165438+1On October 25th, the upstream journalist contacted Lu Shuming's great disciple Guo Shaojie. He said that he and other disciples of Lu Jiaban felt very sad and sad after hearing the news of uncle Li Jingfei's death, and then they would express their condolences for Li Jingfei's death in their own way. Looking back on Li Jingfei's life, he once loved the actor industry and paid a lot for it. His role of "Zhang Fei" became a classic. Unfortunately, he suffered three strokes in his later years, followed by renal failure, requiring dialysis treatment, and has been struggling with the disease.
Li Jingfei, the actor of Zhang Fei, died. Image source: Network
Within a month, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei died one after another.
"Mr. Li Jingfei, the actor of Zhang Fei in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, died last night 1 1 at the age of 65, and ascended to heaven with his second brother Guan Yu", Yu Yong1,a special researcher at the Oral History Research Center of Nanjing University of the Arts, revealed on social media 1 1 on the morning of October 25th. In an interview with the newspaper, he said that Li Jingfei's health had been poor, and he still knew the news of Lu Shuming's death. He has been hospitalized intermittently in recent years, and died a few days ago after being admitted to hospital for rescue.
At the same time, Sun Yanjun, an actor in the 94th edition of Romance of the Three Kingdoms, also confirmed the news through Weibo. After that, six-year-old children also posted on social platforms to mourn Li Jingfei.
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According to public information, Li Jingfei was born in Hebei, and his birth dates were 1957, 10 and 13 respectively. Actor of Hebei Theatre, member of Dramatists Association, member of Film and Television Artists Association, and national first-class actor. 1994 Li Jingfei played the role of Zhang Fei in the TV series Romance of the Three Kingdoms and became a famous actor in China. Since then, he has also participated in many film and television works. Just 24 days before his death, Lu Shuming, who played Guan Yu, died of a heart attack.
I auditioned for Zhang Fei and acted in two plays in a row.
Li Jingfei once said that Zhang Fei in the well-known Romance of the Three Kingdoms was his most satisfied role. Although the public has been full of praise for his exquisite interpretation of The Romance of Three Kingdoms for many years, few people know the story behind him and The Romance of Three Kingdoms because of Li Jingfei's low-key and late illness.
The upstream journalists learned that Li Jingfei said in an interview as early as 1990s that the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty were far away and he was unfamiliar with historical knowledge. He knew that if he wanted to portray the role of Zhang Fei well, he could neither perform it with exaggeration in China's traditional operas, nor be as casual as modern life. He believes that if you want to play this play well, you must have a sense of dignity of historical figures and ancient life. In order to get this role, he also made his own efforts. According to public reports, Li Jingfei was admitted to Hebei Theatre on 1977. Since then, he has created many roles on the stage and screen, the most famous of which is the role of Huang Bao in the movie Iron Man. When shooting, a layer of sand is blown into the noodle bowl, and he will eat it without hesitation; The role needs to be strong. When he was thin, he exercised day and night for a month, and correspondingly lost more than 30 kilograms for his role.
The fate between Li Jingfei and The Romance of Three Kingdoms began in the winter of 1990. At that time, he heard that The Romance of the Three Kingdoms was going to be filmed, and that the director of The Romance of the Three Kingdoms was selecting actors at the Beijing Film Academy, so he went to Beijing by train. But when he arrived at the scene, his confidence was greatly reduced, because there were many famous actors auditioning at the scene. When it was his turn, the staff at the scene didn't know him, and then recognized him as Huang Bao in Iron Man, which made director Wang Fulin "impressed".
Romance of the Three Kingdoms stills
Li Jingfei once said in an interview that during the audition, the director asked him to perform a piece of Zhang Fei's play, and he improvised a piece of Visit to the Cottage. After this scene, the live director discussed 15 minutes and asked him to perform it again. He said that he thought of Gu Chenghui this time, and he performed it after brewing a good mood and finding out the feelings of the role. This time, because he was too involved, he burst into tears at the scene. After the performance, there was another 15 minute waiting, but this time the director told him to go back and wait for the notice after the discussion, but not to take other plays.
Li Jingfei may not know that when he entered the audition scene, the director Wang Fulin was satisfied with his appearance, but the appearance of many famous actors didn't satisfy him until he saw Li Jingfei, whose thick skeleton, dark eyes and intense ring eyes made the director sigh "alike, too alike".
199 1 February, Li Jingfei finally ushered in good news. After receiving a long-distance call from Beijing, he was officially designated as 1994 as the actor of Zhang Fei in the TV series Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
Suffer a lot and deduce "zero bad review" Zhang Fei
In the audience's mind, Li Jingfei has always been called "Zhang Fei with zero bad reviews", and his interpretation has always been affirmed by the audience. In the process of shooting, although he has an advantage in appearance, Li Jingfei still needs to make a lot of efforts to play the role of Zhang Fei well.
There have been media reports on Li Jingfei's detailed analysis of Zhang Fei. In his view, Zhang Fei is a humorous figure who is crude and detailed, even childish as a child. His mood changes quickly, and as he grows older, he will start to have some strategies. Li Jingfei felt that Zhang Fei was brave on the whole, with a little tricks, but no big plans. He believes that the development of Zhang Fei's character can only be reflected by showing these characteristics delicately and vividly. According to China Newsweek, in order to play Zhang Fei well, Li Jingfei read a lot of literature and opera materials, and he also rummaged through the novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms. It is precisely because of Li Jingfei's in-depth study and understanding of roles that today's classic "Zhang Fei" came into being.
When shooting, the director group arranged Li Jingfei, Sun Yanjun and Lu Shuming in a room. This arrangement not only takes into account that the three men have more opposite plays, but also hopes that Sun Yanjun and Lu Shuming's cheerful and open-minded personalities will drive Li Jingfei to better adapt to the life of the crew.
Li Jingfei's hard-working personality helped him successfully shape the role of Zhang Fei. In order to interpret Zhang Fei's hot temper, Li Jingfei needs to stare at the camera for a long time. A few days later, his eyes suddenly burst into tears, which was very painful. In order to practice staring, he still stares stupidly while sleeping. In addition, Li Jingfei, who can't ride a horse, suffered a lot in order to practice riding, because there are many plots of killing people immediately in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms. When filming in summer, he needs to stick a beard, and it hurts when it is torn off. All this is endured because of his love for the role.
Today, this play more than 20 years ago is still loved by many audiences and scored 9.6 points on a scoring platform. "The most classic version of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms in my heart" and "The Three Kingdoms that best conforms to the image of the inner characters", in the comment area of the play, the audience did not hesitate to praise the play, and Li Jingfei also had a label that accompanied him all his life-Zhang Fei.
20 19 Lu Shuming and Li Jingfei participated in the program recording together. Image source: video screenshot
Lu Shuming once raised money to help him recover.
20 19, Li Jingfei was put on the stage by her daughter at the recording scene of the crew reunion of Romance of the Three Kingdoms. "I said, dad, how long have you been filming the Three Kingdoms? My dad said that he has been filming for three years, and he is really doing it seriously, making a TV series seriously. I feel that the feelings of three years are definitely deeper than the feelings of two or three months now. " Li Jingfei's daughter was deeply moved at the recording scene of the program. At that time, Li Jingfei revealed that he had settled in Shijiazhuang, Hebei.
Lu Shuming, the actor of Guan Yu, who was also on the recording scene of the program, added that Li Jingfei had suffered from cerebral hemorrhage, and his legs and feet were inconvenient. It was not until April 20 18 that he was invited to an activity that he realized that his old friend's situation was so serious. "There was an activity in April last year, and his brother came with him. I'm surprised. Which one is Zhang Fei? He had a cerebral hemorrhage, but fortunately he saved his life. He was so careless that he went running with high blood pressure. " Years of brotherhood made Lu Shuming uneasy about Li Jingfei. Later, he helped to raise nearly 654.38 million yuan and arranged for Li Jingfei to have acupuncture recuperation in a nursing home in Xi 'an.
1 65438+1October1day, the upstream journalist confirmed from Lu Shuming's apprentice, friends in the circle and people around him that Guan Yu's actor and famous actor Lu Shuming died in Shaanxi Provincial People's Hospital at the age of 66 in the early morning of that day. Less than a month later, Li Jingfei also died of illness, which made many viewers feel that "the second brother has left, and the third brother has left, which is really the case".
In the play, Guan Yu, Liu Bei and Zhang Fei are good brothers of Yi Jie Jin Lan, and Li Jingfei, the actor of Zhang Fei, is most cared for by Guan Yu. Off-stage, Li Jingfei has been deeply helped by Lu Shuming to raise funds and arrange nursing homes for him. "Don't say such a brother, even if someone in the society is in trouble and needs our help, if we can help, we should also lend a hand of friendship." Lu Shuming once said this publicly.
165438+1On October 25th, the big disciple said in an interview with an upstream journalist, "We met Uncle Shi once, but we didn't communicate much. However, we are very sad to learn the news of the death of Teacher Li Jingfei. " Guo Shaojie said that in Lujiaban's WeChat group, several disciples decided to mourn in their own way after deliberation. At the same time, he also said that Lu Shuming didn't want to talk about helping Li Jingfei in his lifetime, but they knew that there was a deep brotherhood between Master and Li Jingfei. "My master did a lot of such things for him, but he didn't want to take them out and didn't tell us too much. We got a lot of such news from the side. "
Recently, a video of Li Jingfei was circulated on the Internet, in which he was very thin. According to China Newsweek, half a month after Lu Shuming's death, Li Jingfei's friends told the public that he had suffered three strokes due to renal failure and needed dialysis treatment. This friend revealed that although Li Jingfei's illness was complicated and serious, it was stable at that time. They think Li Jingfei can survive this year. Friends also said that Li Jingfei almost completely lost the ability to live independently at that time, and his language ability was seriously damaged. When he is in a good state, he can only communicate with relatives and friends around him through his eyes. Worried about Li Jingfei's mood swings, people around him have been afraid to tell him the news of Lu Shuming's death.
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