In the past 30 years, many famous actors have played Cao Cao.
Among them, the old drama bones with deep acting skills are no less than 7.
Bao Guoan in the 1994 version of the TV series "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Pu Cunxin in the 2002 TV series "Cao Cao and Cai Wenji", Zhang Fengyi in the 2008 movie "Chibi", Chen Jianbin in the new "Three Kingdoms" in 2010, Jiang Wen in the 2011 movie "Guan Yunchang", Zhou Runfa in the 2012 movie "Tongquetai", Yu Hewei in the 2017 "Army-Master Alliance"...
They all interpreted cao cao in their minds with their respective performances.
Among the many versions, Bao Guoan and Yu Hewei are the most affirmed by the audience, but who plays Cao Cao better is a matter of opinion.
In the hearts of many people, the old version of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is an insurmountable classic, and Bao Guoan is even more pressuring Tang Guoqiang, who plays Zhuge Liang, with superb acting skills, he won the Feitian Award and the Golden Eagle Award for Best Actor, and the Cao Cao he played was almost insurmountable.
However, in 2017, "The Army Division Alliance of Sima Yi of the Great Army Division" (hereinafter referred to as the "Army Division Alliance") was broadcast, this drama was originally about the life of Sima Yi, but I did not expect that Cao Cao, played by Yu Hewei, was "noisy", and the whole drama was a grade because of Yu Hewei's performance.
Some people even say that Cao Cao, played by Yu Hewei, has surpassed Bao Guoan's version, and Professor Yi Zhongtian said in the program that Yu Hewei's version of Cao Cao is closer to the truth of history and is the best version of Cao Cao at present.
So the question is, Bao Guoan and Yu Hewei's two versions of Cao Cao, which is more skilled? What is the difference between them?
Today, Pigo will take you to analyze it.
First, Bao Guoan's performance
When he received the role of Cao Cao, Bao Guoan was 46 years old and a professor at the Central Academy of Drama.
He was not Cao Cao's first choice, and the crew chose an actor from many candidates, but the actor had a personality, refused to audition, and was eventually replaced.
Shen Haofang, the deputy director of this drama, and Bao Guoan were from a school before, and he recommended Bao Guoan to director Wang Fulin.
Bao Guoan was sincerely afraid, he heard that Director Wang set a role to talk about 2 days and 2 nights, and even let his wife prepare dinner in advance for reception when he met Director Wang at home, but he did not expect that after only half an hour of conversation between the two, Bao Guoan got the role of Cao Cao.
Bao Guoan bluntly said that this was "a pie falling from the sky", and he could not sleep all night for this.
In order to play Cao Cao well, he did a lot of work.
Before the START OF THE TV SERIES, the main tone of "Respecting Liu Cao" has been set as in the original work, that Cao Cao is naturally a traitor and a clown.
On this basis, he took to the streets to conduct a questionnaire survey, because he was originally a professor, and he also wrote many papers to study Cao Cao's performance methods, and finally determined such a performance method and basic principles -
It is based on the white-faced Cao Cao on the opera stage, but to get rid of the exaggerated performance, on the basis of performing Cao Cao's "adultery", it is also necessary to perform his "qi".
After entering the group, Bao Guoan stayed in an ordinary hotel for four people, because other roommates often changed, he was afraid of being disturbed, and often recited lines in the corridor.
Later, when recalling this story, the host Li Sisi ridiculed cao cao he played on TV as very domineering, but in reality he was very "overbearing", dominating the corridor to recite lines.
The old version of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" took nearly 4 years from preparation to filming, of which in order to play Cao Cao well, Bao Guoan did not take over other scenes for 1 and a half years, and in all the scenes, only one faceless war scene he used a stand-in, and the other scenes were done by himself.
Of all the actors, he is the only one who uses the original voice throughout, and his thick and magnetic voice adds a lot to this version of Cao Cao.
In the performance, Bao Guoan's overall control over Cao Cao is "three points male, seven points adultery".
The domineering heroism when defeating Yuan Shao, the cunning when he was captured by Chen Gong, the different faces when he treated Pang Tong and Zhang Song, the sincerity of greeting Xu You when he fell backwards, the doubts about Yang Xiu, the wolf after the defeat of Chibi, and the indecency of flirting with Zhang Xiu's sister-in-law.
He vividly and meticulously presents Cao Cao in the book in front of the public, performing ravines and ravines, more comprehensive and three-dimensional, which is also the reason why some audiences respect Bao Guoan.
2. Yu Hewei's performance
Let's look at Yu Hewei again.
Yu Hewei is a typical late bloomer, after graduating from the drama has been in the drama troupe, when he was 30 years old, he did not have a firm foothold, and then he got the TV series resources, but for 5 consecutive years he played the villain, so that even Li Xuejian commented on him. ”
Yu Hewei stayed up until the age of 40 to play a positive role, which is the 2010 version of the new "Three Kingdoms", he played Liu Bei.
By the time "The League of Military Divisions" began filming, Yu Hewei had already starred in the Three Kingdoms drama three times, before he played Lu Su and Xun Yu, plus Liu Bei in the new "Three Kingdoms", his understanding of the history of the Three Kingdoms had far exceeded that of other actors.
Despite this, when he received an invitation from the crew of "Army-Master Alliance", he initially refused, because Bao Guoan's version of Cao Cao was too classic, and his subsequent Cao Cao was a way of acting, and he felt that he could not act new things.
It was not until he fully understood the character of Cao Cao that he took up this role and performed Cao Cao with his own personal characteristics.
Yu Hewei's Cao Cao is closer to the historical real Cao Cao.
In Yi Zhongtian's evaluation, Cao Cao was "a capable minister who ruled the world and a traitor to a chaotic world", and this evaluation did not have any pejorative meaning.
What is a hero, the best of the flowers is The English, and the strongest of the animals is the male. And Cao Cao is a talented poet, a politician with a heart for the world, and of course a hero.
The line in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms is to honor Liu Cao, but Chen Yinke, after studying history, proposed that the true history of the Three Kingdoms was a dispute between the line between the Confucian Clan represented by Cao Cao and the Confucian Clan represented by Yuan Shao.
The script of "The League of Military Teachers" adopted the latter to be more realistic, and Yu Hewei also focused on Cao Cao's heroism.
Yu Hewei's version of Cao Cao is "seven points xiong, three points adultery".
He made a lot of effort on the two words of domineering, he appeared with a domineering spirit of the world, and he was also open-minded in doing things, which made people see a completely different Cao Cao, and the whole performance was a bit "weak water three thousand only take a scoop to drink" meaning.
Third, from the most important "three scenes", look at the specific performance differences
Having said all this, what is the specific difference between Bao Guoan and Yu Hewei in their performances?
When we analyze three identical scenes, we can see the specific differences in the performance of the two versions of Cao Cao.
The first scene: Cao Cao's poems.
In the old version of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", this scene was filmed in Taihu Lake in winter, and In order to perform this play well, Bao Guoan also went to the composer Gu Jianfen's house to sing "Short Song Line" to her piano accompaniment to find that feeling.
In the end, Cao Cao and his soldiers sang and danced in Yang Hongji's thick singing, and the whole fragment was presented very dramatically, somewhat similar to a stage play performance.
In the "Alliance of Military Masters", when Cao Cao wrote poems, Ji Yu Xuan Ang had a kind of pride in looking at the world.
In front of him were thousands of troops and horses, the sun was sprinkled on the city wall, Cao Cao's face was full of vicissitudes, chanting "Short Song Line", and the soldiers below were all moved.
After Cao Cao finished singing, the soldiers below sang in unison, and that heroic spirit immediately came out. Watching this paragraph has the visual sense of watching a blockbuster.
The second scene: Cao Cao gets the first rank of Guan Yu.
In the old version of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Guan Yu's first rank was sent to the Wei palace, and Cao Cao's reaction was very strange.
On the one hand, he was very happy and sneered.
This is because although he appreciates Guan Yu, Guan Yu is undoubtedly a stumbling block on his way forward.
The sword of Damocles hanging in his heart now is gone, of course, it is rejoicing.
But after the joy, he showed sadness again - the person who used to like Guan Yu has already stood up, and at this time, the old acquaintance has passed away, or he still has to pretend to perform sadness.
Then Cao Cao opened the box and found that Guan Yu was still staring after he died, and he was immediately frightened and lost his soul.
His subordinates told him that after Wu Guo killed Guan Yu, a celebration banquet was held, at which Lü Meng suddenly fell to the ground and died, which was clearly Guan Yu's ghost and possessed Lü Meng.
After Cao Cao heard the panicked Zhang Zhang say that he wanted to bury Guan Yu thickly, it gave people the feeling that he was afraid that Guan Yu's soul would entangle him.
The whole scene shows Cao Cao's sinister cunning.
In the "Army-Master Alliance", Guan Yu's first rank sent it, and the courtiers at the bottom were all secretly happy, but Cao Cao was like dead ash, and everyone saw that the lord's mood was not right, immediately stopped laughing, and followed Cao Cao to perform a ritual to Guan Yu.
Cao Cao and Guan Yu have a sense of hero cherishing heroes, you can't see a trace of pretense, and the sentence "It was the lone who killed General Guan" is also sincere and touching.
After watching this performance, you will be infected by Cao Cao's personality.
The third scene: Cao Cao's death.
In the old version of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Cao's face was gloomy at the time of his death, because the optic nerve was compressed and could no longer see anything.
He called his wives and concubines over, touched their faces one by one, and breathlessly explained the aftermath, giving people a feeling that the hero was late and powerless to return to heaven.
In "The Alliance of Military Divisions", Cao Cao was still calm before his death.
He and Cao Zhi had a heart-to-heart conversation, and even showed a calm smile when talking to his wife and concubine. It gives people a sense of heroism that generously dies.
Through the comparison of these three scenes, it is not difficult to conclude:
The advantage of Bao Guoan's version of Cao Cao is more plump and three-dimensional, and the disadvantage is that it is obviously degrading Cao Cao, and the adultery is greater than the male;
The advantage of Yu Hewei's version of Cao Cao is that it is closer to history and justifies Cao Cao's name, but the disadvantage is that his personality is somewhat single, and he does not have the complexity of performing Cao Cao.
The so-called "horizontal view into the mountain side into the peak", Cao Cao is one of the most controversial figures in Chinese history, and Bao Guoan and Yu Hewei interpret Cao Cao's wonderful from two different angles, and they are all equally deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
We appreciate enough, in addition, is to hope that such a good actor, good role can be more and more.
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