In 1987, the CCTV version of the TV series "Dream of Red Mansions" was launched, and the characters of the Red Mansion, who had long existed only on the stage of literary imagination and opera, seemed to have been fixed on the square inch screen. In the long years since, no matter how many new versions of "Dream of Red Mansions" there are, the influence of the 87th version of "Dream of Red Mansions" has always endured, which can be described as creating "a wonderful chapter in the history of Chinese television" and an "insurmountable classic".
35 years later, "Dream of Eternal Red Mansions - 87th Edition of "Dream of Red Mansions" 35th Anniversary Commemorative Concert" specially invited nearly 20 main actors of the 87th version such as Deng Jie and Ouyang Fenqiang to appear on stage, and together with the famous soprano singer Wu Bixia and other musicians, they jointly interpreted the classic melody composed by composer Wang Liping for "Dream of Red Mansions", which still aroused the great enthusiasm of senior theater fans. Later, Deng Jie and Ouyang Fenqiang walked into "Kefan Listening" and talked freely about the love of the Red Mansion.
Use holographic image technology to let Chen Xiaoxu "on the scene"
It has been 35 years since the 87th version of "Dream of Red Mansions" was broadcast, and this meeting in the name of music was inspired by Deng Jie. "Because everyone finished performing "Dream of Red Mansions", the crew dispersed, and many people stopped engaging in acting, some went to business, some went to paint... So I want to get everyone together again, I have to present something to the audience, but I'm afraid that everyone's level is a little uneven, how to find the best way to bring everyone together? On the 30th anniversary of the broadcast of "Dream of Red Mansions", Ouyang and they found a form of 'Daiyu entering the house to recite', and this show can continue to perform. This time, we used the form of a concert and tried to use holographic technology in Xi'an, so that Chen Xiaoxu could also be 'live', and we all cried during the first performance in Xi'an. ”
Speaking of Chen Xiaoxu, everyone always has endless regrets and nostalgia. Ouyang Fenqiang revealed that Xiaoxu likes literature and also loves to write poetry, "At that time, when we got together, everyone met friends with books, and the most talked about was literature. At that time, I was the first to read the poems she wrote to her lover, because at that time, unlike now, it was very convenient to write poems and send them on your mobile phone. When I was next to her, I would go up and help her taste whether the poems were written well or not."
In Deng Jie's memory, she became acquainted with Chen Xiaoxu after the broadcast of "Dream of Red Mansions": "Because Lin Daiyu and Wang Xifeng did not have many rivalry scenes, later we often participated in some activities and performances together, and gradually became acquainted." In the end, Xiaoxu often said: 'Deng Jie, where you go, I will go; Where you don't go, I don't go. Including someone who was particularly important at that time, she would bring it to me first." ”
Ouyang Fenqiang played Jia Baoyu, and he only knew it in the end
In 1983, the CCTV version of the TV series "Dream of Red Mansions" crew was officially established, according to director and producer Wang Fulin recalled, the main task of the crew in the first year was to organize consultants and expert committees, write scripts and select actors. During the spring and summer of 1984, the crew held two "Dream of Red Mansions" actor study classes in Beijing's Old Summer Palace, organizing the actors to study the original works, analyze the characters, and also learn Qinqi calligraphy and painting to enhance their artistic accomplishment. In the process of learning, the final actor was slowly determined. Lin Daiyu's actor Chen Xiaoxu, Xue Baochai's actor Zhang Li and Wang Xifeng's actor Deng Jie and other main actors all participated in the first study class, but the crew still had no clue who would play the most important role Jia Baoyu.
At that time, whether it was a drama or a film and television drama, Jia Baoyu was performed by girls in reverse, and even a dramatist bluntly said: "The boy who can play Jia Baoyu has not yet been born." But Wang Fulin still hopes to find an actor to interpret Jia Baoyu, and under the joint recommendation of Deng Jie and actor Zhang Yuping, Director Wang decided to meet Ouyang Fenqiang. Interestingly, Ouyang Fenqiang wanted to play Jia Baoyu, and he himself was the last to know. "After meeting the director, I auditioned, and there were 25 actors participating, and I didn't say who it was, so I went to a more remote mountain to shoot other scenes. When I returned to Chengdu, good multimedia blocked my door, let me talk about my experience in playing Jia Baoyu. I said don't talk nonsense, I just participated in the audition, it's not yet decided. As a result, the media said that "People's Daily" and "Guangming Daily" officially announced that you played it, and I knew that I wanted to play Jia Baoyu. ”
And the initially selected director thought that "playing Miss is not enough Sven; Deng Jie, who plays a maid, has too much aura, and also decided to challenge Wang Xifeng with the encouragement of Wang Fulin. "At first, I tried a clip of You Sanjie, took a video and sent it to Beijing. Later, I entered the study class, and one day I was practicing 'Ping'er soft language to save Jia Lian', and Director Wang saw it and told me to dare to challenge myself, and I felt that this was quite meaningful. Later, after the audition, I specially picked Wang Xifeng's play, and I suddenly had an inspiration..."
The filming process was "stressful", and the director supported "spreading out to play"
The first scene and the first shot of Ouyang Fenqiang's shooting of the 87th version of "Dream of Red Mansions" was crying for the seriously ill Qin Keqing, which made him "stressed": "I didn't sleep all night, turning over and over to think about how to cry smoothly." Later, I found a small bottle of wind oil essence, took a cotton ball, and rubbed it very finely, so that people could not see that you used that thing to stimulate tears, no face, not true feelings. So quietly, while everyone was unprepared, dipped a little wind oil essence and rubbed the corners of his eyes."
With this "little wit", Ouyang Fenqiang successfully completed the first scene and established some performance confidence. But overall, he still has no bottom in his heart about whether he can play Jia Baoyu well, "because I didn't participate in the first study class, I always feel that I am missing a piece and there is no book atmosphere." Later, it was Wang Fulin's words that made him suddenly cheerful. "When I participated in the second study class, I was holding a copy of "Dream of Red Mansions" all day and pretending to be there, and Director Wang said: 'Don't read it, you can't understand it, give you a task, play pranks, spread it out and play.'" I followed the director's request and tricked a lot of people, and only later did I react, and the director said this to make me relax. ”
For Deng Jie, the 3 years of filming "Dream of Red Mansions" were really holding back: "I was determined to do this well, I didn't socialize at that time, and I never went out to play, so I stayed in the crew all day, memorizing lines and pondering characters." ”
Deng Jie was involved in film production and was busy with Zhang Guoli
Like many actors who participated in the 87th version of "Dream of Red Mansions", Ouyang Fenqiang ended his actor career early and transformed behind the scenes. The aura brought by "Jia Baoyu" once became the past he wanted to break free of, but it was eventually polished into the most precious memory by the years.
Deng Jie, on the other hand, firmly chose "North Drift", and filmed popular TV series such as "Prime Minister Liu Luoguo" and "Kangxi Microservice Private Interview" with her husband Zhang Guoli, leaving one vivid screen image after another after Wang Xifeng.
In recent years, although she has reduced her performances in front of the scenes, she still contributes to the art she loves. In 2019, the film "Singing Alive", which she served as the producer and producer, was shortlisted for the Director's Fortnight Unit of the Cannes Film Festival, and won a number of Asian Newcomer Awards at the Shanghai International Film Festival, which made Deng Jie, who came from a Sichuan opera family, feel very gratified: "The emotion for Sichuan opera may be in my blood, because my parents are Sichuan opera actors, I have followed them since I was a child, and the kind of life presented in the movie is too familiar to me." ”
Deng Jie and Zhang Guoli have always been known as the fairy couple in the entertainment industry, how do they get along on a daily basis? Deng Jie revealed that the two are basically busy, "If there happens to be a job where it is more appropriate for the two of them to be together, and they are willing to each other, we will also cooperate." But as long as there is a little bit of discomfort, we will do our own thing."
Author Li Xiaoya ["Shanghai TV" original manuscript, please contact the editorial department of "Shanghai TV" weekly for reprinting]
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