Text: Si Qi
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The term "old drama bone" originated in Hong Kong and refers to an old actor with skilled acting skills in film and television drama, whose form is flowing, whose acting is exquisite and what he looks like.
In addition to good acting skills, "high moral integrity" and "no bad deeds" are also important yardsticks for drama bones.
In this issue, let's take stock of the 4 heavyweight drama bones in the Chinese film and television circle, all of whom are "ceilings" and no one has been able to match them so far.
First, Liu Xun
Liu Xun
The reason why Liu Xun's elderly predecessor is ranked first is because he can really afford the reputation of "a thousand faces as it comes".
Until now, many friends will mistakenly think that Liu Xun is a hong Kong actor, but in fact, he is a native of Beijing.
As a child, Liu Xun was very fond of Peking Opera, and Peking Opera masters such as Li Wanchun, Shang Heyu, and Zhang Dejun all guided him.
Li Wanchun
After several years of training on the Peking Opera stage, Liu Xun, in his early twenties, took up the position of lecturer at the Peking Opera House in China.
At the age of 35, because he was not accustomed to the extravagance of the times, Liu Xun moved to Hong Kong and began to contact Cantonese opera.
In just two or three years of study, Liu Xun was not only able to speak a rap of Cantonese, but also became a Cantonese opera master, and the famous actors Luo Jiaying, Li Qifeng, Chen Haoyi, etc., were his students.
In 1980, when Xu Ke was preparing to shoot the movie "Dao Ma Dan", he invited Liu Xun to serve as the director of Peking Opera and let him play a small role in the film.
Under the thick makeup, few people can recognize his true appearance.
Stills from "Knife Horse Dan"
It was also from that play that 40-year-old Liu Xun officially started his acting career, constantly composing a film and television legend of "a thousand faces".
In Xu Ke's "Ghost of a Woman" series, Liu Xun plays the roles of "Pudu Cihang" and "Baiyun Zen Master", the former is a demon monk who is a demon monk who is a disaster in the world, and the latter is a high-ranking monk of Puji sentient beings, and the role contrast is amazing.
Photo of "Ghost of a Woman"
Under Liu Xun's wonderful interpretation, the images of the two roles are worlds apart, but there is no sense of violation at all, which can be called god-level acting skills.
In the Xu Ke martial arts film "Smiling Proud of the Jianghu" series, Liu Xun also completed a jaw-dropping acting challenge.
For example, the great eunuch Gu Gufu, who he plays, is still softly talking and laughing with you one second, and the next second is eerie and murderous.
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Another example is the Sun Moon God Sect Guangming Zuo Envoy Xiang Qingtian, and the undefeated Oriental who is easy to look at, one is a heroic hero, and the other is a cunning and sinister villain.
In addition, he is also Huang Qiying, the "teasing father" of Fang Shiyu in "The Lion King's Battle", the cruel and fierce "Jia Ting" in "New Dragon Gate Inn", the Jade Qingdao in "Yin and Yang Law King", and Li Lianying in "Nine Pin Sesame Officials"...
Photo of "Lion King"
Along the way, Liu Xun constantly challenged the role of great contrast, and the kind of acting skills that were completely oblivious to him won him the reputation of "a thousand faces as it comes".
At the same time, Liu Xun's success is inseparable from his lofty professionalism.
Photo of "Nine Pin Sesame Officer"
Pingsuri, in order to play a role well, even if it is an expression, he will devote himself to studying for a long time, decades as a day.
Because in his opinion: since he has eaten the food of the actor, he must be worthy of the rice bowl in his hand and worthy of the audience.
Today, Liu Xun's predecessor is 82 years old, he has long since quit the show business circle, it is said that he and his wife and children are living happily together, low-key to find too much information about him.
I wish this old artist a peaceful old age and a happy family, and thank him for bringing wonderful things to the film world.
2. Wei Zongwan
Wei Zongwan
Looking at the entire Chinese film and television circle, Si Qi superficially believes that Wei Zongwan should not let go of liu xun's acting skills.
Just like Liu Xun, he is an old actor in the film and television circle who is "not popular".
Born in Shanghai in 1938, Wei Zongwan dropped out of school early because his family was poor as a child and worked as a worker at the steam turbine airport for four years.
Wei Zongwan in his youth
During the time when he worked at the steam turbine airport, Wei Zongwan became a member of the drama team, often performing for his colleagues on stage.
However, due to his lack of outstanding looks, Wei Zongwan's performance road stumbled, always hovering on the edge of running the dragon suit.
It was not until 1959, after he was admitted to the Shanghai Theater Academy, that he really stepped into the threshold of show business.
In 1982, the 44-year-old Wei Zongwan participated in the movie "One and Eight", in which he played the deserter "Wan Lao", who was almost a dragon set. Although the role was not much, the role was played by him.
Photo of "One and Eight"
After becoming famous, Wei Zongwan went on to star in movies such as "Xiangxi Bandits" and "Shipwreck", but because of his appearance, he spent most of his time playing the role of dragon set.
In 1987, Wei Zongwan, who was already 49 years old, finally shined in the drama "Thinking of Wrong".
In the two-hour and ten-minute performance, he presented the audience with the difficult life of "Munch O'Neal" in an almost crazy way.
In that scene, the audience who watched it all gave a thumbs up and felt that the tickets were worth it.
With this drama, Wei Zongwan was awarded the "National First-class Actor", and since then he has ushered in the spring of his acting career.
In "I'm Ugly, But I'm Gentle", he is the simple and kind "Umbrella Maker Li Laifu";
In "Sanmao's Military Record", he has become a treacherous and cunning "veteran oil son";
In "Smart Run and Magic Escape", he played the role of "Old Man", and that song "Bouncing Cotton" is still a good memory for countless people.
That year, when director Zhang Jianya was preparing to shoot "Smart Run and Wonderful Escape", he invited Wei Zongwan to star, but he did not want to play with Mao's child, so he politely declined.
In order to invite Wei Zongwan, Zhang Jianya immediately knelt down on one knee and moved his affection for him, which touched the old drama bone.
When it comes to the classic characters created by the elders, there are countless.
In the old version of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, he was the scheming Sima Yi;
In "Water Margin", he became a high-ranking official who gained power;
In "Sui and Tang Heroes", it has become a rampant lawless Yu culture and...
Wei Zongwan is such an actor, in comedy, he can make you laugh; when playing a bad guy, it immediately makes your back chill; when playing a good person, he can make you feel moved and drooling.
In the materialistic entertainment circle, traffic stars take high salaries, fragrant cars bmw, arrogant and lavish.
On the other hand, Teacher Wei Zongwan married a wife and accompanied him to the end of his life, and there was no scandal in his life. How ironic is it to struggle for decades to buy a house on the outskirts of Shanghai?
In an interview, Wei Zongwan said: A salary of a few thousand yuan a month is enough, just do a good job, I am just an actor.
3. Li Xuejian
Li Xuejian
Li Xuejian is the only artist to receive the "Outstanding Contribution to Reform and Opening Up", also known as "the most expensive actor".
His "expensive" is not a high salary, but refers to the degree of "expensive" in the eyes of the audience.
In addition, Li Xuejian has also been officially certified as an "excellent performing artist who carries forward the core values of socialism".
In his decades of acting career, Li Xuejian won the award, which covered 33 trophies in the art awards, which can be called "Full Slam".
Li Xuejian has a life motto that can be encouraged with Jun: "Do things seriously and act innocently." ”
Born in Heze, Shandong In 1954, Li Xuejian was frail and sickly as a child.
At the age of 11, Li Xuejian moved to Guizhou with his parents, was often bullied, and experienced human affection from an early age.
That year, the school's publicity team was recruiting, so he signed up.
The reason is simple, is that I don't want to be looked down upon anymore.
In the early years of his acting career, from passers-by A, bandit B to dead bodies, Li Xuejian has participated in the role, until finally starring in the role of Lin Biao, which has slightly improved.
Later, Li Xuejian won the participation in the literary troupe drama "Nine. The opportunity of "One Three Incidents" won the highest award of Chinese drama "Plum Blossom Award" with the film, and has since become a hit.
Now, 31 years have passed, but there are certainly still people who remember the "Song Dacheng" in the TV series "Longing".
At that time, there was a popular saying, "Marry Song Dacheng, marry a wife and marry Liu Huifang", which shows how deeply Li Xuejian's acting skills are rooted in the hearts of the people and the popularity is high.
Stills from "Longing"
With this drama, he not only became a national idol, but also won the Feitian Award and the Golden Eagle Award, and his acting career reached the top early.
And this year, he is 36 years old, earlier than the year of popularity, the late success of the big instrument, but there is a reason.
That is to put in enough effort, a hundred times more than others.
After that, Li Xuejian took over the film "Jiao Yulu".
In order to play this role of bowing down for the country and the people, he had a meal of cabbage and lost more than 20 pounds a month, crazy enough to make everyone in the crew worry about him.
When the film was broadcast, countless people cried, and even After Watching Jiao Yulu's wife Xu Junya, she couldn't help but have tears in her eyes, saying that he was a very qualified actor.
Photo of "Jiao Yulu"
This time, he successfully won the Golden Rooster Award for Best Actor and the Best Actor Award for the Hundred Flowers Award with the film, becoming a real "double film emperor".
Later, when filming "Yang Shanzhou", in order to effectively restore the character image, Li Xuejian personally ran to Daliangshan, wore the clothes worn by Yang Lao, slept in the bed he slept in, and walked the mountain road he walked...
In 2011, when Li Xuejian lifted the trophy for outstanding actor at the 14th China Film Huabiao Awards, the audience applauded thunderously, all of whom were impressed by his acting skills and applauded his professionalism.
Photo of "Yang Shanzhou"
Of course, the role played by Li Xuejian has never disappointed the audience, which is an indisputable fact.
In the 96 version of the TV series "Water Margin", the "Song Jiang" he played was too realistic, so that he had been hated by the audience for many years;
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In "Jing Ke Thorns the King of Qin", he also interpreted the mighty and domineering "Qin Shi Huang" who unified the six kingdoms;
In "The Young Marshal", through the crushing acting skills, the old marshal "Zhang Zuolin" was presented to everyone;
And, of course, the "father" in "Hey, Old Man" who has Alzheimer's disease...
Along the way, Li Xuejian, who has no age span, can play the prince general on the top, can play the small people in the city, can be a red flower, and can make green leaves.
In the millennium, when Li Xuejian took over the filming of "China Orbit", he had already been diagnosed with nasopharyngeal cancer and must be treated immediately.
At this time, he chose to be conservative in chemotherapy, but also did not put down the shooting work, running back and forth between the hospital and the crew. How many people can do this dedication to art?
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Fortunately, Li Xuejian later received treatment and strangled the throat of fate fiercely, so that the audience did not lose the old artist.
Most of his life has won countless awards, and he is covered in radiance!
Li Xuejian hates the spotlight very much, he has been low-key and introverted all his life, only likes to work with his old wife, together as plain as water, simple and happy.
He scoffed at all kinds of high-paying commercials, because in his opinion: some things can be done, but some things can't be done for a lifetime!
If Li Xuejian is described as a single "drama bone", Si Qi feels that it is far from enough weight, because he is not only an actor, but also an old artist with a very "craftsman spirit", which is worth emulating and learning from all future generations.
4. Guan Dexing
Guan Dexing
When it comes to "Huang Feihong", most fans will think of Jet Li for the first time.
However, before him, there was an old drama bone who shot a total of 77 "Huang Feihong" series of movies, and he was the real "huang Feihong's first person" - Guan Dexing.
In addition to being an old drama bone with superb acting skills, he is also a real "patriotic artist" who has fought for the revolutionary cause all his life.
In 1906, Guan Dexing was born in Guangzhou, his father died early, and his family was very poor.
As a child, he took on the responsibility of the family early, and at the age of 12, he worked as a small worker on the construction site to earn a meager income.
In the old society with a strong atmosphere of opera culture, Guan Dexing was deeply infected, and he often sneaked to the theater garden to rub the opera, and was a small opera fan without compromise.
At the age of 13, Kwan smuggled himself to Hong Kong with a few friends and then moved to Singapore as a porter.
In Singapore, he met a noble man in his life, and after a theater owner adopted him, he asked his master to start teaching him acting, laying the foundation for entering the show business in the future.
In the years when he followed his master to the south and north, Guan Dexing learned a lot of things, and after returning to Guangzhou, he joined the then famous Cantonese opera group "Red Boat Class", mainly playing some dragon set roles.
Later, after Guan Dexing worshipped "Zhengyin Xiaowu" Liang Yuanheng as his teacher and joined the "Zhuhua Class", he began to play some important roles, and since then he has been popular all over Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.
At the age of 21, Guan Dexing not only established his own "big teenager" drama class, but also married the daughter of the light gong master "Za Foot Sheng".
In 1931, due to the warlord melee in China, Guan Dexing had to take the drama team to find another way out, so they came to Vietnam.
There, his drama team was red and purple, and every day the drama was continuous, and when it was most exaggerated, a play could earn 100,000 oceans.
At the age of 26, Guan Dexing was invited to perform at the GreatEr China Theater in San Francisco, USA, and visited hollywood studios with famous Chinese directors Guan Wenqing and Zhao Shufan, and has since developed a strong interest in movies.
During this period, Guan Dexing starred in the "sound film" "Singers and Girls' Love Tide", which became the "first bridge" between the Chinese and the United States in their acting careers.
Since then, Guan Dexing returned to Hong Kong and Guangzhou with "Song Girl Love Tide", which was released for up to 3 months, setting off a wave of movies for the whole people.
Soon after, Guan Dexing returned to the United States and successively participated in the filming of the movies "Yesterday's Song" and "Residual Song", and also achieved good results. And he thus became the first "king" in the Chinese film and television circle.
At the same time, he also filmed a number of "fashion Cantonese operas" such as "Eighteen Years of Divorce" and "Who is the Adulterer", and his influence can be seen.
Since 1937, the iron heel of imperialism has officially stepped into China, and the misfortune of the sons and daughters of China has also begun.
At that time, Kwan was in Hong Kong, and as an artist, he chose to "save the country" in his own way.
China's war readiness materials are extremely scarce, in urgent need of two fighters, Guan Dexing first donated his own American brand "Shi Diao BiJia" car, calling on people from all walks of life to launch a "dedication campaign";
In addition, he also donated a total of 7 aircraft in hong Kong and Kowloon;
In order to appeal to the whole people to resist Japan, he also invited patriotic artists such as Hu Dieying and Feng Jinghua to jointly perform "Modern Overlord" at the Puqing Theater, and donated more than 20,000 Hong Kong dollars to the performance;
In the second year after the war of aggression against China officially began, he risked his life many times to go to the United States to raise anti-Japanese funds;
After going to the United States, Guan Dexing joined forces with a group of patriotic overseas Chinese to establish the "San Francisco National Salvation Association," which was specifically responsible for planning anti-Japanese propaganda activities.
Under the influence of Guan Dexing, Kuang Bingshun and others, overseas Chinese in large and medium-sized cities have set up "national salvation branches", setting off a wave of national salvation by the whole people...
After the smoke of the war gradually dissipated, in 1946, after returning to China, Guan Dexing began to create "The Biography of Huang Feihong", which took nearly 3 years for him to star in the first kung fu film "Huang Feihong Whip Wind extinguishing candles" and finally officially filmed.
On the day of the screening, it was called the real "Ten Thousand Empty Alleys", no matter how rich or poor, as long as it was Chinese, they all wanted to see the style of the hero Huang Feihong.
Subsequently, Guan Dexing successively made a series of films such as "Huang Feihong Series" such as "Huang Feihong's Legend of the Fire Of The Fire Overlord Zhuang", "Huang Feihong's Blood Battle Flowing Flower Bridge", "Huang Feihong's Biography of Liang Kuan Gui Tian" and other series of films, which were sensational.
At the same time as earning the film box office, Guan Dexing also opened the "Guan Dexing Pharmacy", which mainly sells "Guan Dexing's rheumatism medicine", but where the poor ask for medicine, they do not take anything.
The time came to 1967, when Guan Dexing was already over the age of Hua Jia, but he still worked hard for the film industry, and successively shot a number of Huang Feihong series of movies.
In his acting career, he has played Huang Feihong a total of 77 times, and is a well-deserved "generation grandmaster" who has opened up Chinese martial arts films.
After the ancient rarity, on the occasion of Guotai Min'an, Guan Dexing was committed to the cause of performing arts, but also did not forget to devote himself to public welfare and charity.
In the 1991 major flood in East China, he led the door to donate 12 million Hong Kong dollars, and contracted 18 garment processing factories in China, working overtime to drive out more than 200,000 pieces of aircraft shirts and cotton coats to help the disaster area;
In the 1994 flood in South China, he donated to the Lianjiang disaster area under Zhanjiang City through Wen Wei Po, and then donated HK$800,000 to the disaster areas in Hunan and Guangxi respectively, and purchased sweaters to send to;
The following year, Kwan set up a permanent "Disabled Children's Fund" to raise funds for children suffering from muscular dystrophy in Hong Kong...
The road of life is long, and the piles he has done are all models for an artist to "be virtuous and artistic"!
In June 1996, Guan Dexing's elderly predecessor died of illness at the age of 91.
Although the bones of the play are gone, the virtue and art will last forever!
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