The four famous TV series filmed by CCTV represent the highest achievements in the history of Chinese film and television dramas, when these four dramas were broadcast, almost thousands of people were empty, causing endless discussions in the outside world.
Whether it is the rigor of the plot, or the costumes, music, and acting skills, they are all first-class levels, and no work beyond these four dramas has been born so far.
Some directors saw this opportunity and decided that they could definitely remake again, and even sent them into the ranks of top directors, so they also produced a new series of four famous TV series.
It may be that the plot does not respect the original work, the audience does not recognize, since 2011, the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television has officially stopped the remake of the four famous works, and since then, these four TV series have also become the final remake.
There is an actor who has starred in two new four famous TV series in a row, and also played the main role in it, namely "New Three Kingdoms" and "New Water Margin", he is Kang Kai.
This name, some people may not know who he is, but as long as they see his photo, they will immediately shout: "This is not what Li Kui and Zhang Fei are."
Late one night on March 1, 1972, a baby boy was born in Beijing Municipal People's Hospital, the baby boy weighed 9 pounds at birth, the Kang family laughed, and Kang's father immediately named the child Kang Kai, which means itself.
Kang Kai was particularly naughty when he was a child, and he did not go home after school, but ran to the movie screening hall to secretly watch movies, imitating the lines and actions of the characters in the film while watching, and even often "directed" some self-screenwriters in school.
In addition to his interest in acting, he also particularly liked martial arts, and in that era of kung fu movies, Kang Kai also dreamed of one day becoming a martial arts superstar like Jackie Chan.
Kang Kai has been practicing martial arts since he was 7 years old, and since his father was a soldier, he believed that as long as he did not affect his studies, he would support him. At the age of 18, he and his friends opened a martial arts hall in Chongwen District, bishop Sanda.
After graduating from high school, his volunteer was the Beijing Film Academy, although he was opposed by his whole family at that time, he tried his best to resist the public opinion, believing that his choice was correct and that he would definitely get ahead in the future.
When Kang Kai was in Beiying, he went to act while taking classes, and as long as there was a TV series that needed to be performed in groups, he would take a leave of absence to run, according to his words at the time, that is, he was practicing acting skills in advance.
In 1996, some classmates recommended him to audition for the TV series "Sui and Tang Dynasty", and Kang Kai, who thought that his appearance and acting skills were still good, boldly ran to the set.
At that time, he auditioned for the film's director Zhang Huaxun, Zhang dao saw that Kang Kai was not proud, even the skin was somewhat white, not in line with his height of one meter 83, so he asked several questions, Kang Kai was not ambiguous, and answered one by one.
In the end, Zhang Huaxun considered that in addition to his white skin, he looked quite five and three thick, which was very in line with the character of Qi Guoyuan, and finally let him play the role.
This TV series also became Kang Kai's debut work, what he did not expect was that the role of Qi Guoyuan had a deep impact on him in the future, so that the well-known roles he later played had the shadow of Qi Guoyuan.
It is worth mentioning that the director of this drama, Zhang Huaxun, and the producer have a conflict, so the TV series that was originally scheduled to have 60 episodes was only filmed until 20 episodes and did not continue to shoot, which has also become a regret in the hearts of many people.
In the following years, Kang Kai starred in several TV series after graduation, but they were tepid. During this time, he also worked as a martial arts instructor and on-set executive director for TV series.
He felt that this was not the way to go, so in 2000, Kang Kai joined CCTV II and became a program host. Kang Kai originally graduated from the North Film Directing Choreography Class, so he not only served as the host, but even the planner was him.
Of course, kang kai choreographed the show at the same time, did not forget his old line, in 2002, he received an invitation from the "Snowflake Goddess Dragon" crew, this play is to tell the story of the heroine's revenge, Kang Kai did not think about it to go to the audition.
Director Zhang Jun and producer Li Peng are very satisfied with him, thinking that his robust appearance can play Gao Yishan, not only that, Li Peng also let him play with the male second Qiao Zhenyu on the spot, and the result was that the two cooperated very tacitly, which surprised everyone on the scene.
Even, in 19 years, Kang Kai also posted photos with Dong Xuan, Qiao Zhenyu, Ren Tianye and others on Weibo, and he also posted that they were together again after 17 years, and the brothers and sisters were still as handsome and beautiful as they were then.
After the broadcast of this drama, it swept the country for a while, and its popularity even exceeded that of many TV series that year. This also made the lead actor Qiao Zhenyu and Dong Xuan and Sun Yaowei fire, and the two once became the fragrant feasts of martial arts dramas at that time.
But after Kang Kai performed this play, he was still unknown, and even passers-by did not remember him.
Strictly speaking, although the acting skills of Gao Yishan, who he played, were fine, there were too few scenes, so at that time, he often thought that if he wanted to be hot, he must seize an opportunity, a chance to star in a blockbuster.
Late one night in 2004, during a chance encounter at a bar, Kang Kai met a man who was the first noble man he had ever met.
This person's name is Ghosh, and he is a well-known director in the circle. As the saying goes, the wine is less than a thousand cups per confidant, and the amount of wine of Gao Dao can be drunk in the circle, what he did not expect was that Kang Kai could drink more than him.
The two did not drink or know each other, so Kang Kai and Gao Xixi immediately became friends.
The TV series filmed by Gao Director at that time was mainly urban emotional drama series, and there was no suitable role for Kang Kai, and after a few years, he went to the People's Friendship University in Moscow, Russia for further study.
In 2008, Kang Kai, who returned from studying in Russia, heard that director Ghosh was going to shoot "New Three Kingdoms", he didn't think about it, immediately called the other party, and the reply was: You can come and try the mirror.
Gao Xixi, who came from an art background, has extremely high requirements for this "New Three Kingdoms", and he strives that every actor must conform to the image of the original work, not only to pursue good acting skills, especially zhang Fei, who is a fierce general, and naturally has to be tall.
During the audition, Kang Kai also constantly assured Gao Xixi that he said: "I have studied the character of Zhang Fei, and I will definitely restore the original work 100%.
Gao Dao felt that Kang Kai's height and image were good, but he was a little thinner, and there were other actors who came to audition during the period, but they were all rejected by Gao Dao, and he thought that Kang Kai would go back and train his body to be stronger.
Unfortunately, he ignored the most important thing, And Kang Kai's acting skills were a problem.
After receiving the role of Zhang Fei, Kang Kai also lived up to expectations, either exercising or gaining weight at home, but he did not watch the original "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", with the impression of the old version of Zhang Fei, Kang Kai thought that he only needed to be reckless and brave.
In order for the TV series to be more successful, or even surpass the old version, Gao Director found Zhu Sujin, who is a well-known figure in the circle, and his works "Kangxi Dynasty" and "Zhu Yuanzhang" have become classics.
However, Zhu Sujin also has his own unique views on the "New Three Kingdoms", and he strives for the word "new", so when he read the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", he only read less than one chapter and did not read it.
In any case, the director was very relieved about Zhu Sujin, a well-known screenwriter, and the two also discussed and studied the script many times, and finally came to the conclusion that it should be completely different from the old version.
Before filming, when interviewed by reporters, Gao Dao also said: "If "New Three Kingdoms" is the same as the old version, it will be completely impossible to watch, and we will also make some changes on the basis of the original work."
In September 2009, "New Three Kingdoms" officially began filming, due to the huge investment, each scene is almost filmed separately, every time Kang Kai's scene is filmed, many people on the set have to be laughed at by him.
In order to play Zhang Fei's brave and invincible, Kang Kai deliberately made his voice very strange. When I read my lines, I almost always yelled them out. Not only that, Kang Kai also added drama to himself, and there were many scenes of Zhang Fei in the play, all of which he played on the spot.
At the beginning of filming, "New Three Kingdoms", which was highly expected by the outside world, made the outside world in an uproar after broadcasting.
The TV series was broadcast on TV in May 2010, and as Gao hoped, the ratings broke several records and became the highest-rated TV series that year, even when it was broadcast in Taiwan, it was the top three in terms of ratings.
However, the audience's evaluation of this drama is mixed, and countless people think that this drama is insulting IQ, which is simply too far away from the CCTV version.
And Kang Kai, as he imagined, was on fire. However, his fire was scolded by the audience. In the play, Zhang Fei, played by Kang Kai, often said such words as "a big ear scraper" and "ten thousand transparent holes", which is completely far from the fierce Zhang Fei in the original work.
"New Three Kingdoms" makes people complain too many places, but the most is Kang Kai's Zhang Fei.
Although Kang Kai was on fire and his fame had grown, his Zhang Fei left the impression of being a "fool".
When Kang Kai was interviewed, he also said that for the character of Zhang Fei, he really finished with a unique understanding, and he thought that he had played the domineering spirit of the Five Tiger Generals.
He also once said that the old version of Zhang Fei played by Li Jingfei has a good image, that is, his acting skills are a little worse.
After Kang Kai played Zhang Fei, he heard that "New Water Margin" was selecting actors, and the choreographer was ju Jueliang, a famous director in Hong Kong, so he ran to Mao Sui to introduce himself, and it was not surprising that he was selected.
Ju Jueliang is another nobleman of Kang Kai, and in this way, Kang Kai plays the role of Li Kui in the film. For Li Kui, Kang Kai did not read any information, but simply read the script.
When filming began, Ju Jueliang felt uneasy about Kang Kai, and specifically asked him how he grasped the character of Li Kui?
Kang Kai said: "I have my own unique views on this character, and I will definitely shape Li Kui into a completely different version from the old version."
His so-called difference is to add a cute side to Li Kui.
Feeling that Kang Kai is not strong enough, for this reason, director Ju Jueliang also gave Kang Kai the privilege that others can only eat two eggs for breakfast, but he can eat unlimited amounts.
With his own "unique insights", Kang Kai played all the scenes of Li Kui. When "New Water Margin" was broadcast, it received a lot of praise from the outside world, although there were many places in the play that were inappropriate, but the audience complained the most about Kang Kai.
There is no difference between li kui played by him and Zhang Fei who played him before, and they are exactly the same. Even, when the audience saw Li Kui appear in the film, they also shouted: "This is not that Zhang Fei."
While his acting skills have been criticized, Kang Kai has also become a "legend", he has starred in two TV series of four famous works by himself, and he is still the main role.
He also ridiculed himself in private, saying that he "almost finished acting in the four famous works."
In 2011, Kang Kai was invited by Gao Xixi to star in the TV series "The Legend of Chu Han", in which he played Liu Bang's fierce general Fan Duo.
Probably the first two times by the audience scolded scared, Kang Kai this time put enough effort, he consulted a lot of information, in order to restore the historical Fan Duo eating raw meat scene, he also really ate on the set.
It may be that the audience is too impressed with him, or he plays everything like himself, Kang Kai's Fan Duo does not make people feel any difference from Zhang Fei and Li Kui.
After the broadcast of "The Legend of Chu Han", Kang Kai was once again questioned by the outside world.
In 2012, director Ju Jueliang found him again, saying that he was ready to shoot the new drama "Jingzhong Yue Fei", and the role of Niu Gao had not yet been determined who would play it, and after Kang Kai heard it, he quickly said that he could play this role perfectly.
Because the two had worked together in "New Water Margin" before, Kang Kai's acting skills were still passable in the eyes of Ju Dao, so he was given this opportunity.
After the broadcast of "Jingzhong Yue Fei", it may be that Kang Kai's acting skills have improved, and the Niugao he played has also been recognized by the famous critic Liu Lanfang, saying that he played Niugao.
What is funny is that in the eyes of the audience, Kang Kai can no longer tell who he plays. There is no difference between Zhang Fei, Li Kui, Fan Duo, and Niu Gao.
Under Kang Kai's interpretation, these fierce generals have become himself. He also proved one thing with his "excellent" acting skills, and that a truly "good" actor does not have to be remembered by his acting skills.
Kang Kai from obscurity to the present is well known, in addition to his own "god" like acting skills, but also inseparable from Gao Xixi and Ju Jueliang, these two big directors gave Kang Kai four opportunities, but unfortunately, he did not grasp it well.
Even with the help of two nobles, Kang Kai's acting career did not succeed. So, the question is, if you have the opportunity to star in "Journey to the West" and "Dream of the Red Chamber", who can Kang Kai play?