The 87th edition of the "Dream of the Red Chamber" crew went to Sichuan to cast a role, the candidates wanted to audition, when it was Deng Jie's turn, the casting teacher made a difficult mistake, because she was short and had a big aura, and did not know what role to let her play. Play the lady, her aura is too big, play the lady's wife, the size is short.
However, Deng Jie is very powerful, as an actress in Sichuan Provincial Theatre, she has a solid foundation in opera, and her body and eye techniques are all dramas. The teacher felt it was time to take her back to the crew.
After entering the group, Deng Jie was assigned to Wang Xifeng's group. This is actually an unfavorable competitive environment for him, two girls in the same group with her, one is called Zhou Yue, one is called Le Yun, Zhou Yue was 19 years old at the time, already a pillar in the group, Le Yun Shanghai girl, starred in TV series, tall, beautiful appearance, has filmed several TV series before, is a well-known actor. At that time, Le Yun was the best candidate for Wang Xifeng in the director's heart. Until now, the photographer at the time, Mr. Li Yaozong, also said that if Le Yun did not give up playing the role of Wang Xifeng, it would definitely be hers.
In the face of such a strong competitor, Deng Jie's hope of playing Wang Xifeng at that time was very slim. Her biggest chip is that she is very photogenic, and it is particularly stunning to be photographed. For her own shortcomings, Deng Jie said that before going to school, she did not find any adverse impact on her height, until she later entered the group, and found the trouble caused by height.
Therefore, whether or not she can play Wang Xifeng is an unknown for Deng Jie, and this feeling is like a prisoner of a crime, waiting for the verdict, with torment in uncertainty. In the torment of Deng Jie extra efforts, others are lined up with a sketch, up to two, Wang Xifeng's group of actors to line up five sketches, Deng Jie on five are in line, but also to do the best, the same as life. When the photographer Li Yaozong kindly reminded her that her hope of playing Wang Xifeng was not great, and she did not end up in vain, she simply lined up Ping'er's.
Wang Xifeng's five sketches are all no physical performances, Deng Jie has only acted in one TV series, there is not much film and television performance experience, but in order to arrange the sketches, Deng Jie repeatedly read the original work, asked the teacher for advice, no one accompanied her to play, she practiced against the stones of the Yuanmingyuan.
Years later, talking about why she worked so hard, Deng Jie said that when others entered the group, they were all teenagers, and they were already 27 years old at the time, unlike when they were young.
Le Yun, who was 10 years younger than her, gave Deng Jie the opportunity to play Wang Xifeng, but the final decision was still in the hands of the director, producer, etc., and whether Deng Jie could play Wang Xifeng was divided into two factions. There were only two people who supported her at first, director Wang Fulin and one of the screenwriters, Zhou Lei. Height is her short board. But in the end, li Yaozong, a photographer who had advised her to give up, said a very weighty sentence: "The size can be compensated by the lens."
Deng Jie was eventually designated as wang Xifeng's actor.
When fighting for the role, Deng Jie worked very hard, and Deng Jie was also very desperate when filming. In one scene, Wang Xifeng was wrapped in a broken mat after his death and was dragged by two jailers. At that time, the scene was filmed in a deer farm in Harbin, snow-capped Harbin, and the temperature during the day was minus 20 or 30 degrees. In order to shoot, Deng Jie also had to go barefoot. Thin cotton clothes, shawls distributed, Deng Jie was dragged back and forth in the snow, took a few shots, the photographer was not satisfied, Deng Jie simply opened up, let the photographer shoot until satisfied. Deng Jie did not know when to stop, because after filming, she had already fainted. Until now, she has complained to Lee Yao-jong that he is rectifying her. I can imagine how hard Deng Jie shot.
Deng Jie is really cruel enough to herself, it is such a fierce force, for her to win the opportunity to shoot the role of Wang Xifeng, it is also such a fierce force, helped her achieve success in the role, ushered in the peak of her career. A lot of people say that opportunities are left to those who are prepared. A person who can succeed in his career is definitely not casual, he has his own goals, he has his own direction of effort, and in order to achieve this goal, he will pay no less than anyone's efforts. One sentence is hard enough for yourself!
Paying does not necessarily have to be rewarding, and without paying there will be absolutely no gain. Deng Jie won the 1986 Golden Eagle Award for Best Supporting Actress for playing Wang Xifeng. Wang Xifeng, shaped by Deng Jie, has also become an insurmountable classic for posterity.