Speaking of Journey to the West is definitely the most familiar story in the hearts of the Chinese people, whether it is a comic novel, or a film and television drama is talked about!
But the classic among the classics is the 86th edition of "Journey to the West" directed by Yang Jie, and this version of the film and television works has become a classic remembered by posterity, even if it is put into today's annual summer vacation, there will still be radio broadcasts.
It can be said that Chinese up to the eighty-year-old lady, down to the three-year-old child are very familiar with journey to the West. However, what everyone does not know is that the filming process of Journey to the West is very difficult, just to say that the role of Tang Monk was changed to three people. It is a person who knows that changing roles in the middle of the TV series is definitely not a good thing, and the memory of childhood is not so clear, so when watching Journey to the West, it feels as if tang monks are played by one person.
In fact, the first Tang monk was played by Wang Yue, and director Yang Jie's requirement for the monk was to be handsome and handsome, and Wang Yue just fit this temperament. But Wang Yue only starred in the first four episodes of Journey to the West, namely "Disaster Guanyin Temple", "Stealing Ginseng Fruit", "Three Dozen White Bone Essences" and "Eliminating the Demon Black Chicken Country", and then other crews came to the Journey to the West crew to dig up Wang Yue and let him star in the movie. And Wang Yue himself also left the Journey to the West crew because he could not bear the hardships and the low remuneration for the film, so people were not deeply impressed by the Tang monk he played.
The most memorable is Xu Shaohua and Chi Chongrui starring in the Tang monk, and Xu Shaohua starred in the nine episodes of the Journey to the West, namely "Trapped Prisoner Five Elements Mountain", "Monkey King Bao Tang Monk", "Eight Precepts of Collecting Pigs", "Fun Jing Daughter Country" and so on. Originally, director Yang Jie planned to let Xu Shaohua finish the rest of the plot of Journey to the West, but xu Shaohua did not expect that Xu Shaohua would be difficult for director Yang Jie on the grounds of studying. In fact, the real reason is that Xu Shaohua felt that his film remuneration was low, when Sun Wukong and pig eight precepts were played by 50 yuan a day, while Xu Shaohua was 45 a day.
The reason given by director Yang Jie is that although they are both starring, Sun Wukong and Pig Eight Commandments both have to wear special makeup on their bodies, and due to the hot weather, they naturally have five yuan more than Tang Monk, but Xu Shaohua does not understand, and finally can only disperse without joy!
The last Tang monk was played by Chi Chongrui and was also the most recognized by the audience. After Xu Shaohua left, director Yang Jie was looking for the next Tang monk to play the role, and she knew that this time she must not look away again. So by chance, Yang Jie met the young Chi Chongrui, and after some communication with Chi Chongrui, he agreed to play the Tang monk, and Chi Chongrui was also the tang monk who finally obtained the True Scriptures.
In addition, Chi Chongrui's acting skills do not have to be said, and there is a bridge section in the 13th "Rescue of the Children's City" in journey to the West. It is a clip of Sun Wukong pretending to be a Tang monk to spit out his heart to the monster, and in the play, Teacher Chi Chongrui has to switch back and forth between Tang Monk and Sun Wukong. Teacher Chi Chongrui acted out of the blue, and even Yang Jie couldn't help but praise him, saying that he was the best and most classic of the three Tang monks.