Pang Xueqin, one of the 22 major stars of New China, although it is difficult to see him play the old movie on the screen, the audience who loves him will not forget this "veteran" who is brave and good on the screen, dares to fight and dare to fight, and will not forget that in the era of relatively scarce material life, the screen image he created brought people visual and spiritual wealth.
Author: Anon
After graduating in 1955, Pang Xueqin was transferred to Changying as a professional film actor. When he first entered the factory, some people thought that he was too rational, not the material for being an actor, only suitable for being a party and government cadre, and he was not convinced. Some people also think that Pang Xueqin was born with a gentle and elegant appearance, which is more suitable for playing intellectuals, and that the military exercise is still more than rational and insufficiently heroic. Of course, he was not convinced by this.
The opportunity to express his plasticity appeared in 1958, when the long film studio wanted to make a new play "Youth in the Fire", and director Wang Yan wanted Pang Xueqin to play Lei Zhenlin.
▲ Poster of "Youth in the Flames of War"
On that day, everyone ate in the big canteen of the Long Film Studio. Director Wang Yan walked over and said, "Pang Xueqin, I'll show you a book." This book is "Youth in the Fire of War", the screenwriter is Lu Zhuguo of Bayi Factory, depicting the revolutionary love, comradely love and hazy love story of the deputy platoon leader Gao Shan and the platoon leader Lei Zhenlin dressed as a man in the war. Two or three days later, when it was time to eat again, Wang Yan came with a bowl again: "Do you see which role you like?" Pang Xueqin said: "I like the company commander." "Are you telling the truth or lying?" Wang Yan asked. "It's true." "How about the platoon leader?" This platoon leader is the male protagonist Lei Zhenlin. Pang Xueqin said: "The image described in the script is too far away from me, big bald, chubby. "You don't care about that description, just say you like it or not." Pang Xueqin said of course I like it. Wang Yan asked again: "Do you want to act?" "Of course I want to act, and I'm confident I can act well." Pang Xueqin replied.
▲ Stills of "Youth in the Fire"
The list was reported to the factory, but the director of the factory did not agree, "How good is the instructor Pang Xueqin in "Border Plug Beacon", and the section chief of "Ancient Temple Bells" is also very good, how can you play this Lei Zhenlin, joke. In the future, when we perform "Three Family Alley", Pang Xueqin can play Zhou Li ma and play a revolutionary intellectual. Didn't you Lei Zhenlin spoil this comrade? "Wang Yan said that I would like him the best." What's so good about it? "There are three reasons: First, Pang Xueqin has worked as an instructor in the field army and has a life. The second is that Pang Xueqin is arrogant and arrogant, which is quite consistent with the character's personality. The third is Pang Xueqin Shuai, this movie is still a bit of a love drama, watching handsome guys talk about love is more eye-catching. At that time, colleagues in the factory all commented on Pang Xueqin: "Very good, that is, divorced from the masses, too high." ”
▲ Wang Yan, director of "Youth in the Fire of War"
The role has finally been decided, but Pang Xueqin knows that it is not easy to really play him well. He tried to recall the grass-roots commanders and fighters from peasant origins that he came into contact with when he was in the army, some of them were impatient, impulsive, and angry; some of them were humorous and funny, and they loved to laugh and make fun; some of them were shy and shy, and they blushed when they saw the female members of the literary and labor troupe... However, when the war began, there was a momentum of not being afraid of death and not dying. These living characters became the basic material for him to shape the image of Lei Zhenlin's screen, and he finally entered the role wholeheartedly.
When "Youth in the Flames of War" was sent to Beijing for screening, Zhou Yang finished reading it and introduced it to Tian Han, who then introduced it to Jinshan after reading it. In 1961, Pang Xueqin went to Beijing for a creative conference, and Jinshan brought him in, invited him to dinner, and said, "I like this play too much." Why? Those of us who pursue characterization all our lives are actually dramatization. But who are you fighting with in this play? Who is the Kuomintang? None of them are clear. It is the process of showing the character and destiny of two young people. Indeed, in this play, 535 of the 550 shots are heroes and heroines.
▲ Poster of "A Noon Storm"
In 1962, Pang Xueqin filmed Lin Nong's "Jia Wu Fengyun", playing the sailor Wang Guocheng in the film, which was also a breakthrough for Pang Xueqin's image of himself. Originally, he didn't want to act, but Linnong had to ask him to go out, and for the sake of his good friends, he took a risk. After the result, after the performance, the most exciting thing in the whole "Jia Wu Fengyun" is that the kingdom has become, when he shelled the "Yoshino", he shot a target, and the audience looked at it and applauded!
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