In order to celebrate the centenary of the party, the major revolutionary historical theme TV series "Hit the Water in the Middle Stream" was broadcast on CCTV some time ago in a set of prime time hits. In the play, the acting skills and image of Ding Liuyuan, the actor of Chen Duxiu's wife Gao Junman and the former Bayi Film Studio actor, have been highly recognized by the audience.
Played Gao Junman in the TV series "Hit the Water in the Middle Stream"
For more than 20 years, Ding Liuyuan has insisted on interpreting red classics and inheriting red genes, and has successfully shaped the image of famous women such as Jiang Jie, Yang Kaihui, He Zizhen, Gong Quanzhen, etc. Their personality style and spiritual style not only infect the audience in front of the TV set, but also profoundly affect Ding Liuyuan's mental state and acting career. At the beginning of this year, Ding Liuyuan withdrew from active duty, but she said that she will still take the inheritance of red genes as her responsibility and continue to "red"!
"For every role I play, I'm going to play it!"
Ding Liuyuan played the "Gao Junman" in "Middle Stream Hitting the Water", with a strong personality, forbearance and tolerance. The most shining quality is the courage to break with the feudal system.
In order to truly feel the atmosphere of that era, Ding Liuyuanpao library collected books and historical materials and studied the roles. "I'm not a very talented actor, but I'm willing to spend time and energy doing my homework. For each role, I am willing to act, connecting emotions with the role. ”
Stills from the TV series "Sister Jiang"
In order to create a good image of "Sister Jiang", Ding Liuyuan once turned off his mobile phone, concentrated on reading scripts, historical materials and literary works for more than 40 consecutive days, and drew a chronology of "Sister Jiang" himself, so that all historical figures and events were cherished. She also went to the Hongyan Memorial Hall and the "Sister Jiang" sacrifice site several times to look for the shadow of "Sister Jiang".
When filming the torture clip of "Sister Jiang", in order to find the most real feeling, Ding Liuyuan's head was pressed into the water tank again and again, his body was tied up and hung in mid-air for a long time, his face was swollen by ropes, and his wrists were also deeply scarred... In this way, the resolute, persistent and tenacious "Sister Jiang" was vividly displayed in front of the audience.
In 2010, for starring in the TV series "Sister Jiang", Ding Liuyuan won the Outstanding Actress Award of the "Golden Eagle Award" of China Television and was known as the "Third Generation Of Jiang Sister"; in 2018, with the successful portrayal of gong Quanzhen in "Initial Heart", she once again appeared on the podium of the "Golden Eagle Award" and won the "Audience Favorite Actress Award".
Ding Liuyuan won the 29th China Television Golden Eagle Awards "Audience Favorite Actress Award"
Now, Ding Liuyuan is about to appear in front of the audience with another female figure - playing Jiao Yulu's wife Xu Junya in "My Father Jiao Yulu". In the film, although the role of Xu Junya is not much ink, every shot of Ding Liuyuan is full of real emotions.
When filming the scene when Jiao Yulu was dying, Ding Liuyuan walked into Xu Junya's heart and truly felt her grief, her heart was heavy to insomnia for many consecutive days, and her weight dropped rapidly, and she was still immersed in the scene after filming.
Stills from the upcoming movie "My Father Jiao Yulu" (Ding Liuyuan as Xu Junya)
After watching Ding Liuyuan's performance, Jiao Yulu's second daughter Jiao Shouyun took her hand and said, "You let me see the shadow of my mother back then." ”
"Their sparkling qualities, like a jigsaw puzzle, spelled it out for me"
Since the film, Ding Liuyuan has starred in more than 40 film and television works, playing many revolutionary female roles such as Yang Kaihui, He Zizhen, Jiang Jie, Wang Xia, Sun Weishi, Gong Quanzhen, etc., and more than 95% of the works have been broadcast in CCTV one set and CCTV eight prime time.
The red classic is the collective memory of a nation, and the more I work the screen, the more the audience can feel a little more persistence and faith. For more than 20 years, these female images created by Ding Liuyuan have touched the audience and changed herself.
Stills from "Where the Peach Blossoms Bloom" (Ding Liuyuan as Huang Shaohua)
Ding Liuyuan often said: "It is not so much that I have created the heroic role, but that the hero has shaped me." Their sparkling qualities, like a puzzle, spelled out who I wanted. "For every character she has played, it will leave a deep mark on her."
During the filming of the movie "My Father Jiao Yulu", Ding Liuyuan repeatedly studied the works about Jiao Yulu and constantly felt jiao Yulu's ordinary life and noble qualities of establishing the party for the public. Ding Liuyuan told reporters with tears: "These works let me see what a communist should look like, and let me understand why Secretary Jiao has been gone for many years, but the local people are still full of infinite respect and gratitude for him." ”
Throughout the filming process, Ding Liuyuan interpreted the role with great admiration, and the excellent qualities of the communists in Jiao Yulu were like a mirror, constantly purifying her soul.
Feng Yulan, a small soldier of the Eighth Route Army, Jiang Jie, an underground worker in the "White Zone", Wang Xia, director of the women's brigade behind enemy lines, and Gong Quanzhen, director of the Bayi School of Education... "Those people and things I have played, I feel that I have really experienced." ”
Stills of "Armed Workers Behind Enemy Lines" (Ding Liuyuan as Wang Xia, women's director)
In the years after performing "Sister Jiang", as long as Ding Liuyuan heard "Embroidered Red Flag" and "Red Meizan", her tears couldn't help but fall down; revisiting the slag cave, her expression was serious, and her mood unconsciously became thick, as if this was the place where she suffered and stubbornly resisted.
Every time she plays a role, she really fits herself into it. In order to play the image of "Gong Quanzhen", she has visited the elderly Gong Quanzhen in Jiangxi many times and felt the real life of the old man, not only becoming a friend of the old man, but also giving her a deeper understanding of the word "faith".
Stills from the TV series "Chu Xin" (Ding Liuyuan as Gong Quanzhen, wife of Gan Zuchang)
"Sister Jiang" in "Sister Jiang" represents the "Red Rock Spirit", "Middle Stream Hitting the Water" tells a big story of the "Red Boat Spirit", "Jiao Yulu Spirit" in "My Father Jiao Yulu" ... Ding Liuyuan, a 21-year-old party member, said it was a blessing and a blessing to be able to "meet" these red classics on screen, "which allows you to truly appreciate the power of the 'spiritual genealogy' of the Chinese Communist Party."
"Even after taking off my uniform, I'm still a warrior"
"The warrior is always seeking the light; the warrior is always young; the warrior does not know discouragement and despair; the warrior does not know to cower..." This passage is from Barkin's 1938 essay "Be a Warrior".
20 years ago, Ding Liuyuan had just graduated from college, and when he happened to read this article in the newspaper, he cut the newspaper and framed it with a wooden frame.
Over the years, the family has moved many times, and this picture frame she has always carried, always placed in the middle of the desk. On the road of acting, whenever she felt tired, confused, and confused, she went into the study and read this article. "Don't look at this paper has turned yellow, I can also memorize the article, but every time I read it, it feels different." She said.
Being a warrior is Ding Liuyuan's ideal of playing small. Her grandfather was a volunteer soldier who participated in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and her father was also a soldier. Influenced by them, after Ding Liuyuan's college entrance examination, he resolutely chose the former in the face of the admission letters sent by the People's Liberation Army Academy of Arts and the Beijing Film Academy.
Ding Liuyuan played the female soldier of the Eighth Route Army
She remembers becoming a professional actor at the Bayi Film Studio after graduation, and her first role was that of a female soldier of the Eighth Route Army. Although there were not many scenes, the revolutionary spirit of the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army brought a great shock to her soul. "At that time, I didn't think I would play so many heroines, but maybe since then, my heart has chosen the direction."
From 20 years of filming, she has also acted in modern films such as urban dramas and workplace dramas, and found that "it is still those red classic images, with the spirit and quality I want."
Ding Liuyuan directed the people's army ceremony cultural propaganda film "The Glory of the Soldiers"
At the beginning of this year, Ding Liuyuan withdrew from active duty. But she felt that as long as she was still playing those red classic images, she had not left the big family that gave her warmth and strength, the Bayi Film Studio Actors Troupe.
At the end of May, as the final judge, she participated in the keynote speech contest "Let Veterans Become Respected by the Whole Society" organized by the Ministry of Veterans Affairs. At the scene, listening to the stories of retired veterans, she shed tears several times. "If there is a war, it will be called back!" Listening to the deeds of the veterans, the mood could not be calmed for a long time. She wrote in the WeChat circle of friends.
Not long ago, Ding Liuyuan participated in the 82nd anniversary of the people's artist Tian Hua's art. When she sang "Without the Communist Party, There Would Be No New China" with the predecessors of the Bayi Film Studio, she remembered Teacher Tian Hua's advice to her: "The blood of communists is red, and no matter under any circumstances, it cannot fade!" ”
"Standing among these frank, clean and poor artists, I feel that I am surrounded by 'capital letters', and I want to be like them." Ding Liuyuan said.
Author | Reporters Zou Fei and Li Qian
Source | Legion of Learning (ID: xuexijuntuan)