On November 1, bad news came from the entertainment industry that Lu Shuming, an old drama bone who played Guan Yu in the 94 version of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", died of a heart attack at the age of 66.
Many netizens and viewers who like Lu Shuming fell into grief, and everyone did not want to believe this fact for a while.
Looking back on Lu Shuming's acting career, from the film for nearly 40 years, he has presented the audience with one excellent work after another, especially the role of Guan Yu played by him, which no one can surpass so far.
I have to sigh that the death of the old drama bone Lu Shuming is a big loss for the entertainment industry.
Entered the film and television industry by mistake
Before Lu Shuming was 24 years old, he never thought that he would become an actor, and like many basketball stars, playing basketball was Lu Shuming's lifelong favorite.
In 1980, Lu Shuming was entrusted by a neighbor to take his neighbor's sister to the Xi'an Drama Theater to take the exam. Looking at the candidates coming and going in the theater, Lu Shuming suddenly felt that the profession of actor was quite interesting.
At this moment, Guo Da, who was from a scientific class, came over and said, "Your appearance conditions are good, are you willing to come to our theater to try?"
Guo Da and Lu Shuming are only one year apart, but there are thousands of differences in drama luck, under the invitation of Guo Da, Lu Shuming got the opportunity to enter the Xi'an Drama Theater, it can be said that Guo Da is Lu Shuming's nobleman.
After entering the theater, Lu Shuming spent day and night learning to practice voice, lines, body and performance in the training class.
In 1983, 27-year-old Lu Shuming ushered in his debut in his life, and he appeared on TV for the first time as the leading actor in "Man in the Desert", but this drama did not stir up much splash.
Lu Shuming debuted late, and there are not many opportunities to take on the role, so his acting career has always been tepid.
In 1989, Lu Shuming finally ushered in a big production, and was able to play the important role of "Qin Shi Huang" in "Ancient and Modern Wars Qin Warriors", and was partnered with Zhang Yimou, Gong Li and others.
At that time, the director had only one requirement for Lu Shuming, that is, the Qin Shihuang he played must be cruel and unscrupulous.
Although he did not graduate from the film school of the Eight Classics, after Guo Da's previous teaching, Lu Shuming was qualified for this role, and the ruthlessness and suspicion he showed felt like the alive Qin Shihuang standing in front of him, and even Zhang Yimou applauded when he saw it.
After the broadcast of this movie, Gong Li and Zhang Yimou became even more famous, and Lu Shuming, as a supporting role, could naturally only be willing to be a green leaf, which also made Lu Shuming doubt for a time, maybe he is really not suitable for eating the actor's bowl of rice.
Participated in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and achieved a classic
In 1990, CCTV spent 170 million yuan to prepare for the filming of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and the director was Wang Fulin, the director of the 84 version of "Dream of the Red Mansion", and CCTV gave him this heavy responsibility, which shows that it also has high hopes.
Wang Fulin has a vicious eye, and he finalized Tang Guoqiang to play Zhuge Liang early on, and later determined dozens of actors one after another, but the role of "Guan Yu" was vacant, and he had to cast it in the country.
It just so happened that after the "comedy master" Guo Da heard about it, he recommended it to Wang Fulin: "I have a person here named Lu Shuming, he is tall and tall, willing to endure hardships and can act, absolutely suitable for Guan Yu." ”
After listening to Guo Da's introduction, the director immediately asked people to inform Lu Shuming, but unfortunately communication was inconvenient in that era, and when Lu Shuming received the news, it was already the last day of casting, and he hurried to finally arrive at the crew.
"Guan is late", Lu Shuming focused everyone's attention as soon as he entered the crew, the directors looked at Lu Shuming in front of him, the appearance conditions are indeed very suitable for Guan Yu, and when he put on makeup and costumes, he immediately hit it off, and it was determined that "Guan Yu" would be played by Lu Shuming.
Lu Shuming cherished this hard-won opportunity very much, pondering the lines and script word by word, just to shape this role well.
Unexpectedly, "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" had just started filming for ten days, and Lu Shuming suddenly received bad news from his family that his father had died.
After the crew heard about it, they gave Lu Shuming a few days off and quickly let him go home to mourn. But when Lu Shuming returned from his funeral, he found that his state was obviously not good, there was no passion for filming before, and the whole person was completely out of state.
Looking at Lu Shuming's state, the director team was anxious, and even a director proposed to replace him, but fortunately, Wang Fulin felt that it was a pity to change the role, and had a long conversation with Lu Shuming to solve his heart disease.
It turned out that Wang Fulin's choice was correct, and Lu Shuming quickly regained his previous state.
When filming the scene where Guan Yu lost Maicheng, Lu Shuming was filming in the snow again and again, just to seek the best effect.
When facing the defeat and death of the soldiers, his sonorous and powerful lines moved the audience and followed by tears.
In order to fit the eye shape of Guan Yu Danfeng's eyes in the original work, Lu Shuming can only be restored through white latex makeup, but this drama is a big production, and it will be 3 years in one shot, so there is something that Lu Shuming said about disfigurement later.
In order to shoot "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Lu Shuming suffered a lot, and when filming a circus, it happened to rain, and Lu Shuming wanted to ride a horse to shoot on the hillside, but because the road was too rough at that time, he fell off his horse at once.
Lu Shuming's right waist was immediately injured, unable to move on the ground, which scared the female director, and quickly shouted, "Send Guan Gong to the hospital quickly."
After the broadcast of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Tang Guoqiang and Lu Shuming became the two most vocal actors in the audience, and many viewers called Lu Shuming's "Guan Yu" a classic, as for why, it can be seen through Lu Shuming's eye play.
This staring expression is just right and domineering, making people call "Second Master Guan Mighty".
When filming the clip of five levels and six generals, Lu Shuming used his acting skills to convey the momentum that one person can resist thousands of troops, and it is even effortless when fighting opponents.
There is also this eye scene, a contempt directly frightened Zhou Yu to run away, not daring to hit Liu Bei's mind again.
A character eats for a lifetime, immersed in Guan Yu and can't get out
Many netizens say that the most important thing for an actor is to have a masterpiece, and if not, it is an unqualified actor. For Lu Shuming, "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is his masterpiece, and "Guan Yu" is his peak.
In 1995, Lu Shuming was favored by director Liu Zhenwei and invited to play the "Bull Demon King" in "Journey to the West".
You know, this movie was starring Stephen Chow and Zhu Yin, who were popular in Hong Kong at that time, which was undoubtedly a hit, so director Liu Zhenwei felt that letting Lu Shuming play the Bull Demon King was not wronged.
After filming this film, some of Lu Shuming's controversial events were picked up, resulting in him having no scenes to shoot for a long time, "Guan Yu" became his only representative role, and "Journey to the West" also became his last famous work.
Although there have been continuous remakes of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" since then, it has never been able to surpass the 94 version, which is nothing more than the reason for the actors' good acting skills, realistic roles, and high degree of scene restoration.
However, it is regrettable that more than 30 actors have passed away in the 94 version of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", in addition to "Guan Yu" Lu Shuming, there are also actors of Dong Zhuo, Cao Pi, Ma Chao, Cheng Pu and other roles, and the old drama bones in this 28-year-old masterpiece are finally no longer complete.
Among the remaining main actors, the most noteworthy is Tang Guoqiang, the actor of "Zhuge Liang". He later starred in many excellent works such as "Little Flower", "Long March" and "Yongzheng Dynasty", and now lives happily in his later years, and has become a national first-class actor, which has won the love of many people.
epilogue
In June this year, in the variety show "Detective Moe", Lu Shuming made a surprise appearance with Zhao Yun's actor Zhang Shan, and the 66-year-old also played with a knife in the show to reproduce the classics, which moved the variety show Yang Di to cry.
At the end of September, Lu Shuming, who has a basketball hobby, also cheered for the Chinese women's basketball team, but today, more than a month later, the news of his death suddenly came out, which is really unbelievable.
Although Mr. Lu Shuming passed away, the "Guan Yu" he left us is the most classic. After Lu Shuming, "no more feathers in the world" is the audience's greatest affirmation of his acting skills.
Finally, may Teacher Lu Shuming go well along the way, and there will be no pain in heaven!
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Author: Gu Xinyue
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