Recently, "Armageddon" is being broadcast, and I have seen many familiar faces, such as Tang Guoqiang, who plays Chairman Mao.
On playing Chairman Mao, Gu Yue and Tang Guoqiang are two people who cannot be left unnoticed, Gu Yue has played Chairman Mao the most times, and Tang Guoqiang has created a new form of playing Chairman Mao, so who is more "Mao Zedong" played by the two people.
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Gu Yue, formerly known as Hu Shixue, Hubei people, "Jing Chu Ben family", Gu Yue spoke Hunan dialect, invisibly substituted people into the role, and the body and facial features are also very similar.
In 1978, the Ministry of Culture "selected" Chairman Mao's special actors in the whole army, and all major military regions selected people to send for selection. More than 20 candidate photos were submitted to Ye Shuai, and Gu Yue's photos were also among them, Ye Shuai used a magnifying glass to select one by one, and when he saw Gu Yue's photos, he even said 4 "likes".
In this way, Gu Yue could not succeed in a cultural section of the Kunming Military Region and became Chairman Mao's special actor.
In 1981, Gu Yue's first film "Xi'an Incident" was released, and Chairman Mao, played by Gu Yue, was recognized by all audiences across the country as soon as he appeared, and the chairman was brought to life, even now, there are many people who recognize Gu Yue.
For this drama, Gu Yue sacrificed a lot, Gu Yue had too much hair on her forehead, but she couldn't shave it directly, because her scalp would be blue and not real enough, so Gu Yue pulled out the hair on her forehead.
Whether on the screen or in real life, Gu Yue paid great attention to imitating the chairman, and when Gu Yue said in the "Founding Ceremony", "Chinese the people stand up", people subconsciously thought that this was Chairman Mao.
For playing Chairman Mao, Gu Yue has his own theory, he said:
"Thought is the soul, skill is the means, and life is the foundation." Only when you understand it deeply and understand it deeply will you be able to act truthfully. ”
Chairman Mao was a leader and a great man, and in order to play Chairman Mao well, Gu Yue carefully pondered Chairman Mao's character, studied Chairman Mao's works and biographies, and Gu Yue, who did not smoke, smoked cigarettes and ate braised pork in order to play Gu Yue well.
It is precisely because of Gu Yue's careful study of Chairman Mao that the role of Chairman Mao he plays has both form and spirit.
Chairman Mao once said that when doing things, we are afraid of the word "serious." Gu Yue's seriousness made him a success, and Gu Yue won the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actor in one fell swoop in "The Founding Ceremony".
It was even more recognized by Chairman Mao's daughter Li Ne, and this recognition was Li Ne's cry.
Once by chance, Li Ne met Gu Yue, and when he saw Gu Yue, he immediately thought of his father and cried at once, which was enough to explain the image played by Gu Yue.
Why is it so similar?
Because Gu Yue not only looks similar, but also plays the chairman's gestures, the action of getting off the plane and waving in "Chongqing Negotiations", Gu Yue has contacted no less than a hundred times.
The soft side of Chairman Mao is very well represented.
Chairman Mao is a person who loves to laugh, but also an approachable person, from the photos and documentaries can see that Chairman Mao often laughs, compared with these photos, we can find that Gu Yue grasped this point very well.
It can be said that Gu Yue's role is a reproduction of history, which makes us believe that Chairman Mao did this at that time.
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Tang Guoqiang is a Shandong Han, who has not only played Chairman Mao, but also played the Yongzheng Emperor in "Yongzheng Dynasty" and Li Shimin in "Zhenguan Changge", and seems to emit an imperial atmosphere invisibly.
Since 1996's "Long March", Tang Guoqiang has played Chairman Mao more than 40 times, but in the Chairman Mao he played, there seems to be a lot less smile, and even laughter makes people feel that it is "domineering side leakage".
Because with The "high mountain" of Gu Yue in front of him, his classic role has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and it is difficult for Tang Guoqiang to surpass him in this regard, so Tang Guoqiang has another way, did not pursue Chairman Mao's Hunan dialect, but used a standard Mandarin, not seeking similarity, but seeking god-likeness.
If it is played in this shot with Stalin, Tang Guoqiang's domineering and leaky leadership temperament is absolutely first-class. But when I saw Tang Guoqiang's film and television drama, many people said that they would immediately cut the stage, because Tang Guoqiang's role was very "Tang Guoqiang" and very "Yongzheng", very emperor.
Why did Tang Guoqiang become a "professional household" who played Chairman Mao in recent years?
I think it has a lot to do with the changes of the times, Gu Yue was born in 1937, and began to play Chairman Mao in the 80s, and people in that era were more familiar with Chairman Mao and paid more attention to his every move.
In the 21st century, the older generation of Chinese people have left one after another, and people now pay less attention to Chairman Mao's gentle actions, and their impression of Chairman Mao is gradually blurred.
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The reason why Gu Yue is difficult to surpass is because Gu Yue has regarded himself as Chairman Mao for the rest of his life, playing only one role in his life, and in the 21st century, in this materialistic era, who can insist?
But both actors deserve praise, and they show us a different side of Chairman Mao.
Gu Yue and Tang Guoqiang both worked in the Bayi Film Studio and made movies together, but there was not much communication. In 2005, Gu Yue died, Tang Guoqiang went to mourn, for Gu Yue, Tang Guoqiang said that "Gu Yue's appearance can not be copied."