< Bao Guoan as Cao Cao>
"Playing a character, the best state, should be the character's soul attached to your body." 」
01.
In 1990, the CCTV version of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" began filming, director Wang Fulin broke his head, and all the actors were in place, but there was still one "Cao Cao".
Wang Fulin found several actors, either inappropriate or unwilling to audition. At this time, someone recommended Bao Guoan, who taught at the Central Academy of Fine Arts, and Wang Fulin decided to try it.
Wang Fulin was very sincere, and he ran to Bao Guoan's collective dormitory in Cotton Hutong to chat with him.
Bao Guoan prepared a stomach full of words about Cao Cao, but they did not come in handy.
Wang Fulin did not talk to Bao Guoan about Cao Cao's own role, nor did he talk about his past experiences, just small talk.
In the small talk to understand what bao Guoan's personality, what temper, real chat less than an hour.
After the conversation, Wang Fulin went back to the five (episode) directors and said that it was him.
When the director asked the reason, Wang Fulin only replied, "Bao Guoan speaks calmly, is tall, has the demeanor of a general, and has a deep expression.
When Bao Guoan won the role of "Cao Cao", he had mixed feelings. This classic character, acting well, famous in film history, not acting well, is likely to ruin his acting career.
"Cao Cao" is too difficult to act.
This is a very contradictory role, and the difficulty of playing is far more than that of Guan Yu, Zhuge Liang and others. Guan Yu Zhuge Liang's personality characteristics are very obvious, as long as he plays from the perspective of loyalty and righteousness.
But Cao Cao's personality is too varied, his character image is too rich, loyal, affectionate, treacherous, suspicious, ambitious... Like a personality splitter, it is necessary to bring these split personalities together in order to be a complete Cao Cao.
< Romance of the Three Kingdoms Cao Cao >
02.
Bao Guoan was under a lot of pressure.
The old experts invited by the crew will instruct him around: Bao Guoan, you must play Cao Cao in the hearts of the people.
But what is Cao Cao in the hearts of the common people? At that time, Bao Guoan was like a demon, and when he saw people, he asked, and everyone said differently.
For the role of Cao Cao, everyone has their own understanding. Some people say that he is a hero, some people say that he is a tyrant, some people say that he is a Han thief, and some people say that he is a Han Room Zhongliang. He was able to brutally slaughter the people of Xuzhou, and he would also weep for the dry bones on the side of the road.
These other people's understandings, little by little, became the nutrition of his acting, although Bao Guoan did not realize it at the time.
In order to play Cao Cao well.
Bao Guoan made a lot of painstaking efforts and consulted countless historical materials, not only turning over the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", but also consulting countless historical experts and scholars to give their understanding and interpretation of Cao Cao.
In the end, he himself also sorted out a long handwritten note of the character who played Cao Cao, as he himself said in the note, "Grasp, study, analyze, and title the character of the character, the most brilliant thing about Cao Cao is the personality, the character cannot be expressed in words, it is reflected in your every body movement, every look."
All of this needs to be constantly honed by yourself.
< Romance of the Three Kingdoms Stills >
After hard work, Bao Guoan succeeded. A myth, a most classic image of Cao Cao was born.
In the film and television, he only played Cao Cao, but he performed many faces.
When the Eighteenth Route Princes beged Dong, they passionately rebuked Cao Cao of the various princes;
When Xuzhou slaughtered the people, Cao Cao, the butcher who frantically slaughtered innocent people;
When cooking wine with Liu Bei Qingmei, Cao Cao, a husband of Wei'an, who has lofty ambitions in the world;
Cao Cao, who was proud of the world when chibi was proud, and proud when he ascended the throne of Wei;
Cao Cao, who was chased and killed by Ma Chao on the banks of the Weishui River.
Fierce, domineering, poetic and humorous, Bao Guoan showed it vividly.
The most impressive is the section in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms where Cao Cao gave a poem and danced before the Battle of Chibi.
At that time, Cao Cao, who had conquered the world all his life and was famous and famous, broke the unification of countless enemies in the north, and saw that he was about to unify the world and make an immortal meritorious achievement, which was the moment when Cao Cao was most heroic and fierce.
He broke the yellow turban, captured Lü Bu, destroyed Yuan Shu, defeated Yuan Shao, danced with excitement, and stood proud of the world, such a scene, with Bao Guoan's innate aura, was shaped like a god.
The world lamented that there would be no more Cao Cao in the world after Bao Guoan. Bao Guoan plays Cao Cao, and others play Bao Guoan.
03.
Bao Guoan was enshrined as a god by virtue of the role of "Cao Cao".
Because of this role, he won two film emperors, the 15th "Feitian" and the 13th "Golden Eagle" actor double award.
Cheng is also "Cao Cao", and "defeat" is also "Cao Cao".
No one thought that with "Cao Cao", in addition to success and fame, there were shackles and shackles.
Li Xifan, a master of classical literature, said: "I watched Bao Guoan in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and he will not be able to play other roles in the future!"
Bao Guoan giggled in his heart after listening: "It's over, my acting career is basically over."
Li Xifan's words also mean that Bao Guoan can only be "Cao Cao" and can no longer take away the label of "Cao Cao".
< bao Guoan interview >
After a while of fire, Bao Guoan quickly fell silent again. For seven whole years, no one really looked for him to act anymore.
Bao Guoan, who had no drama to play, began to return to the Central Academy of Drama to teach, and put all his energy into educating students.
Until 1997.
Director Xie Jin made a phone call to Bao Guoan and asked him to play Lin Zexu in "Opium War".
Bao Guoan couldn't help but be in a trance, and he asked Xie Jin very unconfidently: "I haven't acted for such a long time, why can you still trust me?" Besides, Lin Zexu, played by Teacher Zhao Dan, has been very successful, and if I go to act again, won't I humiliate myself?"
The other party hung up the phone without finishing.
< Bao Guoan >
Bao Guoan is not arrogant, he has been locked up by "Cao Cao" for too long, forgetting that he can play others.
He didn't take it seriously and continued to bury his head in teaching. After three or four months, Xie Jin called Bao Guoan again. At this time, Bao Guoan finally knew that Xie Jin sincerely wanted him to play Lin Zexu.
04.
Acting Lin Zexu, Bao Guoan also did his homework. He went to learn about Lin Zexu's life, to his cemetery and memorial, and even to chat with his descendants in order to get closer to the character.
Bitter people, the sky is not the limit.
After the broadcast of "Opium War", it successfully won the Best Story Award of the 17th Chinese Film "Golden Rooster Award", the Excellent Feature Film Award of the 1997 Chinese Film "Huabiao Award", and the "Special Award of the Americas" at the Montreal International Film Festival in Canada in 1997.
That year, Bao Guoan was 51 years old, and he finally successfully walked out of the role of Cao Cao.
Later, he played Bao Zheng, Liu Bowen, Li Yuan and others, and successively achieved success.
Bao Guoan can withstand silence.
He debuted at the age of 13 and entered tianjin renyi. Although the debut is early, although the actors are all innocuous characters, no one can remember.
Even so, he earnestly gave life to each of his characters.
In 1983, in the movie "Yamashita is hometown", Bao Guoan played the young ChangMao.
In order to adapt to the role, he is not afraid of tiredness. A month in advance, I went to the deep mountains and rural areas of Hunan, lived in the homes of my fellow villagers, ate and slept with him, and did not complain about dirty work.
When the film was finished, he was dark-skinned, living and stripped of his image of a rural youth, and when he returned, even his son did not recognize his father.
"The Mountain Is Hometown"
What really allowed him to seize the opportunity of "Cao Cao" was his role as Wei Zheng in "The Famous Portrait of the Tang Dynasty" in 1990. This TV series won the "Feitian Award" in one fell swoop, and Bao Guoan's acting skills began to be affirmed by the industry.
In the same year, Bao Guoan received the role of "Cao Cao". When playing "Cao Cao", Bao Guoan was 44 years old, and he rarely acted at that time. To play the role of Cao Cao, in his words, is "pie in the sky".
That "pie," he ate very well.
< the Romance of the Three Kingdoms >
05.
After performing "Cao Cao", Bao Guoan's fame resounded throughout the north and south of the river.
Someone found him and asked him to shoot an advertisement for "Cao Cao", the content of which was very simple. It was Cao Cao who rode a motorcycle to give it to Guan Yunchang, "a thousand miles to ride alone".
Bao Guoan shook his head and refused. "I can't keep talking about Cao Cao and use him to make money endlessly." I can't 'smear' this character."
Bao Guoan refused to accept the advertisement.
After acting in Cao Cao and Lin Zexu, he successively took over several TV series.
Qi Hengshou in "Director of the National People's Congress", Director Xiao in "State Secrets", Commander of the Navy in "Canghai", Liu Keqian, director of the factory in "Immeasurable Heaven", and so on...
"The Legend of Shaolin Temple 4" is the last film of Bao Guoan's film career.
After filming "Less 4", he announced that he would stop filming. He was 70 years old.
He sincerely explained to the public in front of the media:
"When I was young, I was best at memorizing lines, but now that I'm older, I can't remember my lines, and my blood pressure has risen on my back." Can't memorize the lines, and still come out to act, shame on people."
Media follow-up: People will mention you again many years later, what do you want others to say about you?
He said:
"I want people to forget me, and everyone just starts to play a role in the era of their own lives, I never think about what others will say about me a few years later, I really think so." 」
Yeah, he really thinks so.
Today, Bao Guoan is 75 years old, and he cares more about how to spend a pleasant old age in peace than fame and fortune.