Did Leslie Cheung film Farewell My Concubine to learn Peking Opera?

Yes, my brother is very clever. After studying for a short time, he looks like a model. Before filming began, Leslie Cheung went to Beijing to study Peking Opera performances.

A famous Peking Opera performance artist (she is also the wife of Shi, a Peking Opera consultant in the movie Farewell My Concubine) and serves as his body coach. The body and stage scheduling are basically in accordance with the typical design of the old school, retaining the original flavor of Mei School.

Leslie Cheung was accompanied by Wen Ruhua, the only surviving male Dan of Mei School. Mei School pays attention to nature, wholeness and peace, and in its simplest singing style, it is permeated with elegant and implicit China classical beauty.

Leslie Cheung himself, in order to play the role of Cheng Dieyi well, not only carefully looked at the layout of Mei Zhai, but also bought the book Forty Years of Mei Lanfang's Stage Life and studied it carefully, and also delved into the procedural terms of Peking Opera performance. During the period when he was studying drama, he would go to Beijing Film Factory for four hours every morning and then go back to the hotel to practice. Even when everyone is eating together, he is thinking about action. Even though he had a high fever of 38 degrees, he still insisted on leg press. He said: "Everything is only for the people in the drama and the feelings in the drama."

Because of her acting talent, dance training the day after tomorrow and her daily love for Cantonese opera, she has a close personal relationship with Bai Xuexian, a famous Cantonese opera actress in Hong Kong. Therefore, after several months of Beijing Opera training, Leslie Cheung successfully performed those scenes in the movie Farewell My Concubine.

The 10% discount of Drunk Imperial Lady is usually performed by Beijing Opera Blues with martial arts background because of the extremely heavy work. Ordinary actresses who have studied drama for many years may not be able to understand it, but the "Twilight Sleeve" in the film is performed by Leslie Cheung himself in one go, without post-editing.

In this play, Gao Lishi is played by a famous Peking Opera artist. He is called "the ugliest pear garden" and is said to be very proud. On the day of filming, he and Leslie Cheung filmed a scene. After filming, he quietly asked the staff: "How many years has this person studied drama?" The staff replied: "I have never studied drama. I am a Hong Kong star. " Surprised, the old man immediately went to make friends with Leslie Cheung, full of praise, and invited him to have a book fair. Leslie Cheung agreed happily.