Recently, some netizens posted a video of Liu Dagang, the actor of the Journey to the West Sand Monk, having dinner at the dinner bureau on the social platform, and the "sand monk" who has not appeared for a long time has attracted the attention of netizens.
In the video, Liu Dagang is in a luxury box, and there is not a single hair on the top of his head. It may be that friends have drunk a lot of wine at the party, looking red and looking a little old, and their faces are drunk.
But across the screen, you can feel that he chats very happily, showing a kind smile from time to time, and his belly is slightly protruding, looking a little blessed.
Speaking of Liu Dagang, everyone may not be familiar with it, but if you want to say that he once played the role of a sand monk in "Journey to the West Continuation", his face will definitely come to mind immediately. But until now, some people still don't know that the sand monk in the two "Journey to the West" is actually not the same actor, and the slight similarity between Yan Huaili and Liu Dagang is also the reason why the audience does not recognize it.
The sand monk in the 86th edition of "Journey to the West" is played by Yan Huaili, and it can be said that he experienced all kinds of difficulties and dangers when filming this drama. Director Yang Jie mentioned in her memoirs that the crew traveled to 26 places across the country, and the entire "Journey to the West" was filmed for nine years. You should know that compared with Sun Wukong and the Eight Precepts of the Pig, the role of the sand monk is not so impressive, and he also has to carry heavy luggage, which can be said to be very thankless, but Yan Huaili still has no complaints and perfectly interprets the role of the sand monk.
Later, when the crew raised money to shoot a sequel, Yan Huaili could not star due to his physical condition, so he selected Liu Dagang to continue to play the role of Sha Monk among many actors. Because the two shapes are too similar, in the process of watching, few people find that the actors have changed, but a careful comparison can still find the difference between the two.
The sand monk in "Journey to the West" and the "Journey to the West Continuation" are completely two mentalities, in the old version, the sand monk was punished for breaking the glass cup and was punished to guard the quicksand river after embarking on the road to learn the scriptures with the help of Guanyin. Therefore, although the sand monk at that time was rescued, he still could not get rid of the demon nature accumulated for a long time in the Quicksand River, and careful observation knew that although the sand monk played by Yan Huaili looked honest, he still had some demon spirit in some details.
And the sand monk in "Journey to the West Continuation" has already developed feelings for his teammates. After the tempering along the way and the buddha's indoctrination, he has faded the demon qi on his body and become an honest sand monk, and his face is also much kinder, and Liu Dagang has also played this role to the fullest.
Whether it is the previous version of Yan Huaili or the later Liu Dagang, the acting skills of both are so outstanding. Although some people have also made comparisons between the two actors, Yang Jie, director of "Journey to the West", said that "honest sand monks are the most classic", and they also lived up to expectations, and the image of the sand monks played by them remained deeply in our minds and became an inseparable part of our childhood.