15 years after Diem Hoai Le's death, page 163 recalls memories of him - the veteran artist who breathed life into 13 roles in the movie " Journey to the West 1986".
According to 163, "Sa Tang" Diem Hoai Le is a dedicated actor and loves his job. He was awarded the Labor Medal of China.
Diem Hoai Le used to work at the People's Art Theater. When he heard that the film crew "Journey to the West" was recruiting actors, he joined with the hope of playing the role of the king of Oke because at that time he had already turned 46 years old, making it difficult to play the main role.
But director Duong Khiet assigned Diem Hoai Le the role of Sa Tang. The role helped him become the memory of early 8X and 9X generation audiences.
In addition to the main role of Sa Tang , Diem Hoai Le also plays 12 supporting roles. With excellent styling, the audience cannot recognize the actor.
The reason at that time was that the film crew lacked funds so the actors had to take on many roles. Not only that, the scene and post-production staff also participate in the acting.
Diem Hoai Le is loved by the audience for his spirit of respect for his career and devotion to art.
In 1993, during filming for "Journey to the West" part 2, the scene was full of trees so the film crew had to spray insecticide. Diem Hoai Le was busy reading the script in his room and because he had rhinitis, he didn't smell the strong smell of medicine. Therefore, Diem Hoai Le did not know what was going on. He only felt chest pain from time to time and had to go outside to get some fresh air.
After returning to Beijing, during an outing, he fainted. Diem Hoai Le was taken to the hospital for examination and discovered that his lungs were swollen due to inhaling too much toxic gas. This incident is also related to the lung disease that the actor suffered from in the last years of his life.
Although Diem Hoai Le had health problems due to filming the movie "Journey to the West", he did not hold the producer responsible. The actor once shared that he did not want to reduce people's love and belief in art.
He loved acting and a little damage to his health or money was no big deal.
In 2009, Diem Hoai Le passed away from lung disease. He was 73 years old.
Yan Huai Li (Huai Li) was born in 1936 and graduated from Hebei Cultural School. He is one of the people awarded the title of People's Artist of China.
He has acted in many movies such as: Mad men and mad women and two Love, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Zhan Tianyou...
During the two decades of the 80s and 90s, he contributed a lot to teaching at schools and was a judge for many competitions.
In the last years of his life, he left Beijing and lived a quiet, stable life in the suburbs.
