Retired artist Quốc Khánh, who will be the New Jade Emperor?
Artist Quốc Khánh received the retirement decision of the Vietnam Drama Theater after 44 years of working, on the afternoon of November 21.
During the meeting with the leader, some colleagues and actors said: “For more than 40 years of attachment, through many captains lives, I have experienced many joys, sorrows, happiness and sadness. For me, today is really not a day. different from normal days, not a farewell. I wish Captain Xuân Bắc, mate, crewmen at the helm of the Drama Theatre to overcome all difficulties. Despite my retirement, I still follow the friend”. The artist said that he would continue to collaborate in theater and work if he had the opportunity.
When Quốc Khánh received the decision, many artists of his time, who had retired before such as Trung Anh, Quế Hằng, Thúy Phương, shouted: “Congratulations to our team”. Some people teased: “Retired, try to get married”. The artist is 60 years old this year, still single.
Artist Xuân Bắc – Director of the Vietnam Drama Theater – said that artist Quốc Khánh is an important nucleus in the unit’s plays. Many plays, the audience once said that if not he performed, they would not watch, the most recent is the play Nghêu, Sò, Ốc, Hến. Xuân Bắc remembers the early days of returning to the theater, he is one of the people closest to the junior generation, dedicated to guiding young actors with a lot of knowledge.
Quốc Khánh was one of the first stage actors selected and trained by the Vietnam Drama Theater from 1978 to 1982. Right in the year of graduation, he was able to participate in plays Người đá lạc đội hình (director Doãn Hoàng Giang) and Cuộc chia tay tháng 6 (directed by Trọng Khôi).
At the end of 1982, he and the artists Trung Anh , Đỗ Kỷ, Trọng Trinh went to the army in Quang Ninh province to protect the northern border. After two years, he was discharged early thanks to many good achievements in the army. Returning to the theater, he works in both theater and film in parallel. In 1998, he made a mark with the role of Tháo – a civil servant who was afraid of his wife in the movie ” Ghen”, co-starring with Minh Hằng. The actor is noted for his gentle, resigned role, easily falling into bad moods in movies such as Tết này ai đến xông nhà, Trừng phạt, Áo lụa Hà Đông, Những người độc thân vui vẻ.
Artist Quốc Khánh is also remembered by the audience for his role as the Jade Emperor in the series “Meet at the end of the year”. Director Đỗ Thanh Hải once said that this is the character who has the least opportunity to act in comedy, almost sitting in one place while waiting for the Táo Quân to report. But this is considered as one of the pivotal and indispensable roles of the show. He must know the entire script and be present in all rehearsals in order to interact well with other characters. In recent years, the character is somewhat mischievous and younger.