前不久，《半路夫妻》因連創(chuàng)收視新高而榮獲第二屆電視劇風云榜“十大劇集”，陳小藝也因此當選為“最佳女主角”。這次得獎距離她上次榮獲百花獎“最佳女配角”已有整整13年了，站在領獎臺上，陳小藝滿含熱淚。

西安之行得到愛

陳小藝原來是四川樂山話劇團的演員，1987年，因在話劇《郭沫若》中反串郭沫若而被北京人藝導演李六乙相中。之后，李導鼓勵她去考中央戲劇學院，并且給她寄來了招生簡章。就這樣，17歲的陳小藝來到了北京。

考上中戲后，陳小藝才知道自己并不被看好，她是作為替補生入學的，陳小藝對此很受刺激，因而她更加發(fā)奮努力，第一學期末，她就以第一名的總成績贏得了老師的青睞。

還在讀大四時，陳小藝就被導演相中出演電視劇《外來妹》。作為第一部反映農(nóng)村女孩都市打工生活的電視劇，《外來妹》一經(jīng)播出就在全國引起了強烈的反響，并因此獲得了第l2屆電視劇飛天獎和第10屆中國電視劇金鷹獎。成功飾演趙小云這一藝術形象的陳小藝也因此一炮走紅，她不僅成為《大眾電影》等諸多雜志的封面女郎，還獲得了飛天獎優(yōu)秀女主角提名。

此后，剛剛20出頭的陳小藝，又因在電影《離婚》中的出色表現(xiàn)而站在了百花獎的領獎臺上，獲得了第12屆百花獎最佳女配角獎?？梢哉f幾乎是在一夜之間，還未走出大學校園的陳小藝就成為了影壇上炙手可熱的一線明星。大學畢業(yè)后她以優(yōu)異的成績被分配到令人羨慕的北京人民藝術劇院，自此之后片約不斷，名氣也越來越大。

1997年春天，陳小藝接到邀請去西安拍攝電視劇《老房子》。下飛機后剛走出接機大廳，就看見一個戴著眼鏡的青年男子走上前來對她說：“陳小姐，你好，我是劉惠寧，是來接你的?！?/p>

“劉惠寧？”聽了那人自我介紹，陳小藝先是心里一驚：這不是該劇的導演嗎？怎么親自來接自己？她禮貌地朝著對方笑了笑，表示感謝。

那天天下著雨，劉惠寧撐著傘體貼地把她送到車前時，她注意到劉惠寧身上的衣服被雨淋得幾乎濕透了，可她身上卻滴雨不沾。這讓她心里很受觸動。

到了劇組開會，劉惠寧講得頭頭是道，劇組的人都聽得入迷。陳小藝想這個導演還真有幾下子，心中對他又增添了幾分敬佩。那部戲拍了兩個多月，陳小藝演的是女一號，因此和劉惠寧的接觸也比較多。在拍戲的過程中，她越來越發(fā)現(xiàn)言辭不多的劉惠寧很有思想，對拍片的要求也精益求精……這些也都是陳小藝作為一個演員最為看中的。

兩個月以后，拍完了戲的兩人就要各奔東西時，劉惠寧請陳小藝去川菜館吃飯。上菜后，她吃得津津有味，而劉惠寧卻辣得直吐氣?？吹絼⒒輰帯昂沽鳚M面”的樣子，陳小藝很尷尬：“早知道你不能吃辣，何必到這來吃呢？”“你吃得高興，我也就心滿意足了！”劉惠寧慌忙說道。

兩人相愛了。事后朋友們都拿陳小藝開玩笑說，別墅、寶馬都沒有俘虜她的心，劉惠寧憑著一桌川菜卻抱得美人歸。而陳小藝說，那一刻答應劉惠寧，是因為他的話語真切感人，如果真的如電影對白一般，她心中會覺得不踏實。

雖然陳小藝如此解釋，可人們對已經(jīng)是腕級明星的她愛上劉惠寧還是不解。但陳小藝說：“我確實比他名氣大，但我堅定地認為，他一定會超過我，我特欣賞他的才華?！本瓦@樣，兩年之后的1999年春天，愛情瓜熟蒂落的他們走進了婚姻的殿堂。

“鐵蛋”與演戲的矛盾

2000年3月，陳小藝剖腹生下了將近4.5公斤重的兒子。當護士把肉乎乎的“寶貝疙瘩”抱到她面前時，她幸福的眼淚一下子流了出來，而劉惠寧更是高興地摟著妻子一個勁兒地說：“辛苦了，謝謝了?！笨粗蓯鄣膬鹤樱瑒⒒輰幣d奮地為之取了一個小名叫“鐵蛋”。

鐵蛋4個月大時，《離婚女子驛站》劇組力邀陳小藝參演，劉惠寧看了劇本后覺得不錯，讓她演。他鼓勵妻子道：“你有一年半沒有拍戲，等于兩年沒在熒幕上出現(xiàn)，多少對事業(yè)有所影響，你是個很有潛力的演員，你應該早點出去拍戲，家里由我來照顧?！?/p>

在丈夫的鼓勵下，陳小藝給孩子斷了奶，開始鍛煉身體。為了讓妻子早日恢復身材，劉惠寧給小藝聘請了專門的健身教練，甚至每天清晨早起陪著妻子跑步。終于，陳小藝在最快的時間里恢復了狀態(tài)，重返攝制組參加電視劇的拍攝。

在家的時候想著工作，離開了家，又忍不住掛念孩子。特別是剛離開兒子那會兒，思念兒子的狀態(tài)就跟靈魂出竅一般。有一次，她在安徽拍攝《鄉(xiāng)村女教師》時，面對著一個個可愛的孩子，她的思子之情讓她的靈魂出了竅，總是走神，劉惠寧得知后連忙帶著孩子去劇組探班，以解妻子思子之苦。

2002年9月，兩歲半的鐵蛋上幼兒園后，陳小藝又開始出去拍戲。一晃幾個月沒有回家，當她拍完一部戲高興地趕回北京顧不上休息就去幼兒園接鐵蛋，誰知鐵蛋看到她后卻如見陌生人一般，這讓她很震驚，也很失落。

一邊是年幼的兒子，一邊是辛勞的妻子，劉惠寧這個大男人不得不兩頭“討好”，這樣總算讓兒子和妻子又“熱乎”起來了。為避免鐵蛋和媽媽再次產(chǎn)生陌生感，劉惠寧總會在適當?shù)臅r候由自己或岳母帶著孩子去劇組探班。

慢慢地，兒子對媽媽的感情加深了，也特別能理解媽媽了，只要外婆說：“鐵蛋，媽媽要出去拍戲了。”孩子就會乖乖地和媽媽說“再見”。

愛情打造的重磅戲

孩子的理解與乖巧，讓陳小藝原來焦躁的心漸漸踏實了，有了溫暖的家庭做后盾，她的演藝事業(yè)更有起色，先后拍攝了《軍歌嘹亮》《苦菜花》《母親》等數(shù)部優(yōu)秀作品，2003年前后，當人們再次提起陳小藝時，想到的便不僅僅是“外來妹”了。

此時劉惠寧的事業(yè)也步入了一個新臺階，他先后拍了《12·1槍殺大案》《縣委書記》等電視連續(xù)劇，反響很好。特別是他以紀實手法拍攝的《12·1槍殺大案》，播出時引起了極大的轟動。就這樣，劉惠寧從一個不知名的導演漸漸成了名導。

成名之后劉惠寧首先想到的是與妻子合作。他想到妻子先前扮演的角色都是苦情女性，如果長期扮演這種苦“角”，天長日久，也許會影響她在生活中的情緒，因而他在思考著能不能創(chuàng)作一部適合妻子本色的作品，讓妻子沉寂多年的事業(yè)再創(chuàng)輝煌。

帶著這樣的想法，劉惠寧一直找啊找，直到他遇到《半路夫妻》的劇本。雖說“舉賢要避親”，但他還是向投資方推薦了自己的妻子，因為他太了解生活中的陳小藝身上風風火火和剛中帶柔的勁兒，十分符合劇中主人公“胡小玲”的影子。于是在《半路夫妻》中，陳小藝飾演了一個風風火火、干練大膽的女片警。

有意思的是，在這部由丈夫導演的電視連續(xù)劇中，還有陳小藝的熒屏初吻。拍攝之初，劇中跟她演夫妻的孫紅雷在看了劇本之后為難地對她說：“在你老公執(zhí)導的戲里拍吻戲，這怎么拍呀？”但劉惠寧卻說：“如果劇中沒必要安排這個情節(jié)，我肯定會將它刪掉，但劇情需要不僅要拍，還要拍好，這樣整部戲才能達到好的效果?！?/p>

事后，劉惠寧對員工們解釋說：“雖然我也舍不得妻子當著我的面跟別人接吻，可這是工作呀，如此想我也就釋然了，覺得沒什么問題了?！?/p>

一分汗水一分收獲，雖然他們在拍攝這部戲時付出了許多，但是這部戲拍竣之后一經(jīng)播出，就在全國引起強烈反響，至今已在全國30多家電視臺播出，特別是北京電視臺的收視率更是一路飄紅，開播第一周便在北京地區(qū)創(chuàng)播出電視收視率排行第一。

2006年6月6日，中國電視劇風云榜頒獎典禮在北京天橋劇院舉行。大會根據(jù)收視率調查機構AGB尼爾森的數(shù)據(jù)，評出年度“最佳收視”十強劇集，《半路夫妻》以極高的收視率獲此殊榮。大會同時還評選了各個單項獎，當主持人宣布最佳女主角的獲得者為陳小藝時，她激動萬分——這是陳小藝第一次站在“最佳女主角”的領獎臺上，而上次她獲得最佳女配角是在1993年，距今已有13年。13年過去了，她已由青年步入中年，而她的事業(yè)也幾經(jīng)沉浮，能在30多歲時再創(chuàng)造事業(yè)的輝煌，對于少年成名的她而言是一件多么不容易的事情啊。

站在領獎臺上，陳小藝哽咽道：“感謝本劇的導演、我的丈夫劉惠寧。沒有他，就沒有我今天的成功！”而此時，臺下的劉惠寧也與妻子一樣激動，他一邊接受朋友們的祝福，一邊扭轉頭悄悄拭淚。

Love On and Off Screen

By A Zhen

In 2006， Chen Xiaoyi won the best female lead award at the Second Top Ten Television Dramas for her impressive interpretation of a middle-aged divorcee policewoman in a television drama named Late-in-Life Couples， a top-ranking television series in 2006. Thirteen years had elapsed since she received her last best supporting role award at the national Hundred Flowers Awards. The TV star shed tears when standing on the stage and receiving the honor.

Her acting career took a positive turn in 1987 when she， an actress with the Sichuan Provincial Drama Troupe， was discovered by a director at the Beijing People’s Art Theater， the most prestigious drama troupe in the country. The director encouraged her to sign up for the Central Academy of Drama. The 17-year-old Chen Xiaoyi came to Beijing and got enrolled after fierce competition and tough examinations.

It was not until she began her studies at the academy that she learned that she had been enrolled not as one of the best candidates， but as a substitute at the last minute when someone else was disqualified. She felt provoked， thinking it was a humiliation that she had not been viewed as the best. Highly motivated， she worked hard. At the end of the first semester， she became the best student in her class.

In her fourth year at the college， she starred in a television series named A Country Girl Came to the City and became a sensational success overnight across the country. For her brilliant performance， she won a series of national showbiz honors. She was just over 20 years old.

In 1997， she went to Xi’an to join a production team for a television drama called The Old House. At the airport she was met by a young man wearing glasses. To her surprise， the man introduced himself as Liu Huining. She had known the name of the director but never met him. She smiled at him with gratefulness. It was pouring with rain. The young man shielded her from rain with a umbrella but he himself got drenched. She noticed other attractive things about the young director after the shooting began. The reticent young director became quite talkative when addressing his actors and actresses about the drama. She felt attracted to his charisma and talent. When the shooting ended after two months， the director invited her to a goodbye and thank-you dinner at a Sichuan restaurant. It was a dinner for just the two and a Sichuan cuisine for the girl from Sichuan. Chen was pleased but later embarrassed to find that the director was not especially fond of hot dishes. She was touched and the two fell in love at the dinner.

When their friends learned how the romance started， they teased Chen. Since she had turned down many a man who drove BMW and owned a villa， how come she allowed herself to be captured by the young director who offered nothing but a Sichuan-styled hot dinner? She replied that she was touched by his sincerity. She commented， “High-sounding things like lines from a movie would have given me misgivings.”In the spring of 1999 they got married. And in 2000， they had a son. When the baby was four months old， Chen restarted her career after a hiatus of about 1.5 years. She often felt guilty for she did not have all the time she wished to spend with her baby son. The separation from her son often made her distressed and absented-minded. Her husband now and then took their son to visit her. Gradually she came to terms with the reality that she could not be with her son all the time and gradually her career picked up again. By 2003， she had appeared in a few big television series and her name was frequently mentioned in the media not for her role ten years back but her current ones.

Meanwhile the career of Liu Huining as a director began to take off. After two successful television series， he made his name known. It was this time that the husband began to rethink about roles suitable for his wife. He realized that the women she had played were more or less involved in various kinds of bitter stories. Aware that such roles could possibly affect her everyday life， Liu desired to find a good play for his wife that would both make her career take off again and keep her away from acting a distressed woman. His search bore fruit. One day he was approached to direct Late-in-Life Couples. It looked as if the script was written for his wife. So he persuaded the producer to bring his wife in to be the female protagonist. It was a good decision.

Late-in-Life Couples was a huge success as soon as it was released in the country. It jumped to the number one rating in Beijing in the first week. And more than 30 television networks across the country screened the blockbuster.

(Translated by David)