At that time, You Benchang starred in "Jigong", and the director said: "I can't shoot today, there is no rain." You Benchang shook his head with a broken fan and said, "You can shoot, the rain comes and the rain comes." Just after saying that, there was a muffled thunderclap, and it began to rain heavily.
The director was startled and shouted while dodging the rain: "Oh, God! ”
Who knew that You Benchang was also startled, looking at the god and not knowing what to say.
In fact, in this life, You Benchang was indeed related to the Buddha, and not only was he related, but later he also became a monk and truly became a Buddhist person.
In 1933, as soon as You Benchang was born, a wandering monk came to the door, pointed to the sky, and said, "You children, fortunately, are also unfortunate." ”
You Benchang's parents were shocked when they heard it, "What does this mean?" ”
The wandering monk thought for a moment and said, "You have a relationship with the Buddha, but if you don't raise it well, I am afraid that there will be a great disaster when you are thirteen years old." ”
You Benchang's parents quickly asked, "Master, what should I do then?" ”
The monk said, "Send it to the temple." ”
In this way, when You Benchang was 6 years old, he was sent to the Fazang Temple in Shanghai, and he also worshiped master Xingci in the temple as a teacher and gave him the Dharma name.
Although he became a lay disciple, You Benchang himself was not particularly interested in Buddhism, but especially loved to perform.
So when it came time to enter the university, You Benchang did not think about it and applied for the Shanghai Theater Academy.
At that time, You Benchang's parents were still a little worried, but You Benchang said: "If what the master said at that time was right, I am already 18 years old this year, and the disaster has long passed." ”
His parents thought about it for a long time before they let him go to drama school.
Although he was assigned to the Central Drama Theatre after graduation, You Benchang has not made any special progress in acting.
Once, You Benchang's classmates recommended You Benchang to play the male lead, but I didn't expect that the director said as soon as he saw You Benchang: "No, the appearance is too ordinary." ”
You Benchang laughed at himself: "No way, I was born to run the life of a dragon set." ”
Until 1985, You Benchang was more than 50 years old, and he thought that this life was like this, who knew that suddenly "Jigong" came to the door.
At that time, You Benchang's wife called You Benchang and said: "Old You, come back quickly, Shanghai TV station called and invited you to play Jigong!" ”
You Benchang sighed and said, "It's really fake, make no mistake, how did I hear that I was looking for Yan Shun to start the show?" ”
Hearing You Benchang say this, his wife also paused a little hesitantly and said, "Then I don't know, do you want to ask about it?" ”
After hanging up the phone, You Benchang was indeed a little hesitant, not because of anything else, but because Yan Shunkai was his student.
Where are the teachers to grab the role of students?
It doesn't make sense.
So You Benchang prepared at the beginning, and the director of Jigong waited for a few days without waiting for You Benchang's phone, thought about it and called You Benchang again.
This time, You Benchang then asked directly: "I heard that you also invited Yan Shunkai to play this role?" ”
As soon as the director heard it, he understood and immediately said: "No, no, that is another play, not our play." ”
You Benchang only then relaxed his heart to take on this role.
In order to play Jigong well, You Benchang consulted a lot of information, and finally came to the conclusion: "Jigong, dirty and messy, but he is dashing and free, punishing evil and promoting good, this role, to have Buddha nature." ”
Later, after filming Jigong, You Benchang appeared on Guo Degang's program.
Guo Degang sighed and said, "Can everyone play this role of JiGong?" Is there no limit? ”
You Benchang nodded and said, "There is no limit, anyone can act." ”
Guo Degang sighed and said, "What about me, can I play Jigong with this influence?" ”
You Benchang smiled and asked, "Why not, you look at you, smiling and smiling, it is the image of Ji Gong." ”
Guo Degang was very happy and immediately chased after him, "Then you help me see, if I want to act, I should learn something." ”
I thought that You Benchang would point out one or two, but who knew he shook his head and said, "I can only perform my own Jigong, I can't teach others." ”
Just when everyone thought that Guo Degang would continue to "entangle" a few words, Guo Degang nodded his head and said with a look of admiration: "Some people are good teachers but not teachers, you are not ordinary." ”
You Benchang waved his hand, "I'm just an ordinary person." ”
Guo Degang gave a thumbs up and said, "Your performance is good." ”
You Benchang smiled again and said, "No, the role of Jigong should have more possibilities, and I would very much like to see better people appear than I play." ”
Guo Degang said with a loud sigh, and then laughed at himself: "But I can't act, there is no such fat living Buddha as me." ”
You Benchang shook his head and said, "The Buddha has no phase." ”
It may also be because of the old master's understanding of Buddha-nature, so in the end the old master took refuge in Buddhism.
In fact, there were 3 very magical things when filming "Jigong", which was also one of the reasons why the old man chose to take refuge in Buddhism when he was 76 years old.