Some people may not know Li Youbin when it comes to him, but when it comes to "Li Yunlong", everyone must be familiar with it.
A good actor is like this. Everyone remembers his role more than the actor himself. However, with the advent of the traffic era, the threshold for actors has gradually lowered.
The old drama star is slowly "disappearing",
Nowadays, he rarely appears in front of the audience. Where has Li Youbin gone?
In 2005, director Zhang Qian prepared to film a TV series "Bright Sword" with 9 million yuan.
But if you have a good script, you have to find a good actor, so Zhang Qian thought of letting the popular Tang Guoqiang play the male lead Li Yunlong in the play.
But Tang Guoqiang asked: "How much is the salary?" Zhang Qian: "1 million."
Tang Guoqiang, who heard that the salary was only one million, said directly: The salary is too low, you should hire someone else.
You must know that at that time, Tang Guoqiang was earning tens of millions a month by filming advertisements.
1 million salary? Are you going to have to endure hardship for several months? How could he be invited?
Tang Guoqiang's refusal made director Zhang Qian very helpless.
But now that filming is about to start, where can I find a good actor to take on this important task?
Just when Zhang Qian was in despair, Li Youbin's name appeared in Zhang Qian's mind.
Although Li Youbin was not famous at the time, his acting skills were indeed praised by industry insiders.
In addition, Li Youbin is a soldier, so Zhang Qian believed that Li Youbin was the only candidate to play Li Yunlong.
But when Zhang Qian gave the script to Li Youbin, Li Youbin was very hesitant to act.
Zhang Qian thought that Li Youbin also disliked the low salary, but Li Youbin said that he was afraid that his physical fitness would hold him back. The same goes for
. Li Youbin was already 46 years old at the time, and not everyone could bear the high-intensity scenes and harsh shooting environment.
However, when Li Youbin's good friend Shi Lanya saw the script, he firmly supported Li Youbin in the role of Li Yunlong.
Shi Lanya believes that although Li Yunlong has a bit of a military ruffian temperament, he is essentially a "stubborn donkey".
But in this aspect, he is very similar to Li Youbin.
What's more, this script is very exciting.
As the saying goes, listen to others and eat enough.
Although Li Youbin does not agree that he is a "stubborn donkey", he does think that "Bright Sword" is a good script.
Therefore, after thinking about it, he still called the director: "I picked up Li Yunlong."
This short sentence made Zhang Qianxi smile.
Later, with the broadcast of "Bright Sword", Li Youbin's acting skills not only left a very deep impression on the audience.
He even won the Most Popular Actor Award for his role as Li Yunlong.
In the eyes of fans, Li Youbin is very lucky to be able to become famous at the age of 46.
But everyone only saw his glorious moments, but had no idea of the hard work he put in behind the scenes.
With the casting completed, the filming of "Bright Sword" has also been put on the schedule.
In order to fit the script and ensure authenticity, the crew found a desolate village in Shanxi as a filming location.
However, it was the twelfth month of winter, and the environment in the mountains was quite harsh.
In addition, the crew has limited funds and insufficient personnel, and the rented equipment often goes out of action.
Therefore, in order to keep up with the schedule, the director would keep the entire crew busy from morning to night.
And this puts Li Youbin, as the leading actor, even more burdened with a "heavy" shooting task.
Although such shooting conditions are indeed very difficult, this does not trouble the dedicated Li Youbin.
What he didn't expect was that the harsh environment still dealt a heavy blow to this middle-aged man.
In the freezing cold winter, the entire crew was blown by the cool breeze from the mountains.
But fortunately, everyone is young and can still bear it, but 46-year-old Li Youbin is not so lucky.
Not only were his hands and feet often frozen, but he even developed a high fever under the "baptism" of the cold wind.
The high fever made Li Youbin so uncomfortable that he couldn't open his eyes, but he was still focused on the shooting task.
Therefore, in order not to hinder the crew, he directly picked up a bottle of Erguotou and drank several sips.
With the paralysis caused by alcohol, Li Youbin's discomfort caused by fever has indeed been alleviated.
So I took advantage of this gap and quickly completed the shooting.
However, despite the fact that Li Yunlong in the drama is a drinker, Li Youbin himself is a heavy drinker.
However, for the sake of acting, Li Youbin can do this. If such an actor is not popular, it will definitely be unforgivable.
Although the difficult shooting conditions caused the actors to suffer a lot, fortunately, Li Youbin and the others knew how to enjoy the hardships.
At that time, Li Youbin discussed with other actors: "If anyone forgets his lyrics during filming, he will treat him to dinner."
Although he said this, looking back on the entire filming process, no one would make this stupid mistake.
I have to say that an experienced actor is an experienced actor, and his professionalism is enough to “defeat” the so-called “top performers” nowadays.
However, just when Li Youbin's career was booming due to the popularity of "Bright Sword", he was exposed to the scandal of "abandoning his wife who is a loser".
After Li Youbin finished filming "Bright Sword", he was only slightly famous, but he became famous all over the country overnight.
Later, he was invited to star in "Crossing Guandong", which had an excellent script like "Bright Sword".
The popularity of "Crossing Guandong" not only brought Li Youbin's fame to a higher level.
also because he portrayed the justice and strength of the characters in the play very deeply into the hearts of the people.
This has also made him a star with great positive energy in the hearts of fans.
However, just when everyone was talking about Li Youbin's works and personality, he was exposed to a "shocking scandal".
In 2006, Li Youbin just announced his divorce from his wife Zhang Ruiqi, who had lived together for more than 20 years.
The news that he seamlessly connected with "confidante" Shi Lanya was also revealed.
As soon as this news came out, many netizens accused Li Youbin of being a "scumbag" who turns bad when he has money.
Coupled with the fact that Shi Lanya was once a good friend of Li Youbin, the combination of the two is even more unacceptable.
And Li Youbin also left home after the divorce, and the label of his "cheating" seems to be confirmed.
But no matter how the outside world denounces Li Youbin, he does not respond to his private affairs.
As netizens criticize Li Youbin more and more.
has not only affected Li Youbin's work, but also caused him to rarely appear in public in order to "avoid public opinion."
At this time, Zhang Ruiqi, who couldn't stand it anymore, took the initiative to stand up and explained the real reason for her divorce from Li Youbin.
learned from Zhang Ruiqi's statement that it turned out that the reason why they divorced was because their relationship had weakened due to less time together and more separation, and had nothing to do with Shi Lanya.
Although the misunderstanding has been resolved, Li Youbin, who was stained by scandal, still rarely shows up.
However, this is not because he does not dare to face outsiders.
He just wants to bring good works to the audience and has no time to show up outside the works.
As the scandal dissipated, netizens' evaluation of Li Youbin has returned to "a veteran actor" and "a powerful actor".
However, Li Youbin said that he "cannot afford" these compliments.
Because in his opinion, he is just an old actor.
It can be seen from this that Li Youbin is really humble to the core.
But even for such a humble person, he still cannot escape the "end" of being scolded.
In 2021, Li Youbin, who had "lost for a long time", appeared in a video. In the
video, he and his friends were having a dinner together, but the person who recorded the video scolded Li Youbin, while Li Youbin still greeted him with a smile.
Fans couldn't help but comment after seeing this video: "In the past, Li Yunlong was the only one who scolded others, but now he is scolded."
However, why did Li Youbin "reduced" to such an extent? Is it because he is not popular now? Yet?
In fact, this is not the case. As a national first-class actor, although he is over 60 years old, his acting skills still "beat" a lot of young talents.
And "Bright Sword" starring him is even more enduring. Not only has it been replayed more than 3,000 times, but the number of views has exceeded 1 billion.
It is no exaggeration to say that after "Bright Sword", even if Li Youbin stops filming, his popularity will remain high.
What's more, he also created classic works such as "Crossing Guandong".
The reason why Li Youbin doesn't feel popular is simply because he doesn't appear in variety shows as frequently as other veteran actors.
Because in his opinion, even if the audience forgets about him, he does not want to lose his reputation.
After all, he is 65 years old and he just wants to grow old decently.
But it is such a simple truth, but not everyone can understand it.
Li Youbin is sober. He never sets foot in these vanity fairs. Instead, he just selects some good works and continues to work hard in filming.
When he doesn't encounter the work he likes, he will enjoy time with his family, or perform in plays with his wife.
Although Li Youbin's low profile made fans wonder if he had withdrawn from the industry.
But he is just using his own way to maintain his original intention.
This made fans sigh: There are not many actors like Li Youbin in the entertainment industry.
In fact, Li Youbin rarely appears in front of the audience now. On the one hand, he does not want to follow the crowd and lose his original intention.
On the other hand, there are an endless stream of newbies, and the film and television market is also occupied by them.
In addition, Li Youbin is about to enter his twenties, so there will not be any big male lead scripts for him.
However, even so, he will not participate in variety shows or live broadcasts without any lower limit for the so-called exposure. On the contrary,
still concentrates on polishing his acting skills, just to bring better works to the audience.
Therefore, if actors like Li Youbin really "disappear", wouldn't it be "sad" for the entertainment industry?
