Remembering the classic TV drama "The Gate of the Big House" of several generations, the tragedy of the times and individuals, as soon as it was broadcast, it received the attention of many people and unanimously won the championship of the ratings industry.
More than 40 episodes of the TV series, the whole yard of the characters before and after the events of all the overview, does not feel very long, the audience is pleasing to the eye, and behind each drama, both the director and the actors have paid a lot of time and a lot of experience. Today we will take a deep dive into the story behind the actors and understand the hardships behind the show.
Guo Baochang was born in Beijing to an extremely poor working-class family, and his father froze to death on the side of the street when he was very young. When he was two years old, he was sold by his mother, and after many resales, he was adopted as a righteous son by the four elders of Tongrentang. He lived in the gate of the mansion for more than twenty years and witnessed its rise and fall. In the middle of this, he was alone, experienced a lot of wind and rain, and even almost went to prison, and the novel of this theme was also the beginning of his contact at that time.
However, people who know this drama understand that "The Gate of the Big Mansion" reveals in a certain sense that Guo Baochang has lived here for many years, and the second grandmother and Yang Jiuhong, they are real in real life, and they are also closely related to his family.
When he first came into contact with this subject, he wrote a manuscript more than once, and it was abolished three times, but almost ten years have passed.
The work, which was not yet fully formed, was burned by his wife who wanted to divorce him.
Forty years of hard work, in the face of many incomprehensions and unoptimity in the middle, he is still insisting, and after another four years, he finally began his creation as he wished, and put him on the screen.
In 1995, just as the TV series "The Gate of the Big Mansion" was preparing for filming, the personnel were all ready, but Guo Baochang was forcefully replaced at this time, and the crew paid him 90,000 yuan at that time. In the early 20th century, 90,000 pieces was really not uncommon, which was not a small amount.
Chen Baoguo, who was still there, slapped the table at that time and said: "As long as the director is not Guo Baochang, I will not shoot." At this time, I agreed to Guo Baochang to continue to be a director, but the infuriating thing came again.
The crew is in place, the director is in place, ready to start filming, filming two or three episodes, the investors of this side of the TV series are not dry, divestment, this moment let Guo Baochang bear more than 3 million foreign debts. Moreover, this matter also involves the input of very social people. So much so that later, when talking about this in an interview: "We shed not tears, but blood." Choking up, talking angry.
There is really no way for him to find people to invest in him, but where people may be sincere about him, some of the people he encounters are scammers, before and after looking for eighty or ninety, eating and drinking with laughter, "he drank two tons of wine."
But it was obviously useless, and none of them were willing to help him, until later, four years later, he encountered a life-saving straw - Yu Shengli.
It can also be said that after the wind and rain, there is a bright side. When the crew starts filming, there are always a lot of interesting things happening, and Guo Baochang is willing to "coax" his actors, such as this one is not filmed well, he will say: "Can I appreciate it again"? Hahahaha. However, throughout the TV series, these old drama bones are performing well, and there are few second times. Jiang Wen, Jiang Wenli and so on.
Everyone saw director Zhang Yimou's cameo in this drama, Guo Baochang filmed in the Republic of China period, the result is that Zhang Yimou directly came with a big bald head, and Chen Kaige originally wanted to, hard to be stopped, I have to say that these old actors are serious, dedicated, dedicated.
When filming this play, the money was not very in place, and there were many actors who did not ask for remuneration. And Zhang Yimou not only did not want it, but even the round-trip air ticket and accommodation were paid for at his own expense. And said that he is willing to be ready to shoot at any time.
All of this touched Guo Baochang, who had just entered the show business circle at that time.
There is a scene in the play where Lei Ke is pulled out of his pants. Before the shooting, he communicated just to flash that scene, and he didn't think much about it, nor did he use a stand-in but went into battle himself, and the result became real. Later, in his recollection, he also said that the director lied to him, so cute or not.
There was also a scene of a violent beating. First, Chen Baoguo caught Hai Rongfa and held it dead in the jar filled with urine, constantly filling him. In this process, Chen Baoguo simply went too deep into the drama, and lin Xudong, who was harmed, drank several sips and almost couldn't breathe.
Although it was tea, now that I think about it, the picture in my head also has a stem.
When playing this play, the director also felt that this scene was disgusting, so he skipped it between them.
At the beginning, Jiang Wen, the "Lord of the Government", especially wanted to play Bai Jingqi, using the toilet as a place to read, reading early and reading late, which was also fascinating. Although it is not Bai Jingqi, the Lord of Futai is indeed the real him.
In that era, the dedication and acting skills of actors anytime and anywhere were not easy to say. The director's dedication to the scene and the actor's love for the plot have deservedly become classics that will be passed down forever in future generations.