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为纪念中国共产党成立90周年,中国电影集团投资拍摄的大型献礼影片《建党伟业》,群星灿烂,阵容强大,特别是剧中扮演毛泽东的青年演员刘烨,引起了人们的关注。
出演青年毛泽东
《建党伟业》是中国电影集团继2009年拍摄的《建国大业》后又一部大型献礼片,影片演绎了1911年辛亥革命后到1921年中国共产党成立这10年内艰难曲折的历史故事,全面展示了以毛泽东、李大钊、陈独秀、蔡和森、周恩来等一批中国共产党人在风雨飘搖的年代,为争取民族独立和为人民谋福祉而英勇奋斗的感人事迹。电影中除了展示以毛泽东为中心的共产党员外,还有影响中国历史变革的其他重要人物都一一出现在影片中,可以说人物各异、阵容庞大。
由于影片中的历史人物很多,演员绝大多数都是中国内地和港台地区的明星,由谁来出演影片中的头号角色毛泽东,一时备受人们注意。在中国影视圈中,扮演毛泽东的特型演员很多,近年来活跃在银屏上的唐国强演毛泽东演得比较大气,但因这部片子是青年时期的毛泽东,唐国强年龄稍大了点也不在挑选之列。提到演青年毛泽东,中央实验话剧院的王霙是演得最成功的。《建党伟业》的导演韩三平、黄建新最初也考虑过用王霙,但仔细推敲后认为,对同类题材的影片用同一演员扮演同一角色,容易让人混淆或被视作老面孔,所以决定推出一个新演员。当时报名或被推荐饰演毛泽东的演员有几十号人,最后经过导演组精挑细选,曾在《建国大业》中扮演向毛主席敬礼的红军战士的刘烨便在众多青年男演员中脱颖而出,成为本片的男一号。
刘烨接受任务后,感到压力很大。首先是有人说他外形不像毛泽东。刘烨也承认是不太像,但他说现在化妆手段高明,可以请化妆师帮忙,最终让自己像毛泽东。毛泽东的前额较宽,刘烨的前额略窄一些,化妆师就给他前额理掉一些头发;毛泽东是双眼皮,刘烨是单眼皮,化妆师便给他贴上一层胶皮变成了双眼皮;毛泽东的脸比较饱满,刘烨的脸略显瘦长,化妆师就在他脸上贴上些塑胶,脸也胖圆了一些。最后刘烨到镜头前一亮相,不觉让在场的编导、摄影叫好,连他自己也不相信会这么像毛主席,称赞化妆师简直就是魔术师,能“大变活人”。不过,每次化妆时,他的脸上要贴上些胶皮多少有点难受,但为了演好毛泽东,他说吃点苦也心甘情愿。
外形像毛泽东了,还得形神兼备。刘烨对自己提出了更高的要求。除了认真阅读《建党伟业》的分镜头电影剧本,仔细分析毛泽东在剧中的位置、表现等细节,较好演绎当时的情景,他还观看了古月、唐国强、王霙等演员饰演毛泽东的影视剧碟片,阅读了毛泽东主席的著作,其至背诵了《毛主席诗词》,力求做到在表演中能演出毛泽东的特有神韵。
在拍摄中,刘烨更加认真,为了拍好毛泽东从一个农村青年到中国共产党的首批共产党员,直至中国共产党的领导人,刘烨还前往中国革命博物馆和中国历史博物馆,查阅各种历史资料和图片,然后将一些生动的语言和形象的动作,认真展示在影片中。在片场上刘烨是个“积极分子”,导演叫收工,他还请摄影师给他回放一下镜头,有不满意的地方主动向导演提出来,在当天或第二天重拍,直到大家满意为止。由于拍摄工作艰辛,他人瘦了好几公斤,为了保证他像毛泽东的体形,副导演便每餐给他饭中加一块4两重的红烧肉,最初刘烨怕吃肥肉,可导演说这是拍摄外的“重任”必须完成,刘烨便严格执行导演的命令,每顿饭都坚持吃红烧肉,保证体重不减。同时由于吃肥肉,他的脸上有一种油光光的感觉,使其饰演的青年毛泽东精神饱满,朝气蓬勃。
在一次《建党伟业》的新闻发布会上,刘烨充满信心地回答记者说:“我原来和毛主席最像的地方应该是身高吧,脸形上还是有些差距的。但通过导演的认真指导、化妆师的细致化妆,加上我本人的努力和同事们的密切配合,我现在可以自豪地说,我真正像毛主席了。”在刘烨的辛勤努力下,他饰演的青年毛泽东已经得到影视圈内人士的肯定,在一旁与刘烨搭戏的冯远征也表示:“确实是这样,我当时也怀疑过刘烨能有多像,后来等他化完妆出来才发现,简直跟照片一模一样,就是差了嘴角的那颗痣而已。在拍摄中由于他的拼命精神和不懈努力,做到了形似和神似的完美统一,可以说为《建党伟业》影片增色许多。”
受人激励走上演艺路
1978年3月23日,刘烨出生在吉林长春的一个电影之家。他的父亲是长春电影制片厂的一名灯光师,技术相当不错;母亲是长春电影制片厂工会的干部。爱好文艺但平时以做行政工作为主。刘烨则是地道在长影大院长大的孩子,从小就有机会在长影放映厅看到厂里或国内外其他电影公司拍摄的许多影片。耳濡目染,让刘烨从小就在看电影中受到了电影艺术的熏陶。
1996年高考前,刘烨姐姐的一个同学看到正在篮球场上打球的他,一会儿快速运球,一会儿举球投篮,举手投足之间,具有明星的气质。也许是女孩子对男孩子最有感觉,在她眼中的刘烨帅得就像刘德华一样。刘烨的姐姐发现弟弟身上流露出的艺术气质,劝他去报考中央戏剧学院。刚开始,刘烨还没有思想准备,觉得这是不可能的,因为“中戏”是中国最高的戏剧艺术学府,一个没有学过表演的人要考“中戏”,这不是开玩笑吗?但事后想想自己毕竟看过很多的影片,片中那些演员的表演技巧,已潜移默化记在自己的心中,又向长春电影制片厂的一些老演员学习了一些表演的基本知识和技巧,最后壮着胆去报考了中央戏剧学院。结果中国最高戏剧艺术殿堂为刘烨打开了大门。他虽然没有多少表演的经验,但凭借形象好、个子高、不怯场,还有考前魔鬼训练,让主考的老师发现了他身上的表演潜质,最终录取了他。就这样,刘烨竟顺利考入了中央戏剧学院96级表演班,17岁的他成为班上年龄最小的一名男生。
在中央戏剧学院求学初期,因为班上有些同学从小就学表演,或者是在影视圈中表演了好些年才考进来深造的,他们在艺术上已有些成就和名气了,而刘烨年纪小又没有片场的表演经验,就是考试的那“两下子”也是才跟人学的,加上他平时沉默寡言的性格,就显得嫩了点。面对学习、表演及生活等方面的压力,最初刘烨经常独自跑到北京西城的什刹海边偷流眼泪。后来在父母和姐姐的鼓励下,他顽强顶住了压力,慢慢摸索学习,终于在中戏一次小品课上,表演一位跟妻子情深似海的囚犯,演得非常投入。当小品中的男主角见到妻子后,泪水如注而出,让人看后非常感动,获得了在场师生的好评。从此,同学们都主动地来找刘烨共同表演小品中的角色。
不懈努力成为新星
当刘烨在学习上取得成绩后,他就大胆走出校门、走向片场,寻找演艺事业的起点和各种拍摄机会。每天一早起来,他就背着包往许多剧组拍摄基地跑,掏出自己的简历找导演、副导演推介自己,希望能在剧中扮演角色。他坚持自己的追求,拍短片、拍广告、跑龙套什么都接,从不放弃一次机会。
一分努力一分收获,1998年是刘烨在事业上迈山重要一步的一年。他在李前宽导演的影片《世纪之梦》中扮演赵丙陵,还在电视连续剧《十个女囚的自白》中扮演孙西安。值得一提的是在霍建起导演的影片《那山那人那狗》中,年仅19岁的他扮演了一个朴实无邪、充满乡土气息的山民儿子,虽然这个叫儿子的角色连个名字也没有,但刘烨在表演中那种当质朴遇到纷繁现实挑战时的不定眼神,让观众认识并记住了他。后来这部电影在国际上获得了蒙特利尔国际电影节最受观众欢迎故事片奖,在国内又捧回第19届中国电影金鸡奖最佳故事片奖和最佳男配角奖提名。这部电影对他的演员生涯来说是个转折点,此后他接的很多影视剧,都是因为导演看了他在《那山那人那狗》片中的出色表演才来找他的,套用一句广告词就是:“要拍摄找刘烨!”
初战告捷,刘烨前进的步伐迈得更大更快了。2000年当他刚刚从中央戏剧学院毕业走上社会,正逢影片《蓝宇》在招聘演员,他在100多位竞争者中过关斩将,被导演关锦鹏相中,出演电影《蓝宇》中一个复杂的同性恋角色蓝宇,其合作演员有著名演员吴军、苏瑾。《蓝宇》一剧对刘烨来说是个全新的挑战,不了解同性恋内幕的他要去演同性恋者,其难度可想而知。为了演好这一角色,他仔细研读电影剧本,深刻了解剧本的内涵,虚心向编导和有丰富经验的老演员请教,并从有些小说中或向有关人员了解同性恋者的一些怪异行为和内心世界,然后在表演中做到纯朴而不混沌、成熟而不市侩、柔弱而不失坚强、深爱而不纠缠、放弃而不决绝,塑造了一个非同一般的角色。凭借此片中的出色表演,23岁的刘烨就有了一部自己的成名作,一举摘取了第38届台湾电影金马奖最佳男主角奖。刘烨的演艺事业像初升的太阳冉冉升起。
功夫不负有心人。从2002年至2004年间,刘烨主演了许多电影中的重要角色,其参演的多部艺术片在欧美日等地有着良好的口碑,他与周迅、陈坤合演的《巴尔扎克与小裁缝》入围美国金球奖;《恋之风景》和《紫蝴蝶》先后入围威尼斯和戛纳电影节的主竞赛单元。2003年刘烨接拍了著名作家海岩编剧、赵宝刚导演的电视连续剧《拿什么拯救你我的爱人》,在剧中主演龙小羽一角。随着该剧的热播,刘烨让国内的更多观众喜欢上了他。2004年他又与舒淇在电影《美人草》中联袂演出,他饰演的刘思蒙一角,再次获得专家和观众的肯定,如愿捧得了中国电影金鸡奖最佳男主角奖。2004年,他在滕文骥导演的电视连续剧《血色浪漫》中扮演钟跃民,更让他成为国内最受欢迎的男演员之一。2004年他在陈凯歌导演的电影《无极》中扮演鬼狼一角,2007年又与章子怡、周杰伦等影星在张艺谋导演的影片《满城尽带黄金甲》中合作,他出演元祥一角。虽然这两部影片本身争议不断,但刘烨却保持着持续的媒体曝光度,影响力也慢慢显现出来。
2006年刘烨与好莱坞老牌女星梅丽尔·斯特里普主演《暗物质》,更替他在国外积累了较高的人气。作为中国内地出演过最多电影的青年影星,刘烨并没有沾沾自喜、停滞不前,而是不断挑战自己的演技和戏路,追求新突破。从2007年开始,他又大胆尝试表演各种不同的人物:《天堂口》中大刚属大反派;《南京!南京》中的陆剑雄是正直男子汉;还有《硬汉》中的老三是智障人。他艺术上的可塑性和表演中的超人天赋使他成为内地最具影响力男演员之一。在演艺事业如日中天的同时,2009年刘烨完成了人生中的大事,与相恋3年的法国女友安娜丽丝结了婚。2010年,当了爸爸的刘烨在刘伟强导演的《美丽人生》、陈弈利导演的《爱出色》等影视剧中出镜。2011年,他又在陆川导演的《王的盛宴》影片中饰汉高祖刘邦,可以说部部电影都是大导演大制作。
对于30出头的刘烨来说,目前已主演或出演了33部电影、16部电视剧和多部舞台剧,这是一组令同行也为之赞叹的数字,充分确立了他在中国影视圈中新巨星的重要地位,可以说刘烨的前程星光灿烂!
Liu Ye Acts as Mao Zedong in Latest Mainstream Film
By Yu Ren
Liu Ye was chosen to appear as Mao Zedong in the upcoming major film “The Founding of a Party”, which is designed to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China. This was a role coveted by many big-name actors in China. To the astonishment of probably everybody, Liu Ye was chosen. Many couldn’t believe their ears when they learned about the choice, but they had to believe their eyes when Liu Ye appeared in front of them. Dozens were on the list of candidates, including some who had established themselves as Mao Zedong in movies. But the producers wanted a new face and decided that Liu Ye was that new face.
Liu Ye himself was confident about the choice. He does not look like Mao Zedong in his youth and he is not as tall as the number one founding father of the People’s Republic. But the producers knew their choice better than Liu himself and they knew what their makeup artists could do.
The makeup artists made magic touches. Mao Zedong had a wide forehead. The cosmeticians trimmed Liu’s hair on the forehead to make it appear wide. Mao had double eyelid folds. The makeup artists applied a layer of transparent film to turn Liu’s single eyelid fold into the double. Mao’s face was full. The cosmeticians put some plastic material on Liu’s
face. When Liu appeared in front of the production team, everyone wowed. Liu himself couldn’t believe his eyes either. He thought it worth all the trouble he experienced every time the makeup artists worked on his face.
Looking like young Mao Zedong was only the first step. Liu needed to behave like Mao. He studied the script thoroughly and made thorough preparations. He watched the performances of his predecessors. He read Mao’s writings and committed some of Mao’s poems to memory. He visited museums to look at pictures of Mao in various periods of his lifetime. These pictures helped the actor understand how Mao comported. In order to keep the weight, Liu was instructed to eat a piece of pork of 200 grams for each meal. The diet kept him look full of energy.
The film recreates the history of the decade between the 1911 Revolution and the founding of the CPC in 1921. The founding fathers of the CPC and other historical figures of the period all appear in the movie. It will be screened across the nation before July 1, the birthday of the CPC in 1921.
Liu’s Life Story
Born in March, 1978, Liu Ye was born into a family of workers at Changchun Film Studio. His father was a lighting technician at the film studio and his mother a trade union employee. The junior grew up watching all the films. In 1996 a classmate of his elder sister watched the teenage Liu Ye play basketball and thought he might grow up to be a film star. His sister agreed and urged him to consider applying to the Central Academy of Drama. Liu Ye was surprised by such a suggestion. He thought it was a big joke. He had never had any training in performance and he had never considered such a future. But on second thought he asked himself why not. After all, he had grown up watching all kinds of performances. He took some crash lessons from the aunts and uncles of the Changchun Studio before he signed up for examinations. He passed all the examinations and auditions. He became the youngest in the performance class at the Central Academy of Drama in 1996.
Inexperienced, Liu was a stranger to performing art. Many of his classmates were experienced actors who had appeared in various films and television dramas. Liu anguished but survived. His efforts were recognized by his classmates when he successfully interpreted a prisoner who burst into tears at the sight of his wife. Before long the young student began to seek opportunities to appear in films and television dramas. He took all the small roles that came his way and he was never choosy about these offers. The year 1998 was the turning point of his just-started career. He appeared in a number of films. The 19-year-old Liu Ye appeared in “Postmen in the Mountains” as the young postman who makes his first ever delivery with the accompaniment of his father. The 1999 film, directed by Huo Jianqi, won a few international awards and Liu’s performance won wide recognition. He was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the movie at Golden Rooster Awards. He did not win, but in 2001 he did win Best Actor at Taiwan’s 38th Golden Horse Awards for his performance as a young gay man in the movie “Lan Yu”. In 2004, he was honored as Best Actor for his role in the movie “The Foliage” at the 24th Golden Rooster Awards.
So far, the 33-year-old Liu has appeared in more than 33 movies, 16 television dramas and many dramas. The numbers are convincing enough about his stardom in the Chinese film circles.
出演青年毛泽东
《建党伟业》是中国电影集团继2009年拍摄的《建国大业》后又一部大型献礼片,影片演绎了1911年辛亥革命后到1921年中国共产党成立这10年内艰难曲折的历史故事,全面展示了以毛泽东、李大钊、陈独秀、蔡和森、周恩来等一批中国共产党人在风雨飘搖的年代,为争取民族独立和为人民谋福祉而英勇奋斗的感人事迹。电影中除了展示以毛泽东为中心的共产党员外,还有影响中国历史变革的其他重要人物都一一出现在影片中,可以说人物各异、阵容庞大。
由于影片中的历史人物很多,演员绝大多数都是中国内地和港台地区的明星,由谁来出演影片中的头号角色毛泽东,一时备受人们注意。在中国影视圈中,扮演毛泽东的特型演员很多,近年来活跃在银屏上的唐国强演毛泽东演得比较大气,但因这部片子是青年时期的毛泽东,唐国强年龄稍大了点也不在挑选之列。提到演青年毛泽东,中央实验话剧院的王霙是演得最成功的。《建党伟业》的导演韩三平、黄建新最初也考虑过用王霙,但仔细推敲后认为,对同类题材的影片用同一演员扮演同一角色,容易让人混淆或被视作老面孔,所以决定推出一个新演员。当时报名或被推荐饰演毛泽东的演员有几十号人,最后经过导演组精挑细选,曾在《建国大业》中扮演向毛主席敬礼的红军战士的刘烨便在众多青年男演员中脱颖而出,成为本片的男一号。
刘烨接受任务后,感到压力很大。首先是有人说他外形不像毛泽东。刘烨也承认是不太像,但他说现在化妆手段高明,可以请化妆师帮忙,最终让自己像毛泽东。毛泽东的前额较宽,刘烨的前额略窄一些,化妆师就给他前额理掉一些头发;毛泽东是双眼皮,刘烨是单眼皮,化妆师便给他贴上一层胶皮变成了双眼皮;毛泽东的脸比较饱满,刘烨的脸略显瘦长,化妆师就在他脸上贴上些塑胶,脸也胖圆了一些。最后刘烨到镜头前一亮相,不觉让在场的编导、摄影叫好,连他自己也不相信会这么像毛主席,称赞化妆师简直就是魔术师,能“大变活人”。不过,每次化妆时,他的脸上要贴上些胶皮多少有点难受,但为了演好毛泽东,他说吃点苦也心甘情愿。
外形像毛泽东了,还得形神兼备。刘烨对自己提出了更高的要求。除了认真阅读《建党伟业》的分镜头电影剧本,仔细分析毛泽东在剧中的位置、表现等细节,较好演绎当时的情景,他还观看了古月、唐国强、王霙等演员饰演毛泽东的影视剧碟片,阅读了毛泽东主席的著作,其至背诵了《毛主席诗词》,力求做到在表演中能演出毛泽东的特有神韵。
在拍摄中,刘烨更加认真,为了拍好毛泽东从一个农村青年到中国共产党的首批共产党员,直至中国共产党的领导人,刘烨还前往中国革命博物馆和中国历史博物馆,查阅各种历史资料和图片,然后将一些生动的语言和形象的动作,认真展示在影片中。在片场上刘烨是个“积极分子”,导演叫收工,他还请摄影师给他回放一下镜头,有不满意的地方主动向导演提出来,在当天或第二天重拍,直到大家满意为止。由于拍摄工作艰辛,他人瘦了好几公斤,为了保证他像毛泽东的体形,副导演便每餐给他饭中加一块4两重的红烧肉,最初刘烨怕吃肥肉,可导演说这是拍摄外的“重任”必须完成,刘烨便严格执行导演的命令,每顿饭都坚持吃红烧肉,保证体重不减。同时由于吃肥肉,他的脸上有一种油光光的感觉,使其饰演的青年毛泽东精神饱满,朝气蓬勃。
在一次《建党伟业》的新闻发布会上,刘烨充满信心地回答记者说:“我原来和毛主席最像的地方应该是身高吧,脸形上还是有些差距的。但通过导演的认真指导、化妆师的细致化妆,加上我本人的努力和同事们的密切配合,我现在可以自豪地说,我真正像毛主席了。”在刘烨的辛勤努力下,他饰演的青年毛泽东已经得到影视圈内人士的肯定,在一旁与刘烨搭戏的冯远征也表示:“确实是这样,我当时也怀疑过刘烨能有多像,后来等他化完妆出来才发现,简直跟照片一模一样,就是差了嘴角的那颗痣而已。在拍摄中由于他的拼命精神和不懈努力,做到了形似和神似的完美统一,可以说为《建党伟业》影片增色许多。”
受人激励走上演艺路
1978年3月23日,刘烨出生在吉林长春的一个电影之家。他的父亲是长春电影制片厂的一名灯光师,技术相当不错;母亲是长春电影制片厂工会的干部。爱好文艺但平时以做行政工作为主。刘烨则是地道在长影大院长大的孩子,从小就有机会在长影放映厅看到厂里或国内外其他电影公司拍摄的许多影片。耳濡目染,让刘烨从小就在看电影中受到了电影艺术的熏陶。
1996年高考前,刘烨姐姐的一个同学看到正在篮球场上打球的他,一会儿快速运球,一会儿举球投篮,举手投足之间,具有明星的气质。也许是女孩子对男孩子最有感觉,在她眼中的刘烨帅得就像刘德华一样。刘烨的姐姐发现弟弟身上流露出的艺术气质,劝他去报考中央戏剧学院。刚开始,刘烨还没有思想准备,觉得这是不可能的,因为“中戏”是中国最高的戏剧艺术学府,一个没有学过表演的人要考“中戏”,这不是开玩笑吗?但事后想想自己毕竟看过很多的影片,片中那些演员的表演技巧,已潜移默化记在自己的心中,又向长春电影制片厂的一些老演员学习了一些表演的基本知识和技巧,最后壮着胆去报考了中央戏剧学院。结果中国最高戏剧艺术殿堂为刘烨打开了大门。他虽然没有多少表演的经验,但凭借形象好、个子高、不怯场,还有考前魔鬼训练,让主考的老师发现了他身上的表演潜质,最终录取了他。就这样,刘烨竟顺利考入了中央戏剧学院96级表演班,17岁的他成为班上年龄最小的一名男生。
在中央戏剧学院求学初期,因为班上有些同学从小就学表演,或者是在影视圈中表演了好些年才考进来深造的,他们在艺术上已有些成就和名气了,而刘烨年纪小又没有片场的表演经验,就是考试的那“两下子”也是才跟人学的,加上他平时沉默寡言的性格,就显得嫩了点。面对学习、表演及生活等方面的压力,最初刘烨经常独自跑到北京西城的什刹海边偷流眼泪。后来在父母和姐姐的鼓励下,他顽强顶住了压力,慢慢摸索学习,终于在中戏一次小品课上,表演一位跟妻子情深似海的囚犯,演得非常投入。当小品中的男主角见到妻子后,泪水如注而出,让人看后非常感动,获得了在场师生的好评。从此,同学们都主动地来找刘烨共同表演小品中的角色。
不懈努力成为新星
当刘烨在学习上取得成绩后,他就大胆走出校门、走向片场,寻找演艺事业的起点和各种拍摄机会。每天一早起来,他就背着包往许多剧组拍摄基地跑,掏出自己的简历找导演、副导演推介自己,希望能在剧中扮演角色。他坚持自己的追求,拍短片、拍广告、跑龙套什么都接,从不放弃一次机会。
一分努力一分收获,1998年是刘烨在事业上迈山重要一步的一年。他在李前宽导演的影片《世纪之梦》中扮演赵丙陵,还在电视连续剧《十个女囚的自白》中扮演孙西安。值得一提的是在霍建起导演的影片《那山那人那狗》中,年仅19岁的他扮演了一个朴实无邪、充满乡土气息的山民儿子,虽然这个叫儿子的角色连个名字也没有,但刘烨在表演中那种当质朴遇到纷繁现实挑战时的不定眼神,让观众认识并记住了他。后来这部电影在国际上获得了蒙特利尔国际电影节最受观众欢迎故事片奖,在国内又捧回第19届中国电影金鸡奖最佳故事片奖和最佳男配角奖提名。这部电影对他的演员生涯来说是个转折点,此后他接的很多影视剧,都是因为导演看了他在《那山那人那狗》片中的出色表演才来找他的,套用一句广告词就是:“要拍摄找刘烨!”
初战告捷,刘烨前进的步伐迈得更大更快了。2000年当他刚刚从中央戏剧学院毕业走上社会,正逢影片《蓝宇》在招聘演员,他在100多位竞争者中过关斩将,被导演关锦鹏相中,出演电影《蓝宇》中一个复杂的同性恋角色蓝宇,其合作演员有著名演员吴军、苏瑾。《蓝宇》一剧对刘烨来说是个全新的挑战,不了解同性恋内幕的他要去演同性恋者,其难度可想而知。为了演好这一角色,他仔细研读电影剧本,深刻了解剧本的内涵,虚心向编导和有丰富经验的老演员请教,并从有些小说中或向有关人员了解同性恋者的一些怪异行为和内心世界,然后在表演中做到纯朴而不混沌、成熟而不市侩、柔弱而不失坚强、深爱而不纠缠、放弃而不决绝,塑造了一个非同一般的角色。凭借此片中的出色表演,23岁的刘烨就有了一部自己的成名作,一举摘取了第38届台湾电影金马奖最佳男主角奖。刘烨的演艺事业像初升的太阳冉冉升起。
功夫不负有心人。从2002年至2004年间,刘烨主演了许多电影中的重要角色,其参演的多部艺术片在欧美日等地有着良好的口碑,他与周迅、陈坤合演的《巴尔扎克与小裁缝》入围美国金球奖;《恋之风景》和《紫蝴蝶》先后入围威尼斯和戛纳电影节的主竞赛单元。2003年刘烨接拍了著名作家海岩编剧、赵宝刚导演的电视连续剧《拿什么拯救你我的爱人》,在剧中主演龙小羽一角。随着该剧的热播,刘烨让国内的更多观众喜欢上了他。2004年他又与舒淇在电影《美人草》中联袂演出,他饰演的刘思蒙一角,再次获得专家和观众的肯定,如愿捧得了中国电影金鸡奖最佳男主角奖。2004年,他在滕文骥导演的电视连续剧《血色浪漫》中扮演钟跃民,更让他成为国内最受欢迎的男演员之一。2004年他在陈凯歌导演的电影《无极》中扮演鬼狼一角,2007年又与章子怡、周杰伦等影星在张艺谋导演的影片《满城尽带黄金甲》中合作,他出演元祥一角。虽然这两部影片本身争议不断,但刘烨却保持着持续的媒体曝光度,影响力也慢慢显现出来。
2006年刘烨与好莱坞老牌女星梅丽尔·斯特里普主演《暗物质》,更替他在国外积累了较高的人气。作为中国内地出演过最多电影的青年影星,刘烨并没有沾沾自喜、停滞不前,而是不断挑战自己的演技和戏路,追求新突破。从2007年开始,他又大胆尝试表演各种不同的人物:《天堂口》中大刚属大反派;《南京!南京》中的陆剑雄是正直男子汉;还有《硬汉》中的老三是智障人。他艺术上的可塑性和表演中的超人天赋使他成为内地最具影响力男演员之一。在演艺事业如日中天的同时,2009年刘烨完成了人生中的大事,与相恋3年的法国女友安娜丽丝结了婚。2010年,当了爸爸的刘烨在刘伟强导演的《美丽人生》、陈弈利导演的《爱出色》等影视剧中出镜。2011年,他又在陆川导演的《王的盛宴》影片中饰汉高祖刘邦,可以说部部电影都是大导演大制作。
对于30出头的刘烨来说,目前已主演或出演了33部电影、16部电视剧和多部舞台剧,这是一组令同行也为之赞叹的数字,充分确立了他在中国影视圈中新巨星的重要地位,可以说刘烨的前程星光灿烂!
Liu Ye Acts as Mao Zedong in Latest Mainstream Film
By Yu Ren
Liu Ye was chosen to appear as Mao Zedong in the upcoming major film “The Founding of a Party”, which is designed to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China. This was a role coveted by many big-name actors in China. To the astonishment of probably everybody, Liu Ye was chosen. Many couldn’t believe their ears when they learned about the choice, but they had to believe their eyes when Liu Ye appeared in front of them. Dozens were on the list of candidates, including some who had established themselves as Mao Zedong in movies. But the producers wanted a new face and decided that Liu Ye was that new face.
Liu Ye himself was confident about the choice. He does not look like Mao Zedong in his youth and he is not as tall as the number one founding father of the People’s Republic. But the producers knew their choice better than Liu himself and they knew what their makeup artists could do.
The makeup artists made magic touches. Mao Zedong had a wide forehead. The cosmeticians trimmed Liu’s hair on the forehead to make it appear wide. Mao had double eyelid folds. The makeup artists applied a layer of transparent film to turn Liu’s single eyelid fold into the double. Mao’s face was full. The cosmeticians put some plastic material on Liu’s
face. When Liu appeared in front of the production team, everyone wowed. Liu himself couldn’t believe his eyes either. He thought it worth all the trouble he experienced every time the makeup artists worked on his face.
Looking like young Mao Zedong was only the first step. Liu needed to behave like Mao. He studied the script thoroughly and made thorough preparations. He watched the performances of his predecessors. He read Mao’s writings and committed some of Mao’s poems to memory. He visited museums to look at pictures of Mao in various periods of his lifetime. These pictures helped the actor understand how Mao comported. In order to keep the weight, Liu was instructed to eat a piece of pork of 200 grams for each meal. The diet kept him look full of energy.
The film recreates the history of the decade between the 1911 Revolution and the founding of the CPC in 1921. The founding fathers of the CPC and other historical figures of the period all appear in the movie. It will be screened across the nation before July 1, the birthday of the CPC in 1921.
Liu’s Life Story
Born in March, 1978, Liu Ye was born into a family of workers at Changchun Film Studio. His father was a lighting technician at the film studio and his mother a trade union employee. The junior grew up watching all the films. In 1996 a classmate of his elder sister watched the teenage Liu Ye play basketball and thought he might grow up to be a film star. His sister agreed and urged him to consider applying to the Central Academy of Drama. Liu Ye was surprised by such a suggestion. He thought it was a big joke. He had never had any training in performance and he had never considered such a future. But on second thought he asked himself why not. After all, he had grown up watching all kinds of performances. He took some crash lessons from the aunts and uncles of the Changchun Studio before he signed up for examinations. He passed all the examinations and auditions. He became the youngest in the performance class at the Central Academy of Drama in 1996.
Inexperienced, Liu was a stranger to performing art. Many of his classmates were experienced actors who had appeared in various films and television dramas. Liu anguished but survived. His efforts were recognized by his classmates when he successfully interpreted a prisoner who burst into tears at the sight of his wife. Before long the young student began to seek opportunities to appear in films and television dramas. He took all the small roles that came his way and he was never choosy about these offers. The year 1998 was the turning point of his just-started career. He appeared in a number of films. The 19-year-old Liu Ye appeared in “Postmen in the Mountains” as the young postman who makes his first ever delivery with the accompaniment of his father. The 1999 film, directed by Huo Jianqi, won a few international awards and Liu’s performance won wide recognition. He was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the movie at Golden Rooster Awards. He did not win, but in 2001 he did win Best Actor at Taiwan’s 38th Golden Horse Awards for his performance as a young gay man in the movie “Lan Yu”. In 2004, he was honored as Best Actor for his role in the movie “The Foliage” at the 24th Golden Rooster Awards.
So far, the 33-year-old Liu has appeared in more than 33 movies, 16 television dramas and many dramas. The numbers are convincing enough about his stardom in the Chinese film circles.