Chen Baoguo escaped before filming, locked himself up for 21 days, and when he came out, he was "crazy", how difficult was it to shoot "The Emperor of Han Wu"?
In 2003, before the filming of "The Emperor of Han Wu" began, Chen Baoguo found the director Hu Mei and said to her: Director, I can't shoot this drama now.
This sentence can make the director Hu Mei sad, for this play, just wrote the script to determine Chen Baoguo to play The Han Wudi, and as early as half a year ago, he gave the script to Chen Baoguo, so that he could familiarize himself with it as soon as possible.
Before the TV series is ready to shoot, the actors basically familiarize themselves with the script before shooting. During this period, if you do not integrate into the role, it is easy to mess around during the shooting, and Chen Baoguo is like this.
Hu Mei and Chen Baoguo had a good exchange of ideas, and then asked him to adjust his state. In order to be able to find the feeling of the role as soon as possible, Chen Baoguo locked himself in a small house and brewed emotions alone.
In the room, Chen Baoguo consulted a large number of materials, and through the relevant materials to speculate on Emperor Wudi of Han, hoping to be able to fit the image of Emperor Wudi of Han as closely as possible.
For 21 days, Chen Baoguo came out of the small house, and the first thing he said when he saw Hu Mei was: I am "crazy" and can start acting.
Unexpectedly, during the filming, Chen Baoguo shouted and shouted, played big cards many times, and reprimanded the crew at every turn.
After filming "The Emperor of Han Wu", at a press conference, Chen Baoguo publicly apologized, saying that he did not intend to play a big card.
It turned out that Chen Baoguo, who entered the role, was very painful, as an ordinary person, the gap between this and the status of Emperor Wu of Han was too big, even the spiritual world was very far away, and the change of role made him very contradictory and stressful.
After 6 months of shooting, Chen Baoguo was close to collapse. During that time, Chen Baoguo played big cards and reprimanded colleagues from time to time, but it was precisely because he often reprimanded his colleagues that he had the domineering spirit of an emperor commanding a thousand armies and everyone obeying his fate, which was naturally cultivated.
However, when the scene was finished, Chen Baoguo also came out of the role, he looked back and reflected, he took the initiative to apologize to the crew, and said that he would no longer take over the imperial drama in the future.
In fact, entering the drama too deeply, leading to chaotic tantrums, is not a new thing in the show business circle, and many people are immersed in the role and cannot extricate themselves. Because behind a good performance, it carries a huge pressure on the spirit.
And this also reminds many actors that after acting, there must be a scientific and appropriate method to make themselves detached from the role and not affect their health.
Almost drove Chen Baoguo crazy, how difficult is it behind "The Emperor of Han Wu"?
In 2003, "The Emperor of HanWu" began filming, when the drama invested more than 40 million yuan, in the later stage, the funds could not keep up, in order to be able to finish the shooting, director Hu Mei could only put all the family's savings into it.
At that time, the shooting conditions were also very difficult.
It was the height of summer, the ground temperature was as high as more than 60 degrees, and almost every time a scene was filmed, more than a dozen staff members were taken to the hospital. Plus this is a costume drama, and the clothes worn are very thick, how much pain do actors have to endure in such a situation?
In addition to the torture on the clothes, even the head is no exception, because to take the lead cover, the lead actor Chen Baoguo covered his head with 10 large bubbles, afraid of delaying the filming work of the crew, the actors can only endure the pain, only after the shooting, they will take off the hood.
Not only could people not stand it, but even horses were no exception, because the temperature was too high, and several horses fell to the ground and died.
Although the conditions are very difficult, the actors never complain, nor do they shout bitterly, which is undoubtedly a world away from the small fresh meat now.
Originally, this play did not have many plays of Emperor Wudi of Han's later years, but Chen Baoguo proposed that if there was no old age, the character of Emperor Wudi of Han would be too thin.
Then, Chen Baoguo dressed up as Emperor Wudi of Han in his later years, and the crew and producers looked at it, which was too temperamental, and all agreed to continue shooting, which also allowed Emperor Wudi of Han to have more late life dramas.
Only in this work, Chen Baoguo suffered a great sin, because the difference between the role and the reality of the heart, so that he almost could not get out of the role of Emperor Wu of Han.
After the launch of "The Emperor of Han Wu", the drama also suffered a lot of doubts, so the initial rating was not high, but over time, people found that the idea of this drama was clear, and there was a comprehensive interpretation of politics, culture and military.
In particular, The Han Wudi played by Chen Baoguo is simply a textbook performance, just because of this work, Chen Baoguo claims that he will no longer take over the imperial drama.
In addition to Chen Baoguo, even the old drama bone Jiao Huang is the same, as a big man in the theater industry, Jiao Huang has high requirements for performance, and in this play, he strictly requires himself to integrate into the role. For this reason, Jiao Huang was also very painful in this process.
Because of their efforts, "The Emperor of Han Wu" has become a super classic historical drama.
It is said that "The Emperor of Han Wu" is too torturous, but Tao Hong is addicted to playing the bad guy, and the TV series has not yet been broadcast, and it has returned 45 million.
When preparing to shoot "The Emperor of Han Wu", director Hu Mei found Tao Hong and wanted her to play Liu Ling, the daughter of Emperor Wu of Han, Liu An.
In the face of this role, Tao Hong is a little hesitant, because since her debut, the roles tao Hong has participated in are all positive. After considering it for a while, Tao Hong challenged different styles.
For this role, Tao Hong is very much looking forward to it, and even joked: Since I am allowed to play a bad person, then I must be bad enough.
In fact, in the script, the character Liu Ling is kind at first, but because of a series of things, she has changed, from a kind person to a bad woman with a heavy sense of revenge.
Because of the challenge, Tao Hong felt that Liu Ling in the script was not bad enough, and she also went to the screenwriter and director Hu Mei many times, hoping to change it to be worse. In the end, this woman was positioned as a "red face disaster" with hatred basis, using the appearance of a naïve and pure lady to make the opponent willingly throw himself into the net.
For this role, Tao Hong also said that the first time I played a villain, it made me bad enough, dozens of episodes down, I never became a good person from beginning to end.
In the face of the villain role, Tao Hong is very enjoyable, because this is completely different from the character she has created in the past, and it feels very fresh.
At the end of the shooting, the crew almost stopped filming because of the problem of funds, and finally Hu Mei decided to take out all her savings and shoot the last few episodes.
Originally, the investor only invested more than 40 million yuan, plus the money that Hu Meidong cobbled together, so that the total investment of this drama reached more than 50 million.
And there were only 42 episodes on the script, but 66 episodes were cut later, and in order to adapt to the modern rhythm, it became 58 episodes when it was broadcast. For CCTV, when it bought broadcast rights, it far exceeded the budget, at least 35 million.
CCTV, which has always been frugal, why is it so generous? In fact, this all originated from the "Kangxi Dynasty", when this work earned more than 100 million yuan, and it was full of confidence in the face of the historical drama "The Emperor of Han".
Finally, there are 10.15 million yuan in audio-visual copyright fees, plus the cost of patch advertising, and the TV series has not yet started broadcasting, and it has already earned 45 million yuan.
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