When it comes to Premier Zhou's special actors, many people will think of Wang Tiecheng, Liu Jin and others, who have left many classic moments in film and television dramas.
The Sun Weimin introduced today is also a famous premier Zhou's special actor, who has played Premier Zhou more than 70 times, especially premier Zhou in his later years, which can be called a classic reproduction.
Sun Weimin was born in 1955 in Harbin, Heilongjiang, his parents are engaged in education work, and the family conditions are not bad, but after Sun Weimin finished junior high school, he did not choose to continue to high school, but decided to learn to dance and take the literary and artistic route.
At that time, Sun Weimin's skeleton had matured, and he could not compare with those students who had practiced boy gong since childhood, but he was determined to do things man-made, so he practiced hard every day. Sun Weimin not only caught up with the course, but also successfully passed the examination of the Railway Soldiers' Literary and Labor Corps and officially became a literary and artistic soldier.
In 1975, Sun Weimin, who was transferred from the army, entered the Dalian Repertory Theatre and starred in a series of dramas, accumulating rich performance experience.
Fast forward to 1989, the Dalian Repertory Theatre was going to rehearse a play called "Mission", in which there were two candidates for Premier Zhou in addition to Sun Weimin, one was a well-known actor invited from outside, and the other was an old actor in the drama troupe.
In Sun Weimin's view, if he can play Premier Zhou, it will be the most glorious thing in his acting career, so he collects relevant information extensively, comprehensively understands all the information about Premier Zhou, and imitates Premier Zhou's speech and demeanor and facial state.
Through hard work, Sun Weimin finally won this opportunity to play Premier Zhou for the first time, and has since formed an indissoluble relationship with Premier Zhou.
When the drama "Mission" was performed, the response was very enthusiastic, and he was invited to perform in Beijing, and Sun Weimin also began to rise to fame, and countless people praised his appearance as Premier Zhou.
At that time, the TV series "Fragrant Wind and Lotus" was preparing to shoot, who to play Premier Zhou, everyone could not find a suitable candidate for a while, when the director saw Sun Weimin's wonderful performance in "Mission", he immediately went to him to discuss.
In the face of such a precious opportunity, Sun Weimin naturally agreed, so he left the drama stage that he had been cultivating for decades and stepped into the film and television drama industry as a special actor.
In order to play Premier Zhou well, Sun Weimin has made countless efforts, in his words, that is, listening to recordings, watching documentaries, and reading works, for decades as a day, without interruption.
Sun Weimin believes that Premier Zhou's accent is based on the Huai'an dialect, with the taste of the Beijing-Tianjin dialect, and the tail note has a northeastern flavor from time to time, so Sun Weimin is required not only to master the above three dialects, but also to use them flexibly, so that he can more closely conform to Premier Zhou's style in language expression.
In the process of watching the documentary, Sun Weimin paid great attention to the changes in Premier Zhou's demeanor and demeanor. Like the former, in addition to repeatedly practicing Premier Zhou's walking posture, waving and other movements, Sun Weimin also repeatedly figured out the angle and position of Premier Zhou's right arm. Like the latter, Sun Weimin practiced various micro-expressions about Premier Zhou in front of the mirror, trying to show them naturally.
The last point is to read the works, sun Weimin after engaging in the road of special actors, as long as there is time, he will pick up the works of Premier Zhou and carefully study, as long as he mentions Premier Zhou in a certain period, Sun Weimin will be like a number of family treasures, talking about it.
It is precisely with these efforts that Sun Weimin soon ushered in a career blowout period after he first entered the film and television drama industry, such as 1995, for Sun Weimin, it can be called the most meaningful year since he starred as Premier Zhou.
This year, he was tapped by director Zhai Junjie and starred as Premier Zhou in the TV series "Seven Battles and Seven Victories". Subsequently, he played the leading role in the TV series "Zhou Enlai in Dalian", which not only caused a sensation in the country once it was broadcast, but also made a detailed report by CCTV's "Focus Interview" column.
These two TV series have made Sun Weimin quickly become a household name and a special actor of Premier Zhou, who is widely recognized by everyone.
On how to play Premier Zhou well, Sun Weimin also has his own understanding, once wrote a special article: "When I first started playing Premier Zhou, I mainly relied on imitation, imitating his movements, language, expressions, and demeanor. However, Premier Zhou is a great man, he is personable and knowledgeable, firm in his faith, diligent in government for the people, considering the overall situation, bright and upright, seeking truth from facts, rigorous and meticulous, honest in performing official duties, strict in self-discipline, humble and prudent. How to truly shape the image of such a great man? How to show the excellent qualities of Premier Zhou? Simple imitation is certainly not enough. Every time I play Premier Zhou, I tremble because every time it is a new challenge. Over the years, I have also had times of pain and confusion. Later, I gradually understood that the role of Premier Zhou could not be 'played', and to shape the role of Premier Zhou well, we must throw away the flower shelf of the performance and use our hearts to shape the role. ”
After entering the new century, Sun Weimin continued to play Premier Zhou in film and television dramas such as "Oriental", "Liberation", "Haitang Still", and "Diplomatic Storm", especially "Haitang Still", telling the story of Premier Zhou's ups and downs from the founding of New China to his death, with a time span of up to 27 years, and the events experienced were even more complicated, which tested the skills of actors very much.
Sun Weimin, on the other hand, perfectly interpreted Premier Zhou's ups and downs in those 27 years, and perfectly reproduced Premier Zhou's noble sentiments of bowing down and dying, which made people cry!
Some media commented: "Sun Weimin's Premier Zhou's temperament is elegant and gentlemanly, he can quietly resolve the crisis on the dance floor, so that all parties can not find flaws, just like on the edge of the cliff can also calmly show the dancing posture, such a strong heart and concentration, Sun Weimin can only show through the details." ”
In the past 30 years, Sun Weimin has starred as Premier Zhou more than 70 times in more than 50 film and television dramas, and has won the 29th TV Series Feitian Award for Outstanding Actor, the 29th Huading Award for Best Actor in Chinese Contemporary Theme TV Series, and the National Virtue and Art Shuangxin TV Artist.
In the face of these honors, Sun Weimin frankly said that it is the glory of his life to be able to play Premier Zhou, and without Premier Zhou, he would not have these achievements and honors that he has won today.
In an interview with reporters, Sun Weimin said: "Every time I play Premier Zhou, it is an opportunity to learn, to learn from the premier's high style and bright festival, and to learn from the premier's spirit of serving the people wholeheartedly and conscientiously." As an actor, we must continue to learn and make progress, and to play a leader, we must learn from leaders, we must be honest and honest, we must act conscientiously, and we are worthy of the requirements of the times, the requirements of leaders, and the expectations of the people. ”
(Reference: Guangming Daily, People's Artist, "Great Wall Network")