In the 1980s, ordinary households in China began to have television sets, and they developed rapidly at an annual rate of 30%.
At that time, it took a long time to shoot TV series, taking the 86 version of "Journey to the West" as an example, only 25 episodes were filmed for six years.
So a lot of times, TV stations are in a dilemma where there are no new dramas to arrange.
At the beginning of 1989, Beijing Television found that there was a gap in the preview of TV series, and a TV series was needed to be "on top", and it was embarrassing that there was no ready-made drama on the market.
Therefore, Zheng Xiaolong, who was the director of the Beijing Television Art Center at the time, took over this task: within a year, the drama was filmed.
In 1990, China's first large-scale indoor TV series "Longing" was launched, which focused on the real life of the people of the times, and once broadcast, it was sought after by thousands of people and achieved an amazing rating of 90.78%.
At that time, not only the people did not go out, even the thieves "went on strike", just to chase "Desire" at home, for this reason, the Ministry of Public Security also specially awarded an "Excellent Crew Award" to the "Desire" crew.
You know, during that time, the national crime rate fell by 30 percent.
Interestingly, when Zheng Xiaolong received the task in the station, he only had 1 million funds, and he did not even have a script.
In desperation, Zheng Xiaolong asked writer Wang Shuo, screenwriter Li Xiaoming, and magazine editor-in-chief Zheng Wanlong for help, and after several people discussed it, they found inspiration in a 300-word news story in Reader's Digest.
Therefore, they first came up with the outline of the story, invited Lu Xiaowei to be responsible for directing, and wrote while shooting, which led to this classic.
Now that 31 years have passed since the premiere of "Longing", today Pigo will talk to you about the interesting behind-the-scenes experience of the creators in "Longing" at that time, and see how these actors are now.
01, Zhang Kaili as Liu Huifang
In the play, Liu Huifang, played by Zhang Kaili, as the "first generation of national daughter-in-law", has influenced countless audiences with her gentle and kind character.
However, director Lu Xiaowei first considered the actor who played Liu Huifang, not Zhang Kaili, but Fu Yiwei, who has become famous with "Fengshen List".
But after Fu Yiwei tried on makeup, Lu Xiaowei felt that she was too beautiful and not very suitable, so he looked for Zuo Ling, who had just won the award, but did not think that the other party's file period was too full and there was no time.
Later, when Lu Xiaowei flipped through the actor's resume, he found that the actor Yang Qing's family origin was almost exactly the same as that of the character Liu Huifang.
In order to let Yang Qing play, Lu Xiaowei came to the door nine times, and finally Yang Qing accepted the script and expressed his interest in playing the role of Liu Huifang.
But at that time, Yang Qing was still filming in Xi'an, Lu Xiaowei could not wait for Yang Qing because of time, and finally set Zhang Kaili by chance, in his opinion, Zhang Kaili's gentle and intellectual temperament was very in line with Liu Huifang's setting.
With this drama, Zhang Kaili became a "good daughter-in-law of the people" and exploded overnight.
She once said: "It feels like you slept all night, and the next day you walk on the street and everyone knows you." ”
However, she was 28 years old when she became famous, although she was at the peak of her career and had many dramas, but in the end she succumbed to the identity of a woman and married her husband Zhang Jianquan at the highlight of her life.
After marriage, she gave up her career and devoted all her energy to her husband and daughter.
Xiangfu godson...
In 2011, Zhang Kaili began to make a comeback, playing Tian Shuyun in "The Naked Marriage Era", and since then she has played the role of "mother" in "Let's Get Married" and "Kung Fu Mother-in-law", because the performance is prominently known as "National Mother".
Today, in her career and marriage, she is more likely to enjoy life.
No, two days ago, I was photographed driving a luxury car with friends, and I was in a very good state!
02, Sun Song as Wang Husheng
Wang Husheng, played by Sun Song in this drama, can be described as the "first generation of Chen Shimei" in contemporary film and television dramas.
Because the interpretation was too vivid, after the broadcast of "Longing", he became a national "well-known scumbag", and even when he went out, he was thrown a vegetable leaf, which also made him dare not go out of the house for a while.
At that time, Sun Song's father, Sun Qingrong, happened to be the one who accompanied director Lu Xiaowei in selecting roles.
At the beginning, Lu Xiaowei had already decided pu Cunxin to play Wang Husheng, but he auditioned repeatedly and was still not satisfied.
So Sun Qingrong proposed that his son, who works in the actors troupe of the Beijing Film Studio, come and try it.
Coincidentally, that day, Sun Song was filming the movie "The Secret History of Female Stars" with Mao Amin, and after receiving a call from his father, he braved the rain to rush to the "Longing" crew.
Heavy rain on the road, coupled with Sun Song riding all the way, when he stood in front of Lu Xiaowei, he was already soaked, but it was such a slightly literary mess that just made Lu Xiaowei feel very compatible with the role.
That will, Sun Song is 26 years old, for him who has no experience in love, playing a middle-aged man with children, it is indeed a bit difficult.
But fortunately, he is very hard and hardworking.
In a rivalry with Li Xuejian, Sun Song had to pour himself two bottles of two pot heads to find the state, and that scene was also very exciting.
After filming, Sun Song was admitted to the hospital because of alcoholism.
It is precisely because of this "dedication" spirit that "Longing" will be a big fire.
After this drama, Sun Song quickly became popular, but surprisingly, because of his excellent villain interpretation, he had no drama to shoot in the next two years.
During the downturn in his career, Sun Song once could not find the direction, in order to live, he worked as a host and also participated in commercial performances.
It was not until ten years later that he found new breakthroughs in dramas such as "The Sky of History" and "Migrant Workers of Survival".
Because of his focus on his career, Sun Song and his wife Hou Jilin, who is also an actor, have given up having children.
In 2013, the 50-year-old Sun Song decided to prepare for pregnancy with the 40-year-old Hou Jilin, but it backfired, no matter how hard Sun Song and his wife tried, the baby never came.
Sun Song, who is 58 years old this year, has rarely appeared on the screen, and perhaps for him, if he has a child, he will be happier!
03, Li Xuejian as Song Dacheng
In the original script of "Longing", the role of Song Dacheng is a supporting role, and there are not many scenes, and after Liu Huifang's marriage, it is basically finished.
But the drama was filmed while writing, and when the director was discussing with the screenwriter how to proceed next, Li Xuejian, who plays Song Dacheng, made a suggestion: let Song Dacheng marry Sun Yuejuan, and at the same time, he silently guarded Liu Huifang.
In this way, Song Dacheng "lived" again, and Li Xuejian was "promoted" from a supporting role to a protagonist.
In fact, at that time, Li Xuejian had already won two awards in a row with "Jiao Yulu", and was a veritable double film emperor.
The reason why Li Xuejian is willing to star in this play is to repay Lu Xiaowei's father's kindness to him in "A Thousand Autumns".
With excellent interpretation, Li Xuejian became popular again.
However, after the flowers and applause, Li Xuejian still put all his energy into his beloved acting career, and successively filmed classic works such as "Water Margin" and "Jingke Thorn Qin King".
In 2000, Li Xuejian, who was filming "China Orbit" in Shaanxi, was diagnosed with nasopharyngeal cancer, when the crew decided to suspend filming and let Li Xuejian treat his illness first.
But Li Xuejian was unwilling, and he insisted on continuing to shoot: "It took so much money, i shot a little bit, if you get off the horse because I got off the horse, didn't shoot, and miscarried, this is more painful than my death." ”
In this way, enduring the torment of illness, Li Xuejian insisted on filming "China Orbit", and this drama has a super high rating of 9.0 so far.
With his enthusiasm for acting career, in the 41 years of Li Xuejian's film career, he won 33 film emperors, becoming the only actor in China to win a Grand Slam film emperor.
Even Huang Bo exclaimed: "He is acting with bone and blood, that soul floats on the role, people and characters are entangled with each other, you can't achieve it in a short period of time." ”
Li Xuejian, 67 years old this year, has rarely appeared in the public eye.
A few days ago, his son Li Gang's film "If One Day I Will Leave You" was shortlisted for the "Temple of Heaven Award" and held a premiere in Beijing.
Li Xuejian also came to the scene, dressed in simple clothes, he gave comments and recognition after watching it, so that countless audiences felt the serious and strict requirements of the older generation of artists for the performing arts career.
04. Huang Meiying as Wang Yaru
Before filming "Longing", Huang Meiying had already become famous with the TV series "Blood Orange".
Not only that, at that time, she was already an old actor in bayi factory.
When Lu Xiaowei was looking for Huang Meiying to play Wang Yaru, he played a little "little trick".
In the 1990s, many actors were reluctant to play a negative character, and Huang Meiying was no exception.
Therefore, when Lu Xiaowei invited Huang Meiying with the script, he only gave the previous script, which "deceived" Huang Meiying.
And when Huang Meiying did not know the true "face" of Wang Yaru until the back, it was too late.
However, after some consideration, she decided to challenge herself, and finally a flesh-and-blood "Wang Yaru" was perfectly presented.
Limited by her age, when filming "Longing", she was already forty years old, and the limitations of the scene were relatively large.
Since then, she has mostly appeared as a middle-aged woman and has become a "mother" professional household.
Although in her career, Huang Meiying has not been able to grow "red", but emotionally she is extremely happy.
In 1981, when she was filming "The Long Road", she met the actor Jin Xin, and although the two had a good feeling for each other, neither of them said anything.
But in the Spring Festival of the following year, Huang Meiying missed her date with Jin Xin, and in that era of underdeveloped communications, missing out may be a farewell.
Fortunately, in 1984, the two were reunited again in bayi factory, this time, the two did not hesitate, on the second day of meeting, they went to the Civil Affairs Bureau to register their marriage, there was no ring, no ceremony, only love each other.
37 years later, the two have a good relationship to this day.
In "囧Mom", which was released two years ago, she played an ordinary mother who loves to nag.
It can be seen that even if she is more than old, Huang Meiying's appearance and temperament are maintained very well.
05. Yang Qing as Xu Yuejuan
Before starring in "Longing", Yang Qing's popularity was much higher than that of Zhang Kaili.
After graduating from Chinese opera in 1982, Yang Qing won the Plum Blossom Award in less than 7 years, which was the highest award in the drama industry at that time, and Li Xuejian, who played Song Dacheng, also won this award.
Therefore, director Lu Xiaowei contacted Yang Qing to play Liu Huifang in the preparatory stage, just to want a female actor with absolutely excellent acting skills.
However, Yang Qing was indeed too tight at that time, which missed the role of "Liu Huifang".
When Yang Qing came back from filming and found that the heroine was gone, she immediately had to leave.
Lu Xiaowei wanted to leave people behind, so he used the radical method to say to Yang Qing: "Only actors who can play different roles are good actors." ”
In this way, Yang Qing played the second female Xu Yuejuan in the play.
In order to find the feeling of this role, she also deliberately rode the red flag bicycle of the family's two-eight and went all over the alley, which had Xu Yuejuan, who impressed countless audiences in the play.
After this drama made Yang Qing burst into flames, although she had many drama appointments, she still chose to live on the drama stage.
Subsequently, he won the "Grand Slam" in the drama industry.
Until 2002, she continued to star in TV dramas, and like Zhang Kaili and Huang Meiying, her role was mostly a mother image, and even in "Let's Get Married", she came to a rival scene with Zhang Kaili.
Yang Qing also had a marriage, but in the end it ended in divorce due to personality incompatibility.
Nowadays, she rarely appears on the screen, and in life, she is also very low-key.
06. Wu Yuhua as Xiao Zhuxin
When wu Yuhua was young, his appearance was absolutely high.
And she is also very good at acting, with "Fences Woman and Dog", she is popular all over the country.
At that time, for the role of Xiao Zhuxin, Wang Husheng's college girlfriend in the play, director Zheng Xiaolong had long "targeted" Wu Yuhua: "I have a role that I think is very suitable for you, do you want to consider it." ”
But when Wu Yuhua read the script, she immediately rejected Zheng Xiaolong, because in her view, the role of "Xiao Zhuxin" is too "villainous" and always likes to intervene in the emotions of others, which is not in line with her own concept of being a person.
But Zheng Xiaolong did not think so, he explained: "Xiao Zhuxin is a worker's son in the play, although there is some evil in her heart, but she is kind and generous to outsiders, and then she does not collapse people, do you want to play a gentle woman for a lifetime?" ”
In this way, Wu Yuhua accepted Zheng Xiaolong's invitation and starred in Xiao Zhuxin in the play.
In 1992, Wu Yuhua won the 3rd China Top Ten Film and Television Actor Awards with his superb acting skills.
As she grew older, she also followed the path of the "mother" image.
Different from the gentleness of the screen, she is very brave in life, her ex-husband is the director Wang Jun, and the two have walked hand in hand through seven or eight years of love life.
But Wang Jun is a "Dink", and Wu Yuhua is very fond of children, and after many times of fruitless communication, Wu Yuhua took the initiative to propose a divorce.
After that, she met the painter Mo Dafeng, the two had similar hobbies, and soon they entered the palace of marriage.
After marriage, the two had a son and a daughter, and the family lived happily.
While occasionally making cameo appearances in some film and television dramas, she also founded a company and invested in a number of TV series as an investor, achieving a net worth of more than 100 million yuan by virtue of her commercial success.
Now 59 years old, she has a happy family and a happy life.
As can be seen in recent photos, she is dressed in a very foreign style, whether it is skin or figure, it is in a youthful state.
07, Liang Guanhua as Big Head
In "Longing", Liang Guanhua is only a supporting role, and there are not many scenes, so naturally there is no attention.
At that time, Liang Guanhua was enjoying the life of "wife and children hot kangtou".
In 1987, liang Guanhua won the 4th Chinese Drama "Plum Blossom Award" for playing "Zheng Lively" in the drama "Red and White Happy Event", and was promoted to a young powerful actor.
That is, that year, the unit came to a white-skinned and beautiful talented woman Tang Ye.
After a period of getting along, Liang Guanhua plucked up the courage to confess to Tang Ye, but he did not expect that the other party also agreed happily, and then the two successfully married in 1989.
When filming "Longing", although Liang Guanhua had acting skills, he was not taken seriously and has been in a state of dragon set and supporting roles.
In 1997, 33-year-old Liang Guanhua, with the support of his wife Tang Ye, went to the crew of "The Happy Life of Poor Mouth Zhang Damin".
At that time, the investor was very worried about whether the actors and roles could fit, and did not expect Liang Guanhua to immediately state: If I smash Zhang Damin's performance, I don't want a penny of film remuneration.
In 2000, once the drama was launched, it caused a huge response, and Liang Guanhua also became famous in one fell swoop, and won the Outstanding Actor Award of the Chinese TV Series "Feitian Award".
After this, Liang Guanhua's career has been greatly improved, and the "Detective Di Renjie" series starring in him has been regarded as a classic by the audience.
Today, Liang Guanhua is still active in the drama circle, and recently, the media has exposed his new drama.
In the picture, Liang Guanhua not only has obvious hair blessings, but even the style is a bit tough.
08. Zheng Qianlong as Luo Gang
The person who plays Luo Gang in the play is Zheng Qianlong.
Coming from a pear garden family, he was exposed to acting very early.
Since he was admitted to the theater in 1960, he has been very popular in the drama he starred in during his time at school.
In 1978, Zheng Qianlong starred in the movie "I Am the Eighth Route Army", in which he played Yang Xueren, the deputy captain of charcoal burning based on Zhang Side.
Since then, he has successively starred in many film and television works such as "Man to Middle Age", "After The Trap", "Hua Tuo and Cao Cao" and so on.
In 1990's "Longing", he really made him famous, in which he played Luo Gang, who fell in love with Liu Huifang, but could not love and waited silently.
However, after this drama, Luo Gang gradually disappeared from the screen.
Later, the public learned that as early as 2004, he was diagnosed with severe illness, and after fighting the disease for three years, he finally died at the age of 65.
It can be said that the drama "Longing" has too many stories.
There are coincidences and efforts in it, but it is undeniable that in that special era, it was undoubtedly successful to be able to move millions of people.
From today's point of view, "Longing" has a strong empathy ability, and the actors present the most authentic state of the characters in the play, which really makes the audience long.
Now, after many years, looking back, it is still evocative.
Text/Pippi Film Editorial Department: An Yan
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