In the eyes of many people, Li Weikang is like an "evergreen tree": he rose to prominence on stage at the age of 12, was admitted to the Chinese Opera School in 1958, graduated in 1966, and entered the Peking Theater of China after graduation, "Xiaoying" in "Plain Combat" in 1974, let people appreciate her style, successfully played Yang Kaihui in the new drama "Butterfly Love Flowers" in 1977 and achieved great success, and served as the head of the second troupe of the Peking Theater of China from the early 80s to the 90s.
In the 85 version of the drama "Four Lives in the Same Room", one of the most memorable roles is the role of Yunmei played by Li Weikang. She is dignified and beautiful, gentle and quiet, so she has become a goddess in the hearts of many people. Although Li Weikang is a famous Peking Opera actor, his performance in this drama is quite natural and life-like, and there is no stylized thing in opera. Because of her outstanding performance in "Four Lives in the Same Room", she won the Golden Eagle Award for Best Actress on Popular Television that year.
Yunmei, played by Li Weikang, has not been in school, does not read much, and even her scientific name is sent by Rui Xuan. She is busy with children and oil, salt, sauce and vinegar every day, and is a good person in the hearts of everyone in the Qi family. She does not have Ruixuan's mind, does not have the appearance of Miss Guanjia, and does not have a gorgeous coat, but she has a big love, and she wraps the life of the family with love. Every day of receiving food, she got up before dawn, freshened up casually, prepared breakfast for her family, and hurriedly set off in the stars and moon.
It is natural for a person to be able to love himself, but it is his ability to love others.
Yunmei loves her family, she has to find a way to take care of her family, she dutifully plays every role in the big family, Li Weikang's Yunmei let us see the bravery, strength and great love of Chinese women.
For the role of Yunmei, director Lin Ruwei has tried many suitable-looking actors, but young actors do not know much about the basic situation of ordinary people living at the grassroots level. Director Lin said, "The etiquette of the 30s could not be taught for a while. ”
So, Lin Ru found Li Weikang for the trustee. "The first time she came to my house, she had just come back from a European show and had a split cut." This makes Lin Ruwei a little vague, can this be Lao She's character?
That time was also the first time that Li Weikang met with Mr. Shao Hua, the actor of Old Man Qi. "When she saw her grandfather, she didn't dare to sit. How many times you say it just don't dare. Lin Ruwei wanted her to sit, so Li Weikang turned sideways and gently leaned on the arm of the sofa. At this point, I was more relieved. After the audition, she is also very good. ”
Li Weikang once recalled: ""Four Lives in the Same Room" was the only time I made a TV series, when the director asked me to play Mrs. Xiaowen, because Mrs. Xiaowen was a singing Peking opera in the play. Later, during the intensive training, we all studied Lao She's works, studied the sub-shots and scripts, and lived in the costumes in the play for a while. When I was acting in the sketch in the play, the director felt that I was more in line with Yunmei's temperament, understood etiquette, and understood the rules, so he asked me to play Yunmei instead. ”
When Li Weikang first appeared on the screen, at first, he always felt speechless. Lin Ruwei handed her a handful of celery, and while choosing a dish, he said the right words, and as soon as his hand was freed, Li Weikang immediately entered the state. Director Lin said: "If you look carefully, you will find that all the shots of Yun Mei are busy doing things in her hands. ”
In "Four Lives in the Same Room", the actor Mi Le, who played Li Weikang's daughter chick, is actually a boy. To play a girl, he has to wear dead crotch pants. Lin Ruwei remembered that one day at noon, everyone was eating. Only Niu Niu twisted back and forth between her legs, and when she asked, it turned out that Xiao Le pulled all the into her pants.
When Li Weikang saw it, as soon as the lunch box was put away, he ran over, and Zheng Bangyu, who played the child and her father, carried Mi Le out of the lounge, took him to the warm studio, and wiped and washed. The look in the eyes that hurt the child is real. Pants are costumes, and you have to wear them in the afternoon for filming. The "couple" finished with the children and had to wash their pants. It was December, and they looked for a hot lamp to dry their pants. The two did it very naturally. When you're done, come back and eat.
In the play, Niu Niu'er is going to die, the scene where Yun Mei finds clothes for her, before filming, Lin Ruwei told Li Weikang, who was making up, to add a few inner monologues, just read: "Niu'er, don't go, you go, mom is old, who is mom's intimate person." ”
Li Weikang said: "Director Lin, don't read it, you can write me a note." Lin Ruwei gave her the note directly. She was afraid of excitement and held on until she opened it to see the real shot. The effect of the performance is particularly good, and one is over. She really regarded it as her own child from the heart, and when she filmed, her whole body was shaking.
Li Weikang recalled the past of the shooting that year: "The shooting conditions at that time were very difficult, we went to make up every morning, but I didn't know when to shoot, we had to consume, we could go back at night after shooting, and I had to go again the next morning, there was no box lunch at that time, I brought my own food from home, and I had to heat it up at noon." So a large part of the investment was spent on the equipment in the production center, and in the end, all my remuneration was only more than 500 yuan. I'm thankful that the audience can still remember my performance of Yunmei, and feel that I have not suffered in vain. ”
That was the only time Li Weikang appeared in a TV series, but he created a classic image, and he no longer appeared in any TV series because it was difficult to surpass this role.