In 1980, the crew of Changchun Film Studio's "Shining Arrow" went to the Zhongnanhai Xihua Hall where the premier worked and lived to shoot on the spot in order to pursue a more realistic effect. Sister Deng Yingchao cordially received all the crew members. When she saw chai Yunqing, the actor who played Premier Zhou, Sister Deng was slightly stunned, and then shook hands with him and took a special photo with him.
At that time, the most famous actor who portrayed Premier Zhou Enlai on the screen was Wang Tiecheng from China's children's arts, who became famous for playing the role of Premier Zhou in movies such as "The River Rushing" and "Newsboy". Sister Deng is also familiar with Wang Tiecheng and believes that his performance is also very successful.
But when Sister Deng saw Chai Yunqing and learned that Wang Tiecheng's role as Premier Zhou took more than 6 hours to make up each time, and Chai Yunqing only needed more than 1 hour, Sister Deng said, that means that you are more like Wang Tiecheng.
Chai Yunqing is indeed very much like Premier Zhou in appearance.
This, before he became a special actor, was already recognized by many local people.
Chai Yunqing was born in March 1931 in Dongjiang Village, Tangyuan County, Heilongjiang Province. Because his family was poor, he only went to high school and did not continue to study. So he actually only has a high and small culture. But this did not prevent him from becoming an excellent actor in bayi factory. It can be seen that a person's efforts are more important than academic qualifications.
Chai Yunqing joined the army at the age of 17 and participated in many battles. Later, he engaged in propaganda work in the South China Sea Fleet and the North Sea Fleet. It was not until 1963 that he transferred to Shengli Commune in Tangyuan County, Heilongjiang Province, as the director of the credit union. In 1966, he was transferred to the Liaoyang Film Distribution Company in Liaoning Province and held a leadership position.
How did Chai Yunqing become an actor?
The opportunity came in 1978.
This year, bayi film studios because of the need for shooting, so they have to find a group of special actors across the country. In this way, many people, including Chai Yunqing, Zhao Dengfeng, Zhang Yonghan, etc., entered the line of sight of the leaders of the Bayi Factory. It is said that Tang Guoqiang also took advantage of this opportunity to finally enter the coveted Bayi Factory. However, unlike Tang Guoqiang, who has already acted in films such as "South China Sea Storm" and "Walking in Front of the War" before this, Chai Yunqing (a special actor who plays Premier Zhou), Zhao Dengfeng (a special actor who plays Zhu Laozong), Zhang Yonghan (a special actor who plays Marshal He Long) has never had performance experience before this, and has not even learned to act. But because they look like each other, they all changed their fate.
So at that time, for a special actor, looking alike was more important than having acting experience.
That year, Chai Yunqing was 47 years old.
As early as chai yunqing's work in Liaoyang, because he looked like the premier, he often caused some misunderstandings, and some people even took his hand and expressed their love and respect for Premier Zhou to him.
Therefore, when Bayi Factory wanted to recruit special actors, many people recommended him.
At that time, he was selected at the same time by more than one unit of the Bayi Factory, as well as the Shenyang Military Region's Forward Cultural and Labor Troupe, and professional art groups such as Liaoning Renyi. In order to get him, several units launched a "talent war". In the end, the Bayi Factory reported the matter to the Central Military Commission, and after receiving special instructions, Chai Yunqing finally entered the special cast group of the Bayi Factory Actors Troupe. His wife and several children also entered Beijing.
Chai Yunqing has no performance foundation. Therefore, the first thing he did after entering the Bayi Factory was to consult and learn from the old artists to make himself adapt to the performance state in front of the camera faster. In 1980, he starred as Premier Zhou in "Shining Arrow" filmed by the Long Film Studio, which was an opportunity he won himself.
In order to play the premier well, Chai Yunqing went through a large number of materials and visited many people around the premier, and he tried to imitate the premier's demeanor and habitual movements, practicing uninterruptedly every day until he became accustomed to it. When starring in "Shining Arrow", because he was first on the camera, he seemed a little rusty in all aspects, and his performance was slightly green, but he was stained with the light that resembled Premier Zhou in appearance, so he was also recognized by some audiences.
However, on the screen at that time, the image of the prime minister played by Wang Tiecheng was already very deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, so as long as the image of the prime minister needed to appear in the film, everyone would think of Wang Tiecheng for the first time. Therefore, Wang Tiecheng has played the image of the premier in many movies such as "Xi'an Incident" and "Bell Mountain under the Wind and Rain".
Especially in 1991, The premier Zhou played by Wang Tiecheng in the movie "Zhou Enlai" made his performance reach the peak of perfection. This invisibly increased the pressure on Chai Yunqing.
Chai Yunqing realized this very soberly. By watching the films starring Wang Tiecheng, he humbly learned many of the merits of Wang Tiecheng's performance, coupled with his own deep experience, and finally formed his own performance style.
In 1983, Chai Yunqing wrote and acted in a TV series "A Day of Premier Zhou", which was successful. The drama won the Outstanding Single Script Award at the First China Television Golden Eagle Awards, and Chai Yunqing's performance was also appreciated by the audience.
After that, he ushered in the peak of his acting creation, and successively created the image of the premier in film and television dramas such as "Shangdang Campaign", "After the "SOS" Signal Was Sent", "Zhongshan Guardian", "General Peng Da", "The Last Emperor", "Wu Han", "Descendants of Dayu" and so on. Not only has it become a "professional household that plays the prime minister" with the same name as Wang Tiecheng. It has also become the actor who has played the premier the most times in film and television dramas so far.
In my impression, in 1988, when Chai Yunqing played Premier Zhou in "General Peng Da", the performance was already very natural, simple, and attention to detail. In the TV series "The Last Emperor" starring Chen Daoming, his performance is also very layered.
Chai Yunqing was very lucky in this life. After he retired from the Bayi Factory, his salary was relatively high and his treatment was also very good. It was only because of his physical reasons that he was unable to make more scenes. For example, he has always wanted to shoot "Du Yuming and Her Wife", the script is written, but he has not been able to start. This has also become a regret for him.
On April 21, 2007, special actor Chai Yunqing died of illness at the age of 76.
It is understood that his son Chai Bo also starred in some film and television dramas such as "Public Servant" in the young age of Premier Zhou Enlai, but asked him if he intended to become a special actor? He replied that it was basically unlikely. I think the main reason is that people are now more and more demanding of actors, not only to look like gods, but also to perform. This year, we have seen many red-themed film and television works, and many new premier actors have emerged, including Xia Dejun in "The Age of Awakening", Hou Xiangling in "Red Star Shines on China", and Jin Jingcheng in "Xiang Police", all of which have won universal praise from the audience because of their divine form.
And Huang Xiaoming, Chen Kun, Zhu Yawen, Jin Dong and other popular stars, although the appearance of the premier is relatively large, but they are better than the performance experience, so the premier they play, but also have their own advantages.
Then, in everyone's view, from Wang Tiecheng to Chai Yunqing, to Jin Jingcheng, to Jin Dong, which actor created the image of Premier Zhou, which one is the most deeply rooted in the hearts of the people? Welcome to interact with more netizens through the message area.
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