In 1982, Yang Jie planned to shoot "Journey to the West", and Li Chengru was the field director of "Journey to the West". With this TV series, Yang Jie and Li Chengru formed a deep friendship. In the interview, Yang Jie once said bluntly: If it were not for Li Chengru, "Journey to the West" would not have been filmed in five years.
At the beginning of the filming of "Journey to the West", in fact, Li Chengru applied for the role of a standing official, but a role of Tang Monk. But director Yang Jie did not agree, there is only one reason, Li Chengru's appearance is not too high, if he plays tang monk, I am afraid that no female monster will shoot at him.
Later, Li Chengru signed up as one of the scenes of "Journey to the West" and was also one of the six elders of the crew.
Filming "Journey to the West" is very hard, but the hardest is Li Chengru. He is responsible for the lives of all the crew members, the box lunches and accommodations of the cast and crew.
Li Chengru is not only the crew's field affairs, but also the pioneer of Yang Jie, when filming in Zhangjiajie, there was a landslide in front, Yang Jie did not let Li Chengru go to the front to investigate the situation, it was 14 hours.
The only white horse in "Journey to the West" is that Li Chengru ran to Xilin to buy it, and the big tree root in the ginseng fruit was picked up by Li Chengru when he ran to the main road.
In addition, Li Chengru was also assigned a task by Yang Jie, and every time the crew went to a task, li Chengru was asked to search for local beauties, and when he saw the right one, he brought it to the crew.
Yang Jie once said half-jokingly: He was happy at that time.
It can be said that there are so many beautiful women with different characteristics in "Journey to the West", and Li Chengru is indispensable. The only one who did not satisfy Li Chengru was Zuo Dayue, the actor of Guanyin Bodhisattva.
When she was just preparing to shoot "Journey to the West", director Yang Jie set Zuo Dayue and let her play guanyin bodhisattva in the play. Faced with strong opposition from Li Chengru, he said that Zuo Dayue was too old and not very good-looking when photogenic.
After being opposed by Yang Jie, Li Chengru also whispered: I have seen so many beautiful girls, but I have fallen in love with this, alas.
Hearing this, Yang Jie finally got angry: Shut up, go aside, you must or I must?!
Later, Li Chengru learned the reason why Yang Jie chose Zuo Dayue, and there is a characteristic of Yang Jie's choice of roles, that is, they all have classical opera skills. Zuo Dayu is a Xiang opera actor, and Yang Jie once watched her perform "Chasing Fish", in which she played Guanyin Bodhisattva.
After watching it, director Yang Jie decided that he must let her play the role of Guanyin Bodhisattva in his TV series.
And it turns out that director Yang Jie is right, and the Guanyin Bodhisattva played by Zuo Dayue has become an eternal classic in the minds of the audience.
Director Yang Jie once explained to Li Chengru: Guanyin is not a little girl or a little beauty, she is a bodhisattva with a Buddha statue, don't misunderstand.
Li Chengru only then understood that the original selection of actors not only looks at the appearance, but also looks at whether it is suitable. Guanyin Bodhisattva himself is a Buddhist monk, and it is certainly not appropriate to ask a little girl to perform.
This is the foundation of director Yang Jie, if it were not for her, "Journey to the West" would not have been so exquisitely filmed and become a classic in the minds of the audience. It can be said that "Journey to the West" met Yang Jie, which is really lucky.
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