Pictured| Chairman Mao
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In 1976, a generation of great people, Chairman Mao, left the motherland and people he deeply loved forever, and there was no longer a figure of this people's leader on Tiananmen.
Countless people remember Chairman Mao and look forward to expressing their deep remembrance of the leader through on-screen images.
In 1978, the Ministry of Culture of the State Council and the General Political Department of the People's Liberation Army issued separate notices to find actors suitable for portraying revolutionary leaders nationwide. After a needle-in-the-haystack search and a search for gold in the waves, photos of 20 actors appeared on the desk of Ye Jianying, vice chairman of the Central Military Commission...
Picture | Marshal Ye Jianying
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Ye Jianying, with a magnifying glass in his hand, is intently examining each photo, and if he draws a red circle on the back of any photo, the actor's life will have an unprecedented intersection with the great leader Chairman Mao.
Geng Biao, secretary general of the Central Military Commission, sat next to Ye Jianying and waited for his decision. Ye Jianying looked at it for a long time, then suddenly put down the pen in his hand, picked up a photo, and beckoned Geng Biao to come over: "Come, come, Comrade Geng Biao, you are sitting here, tell me about the origin of this person." ”
Geng Biao took the photo from Ye Jianying's hand, looked at it for a moment, and said: "Ye Shuai, this person is a cultural cadre of the Kunming Military Region, his name is Hu Shixue, and he was discovered by Comrade Hu Ke, vice minister of the Ministry of Culture of the General Political Department. ”
"Like! It's very much like that! Ye Jianying kept nodding his head, expressing his approval.
Figure | Hu Shixue (i.e. Gu Yue)
Subsequently, Geng Biao reported in detail to Ye Jianying on the specific situation of this comrade Hu Shixue. Hu Shixue is one meter and eight meters tall, with a strong body, and his facial features are somewhat similar to Chairman Mao in his youth, and if he does not deliberately play in disguise, some people will say that he looks like Chairman Mao.
Now that there is an opportunity for the whole country to select actors, Hu Ke, vice minister of the Ministry of Culture of the General Political Department, specially visited Hu Shi scholars: "Today I came, mainly because I have an important matter to discuss with you and your husband and wife. The central authorities decided to select a group of special actors to play the role of leaders throughout the country and the whole army, and the Ministry of Culture and the General Political Department issued documents separately. ”
As the chief of the cultural section of the Kunming Military Region, Hu Shixue naturally knew the news, and he replied to Hu Ke: "I have seen it, I have seen it." ”
Hu Ke persuaded: "I see that Xiao Hu's conditions in all aspects are very good, and his appearance is also very similar to Chairman Mao, and if he can shape this image well in the future, it will be a very good thing for his personal future and for the party's cause." ”
After listening to Hu Ke's words, Hu Shixue's wife Gui Ping was very happy: "I also feel like, but he has never acted!" ”
"It doesn't matter, you can learn not to act." Hu Ke persuaded.
Compared with his wife's joy, Hu Shixue was a little hesitant, of course, he was happy and happy that he and Chairman Mao looked like this, but at the same time he was very worried, playing the leader Chairman Mao is not a trivial matter, if he does not meet the requirements and is returned, would not be too humiliating.
In addition, Hu Shixue also considered that he was 39 years old, was already a section chief in the army, and had a bright future, so should he give up his work in the army and change his career to become an actor? Can this be done?
Hu Shixue was entangled, and his wife Gui Ping saw his hesitation, and Gui Ping said sincerely to Hu Shixue: "You are indeed a piece of material for being an official, and the leaders also trust you, but after all, being an actor is an unusual learning." When you were rescued from the orphanage by the People's Liberation Army, you thanked the Communist Party and loved Chairman Mao, you can only use hard work to express your personal feelings now, if you are an actor, you can express the feelings of thousands of people through performance, not to mention that you can learn anything, and you can learn to act. ”
His wife's words poked at Hu Shixue's heart, and also made him let go of his inner hesitation, and with the encouragement of his wife Gui Ping and the invitation of the leader Hu Ke, Hu Shixue took over this task.
Hu Shixue went to a friend's drama troupe to try on the costume, the friend provided him with a set of costumes of Chairman Mao in the drama "Xi'an Incident", with the blessing of modeling and costumes, Hu Shixue dressed up chairman Mao more like him, and the makeup artist of the troupe could not help but admire: "It can be more like the actors who play 'Chairman Mao' in our troupe." ”
The photographer helped Hu Shixue take a few photos from various angles, and then Hu Shixue handed the photos to Hu Ke, and then took them to Beijing to the central leaders for decision.
Pictured| Hu Shixue (i.e. Gu Yue) plays the role of "Chairman Mao"
Ye Jianying listened carefully to Geng Biao's introduction to Hu Shixue and said with a smile: "There are many artistic talents in the army, and we have the responsibility to love and care for them. ”
Ye Jianying attached great importance to the role of Chairman Mao, and he told Geng Biao the story of the actor Shi Chujin, who was an actor in the Soviet Union, mainly playing the important leader of the Soviet Union, Lenin.
In order to make Strukin portray Lenin well, the state created a simulated environment for him, providing him with all the information about Lenin so that he could deeply feel Lenin's work and life. While enjoying special treatment, Shi Chujin must also make great efforts in various details such as living habits, psychological state, temperament shaping, etc., in order to achieve perfect integration with the role played.
Ye Jianying carefully instructed: "Playing Chairman Mao is not a joke, actors must read more of Chairman Mao's works, watch more relevant documentaries, extensively collect photos of Chairman Mao in different periods, check materials, practice performances, study hard, and strive for excellence, so that they can play a good leader image." ”
After saying these words seriously, Ye Jianying looked at Geng Biao and asked, "Did you say yes or no?" Geng Biao agreed, nodding his head while busy recording Ye Jianying's teachings.
After understanding and consideration, Ye Jianying finally picked up a red pen and drew a circle behind the photo of Chairman Mao played by Hu Shixue, who officially became a special actor who shaped the leader Chairman Mao, and in 1980, Hu Shixue entered the Actors Troupe of the Bayi Film Studio.
In order to facilitate everyone's memory, Hu Shixue split his surname "Hu" into "Guyue" as his stage name.
Pictured| Chairman Mao and Ye Jianying at the Tiananmen Tower
Six months later, the leader of the General Political Department of the People's Liberation Army went to Yuquan Mountain to visit Ye Jianying and said to him: "Ye Shuai, the comrades of the General Political Department and the Ministry of Culture have asked us to express our gratitude to you, and thank you for your discernment to find 'Chairman Mao' for them!" ”
Ye Jianying said: "In any case, I have been with Chairman Mao for a relatively long time, and I am familiar with Chairman Mao's voice and smile. So, my choice should not be wrong. Of course, if you want to create art, you still have to look at the actor's acting skills. ”
"We have film directors in our family, do you want my daughter Ye Xiangzhen to find another 'Lenin' or 'Marx' for you?" Ye Jianying also quipped that the people around him were amused by Ye Shuai's humor.
Ye Xiangzhen is ye Jianying's second daughter and an excellent director at the Beijing Film Studio, and her work "Wilderness" won the honor of "The World's Best Film Recommendation" at the Venice Film Festival. Ye Xiangzhen directed many excellent works, and judging from the words of his father Ye Jianying, he was very proud of this daughter.
Picture | Ye Jianying and young Ye Xiangzhen
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Hu Shixue changed his name to "Gu Yue" and officially embarked on the road of acting. After the age of confusion, he had no theoretical basis and no practical experience, and suffering and pressure poured in, and the sense of responsibility in his heart and the fearlessness of the soldiers made Gu Yue reinvigorate.
The first step in shaping Chairman Mao well is to first look like, which is not difficult to achieve, and the original foundation of the ancient moon is coupled with the modification of the shape and clothing, and the radiant "Chairman Mao" appears in front of everyone.
The most difficult pursuit of God in the performance is like that of the great leader Chairman Mao, who is full of vigor and great talent, and has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and the charm between Chairman Mao's hands and feet is so unique, how easy it is to shape the image of Chairman Mao!
Since Gu Yue was acting for the first time, looking at the camera, Gu Yue was very comfortable, it was easy to stutter when talking, and his eyes were always glancing away, and the director sometimes said angrily to him: "How can this face grow on your face?" ”
In order to create a good role of "Chairman Mao", Gu Yue forgot to eat and sleep, completely forgot himself, and devoted himself to checking the data and studying the literature, and all his time and energy were used to study a theme, that is, "how to shape Chairman Mao well."
In his spare time, Gu Yue will also actively learn from the director, carefully ask for advice from experienced senior actors, under the inspiration of everyone and their own unremitting efforts, Gu Yue finally completed the first role in the actor's career.
In the film "Xi'an Incident", Gu Yue made his first public appearance, and he reminded people of the smile of the leader Chairman Mao, and his wonderful performance won the recognition of countless audiences.
Picture | "Chairman Mao" played by Gu Yue
"You brought Chairman Mao to life..." "You let us see that the great leader we love is also a man with seven passions and six desires." "MissIng Chairman Mao" "Sincerely thank you, Comrade Hu Shixue"... Countless letters of praise for Gu Yue were sent to his hands.
The affirmation of the audience deeply touched Gu Yue, and at the same time inspired him to study performance more and more hard and better shape "Chairman Mao".
In different film and television works, Gu Yue needs to play Chairman Mao in different periods, although it is the same person, but the difficulty of performance is not good at all, Chairman Mao's body shape and temperament in different periods are completely different.
During the period of the Great Revolution, Chairman Mao was young and handsome, full of vigor and vigor, and exuded the vigor and vitality of a young man. On the road of the Long March, Chairman Mao was emaciated and full of ability. After liberation, Chairman Mao was personable, calm and calm. Each time Gu Yue had to meet the needs of the work, so that adjustments were constantly made.
Picture | stills of "Four Crossings of Red Water"
After the film "Four Crossings of Red Water" restores the Zunyi Conference, the leader Chairman Mao led the soldiers of the Red Army to embark on the road of the Long March, they came to the Chishui River, fought bravely with the enemy troops who blocked the Red Army, crossed the Red River four times, and finally won the battle.
During that period, Chairman Mao and the soldiers of the Red Army endured hardships and hardships. In line with Chairman Mao's image, the director asked Gu Yue to lose more than 20 pounds in a month's time.
Gu Yue began to reduce the amount of food, drink strong tea, in order to achieve the plan goal early, Gu Yue will also get cold, sweaty, in less than a month, Gu Yue lost a lot of weight, of course, also successfully completed the director's requirements.
After the release of "Four Crossings of Red Water", the image of Chairman Mao created by Gu Yue was highly praised by many people in the industry, allowing him to gain more and more attention and support.
After filming "Four Crossings of Red Water", Gu Yue's next work is "Father", which mainly tells the story of Chairman Mao and Mao Anying, in this film Gu Yue wants to portray Chairman Mao in his later years, and Gu Yue, who has just lost weight, has accepted the challenge of increasing weight.
Gu Yue began to add meals non-stop, all the foods he loved to eat or did not like to eat, he stuffed them all into his mouth, during that period, the food that everyone yearned for became a food that made him miserable.
The shooting task is very heavy, the progress is also very fast, Gu Yue, who is devoted to work, is on fire, the teeth really make him painful, if you take leave to see a doctor, you are worried that because he alone delays everyone's work progress, in desperation, Gu Yue will use pliers to pull out the inflamed teeth hard.
In the years when Gu Yue was an actor and portrayed Chairman Mao, there were many situations similar to his own painful tooth extraction.
Pictured | Ancient Moon
Chairman Mao liked to eat spicy, but Gu Yue rarely ate spicy, in order to get close to Chairman Mao's living habits, Gu Yue ate chili peppers three times a day, often spicy with hot peppers and red face, every time he ate a bite, he had to drink a mouthful of cold water. He also imitated Chairman Mao smoking and eating braised pork, from raising his hand and frowning to walking and smiling, like another shadow of Chairman Mao.
In her many years of performance career, Gu Yue collected her own performance stills, including "Chairman Mao with Li Dazhao and Chen Duxiu", "Chairman Mao at the foot of the Pagoda Mountain in Yan'an", "Chairman Mao in the Tiananmen Tower"... Retaking Chairman Mao's life path, Gu Yue had a different experience.
Pictured| Deng Xiaoping and other leaders with song and dance performers
He performed the song and dance work "Song of the Chinese Revolution", which was watched by central leaders Deng Xiaoping, Yang Shangkun and others, giving Gu Yue a very high evaluation of his performance, and Gu Yue said: "The leader's affirmation is a spur to me. ”
A reporter went to his home to visit and looked at Gu Yue's own collection of photo albums, and the reporter asked: "After shaping the image of Chairman Mao, you must have received many letters from the audience." ”
Referring to the audience, Gu Yue said excitedly, "Yes." I will never forget the encouragement and support I received from letter to letter.
Gu Yue told reporters about a special letter, which he remembered deeply, that is, after the broadcast of the work "Father", the father of a labor prisoner wrote a letter to Gu Yue, saying that he was deeply touched by the leader Chairman Mao's love and care for his children, and this father regretted that he had not been able to educate his children well, and he expressed his full sincerity to Chairman Mao's actor Gu Yue.
The letter from the father of the prisoner of labor gave Gu Yue a deeper understanding of the significance of shaping Chairman Mao.
When filming "Father", a foreign reporter interviewed Gu Yue: "In the West, if an actor only plays a person, then his artistic life is extremely short, do you have any other plans?" ”
"How many movies can Chairman Mao make?" Fifty is not a lot, not a hundred, even if you want to write as much as you want to write, if I want to play this role, then I will not be idle in this life. Gu Yue replied firmly.
<h1 class="pgc-h-center-line" data-track="178" > Li Ne wept in front of Gu Yue</h1>
Chairman Mao portrayed by Gu Yue was indeed so successful that some people began to study "Why does Gu Yue play Chairman Mao so much like" or write articles mentioning that Chairman Mao had lost a child during the war years, while Gu Yue said that he was an orphan and doubted their blood relationship.
Later, Gu Yue specifically explained: "That is out of nothing, I have never and cannot say such a thing." ”
In 1932, Chairman Mao's wife, He Zizhen, gave birth to a child in Fujian, nicknamed Mao Mao. At the beginning of the Long March, Chairman Mao and He Zizhen, after consultation, decided to hand over Mao Mao to his younger brother Mao Zeqin Heyi, who was in charge of guerrilla activities, to raise him.
In order to protect the safety of young Mao Mao, Mao Zeqin secretly transferred him to the home of a guard in Ruijin, Jiangxi Province, and asked him to raise him on his behalf, and in 1935 Mao Zeqin died heroically in battle, and Mao Mao's whereabouts are unknown.
Mao Mao is known as the child that Chairman Mao lost during the war years, and this is the great sacrifice made by Chairman Mao's family for the revolution.
Gu Yue was indeed an orphan, born in 1937, his parents had left when he was young, leaving him and his sister alone. At the age of six, the sisters and brothers were sent to the Guilin Orphanage, and life was not easy when they were young. After liberation, Gu Yue was taken out of the orphanage by the People's Liberation Army. For a long time, Gu Yue was grateful to Chairman Mao, to the Communist Party, and to the People's Liberation Army.
Pictured| Mao Zeqin
But Gu Yue is not Chairman Mao's lost child Mao Mao, he shaped Chairman Mao's imagination like this, naturally his original appearance, coupled with perseverance, is the result of his years of efforts.
Before Gu Yue filmed the work "Out of Xibaipo" in Hebei, it happened that Chairman Mao's daughter Li Ne was also in Hebei, and when he heard that the actor Gu Yue, who played his father, was filming locally, Li Ne came to the crew.
When Li Ne arrived, Gu Yue had just finished a performance, and he was still playing the shape and costume of "Chairman Mao", Li Ne saw Gu Yue and instantly froze, the person in front of him and his father were too similar.
Looking at the kind and kind Gu Yue, Li Ne seemed to recall the years when she was with her father when she was young, and the past events swelled, li Ne emotionally hugged Gu Yue, cried bitterly, and cried silently, releasing her deep thoughts about her father for a long time in front of Gu Yue.
Pictured| Chairman Mao with his daughter Li Ne
On that day, Li Ne and Gu Yue sat together and talked for a long time, and before leaving, Li Ne bowed deeply to Gu Yue, and this bow was full of Li Ne's deep gratitude to Gu Yue, and it was also a recognition and affirmation of chairman Mao who had shaped him over the years.
In the acting world, Gu Yue is an ordinary actor, who, like thousands of performers, has been in different works and honed his acting skills with his heart. At the same time, he is also an ordinary actor, and he has only created one role in his life, that is, "Chairman Mao"!
In July 2005, Gu Yue, the deeply popular Chairman Mao actor, unfortunately died of illness. Countless viewers lamented it.
Pictured | actor Gu Yue
Gu Yue had said before that he would act in a hundred films about Chairman Mao in his lifetime, and by the time he left, he had already participated in 84 film and television works and portrayed Chairman Mao 84 times. Actor Gu Yue finally did not live up to marshal Ye Jianying's instructions!
Actor Gu Yue, who only played "Chairman Mao" in his life, please remember his masterpieces "Xi'an Incident", "Founding Ceremony", "The Story of Mao Zedong", "Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea", "The Great Turning Point"...