The major revolutionary historical drama "Crossing the Yalu River" is being broadcast on CCTV, and Ding Yongdai, who played Peng Dehuai in the play, has received general praise from the audience, but some viewers have proposed that Ding Yongdai's appearance is far from Peng Dehuai, and he is a bit unaccustomed to it.
Peng Dehuai, played by Ding Yongdai
Is there a special actor who plays Peng Dehuai and has both the form and the god? Of course.
Zong Liqun is one of the most successful actors to play Peng Dehuai. This time, he was unable to star in "Crossing the Yalu River", which is related to his age, which is indeed a bit of a pity. You know, Zong Liqun, who was born in 1950, is 70 years old this year.
Today, Xiaobian will take you closer to the actor who is regarded by the audience as the most similar to Peng Dehuai - Zong Liqun.
ZongLiqun
Born in the military, he did not learn to act, and was accidentally filmed and played Peng Dehuai
As a well-known actor who plays Peng Dehuai in China, Zong Liqun has so far acted in more than sixty film and television dramas with Mr. Peng, and he not only resembles Peng Dehuai, but also looks like Peng Dehuai in speech, action and temperament. However, many people do not know that Zong Liqun is not from a science class and has not studied a day of acting.
Before 1990, Zong Liqun was a chief of staff of the Seventh Automobile Regiment of the Beijing Military Region, and later served as a battalion commander in the regiment's downsizing independent battalion, with the rank of lieutenant colonel.
Zong Liqun recent photo
In 1988, the Bayi Film Studio was preparing to shoot the film "Report of the Female Instructor", and it was necessary to go to the army to select some extras, so deputy director Li Xiaojun went to Zong Liqun's independent battalion to select actors. Zong Liqun is a leader, organizing breeders, cooks and other people who are suitable for acting in various positions. After picking out the actors, Li Xiaojun looked at Zong Liqun and said, "You can also play one, it is a deputy chief of staff, and there are words, which are just right for you." ”
At first, Zong Liqun did not dare to pick up, for fear of giving people a role, after all, he had not acted. Director Li Xiaojun said, it's okay, you can just perform the true color. Finally, Zong Liqun played a chief of staff of the artillery brigade in "The Report of the Female Instructor", which was his first film and television drama.
Zong Liqun played Peng Dehuai in "The Crusade of the Army"
Zong Liqun thought that if he acted well, he would be fine, but he did not expect that after filming "The Report of the Female Instructor", three people in the crew talked to him.
Deputy director Li Xiaojun said: "Brother, you look like Peng Dehuai, you can go up to the factory when filming in the future." ”
Old director Li Jun also said: "Xiao Zong, our factory may have to shoot "Armageddon", then you can run for it. ”
Shen Guorui, the recording engineer, said: "Xiao Zong, don't be the chief of staff, come to our factory as an actor." You look like a leader. ”
Shen Guorui is a famous sound recordist in Bayi Factory, and he has participated in the recording of old films such as "Bitter Cauliflower", "Shining Red Star", "Four Crossing Red Water", and he has made recordings for the documentary "Marshal Peng Dehuai", and is very familiar with the photos of Peng Dehuai in various periods.
He said that Zong Liqun was like Peng Dehuai, which was very convincing.
But Zong Liqun did not take it seriously and returned to the army to continue working. After some time, the sister of one of his friends wanted to record a song for the Young Singers Competition, and Todzongliqun looked for a recording engineer. Zong Liqun came to Shen Guorui's house again.
Stills from the movie "Heroes and Children"
As soon as he entered the door, Liu Shangxian, Shen Guorui's wife, said in surprise: "Commander Zong! Peng Dehuai! Liu Shangxian is a famous actor and director of Bayi Factory, and the actor of Wang Fang in the movie "Heroes and Children".
It turned out that the Bayi Factory was preparing to shoot "Armageddon", the actor who played Peng Dehuai was not selected, and the leaders of the Bayi Factory found more than twenty actors in various groups across the country, and they were not very satisfied. Unexpectedly, Zong Liqun, who looked very much like Peng Dehuai, came to the door himself. Liu Shangxian welcomed Zong Liqun into the house and said, "This is really a broken iron shoe with nowhere to be found, and it takes no effort at all." ”
Shen Guorui's family of three
Liu Shangxian said to Zong Liqun: "You can participate in the "Armageddon" actor campaign and go back to prepare. ”
"Armageddon" is a series of films about the three major battles during the Liberation War filmed by bayi Film Studio, and it is definitely a big production until now, and the whole country is paying attention. It would be a great honor to play a role in this film.
After returning from Shen Guorui's house, Zong Liqun found a lot of books and photos about Peng Dehuai to understand his personality and characteristics of talking and walking.
Peng Dehuai, played by Ding Xiaoyi
By the time he ran for the role of Peng Dehuai in "Armageddon", Zong Liqun had two competitors: Lei Fei and Ding Xiaoyi. Both are experienced actors who have played Peng Dehuai before. The information selected by Lei Fei is a play of Mr. Peng in the movie "Weiwei Kunlun" in which he once participated, and the information selected by Ding Xiaoyi is a scene in which he participated in "General Peng".
And Zong Liqun did not play Peng Dehuai, and his filming experience was very small, and Li Jun, the director of Bayi Factory, let him try the shot. Halfway through the test, the director said no, the action was too fast, the speed of speech was too fast. Zong Liqun said, "Give me ten minutes." He turned his back to the wall and repeated the words himself, then slowed down and tried the camera again.
After the test, the director nodded and said, "This time it is much better than the last time, it is really good!" In the end, Armageddon decided to use Zong Liqun to play Peng Dehuai.
Photo of director Li Jun before his death
Later, during a small talk, Li Jun said to Zong Liqun: "Xiao Zong, do you know why you were selected among the three people?" On the performance, you are not as good as Lei Fei and Ding Xiaoyi, but in terms of looks and temperament, they are not as good as you. ”
In this way, in October 1990, Zong Liqun officially entered the "Armageddon" crew to shoot, which was also his first time to play Peng Dehuai in a film and television drama. He was 40 years old.
Stills from the TV series "Bright Sword"
The biggest regret in my life is that I have not played Peng Dehuai's "male number one"
After the war blockbuster "Armageddon" was screened nationwide, Zong Liqun's performance was affirmed, and his fate also changed, from a soldier to an actor.
He has played Peng Dehuai in more than 60 film and television films such as "The Great Turn", "Bloody Taihang", "Decisive Battle of China's Destiny", "Bright Sword", "Taihang Mountain" and so on, becoming one of the best actors to play Peng Dehuai in China, and shooting six plays a year at most.
However, Zong Liqun has one of the biggest regrets, that is, he has never played Peng Dehuai's "male number one", and the Peng Dehuai he plays is a supporting role. There were three opportunities to play Peng Dehuai's "male number one", but none of them succeeded. In Zong Liqun's own words, "three ups and three downs."
The first one: In 1994, Zong Liqun filmed "General Zhang Xueliang", playing Peng Dehuai, and the director said: "We still have a thirty-episode "Marshal Peng Dehuai" to shoot, and when the time comes, we will find you." "But in the end it didn't work out.
The second case: In 1999, Zong Liqun participated in "General Huang Kecheng", and the director also told Zong Liqun that there was a TV series about Peng Dehuai to be filmed, and then let him star, and finally did not approve it.
The third case was when Zong Liqun met Peng Dehuai's nephew at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Electrification Railway Bureau, saying that their family wanted to organize the preparation of a film "Marshal Peng Dehuai", but in the end it was not successful.
Zong Liqun's family of three
His wife is a strong backer of Zong Liqun, and his son is a cutting-edge director
Zong Liqun has a very happy family, his wife Ge Zhongxin is eight years younger than him, and he is taller than him and looks very beautiful.
At that time, Ge Zhongxin was working in the Supervision Bureau, and because he was more picky, he had not yet started a family at the age of 34, and in today's words, he was a typical elderly young woman. So someone introduced her to 42-year-old Zong Liqun.
Zong Liqun's wife
Ge Zhongxin was hesitant at first, because Zong Liqun had been married once and was so much older than her. Later, after contacting Zong Liqun, I slowly felt that this person had a good quality, sincerity, kindness, and the quality of a soldier, and finally the two came together.
Stills from the movie "The Great Undertaking of Building a Nation"
A few years later, Ge Zhongxin and Zong Liqun's son Zong Shuai was born. When his son grew up, due to his father's influence, he also loved acting, and he once followed Zong Liqun into the crew and played a guard in two dramas, "Mao Zedong" and "General Xiao Jinguang". Especially when filming "Mao Zedong", in order to be a good group of actors, Zong Shuai, who weighed nearly 200 kilograms at the time, did not eat a grain of rice in a week, used it for four months, and lost more than 60 kilograms of meat.
Usually at home, ge Zhongxin takes care of everything, and does not have to worry about Zong Liqun. When Zong Liqun went out to shoot a scene, Ge Zhongxin often joined the group with him, taking care of him while doing logistical support for the crew. When filming "General Xiao Jinguang", they even played all three members of the family, Zong Liqun played Peng Dehuai, Ge Zhongxin made a cameo as a health doctor, and his son Zong Shuai played Xiao Jinguang's grandson "Xiao Fat".
Stills from the movie "On the Taihang Mountain"
Later, Zong Shuai was admitted to the acting department of the Beijing Film Academy as he wished, and is now a cutting-edge director. In September last year, his theatrical film "Blue Out of Blue" was launched in Beijing, starring Ren Zhong, Zhu Jiaqi, Pan Yueming and other powerful actors, and Zong Liqun also played a small role in it.
Mr. Zong Liqun is 70 years old this year, and while wishing him good health, he also hopes to see his wonderful performance on the screen again. I also hope that Zong Shuai's new film will be successful and truly achieve "blue out of blue, and better than blue".