Zhu Longguang never expected that he almost alarmed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs just because he acted in three scenes in Journey to the West.
In 1982, before the filming of Journey to the West began, director Yang Jie was so anxious that he couldn't sleep all night, because the entire "Heavenly Court Immortals" were gathered tonight, but only the Western Heavenly Buddha was missing.
The director interviewed 20 actors in a row, but none of them met the role positioning, because in the entire play, Buddha did not have any big moves, and relied on aura to act.
Fortunately, the chief makeup artist of Journey to the West, Wang Xidong, had a good eye for people, and after seeing Zhu Longguang who came to Beiying to do business, he invited him to join the crew. Before this, Zhu Longguang played the tunnel battle high treasure, and also set a Guinness World Record of 1.8 billion people watching movies, and in the face of the second turning point in his life, he did not have any hesitation, but before joining the crew, there was a requirement, that is, he could not play these negative roles of demons and ghosts, after Wang Lao agreed, he gladly went to the crew to try on, and at the moment when the makeup came out, the whole crew was quiet, because it was too similar! Finally, they always thought he was the Buddha. Zhu Guanglong's vestibule is full, the ground is wide and round, the nose is straight, and the mouth is like a knife cut, very Buddha statue.
Although he looks like a god, because Zhu Longguang did not have time to read the classics and ponder the role, in order not to delay the shooting progress, he made himself clever, and he learned how others played him. But I didn't expect to make a big joke as soon as I appeared, and I was even scolded by director Yang Jie pointing to his nose, what are you doing? How can you follow the way people are? People are thinking of Buddha like this, but what about you, who are you thinking of Amitabha Buddha?
It is precisely because of the director's strict requirements that Zhu Longguang studied the role more attentively after this, and even ran to the temple every day to observe the Buddha statue, constantly figuring out the posture and expression of the Buddha, and after grasping the external image, the inner temperament did not dare to be sloppy at all.
Although the Buddha did not make a big move, he had to do it in his heart, with the great wisdom to control the overall situation, and the compassion of everyone in Pudu, and after repeated carving, the most classic image of the Buddha of the Western Heaven was shaped by Zhu Longguang.
But what he didn't expect was that after the broadcast of Journey to the West, there was a nationality oolong, and after the audience elected in Nepal saw the TV series, they thought that it was the resurrection of the true Buddha, and immediately wrote to him, hoping that he could modify his nationality and return to Nepal. In the end, even the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was alarmed.
Even more outrageous is still behind, when Zhu Longguang went to Hubei to film, it coincided with a big drought, and as soon as he stepped into Huanggang, it poured downpour, and it didn't end until the crew left. Another time, because after the reporter interviewed him, he just went out to buy a lottery ticket and won 100 yuan, which was a lot of income in those days.
In addition to good luck, the successful shaping of the image of Buddha also brought him a lot of trouble. At that time, he went to the Big Buddha Temple with a six-year-old child to film, and because it was not his turn yet, he put on makeup and sat on the side to rest. At this time, many gray-haired old people came to the Daxiong Treasure Hall to put incense, and when they saw him sitting next to him, they all thought that it was the resurrection of the true Buddha, and they knelt down directly. Zhu Guanglong didn't know how to deal with this matter, so he quickly said, Amitabha Buddha benefactor, please get up.
What made him feel even more crying and laughing was that he had finally traveled to Thailand once, and he wanted to go to the countryside to buy a Buddhist tablet to wear, but after he picked up the Buddhist tablet, he was surprised to find that it was actually himself!
If Zhu Longguang is willing, he can make a lot of money with his portrait rights alone and even become internationally famous. But he knows in his heart that behind the success of his image shaping, there are makeup artist Wang Xizhong, chief director Yang Jie, and a group of old-timers who have worked hard for Journey to the West.