Li Xuejian: 33 movie kings in 40 years, the character creation was so successful that Mrs. Liu Shaoqi refused to shake hands

In 1980, the Kongzheng Repertory Theater rehearsed "September 13 Incident", with 26-year-old Li Xuejian playing Lin Biao. In order to play this role well, he had a matching male and female haircut, and he even imitated the way he walked.

Colleagues often see Li Xuejian walking back and forth in the yard, his face always gloomy. Colleagues say that Li Xuejian is "mad".

In order to make himself look thinner, Li Xuejian used the method of a Peking Opera actor to pin his arms back and lose 20 pounds.

Before performing on stage, Li Xuejian deliberately stopped eating in order to keep his hands and feet cold.

Acting is so "obsessive" that no one can match him.

In this way, a vivid character appeared on the stage. This role earned Li Xuejian the first Plum Blossom Award, the highest award for drama and performing arts.

At that time, this drama caused a sensation in society. It was performed for more than 300 consecutive performances and received constant praise.

After a performance, a very interesting thing happened. Wang Guangmei, Liu Shaoqi’s wife, came to express condolences to the actors on stage. After the performance, she shook hands with every actor, except for Li Xuejian forgot.

In fact, it was because Teacher Li Xuejian’s acting was so similar that it brought back sad memories and made her regard the drama characters as real people. This also shows how good Teacher Li Xuejian’s acting is.

Today, we will talk about this representative of the veteran drama - Li Xuejian.

Li Xuejian was born in Heze, Shandong in 1954. He has done propaganda work in schools, factories, and the army, telling quick stories, cross talk, and performing short dramas. These seemingly amateur performances, but Li Xuejian practiced diligently.

If "September 13 Incident" gave Li Xuejian recognition in the industry, then "Desire" in 1990 brought him into the public eye.

When this drama was broadcast, it is not an exaggeration to say that the streets were empty of people. "The whole country mourned Liu Huifang, the whole country hated Wang Husheng, and everyone lamented Song Dacheng." This is the most realistic reason why this drama is so popular. Portrait.

In order to play the role of Song Dacheng well, Li Xuejian thought about it while eating. He was often seen gesticulating and thinking on the set.

As soon as "Desire" was broadcast, it quickly became popular all over the country. "The wife should be like Liu Huifang, and the husband should be Song Dacheng." It was Li Xuejian's wonderful performance that created the character who was loved by the broad masses of the people. Song Dacheng is a character.

Still in 1990, Li Xuejian starred in the movie "Jiao Yulu". In order to play the role well, Li Xuejian ate cabbage for three months to lose weight. After the movie was released, a 30 cent ticket sold for 130 million I remember when I was a kid watching this movie, many people around me cried and their eyes turned red.

However, when receiving the award, Li Xuejian's acceptance speech was shockingly modest: "All the hardship and fatigue have been suffered by Jiao Yulu, and all the honors have been won by a stupid boy."

In 1998, Li Xuejian played Song Jiang in "Water Margin". He wrote an anti-poem in Xunyang Tower while drinking: "My heart is in Shandong and I am in Wu, and the rivers and seas are fluttering. He always seems to be in the clouds." , Dare to laugh at Huang Chao for not being a husband."

When he wrote the last word "husband", he seemed to be venting his anger, and he paused for a moment after finishing writing. Although his back is to the audience, Li Xuejian vividly expresses the character's wildness and cowardice at the same time. The final moment of confusion is precisely the blank space of his acting skills.

After the recruitment, Li Xuejian’s designed action for Song Jiang was to kneel with his butt thrust out and shout long live. It seemed funny but vividly expressed Song Jiang’s foolish loyalty to the court and the tragedy of the character. The child is revealed.

Speaking of director Chen Kaige, people will think of the movie "Farewell My Concubine". Leslie Cheung's Die Yi is not crazy and can't survive, occupying the word "crazy"; however, "Jing Ke Assassins the King of Qin" is my favorite. This is Chen Kaige's most underrated work. Li Xuejian plays the Qin King Ying Zheng, who is alternately angry and mad, and has a "crazy" character.

When Jing Ke presented the map of the Yan Kingdom, his eyes were obsessed with it, and he could not see the map clearly. Jing Ke went for the assassination, but no one in the huge Xianyang Palace stopped him. Ying Zheng fled, how could he still have any imperial aura in his embarrassment?

Before Jing Ke died, he cried and asked Jing Ke, "What are you laughing at? Why are you laughing? Why do you want to kill me? Do you know what I want to do? I want to build a country, Qin and the Six Kingdoms The places that can be seen with the eyes and the places that cannot be seen... have become a country."

Ying Zheng was filled with tears, feeling aggrieved that he was full of ambitions but had no voice, and he wanted to kill him. His own Jing Ke showed helplessness and loneliness in his eyes.

When playing the role of the emperor, many actors can show their domineering power to the fullest; but the loneliness in the emperor's heart and the difficulty of finding a close friend are probably few who can play it as well as Li Xuejian.

However, something unexpected happened. During the filming of "China Orbit" in 2000, Li Xuejian was diagnosed with nasopharyngeal cancer. The director said to treat the disease first and then film.

Li Xuejian quit and said: "The money for this movie has been spent, the troops have been mobilized, so much money has been spent, and less than half of the filming has been done. If you stop filming because of me, it will be a miscarriage." "This is more painful than my death. I said no, I have to film it."

In the end, this drama was a great success. Although it has a rating of 8.9 on Douban in the past 20 years, it has a rating of 1 in the comment area. Shui'er's reviews are all good.

Despite his illness, Li Xuejian refused to admit defeat. In his words: "Because I am not dead, I want to live more interestingly."

So he continued filming. , continue to make friends with the audience with each vivid character.

In the TV series "Young Marshal", he told his son that Jianghu is not about fighting and killing, but about human relationships. With a drag on his voice and a glare in his eyes, his love for his son was immediately revealed.

"Hey, old man!" ", Li Xuejian plays Liu Ertie, an Alzheimer's patient. The couple separated and the relationship between father and son was at odds. After the diagnosis, the depressed Liu Ertie wanted to drink.

My hands were shaking and I couldn’t pour the wine into the cup. I couldn’t pour it into my mouth properly. I was so angry that I was going to drink from the teapot. The scene lasts for more than four minutes and is shot to the end. The character does not have a single line, but his stubborn character is expressed all at once.

Obviously acting skills are already the ceiling for countless actors, but Li Xuejian, who is almost mysophobic when it comes to performance, still has very strict requirements on himself.

There is one thing that Li Xuejian is still worried about after many years. During the filming of "Born Out of the Sky", the prototype character should have been very thin in the harsh and inaccessible environment, but Li Xuejian gained a little weight.

He has kept this incident in mind for more than 20 years and is ashamed of it.

At the 2016 Golden Eagle Festival awards ceremony, Hu Ge gave a speech after winning the award. He said deeply: "I have many opportunities to see what a real actor is like in life. I was very lucky yesterday. I flew to Changsha on the same flight as Mr. Li Xuejian. Mr. Li Xuejian is a highly respected person. At such a high age, he only brought one person with him. I was very ashamed. I brought three of them, and they were very strong. ”

Hu Ge's words represent the high recognition of Li Xuejian by people in the industry. After many years of acting, Li Xuejian has gained a good reputation both inside and outside the industry.

Someone once asked Li Xuejian when he was happiest. He said: “I am happiest when eating lunch boxes because I feel like I can act again.

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It is precisely because he has always been in awe of acting, and loves and respects the profession of actors from the bottom of his heart that Li Xuejian will become the benchmark for actors and his acting skills will become the “ceiling”.