family's every move better than Guo Baochang.
The characters in "The Gate of the Great Mansion" are very rich, and the masters and slaves have very vivid personality close-ups.
Guo Baochang wrote a script for decades, just to record what really happened in his family.
Not to make money, without any distractions, just want the family story to be seen by more people.
When I finally had the opportunity to start filming, I was robbed of the script by the investor.
The investors liked the script very much, so they planned to let their own people shoot it.
Guo Baochang was very reluctant to see his family history being photographed by others, he said:
"If I can't make 'The Gate of the Mansion', I'll be blind in my life."
However, the script was still robbed by the investor, and Guo Baochang also owed 3 million yuan in debt to the investor because of various problems.
Chen Baoguo also said in the program: "'The Gate of the Great Mansion' is a good script that is rare in fifty years. ”
Later, I heard that the script fell into the hands of the investor, and Guo Dao was also withdrawn by the investor.
However, the investor wanted to use Chen Baoguo, so he gave Chen Baoguo 90,000 pieces of remuneration in advance.
Chen Baoguo heard that Guo Dao had been kicked out of the crew, and he kicked open the door of the investor's office.
Kicking open the door, he threw ninety thousand dollars on the table:
"I'm sorry, as long as it's not directed by Guo Baochang, I won't shoot this film."
He would rather offend investors than support Guo Baochang without making money.
The investor also very much wants to use Chen Baoguo as the male number one, so he began to negotiate terms with him, give him extra film remuneration and drama, and the treatment given is very tempting.
But Chen Baoguo was not moved, he was not short of money, and his economic situation at that time was not good.
But he could not do anything that was not righteous, and he himself said, "Men must do righteous things, like a grandfather!" ”
It's just that the arms can't twist the thighs.
The confrontation between Chen Baoguo and the investor failed, and Chen Baoguo was also thrown out of the crew.
As he left, Chen Baoguo patted Guo Baochang's shoulder and said:
"It's okay Guo Dao, no matter when you can start shooting, I will wait for you at any time."
Guo Dao did not answer, but in his heart he remembered Chen Baoguo's words silently.
After that, Chen Baoguo stopped filming, and whoever came to invite him could not move.
He was afraid that he would not have time when Guo Baochang was looking for him, so he wholeheartedly waited for Guo Baochang at home.
I didn't expect this wait to be 3 years.
In these 3 years, he also needs to live and support his family.
Because of financial problems, he sold the house.
Fortunately, in the 3rd year, Yu Shengli saw the script of the big mansion door.
Yu Shengli was amazed at that time, thinking that such a good script could not be stranded, so he quickly recommended this drama to CCTV.
The gate of the mansion, which is full of national righteousness, family and country feelings, loyalty and benevolence, soon received strong support from CCTV.
CCTV asked Yu Shengli to go to Guo Baochang to prepare for filming.
With the support of CCTV, funds are naturally not a problem.
It's just that CCTV wants Zhang Fengyi to play Bai Jingqi, and Guo Baochang thought of what Chen Baoguo said before, and said to the leader at that time:
"I'm sorry, Bai Jingqi already had a candidate in my heart, but it can only be Chen Baoguo."
After Guo Baochang got the funds, he found Chen Baoguo into the group for the first time.
So there is the "Bai Jingqi" that everyone sees today.
It turns out that Guo Baochang did not choose the wrong person, and Chen Baoguo's acting skills are obvious to everyone.
At the end of December 2021, Chen Baoguo was appointed president of the China Film Performance Academic Society.
Chen Baoguo has also been co-producing TV dramas with his son Chen Yuewei in recent years.
02 Jiang Wenli as Bai Yuting
At that time, Guo Baochang did not want Jiang Wenli to play Bai Yuting.
Guo Baochang wanted Jiang Wenli to play Yang Jiuhong.
But Jiang Wenli does not want to play Yang Jiuhong, she wants to play Bai Yuting, who is married to the photo because of love.
Yang Jiuhong is a prostitute, and Jiang Wenli has already played a prostitute in Chen Kaige's "Farewell to the Overlord".
So she felt that there were many opportunities for the role of a prostitute to play. However, Bai Yuting, who married the photo for love and stayed with the photo for a lifetime, is a good role that is rare in a hundred years, and she will play Bai Yuting.
Guo Baochang felt that Yang Jiuhong was more suitable for her, so he had been persuading her to play Yang Jiuhong.
But Jiang Wenli couldn't listen to a word of persuasion, and if she had to play Bai Yuting, everyone would not listen.
This point is very similar to Bai Yuting.
Guo Dao was very helpless to him, so he asked Gu Changwei to persuade his daughter-in-law.
Gu Changwei came to the crew to persuade Jiang Wenli:
"If you listen to Director Guo, play Yang Jiuhong."
Unexpectedly, Jiang Wenli shook her husband back in public:
"I won't listen, I'm going to play Bai Yuting."
Jiang Wenli, who was disobedient, gave everyone in the crew a headache.
Gu Changwei also felt very faceless, and Guo Dao saw that she did not listen to anyone's words, so he let her play Bai Yuting as he wished.
Jiang Wenli's acting skills are very good, and she played Bai Yuting.
She ignored the opposition of the world and became obsessed with "drama".
Later, he desperately worshiped the heavens and the earth with the photo, and lived with the photo "white head to old age" for a lifetime.
Jiang Wenli's acting skills are very wide, and you can never see her limits.
Her role isn't the best because her next role will be better.
Every work is very stunning, whether it is "Golden Marriage", "Happiness Comes Knocking", "Little Woman Under the Gate of Zhengyang" has made the audience very stunning.
Both "Shadow Queen" and "After-Sight" were both pocketed by Jiang Wenli.
Jiang Wenli has reduced filming in recent years.
Basically, it takes two or three years to star in a drama, or a special appearance.
Jiang Wenli is 56 years old this year, and now enjoys her life at home, and she will still pick up favorite roles.
03 He Saifei as Yang Jiuhong
Guo Baochang has always wanted Jiang Wenli to play Yang Jiuhong in his heart, but Jiang Wenli is helpless not to act.
Guo Dao is very headache, and the role of Yang Jiuhong is still very important.
He has not been able to find a satisfactory candidate.
Later, Yu Shengli introduced him to He Saifei.
Guo Dao felt that He Saifei was not strong enough to play Yang Jiuhong.
I always felt that she was almost interesting, but there was no suitable candidate.
Later, at a party, He Saifei drank too much, and she jumped directly on the chair and pointed at Guo Dao and shouted:
"Director Guo, you never liked me, did you?" I am He Saifei, only I can play Yang Jiuhong! ”
Guo Dao also put up an orchid finger.
He Saifei played Yang Jiuhong.
Yang Jiuhong is a tragic figure, born as a prostitute, she has not been accepted by the door of the mansion all her life.
Bai Wenshi never looked at her until his death.
The last words the old lady told her son before she died were:
"You can't let Yang Jiuhong wear filial piety in front of the spirit."
Bai Jingqi also followed his mother's will and forbade Yang Jiuhong to follow dai xiao, a member of the family, to the street.
Angry, Yang Jiuhong tore the filial piety clothes he had sewn by his own hands.
She loves and hates Bai Jingqi, and loving and hating is easy to say, but it is difficult to act.
When Yang Jiuhong's child was snatched away and the family drove her out of the mansion, her rivalry with Bai Jingqi at the bridge gave her a headache.
She didn't know how to perform love and hate in this moment of separation.
Later, Liu Peiqi gave her a trick:
"Don't discuss with Chen Baoguo, you just slap him in the face, then touch his face with both hands, and then snuggle up in his arms and catch him off guard."
There is no such paragraph in the script, and Yang Jiuhong is also terrified, he is afraid that Chen Baoguo will be angry.
However, on the day of shooting, Yang Jiuhong still did as Liu Peiqi said.
She went up and slapped Chen Baoguo, and then touched his face with both hands.
This move directly killed Chen Baoguo by surprise.
Director Guo did not shout cards, he continued to act.
After the shooting, Chen Baoguo was really angry, and then Liu Peiqi told him that he had directed it.
He Saifei performed this scene particularly well, successfully interpreting the psychological state of "love and hate".
He Saifei is known as "aunt wife professional household", and she has played many aunt roles.
"The Big Red Lantern Hangs High", "Paper Drunken Gold Fan", "Color Ring" and so on.
She was a Yue opera actress in her teenage years.
At the age of 23, he began filming film and television dramas.
Now she is a national first-class actress and has won two "film queens" at international film festivals.
In recent years, He Saifei has often done programs on the Xiqu Channel, returned to his old profession, and continued to publicize national culture.
04 Sichenkova as Bai Wenshi
Bai Wenshi alone carried the fate of the entire family.
After the decline of the family, she took great pains to turn the family medicine shop and the White House into a safe situation.
The Bai family was afraid of her up and down, but she could not control her son Bai Jingqi.
The Bai Wen clan controls the fate of the family, and this role is very important.
Guo Baochang did not want Sichenkova to star at first.
Because she was a little fat, Guo Dao felt that she was not very suitable.
At that time, Sichenkova had just finished cooperating with Lei Kesheng in a court drama, and Sichenkova played Cixi in the play.
Later, Guo Dao found Lei Kesheng and asked him to play a eunuch.
Then Lei Kesheng took the photo of the crew and showed it to Sichengova: "You see our "Big Mansion Gate" crew, whether it is the script or the costume, it is very contemporary. ”
Schenkova looked at the picture with envy, but was embarrassed to say.
Sichenkova thought to herself, maybe she will let me play Cixi.
As a result, within a few days, Cixi was decided to be played by Chen Baoguo's wife, Zhao Kui'e.
Schengova thought it was completely out of the play.
Suddenly, one day, Guo Dao and his wife invited Sichenkova to dinner at home.
It turned out that Guo Dao's wife had taken a fancy to Sichen Gaowa, and his wife said to Guo Dao:
"Baoye, you see how much Sister Gao wa looks like your mother."
Schenkova thought to herself that there was a drama.
As a result, Guo Dao still ignored her.
Or the other actors in the crew have been advising Schenkova:
"Sister, you should fight with the director and start shooting right away."
At first, Sichen gaowa did not know that Guo Dao thought she was fat, she only knew that Guo Dao had been choosing people, and she had never firmly looked at her.
Later, Sichenkova heard from others that Guo Dao thought she was fat.
So she lost weight quickly, losing 18 pounds in a month.
This is how successfully this role was won.
Schenkova is the soul of the play, affecting the fate of the family and the emotions of the actors.
In the scene where Schenkova dies, we see "Bai Wenshi" lying on the bed, and the children and grandchildren standing below.
In fact, when filming children and grandchildren, the actors are facing an empty bed.
As a result, the actors are slow to get emotional.
When Schenkova saw that they couldn't get into the role, she shouted from the stage: "My son! ”
In a word, directly let Chen Baoguo bring into the role.
The mother was still thinking about her son before she died.
Hearing these words, Chen Baoguo knew that "Bai Wenshi" was breathing.
He immediately took the lead and knelt down, and the actors behind him brushed together to kneel down with him.
This sentence stimulated all the actors and crew present.
Instantly help them find emotions.
Guo Dao looked at the actors kneeling on the ground crying in front of the machine, and he couldn't help but shed tears.
Chen Baoguo praised Sichenkova in later programs for being very virtuous.
Sichenkova likened "The Gate of the Great Mansion" to "the living dream of the Red Chamber".
Some people say that it was the actor who made "The Gate of the Mansion", but Szczygova said:
"The success of a play, I think, is due to the work, to the director."
Schenkova, who has always been strong, knelt down at the celebration banquet to thank the director team.
Because she felt that it was rare to star in such an excellent script as "The Gate of the Big House".
Today, Schenkova is 72 years old and often relies on a wheelchair to travel because of necrosis of the femoral head.
05 Lei Kesheng as Wang Xiguang
Wang Xiguang is a heinous villain in the play, with sores on the top of his head and pus on the soles of his feet.
Wang Xiguang was expelled from the palace, and Bai Jingqi took him in when he saw that he was pitiful.
Unexpectedly, Wang Xiguang still couldn't change the stink.
Later, he also colluded with the Japanese and became a lackey.
Lei Kesheng did not have a little reversal in the play, making the audience hate from the beginning to the end.
This also confirms that Lei Kesheng's acting skills are superb.
No one used a stand-in during filming.
There is a scene where he flips out of the car, and Lei Kesheng really flips off the car in pursuit of real effect.
Frightened Guo Baochang, Lei Kesheng lay on the ground for a long time without slowing down.
Almost fell into a concussion.
There is also the episode where he kneels down to apologize to Bai Jingqi, and he really prostrates his head on the ground several times.
A large bag immediately bulged on his head.
In addition to the above-mentioned actors, Yu Liwen, played by "Lu Treasurer", Ma Zengtao, played by "Dali Temple Master", Zhang Shaohua, played by "Xiang Xiuniang", Huang Zongluo, played by "Chang Gonggong", Li Xinmin, played by "Zhan Yu", Du Yulu, played by "Bai Mengtang", Tan Yunshou, played by "TeaHouse Keeper", and He Qun, played by "Pawnshop Guy", and eight teachers have passed away.
But their contribution to the play cannot be ignored.
All the staff behind the front desk made "The Big House Door", and it was also "The Big House Door" that made all the actors.
As Szczygowa said, the success of the play is due to the script.
Most of the events in the play are the real experiences of the Bai family.
Bai Yingyu, who would rather be a slave to a thousand knives than a slave to the country.
There is also the ancestral admonition that has been passed down from generation to generation: free medicine should be released to help the poor all year round.
In the center of the "Hongjitang" lobby of the Bai family hangs a plaque:
"May the people of the world be disease-free, even if the shelves are covered with medicine and dust"
The main cabinet is hung with 5 color tin pots all year round, which means "hanging pot ji shi".
Le Jingyu, the prototype of Guo Baochang's adoptive father Bai Jingqi, raised free medicines to support the front line during the National War of Resistance.
Because of this, Guo Baochang regarded his adoptive father as his idol.
So he painstakingly recorded this family history for more than 40 years.
As soon as the news that director Guo Baochang started filming the door of the mansion came out, it received the support of many people in the industry.
Many old dramas came to star in zero films, and several directors took the initiative to call over to help.
Famous director Tian Zhuangzhuang specially came to support Director Guo Baochang, and Tian Zhuangzhuang did not hesitate to play a villain at the expense of his own identity.
Guo Baochang asked Zhang Yimou to shave his head to play Li Lianyin, and Zhang Yimou shaved his head without saying a word.
There is also the friendship of director Chen Kaige to help, and Jiang Wen also came to play a small role.
It is estimated that the formation that can gather these famous directors to make cameos at the same time is estimated to be difficult to meet.
As soon as "The Gate of the Big House" was broadcast, it won the first place in the ratings of CCTV that year.
More than 20 years later, no one has surpassed it, and he himself cannot surpass it.
Because he couldn't have spent another forty or fifty years writing a work.
A large part of the reason why "The Gate of the Great House" is regarded by the audience as an insurmountable classic is that the authenticity behind it, the national sentiment behind it, and the feelings of home and country are the keys to the success of this drama.
It is also the dedication of each actor that presents a high-quality drama for the audience.
As the lyrics of the theme song "The Gate of the Mansion" are:
A laugh
Love opens two doors
The chaotic world is chaotic
A lot of grinding in life
Boys run rampant
Standing up is a person
There is affection and responsibility
I am self-reliant
This proud bone knocked with a clanging sound
Set hundred herbs to make the world fragrant
Oops
No regrets, a cavity of blood
Intentionally
A hundred years of wind and rain, the door of the mansion
Standing is a person, with affection and righteousness, no regrets, a cavity of blood, the intention to help the people, a hundred years of wind and rain.