Do you still remember Gao Laozhuang's "Miss Gao" in "Journey to the West"? At that time, she was rated by the public as one of the top ten beauties in "Journey to the West", and her performance was a classic, what does she look like now at the age of 70?
The actor of "Miss Gao" is named Wei Huili. Seeing her now, I realized how important it is to be a sober woman.
Wei Huili, who was born in 1953 in a cadre family in Shandong, has loved literature and art since she was a child, and often participated in the school's literary and artistic activities when she was in elementary school, with the ideal of being an actor.
Although her parents were strict, seeing that little Wei Huili was so persistent, she also obeyed her heart, and when Shandong Opera School began to enroll students in 1963, she was sent to school by her parents at the age of 9.
Fortunately, Meng Lijun, who was the vice principal of the school at the time, was Wei Huili's enlightenment teacher.
To learn "drama", you have to practice basic skills, open your voice, practice, and press your legs, Wei Huili has never shouted tiredness and hardship, she gets up early every day, and usually spends all her free time practicing.
With love and hard work from the heart, little Wei Huili gradually showed her performance beyond ordinary people.
In 1963, the Shanghai drama "Torrent Bravely" selected young actors in the school, and selected 10-year-old Wei Huili among many young contestants to play the daughter of the protagonist Zhuang Zejing.
In 1964, the Shandong drama "Surprise Attack on the White Tiger Troupe" selected 11-year-old Wei Huili to play Xiao Shunji, who was actually the youngest actor in the eight modern dramas.
Wei Huili, who has deductive experience, is well-known by more people.
Since then, the little Wei Huili has started a tour of the country, and through this performance, she has even met Premier Zhou Enlai, who is admired by everyone.
After 9 years of hard study and training, 18-year-old Wei Huili graduated in 1970 and successfully entered the Shandong Peking Opera Troupe.
Wei Huili, who graduated, still did not dare to relax her love for this love, and spent money to watch the traditional dramas of famous actors many times, and worshiped Yu Yanxia as a teacher to learn the famous dramas of the Xun School, and constantly improve herself.
Sure enough, the emperor lived up to his wishes, Wei Huili's performance in the competition not only won the first prize, but also received unanimous praise from the audience.
In 1983, when the Hong Kong costume movie "Jing Chang" (adapted from Liao Zhai Zhiyi) was casting, the director selected 30-year-old Wei Huili to play the heroine fox fairy Xiaocui.
Wei Huili's interpretation of the little fox fairy is meticulous, the portrayal of the characters is in place, dignified and full of aura, and it was a big hit at the box office that year, and Wei Huili also successfully attracted a large number of fans.
In the same year, in the episode of "Journey to the West", Sun Wukong planned to collect Zhu Bajie, and he needed to find someone to play Miss Gao with two personalities, one is a dignified and gentle lady, and the other is that Sun Wukong has become a lady, beautiful and at the same time has a "monkey atmosphere", but such a "Miss Gao" is too difficult to find.
Just after "Zhu Bajie" Ma Dehua watched Wei Huili's "Jing Change", he called this the "daughter-in-law Miss Gao" I was looking for, so he recommended Wei Huili to Yang Jie.
Seeing that she was an actress in the Hong Kong drama "Jing Chang", Yang Jie retreated after thinking about it, feeling that she couldn't invite Hong Kong actors.
It turned out that Ma Dehua had known Wei Huili for a long time and said that Wei Huili was an actor in the Shandong Peking Opera Troupe, and Yang Jie wanted to see if Wei Huili was suitable!
For the purpose of casting, Yang Jie invited the entire crew to watch "Essence Change" collectively. After watching the movie, Director Yang Jie clapped the board and said that this person was too suitable, and asked Li Chengru to find a way to invite people!
At that time, Wei Huili's films were endless, but they all needed to be screened by the Peking Opera Troupe, and it was difficult to make an appointment with her, Li Chengru not only went to the Peking Opera Troupe to find an acquaintance to help invite her, but also went to Wei Huili's house as a lobbyist, and came to the door again and again, and finally invited Wei Huili over.
Wei Huili, who had just finished other filming, immediately entered the "Journey to the West" filming crew, and as soon as the tanned Wei Huili came, she was not favored by everyone, and everyone asked for a replacement.
Yang Jie reaffirmed Wei Huili through Wei Huili's wonderful performance in "Refined Change" and fully supported her to be "Miss Gao".
After Wei Huili decided to join the crew, in order to play the role well, she began to analyze and interpret Miss Gao, who has two personalities, what should really be like and what should be fake.
Miss Gao is really a daughter of a foreigner, a lady who does not leave the house, dignified and elegant, and full of nobility between her manners.
The fake Miss Gao was turned into by Sun Wukong, standing or not standing, sitting or not sitting, and having a hippie smile, revealing the arrogance of a monkey everywhere.
It didn't take long for Wei Huili to successfully complete the shooting task.
When everyone saw the episode of "Counting and Collecting Zhu Bajie", they were shocked by Wei Xiuli's acting skills, and when Sun Wukong became Miss Gao, I thought it was the real Sun Wukong, it was like a monkey becoming her, there was no sense of disobedience at all, it was so exciting.
Wei Huili was able to play Miss Gao's lady and monkey spirit so vividly at the same time, which can be called a teaching model, and once again proved her strength through solid acting skills.
Wei Huili not only has superb acting skills, but also has unique insights.
In the scene where Zhu Bajie ran away with his daughter-in-law on his back, in order to reflect the difference between Sun Wukong and Miss Gao, he applied to add a detailed action, that is, kneeling on Zhu Bajie's back.
Wei Huili felt that she had become the Monkey King, how could she let Zhu Bajie escape easily, she had to play tricks on him. In the end, with the cooperation of Ma Dehua, the classic picture of Zhu Bajie's daughter-in-law was created.
The shaping of Miss Gao's classic image in "Journey to the West" has brought a steady stream of opportunities to Wei Huili.
Since then, she has also participated in the four famous novels "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" Zhang Xiu's aunt Zou who was occupied by Cao Cao, and Song Jiang's concubine Yan Poxi in "Water Margin", unfortunately, because the schedule was not scheduled, so Wang Xifeng in "Dream of Red Mansions" was not played.
Because "Journey to the West" also made an oolong, many people thought that "Miss Gao" and "Zhu Bajie" in the play were married in real life!
In fact, Wei Huili's husband is Yuan Zhenlin, the son of the famous Peking Opera actor Yuan Jinkai.
The two met in the Shandong Peking Opera Troupe. Wei Huili is a Hua Dan actor, and Yuan Zhenlin is a martial arts actor. After the two performed together for the first time, the gears of fate quietly turned.
By getting along, the two have endless common topics, and they slowly become good friends who talk about everything.
At that time, Wei Huili only had performance in her eyes, and she didn't think of finding a boyfriend at all.
And Yuan Zhenlin has long had a love for Wei Huili, often asking Wei Huili out to eat, and taking her shopping.
Yuan Zhenlin usually always creates opportunities to rehearse with Wei Huili alone, even if the two do not cooperate in rehearsals, Yuan Zhenlin often accompanies her and watches her plays offstage.
Yuan Zhenlin's thoughts were quite obvious, and he almost said it directly, but he was afraid that he would be rejected too bluntly and even his friends would not be able to do it.
One day, Yuan Zhenlin saw Wei Huili holding roses and knew that someone had confessed to her, Yuan Zhenlin was afraid that the two would end before they started, so he hurriedly confessed to her.
To Yuan Zhenlin's delight, Wei Huili immediately nodded and agreed after hearing her confession.
It turned out that in getting along in daily life, Wei Huili had already been attracted by the like-minded Yuan Zhenlin, otherwise she would not have agreed to the appointment again and again.
In this way, the two naturally went from anecdotes to acquaintances, and finally to love.
As the saying goes, love is coming, and it can't be stopped, even in the rising period of his career, he still chose to marry Yuan Zhenlin immediately, and not long after, Wei Huili gave birth to a lovely daughter, and the family of three lived happily and comfortably.
Later, Wei Huili concentrated on Peking Opera and returning to her family, spending more time with the people she loved, doing what she liked, and pursuing what she loved all her life. And this stems from her husband Yuan Zhenlin's support for her from beginning to end.
A few years ago, Wei Huili posted a photo with her daughter in her 20s on social platforms, not like mother and daughter, but more like sisters. Although Wei Huili is already in the age of sixties, the traces of the years do not seem to have stayed too much on "Miss Gao", and she has faded away from the youth and playfulness, and now she is more charming and has a good temperament.
Wei Huili and Yuan Zhenlin have been together for many years and have a very good relationship, but unfortunately Yuan Zhenlin passed away due to illness on July 5, 2022. The sudden departure of her husband hit Wei Huili quite hard, and she rarely shows her life on social platforms recently. I hope that Wei Huili can get out of the pain of losing her loved ones as soon as possible and live a healthy life with her daughter positively and optimistically.
Looking back at Wei Huili's life, her success is not accidental, she has gone from love to hard training and study, to patient interpretation and interpretation, all revealing the power of yearning and perseverance, and countless classic pictures are portrayed with heart, she has won a number of actor awards with her veritable strength, which is well deserved, and such a sober life is worth learning from each of us.