Since the rise of film and television culture in the 1970s, the direction and trend of film and television culture have also quietly changed with time.
The 70s and 80s were the era of heroes and handsome women in the film and television industry, and in the 90s, the audience's aesthetic became more grounded, and the characters in film and television dramas changed from beautiful men and beautiful women to small people who were closer to public life.
So a large number of comedy stars were born, Ge You, Xie Yuan, Liang Tian composed of the "comedy three musketeers" is the representative of the comedy stars in the 90s, their works are widely popular, and later the friendship of the three is also praised.
Decades have passed, and the "Comedy Three Musketeers" who carry the memories of a generation have changed from young men to grandfathers, and Xie Yuan, one of the three musketeers, left us on this day last year, and now only Ge You and Liang Tian are left.
"Comedy Three Musketeers" Ge You, Xie Yuan, Liang Tian, what stories have happened to them?
How did the three of them get together?
Today's movie love letter reveals the story of the comedy Three Musketeers for you, and at the same time, on this special day, this article remembers Mr. Xie Yuan.
One
The growth history of the four film emperor Xie Yuan
Xie Yuan is one of the earliest "Three Musketeers of Comedy" to enter the film and television circle.
In 1959, Xie Yuan was born in Beijing to a Manchu family, both Parents are Manchu, unfortunately Xie Yuan's father died when he was two years old, and the young Xie Yuan did not remember his father's appearance and followed his mother and stepfather to form a new family.
In the new family, Xie Yuan occasionally has disagreements with his stepfather, but fortunately, his stepfather is a good person, who has cared for Xie Yuan since he was a child, and will often buy gifts and bring good food for Xie Yuan.
Therefore, even if Xie Yuan's family's economic conditions are poor, he still has a cheerful, positive and optimistic personality.
When he was a child, Xie Yuan's ambition was not to be an actor but to be admitted to Peking University. It turned out that Xie Yuan had lived on the edge of Peking University since he was a child, and every day he watched the talented ladies in the courtyard of Peking University talking and laughing, and Xie Yuan's heart also had an incomparable yearning for this highest institution of learning in China.
Later, in high school, Xie Yuan fell in love with history and antiques, and for three years in high school, he was bent on entering the archaeology department of Peking University.
But Xie Yuan's grades were not up and down, and his teacher said to Xie Yuan without mercy:
"You are not expected to be able to go to Peking University"
God closes a door for you, will also open a window for you, although the results are not satisfactory, Xie Yuan has a talent for imitation that is different from ordinary people, and he often talks and sings in front of his classmates, and the classmates are also laughing.
The teacher discovered his talent for imitation and suggested that Xie Yuan study acting in the future.
In 1978, after Xie Yuan's college entrance examination, his results did not unexpectedly reach the peking university admission score line, so Xie Yuan listened to the teacher's advice and applied for the acting department of the Beijing Film Academy.
On the day of the interview at Beiying, Xie Yuan did not prepare for the talent of dance and singing, but only brought his imitation talent to the fullest.
He imitated a piece of leader speech in front of the examiner, stunned by every examiner present, so he was specially admitted, and Xie Yuan was also the only student admitted by Beiying in this special way.
In the same Year's North Film Performance Department as Xie Yuan, there are well-known old drama bones such as Zhang Fengyi and Zhang Tielin.
Xie Yuan, whose appearance and talent are all mediocre, is not outstanding among the students in the same class, and even the Teacher of Beiying evaluates him
"He is a very ordinary student, but he has a good personality, and the teachers and classmates like Xie Yuan."
His appearance and talent were inferior, and Xie Yuan had to work performance and achievements.
Kung Fu pays off, after graduation, Xie Yuan, who has a good performance and attitude, successfully stayed in Beiying to work.
At the beginning of his work at Beiying, Xie Yuan was first responsible for managing the logistics of the school's health dormitories and other administrative work. But after watching his classmates go to society, one by one, they became famous, Xie Yuan couldn't sit still and his heart was not a taste.
So he also secretly made up his mind to make achievements in acting.
In 1984, during this year, Xie Yuan continuously starred in many popular movies such as "Chess King", "Child King" and "Big Gasp", starring in the movies "Chess King" and "Big Breath", which made Xie Yuan win back two Golden Rooster Awards for Best Actor.
And Chen Kaige's "Child King" won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, which made Xie Yuan have unlimited scenery in the film and television circle.
Since then, Xie Yuan has won the Feitian Award, the Hundred Flowers Award, and the Golden Phoenix Award with his works such as "Shanghai Family" and "Born Timid", becoming a rare four-material film emperor in the film and television circle.
Two
Ge You and Liang Tian's tortuous road into the show business circle
Before becoming the favorite stars of the audience, the comedy Three Musketeers have each experienced different life stories and different backgrounds.
Ge You and Liang Tian were both born in an intellectual family, and their family conditions were better than Xie Yuan's when they were young, but Ge You and Liang Tian did not enter the acting industry as smoothly as Xie Yuan.
Ge You, who has been feeding pigs in the countryside for 3 years, entered the acting world with a pig feeding sketch.
Ge You, who was born in the Beijing Film and Television Family, because he was thin and inferior since childhood, Ge You did not like to perform when he was a child.
Ge You's father Ge Cunzhuang is a well-known film actor, and his mother is an editor in a film studio, but the family's favorable situation has not made Ge You's future smooth, and even Ge You's personality is too honest and shy, and he has not been in love until he is 30 years old.
In 1976, the 19-year-old Ge You was assigned to the commune, and due to his weak health and emaciation, the unit arranged for Ge You to raise pigs for three years.
In 1979, Ge You retook the college entrance examination and changed his old ideas and wanted to be an actor, but his unobtrusive appearance made him brushed off repeatedly.
Just when Ge You was about to give up his hope to go back to feed the pigs, he held the idea of one last attempt and performed a pig raising sketch on the admissions examination of the literary troupe, perhaps because he originally had three years of pig raising experience, but the performance of The Wonderful Xiao made Ge You admitted to the literary troupe and entered the show business circle from then on.
Then Ge You ran the dragon suit for nearly ten years before he came out in the acting world.
Liang Tian, after ten years of miscellaneous work, began his acting career.
Like Ge You, Liang Tian was born into a family of high-ranking intellectuals, but his career path was not smooth.
Liang Tian once told an interview reporter:
"I am the least cultured and uncultured one in my family"
Liang Tian's father is the editor of People's Daily, his mother is a well-known writer, his sister graduated from Peking University, his brother Liang Zuo is a famous screenwriter, and the screenwriter of "I Love My Home" is Liang Zuo.
In 1977, Liang Tian was transferred from the position of artillery commander of the unit to the cooking class to do miscellaneous work because of his unqualified written test results.
Two years later, in 1980, Liang Tian was again assigned to the Literary and Art Propaganda Department in the army.
In 1981, the 21-year-old Liang Tian returned home from demobilization from the army and was recommended by his mother to work in the reception room of the Writers Association, where his daily work was to serve tea and pour water, clean up and other chores.
Not long after working in the reception room, Liang Tian really couldn't stand this kind of boring work, so he went to the factory for eight years.
In 1987, Liang Tian played a small supporting role in the movie "The Second Son Opens a Shop" starring Chen Peisi, and began his acting career.
In 1988, Liang Tian met Ge You and Xie Yuan while filming the movie "The Stubborn Lord", and this movie also made Liang Tian a hit.
Three
The Comedy Tri-Musketeers come together
The movie "Stubborn Lord" can be said to have contributed to the acquaintance of Ge You, Xie Yuan, and Liang Tian's "Three Musketeers of Comedy", and after the acquaintance, the three found that they were like-minded and like-minded.
In the future, the friendship between the three people has become deeper and deeper, and they have performed together, acted in movies together, and opened a company together.
In 1991, the movie "Comedy Star" turned out, Liang Tian played the leading role, the fame was better than Liang Tian's Ge You and Xie Yuan willingly played a supporting role for Liang Tian, and after the film was released, the "Comedy Three Musketeers" composed of Ge You, Xie Yuan and Liang Tian were also officially established and known to the outside world.
This year, Ge You and Liang Tian starred in the movie "New Year", and Ge You also won the Hundred Flowers Award.
In 1993, "I Love My Home", written by Liang Tian's brother Liang Zuo, premiered, Liang Tian starred, and the other two good brothers Ge You and Xie Yuan made two cameo roles in "I Love My Home" in order to support Liang Tian.
Ge You's joining made this drama born the famous meme "Ge You Paralysis"
Xie Yuan played a stunned migrant worker "Bao Cai Brother" in "I Love My Home", although there were only two episodes of the scene, but it also left a deep impression on the audience.
After filming "I Love My Home", the three brothers set up Beijing Hollywood Film and Television Planning Co., Ltd. at one shot, in this company, Ge You is the eldest, the eldest of the three, and he is the CEO.
Liang Tian has many years of experience in logistics and miscellaneous work, responsible for managing the company's production and drama chores, and Xie Yuan is the company's artistic director.
In the first year of the company's establishment, they quickly co-produced the movie "Born Timid", which had a remarkable impact at that time.
Four
The comedy Three Musketeers became legends
With the development of the film and television industry, the "citizen comedy" that reflects the normal life of small people is no longer as popular as before, and Ge You, Xie Yuan, and Liang Tian are also developing in different directions.
Since then, Ge You has continued to work in the film road, and his career has achieved great achievements all the way.
While Xie Yuan was coaching in Beiying, he appeared more in TV series, such as "Mingde Embroidery Village" and "I Love Male Girlfriend" and other popular TV series of the year.
After 2000, Liang Tian faded out of the screen and began behind-the-scenes and investment work.
After the 90s, although the three did not meet on the screen again, the friendship in private was still deep, and the comedy three musketeers were still good brothers.
The three of them would eat together from time to time and travel together, and they cherished this friendship with each other.
Until Xie Yuan's death last year, the figure of the Three Musketeers could only remain in the audience's memory.
Xie Yuan was 61 years old when he left, not an advanced age, he had no children in his life, and the news of his death was announced to the public at the first time by his close friend Liang Tian.
In April this year, Ge You and Liang Tian, two old friends, got together, and netizens left messages in the comment area that "the lack of Xie Yuan" was regrettable and sad.