Recently, I have been chasing several good dramas, and "Crossing the Yalu River" is one of them. Through a panoramic introduction, this drama gives us a more realistic understanding of the war against the United States and aid to North Korea. Among them, the performances of the actors have also aroused heated discussion. In particular, the performance of several special actors has many remarkable points.
Among them, Chiang Kai-shek, played by Ma Xiaowei, has basically been recognized by everyone.
However, at the beginning, Ma Xiaowei was not a special actor, but a handsome young student in the film industry in the 80s. Who was the special actor who played Chiang Kai-shek on the screen at that time? He is Sun Feihu.
Later, there were many actors who played the role of Chiang Kai-shek in film and television dramas, such as Zhao Hengduo, Xu Daolin, Du Yulu, etc., and even the famous actors Chen Daoming and Zhang Guoli also played Chiang Kai-shek in "1942" and "The Great Cause of The Founding of the People's Republic".
Among them, the actor who is recognized as the most similar in appearance is Xu Daolin, and some people call him "Chiang Kai-shek without makeup". The reason is that his image is indistinguishable from chiang kai-shek's true or false. And who was the first actor to play Chiang Kai-shek in a film and television drama? Some people say it is Sun Feihu, but it is not. The first actor to play Chiang Kai-shek in a film and television drama was Zhao Hengduo, an actor from bayi Factory.
But among all these actors, the most memorable actor who played Chiang Kai-shek by the audience is undoubtedly Sun Feihu.
Why? Because his performance is fascinating.
Chiang Kai-shek, played by Sun Feihu, has indeed achieved the effect of having both god and form.
Sun Feihu was originally a drama actor. He graduated from the Shanghai Theater Academy in 1964 and was then assigned to the Guizhou Repertory Theatre as an actor. In 1981, he was given a good opportunity to play the role of Chiang Kai-shek in the film "Xi'an Incident" directed by Cheng Yin.
In fact, when Sun Feihu received this notice, the crew of "Xi'an Incident" had already been established, and the actors of other roles had been determined, but only Chiang Kai-shek's actor had not landed.
Because director Cheng Yin is very eager to find actors whose image and temperament are closer to the prototype. He didn't want to settle down, and he would rather not shoot than make it through. At this time, a colleague of Cheng Yin's in the North Film Studio recommended a person to him, that is, Sun Feihu of the Guizhou Repertory Theatre. After seeing Sun Feihu's stills, Cheng Yin was overjoyed, and then arranged for Sun Feihu to go to Beijing, tried two scenes with Wang Tiecheng, who played Zhou Enlai, and decided at the moment that "Xi'an Incident" would start immediately.
And Sun Feihu really lived up to expectations. When he first appeared on the screen, he was a great success.
In 1982, he won the Best Supporting Actor Award at the 2nd Golden Rooster Awards of Chinese Cinema and the Top Ten Actors Award for New Period Films for this role.
Why can Sun Feihu get everyone's recognition so quickly? What's so wonderful about his performance?
Let's first take a look at his performance in "Xi'an Incident" to see the answer.
He portrayed Chiang Kai-shek as a man, not just a symbol.
In the film, through accurate and delicate performances, he portrays a deceitful, indifferent and fickle Chiang Kai-shek to life. His details are particularly vivid, and the improvisation can be described as exquisite, and even achieve a refreshing effect, allowing all viewers to involuntarily enter the "prescribed scene" of the film.
Whether it is the majesty of Chiang Kai-shek's appearance and non-smirking when he plays him in a military uniform, or the pretend concern for Yang Hucheng, while asking Yang Hucheng: "Tiger City, what are you all good at eating in Shaanxi?" "On the one hand, he deliberately shows a witty and funny and unfazed attitude.
Whether it was his soft and hard treatment of Zhang Xueliang: "Han Qing, you either attack the Red Army in northern Shaanxi, or change your defenses and transfer to Guangxi to garrison...", or when in the early morning of December 12, 1936, after a piercing gunshot shattered his dream of "suppressing the Communists", the panic he showed, even his shoes were too late to wear, and he was embarrassed when he fled over the wall, etc., were all vividly interpreted by Sun Feihu.
I remember most of all in the movie "Xi'an Incident", when Chiang Kai-shek talked to Yang Hucheng again, when he heard that Zhang Xueliang wanted to implement "military advice", Sun Feihu's treatment was that he did not directly express Chiang Kai-shek's consternation, but used a blank face to reflect his inner panic. Such a performance is not conventional, but it has left an indelible memory for the audience.
In fact, before Sun Feihu starred in "Xi'an Incident", he did not know much about the character of Chiang Kai-shek. When he took over this role, out of the instinct of an actor, he consulted a large number of materials, and according to the requirements of director Chengyin, he did not look at the history of the wild, but specially read the real historical materials, including photos of Chiang Kai-shek in various periods, which made him have a better understanding of this character.
At the same time, he learned from some sources that Chiang Kai-shek had a very heavy accent and spoke Ningbo dialect, so he consulted with the director on whether he could use Mandarin with the characteristics of Ningbo dialect to create a language model that could not only reflect the characteristics of Chiang Kai-shek's character, but also let the audience understand. And this proposal was approved by the director. In fact, when the film "Xi'an Incident" was released, Sun Feihu's original way of speaking did help the audience to accept the artistic image of Chiang Kai-shek he created at the first time.
When a special actor plays a role, it is easy to face the character, and this is exactly what Sun Feihu strives to overcome. In "Xi'an Incident", he did not play Chiang Kai-shek as a comic character, but from the heart of the character, more speculation about his situation and psychology at a specific moment, through meticulous performance, the character was shaped into flesh and blood.
Since then, Sun Feihu has ushered in the highlight moment of his acting career. He was first transferred to the Xi'an Film Studio as an actor, and then in a series of film and television dramas, he played the role of Chiang Kai-shek. Especially in the wonderful performances of films such as "Under the Wind and Rain on Zhong Shan", "Liao Zhongkai", "Weiwei Kunlun", "Founding Ceremony", "Chongqing Negotiations" and so on, they have been unanimously recognized by the audience. He has successively won the Best Supporting Actor Award at the 13th Hundred Flowers Awards for Popular Films, the Best Supporting Actor Award at the 10th Golden Rooster Awards for Chinese Films, and the Best Supporting Actor Award at the 17th Hundred Flowers Awards for Popular Films.
It can be said that it is the role of Chiang Kai-shek that makes Sun Feihu, who was originally unknown, one of the most familiar special actors in the country. At the same time, Sun Feihu also relied on his diligence and efforts to make the role of Chiang Kai-shek vivid on the screen.
And just as Sun Feihu was punching and kicking on the screen and playing Chiang Kai-shek in a good mood, Ma Xiaowei was being a handsome young student on the screen in the 80s, and he was attracting the attention of fans in the 80s.
On the screen at that time, there were two handsome men who were particularly eye-catching. One of them is Tang Guoqiang of Bayi Factory, who became one of the most popular male actors in the 80s for his consecutive appearances in films such as "Little Flower", "Tonight's Starry Night" and "Peacock Princess". The other is Ma Xiaowei. He was still an actor in the Jiangsu Repertory Theatre at that time, but because of his handsome image, he successively played the male lead in films such as "Return of Yan", "Love of the Sea", "Xiyingmen", "Shooting, Sending Him Off", "CodeName 213", "Thunderstorm" and so on. The two of them, one south and one north, two stars competing for glory, so they are called "Northern Tang And Southern Horses" by movie fans.
But who would have thought that the two most brilliant young students on the screen in the past have now become a new generation of special actors who have replaced Gu Yue, Sun Feihu and others. The two of them, one playing Mao Zedong and the other playing Chiang Kai-shek, are equally distinctive and evocative.
Tang Guoqiang and Ma Xiaowei are not actors who are particularly close to the prototype in appearance, so they can only make up for their shortcomings through performance.
But they also have their strengths and strengths.
For example, rich acting experience, such as having a solid fan base and so on.
The audience who came from the 80s still had a lot of feelings for Tang Ma and the two. Especially Ma Xiaowei, since his debut, there have hardly been any gossip, and the personality in the eyes of the audience has always been very good. So no matter what role he plays, it is easy to be accepted by the audience.
Ma Xiaowei actually stayed away from the film and television circle for a long time and devoted himself to the development of commercial seas. This makes many fans miss him immensely. Until 2003, he appeared in the TV series "Ode to Yan'an", and this time, the role played by the handsome young student on the screen in the past was actually Chiang Kai-shek.
This surprised many viewers. But what is even more surprising is that Ma Xiaowei's performance did not have a sense of violation.
What is very interesting is that in 2003, Sun Feihu, a professional who used to play Chiang Kai-shek in film and television dramas, did not play Chiang Kai-shek anymore, but began to play other roles, such as Shen Wansan in "Cornucopia", Han Anguo in "The Great Han Wu Emperor", Gan Long in "Great Qin Empire", governor Qin in "Attacking the Heart", etc.
That is to say, since about 2000, China's film and television art has come out of the stage of special actors dominating special roles. More special actors began to broaden their own plays, no longer playing a single role. And more other actors have also begun to shoulder the heavy responsibility of special actors, among them, Tang Guoqiang, Ma Xiaowei and others are very typical representatives.
Ma Xiaowei's transformation is still very successful.
The Chiang Kai-shek he portrayed is not the most similar in appearance, but it has also been recognized by everyone.
The Chiang Kai-shek he played has his own characteristics.
When Ma Xiaowei was young, he was actually a "bookish" actor, and he had a relatively strong bookish atmosphere. Later, he attached this kind of thing to the figure of Chiang Kai-shek, showing different aspects of Chiang Kai-shek. Especially chiang kai-shek in his later years, who spoke weakly, was brilliantly interpreted by Ma Xiaowei.
This time in "Crossing the Yalu River", it is the same, through subtle eyes, slow tone, he interprets Chiang Kai-shek's psychology in a specific historical period, and Chiang Kai-shek's state of extreme unwillingness in the case of poverty at dusk.
I think that although Ma Xiaowei and Sun Feihu are the same special actors who portrayed the character of Chiang Kai-shek, the difference between them is still very big. The biggest difference is that everything is a martial art.
Sun Feihu obviously vividly portrayed Chiang Kai-shek's fierceness and ruthlessness.
Ma Xiaowei, on the other hand, focuses more on the bookish side of Jiang.com.
Ma Xiaowei believes that the current special actors are no longer simple imitations, but need actors to use their own accumulation to spell acting skills and spell gods. And when he portrayed the role of Chiang Kai-shek, he also paid more attention to excavating some things inherent in this character, thus avoiding playing the role too much. Obviously, he has done that.
Ma Xiaowei is 60 years old and is at the peak of his acting career. Sun Feihu, on the other hand, died on November 22, 2014, at the age of 73.
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