Zhang Yimou doesn't like it and Mo Yan doesn't like it. Why did Gong Li exclude Shi Ke from Red Sorghum?

Gong Li and Zhang Yimou, two world-renowned "film queens", are well-known figures in the entertainment circle. One is the world-renowned "queen" and the other is the fifth-generation leading director in China film industry. Their names are loud enough when they are taken out alone, and when they are put together, there will be a huge chemical reaction. At that time, Zhang Yimou and Gong Li had a love history of eight years. Some people say that their stories are wrong from the beginning.

The story behind "Red Sorghum" In the 1970s and 1980s, people's aesthetics were very different from what they are now, and men needed atmosphere to be broad. Women's thick eyebrows and round pearls are beautiful. Red Sorghum is about the folk customs of the yellow land and the love story of the plowman. After much consideration, Zhang Yimou chose Liu and Shi Ke as the first choice for the hero and heroine.

Choose actors, but many people in the industry recommend Gong Li, Shi Ke's classmate. Zhang Yimou didn't like it, but Mo Yan didn't like it. Why did Gong Li exclude Shi Ke from Red Sorghum? After further contact, Zhang Yimou found that Gong Li, a girl, looked very pure, but she was actually very wild. That figure, it is "Jiu-Er" Ben Jiu. Because it was the first time as a director, Zhang Yimou couldn't make up her mind, so she sat in the hotel with photographer Gu Changwei and assistant director Fengliang Yang, and finally chose Gong Li on the grounds that "she is more tasteful, maybe it's just God's reward." Perhaps Gong Li's wild personality crowded out Shi Ke. At that time, Gong Li was taken to Mo Yan's house, and Mo Yan told me privately that this was not what we thought. (Mo Yan once questioned Gong Li) Can this be performed? How interesting. This can't be played. Even advised Zhang Yimou: "You can't be fascinated by emotions."

But in the end, Zhang Yimou persisted. However, towards the end of filming, Mo Yan began to suspect that Zhang Yimou had chosen the wrong actor, and he felt that the film might be ruined by Gong Li. Before the film "Red Sorghum" was released, it had already participated in the Berlin Film Festival, one of the three major film festivals in Europe, on behalf of domestic films, and won the highest award "Golden Bear Award" at one fell swoop. Red Sorghum is not only the first domestic film to win such a high international award. It also made Gong Li, a sophomore at that time, famous internationally for this film. Gong Li also attracted widespread attention at home and abroad, becoming the first China star to appear on the cover of Time magazine.

In the filming of Red Sorghum, Zhang Yimou's mature charm of concentration, domineering and professionalism successfully attracted Gong Li, who was only 23 years old at that time. Zhang Yimou, who has been married for 10 years, can't cope with the cute and smart young Gong Li. In the long run, the two of them will get along well. Zhang Yimou's wife Xiao Hua later found out about it. Xiao Hua, who thought Zhang Yimou was just a novelty, didn't expect him to be serious and finally filed for divorce.

After returning to their single life, they kept coming to the peak of creation together in public, but in the face of infatuation, Gong Li proposed that "I want to get married, hope to get an answer, and hope that God will give me happiness", but he did not respond. Why didn't Zhang Yimou marry Gong Li? 1995, Gong Li, eager to get married, finally showed his cards to Zhang Yimou, hoping that he could realize his dream of getting married at the age of 30. But Zhang Yimou didn't agree, and finally they broke up. More than 30 years have passed, and time has given the answer. Zhang Yimou and Chen Ting, 365,438+0 years younger, got together, reorganized their families, and gave birth to three children, almost realizing the wish of "having more children and more happiness". Xiao Hua didn't remarry and raised his daughter Zhang Mo.