Premier Zhou’s life can be described as “devoting his whole life to the death”. He has given all his efforts to the Party and the people. At the last moment of his life, he still works day and night, caring about the development and construction of the country and not daring to slack off.
The good Prime Minister of the people, Zhou Enlai, is respected by the people not only because he is the Prime Minister and the Founding Father, but more importantly because of his elegant personality and way of dealing with people. Premier Zhou is a perfect person, and he can be said to be unable to find any problems. His life is wonderful and meaningful and will last forever in the hearts of the people. After Prime Minister died of illness in one week, in order to praise and commemorate this great leader who made outstanding contributions to the construction and development of New China, the country decided to show every bit of his life to the world through the screen, so that the Chinese people could remember such a good prime minister who serves the country and the people.
Who will play Premier Zhou? This is a big problem before the director, and it is very difficult to choose this person. Due to Premier Zhou’s special identity, the actor who plays Premier Zhou not only has superb acting skills, but more importantly, he also looks like him, which is what we call “ special actor ”.
After careful selection, a person named Wang Tiecheng was selected from dozens of special actors across the country. At that time, Wang Tiecheng was a young actor and had no fame. He would definitely have certain advantages to stand out from it. This is the result. Wang Tiecheng plays Premier Zhou very successfully because it looks so similar that the audience burst into tears when they see him.
Wang Tiecheng's special actor path
1936 On August 9, 1936, Wang Tiecheng was born in Beijing. He has a good family background and is a businessman with his parents. Wang Tiecheng received a good education since childhood and liked acting since childhood. When he grew up, he applied to the Performance Department of the Central Academy of Drama 1. After graduation successfully in 1961, he was assigned to the Central Children's Art Theater as an actor and began his acting career.
For more than ten years after that, Wang Tiecheng was unknown at the Central Children's Art Theater. He was considered an unknown young actor and did not have much chance to perform.
The year when Wang Tiecheng changed his fate was in 1977. That year, the drama "Turning" was being prepared for filming, and a special actor who played Premier Zhou was needed. After learning about this situation, the people from the Children's Art Theater told Wang Tiecheng to give him a try and not miss this good opportunity.
In terms of appearance, Wang Tie grew up like Premier Zhou, but the competition for roles is too fierce, and many old seniors are involved. Although Wang Tiecheng participated, he did not have too much expectations and just gave himself a chance to experience. After fierce competition, Wang Tiecheng was admitted because of his outstanding image.
When Wang Tiecheng got the opportunity to play Premier Zhou, in order to play this role well, he needs to be both spiritual and physical, and strive to imitate the details of Premier Zhou's expression, movements, expressions, and speaking speed of the character.
In order to better understand Premier Zhou, Wang Tiecheng read a large amount of information related to him and watched a large number of videos of Premier Zhou during his lifetime, imitating and practicing from it, taking notes in small details, and practicing repeatedly. After a period of hard work, Wang Tiecheng officially participated in the filming of the drama "Turn".
After some rehearsal, "Turning" was officially performed. Wang Tiecheng walked to the stage. The audience applauded repeatedly and exclaimed as if they had seen Premier Zhou. His appearance and expression were so similar. During the performance, Wang Tiecheng grasped every detail very well, and the drama was performed very successfully. Many people think of Premier Zhou who died of illness, and cry after seeing Wang Tiecheng on the stage.
Two years after Premier Zhou's death, the relevant units asked to shoot a movie called "The Great Hebei River", and Premier Zhou is an important figure in the film. When the director was selecting people, he naturally thought of the recognized Wang Tiecheng. For many years since then, Wang Tiecheng has always played the role of Premier Zhou. He is one of the most successful and outstanding special actors.
When he played the movie "Zhou Enlai", Wang Tiecheng made great sacrifices. Shortly after the filming started, he was seriously injured in a car accident and was in a coma for five days without eating. The first thing I do when I wake up is to ask the driver if it is safe and if the equipment on the car is damaged. After his injury healed slightly, Wang Tie became aware of the shooting progress and refused to be hospitalized. He wrapped his chest with glue and brought it to the crew to participate in the shooting operation.
In order to truly restore the appearance and mental state of Premier Zhou in his later years, Wang Tiecheng lost 7.5 kilograms of weight and has been doing his best to diet. In Wang Tiecheng's words: the charm of an actor is real and accurate. Without pursuit, there will be no innovation in art.
Conclusion
Wang Tiecheng's path to being a special actor is not only similar to Premier Zhou, but more importantly, his hard work and professional attitude. Wang Tiecheng did it when he only played one role in his life. He refused commercial endorsement, rejected the high prices offered by other films, respected Premier Zhou, took him as an example, and showed the image of the People's Prime Minister to the world through the screen.
In Wang Tiecheng's view, his role as Premier Zhou is not only a job, but also a passionate interest. I am very grateful to the relevant departments for giving this opportunity. In order to create a better image of Premier Zhou, Wang Tiecheng did his best to devote himself to this cause.
1985, Wang Tiecheng took a step back to the second line after performing "Song of the Chinese Revolution" and said goodbye to the screen. Before leaving, Wang Tiecheng left a message saying that if he needed to make a film, he would "call it right away". This is an attitude and a promise. Thanks to Teacher Wang Tiecheng for bringing us such a wonderful performance, which made the Chinese people deepen their impression of Premier Zhou.
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