Zhang Guoli seems to have no acting skills in the "qingshi" period, when everyone was still performing in accordance with the "Wei Guangzheng" model, he insisted on a fresh and natural performance style and created many classic screen images.
In recent years, he has not been idle.
In the hit drama "Little Shed", he played a slightly "scummy" flower heart father to a very rich level, which is hated.
In the "Answer sheet of time" that ended at the end of July this year, he played academician Wu Mengchao, the "father of Chinese hepatobiliary surgery", which moved countless people to tears.
In the decades of acting road, although there are bumps, Zhang Guoli can always be fierce. But in life, he has insoluble grievances and problems.
01
Plain sailing
Born in Tianjin, Zhang Guoli's father was a cadre of the Second Railway Bureau, and he also became a railway worker when he grew up, doing a lot of hard work in the construction team in the mountains of Guizhou.
At that time, the railway bureau was militarized and managed, with hundreds of thousands of workers, which was equivalent to a division in structure and was divided into companies, regiments and battalions like troops.
Each unit had a Mao Zedong Thought propaganda team, and Zhang Guoli was recruited to the regiment propaganda team as a announcer because he was good at Mandarin.
As soon as he took the stage, he wore a green military uniform and military hat, held a copy of "Quotations of Chairman Mao" on his chest, and opened his mouth: "The spring wind blows, the drums of war beat" and then reported the next program, without extra play.
Every year, the railway has a large-scale literary and artistic performance, and the propaganda teams gather together, and Zhang Guoli is once again favored by fate and selected to join the cultural and industrial troupe of the former Tie Second Bureau.
At this time, his father was still locked up in a cowshed, and the news was very exciting for the whole family. This is not only an affirmation of Zhang Guoli, but also a signal: the father's problem is about to be solved.
In the Tie Second Bureau's Literary and Labor Corps, he was assigned to a "very powerful" dormitory. This dormitory is a quadruple room, and there have always been only 3 people living there, and the average person will not let you in at all.
As soon as he heard that Zhang Guoli was from Tianjin, Feng Chunsheng, a tianjin-born wenwu veteran in the same room, agreed: "Tianjin's? Oh dear! ”
The other two roommates are Gao Hongshun, the famous scholar of Kuaishu, and Zhou Deli, the apprentice of Mr. Liu Baorui. Later, Liu Chunsheng moved away, and Hou Yaowen, who came to study from the China Railway Cultural and Labor Troupe, just happened to live in.
Since Zhang Guoli entered this dormitory, he has "stolen art" in a strong atmosphere of music and art.
Although he did not worship the teacher, he understood a lot, and the quyi cells in the bones of Tianjin people were gradually activated.
In the later condolence performance, he not only did it, but even some allegro books.
Many years later, he began a poor and white career in the North Drift, so he often lived in the Hou family. Master Hou Baolin regarded Zhang Guoli as a child, and he called Out to Brother Hou Yaowen, and everyone in the Xiangsheng Gate knew him.
In 2018's "Crosstalk Has New People", when Zhang Guoli and Guo Degang became cross-talk mentors side by side, no one dared to say a word, and Guo Degang also respectfully called him "Uncle Shi".
Of course, Zhang Guoli did not only make friends in the Tie Second Bureau Cultural and Labor Troupe, but also made girlfriends.
He became acquainted with his first wife, Luo Xiuchun, and soon got married, giving birth to Zhang Mo in the summer of 1982.
Luo Xiuchun is a native of Chengdu, the family conditions are very good, and his father is a cadre in the railway system.
Chinese pay attention to starting a family first and then establishing a career, after Zhang Guoli got married, the acting road was much smoother.
In 1983, director Mi Jiashan was preparing to shoot the movie "Crooked Stone Path", when a staff member of the crew happened to be a neighbor with Zhang Guoguo's father-in-law, and thought that the young man had a good image, so he recommended him.
In fact, this is not the first time Zhang Guoli has made a movie, in 1974, he participated in "The Man Who Opened the Mountain".
At that time, the positive characters in the film paid attention to "Wei Guangzheng" and "Three Prominences", and although Zhang Guoli was born in a drama troupe, he had his own views on performance.
He appreciates the relaxed performance style more, but is criticized by the director as: unable to lift the spirit.
With the maturity of the film and television drama market, the natural and relaxed performance style is gradually favored by the audience, and many actors are difficult to adapt to the difference between dramatization and film and television performance, and Zhang Guoli has no such trouble at all.
So Zhang Guoli not only played the male number one of "Crooked Stone Path", but also won the "Feitian Award" of that year.
With the achievements of this film, Zhang Guoli was transferred to the Sichuan People's Art Theater, and Luo Xiuchun was also transferred with him.
A year later, Zhang Guoli and director Mi Jiashan collaborated again on "The Password Was Not Leaked", which not only told the story of the safe password, but also hid the love code of Zhang Guoguo and Deng Jie.
That year, Zhang Guoli was 29 years old and Deng Jie was 27 years old.
02
The difference between one thought and one thought
Deng Jie's beauty is unforgettable, dignified with playfulness, gentle and frank.
When the two met, they both felt that they had never met such a suitable person, and the previous life was simply in vain, but the two were "young and early married".
Deng Jie was very bold and crisp, and when she went back, she divorced her rich businessman husband. However, at that time, Zhang Mo was only four years old, and Zhang Guoli was not willing to give up.
Another 4 years have passed, Deng Jie is waiting while developing her career, and the "Dream of the Red Chamber" that is about to be fired has also been filmed.
Zhang Guoli did not let the emotional troubles delay his work at all.
In 1987, he won the 4th Chinese Drama Plum Blossom Award for his sichuan Renyi Platoon's drama "Miss Zhu Li", which gave him a three-bedroom house.
Next, fate allowed Zhang Guoguo and Deng Jie to meet in "Backwater Breeze". Mijiashan did not expect that the original "backwater" almost set off a monstrous wave.
The film tells that in a small town in the hinterland of China, under the impact of Eastern and Western cultures, people's souls were shaken, and the two also collided with different sparks, which were difficult to distinguish between true and false.
When his son was 6 years old, Zhang Guoguo finally decided to have a showdown with Luo Xiuchun, and also gave An explanation to Deng Jie, who had been waiting for 4 years.
He chose to leave the house, leaving all the money and the big house to his ex-wife, and he walked into Beijing with nothing, hoping to change tracks and continue to develop his career.
Life in The North Drift is not easy, fortunately, Zhang Guoli is hard-working and hard-working, and Deng Jie also believes in his talent.
At that time, "Dream of the Red Chamber" had been broadcast, Deng Jie was popular all over the country, but Zhang Guoli was unknown. Wherever he went, people introduced him: "This is Deng Jie's husband."
Deng Jie originally wanted to help Zhang Guoli introduce some resources, but Zhang Guoli not only did not go, but also was anxious: "If you believe me, you will wait!" ”
Zhang Guoli believes that he must be a good actor in the future, and the Chinese film and television drama industry must also have his place.
In 1988, Zhang Guoli collaborated with Mi Jiashan again on the film "Stubborn Lord", which fired Ge You and Liang Tian, who were "good-looking and distinctive", while Zhang Guoguo, who was also the protagonist, was rarely mentioned.
In order to live Zhang Guoli can only take over any job, assistant director, photography, etc. He will do it, which also lays a solid foundation for him to become a general director in the future.
In 1989, a rare and rewarding opportunity fell from the sky.
As a result, he was also responsible for the filming of the documentary TV series "The Great Wall Extends to the South", and as a member of the news team, he climbed to the southeast pole for the first time with the Chinese scientific expedition team.
In the southeast pole, Zhang Guoli experienced a test of life and death.
At that time, their ice boat encountered an ice avalanche, and the aircraft circling above detected the danger of the situation and suggested that they abandon the ship. They decided: let the scientists and the elderly and infirm be given priority to transfer, the crew temporarily stuck to their posts, and the Communists finally evacuated.
Zhang Guoli was not a party member at the time, but insisted on staying, and he shot those precious touching shots while shedding tears.
Although the high remuneration was directly proportional to the harsh environment, at that moment, Zhang Guoli was completely infected by the spirit of the Communist Party, purely because of his own beliefs.
In the end, the entire scientific expedition team won the collective first class merit, and Zhang Guoli won the individual second class merit.
What is even more admirable is that this matter is obviously worth bragging about for a lifetime, but he did not do it.
After running several sets of dragon sets, Zhang Guoli gradually understood the audience's preferences.
The actor either has to look distinctive, or he looks particularly handsome, and a public face like him, which does not rely on both sides, is difficult to get attention.
He had to turn his focus to the director. It was also at this time that he met Tu Honggang.
Tu Honggang has been red since his debut, and his singing with the charm of opera is arrogant, like a dose of cardiotonic injection into the song world.
He was bold and innovative, and at that time There was no real sense of music television (MTV) in China, and Tu Honggang wanted to make one.
A friend recommended Zhang Guoli to him.
When they met, Zhang Guoguo's first words made Tu Honggang dumbfounded: "What is MTV?" ”
But it's all coming, and you have to give it a chance.
Tu Honggang, in line with the cheerfulness of "employing people without doubt", handed over China's first MTV "Feel Yourself" to Zhang Guoguo to shoot.
Since then, classic MTV such as "Farewell to the King", "Seeing Flowers in the Mist", "The Story of Spring", "The Great Wall Is Long", "Today is Really Happy" and other classic MTV are all written by Zhang Guoguo, and have won many Chinese music and television awards.
Zhang Guoli turned from the front of the stage to the backstage, although helpless, but also saw some hope.
He thought that he had no connection with the profession of actor, but in 1994 he ushered in a huge turning point in his life.
03
Soaring
In the early 1990s, China's economy was transformed, and people began to think more and demand after solving the problem of food and clothing.
Liang Zuo created many cross-talk and comedy works full of spicy irony, and Wang Shuo's novels also became popular.
At the same time, the style of TV dramas has also quietly changed.
Accompanied by the charming sentence "There is a scale between heaven and earth, and the scale is the common people", the gate of the Forbidden City was pushed open along with Zhang Guoguo's life.
Although "Prime Minister Liu Luoguo" is the first TV series in the mainland to joke about history, the previous fire of "Joke about Qianlong" has laid enough audience base, so strictly speaking, this drama is not "the first to eat crabs".
However, "Prime Minister Liu Luoguo" still marked the words "not history" and "folk tales" in a conspicuous position, blocking the mouths of some "history lovers".
Audiences who like music art will find that many of the "word games" of "Prime Minister Liu Luoguo" are based on stand-up comedy "OfficialDom Fight", also known as "Junchen Douzhi".
Even, in the second half, Liu Yong said that the bridge section where he saw Qu Yuan by the side of the pool was completely from the beam of "OfficialDom Fight".
Although Qianlong in "Prime Minister Liu Luoguo" looks like a cartoon texture, in fact, human nature is more real and three-dimensional.
He oscillated between "selfish desires" and "the right path", constantly pulling between He Yan and Liu Yong, trying to find a balance.
Qianlong in the play is sometimes righteous and awe-inspiring, sometimes angry and corrupt, and the sense of proportion is difficult to grasp.
Zhang Guoli did not find the feeling at first, he said in an interview:
These ministers are all big names in the theater industry, and they will tell you that the emperor is not like this, not like that, because the emperor on the Chinese opera stage is modeled, and it has a fixed standard. I also felt that I didn't know how to act.
Later, Zhang Guoli figured it out.
The emperor is first and foremost a person, who also has his own personality, and "the whole world can not be the king's land", so he no longer listens to what the people around him say, but finds his own "imperial road".
The success of "Prime Minister Liu Luoguo" finally allowed Zhang Guoli to gain a firm foothold in the actor world.
Although he missed the 1996 Golden Eagle Award, a few years later, Zhang Guoli was elected the Golden Eagle Award for Best Actor for his role as "Kangxi" in "Kangxi Micro Service Private Interview".
In the "Kangxi Micro Service Private Interview" series, a beautiful heroine will appear in each small unit.
For example, Xiao Tao Hong in "The Book of the Ploughshares", Jiang Qinqin in "The Record of Eight Treasures of Porridge", Zhu Yuanyuan in "The Book of Steamed Buns" and so on.
They are not vase embellishments, but the core of the story, and there is hardly a duplicate character image and personality in the whole play.
This successful choreography was continued in "Iron Tooth Copper Tooth Ji Xiaolan", and the appearance of female characters such as Mo Shuo, Xiang Yun, Su Qingpi, and Vanilla had an important role in promoting the plot and adding more color.
I have to say that Zhang Guoli has never lost his hand in choosing actresses. Their appearance seems to have their own filters, and all of them are the peak of their appearance.
At this time, Zhang Guoguo's position in the show business circle has been quite stable, but he still maintains a prolific creative rhythm.
He has starred in classic film and television dramas such as "My Life", "A Sigh", "Mobile Phone", "Golden Wedding", "May Locust Flower Fragrance", "1942" and so on.
Zhang Guoli, who is so successful in his career, is difficult to dissolve a piece of heart disease in his life.
04
A piece of heart disease
After Zhang Guoli divorced, although his son Zhang Mo was sentenced to him. However, due to his choice to get out of the house and work hard from 0 in Beijing, his life was not good at the beginning.
So his son Zhang Mo lived with his biological mother until Zhang Guoli's career was stable, and he took his son back. Therefore, Zhang Guoli has always felt indebted to his son.
In the first few years, they were still at peace, although Zhang was sullen and rarely spoke, but he did not cause trouble. Zhang Guoli also abided by the divorce agreement and did not have children after marrying Deng Jie.
The way Zhang Guoli and Zhang Mo get along is the traditional Chinese father-son relationship. The father has a strong sense of authority, and neither side is good at expressing love and concern.
At the age of 16, Zhang Mo suddenly began to rebel, and the relationship between the two grandfathers was tense. At the age of 18, Zhang Mo formed a band and was forcibly broken up by Zhang Guoguo, and the father-son relationship was even more precarious.
During the college entrance examination, Zhang Mo applied for the Central Academy of Drama with his father on his back. At this time, he did not know that two years later, before he started his acting career, he was almost shut down forever.
One day in his junior year, Zhang Mo beat up the future heroine nursery rhyme of "Thirty Only" because of emotional problems. The matter was very big, and Zhang Mo was expelled from the school.
On that day, Zhang Guoli was sitting at the screening of "Mobile Phone". Before it was over, he hurried to the school with Deng Jie, wanting to apologize to the woman's parents in person.
In subsequent media interviews, Zhang Guoli never evaded this topic, and he took all the faults on himself, saying only that Zhang Mo was "unlucky and encountered a lot of trouble."
Zhang Mo, who was dropped out of school, had no drama to film, but fortunately, Zhang Guoli pulled his son to make a cameo in his own play. He is featured in "New Nine Pin Sesame Officer" and "Young Jiaqing".
Even in 2007's "New Biography of Ji Gong", Zhang Mo played Ji Gong, and Zhang Guoli gave him a role as the traitor Qin Jie.
This is probably one of the few villain roles of Zhang Guoguo, except for Cheng Kun in "Yitian Slaughtering Dragon".
However, his father's help did not exchange Zhang Mo's gratitude and understanding, but provoked his rebellion.
Whenever a reporter asks a question about the "second generation of stars" in an interview, Zhang Mo will not give her a good face.
Zhang Mo felt that under his father's aura, all his efforts were in vain, so he began to flee.
In the days of taking over the role on his own, he finally understood a little hardship of life. In order not to owe Zhang Guoli, he would write an IOU when he asked his father to borrow money.
It is not yet known whether the money is still there, but then he will owe more things that he cannot repay.
In 2010, Zhang Mo finally waited for a chance to prove himself, he went to audition for "Let the Bullets Fly", and was selected by Jiang Wen to play the role of "Xiao Liu" who "cut the abdomen to take powder" to prove his innocence, completing the highlight moment of his short acting career.
During this period, the relationship between Zhang Guoli's father and son reached an unprecedented harmony, and Zhang Mo seemed to have finally found the "right way".
However, a few days after the comfortable days, Zhang Mo was arrested for drug abuse in 2012.
Zhang Guoli issued an apology letter at the first time and implored everyone: "Please understand the feelings of a father, and please forgive a son's mistakes." ”
Subsequently, Feng Xiaogang also spoke: "As Zhang Mo's uncle, I also lose discipline to him on weekdays, so I am also willing to bow to Zhang Mo's brother and apologize to the public." Zhang Mo, the words that rebuke you are no longer said. ”
After 13 days of detention, Zhang Mo was more low-key and more sincere in front of the camera.
What is surprising is that in 2014, Zhang Mo was arrested on suspicion of accommodating others to take drugs, and this time the whole network waited to see what kind of apology statement Zhang Guoli would give.
But this time, Zhang Guoli didn't want to say a word.
In this life, Zhang Guoli has never embarrassed anyone, worked diligently, was content and happy in life, and was kind and kind.
He has the kindness and steadfastness of Tianjin people in his bones, and he once described the relationship between happiness and struggle as follows:
When I was a child, it was so difficult to eat fritters, today a fritter, a bowl of soy milk, I still feel very happy after eating, I can go to work. Come, for a fritter we continue to fight.
Although Zhang Mo may not be willing to accompany him to drink soy milk, fortunately, the audience likes to eat fritters.
Zhang Guoguo's performance style is relaxed and natural, and the big characters portrayed have a simple side, and the suffocation of the small characters is even more painful, and these characters have been given a "Zhang Guoguo-style" sense of humor by him.
This deep humor closes the distance between the big people and the audience, and also dissolves the sense of depression in the small people.
Perhaps because of his young qu art skills, Zhang Guoli not only had an accurate grasp of performance, but also had a good foundation in hosting, and all the air mouths and knots were cleverly and comfortably grasped.
Whether it is a large-scale awards party or a variety show, it is stable to have him.
In the variety show "The Birth of an Actor", there will often be a situation where the instructor on the stage is talking about the sword, and the actors on the stage are surging undercurrents.
Zhang Guoguo wisely controlled the field to answer the phone, humorously turned Gan Ge into a jade warrior, there was no old man who relied on the old man as a predecessor, only the peers in the same industry compared their hearts to each other.
In recent years, Zhang Guoli has deliberately slowed down his pace in film and television and completed his attempts at diversification.
In a series of programs such as "National Treasure", "Extraordinary Ingenuity" and "Seeing Words Like Faces", it not only shows Zhang Guoguo's profound cultural heritage, but also shows his reverence and faith in the Chinese spirit.
In traditional Chinese culture, it is easier for people to find inner peace and comfort.
Resources:
Zhang Guoguo: Zhang Mo, I have hurt you a lot over the years (past char siu)
Zhang Guoguo: Han Sanping forced me to become a director (film and television monologue)
"Tonight's Drama" Interview with Zhang Guoguo (Host: Guo Degang)