Recently, the new drama "Avenue Fire" is about to be broadcast on CCTV prime time, and historical dramas have always attracted relatively high attention, and this drama has attracted much attention before it has been broadcast.
Especially Chairman Mao's actor Hou Jingjian, since Chairman Mao's long death, there are only a few actors who can play great people, the most famous are Gu Yue and Tang Guoqiang, now one has passed away, the other is gradually aging, Hou Jingjian as a young actor, can he have the possibility of surpassing the two predecessors?
Played Chairman Mao's Gu Yue all his life
Gu Yue, formerly known as Hu Shixue, was divided into two and changed to Gu Yue after being known for the convenience of memory. Gu Yue was an orphan since he was a child, and his parents died for the revolution when he was very young.
Later, he was accidentally discovered and adopted by the cadres of the literary troupe, and then Gu Yue took the army as his home, and was cultured since childhood, Gu Yue was very talented in art, coupled with hard work, he became a cultural officer at a young age.
At the age of 28, Gu Yue took the train out to do errands, the passengers on the opposite side kept staring at him, Gu Yue was puzzled, so he asked him what was the matter, but he didn't expect that the passengers on the opposite side took out the painting of "Chairman Mao to Anyuan" and said that Gu Yue was particularly like Chairman Mao, and the passengers around looked at each other, "Like, it's too similar!" ”
Chairman Mao is also 28 years old on that painting, perhaps the painting that year is destined for Gu Yue's life.
In 1979, when the special actor of Chairman Mao was selected in the country, after thousands of selections and repeated considerations, Gu Yue stood out and was accidentally selected by Ye Jianying.
Immediately Gu Yue received an order to go to the film studio, this year Gu Yue is 42 years old, already the head of the cultural section, the future is limitless, if you go, you have to face putting down your family to give up the promotion and start again, in addition, Gu Yue has no experience as an actor, to play Chairman Mao, what should I do if I can't play well?
After thinking about it for 3 months, Gu Yue finally embarked on the path of this special actor. It turns out that Gu Yue's choice is not wrong, Gu Yue has played a great man more than 80 times in this life, and has never played other roles, it can be said that Gu Yue is only "Chairman Mao" in this life.
Gu Yue became a hit in "Four Crossings of Red Water", he originally came to save the scene, but under his efforts and the guidance of the director, he became famous in one fell swoop. To say that Gu Yue only looked like a great man in the past, but in this drama, he has both gods and shapes.
To say the pinnacle work, it must also be "The Founding Ceremony", at this time, Chairman Mao is already handy in the performance of Gu Yue, and the image of Chairman Mao created by him has been deeply engraved in the hearts of the audience. With this drama, Gu Yue was unexpectedly invited to participate in the state banquet for the 40th anniversary of the founding of New China, and this supreme honor is undoubtedly a recognition of Gu Yue.
"Armageddon", which can be called an epic classic, Gu Yue's performance is as natural as moving clouds and flowing water, and his superb acting skills vividly reflect the heroism and boldness of the great man.
If you do only one thing in your life, you will inevitably achieve something. Gu Yue only focused on Chairman Mao in this life, and in order to play a good role, he flipped through the materials again and again, constantly pondering, and repeatedly deliberating. In the end, his portrayal of Chairman Mao could only be surpassed by others. It's a pity that Gu Yue died of illness in 2005, which is really a big loss for the literary and art world.
Tang Guoqiang, whose acting skills are impeccable
Tang Guoqiang is 15 years younger than Gu Yue, compared with Gu Yue who only began to contact actors in middle age, Tang Guoqiang can be described as a science class, began acting at the age of 23, and entered Bayi Film Studio 2 years earlier than Gu Yue.
When Gu Yue hesitated whether to go to Bayi Studio, Tang Guoqiang had already relied on the movie "Little Flower" and won the award, which shows that Tang Guoqiang has a deep acting foundation.
But Tang Guoqiang began to try to play Chairman Mao in 1996 "Long March", when he was known as the "cream boy", with Gu Yue in front, the choice of Tang Guoqiang made the director face many doubts, but the director thought that Tang Guoqiang's appearance still had certain similarities with Chairman Mao, and Tang Guoqiang at that time was more suitable for Chairman Mao in the Long March.
It turns out that the director's choice was right, Tang Guoqiang did it like God for the first time he played Chairman Mao, and in order to be more similar to Chairman Mao, he even put a spring ring in his nose.
In the following years, Tang Guoqiang also occasionally starred in Chairman Mao a few times, but it was after 03 that he really began to play Chairman Mao a lot.
In 2008, the filming of "The Great Cause of Founding the People's Republic of China" began, Ge You and Jackie Chan unexpectedly wanted to play Chairman Mao, how can this work, after the ancient moon, besides Tang Guoqiang, who else can play Chairman Mao?
In 2021, the filming of the historical drama "Xiangshan Yezhenghong" began, and Tang Guoqiang was still Chairman Mao's first choice, when he was 69 years old. But Tang Guoqiang, who has played more than 40 images of Chairman Mao, has gradually solidified his model, without any breakthroughs, and is still the same old way.
Although the director has added many details and richer to the script, Tang Guoqiang's performance has always been on the shelf. This drama also made Tang Guoqiang questioned.
Now, Tang Guoqiang is 71 years old, gradually unable to help, who can replace him as a great man?
New generation actor Hou Jingjian
Hou Jingjian, born in 1985, graduated from Hokage, and is also a talented player. Compared with Gu Yue and Tang Guoqiang, they are not dominant in appearance.
Hou Jingjian starred in Chairman Mao in "Iron Shoulders Bear Morality" at the age of 25, but Li Dazhao is the starring actor in this drama, and Chairman Mao does not have many roles. The real recognition of Chairman Mao by the audience was in "The Great Turn" and "Autumn Harvest Uprising".
However, although these two dramas are wonderful and have won many awards, he just began to play Chairman Mao as the protagonist, born in peacetime, he still does not understand great people thoroughly, and his acting skills are slightly younger than his predecessors, and he is not outstanding.
In 2021, when Tang Guoqiang gradually began to feel powerless, Hou Jingjian began to take on the role of Chairman Mao in large quantities, and filmed 4 dramas about Chairman Mao in 2021 alone.
This year, he also won a number of awards with "The Age of Awakening", which was recognized by the audience, and his acting skills gradually matured.
At present, Hou Jingjian has also starred in the image of Chairman Mao more than a dozen times, because most of the age roles are young Chairman Mao. Acting skills still need to be constantly honed, and if you want to play a great man and become Chairman Mao's special actor, you still have to sink your heart and make more efforts.
The afterlife is terrible, let's look forward to Hou Jingjian's wonderful performance in "The Great Avenue"!