Lei Kesheng: I have tasted everything the actors gave me (

Lei Kesheng: Make a small wish and put it into action when you grow up.

Known as "Lei Ye", it is a famous old drama bone in the theater. Ou Yangyuqian, Ouyang Shanzun and his son, Sun Weishi, Mr. and Mrs. Jinshan, Zhao Dan and other masters have arranged plays for him, and few actors have enjoyed this kind of treatment. Not long ago, during the rehearsal of Lin Zhaohua's drama "Lao She's Five Chapters", Lei Kesheng was interviewed by a reporter and talked about coming to Tianjin to perform in 65438+ 10 next year. He is very excited. Sitting in the dressing room of the Capital Theatre, Ye Lei often talks about his drama complex and the sentence "I have been acting all my life".

Fading out of the ever-changing shape on the stage, Ye Lei in life wears a gray sportswear and a baseball cap, which makes people feel particularly cordial. Ye Lei is talkative and humorous. Everyone who knows him knows that he usually drinks two small glasses. When the master saw that he wanted to taste his homemade medicinal liquor, he didn't expect to be "unhappy" after drinking Ye Lei: "Just take a sip. Look, how big it is." Looking at the two old urchins joking, everyone laughed their heads off. At this time, a staff member "broke the news": Lin Zhaohua's wife was the vice president of the Central Academy of Drama before she retired, but it was under the guidance of Ye Lei that she was admitted to Chinese opera, so the two became so familiar.

1947 arrived in Tianjin.

Reporter: Let's talk about the previous "tutor".

Lei Kesheng: They are my brothers and sisters. I was in Beijing No.2 Middle School and his wife was in No.4 Middle School. When I was in junior high school, we played a drama together. Later, I was admitted to Chinese opera. She didn't know who to look for when she was admitted to Chinese opera, so she asked me to tutor her. I watched it when she took the exam.

Reporter: You know it's exciting to have Tianjin media. What kind of Tianjin story do you have?

Lei Kesheng: I live in Tianjin and arrived in Tianjin from 65438 to 0947. Later, I went to Beijing to study, but I went back to Tianjin every winter and summer vacation. My family used to live near Guang Hai Temple. Does the match factory know? When I went back to Tianjin to perform, I couldn't find the match factory for a long time, so I called my sister. She said, "Look for it, it's all torn down!"

Reporter: What impressed you most when you lived in Tianjin?

Lei Kesheng: Usually, I always go to the "three no matter". Just like Tianqiao in Beijing. There are storytellers, cross talks and performances. What impressed me most was the imperial envoys. At that time, the play was also called "Gentleman on the Beam", which took three or four days to finish. At that time, it was stipulated that children didn't need tickets to go to the theater, so they watched a lot of plays.

Reporter: How did this affect your later performances?

Lei Kesheng: I should start with Peking Opera. My father, going to the opera, will tell us when he hears it. I don't understand and I like it. When I went to the theater, I thought it would be great if I could perform on stage. I stayed in Dalian for two years before I came to Tianjin. At that time, Japan had just surrendered, the market was chaotic, and I didn't go to school. I really haven't stopped listening to the drama for two years. It can be said that I laid the foundation for studying drama. On New Year's Eve, I kowtowed to my ancestors, so I made a wish to grow up and act.

Played all his life

Reporter: The Five Chapters of Lao She was specially invited by the great director.

Lei Kesheng: Yes, I asked my brother Yi Shu first. He said that Lin Zhaohua once said: Lao She's plays should still be realistic. I said I wouldn't go without these four words. Many plays that were performed in Lin Zhaohua before appeared in front of me, and I pushed them away. Because the realistic drama can be understood, first of all, I have to understand it before I can perform it and show it to the audience so that they can understand it.

Reporter: Lao She's Five Chapters premiered in Hong Kong, which was very successful. So you made the audience understand.

Lei Kesheng: I didn't expect to be so popular when performing in Hong Kong. In fact, we were very nervous when we went to Hong Kong. I didn't expect the audience to really understand, which made me stupid and even forgot the words. Going back to Beijing to perform in Poly is also a special sensation. As soon as I come out, I will have a good time, and the emotions of the actors and the audience will follow, so the performance will look good.

Reporter: You've played three before. Why did you change two this time?

Lei Kesheng: Usually, I only play one. Lin Zhaohua also has Ivanov, and I was invited to play, but I refused. I have too many plays and I am getting old. This year, I have performed three plays, an opera and a sitcom. Like the opera "White-haired Girl", I was supposed to play Mu Renzhi. When I saw that there were too many plays, I switched to Huang Shiren.

Reporter: Is there any standard for you to take the show now?

Lei Kesheng: This year, I was invited to play the first hero in the movie Flying over the Nursing Home, but I was turned down. The first protagonist in Love Without Words has also been pushed back. I will shoot the film and television play for about three days at most, so I have to save some energy for the play. I have been acting all my life, but I still have great feelings for drama. Usually, we don't push dramas, but there are too many, and we also push Wangfujing in Mandarin. After all, I'm 75 years old, and I didn't do it when I was 25. I must learn to say no. At the age of 70, I wrote a jingle, "Over the years, I have never stopped, and it will be more romantic to play the residual heat." There is only a little residual heat, and the long-flowing water can flow for several years.

Reporter: Just three days, that is, a guest appearance in a film and television drama.

Lei Kesheng: I can't help it. As soon as I went out, my life was completely disrupted. I want to get up at two o'clock in the morning to prepare for the play, and then I will go to the scene when I am fully prepared. Unlike some actors, people are busy and there are many cross talks. By the way, of course, everyone has their own working methods. This is the way I have worked all my life. I must have words and scripts.

Reporter: All your plays are masterpieces, except the five chapters of Lao She, and the previous star version of Thunderstorm.

Lei Kesheng: That version of Thunderstorm should be the peak. When performing in Poly, Cao Yu's daughter Wan Fang also went. She said, "I watched more than 70 versions of Thunderstorm. This is my father's thunderstorm. " My heart said yes, we will emphasize human nature according to the arrangement written by Cao Yu. Later, I won the Magnolia Award for Thunderstorm in Shanghai. They joked that seven of us would give you a job. I said that none of you have acted except Xiao Pu. I've been in a play all my life, and I can't win this award!

Song Dandan told me that her transition was very difficult.

Reporter: Do you have any special roles you want to play?

Lei Kesheng: Actors eat whatever they are given. Now I have tasted everything I should. When I played "Story of Autumn Chrysanthemum", I was stereotyped as a "village head professional household". Zhang Yimou's movies hurt me, and I couldn't even get in. Or "Thunderstorm" finally let me go to town, play Gui Lu, and finally become a "professional housekeeper". Therefore, it is easy for film and television dramas to make actors fix their roles, while dramas generally do not.

Reporter: The Spring Festival is coming, and everyone is deeply impressed by your Spring Festival Evening sketch.

Lei Kesheng: I started acting sketches from 1962. At that time, it was also called a mini-play. 1989, Song Dandan and Zhao Lianjia and I played Lazy Blind Date. At first, I couldn't read books and didn't want to play. Therefore, Zhao Lianjia was in a hurry. After the performance, I said to Danny, let's stop here and never do sketches again. As a result, she didn't listen, and later told me that the transformation was difficult. When she said you were a toothless old lady, the audience didn't believe anything. Later, I cooperated with Huang Hong to "test". As a result, many friends called me after the performance and said, "You have no money to spend, how much will CCTV give you, or should I lend you some?"

Reporter: What do you think of the Spring Festival Gala now?

Lei Kesheng: The ratings of the Spring Festival Gala are very high. At that time, I didn't understand why singers were willing to watch the Spring Festival Gala and buy their own air tickets to spend money on hotels. I can't come back this year and next year. I have to go to the Spring Festival Gala anyway. Later, I learned that you can sing 1800 yuan in karaoke bars for one day and go back at least 50. 1 10,000 performances after the Spring Festival Gala. This is an investment. Now you can watch it again after watching the Spring Festival Gala, just like eating jiaozi. Jiaozi is tired of eating, but he still has to eat the New Year's Eve. Not eating doesn't mean Chinese New Year. Not eating doesn't mean Chinese New Year.