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When it comes to Zhao Xiaorui's name, some people may not be familiar with it, but when it comes to the role he plays, you must be familiar with it.
Among them, I have to mention the "Black Whirlwind Li Kui" in the old version of "Water Margin", you should not know, right? He is played by Zhao Xiaorui.
In "Water Margin", Zhao Xiaorui played "Li Kui", who shook the sky like an ox, with his superb and delicate performance.
With this role, Zhao Xiaorui was nominated for the 16th China TV Golden Eagle Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor, and he became famous, before that, Zhao Xiaorui also won the "Little Hundred Flowers Award" and "Golden Rooster Award" Best Supporting Actor.
Of course, as a famous old drama bone-like existence, Zhao Xiaorui's representative works also include "Agni Golden Steel", "After the Decisive Battle", "Criminal Police Honor", "Shelling Double Lights" and many other films;
In addition, Zhao Xiaorui has also participated in many popular classic TV series such as "The Gate of the Mansion", "Little Fish and Flowers Without Defects", "Luding Ji", "Lone Hero", "No War in Beiping", "Blade Attack", "Court in the Sun" and "Black Storm" and "The World".
As a dedicated artist, Zhao Xiaorui has appeared in more than 100 film and television dramas since his career, and in many works, you will find that even a small role can make him play brilliantly, thus leaving a deep impression on the audience.
That's because he really used his life to act, and he left a suicide note three times for filming, and his professionalism is admirable.
It is often said that a successful man is inseparable from the support of a woman, and the same is true for Zhao Xiaorui.
He can go further and further on the road of acting, and achieving such artistic achievements is inseparable from his wife's support and completion.
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Zhao Xiaorui's wife is an ordinary person outside the circle.
Some people are curious about what charm she has, so that Zhao Xiaorui has been in love with her for 40 years and is still in love, the reason for this, Zhao Xiaorui once talked about.
She's really amazing, and she's not ordinary at all.
Zhao Xiaorui, born in 1956, has suffered because he was growing up in time for "three years of natural disasters" and other reasons, resulting in his body being very thin.
But Zhao Xiaorui has been a person with ideas and ideas since he was a child, which also has to come from the influence of his family.
Zhao Xiaorui's ancestral home is Ningjin, Hebei, his father was the old eighth road, and then transferred to the North Sea Fleet, his mother is from Sichuan, he came to Qingdao as a soldier from childhood and then married Zhao's father to give birth to Zhao Xiaorui.
In other words, Zhao Xiaorui was born in a military family and attended a naval school, and under the influence of such an environment, he has been upright since he was a child.
Zhao Xiaorui's original dream was not to become an actor, he liked to draw since he was a child, and his father thought about training him to become a painter.
After entering elementary school, Zhao Xiaorui saw the firefighters next door to his home training every day, and he was amazed by their strong bodies and extraordinary skills.
He felt so thin compared to them, he started practicing changquan and learning to swim at the age of 11.
From this, he developed a strong interest in sports and the idea of becoming an athlete.
If you have a dream, rush forward.
In order to become an athlete, Zhao Xiaorui practiced athletics, basketball, badminton, weightlifting, wrestling and other sports, but unfortunately failed to achieve his wishes, but became a mechanical maintenance worker.
In fact, at that time, with his father's relationship, Zhao Xiaorui could trust the relationship to find a way to a better future.
But both father and son were upright men who did not disdain to go through the back door, so he obeyed the arrangement and became his own worker.
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Speaking of which, Zhao Xiaorui embarked on the road of art or was influenced by his sister.
In 1976, Zhao Xiaorui's eldest sister cut the queue in the countryside, but she was lucky to be selected by the Shanghai Film Studio to make a movie.
Zhao Xiaorui was very envious of his sister after knowing it, and at the same time he was also a little moved, and heard that his friend's younger brother worshiped Mao Baichuan of the Qingdao Repertory Theater to learn to perform for the teacher, and Zhao Xiaorui accompanied his friend's brother to listen to classes every day.
Zhao Xiaorui is very attentive, he knows everything that Mr. Mao said, and this teacher Mao also thinks that Zhao Xiaorui has the talent to be an actor and encourages him to apply for the Beijing Film Academy.
Zhao Xiaorui was encouraged and applied for the exam in 1978, but this year Beiying did not open an actor class, so he applied for the directing department.
Zhao Xiaorui passed the initial and re-examinations, but in the end he failed to do so because of the limited number of places.
In the fall of the same year, the China Youth Art Theater went to Qingdao to recruit students, only two recruited, Zhao Xiaorui did not want to miss this opportunity, so he applied, but did not expect that in the end he stood out and became one of the half.
There is nothing difficult in the world, only afraid of people with hearts, this sentence has been well reflected in Zhao Xiaorui, and this spirit has been practiced in his subsequent acting path.
Leaving Qingdao and coming to Beijing, Zhao Xiaorui became a professional actor.
Later, the China Youth Art Theater and the Central Experimental Theater merged to form the National Theatre, and Zhao Xiaorui became a member of the Mandarin.
To be honest, like Zhao Xiaorui, who comes from a non-professional background, and his image cannot be compared with Xiaobai'er, it is not easy to take this road when he first enters the actor industry.
When he first arrived at the China Youth Art Theater, he was mostly running tricks and rarely had the opportunity to play the leading role, but he also understood that all highlights need their own polishing and time precipitation, so even if he ran tricks, he was very serious.
In the early eighties of the last century, the drama market was sluggish, and many actors from theater troupes went outside to film and television dramas.
Including Zhao Xiaorui's unit, there are also colleagues who go out to shoot film and television dramas, and Zhao Xiaorui naturally wants such an opportunity.
It's a pity that at that time he was "counting yellow croakers, slipping aside", because at that time the director liked big beauties and small white faces, and Zhao Xiaorui was a strong man and had nothing to do with these.
So he can only project envious eyes to others, and at the same time look forward to having the director's discernment and see men like them.
At that time, Zhao Xiaorui was confused, because his boss was not small, and there was no chance that it might be like this, the most important thing was that he wanted to live and support his family.
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Zhao Xiaorui was lucky to meet a good woman at his low point, and this woman was his wife Cao Yumei.
Cao Yumei is a cultural worker, two years younger than Zhao Xiaorui, although she is not an insider, she is in love with him, and she appreciates him very much and is optimistic about him.
In 1982, when the two got married, they had nothing, and even the wedding dress was borrowed from others, which was a real naked marriage.
When you see this, you can understand that Cao Xuemei accompanied Zhao Xiaorui to endure hardships, and the most important thing is that she has become a light in his trough, giving him support and encouragement when he is confused, and illuminating his way forward.
Of course, there are also men in this world who abandon their wives when they become famous, but Zhao Xiaorui is not.
He remembers his wife's dedication to him, cherishes her true affection, appreciates her love for him, and as a husband, he also wants to work hard to make a difference so that she can live a good life.
Fortunately, in 1983, in the movie "Shaolin Lay Disciple", Zhao Xiaorui was selected by the director to play the role of Master Hengde, and in the same year, in the film "One and Eight" directed by the famous director Zhang Junzhao, he starred in the role of the bandit leader "Big Bald".
Zhao Xiaorui's strength was seen, and his professionalism and dedication were favored by the directors.
In the following ten years, he starred in many films such as "Tianyin", "Agni Kong", "Flying Tigers", "Operation Lightning", "Iron and Blood", "Cannon Double Lights" and so on;
and has successively won the Bayi Factory Little Hundred Flowers Award for Best Supporting Actor and nominated for the Golden Rooster Award for Best Supporting Actor, and Zhao Xiaorui began to emerge in the film and television industry.
But what really makes Zhao Xiaorui a household name is the role of Li Kui in "Water Margin".
In 1996, Zhang Shaolin, the chief director of "Water Margin", auditioned actors across the country, and Cui Dai, the deputy director in charge of casting, had seen Zhao Xiaorui's works and knew that he was good at swimming, so he wanted to invite him to play the role of Ruan Xiaoqi.
Zhao Xiaorui agreed, but the role he wanted to try was not Ruan Xiaoqi, but the black whirlwind Li Kui.
Immediately, a production director told Zhao Xiaorui that there are many people who audition for Li Kui, among which Jia Shi, who plays the double whip general Hu Yanzhuo, is the first person to try Li Kui, 1.8 meters tall and 120 kilograms, is a famous oriental strongman.
And Director Zhang is also very optimistic about him, Zhao Xiaorui does not give up, he hopes that the director can give him a chance to try.
But although Zhao Xiaorui was 182 tall at that time, he was too thin, only 75 kilograms, while Li Kuixiong was strong and powerful.
Compared with him, Zhao Xiaorui is still far behind, and he took half a month to gain weight with the director.
In order to achieve the image of Li Kuimanghan, Zhao Xiaorui forced himself to eat and drink every day, increasing from 75 kilograms to 91 kilograms, a full 32 pounds, just this Zhao Xiaorui is still very anxious.
Because at that time, Zang Jingsheng, who needed to gain weight like him, also played the flower monk Lu Zhishen, the two of them had five or six eggs a day, and went out to shabu mutton at night, Zang Jing grew fast and often ran to compare with Zhao Xiaorui.
Every time at this time, Zhao Xiaorui was angry to death, because he grew slowly, and he was very anxious.
Until one day, Zang Jingsheng stopped comparing with him, and he couldn't help but ask him: "Old Zang, has it gone up again?" ”
Zang Jinsheng looked at him depressedly, and spoke Tianjin dialect: "Brother, you can't grow any longer." Now go to the toilet to relieve your hands, and wipe your ass is almost out of reach. ”
Hahaha, think about the picture sense is so strong, it is worthy of the drama bones, for the role, gain weight and weight loss come to it, I have to admire.
But it is this spirit of professionalism, dedication and sacrifice that makes them what makes them.
After the broadcast of "Water Margin", a group of actors became popular collectively, and Li Kui, played by Zhao Xiaorui, was even more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, he became famous, but behind this fame, in addition to breaking out and gaining weight against the laws of the body, he also left a suicide note.
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Remember the scene in the play "Li Kui Qishan fights tigers"? In order to ensure the quality of the play, it was a real tiger.
In the face of fierce tigers, the safest shooting method is post-synthesis, but the price is very expensive, and the crew does not have this condition.
In order to film this scene well, he took the risk of using real tigers, and during the filming process, Zhao Xiaorui, Ding Haifeng, who played Wusong, cameraman, director, trainer and tiger were separated together.
Although the later episodes were broadcast, the audience saw Wu Song and Li Kui very calm in the face of the tiger, but their hearts were very apprehensive during the filming process.
In order to ensure that nothing was lost, on the night before the shooting, Zhao Xiaorui wrote two suicide notes to explain his aftermath, one for his parents and one for his wife.
Fortunately, the filming process went smoothly, and the suicide note was not sent, but during the filming process, he was very tormented:
There was a real feeling of martyrdom.
In fact, this is not the first time Zhao Xiaorui has written a suicide note, he wrote it once as early as 1986 when filming "Tianyin".
In "Tianyin", Zhao Xiaorui plays the kind fisherman "bangs and cows", and one scene requires him to jump from a speedboat into the sea as fast as possible.
This is the speed of the person compared to the propeller of the speedboat, because the speedboat is moving, the propeller will also travel fast, and the person may be swept into the bottom of the boat, which is very dangerous.
Another time, also before the filming of "Water Margin", there was a fight with vicious dogs in the movie "Black Mountain Road".
This dog is a Finnish riot dog, fast and tough, and it is really fatal to be bitten by him.
I could see the blood in its eyes clearly, red, and it really scared me into a cold sweat.
Fortunately, there were no dangers on three occasions, and the shooting was very smooth, but it was Zhao Xiaorui's professionalism and dedication that made his career evergreen.
There is another point that Zhao Xiaorui is very appreciated, that is, his character.
Among the many works he has starred in, because of his own shape and temperament, Zhao Xiaorui plays more supporting roles than the protagonist.
As a green leaf, Zhao Xiaorui recognizes his position, and when filming, he pays special attention not to press the protagonist's scene, let alone deliberately change himself, he said:
Playing a supporting role should be a good "universal plaster", willing to be a green leaf to help people act, not steal the scene.
And Zhao Xiaorui feels that to be a good actor, three things are indispensable: understanding, aura, and life experience.
These Zhao Xiaorui are not lacking, which is why he can also excel even in small supporting roles, even in middle age, because he can endure hardships, do not jump plays, do not steal scenes, and focus on himself.
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In terms of career, Zhao Xiaorui has his own pursuits and principles, and in terms of feelings, the same is true.
Zhao Xiaorui is a man who knows how to be grateful and can see his wife's dedication, and he knows that all his achievements in his career are inseparable from her support and dedication.
When he went out filming, everything in the family, the elderly and children, was taken care of by his wife, and she took care of the house in an orderly manner so that he had no worries.
Not only that, but she is also a help to her career.
As a cultural worker, she knows which books are beneficial to him, has bought him a lot of books, and she herself is good at reading, and the couple often have endless topics and endless chats.
As an actor, Zhao Xiaorui is out all year round and will play with different actresses, but he is very measured, has never had a scandal, and gives all the money he earns to his wife to take care of, giving her a sense of security.
Zhao Xiaorui misses his wife's fulfillment of herself, when he was young, because he had to chase his dreams and make money by filming to support his family, he had very little time to accompany her, and now he is old and retired and he accompanies her every day.
Either read together, or play the piano and dance together, and the days are full and fun.
Not only that, but they also learned from young people to play short videos and share their daily lives, including one video that ridiculed their 40-year married life and why they became neighbors.
Although the two people in the video are more than one hundred and twenty years old together, they can't see the slightest bit of old age on them.
Dressed in short sleeves, they all combed their big backs, put their hands in their pockets, and looked still youthful, looking like a teenager.
Although the topic is sleeping in separate rooms, when they look at each other, their eyes are full of love, and the picture is beautiful and warm.
A friend said: "I never envy the couple kissing on the street, only the old man holding hands and walking." ”
Zhao Xiaorui and his wife's state is not enviable, they have been married for 40 years, their sons have grown up and have their own careers, and they are still as loving as ever.
This is probably the most beautiful scenery in the dull years, there is a person, holding your hand, you accompany each other, complete each other, give each other enough security, and run this beautiful life together.
Long life road, may someone accompany you at sunrise and sunset, understand your words and deeds, love you as before, and spoil you until you are old.