Feng Yuanzheng, 62, has played many well-known roles. Recently, some netizens said, "Feng Yuanzheng is so thin that he loses his appearance. Through understanding, it turns out that Feng Yuanzheng deliberately lost weight to be in this state in order to more accurately restore th

"Every time he loses weight, Before I played him (Du Fu), I had to lose weight. Even though I was very thin, I still needed to lose weight. "During the interview, it can be seen that Feng Yuanzheng's face has lost a lot of weight, and the bags under his eyes are obviously hanging on his face. He said that this work focuses on the most difficult years of Du Fu's life, and Du Fu would even take his son to beg for food. Competing with monkeys to eat wild fruits, so in order to better fit the role, Feng Yuanzheng deliberately loses weight every time to get closer to the character. At his thinnest, he was only 120 pounds.

As an important performance project of this China Shanghai International Art Festival, Beijing People's Art. The theater has been performing in Shanghai for nearly a month, and has successively brought five major plays. Previously, the crew has completed "Teahouse" and "Mutiny" with veteran actors and young actors playing the lead role in "Sunrise". On the 3rd, the Shanghai audience will welcome the fourth drama performed by Beijing People's Art Theater - the drama "Du Fu". "Du Fu" was created by the famous screenwriter Guo Qihong in 2019. - Another masterpiece nearly 30 years after "Heaven's Proud Son", "Li Bai" and "Bosom Friend", the play selects Du Fu's life trajectory from the "Anshi Rebellion" to his death, focusing on the ups and downs of his official career. , the ups and downs of life, also describes his interactions and separations with friends such as Yan Wu, Gao Shi, Li Bai, Su Huan, etc., allowing the audience to see not only a great "poet", but also a three-dimensional and real person. "People".

Beijing People's Art Director Feng Yuanzheng plays the protagonist Du Fu in the play. This is also the third work he has participated in during this tour and he is stationed in Shanghai throughout the performance schedule. Feng Yuanzheng said frankly, " "I'm a little tired at this stage," but it's the right time to play Du Fu.

"This version of Teacher Guo Qihong writes about the most miserable period of Du Fu's life, where even eating was a problem." "Feng Yuanzheng revealed that in order to better interpret the role, he had to lose weight every time he played Du Fu. "During the first round of performances, I was nearly 10 kilograms lighter than now, only about 120 kilograms. Everyone is out of shape and their pants are loose. "This time Feng Yuanzheng was a little gentler on himself. "I have only lost three or five pounds since I arrived in Shanghai last month. Because I don’t dare to be too thin, this drama still requires a lot of physical strength. It is enough to feel a little tired while ensuring physical strength. "

Feng Yuanzheng introduced that screenwriter Guo Qihong wrote what you see today after referring to 187 collections of Du Fu's poems and books. The script has a total of about 30,000 words. In order to respect the original author's hard work, the actors will hardly change it easily. lines, allowing the play to maintain its original flavor. “After reading all the scripts, I can understand Du Fu’s poems better. "

From a group of famous works that are familiar to the audience, such as "Looking at the Mountains", "Long Night Travel", "Song of the Thatched House Broken by the Autumn Wind", to a group of equally great historical and cultural masters such as Yan Wu, Gao Shi, and Li Bai, " "Du Fu" takes the audience back to the Tang Dynasty and back to the world of poetry. "We first understand the moods of poets such as Li Bai and Du Fu from their poems, but as people gain more experience, more insights will emerge from these poems. Insights on life. Du Fu's greatness does not lie in how elegant and beautiful his poems are, but in his inner concern and understanding of society. "

In the early stages of the production of this work, the crew spent 12 days reading the script 24 times before starting rehearsals. "There are a lot of classical Chinese in the play, and only when the actors understand them can they convey the accurate meaning. "Feng Yuanzheng said that there are a lot of poems in the play, and he clearly asked the actors not to read the poems as poems, but as words.

At the end of "Du Fu", Feng Yuanzheng added one of his own ideas.After his death, Du Fu stood up on the stage and started a "dialogue with himself" facing a piece of clothing left on the ground, which summarized Du Fu's life and pushed the tension of the drama to its peak. "Du Fu's conclusion should be made by himself. In the world of poetry, he gave himself a courtesy in life."

In the play, in addition to Du Fu, the audience will also see a number of familiar poet characters, including Li Bai, Gao Shi, Su Huan, etc. In terms of age, Li Bai is Du Fu's "big brother", which makes the young actor Liu Zhiyang who plays Li Bai in the play a little frightened. "Brother Yuanzheng is obviously my big brother, but I still have to play his eldest brother. This is really difficult to act."

But Feng Yuanzheng has a longer-term consideration, which is to allow young actors to pass a role and have enough room for trial. "After playing a role for ten or twenty years, it will grow up." In this way, Liu Zhiyang became the young Li Bai.

And Gao Shi’s actor, Yu Zhen, is an actor more familiar to film and television audiences. Precisely because of this, he admitted that he is better at playing characters with a sense of business and pyrotechnics. Since it is so far away from the era of the characters in the play, Yu Zhen did not want to forcefully "pretend". In his view, "There is no truth in history, only one truth remains. To explain this truth clearly, actors can play a role."

Halfway through the tour, Beijing People's Art Theater is also accepting the praises of audiences in Shanghai. test". Feng Yuanzheng said that he is also very concerned about the audience's voice, especially the feedback from young actors. "I see the tolerance and recognition of the Shanghai audience, but I must also admit that there is still a gap between young actors and actresses compared with veteran actors."

When the younger generations are confused when faced with various voices, Feng Yuanzheng will also comfort him in a timely manner. : "It's normal for young actors to be criticized. We all experienced it at that time." In his view, this is the only way for them to grow up. "In our works, the audience can see the past, present and future of Beijing People's Art Theatre. Maybe if we come back ten years later, the audience will see them (the younger generation)."