I think in this day and age, it is not a very difficult thing for a young person to become an actor, as long as you are good-looking enough, or have the support and support of the financial lord behind it, then you are likely to get a photo opportunity. Therefore, there are still many opportunities for young people.
But in the 1970s, it was harder to become an actor, especially a film actor, than to ascend to the sky.
I remember when I was a kid I knew a big brother from a neighbor's house, and heck, that was a real talent, a great look. Moreover, he is 1 meter 85 tall, tall and handsome, and can sing and dance, and is the main member of the literary and art propaganda team in our region. Everyone said he was prettier than the movie star Dashi Chang, and it is said that when he was 18 years old, a special film studio came to him, but then he did not. He has also applied for professional groups many times, but has been turned away. Later, he also lost his heart, gave up, and lived a life of hot kangtou for his wife and children. He knows that I like to watch movies, so he often comes to talk to me, and he will also recall his style of the past, and there is always a lingering regret between his eyebrows.
Sometimes I look at his lonely back and feel sorry for him. But what could be done, at that time, in the 70s of the last century, a peasant boy, if he wanted to become an actor, was almost equivalent to a fool's dream.
In fact, not only him, even if he is a big star who has become famous, it is not easy to get a suitable role at that time - because the number of film shots at that time was very limited, and there were more monks and less porridge.
The first time Bayi Factory filmed the movie "The Great Wall of the South China Sea" that year, the choice of the male protagonist, Ou Yingcai, was exhaustive. Director Yan Jizhou first selected Zhao Ruping, an actor who had cooperated with the same factory in "Wildfire Spring Wind Fighting Ancient City", but after the makeup test photos were taken, some people said that although he had a good temperament, he did not look beautiful enough. So he invited a famous beautiful man from Bayi Factory to Daniel Zhang hand to audition. After trying it, I thought that Daniel Zhang hand was beautiful, but it lacked the temperament of a fisherman. Then he invited Zhao Ruping to audition, but it was not long before he changed to Daniel Zhang hand.
So repeatedly tossed, in the end, the candidate for this role was changed from Daniel Zhang hand to Wang Xingang. That's how it was decided. It can be seen from this that at that time, it was not easy to choose an actor.
Coincidentally, the same was true when the long film studio filmed the movie "Sunny Days" in the early 70s. The actor Xiao Changchun's actor was initially selected to be Pang Xueqin, the head of the long film studio, but after shooting for a period of time, he felt that Pang Xueqin was older and the effect of appearing on the camera was not ideal. So he chose "Xiao Changchun" nationwide, chose to go, and found Zhang Lianwen, a young man who was still an actor in the Yuci County Cultural and Labor Troupe in Shanxi At that time, with a dignified appearance, a positive temperament, and a better play, which finally determined the candidate for "Xiao Changchun".
Zhang Lianwen became popular because of this, and then starred in movies such as "Entrepreneurship" and "Boiling Mountains", from a small actor in Yuci County, turned into a popular movie star in The North Film Studio.
Compared with the two films "The Great Wall of the South China Sea" and "Sunny Days", the casting process of the other film is more tortuous. This film is the color version of "Plain Guerrilla" filmed by Changchun Film Studio in 1974.
Speaking of "Guerrilla on the Plains", the version that fans are more familiar with is the black-and-white version released by the Long Film Studio in 1955, and the image of Li Xiangyang's wisdom and courage portrayed by Guo Zhenqing is very deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. For a long time, Guo Zhenqing was almost synonymous with "Li Xiangyang". He is tough and rough in appearance, mature and steady in performance, and is a movie star that audiences love very much.
I think it was precisely because this version of "Guerrillas of the Plains" was so popular that in 1974, the studio was ready to shoot it in color. The choice of actors, especially who plays the male protagonist Li Xiangyang, is the top priority of the success of the film. At first, everyone made a suggestion that Guo Zhenqing should still play Li Xiangyang, after all, there is an audience base, which is easy to get everyone's recognition. And Guo Zhenqing's own enthusiasm is also very high, in order to reshape Li Xiangyang again, he has carried out full desk work.
However, when the film was about to start shooting, Guo Zhenqing also encountered the same problem as when Pang Xueqin filmed "Sunny Days", that is, he was too old, and it was obviously not appropriate to appear on camera to play a young man. Guo Zhenqing also realized this, calmly accepted the leader's suggestion to change actors, and took out a large amount of materials and his own notes prepared in the early stage, and selflessly handed them over to young actors to learn.
But where does this young actor go?
At that time, whether it was a movie or a drama, for the shaping of the role, it was necessary to adhere to the principle of "three prominences", that is, "highlighting positive characters, highlighting heroic figures, and highlighting central figures". In addition, it is the "three foils" - the negative characters should contrast the positive characters, the general characters should foil the heroic characters, and the secondary characters should foil the central characters.
In the remake of "Plain Guerrilla", the hero who needs to be highlighted the most is undoubtedly Li Xiangyang. As a central figure, the choice of this actor must meet all the conditions and qualities of the "tall and complete" required on the screen at that time.
At that time, the choice of the main actors in almost all movies had to meet the standard of "tall and complete", that is, to be both beautiful and upright, which was difficult for people to forget when they saw it. This is the case with Tong Xiangling in "Wise Tiger Mountain", tan Yuanshou in "Shajiabang", zhang Lianwen in "Sunny Days", and Zhang Guomin in "Golden Light Avenue" as well.
This adds to the difficulty of casting the reworked Guerrilla of the Plains.
In order to choose a more suitable "Li Xiangyang" candidate, the crew almost traveled to most of China. There are 5 actor squads alone, from Beijing to Shanghai, and from Dalian to Shanxi, a total of 96 handsome boys have been watched, and they have been auditioned several times. These handsome young men, all of them have a good appearance and outstanding temperament, but they also have their own advantages and disadvantages, so it is still difficult to choose.
Later, many of the guys who lost their election became everyone's favorite movie stars.
For example, Tang Guoqiang, who was still a young actor in the Qingdao Repertory Theatre at that time, had long been concerned by the directors of major film studios because of his handsome appearance. This time, "Plain Guerrilla" chose "Li Xiangyang", and he was also one of the candidates. But Tang Guoqiang is beautiful, but it is still a little far away from Li Xiangyang's personality. So in the end, he took the initiative to quit, turned around and entered the crew of "South China Sea Storm" in Bayi Factory, in which he played the male protagonist Yu Hualong and started his own screen journey.
For example, Lu Xiaohe, who later became popular because of starring in the movie "Garland Under the Mountain" directed by Xie Jin, was initially the best candidate for the new version of Li Xiangyang, and the samples were all filmed, to have an image, to have a head, and in terms of temperament, there are many similarities with the old version of the lead actor Guo Zhenqing. However, after some leaders saw it, they said, "His mouth is too big to be suitable for this heroic figure."
This can't help but remind me of the scene when Suri, the director of the long film studio, chose to star in the movie "Liu Sanjie", which is the same, the original actor of Liu Sanjie, Fu Jinhua of the Guangxi Color Theater Troupe, was also replaced by Huang Wanqiu in the middle of the way because of "too big mouth", missing an opportunity to become popular in the country.
This can't help but make me a little "stunned", it turns out that when choosing a movie actor, the size of the mouth is also strictly required. Then according to this standard, won't the big mouth Yao Chen be brushed off in the first wave?
Fortunately, "gold always shines", and later Lu Xiaohe and Fu Jinhua were also well known to more audiences for starring in "Wreath Under the Mountain" and the color version of the movie "Liu Sanjie", respectively.
When the film "Guerrillas of the Plains" was preparing to be remade, Zhang Lianwen had already made a name for himself in the movie "Sunny Days", so he also became a candidate to play Li Xiangyang. But in the end, due to the inconsistent temperament, I regret that I was not selected. Then he entered the crew of "Entrepreneurship" and successfully created the glorious screen image of Zhou Tingshan.
Many viewers recognized the beautiful man Shi Weijian through the movie "The Legend of Tianyun Mountain". But as early as 1974, he already had the opportunity to audition for the film, that is, as one of the 96 handsome boys, he participated in the selection of the new version of "Li Xiangyang". Unfortunately, he was not selected because he was "too literary" and there were problems with the family composition.
Ye Zhikang, an actor, I don't know if you still have an impression? Handsome in appearance, he was also one of the candidates for Li Xiangyang's role in the remake of "Plain Guerrilla", but he was ultimately defeated. He then starred in another film at the long film studio, "The Wheels Roll", in which he played the role of Thundering. Later, he became an actor in the upper film studio, and participated in the films "Slave to General", "Blue Files", "Post Edge" and "University in Exile". Later, he became the chairman of the board of supervisors of Oriental Pearl Co., Ltd. and the president of the Shanghai Radio and Television Society.
There is also Li Junhai, who is also a candidate among the many "Li Xiangyang" this time. His appearance is more in line with the "temperament of workers, peasants and soldiers", but in the end he was not selected. However, he turned around and participated in movies such as "Yanhe War", "New Song of the Great Wall", "Yaoshan Spring" and other movies, and also became a professional actor in the Long Film Studio. It was only in the mid-1980s that he was sentenced for reselling gold, cutting off his path to stardom like Chi Zhiqiang.
And Angis, who had successfully portrayed the role of Gazi in "Little Soldier Zhang Ga", was already a 24-year-old boy at that time. Since filming "Little Soldier Zhang Ga", he has fallen in love with the art of film and wants to become a professional film actor. And he likes the movie "Plain Guerrilla" very much, and he admires the role of Li Xiangyang played by Guo Zhenqing, so he also came to participate in the selection of the new "Li Xiangyang". Because he had experience in shooting movies, his performance in front of the camera was very relaxed, and everyone still recognized his performance, but in the end he did not become li Xiangyang's actor. Why? Because he is shorter, only 1 meter 74, and the crew's requirements for Li Xiangyang's actor must reach more than 1 meter 76.
Look, how strict was it to choose a film actor at that time? A big mouth is not OK, a short one is not OK, the image is not good, and the temperament does not match. Choosing a "tall and complete" male protagonist is simply more difficult than choosing a "donkey horse" in ancient times.
However, Li Xiangyang in the remake of "Plain Guerrilla" was finally selected from these 96 handsome boys. Who is he? He was Li Tiejun, who was also a young actor in the Qingdao Repertory Theatre with Tang Guoqiang at that time.
Li Tiejun, this young man, is indeed tall and handsome, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and quite spiritual, so it is expected that he was selected to become the new "Li Xiangyang". But why did he play Li Xiangyang. Or is it not as memorable as Guo Zhenqing's version? I think the most important thing is not his performance problem, but the problem that the form of expression of the film at that time was too "stylized", all the male protagonists are "tall and complete", just like a mold carved out, who will remember it?
Therefore, although the remake of "Plain Guerrilla" went to great lengths to choose a "Li Xiangyang", in the end, it did not achieve the desired effect, which is also a pity.
However, later Li Tiejun also became a professional actor in the long film studio, in addition to playing Li Xiangyang in the remake version of "Plain Guerrilla", he also participated in films such as "Eagle in the Long Sky", "Reef", "The Third Goddess", "Flying Crane", "How Beautiful is the Night" and so on. Now 69 years old, he spends more time behind the scenes, engaged in choreography and other work, so compared with his former colleague Tang Guoqiang, in terms of fame, it is not so big.
Dear friends, if you also have an actor dream, then listening to our introduction, you will know how easy it is to become an actor at this time. If it was in the 70s of the last century, if you want to become an actor, you will definitely pass five levels and slash six generals, and you may not be successful. So cherish the good times today. And do you remember this remake of "Guerrillas of the Plains"? Compared with the old version, how do you feel? Welcome to interact with more netizens through the message area. I am Yaqing, and once again I would like to thank everyone for their attention, likes and sharing, which is the greatest encouragement to me. We'll see you tomorrow at the same time.
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