To say that there are so many Journey to the West, which one is the best, many people will definitely answer that it is the one directed by Yang Jie in 1986.
This Journey to the West is not only a childhood memory but also a classic.
Everyone only knows that it is a classic but can't say where the classic is, and several of the main actors in it have also been on fire because of this drama, but since then they have never acted in an impressive TV series.
For several starring actors, seeing their photos, they can only point to the actor who played Sun Wukong or the Eight Precepts of pigs, but the real name of the actor cannot be remembered.
Why is this version of "Journey to the West" so popular and a classic, how are several leading actors doing now, and what are the outstanding aspects of their acting skills?
Many people think that the good acting skills of several actors have led to this drama becoming a classic, and I have to say that in the 86 version of "Journey to the West", whether it is a supporting role or a protagonist's acting skills, there is nothing to say.
But the main reason is not only the problem of acting, for example, in this drama, the role of Tang Monk is played by three actors, but these three people are favored by the audience and it is difficult to distinguish Bo Zhong.
This shows that an actor with good acting skills can also perform classics in Journey to the West, and a more appropriate example is also reflected in the episode of the true and false Monkey King, two identical-looking Sun Wukong appears in front of the audience, and it is difficult to distinguish which one is Sun Wukong played by a six-year-old child.
When the audience watched the TV series, they did not carefully consider who played this fake Sun Wukong, and from the current point of view, there is no doubt that it is post-production.
In the 80s, the post-production of film and television dramas was not as mature as it is now, and such a real person was definitely not P out, but a live actor.
Everyone only knows that sun wukong played by six young children, and the real name of this fake Wukong is called Ding Jian.
Both people have learned monkey play from a young age, and they have learned very well, if the person who played the real Sun Wukong was Ding Jian, then the six-year-old child would not be famous now.
Before, some netizens opposed the six-year-old child Sun Wukong, which is also their realization that it is not the actors who have created this classic, but the TV series that have made these old artists.
Besides the actors, what is the reason why this drama has become a favorite drama for every family?
The most important thing is the problem of age, the 89s are not as widespread as the current TV series, and now there are various types of TV series, and it is good to have a TV series before.
At that time, China's economy was not very good, the TV drama was also very strictly managed, and the film and television had just started, and it had not yet explored a good direction.
The TV station only has a few channels of CCTV, 86 "Journey to the West" was broadcast on CCTV at that time, as long as you open the TV to see it.
People don't want to watch it and there is no way, which is equivalent to sweeping away the competitors of "Journey to the West" and making it a thriving.
Yang Jie's "Journey to the West" is completely self-directed and self-acting, authentic domestic tv series, but also the foundation of China's four famous works, it can be said that the radio and television department is also strongly supported and touted, coupled with the large number of people watching, everyone will always talk together when they gossip, "Journey to the West" has become a topic of small talk, and it has been passed down by word of mouth.
If you think about it, most of the TV dramas that were relatively early were called classics, such as the earliest works such as "Dream of the Red Chamber", "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "Water Margin" and so on, all because of the early shooting time.
At present, these works are still very popular with young people now, which also makes many viewers firmly believe that this "Journey to the West" is a classic, that is because the current conditions are many times better than before, and the conditions when shooting "Journey to the West" are very difficult, so that many young people admire the ability of directors and the dedication of actors.
Today's actors act often are assistants with umbrellas and bodyguards to open the way, the crew's food is also very rich, and there are cakes bought by the director on birthdays, and the most important thing is that there are dozens of times higher salaries.
In order to play this role well, in addition to having a solid foundation from childhood, the six-year-old child also went to the zoo to observe monkeys for several months, and some of his classic actions were also imitated by real monkeys.
There is also the meaning of this Journey to the West is also very profound, which fully expresses the characteristics of that era at that time and the shackles that people want to break through.
For example, the different personality characteristics of the four masters and apprentices, Sun Wukong is the most clever and unruly people who are deeply loved by the audience, which also shows that people's thinking is beginning to become open.
The bondage of Sun Wukong also implies the meaning of keeping the rules.
Watching this "Journey to the West" is like reading a book that is more vivid than a book.
In addition to the amazing shooting technology at that time, what made the audience feel even more strange was that there were three actors who played Tang Monk, which is impossible to do in the current TV series.
These three actors are Wang Yue, Xu Shaohua and Chi Chongrui, and the reason why they use three actors is because the shooting of "Journey to the West" is not smooth.
Director Yang Jie first selected Wang Yue, an actor, and the director personally went to the film school to pick out among the many actors.
Wang Yue was also very much looking forward to this role, and went to a temple in Beijing to study the life of a monk for several months.
However, Wang Yue felt that this drama was playing a monk and there would definitely be no great repercussions, because at this time another director invited him to play the male lead in a movie, and after weighing the two dramas, Wang Yue chose to make a movie.
Without Tang Monk, this drama can not be filmed, the crew is worried about who to find to play this Tang Monk, Xu Shaohua just played the role of Xiao Bailong in the crew,
There was a director who saw that he thought Xu Shaohua could try this role, but he did not expect that Xu Shaohua, who had shaved his head, was really good at playing a Tang monk.
Originally thought that at this time, Xu Shaohua also had a malfunction, the leader of their group reported him the name of Shandong Art College, Xu Shaohua did not want to give up this opportunity, so he said hello to director Yang Jie and went to study.
Because of the departure of Tang Monk, this drama had to start looking for Tang Monk again, and the third Tang Monk was Chi Chongrui, that is, the Tang Monk who played the most drama and the audience's favorite.
Chi Chongrui is a radio troupe, when Yang Jie went to the editing room to watch the film on the way back and rubbed shoulders with a person, this person is Chi Chongrui, the director suddenly had a flash of inspiration, felt that this person is very suitable for being a Tang monk, so he stopped him and gave him contact information.
Director Yang Jie's ability to bear is not generally strong, and the general director does not want to shoot if he encounters the situation of three changes of actors.
And how easy it is for the actor to change is to cause the audience to resent, probably because one actor ruined the whole play.
Three people in a role, the acting skills of these three people have also become a hot topic of discussion among the audience, and they all want to make a comment on the acting skills of these actors.
Different people have different views, director Yang Jie believes that these three Tang monks are good, each has its own characteristics, as she commented on Wang Yue: "Wang Yue looks very handsome, there is no girl face."
Moreover, Wang Yue is the Tang monk in the director's first glance, if he had not acted later, there would not have been several Tang monks behind him.
Moreover, among the three Tang monks, Wang Yue gave people the most natural feeling, just like an ordinary monk, without a shelf.
The real Tang monk should also be not arrogant, and he can play the supporting role as the protagonist, in the episode of Guanyin Temple, the main role is not him, in fact, the role of the Tang monk has always been how little, this episode is indeed not the protagonist, you can see that he is very brilliant in this episode.
In the most wonderful three dozen white bone essence scenes, Tang Monk's facial expression is very in place, and the self-blame that drove away Sun Wukong is unbearable and has to behave very well.
And the episode of three dozen white bone essences is called the hardest part of the scene.
Xu Shaohua's most wonderful scene is part of the king of the daughter country, who was supposed to play Xiao Bailong, who was originally very handsome and had a good temperament.
The relationship between Tang Monk and the king of the daughter country has also become one of the classic scenes in the play, the lingering pity between them, the kind of compassion and rejection of Tang Monk are vague, which is exactly what Director Yang Jie wants to show to the audience, the director was was wasting a lot of effort to persuade him not to go, and then go after this episode, it can be seen that the director believes that he is acting.
After that, Tang Monk's drama rarely has such a wonderful performance, basically it is a supporting role, Sun Wukong's role is more, I have to say that Chi Chongrui is slightly inferior to the other two.
From the appearance, Chi Chongrui does not have the spirituality of Wang Yue and the elegance of Xu Shaohua, and he does not have much polishing in his acting skills, after all, he has not undergone professional training.
And Chi Chongrui gives people the feeling of bitter melon face.
Now it has been 36 years since "Journey to the West", and the actors in it have not had any other famous roles since acting in this drama, which can be described as a drama.
Chi Chongrui chose to do business, and now he is a furniture general manager and deputy director of the museum, his wife is also a rich man who is eleven years older than him, the family is very rich, is the director of the museum and the chairman of the furniture, Chi Chongrui is completely dependent on his wife.
After the sixth child, he also starred in many dramas and did not improve much, but he became an artist with this play, became an honorary president or professor of many universities, and served as an image messenger for Sino-foreign exchanges.
His wife is also the wife of a king in the Jade Rabbit Essence episode in Journey to the West.
In "Journey to the West", the character of the Eight Precepts of the Pig is not as popular as its two leading actors, and he continued to engage in acting after filming "Journey to the West", but has not been on fire.
In addition to his identity as an actor, he has also published a book of his own about the role.
Ma Dehua's wife, Hou Yumin, is a very ordinary girl, and the two also met through the introduction of neighbors.
The most overlooked person in "Journey to the West" is sha monk Yan Huaili, who is the oldest of several leading actors, and has acted in many works before starring in "Journey to the West", until the role of sha monk became famous, but he has been dead for 12 years.