Audiences who have watched "Heroic Children" are right:
"For victory, shoot at me".
This line is impressive, this is the classic line of Wang Cheng's role in the play.
It is Liu Shilong who plays Wang Cheng.
As an excellent actor, Liu Shilong has performed many excellent works in his life.
Including "Liu Sanjie", "Heroic Children", "Iron Giant" and so on.
However, with a successful career, his marriage was full of ups and downs.
He was married a total of 3 times, and each marriage did not go well.
His first wife fell in love with someone else in marriage, and the marriage lasted only 8 years.
Their son, Liu Xiaolong, was raised by Liu Shilong.
His second wife lived with him for 36 years
But unfortunately passed away due to illness.
Liu Shilong was alone again.
After meeting his third wife, he was happy.
But he died 11 days after winning the award.
What has Liu Shilong experienced in his life?
01 Growth background
In the 30s of the 20th century, Liu Shilong was born in an intellectual family.
His father, Liu Zongjin, was an intellectual.
After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, he abandoned Wen Congwu and resolutely joined the guerrillas.
Served as a guerrilla leader.
His mom served as president of the Women's Rescue Association.
His sister Liu Zizhen was also a guerrilla.
Liu Shilong was sent to the army by his father when he was nine years old.
Because his family was busy doing their own work at the time, there was no one to take care of him.
Because of his young age, he was sent to school by the army and also served as an orderly.
During his 12-year military career, he fought in numerous battles and was wounded.
At the age of 16, he joined the party and was an all-round talent.
He can not only go to battle, but also sing and dance.
Later, he gradually became the commander of the 2nd Ye 48th Division Art Troupe.
After that, he was sent to the Southwest People's Drama School to study.
After liberation, he and Pang Xueqin became the first batch of students enrolled by the Performance Research Institute of the Central Film Bureau (the predecessor of the Beijing Film Academy).
Liu Shilong has never forgotten that he was once a soldier.
In the graduation aspiration distribution form, it is written that "we must strive to create the image of recruits." ”
However, Liu Shilong did not accept the admission of the Performance Research Institute of the Central Film Bureau after graduation.
Although the Performance Institute of the Central Film Bureau is the choice of most art candidates.
At that time, many excellent actors graduated from here, but Liu Shilong did not care about this.
Because Liu Shilong doesn't want to be an actor who can only act in idol dramas.
He wanted to make a red movie to show the audience the patriotism of soldiers.
So even if he was one step away from leaving the Northern Shadow, he still gave up.
After graduation, Liu Shilong decisively rejected the admission of Northern Shadow.
Resolutely joined the Northeast Film Studio.
Liu Shilong chose Northeast Film Studio because only films with the theme of the Anti-Japanese War would be filmed here.
This is very consistent with Liu Shilong's original intention.
Promote red culture and spirit through cinemas.
Liu Shilong hopes to create a world of his own in the Northeast Film Studio.
02 Started his acting career
In 1954, Liu Shilong also officially started his acting career.
He participated in "Shajiadian Grain Station", completed his screen debut, and participated in "Dong Cunrui" the following year.
Since then, Liu Shilong has been active on the screen.
At first, he played a small role, but after all, he was a small role, and the exposure was not high enough.
So he does not have a high reputation.
But even if many people don't know him.
He also seriously shows the characters in the play perfectly.
In "Mother I'm Going to Become a Monk", he and Bai Ruitong play a husband and wife in the play.
Although Liu Shilong is not tall, he is handsome.
Later, in "Hongyan", he played Li Yunlong.
In the play, the identity of Li Yunlongxiang postman is played too real.
In 1960, he was selected by Su Li, the director of the crew of "Liu Sanjie", to play the male protagonist "Brother A Niu" in the play.
And his handsome appearance, robust physique, and hearty smile also deeply moved the audience.
But the most memorable thing about this drama is "Liu Sanjie" Huang Wanqiu.
Liu Shilong's most outstanding work is "Heroic Children" co-starring Liu Shangxian and Tian Fang in 1964.
Liu Shilong's military experience after the movie "Heroic Children" began to cast made him stand out.
Director Wu Zhaodi ignored everyone's opposition.
insist that Liu Shilong play the role of Wang Cheng, a hero who does not appear much but appears as a highlight in "Heroic Children".
In this regard, Liu Shilong said:
"Please rest assured director, I will definitely play well, I don't steam steamed buns to fight for breath."
After saying that, he packed his backpack and went to the outskirts of Changchun to serve as a soldier in the company of his original unit.
After arriving in the army, stand guard, put sentries, drop bombs, assassinates, and many items of big competition.
He participated in training without missing a beat, and after 3 months, Liu Shilong had a heroic temperament.
In order to play the hero Wang Cheng well, Liu Shilong carefully read the literary script and sub-shot script.
I have experienced the director's requirements for Wang Cheng's character shaping many times, and he has studied Wang Cheng's experience, thinking, and ideas.
Think carefully about how Wang Cheng's character should react to different scenarios.
Even every move is designed.
Filming now you can always see Liu Shilong seriously preparing for filming, just shooting the shot of Wang Cheng rushing through the smoke of artillery fire.
Liu Shilong suffered a lot and suffered a lot of injuries for the filming of this drama.
During the official shooting, Liu Shilong needed to rush through the continuous explosions and the strong fire.
After shooting this shot, Liu Shilong's eyebrows were burned.
The hair on the sideburns next to the ear is not burned by half, and there are a lot of blisters on the arm, which looks very painful.
Even so, Liu Shilong never flinched and never cried out in pain.
In subsequent shoots, I used makeup to make up for burnt eyebrows and sideburns.
Liu Shilong also ignored the multiple blisters on his arms and continued to run back and forth in the sea of fire.
After this shot was completed, Liu Shilong's arm was miserable, almost full of blisters.
But Liu Shilong didn't care about this, and grinned and asked the staff to help him apply the red potion, so that it was treated.
After the broadcast of "Heroic Children", Wang Cheng, portrayed by Liu Shilong, received unanimous praise.
In fact, this role can be regarded as played by Liu Shilong.
The characters of Liu Shilong and Wang Cheng in the play both come from a family of patriots who have made great sacrifices for the country.
The love for the country and the new era is engraved in his bones, which is not at all the realm that performance can achieve.
He accurately and sincerely shows the warrior style of that era.
In the play, Liu Shilong's most classic line as Wang Cheng is: "For victory, shoot at me!" "
With the release of the film, the role of Wang Cheng has become a hero in everyone's mind, and the actor Liu Shilong has also entered everyone's field of vision.
03 Proud in the workplace, frustrated in the love field
Liu Shilong has achieved something in his acting career.
But his love life is full of ups and downs, both bitter and happy.
Liu Shilong had a total of three marriages, the first two of which made him very painful.
It wasn't until the third marriage that happiness was regained.
Liu Shilong's first wife, Lu Min, graduated from the Beijing Film School of the Central Film Bureau.
He has starred in the movies "Shangrao Concentration Camp", "Unfinished Comedy", "Red Fire" and so on.
At the age of 24, he entered the marriage hall step by step.
Yet it was a loveless marriage.
It's just that one thing that should be done is done at the age of marriage.
Eventually divorced, ending an 8-year marriage.
But due to a number of reasons, the two divorced first.
Later, Lu Min died by suicide at the age of 43.
After the divorce, his son Liu Xiaolong lived with Liu Shilong, and under the influence of his father, Liu Xiaolong also became a soldier when he grew up.
Unfortunately, Liu died in a car accident in 1990 at the age of 36.
In 1966, Liu Shilong married his second wife, Mongolian dancer Mang Shuangying.
Mang Shuangying is a senior student who graduated from Beijing Dance School and worked in the Jilin Provincial Song and Dance Theater after graduation.
When she met Liu Shilong, she was in a relationship with a friend of Liu Shilong.
But there was a little problem in the relationship between the two, and Liu Shilong originally wanted to help his friend do ideological work for her.
But after not wanting to chat, he found that Liu Shilong and Mang Shuangying's ideas were very compatible.
Mang Shuangying thought that Liu Shilong was the person she wanted to stay with for the rest of her life, so she told Liu Shilong what she thought.
Liu Shilong was first taken aback when he heard this, because he was not only nine years older than Mang Shuangying.
And the salary is still one level lower than her, and I feel that I am not worthy of her.
But the straightforward Mang Shuangying said that he didn't care about this, but he didn't marry.
After the two got married, they lived very sweetly.
Mang Shuangying bore him two sons, and the eldest son, Liu Xiaoyang, was also engaged in literary and artistic work like his parents.
Unfortunately, in 2001, Mang Shuangying, the president of the Jilin Dance Association, was diagnosed with leukemia.
He died in March 2002 at the age of 63.
The blow of the two divorces made Liu Shilong's heart dare not try new feelings.
For a long time after that, Liu Shilong had no new feelings and was always alone.
But in 2002, Liu Shilong, who was already in his 70s, unexpectedly ushered in a love affair again.
The appearance of a female fan makes Liu Shilong no longer alone, in the process of communicating with Liu Shilong.
Female fans told about their admiration for Liu Shilong, and also expressed their desire to marry Liu Shilong and become husband and wife.
After meeting, I learned that this woman named Chang Jiarui was born.
She is more than 30 years younger than Liu Shilong, and Chang Jiarui also had an unlucky marriage.
Her husband died in a car accident when she was 23 years old.
After that, like Liu Shilong, she has been alone.
In a casual TV show, Chang Jiarui learned about the pain of losing his wife experienced by Liu Shilong.
She felt that perhaps this was the final arrangement of fate for them.
It was since then that Chang Jiarui has been trying to find any opportunity to contact Liu Shilong.
Both have experienced the pain of widowhood.
Although he had the same experience, Liu Shilong did not agree to Chang Jiarui's request to get married.
Instead, he politely rejected her.
And Chang Jiarui did not give up, and in the days that followed, she often wrote to Liu Shilong and communicated with each other.
It is precisely under the watering of this kind of tender affection that two hearts devastated by fate finally came together.
Chang Jiarui often flew to Changchun, and the two also started this long-distance relationship.
It was from then on that the two put aside their differences in age and geography and lived an ordinary and stable life.
The two have two sons in more than ten years of married life.
She and Liu Shilong cherish each other, accompany each other, and tolerate and understand.
This legendary twilight love ended on September 27, 2017, when Liu Shilong died of illness in Changchun.
He was 87 years old.
The death of Mr. Liu Shilong is not only the eternal pain of his family and friends, but also the regret of the majority of fans.
Sadly, just 11 days before his death.
Liu Shilong won the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 31st China Film Golden Rooster Awards.
This trophy was undoubtedly the best gift before his death, even standing in front of the screen of the performance.
He still demands himself with a military posture, a legendary old artist with both virtue and art.
Not only to bring the power of heroes to that era, but also to inspire the people of that time.
It has also carried over into the spiritual world of generations to Chinese come, and this spirit deserves tribute from all of us!