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I am ashamed to say that I have not seen much of his work for the actor I am going to talk about today. The last time I saw him perform was when I was in elementary school more than 20 years ago. In the industry, when the actors mentioned his name, there were only the words "respect". This is our Li Xuejian teacher.
"Old Opera Bone" series, I have long wanted to write. According to my previous style, there is a high probability that it is a skewered version, and I will talk about the sorrows of the actors of the past dynasties across time and space. But before writing, I still have to pick Li Xuejian to talk about it alone. Because compared with other "old drama bones", Mr. Li seems to be a little more special.
A slightly attentive audience will find that over the years, "drama bones" have been brought to the table and gradually picked up some popular characters. But with this wind blowing, Mr. Li Xuejian rarely has any "explosive styles". The last one who went out of the circle was the most ruthless, that is, Zhang Zuolin in "Young Marshal" in 2016. If you don't pay much attention to it, you would think that the old man is semi-retired. Actually, it's not that he didn't act. It's just that he acts, you don't watch it often.
Over the years, Mr. Li Xuejian has often played some characters that are not very popular and have little topic.
And this is all about his life story.
"Mr. Li's Classic Lines"
Li Xuejian's hometown is Heze, Shandong, and he was born on a snowy day. His real name is Xuejian. When he was ill, his parents changed his name to Xuejian. At that time, it was poor, there was no entertainment, the surrounding area was martial, and the adults were dancing with knives and guns. Li Xuejian followed his studies when he was young, and performed "Journey to the West" with his partners. He played Sun Wukong, with sticks of different sizes hidden all over his body, which he used as a golden hoop. But every time, he beat a huge and sturdy Zhu Bajie to the ground.
Li Xuejian's father was the secretary of the commune and was later transferred to Kaili, Guizhou, to be the propaganda minister. Li Xuejian followed him to Guizhou. As a result, the father was "knocked down". He became a "puppies". He went to deliver food to his father, and someone slapped his father in front of him. Before he could stare back, he slapped him again. At that time, family income was also a problem. Li Xuejian wanted to eat sugar cane, so he could only pick up the rest of the food. Sometimes, after class, he was inexplicably pressed and beaten by a group of "red children" while walking on the road.
was beaten many times, and Li Xuejian thought:
"How can I not be bullied and gain dignity?"
He found that the publicity team performing for fellow villagers was particularly popular. Every time they perform, everyone shouts back and forth, especially "respected by fellow villagers". This is what Li Xuejian wants. At that time, most of the publicity team consisted of girls, and there was a lack of men who played the old man. Li Xuejian met Shandong Kuaishu , and the Shandong dialect was very funny, so he happily went to the publicity team. He became a propaganda team actor, and he became the glory of the family.
"Young Teacher Li Xuejian"
In 1973, Li Xuejian joined the amateur literary and art publicity team of the Second Artillery Force 7784 from the Carey Propaganda Team again, performing Shandong Kuaishu, comic dialogue and small dramas. A few years later, he was seconded to the Second Pao Repertory Team and followed the Second Pao to the General Political Repertory Troupe.
Li Xuejian's fate has also changed since then.
02.
In 1976, Li Xuejian was seconded to the Second Pao Repertory Theatre"Doing miscellaneous tasks", played the guard in "The Great Cause of the Thousand Autumns". After the fall of the "Gang of Four", the regiment planned to leave a few people who were seconded to work as professionals, including him. The villagers said that they were going to Beijing to develop, and their parents had a light on their faces. As a result, when they returned to Beijing, the Second Artillery Corps said they didn’t want him again. Teacher Li Xuejian is a good face. It’s over, you don’t want me anymore, I can’t say anything. Let it go, how can I be a man when I go back.
In those days, Li Xuejian was stubborn and secretly wept in the dormitory. All his comrades were afraid that he would not think about it and seek short-sightedness. Later, a director named Lu Wei showed him a clear path:
"You, you can go to the air administration test. "
At that time, Li Xuejian's relationship was local, and he had no food stamps or money, so he borrowed a bicycle from a teacher and went to to take the test every day. When it came to the New Year, there was no result, so as not to disturb the New Year's Eve Others, Li Xuejian rode a bike for a whole night, and was reluctant to eat anything. When he returned to his house, he found that the teacher had left him a plate of dumplings, which made him feel warm.
In the second year, he entered the air administration. In the air administration, Li Xuejian put himself "very low". First, he belonged to the amateur propaganda team, and secondly, he came from the countryside. He felt that he could not compare with professional actors. Tian Tian was the first to rush to clean the stage, learn to set up the stage, and do carpentry. Later, the broom was stolen by others, so he simply pressed a broom under the bed. At that time, the air administration had two tricks, and just like him, he was striving for the top. .
One is called Wang Xueqi, the other is called Pu Cunxin .
These three people first played tricks in the drama "Chen Yi Out of the Mountain". They played small roles such as bandit soldiers, martyrs, and traffic officers without lines. Secretly competing. Wang Xueqi designed sacrificial movements for himself, Pu Cunxin stuck a golden tooth on himself, Li Xuejian saw this, and quickly dipped himself a slap in the face. Change it to a movie. When the director came to the group to select a candidate, Li Xuejian was immediately spotted and given him. Li Xuejian was so excited that he didn't sleep well. As soon as the list came out, there was no him. He asked the director, who said he looked too old for his age. In the end, all the comrades in his dormitory went to the show, and he was the only one who didn't. After Li Xuejian practiced it for everyone, he had nowhere to vent and tore up his quilt. During the period of
, he kept reflecting and felt that his performance was too amateur, so he couldn't seize the opportunity.
Since then, he has vowed to prove himself.
Not long after, the opportunity came.
There was a play called " September 13 Incident ", which was about Lin Biao. The first protagonist went to perform outside the country, and the time could not be missed. The troupe had to find someone to come to the stage and be a "substitute". The deputy head of the regiment had seen Lin Biao at Yan'an , and thought Li Xuejian looked a little like him, so he dressed him up. Li Xuejian thought to himself, since he didn't come back, I'll take a good walk for him. In order to dress up this "substitute", he watched documentaries, listened to recordings, went to a large group of people who had contact with Lin Biao, and posted the information on a large wall. Every day at dawn, he would akimbo, imitating Lin Biao to speak and walk like Lin Biao in the dormitory yard. It really answers the old saying:
"If you are not crazy, you will not survive."
Lin Biao was thin, and Li Xuejian lost 20 pounds.
"Lin Biao played by Li Xuejian"
The directors and experts in the troupe watched the scenes when he was on stage, and they all said that this kid is not easy. Walking and walking, he simply left him in place of the original protagonist. During the 300 performances, Li Xuejian was still hungry, so that his hands and feet were cold every time he took the stage. All these sacrifices are worth it. With his excellent "God Restoration" performance, he won the first " Plum Blossom Award ", the highest in the theater industry. Also because the performance was too expressive, after watching the performance, Wang Guangmei shook hands with the actors one by one, but skipped him and refused to shake hands with him.
As for how powerful Mr. Li's performance is, if you are interested, you can search it online.
From the look, tone, gait, you can't tell it's a 26-year-old guy at all.
反正时任空政文化部长黄河的原话是：
“这小子化妆后搁天安门上，能把人吓死。”
03.
按理说，拿到“梅花奖”后，李老师的The acting career should go straight to the sky.
Unexpectedly, a few years later, he would encounter a little disturbance again. At that time, the air administration arranged a pioneering drama, "WM · Us", which reflected the life of a generation of educated youth, because its connotation and tone did not conform to the "mainstream", and it was quickly banned. Even the leaders of the group have been dismissed. As the main actor, Li Xuejian was also "punished".
The so-called punishment is: you start from scratch, and don't think about new opportunities to succeed. After
became famous, it's not that Li Xuejian never acted. At that time, he was in love with Yu Haidan, the cousin of the fifth-generation director Tian Zhuangzhuang . Once, when Yu Haidan was filming "Warm Current", he was short of a role to play as a thief, and he couldn't find anyone, so he was called to play it temporarily. There are also good people who wrote a report titled "Celebrities don't want pay, willing to be supporting roles", which caused Teacher Li to go back and be criticized. After "WM" was banned, Li Xuejian really wanted to go back and play tricks. And any new play is not for him.
had no choice but to leave the army.
At that time, Yu Haidan was also a famous actor. After all, she is a child of an artistic family. When Teacher Li was running the trick, she became the heroine. As a result, she was implicated in the "WM" incident, and her protagonist was gone. Later, Mr. Li was going to leave the air administration, and the drama troupe said that if you want to go, you can go, the two of you can go together.
Teacher Yu is also stubborn, and whoever wants to leave will be afraid. Just like that, he left the stage he loved.
After that, Li Xuejian transferred to a new art group. The unit is gone, I am afraid of a ball, but my acting skills are still there. At the end of the 1980s, he played a lot of loud roles one after another. But what is most familiar and loved by the general public is the honest Song Dacheng played in " longs for " in 1990.
The drama "Desire" is so good, I wrote it before, so I won't repeat it. The director of this play, named Lu Xiaowei , is the son of director Lu Wei who asked Li Xuejian to take the air politics test. Originally, Mr. Li was brought in to play the second male lead, but Li Xuejian's performance was so deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. A group of screenwriters from BeiTV kept adding dramas to him, making him the leading male lead.
won the best male protagonist of "Flying Sky" and "Golden Eagle" with Song Dacheng, who impressed the audience all over the country.
"Teacher Li Xuejian in "Desire"
In that year, Li Xuejian also played a more important role for him: Jiao Yulu.
In order to play Jiao Yulu well, Mr. Li also considered "giving up half his life". At that time, the film and TV series started at the same time. Compared to Li Xuejian, the actor in the TV series looks more like him. When Jiao Yulu's wife, Aunt Xu, saw it, she smiled. Seeing Li Xuejian, he didn't pay much attention. In order to fight for this tone, Li Xuejian tried to lose weight again, drinking cabbage soup every day, reducing himself to a dry stick. In order to achieve the exhaustion of Jiao Yulu, he stayed up all night and asked the director to find someone to play mahjong with him. When
dozed off, someone woke him up.
Before the filming started, Li Xuejian's eyes were hungry and tired, and even Aunt Xu felt distressed when she saw it, she said don't lose any more, if you lose your body, it's over. After the filming, Xu did not follow the TV drama crew to promote, but followed the film crew and traveled all over the country.
This year, with Jiao Yulu, Li Xuejian won the best male lead in "Golden Rooster" and "Hundred Flowers". is equal to winning the grand slam in the film and TV industry at that time in one year.
领奖时，李雪健却说了一句非常质朴、动人的获奖感言：
“苦与累，都让好人焦裕禄受了，名与利，都让傻小子李雪健得了。”
「好人焦裕禄」
04.
"Song Dacheng" and "Jiao Yulu" pushed Li Xuejian to the first peak. Not only " People's Daily " has a special introduction. In 1991, Beijing and Tianjin held three "Li Xuejian Performing Arts Seminars". In the face of the huge honor, Mr. Li Xuejian also swayed and became a little "unsteady". The first change of
is ambition.
That was when the movie " Jing Ke stabbed the King of Qin " was made. Chen Kaige The commercial blockbuster after his return from Cannes, the investment is only 80 million, and it is obviously going international. At that time, Li Xuejian was firmly in the top spot in China, and his acting skills were praised by the industry. Taking this opportunity, he thought, since the film is going abroad, it is time for foreigners to see how good our country is. So when playing King Qin, with Chen Kaige's encouragement, he was well prepared. He collected more than a dozen ways of expression in one play, and he acted a little "too hard".
In fact, foreigners only recognized Gong Li at that time, the film was cut out, and many scenes also revolved around Gong Li. Therefore, many scenes played by Li Xuejian were not cut in the end. The performance of the characters is not coherent, and the shape is a bit jumpy. When the film came out, the reputation and box office were not good.
李雪健后来提起此事说：
“一棒子就给我闷回来了。”
「《荆轲刺秦王》里的李雪健老师」
电影上映头一年，李雪健还演了另一个备受争议的角色, that is Song Jiang in "Water Margin". Until many years later, he also regarded it as "the biggest regret in business".
asked Li Xuejian to play Cao Cao in the early 1994 edition of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", but due to different artistic concepts, they could not agree. When "Water Margin" came, Li Xuejian initially refused. think SongJiang is a capitulation faction, and the character is unflattering. Zhang Jizhong said, if you don't act, I will find an organization. In the end, Li Xuejian took over the role and tried desperately to find some realistic foundations for the characters. He designed some small steps and pouty body movements for Song Jiang, and there was a bit of cunning in his eyes. This has been approved by the director.
The audience watched it and was not happy.
Even a fellow from Shandong said:
"If Li Xuejian dares to come back, I will beat him to death." But in the later dubbing, Li Xuejian went to Chen Kaige's place and missed it. The latter part was dubbed by another Shaanxi voice actor, in a comical and treacherous tone. After the dubbing, Li Xuejian felt that this was not a complete artistic presentation, so he couldn't help but say a few words that the dubbing actor was not, which made people unhappy. After such a commotion, the "Song Jiang Incident" became a heart disease of Li Xuejian. After signing the contract, I had to dub it myself.
"Mr. Li's calligraphy is also very good"
But whether it is "King Qin" or "Song Jiang", it is not what Li Xuejian regrets the most in the future. What
regrets most is that he also "fallen".
After "Jiao Yulu" and "Jing Ke Assassinates the King of Qin", many dramas came to him, and many social resources fawned on him, making him a little dizzy. Go out, the Presidential Suite, wherever you go, call and embrace. Li Xuejian didn't know how to refuse at first. He accepted the script when he had it. He didn't pick and choose. He enjoyed the thrill of becoming famous, and made some dramas that he would not like at all in the future. There is " Shangfang Baojian ", he thinks it is not a thing.
In addition, his living habits are not good. Smoking, drinking and playing mahjong all night. Even in the "Water Margin" crew, they also brought in other actors for a fight and a night, and they lost hundreds of dollars and hundreds of dollars. When
filmed " was born ", he became fat and his face was oily. But he didn't lose weight and went straight to acting. Years later, when he thinks about it, he still blames himself.
"In the past, you were willing to pay for the role, why are you not willing this time? It's you who 'fallen' yourself."
But at that time, no one could persuade him.
Whoever reminds him, it doesn't help.
Yu Haidan cut watermelon for him, and he teased himself:
"This is my wife's fire for me, so I don't confuse myself." Play with people, get hurt on your face, and delay acting.
"There was really no high pursuit at that time."
Until that year, Li Xuejian suffered a serious illness.
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In 2000, when filming "China Track", Li Xuejian had a small bump on his nose. At first he didn't care, but later the pimple got bigger and bigger, and after checking it, it turned out to be nasopharyngeal cancer . Halfway through the filming of the TV series, Li Xuejian did not want to waste the money of investors and insisted on finishing the filming. In order to facilitate his treatment, Tian Zhuang took care of his relationship and moved the crew to Beijing, while Li Xuejian performed treatment while acting. Filming was so tiring, he had to endure pain and vomiting.
The second half of the whole play was completed by him with his life. After the filming of
, Li Xuejian retired and officially received treatment. No one expected that he would appear in front of the audience two years later. Since then, Li Xuejian has felt that life is precious, time is not for me, and I can't fool the characters. Every role must be played well and solidly, and it must be worthy of the audience.
"Mr. Li Xuejian who won the award for "Jiao Yulu"
After radiotherapy, the rays kill cancer cells and also kill salivary glands . Since then, he cannot do without water, and it is difficult to act in dramas. The main focus is on movies and TV shows.
Facing every invitation, he returned to the state of "self-abuse" when he played Jiao Yulu and Lin Biao.
is a character, to the extreme. In the
movie " 1942 ", he played Li Peiji, just a very short character line. In order to understand the heart of this character, his growth, life course, and mental transformation have all been carefully studied. It is clear how he changed from a soldier who was influenced by the traditional view of loyalty and filial piety and participated in the Revolution of 1911 to a dilemma official who wiped the ass of Chiang Kai-shek's corrupt government. Play by play to figure out the psychology of the characters. In the
TV series "Taiwan 1895", he played Li Hongzhang. As soon as he came up, he told the director that he did not play a label character, not a traitor. To this end, he added a lot of humanity to Li Hongzhang. It was deleted by the director, and he was not reconciled, so he read a poem by Li in the play. Regardless of whether the producer uses this paragraph or not, he insists on calling the producer to tell the producer that there is an argument about a word in the poem, and don't forget to ask the experts.
is so serious about a word because he mispronounced the name of Feng Jingyao in the previous performance of " Shanghai Beach ". After the audience pointed it out, Li Xuejian felt ashamed. Later, he developed a habit of turning over the dictionary at home when he had nothing to do. He feels that his cultural level is not high enough, and he must make up for the shortcomings.
As for the lines, it's more of a facade. Not only is it not allowed to pronounce typos, but the rhythm is also not chaotic. When filming "Hey, Old Man", he memorized all the words of his opponent because he was not allowed to wear a hearing aid.
Despite such high demands on himself, Li Xuejian is often sad. Just because a certain play or a certain paragraph did not achieve the effect he expected. Or if a performance didn't perform well, he blamed himself. In
, the character building in the movie was edited, causing the characters to be incoherent. He was even sadder than the director.
A serious illness, Li Xuejian thoroughly thought about it:
"My requirement for myself is to make one one. Because of my physical condition, I can't do too many scenes, so the success rate is too important to me."
Moreover, he doesn't care how much actual benefit the character can bring him, what he sees is what message the character conveys and what spirit it represents. This is what I said at the beginning of the article, why all these years, he is obviously acting, but the general public doesn't seem to have seen him much. After
recovered, Mr. Li Xuejian was more willing to play those "positive energy" and "main melody" roles. As an actor who wears the national emblem all the year round, he feels that those who silently dedicate to the pursuit of the perfection and beauty in the world should have someone to spread their stories. He played the inspector Lao Li in "Supreme", played the unknown village teacher in "China Story", and played the very main theme of the movie " Yang Shanzhou " which praised a selfless party member."Hey, Old Man", which focuses on Alzheimer's disease, is all to convey the "truth, goodness and beauty" in his mind, and to convey what he thinks is correct values, not for selfishness.
When "Yang Shanzhou" was released, he encountered "Transformers". This narrative mode is an outdated main theme, which obviously cannot attract more audiences and cannot achieve the sensation of "Jiao Yulu" back then.
But Li Xuejian still thinks that he should act and spread the deeds of these people. Therefore, Li Xuejian was very happy when he got the trophy at the College Student Film Festival, because:
"At least this generation of young people saw it."
Some people say that his creative vision is old.
He mocks himself as a narrow-minded nationalist:
"I was educated like this. To forget the past is to betray history. The truth, the good and the beautiful need to be promoted. Now entertainment is always the priority, I think it's too much, the only thing, absolutely
06.
Regarding Li Xuejian, Shi Tiesheng said two things.
The first was "Desire" that year, and the crew was interviewed by the leaders. The leader said that if there are any practical difficulties, they can be solved except for the house. Everyone else made a request. Li Xuejian thought about it and asked the leader for a set of "Desire" discs. But this disc was supposed to be released, and he didn't want anything.
At that time, he was one of the most famous actors in the country, but his savings was only over 10,000, which he had saved over the years.
friends say you are such a big star, you can't even make money.
But Li Xuejian doesn't care.
The second is after he became famous, one evening, Li Xuejian rushed to the kindergarten to pick up his child. Riding a bicycle to the entrance of the alley, a neighbor saw him and called him, and he left with a perfunctory reply. The old neighbor was unhappy, and said, "What's the matter, Xuejian, is the cow?" Li Xuejian listened, and hurriedly turned around and said to the man, "What the hell do I have, it's too late, I This is in a hurry to pick up the child. Li Xuejian said to Shi Tiesheng, "People treat you as a buddy, and they can't hurt people's hearts. If I don't explain it, I will feel awkward.
这两件事，也从侧面反应了李雪健接受易立竞采访时的自我评价：
“我这个人，重名，不重利。”
「李老师的觉悟」
李雪健非常珍视自己的good reputation. He felt that he was an amateur performer from the countryside. If it weren't for the help of the people around him, and the support of so many teachers and superiors along the way, it would be impossible for him to go from a propaganda team member who only knows how to play Shandong Allegro to become a famous actor recognized by the industry. . Along the way, I have received many favors and help from nobles. Every step is not easy. To be able to be today, one by one seniors have made me.
He can't let them down.
In particular, as a drama actor, he was influenced by the academic positive outlook on art along the way. He felt that he had the responsibility to maintain the character of an actor and to set up a role model.
He never feltThe profession of an actor is naturally nobler and more valuable than anyone else, but he has a strong determination to maintain the decency of this profession. Seniors told him that artistic creation is the engineer of the human mind. He doesn't care if the idea is outdated, he admits. He has always used this as a standard to ask himself:
"This job is very sacred in my heart."
Therefore, he does not want actors to be just entertainment, and does not want practitioners to "stigmatize" their own business. He actually doesn't like this derailment and that drug use today. In the eyes of him, an "artist of the older generation", as an actor, he has ruined his profession.
He felt that since the market has become more market-oriented, it is necessary to have a little entertainment, to enrich life, and to convey happiness to the common people.
"But now we play a little too much."
Looking back, it was this profession that gave him "dignity".
Time changes, he doesn't want the actors to be seen as monkey dramas:
"I don't have the ability to change the whole environment, but I have the ability to be myself, I try my best, I don't taint this profession, this is also a responsibility ."
said, I don't know how many celebrities have been hit in the face.
"Mr. Li also cherishes this industry"
Fortunately, among the mainstay actors of this generation, there are still many people who regard Li Xuejian as their idols. When Huang Bo mentioned him, he respected him for shaping the characters and entangled himself with the characters; Lei Jiayin regarded the brilliance of Mr. Li Xuejian as the goal of his artistic career; Hu Jun said that he is the heart of every person in this generation The position an actor aspires to be. Another time, Hu Ge accepted the award, saying that he met Mr. Li Xuejian on the plane and found that the other party only brought one entourage, but he took three, and he really felt ashamed.
The younger generation who really want to do something in the actor's way, almost all regard Li Xuejian as a role model to follow.
This is the greatest achievement of an artist in a lifetime.
It's no wonder that among the 100 pioneers in 40 years, there is only one actor like Li Xuejian in the literary and art world.
As for those traffic who originally came for fame and fame and money, don't expect them to feel ashamed after seeing Mr. Li's performance and character. Not to mention raising the academic qualifications for entering the industry, just asking Mr. Li to give them a special lecture on the moral construction of actors every day, it is estimated that it will not be effective.
Acting is impossible.
is impossible in a lifetime.
「全文完，下次再会」
本文部分参考资料：
[1]《好人李雪健》，史铁生
[2]《李雪健和他的历史人物》，三联
[3]《演员李雪健》，三联
[4] "Because I don't die, I want to live more interestingly", Nanzhou
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