Friends who are slightly older should be familiar with Li Baotian.
In the 1990s, he played many classic roles in Zhang Yimou's movies. Later, he entered the television industry and performed well-known characters such as Liu Luoguo and Xilaile, winning various awards.
He is such an old artist who lives both in film and television. In recent years, there has been little news about him. even mentions him, and many people will always say: He is not a good person, but a drama tyrant.
And is this really the case?
In 1983, Li Baotian officially entered the showbiz by starring in the movie "Jianghu Jianghu".
In 1987, he played the role of a father in "The Love of Humans and Ghosts", and it was with this role that he won the Best Supporting Actor at the 8th China Golden Rooster Award.
In 1993, with the role of Principal Yu in the movie "Phoenix Piano", he won three Best Actors in one fell swoop, achieving the Best Actor Grand Slam achievement in China's three major film awards.
Later, he was selected by director Zhang Yimou, and his partner Gong Li starred in movies such as "Ju Dou" and "Shake Ah Shake, Shake to Grandma Bridge", and became famous internationally.
But it was the movie "Prime Minister Liu Luoguo" that really made him well-known to people across the country. The first-generation iron triangle formed by him, Wang Gang and Zhang Guoli also impressed many people.
This TV series had a ratings of 37% at the time, and Li Baotian became synonymous with Liu Luoguo. With this TV series, Li Baotian successfully won the title of Golden Eagle Festival TV King that year.
What many people don't know is that after "Prime Minister Liu Luoguo" became a hit, the producers wanted to strike while the iron was hot and continue filming a sequel. But Li Baotian didn't want to do that kind of thing.
Frequently consuming this role is disrespectful to himself, and even more disrespectful to his acting career. In Li Baotian's heart, the drama is as big as the sky.
It was precisely because of his upright character that he did not get along well with Wang Gang, who was loose, free and slightly unprofessional, and the Iron Triangle announced its disbandment.
Li Baotian also said in a subsequent program that it was impossible to cooperate with some people, implying that he had a bad relationship with Wang Gang.
Of course, Li Baotian did not say anything bad about Wang Gang, he just said that this was just a simple personality incompatibility, and there was no one who was good or bad.
Sometimes, only by letting go of past glory can we create new glory.
waved goodbye to Liu Luoguo, and waiting for Li Baotian was another hit TV series - "Xilaile, the Miracle Doctor".
This TV series is more influential than "Prime Minister Liu Luoguo". It even became the ratings champion of CCTV that year, and it was easy to win awards.
Li Baotian once again proved with his actual actions that a good actor does not need to live with one role for a lifetime. The role is shaped by the actor. As long as the actor's strength is still there, there is no need to worry about not being able to create a good role.
With the popularity of "Xilaile, the Miracle Doctor", Li Baotian once again starred in a drama called "The Imperial Envoy". From this drama, Li Baotian encountered resistance from capital, and 13 film and television companies joined forces to ban him. , what's going on?
It turned out that when the filming of this drama started, it was originally planned to shoot 30 episodes. However, when it was officially released, the investors of , in order to make more money, actually watered down the 30-episode TV series into 33 episodes. This move triggered Li Baotian's Disgusted.
Li Baotian can't even stand Wang Gang who comes late and leaves early. How can he tolerate such a thing?
As he said, ordinary people don’t even eat water-injected meat, so how can they watch water-injected dramas?
Therefore, Li Baotian, who was jealous of evil, filed a complaint and took the investors to court.
In the end, Li Baotian won the lawsuit and received compensation.
This kind of tampering with the capital pie naturally caused dissatisfaction in the industry. More than ten film and television companies joined forces to accuse Li Baotian of being a drama tyrant and teamed up to ban him.
Since then, Li Baotian has indeed rarely appeared on the screen. Although there are some dramas that have approached him, but if he doesn’t find a script he likes, Li Baotian will not accept it. Gradually, this old drama star also disappears from our sight. Disappeared.
He is no longer in the world, but there are always legends about him in the world.
In 2014, he won the Lifetime Achievement Award at the National Drama Festival.
In 2020, he won the Lifetime Achievement TV Artist Award at the 30th China TV Golden Eagle Award.
From Best Actor to Best Actor, and now to the Lifetime Achievement Award, it can be said that Li Baotian has won all the awards an actor can win.
The last time Li Baotian appeared on the screen was in the 2021 movie "The Search for the Han" with Ren Suxi. Li Baotian, who is over seventy years old, looks very old. Only then did we realize that "Xilaile, the Miracle Doctor" is already The work was written more than 20 years ago, and Li Baotian is no longer as young as he once was.
Today, Li Baotian will travel; he will paint at home, and his works are full of strong personal colors; he will also stay at home and read alone, with books piled up to the thickness of the ceiling, as if he is no different from a retired old man. .
And it is such a seemingly ordinary old man who uses his life to interpret the life motto "The drama is bigger than the sky".
Author of this article | Editor in charge of junior high school
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