"Flowers" You Benchang: Young and beautiful Hu Ge is not inferior to Hu Ge, he once lost all his family property, became a monk and practiced, and became popular again at the age of 90

"Flowers" was launched, and Wang's drama style was full of style.

This is Wong Kar-wai's Shanghai, prosperous and vigorous, light and shadow, between shadows and shadows, he wrote a love poem to old Shanghai.

Huang Helu, Lingzi, Li Li, and Bao are all tools in his hands, and they draw the imprint of "Wong Kar-wai's works" on the canvas step by step, properly and appropriately, and every expression is "Wang's".

Except for a few actors, all the actors in "Flowers" are Shanghainese, and the background color between their actions and words is intentionally or unintentionally wrapped in the word "嗲", shrewd, gloomy, bright, and noisy.

These are like flowers, bits and pieces of walks in the film, and then they are strung up by my uncle and become a tree of flowers.

At the beginning, Ah Bao had a car accident, and in the midst of the noise, Uncle was like a sea god needle: "Ah Bao, you can't die." "The back is tall and the temperament is tough.

Talking to Po about compensation: "If the company's performance increases by a zero, my income will increase by a zero." "Crisp and clean.

In the midst of the complexity, Uncle is the one who best represents the essential temperament of the film, tough, bold, decisive, shrewd, and daring to take risks.

You Benchang, who plays the role of his uncle, is 90 years old.

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"Flowers" started filming, and some people said that when Uncle was young, he was more handsome than Hu Ge, but You Benchang was not as lucky as Hu Ge, and when he played Jigong, he was 52 years old.

Before Jigong, he played 79 roles, all of which were dragon sets.

"In the 30 years before playing Jigong, I have not taken these 79 roles lightly, for me, this is a practice. ”

He was sent to the temple at the age of six to Xi, only because the master said that he would not live to be 13 years old and that he could take refuge in the temple.

In the Qingdeng Ancient Temple, he did not fall silent, but more and more nostalgic for the opera he heard with his parents in the teahouse when he was a child.

After living at the age of 13, he returned from the monastery at the age of 15, and after he was admitted to the art troupe, he went to study drama and Xi, and worked in the theater after graduation.

On the drama stage, the old actor said that he was "too thin, with a high nose bridge, but his eye sockets are foreign." "Their own conditions are in conflict.

"Peach Blossom Fan" He is too thin compared to the actress to play Hou Fangyu, "Othello", his temperament is not enough.

He laughed at himself: "The conditions are not good, neither handsome nor strange, and indeed can only play some roles"

After laughing at himself, he continued: "I'm always ready. ”

Watching his peers shine on stage, he was unwilling.

Hearing about the casting of "Furong Town", he read through the script, and Mao recommended himself, and when he heard about the important people of "The True Story of Ah Q", he was full of ambition and wrote a self-recommendation letter, but he was all empty and happy.

Later, I learned that the starring role of "The True Story of Ah Q" had already been set by Yan Shunkai, a student of the director.

The protagonist of "Furong Town" has already decided on Jiang Wen and given them the script, just to hear his opinions, and he has been lonely for a long time.

Most of the classmates in the industry have become corners, some have changed careers and made a fortune in business, and some have become officials.

Someone asked him if he was envious, he nodded, and then asked if he wanted to change his career, and he was excited: "What do you do when you change careers? ”

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There is a trick of the dragon.

You Benchang likes to read the original book and script, and after reading more, he has an experience: "There are no small characters, all of them are living people"

The serf in the Russian drama "Thunderstorm", there are no lines, he just goes through the motions.

But he took himself as the protagonist, read all the relevant translations, and the background introduction of the times, and created the characters with only a few sentences in the script.

He designed clothing, food, housing, transportation and even psychological lines for the paper man, and the character image changed from the same dragon to "blind in one eye and lame in one leg".

After the play, the old actor said to him: "Xiaoyou, you are a big actor who plays a small role", and he suddenly had confidence.

While playing tricks, while acting in pantomime, he was 50 years old, and by chance, his charity performance was seen.

In 1984, he was recommended to perform the pantomime "Shower" at the Spring Festival Gala.

Director Zhang Ge happened to see it, so he came to him from Shanghai to Beijing and asked him what Jigong was like, he remembered that he had seen the "Jigong" of the famous Suzhou commentator Shen Xiaomei in elementary school, and he learned a "yin and yang face", Zhang Ge felt stable in his heart.

Faced with the opportunity to come at the age of 52, You Benchang did his best: "I really gave up half my life to act. ”

How to walk, how to sit, how to talk, he repeatedly conceived, the character should be crazy, how to be crazy reasonably, crazy moving.

He entered the play deeply, his mind was united, he only slept four hours a day, he didn't take off his costume all day long, he got up after a day's sleep, he walked to the director in a daze, and the director was overjoyed when he saw his walking posture, "The wind swings lotus leaves, and the feet step on cotton", isn't this Jigong?

"The shoes are torn, the hat is torn, and the robe on the body is torn" is imaged.

From the beginning of filming to the end, he really reached selflessness, and every move was like a crazy wisdom, as if he was drunk and awake, and there was no "You Benchang" at all. ”

After filming a film, he only got a salary of 1,000 yuan, but the role and "The Legend of Jigong" were popular.

He once went to Singapore with the crew of "The Legend of Jigong", and the local overseas Chinese were very excited when they saw him: "Mr. You, we thank you so much! Our children have received English education since childhood, and since they saw your Jigong, they have begun to be interested in traditional culture!"

The character has power when he is seen, he has an obsession with "Jigong", and feels that his "meaning of life has been magnified." ”

In 1994, he invested several years of his income in "Jigong Travels", which became a big hit and earned 1.8 million.

As a result, in 2000, he invested not a penny of his money in the pantomime "Mr. You Smiled Dumbly" and lost it all.

"I have to accept that pantomime, an art form that needs to be appreciated, is not the right time in the face of impetuous background, but I have no regrets. ”

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He has low emotional intelligence, speaks directly, and when he is the hottest, he can't count the scripts that come to his door, but he doesn't earn quick money.

The script is not good, he doesn't like it, he doesn't say a word of politeness, he just doesn't accept it.

Drinks and dinners, no one goes, and no one can invite them.

People in the industry introduce contacts, directors and producers, don't see them, just look at the script and speak.

People offended a lot, but the fame was still there at that time.

Soon after, his wife was diagnosed with cancer, he simply withdrew from the circle, stayed at home for four years, took care of his wife, and after the fire, he had a deep affection for his wife who was seriously ill, and it was a miracle in the entertainment industry.

Four years later, his wife got better, but he had no connections around him, and his business value was gone.

After acting in a work like "The Legend of Jigong", he is nearly 60 years old, and he has no sense of existence in domestic entertainment.

After 2000, he only made occasional appearances in "The Adventures of Li Xianji" and "Knife Laughter", although he was stunned at a glance, he was amazing enough.

In 2006, he did everything he could again and filmed "Lifan", but still no one cared about it, he didn't think so: "Lifan is filmed for the audience", he just asked himself.

When he was nearly 80 years old, he met Master Hongyi.

"Outside the long pavilion, by the ancient road, the grass is green for two days," the public's impression of Master Hongyi mostly stayed on this "Farewell".

Master Hongyi's life is legendary, he crossed to the east as a teenager and studied in Japan, studying at the Tokyo Art School and Music School, specializing in Western painting and music.

He was the first Chinese to compose music with staves, Feng Zikai and others came from the painting club he founded, and so on, and his talent was amazing.

At the age of 38, he realized the Tao from fasting, resolutely avoided the world, abandoned worldly talents, became an ascetic, and only studied the "Four Divisions".

26 years later, he was seriously ill and insisted on not taking medicine, fasted for six days, only drank water, looked down on life and death, and said: "Minor illnesses follow medicine, major illnesses start with death."

The four words of "Intersection of Sorrow and Joy" in the dying handbook, Master Miao Lian and instructed: "If you see me crying when you help me, it is not nostalgia for the world and thinking about relatives, but the feeling of the intersection of joy and sorrow." ”

Zhao Puchu commented on him: "Deep sorrow early appeared Camellia Girl, the victory wish to eventually become an ascetic, endless treasures for the eyes of the world, a full moon to shine the heart of the sky."

"I was shocked by his life path, so I decided to do this show. In 2009, he became a monk and re-walked the path that Hongyi had walked.

Because the subject matter is niche, the original author has no confidence in the script, so he quit, You Benchang showed the book to his daughter and wife and read it again, and the three decided to do it.

The original author is gone, and the new author always changes it unexpectedly, You Benchang's daughter personally revised it, and the script was completed.

The book is there, but all the theaters feel that the script has no commercial performance value and is not easy to promote, he said: "Then don't sell tickets, we will perform for charity." ”

In 2011, "Master Hongyi" was performed, and only 3 performances were performed in one year, and 7 performances were performed the next year, with no income, and the troupe was difficult to sustain.

He sold his house, lost all his family property again, and set up a drama troupe, so that "Master Hongyi" can continue, so far "Master Hongyi" has been changed 7 editions: "Every time we change the version, we are one step closer to Master Hongyi." ”

The drama lost money, so he went to make a cameo in film and television, and then subsidized it after making money: "TV series require tens of millions of investments, TV and movies are 1.8 million, and dramas are 3.5 million." ”

There is no audience, he is not in a hurry, he said that he is the Huangshan welcome pine: "When there is no landscape, no one will notice you, when the stone is broken, it is for the audience."

Now "Master Hongyi" has been performed in the United States and Canada.

In "Youth Song Xing", he once again played the role of a monk forgetting worries, one identity, two temperaments, and he was very proficient.

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In Wu Ershan's "Sword Laughter", he played the first swordsmith Tang Fatzi.

At the film viewing meeting, the reporter asked: "What about Mr. You Benchang? Isn't it invited? Why didn't you see it?"

In the play, he describes him as withered, with cunning and chivalry, just one glance, it is the rivers and lakes, so he can no longer see Jigong.

The audience can't see him, but he's everywhere.

"If the performance starts from the consciousness of the character, even if it is a dog, it will be transformed into the play. He incarnates himself into a character, but not narcissistically.

It is said that "after You Benchang, there is no help." “

But he said, "You must not love me in art." “

Before Guo Degang launched the four books of "Jigong Living Buddha", he had a discussion with You Benchang.

At the beginning of the meeting, Guo Degang was a little apprehensive: "Can a fat man like me play Jigong?"

"Do you really want to act?"

Guo Degang nodded.

"Before my Jigong, there was Jigong in Chinese movies in the thirties, and the actor's name was You Guangguang, and he was so fat, so I said that the Bodhisattva is unphased, you played Jigong well and provided another image, which is the most beneficial for the audience. "He only encourages, not monopolies.

You Benchang loves Jigong, only loves the role, does not favor himself, to this day, the Qilin Drama Club "Jigong Living Buddha" is still performing in various forms, for You Benchang, this is still "the role is seen", he is happy to see it.

At the ceremony of "2023 TV Drama Quality Ceremony", 90-year-old You Benchang said: You are so happy, born in a great era, I envy you, I have a heartfelt word, which is a deductive purpose that I have practiced for decades, and guide people's hearts with literature and art. “

It sounds corny, but when it comes to it, it's not against the bell, because he did.

In "Flowers", he scolded Fang Xuan, killed decisively, is the root of the story, is the soul of the old Shanghai, in addition to "Flowers", he is over 90 years old, innocent and hard, honest and strong, is the heart of the dramatist.

Looking back on the time he came, his love is only the stage, the seeds planted when he was 7 years old, after time, blossomed and fruited at the age of 52, and still flourished at the age of 90: "I want to live to be old, learn to be old, and work until I am old." “