On December 17, 2017, the classic spy drama "Kite", starring Liu Yunlong, Luo Haiqiong and Li Xiaoran, after five years of filming, censorship and deletion, was finally broadcast on Beijing Satellite TV and Oriental Satellite TV.
However, no one expected that not long after the broadcast of this drama, Xiao Anchor, the original writer of the novel, filed another petition to sue the person in charge of the crew of "Kite" in court.
What is even more unexpected is that the original heroine of this drama, Ke Lan, has also been directly replaced by Luo Haiqiong. Temporary change of protagonist is a big taboo, what is this all about?
What twists and turns and bizarre stories has this drama experienced? Next, let's talk about the behind-the-scenes story of "Kite".
In 2012, Liu Yunlong came to Huailai, Hebei Province with the crew to prepare to shoot his new drama "Kite". Unexpectedly, before I reached the shooting place, I was stopped by a sudden heavy snow.
Isn't the snow sealing the road a hint that this drama is going to be "hidden in the snow"?
Such a sign, people who do business are generally very shy, but Liu Yunlong does not believe in this evil. As someone who grew up under the red flag, how can you believe such nonsense?
After the snow stopped, the crew had to continue to clean up the residual snow, clear the obstacles and take their own equipment into the mountain.
A few months later, the heroine Ke Lan told the director Liu Yunlong that she was going to Yunnan to string a scene and would come back in about a week.
Although Liu Yunlong is full of displeasure, he also knows that this is the norm in the entertainment industry, who can't get along with money?
After Ke Lan left, Liu Yunlong had to take the crew to shoot other people's scenes first. But the unhappiness and depression in his heart always need to be vented, and Liu Mingyang, who plays Zhao Jianzhi in the play, naturally becomes the object of his venting.
Liu Mingyang is Liu Yunlong's hair small, it is said that he often walks around Liu Yunlong on the set, always waiting for the end of the day's work before sneaking out to let out a wind.
Not only that, once on the shooting scene, the actors always did not cooperate with the shooting, when the director shouted to start, the main actors have entered the role, but the group actors are still chattering. The second time was due to the lack of dedication of the group performance, resulting in the failure of filming.
Liu Yunlong could no longer suppress his fiery temper, and picked up the brick next to him and shouted to the group performers: Whoever twitters again, my brick will be slapped on whose body.
The group performers saw that the director lost his temper and did not speak again, which successfully completed the shooting.
However, it was from this incident that others gave him the nickname "Iron Army".
Seven days later, Liu Yunlong did not wait for Ke Lan, only a phone call from Ke Lan. On the phone, she said guiltily to director Liu Yunlong: She was injured while filming and needed to go back in a few days.
A few days later, Ke Lan came to the scene in a wheelchair, and Liu Yunlong had to arrange for her to shoot the sitting scene first, and then shoot the standing scene.
However, at this time, Curran could only stand for a while, and she could not act at all with a limp, so the crew had to send her to the hospital for convalescence.
However, what Liu Yunlong did not expect was that he never saw Ke Lan's face again.
That night, Liu Yunlong received a call from Ke Lan's agent, who told him that Ke Lan had a crushing fracture of the foot surface.
As soon as Liu Yunlong listened, he knew what was going on, and it turned out that Ke Lan hid his illness in order to play the role of Han Bing.
This point, Liu Yunlong later confirmed this in an interview: "Ke Lan would rather die on the scene, but also to play this Han Bing." ”
Ke Lan's illness could not star in the next scene, Liu Yunlong thought to himself.
Changing the protagonist before the front is a big taboo in the industry, not to mention that it has been half filmed, which means that all the scenes filmed before must be overturned.
Therefore, during that time, Liu Yunlong's mood was very low, his temper was also very grumpy, and his shooting plan was all shelved.
If this is an uphill battle, it has already lost more than half. Everyone was worried and scared, but no one dared to ask what to do next.
Liu Yunlong, who had calmed down, began to look for the heroine again, and under the recommendation of the crew, Liu Yunlong called Luo Haiqiong.
Luo Haiqiong heard that she was acting halfway, and not many people were willing to do the temporary rescue work, but when she read the three chapters of the script, she still decided to shoot this play.
At that time, Luo Haiqiong had just given birth to a child, and she directly wore a camouflage costume to go to the set to audition.
After Luo Haiqiong finished performing, Liu Yunlong only looked up once and let Luo Haiqiong go back. The reason is that the impression she gave Liu Yunlong was: dark sky and black people.
"It's dark, it's dark, and she's black, and it's black."
Luo Haiqiong saw that Liu Yunlong was depressed and did not look at her at all, thinking that he had turned around and left without a play.
At this time, a staff member of the crew tentatively asked him: Do you want to do a look at Luo Haiqiong?
Who is Luo Haiqiong? She is the wife of the vice president of Huayi!
Liu Yunlong reacted to this and immediately called Luo Haiqiong's phone and asked her to return to try on the costume.
Liu Yunlong didn't have much hope at first, so he said to the stylist: Don't be busy with anything first, just let her put on the costume and try it.
I didn't think that Luo Haiqiong's black, with a military uniform with a sense of age, instantly had the feeling of entering the play.
Liu Yunlong's eyes lit up, he knew that this TV series had been saved, but he did not show his inner ecstasy, worried that Luo Haiqiong would suddenly change his mind and not act.
That night, Liu Yunlong changed his decadence and excitedly shouted that everyone went to drink together to celebrate.
The next day, Liu Yunlong called Luo Haiqiong again to let her test the machine, and as a result, after Luo Haiqiong arrived at the scene, Liu Yunlong's move made her dumbfounded again.
Liu Yunlong directly gave her a thick script, all of which she wanted to make up. Doesn't this mean that she was successfully selected as the heroine?
Luo Haiqiong was stunned on the spot, she was completely unprepared, and she was forced into battle.
When it came time to shoot, Luo Haiqiong could clearly feel the white eyes of many people. After all, let other actors or group actors repeat the work they did before, people must have ideas. And what she can do is to do her best to get everyone's approval.
After a few scenes, everyone also slowly adjusted their mentality, but felt sorry for Luo Haiqiong, because the remake was not her fault.
Originally thought that as long as the heroine's matter is solved, the others will be smoother, but I did not expect new troubles to follow.
After the TV series was filmed, Liu Yunlong took the film to the review, but unexpectedly, because of the sensitive theme, the censorship department delayed again and again, neither allowing it to pass, nor letting it go down. Liu Yunlong ran several times before he took "Kite" back to modify.
In this way, it was changed back and forth, and it was not until 2017 that the audience saw this "Kite".
After experiencing several big twists and turns, I originally thought that I could be bitter, but I didn't expect the audience to spit on the heroine again, and the audience thought that Luo Haiqiong was not in the state.
In the face of doubts, Liu Yunlong supported Luo Haiqiong, saying that she was the best actor in his mind.
To tell you a conscience, Luo Haiqiong is a temporary rescue after all, and at the beginning he definitely did not immediately enter the play, and everyone did not have to be harsh on too much. Fortunately, with the broadcast of the TV series, the audience's attitude towards Luo Haiqiong has slowly changed.
After this storm passed, the "Kite" crew ushered in a paper book. Screenwriter Qin Li's husband Xiao Anchor sued the "Kite" crew, and there was no signature in the end screenplay column.
In the eyes of Liu Yunlong and others, when the contract was signed, the crew signed a contract with his wife Qin Li, so they signed Qin Li's name in the screenwriting column.
But Xiao Anchor did not do it, and directly took out evidence to prove that the original author of the novel was himself, not his wife, and he had the right to ask the "Kite" crew to sign his name at the end of the film, and asked the "Kite" crew to apologize for his name on major platforms.
At this time, two years have passed since the broadcast of "Kite", and the court has conducted two years of careful investigation and verification, and finally Xiao Anchor won the case. The crew of "Kite" not only had to justify his name, but also compensated him with 150,000 yuan.
After the results came out, many netizens felt indignant, saying that when "Kite" did not pass the censorship and lose money, why didn't Xiao Anchor stand up and take responsibility? When the TV series cannot be broadcast, why doesn't Xiao Anchor make a sound?
There are also many people who choose to support the original writer, saying that the "Kite" crew signed a two-handed contract, when the novel was adapted into a script, Xiao Anchor did not participate in the screenwriting at all, it was the crew that did not respect the original first, Xiao Anchor should fight for his due rights.
Personally, I think that the crew is still not rigorous enough, after all, Qin Li is Qin Li, Xiao Anchor is Xiao Anchor, and no one can replace anyone. What do you think about that?