Friends who like to watch revolutionary-themed film and television dramas must be deeply impressed by one person, that is, Liu Jin, who plays Premier Zhou Enlai.
According to statistics, from the first time he played Zhou Enlai in 1996, to now Liu Jin has starred in Premier Zhou Enlai 52 times, which can be called the most classic Zhou Enlai special actor in the past 20 years.
However, Liu Jin's road to art is not as smooth as imagined.
Born in 1963 in Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, Liu Jin has loved acting since he was a child, so after entering high school, his goal is to enter art colleges and realize his dream of acting.
However, life is like this, your ideal is very clear, but the reality is very weak, Liu Jin's college entrance examination road is also very tortuous, has participated in the college entrance examination three times, and even failed.
However, Liu Jin did not give up, and his persistence and hard work finally allowed him to meet the first "nobleman" in his life.
When he applied for the Shanghai Theater Academy for the third time, although Liu Jin fell off the list, one of the judges specifically found him and praised him for his high talent for acting, and if there was any need, he could go to him.
Liu Jin met such a teacher who was willing to guide him, of course, he was grateful, and later he learned that this teacher was Liu Huaizheng, the director of the Sichuan Drama Theatre, who was also a famous performance artist and a special actor of Mr. Zhu.
Under the guidance of teacher Liu Huaizheng, Liu Jin once again threw himself into the preparation for the college entrance examination, and this time, he was finally admitted to the People's Liberation Army Academy of Arts as he wished, one step closer to his dream.
When he graduated from college, Liu Jin was the first among the students to make second-class merit, and the sketch "Under the Hibiscus Tree" written and directed by himself won the first prize of the first national television sketch competition, and it was precisely because of this hard bang's achievement that he joined the Repertory Theater of the General Political Department.
Originally thought that with this platform, it should start to take off in the career, but the reality poured cold water on Liu Jin, who ran the dragon set for 10 years in the General Political Drama Troupe, and sometimes did not even have a line.
For this reason, he seemed to have wandered, lost, and even doubted whether his ability was competent for this stage, if it were not for the encouragement and encouragement of his mentor Liu Huaizheng, he would have left this stage a long time ago.
Until 1995, Liu Jin finally got the opportunity to participate in "The Three Sisters of the Song Family", starring zhang Xueliang, and his career began to have a new beginning.
On this day, Liu Jin was wearing makeup, came in alone, and chatted with him. This person, the stylist Wang Xizhong, carefully looked at Liu Jin, smiled and said: "You can not only play Zhang Xueliang, but also play Zhou Enlai." ”
Liu Jin never found that he still had the characteristics of playing Zhou Enlai, and when he returned home, he looked in the mirror and carefully examined it for half a day, and also specifically found someone to make up for himself, which is indeed a bit like the young and middle-aged Zhou Enlai! Liu Jin suddenly had an inexplicable excitement in his heart.
After filming "The Three Sisters of Song", Liu Jin received a call from a crew, and when he learned that it was the "Zunyi Conference" crew who asked him to audition for Zhou Enlai, Liu Jin was so excited that he did not sleep for a night. And the person who recommended him to play this role is Wang Xizhong.
Later, "Zunyi Conference" was broadcast on CCTV, and Liu Jin vividly portrayed the image of the middle-aged and young Zhou Enlai, and also brought a new world to his acting career.
Since then, Liu Jin has become a "professional household" who plays Premier Zhou Enlai, and dozens of film and television dramas such as "Long March", "Ode to Yan'an", "The Great Cause of The Founding of the People's Republic", "The Great Armageddon" and so on, making him one of the most recognized special actors by the audience.
Some people have said that Liu Jin can successfully play Premier Zhou because he looks like and has a good design. In fact, few people know how much effort Liu Jin has made behind it.
For so many years, Liu Jin almost gave up all his rest time, as long as he had time, he consulted Premier Zhou's relevant books, studied his writings, and read Premier Zhou's stories every day, which made him play Premier Zhou very confident and free.
The media commented that "his appearance is handsome and elegant, his performance not only pays attention to the majestic atmosphere, but also loses the delicacy and subtlety, is good at breaking through the mode of performance of the leader role, deeply engraving premier Zhou Enlai's inner world and emotional experience, and forming his own unique style characteristics." ”
Because of his outstanding performance in shaping the role of Premier Zhou, Liu Jin has won many awards such as CCTV's "Top Ten" Actor Award, golden eagle festival "Most Popular Actor" award, China Film Performing Arts Society Golden Phoenix Award, Beijing TV Drama Brilliant 30 Years Classic Screen Image Award and so on.
Today, Liu Jin is still active on the screen, and we are looking forward to more of his works.
History Inn Author: Desert Sand