The leader of the opera who changed his career halfway
In 1998, "Huan Zhu Ge Ge" was launched, setting a record for the highest ratings in Asia that has not been broken so far. Countless classic screen images such as Xiaoyanzi, Ziwei, and Grandma Rong portrayed in the play have not been surpassed so far. Empress Dai Chunrong, who was hated by everyone, was also given the title of empress professional household.
After "Huan Zhu Gege", Dai Chunrong received too many "Empress" scripts. Behind the support and recognition, there are also people who question this: Is she not afraid that she will limit the roles she can play? Or can she only play this type of role?
So, let's walk into Dai Chunrong's world and solve this question.
Gifted hard-working girl
Dai Chunrong was born in Xi'an, Shaanxi in 1961. The atmosphere of Shaanxi's ability to sing and dance is deeply infected by Dai Chunrong. In this way, in 1972, the 11-year-old girl was admitted to the training class of literary and art warriors with the support of her parents, and was first exposed to Qin Opera performance.
In school, Dai Chunrong has a very high level of understanding and can basically understand it at one point. With her outstanding acting talent, she has won the opportunity to play the main role many times, such as Chang Bao, who heroically killed the enemy in "Wise Tiger Mountain", Wu Qinghua, who was unyielding in "Red Women's Army", and Wang Guihua, who was full of grief in "Blood and Tears Vengeance". The teacher's affirmation also gave Dai Chunrong the courage to firmly continue.
However, just out of the novice village, Dai Chunrong felt that life gave him a blow.
The young Dai Chunrong was in the cultural revolution period. In that crazy era, except for the "eight model plays", other works of art were slandered as poisonous weeds and beaten into the cold palace. Leaving aside acting, even the opportunity to watch traditional plays is rare. It wasn't until the gang of four was crushed that the traditional drama gradually came back to life.
In 1977, Dai Chunrong graduated and was assigned to the Second Regiment of Qin Cavity in Xi'an. Troupes and training courses are different, with a wealth of talents and fierce competition for casting. Ten years of catastrophe, Dai Chunrong wasted nearly five years, and even the basic skills became less solid. If the skill is poor, you can only play a supporting role or run a dragon set. Looking at the position on the stage that does not belong to herself, Dai Chunrong is not willing, she wants to change.
Therefore, Dai Chunrong tried to seize every opportunity to learn.
When the old actors performed on stage, Dai Chunrong watched offstage, picked up the small book he carried with him, recorded the interpretation of the details, and explored the laws of performing arts. When it was time to leave, she stood on the stage without an audience and practiced the supporting roles over and over again.
Most of the places where the troupe performs are in rural areas. Even in the cold and windy winter, Dai Chunrong would wear a thin red costume and sing a melodious opera. Although her face was frozen blue on the open-air stage, she immersed herself in it and showed a dignified and elegant woman's style. Over time, the troupe began to circulate Dai Chunrong's desperate deeds, and arranged more roles for her to play.
Finally, in the performance of "Meng Lijun", Dai Chunrong successfully emerged and shone brightly. "Meng Lijun" has a total of eight scenes, and the singing and doing in the play are equally important, spanning the dual identities of men and women, which is a complete challenge. On the basis of inheriting tradition, Dai Chunrong boldly innovated, vividly expressed the emotions of complex conflicts such as surprise, joy, shame and anger, and successfully created a stage image that combined traditional beauty and modern beauty, which won the warmest applause from the audience.
One minute on stage, ten years offstage.
In 1988, Dai Chunrong, who had been in the Qin Cavity business for more than ten years, successfully won high praise from the audience and theater experts through the image played in "Zhuo Wenjun". She held the Plum Blossom Award trophy in her hand and thanked her with excitement. The heavy trophy in his hand is a symbol of the highest honor in Chinese theater performance art, the highest recognition given to his acting skills in the industry, and the summary of this decade.
Speaking of this, in fact, it is possible to solve the initial question of "whether she can only control one role". An actor who can master theatrical performance so well would be afraid to challenge other roles.
Step into show business
There is such a question on the Internet: Is the drama actor's transition to film and television invincible?
I don't think it's necessary. The audience of film and television and drama, performance forms and many other aspects are very different, and it is especially important to learn to retract freely and withstand the test of close-up shots. Therefore, Dai Chunrong, who entered the show business circle as a newcomer, must need strong courage to support.
So, what made Dai Chunrong resolutely remove the title of leading figure in Qin Cavity and open an inflection point in his life?
The opportunity for all this is attributed to the "Plum Blossom Award". Although he has traveled in the world of theater for nearly two decades, what Dai Chunrong has been exposed to is only the tip of the iceberg in the field of art. She wants to be truly famous, and she also wants to experience the charm of film and television art. Having already achieved fame in the theater circle, it is better to stop here, retreat from the torrent, and start from scratch in another field.
In 1996, Dai Chunrong officially entered the film and television performance. She starred in the second TV series "Han Palace Feiyan", and first became acquainted with the empress.
In 1998, "Huan Zhu Ge Ge" began to be put into film casting work. Because the role of the queen looks extremely bad, many people are discouraged. Hearing of this, Emperor Zhang Tielin recommended the right person in his heart to Qiong Yao: Dai Chunrong. After reaching an agreement with Qiong Yao, in order not to let Dai Chunrong have the opportunity to refuse, Zhang Tielin even offered to give 30% of his film remuneration to Dai Chunrong.
Receiving the invitation, Dai Chunrong initially refused. But she thought carefully, since she could play a glamorous and beautiful opera protagonist in the past, she could now withstand the test of vicious female partners. Only by letting go of the baggage can we continue to move forward. So, she took the initiative to call and inform her of the group.
In this way, Dai Chunrong took over his second empress role.
During the filming process, Dai Chunrong deeply experienced the rigor of the "Qiong Yao style" performance method. As long as you are not satisfied, reshooting a dozen times or twenty times is a common thing. Dai Chunrong did not carry any negative emotions, took the initiative to communicate with the director, and perfected it again every time he shot it, until he finally presented the image of the empress who was both pitiful and hateful under the feudal imperial power.
The popularity of the drama is undoubtedly a great thing for Dai Chunrong, who has just entered the circle at the age of 37. But to her slight regret, although there are more opportunities to choose a script, she has been stereotyped by the director, and the role presented is gradually single.
Despite this, among the many empress roles, Dai Chunrong did not perform a formulaic performance, but instead did more effort to jump out of the image of the empress in "Huan Zhu Gege".
As it turned out, she did succeed. Whether it is the queen mother who lacks the lofty temperament in the seriousness of "Spring Brilliant Pig Eight Commandments", or the domineering Lu Yan who has changed from a delicate and vicious lady to a decisive and vicious and vicious in "Beauty and Mind", or Empress Hu in "Lanling King", each role has left a different impression on the audience. I think that the queen professional does not mean that she is restricted, on the contrary, she is praising the characters who show small differences in each datong.
Whether it was or is, traffic is king has always been a cruel reality that actors have to admit. It is Dai Chunrong who firmly grasps the super high heat of thirty years ago that he is still active in the eyes of the masses and gets more achievements.
A cute side under the majesty
Actors who have played villain roles should have such an experience: either they are chased and scolded into real life by the audience who are too deep into the play, or they are misunderstood by the people around them to play in their true colors and therefore keep their distance.
In this regard, Dai Chunrong expressed his deep agreement. Recalling the most serious period of time, I and "Grandma Rong" even went to the toilet, and needed more than a dozen young men to escort themselves.
In fact, Dai Chunrong's personality and role are diametrically opposed. The daughter said that she spoke softly and never had an outbreak every day like in the play; Colleagues praised her for being careful and considerate, being able to be keenly aware of the abnormal emotions of the cast and crew, and helping her with actions; The husband said that she was a good wife and mother, a partner worth cherishing for a lifetime.
At the same time, Dai Chunrong outside the play is also an ordinary person who will be confused like us. She will leave her suitcase on the airport because she is confused; Because the sense of direction is too poor, drive yourself around in an unknown direction and wait for others to rescue you.
In this way, it is really thanks to superb acting skills that it is possible to play a role that makes people hate to itch their teeth under such a contrasting personality.
The master of drama Stanislavsky said: There are no small roles, only small actors. Dai Chunrong, who left the Qin cavity circle, although he lost his starring status, won more applause.