Remembering Li Fazeng: "Zhuge Liang" visits young audiences in Shanghai
Li Fazeng, a famous performing artist, former director of the Performing Arts Center of the Central Experimental Theater, and a national first-class actor at the National Theater of China, died of illness in Beijing on the afternoon of December 6 at the age of 82. Li Fazeng became a household name for his role as Zhuge Liang in the 1985 TV series "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". He didn't perform much in Shanghai, but he left unforgettable stories.
Before becoming "Zhuge Liang", Li Fa, who graduated from the Central Academy of Drama, was an experienced drama actor. He once said, "You cannot rely on luck in art. Without more than 20 years of drama performance practice, I would not be where I am today." Zhuge Liang'. Before winning the "Feitian Award" for Outstanding Actor with "Zhuge Liang", he worked on the drama stage for 22 years.
In December 2017, Li Fazeng watched the China Welfare Society Children's Art Theater's annual drama "Notre Dame de Paris" at the Malanhua Theater in Shanghai. After watching the play, he specifically asked several young audience members what they thought after watching the play. "They said they loved it and understood it. In "The Hunchback of Notre Dame", the vulture is the bad guy, the bird is the good guy, and the bad guy dies in the end." Li Fazeng attached great importance to it. The audience thought, "The children found it very interesting after watching it. They liked it and loved it, and their feelings for the play developed."
In January 1996, Li Fa came to Shanghai to attend the press conference of the film "The Road of Kings". The film is adapted from the Shanghai Huai Opera Troupe's award-winning Huai opera "The Golden Dragon and the Ephemera", in which Li Fazeng plays the complex character of the old emperor Jin Long.
At the time, he was the director of the Performing Arts Center of the Central Experimental Theater. He introduced his unique director's room to a reporter from Liberation Daily - the walls were covered with rewards and punishments, large and small, and he publicly reported on the work and discipline status of each actor, such as Wu Yujuan. During the rehearsal of "Put Down Your Whip", her father was critically ill and was admitted to the hospital, and the machine suddenly beeped. However, she held back the tears of anxiety and still insisted on rehearsing and performing. Of course, she was on the list of major awards. On the other hand, if there are individual stars who are absent or late for rehearsals and meetings for no reason or no reason, they will be put on the "blacklist" without any luck. Everyone does not think that this kind of management is "pediatric". On the contrary, it is recognized that this system provides the greatest realistic possibility for all fairness.
At that time, talking about his theater, Li Fazeng proudly told the reporter of "Liberation Daily": "In our place, there will never be so-called 'big names'. From the troupe leader to the young actors who have just joined the troupe, everyone is As an honest performer, we should treat everyone equally and receive equal rewards and punishments.”
He once earnestly warned actors to face up to their own value and not to get carried away because of some irresponsible hype. At the same time, performing arts management departments and institutions should also pay attention to the ideological education and system of stars. manage.
Li Fa once played the role of Zhuge Liang in the TV series "Zhuge Liang". He is graceful, resourceful and well versed in strategy, and has won praise from millions of viewers. He also played Zhang Zhizhong in the movie "Chongqing Negotiations" and Du Yuming in "After the Decisive Battle". The subordinates and relatives of these real figures frequently praised Li Fazeng for his resemblance, appropriate acting, and grace and grace. Li Fazeng has always emphasized that acting in drama and film and television can promote each other and complement each other. Before taking the role, he made full preparations. For example, before playing Liu Bang in the TV series "Liu Bang, King of Han", he repeatedly read various historical books such as "Historical Records" and Cai Dongfan's "The Romance of the Former Han Dynasty".
In his middle age, Li Fazeng often played officials like many actors. He once joked that he had played a lot of roles as "director". From the tax director to the civil affairs director, it was inevitable that he would have some "official air", "So I paid special attention to this one." 'What's the difference from before?"
In life, Li Fazeng had neither official air nor celebrity air. He treats the audience as friends and cherishes the love of every audience.
"Xinmin Evening News" once recorded a "little incident." In 1986, Li Fazeng came to Shanghai to record the TV station's Spring Festival Gala, and the trip lasted only three days. On the night he arrived in Shanghai, he visited an ordinary young audience. After watching "Zhuge Liang", a middle school student named Jiang Wenjie wrote several letters to Li Fazeng to express his thoughts after watching it, and invited him to come to her house to play. Li Fazeng's sudden arrival made Xiao Jiang's family overjoyed. Jiang Wenjie took out a large box of newspaper clippings that she had carefully collected. In addition to "Zhuge Liang", there were also images of Li Fazeng left on the drama stage.
Li Fa once said that after playing "Zhuge Liang", he received many letters from the audience, among which the most were teenagers from Shanghai, with nearly a hundred letters. Although he was very busy, he replied to all the letters one by one. He could not let down these sincere viewers. If he had time, he would like to visit a few more.
He also said that it is a good thing that young people can like historical dramas and learn history and national culture from them. As early as when he was in middle school, he was obsessed with Mei Lanfang and Ma Lianliang, so he saved his early money to buy theater tickets, so he especially understood the enthusiastic young audiences.
