When Wang Quanan was planning to make the movie version of "White Deer Plain", the first thing that came to mind was Tang Wei, who became famous in the color ring and became synonymous with ten thousand styles. And Tian Xiao'e in the White Deer Plain is also an ill-fated person. So the director immediately called Tang Wei: "The heroine is none other than you, the salary is yours!" But one of Tang Wei's requests was angry with the director.
The novel "White Deer Plain" is called an epic masterpiece by many, and many people want to bring it to the big screen. And Wang Quanan spent a lot of effort to get the right to adapt the novel in 2010, and spent contacts everywhere to pull in an investment of 100 million.
Although the investment is small, he feels that the role of the actress must be carefully selected, not sloppy, and the only criteria for selection are highly consistent with the personalities described in the original work. So Wang Quanan feels that this heroine is none other than Tang Wei, the classic clip of Tang Wei in "The Color Ring" has been imprinted in the hearts of the audience, she is style, charming, and the embodiment of desire.
And the character of Tian Xiao'e in "White Deer Plain" is also like this, although her life is hard, she has given birth to the face of thousands of people who have suffered a long legacy, and her body curve is even more desperate. When she was sold to the landlord's family as a concubine, the other party actually used her body to soak dates for health, and she only felt disgusted in the face of these Tian Xiao'e, so she had to resist in her own way.
In this way, she hooked up with the long-term worker Heiwa at home, and Heiwa couldn't resist the temptation of beauty and fell, and finally the two eloped back to Bailuyuan. But no one expected that Tian Xiao'e's tragedy had just begun, and her relationship with Heiwa was not tolerated by the original people. Everyone scolded her for being self-degrading, but the women were all envious and jealous of her behind their backs, and the men secretly thought about her.
Even Tian Xiao'e's father-in-law has a different kind of feelings for his daughter-in-law, and Tian Xiao'e has always been obedient in order to survive, but he did not expect to be killed by his father-in-law in the end. Tian Xiao'e's background is a manifestation of all female tragedies in the old society, and the book is very real and profound when describing this character, so this character will show a huge tension.
And if you want to play Tian Xiao'e alive, you have to be an actress with a variety of styles, Tang Weiben is the best candidate, but she proposed: filming is okay, some key plots must use stand-ins, she has been hidden in the snow once, if you take off this life can not turn over.
Wang Quanan made a difficulty, how to act like this, how can Tian Xiao'e's image be vivid? At this moment, someone handed him a fixed makeup photo of Tian Xiao'e, played by Zhang Yuqi. As soon as Wang Quanan saw this photo, he immediately clapped, this is Tian Xiao'e herself, her figure, face, and temperament are all a must.
With Tian Xiao'e, who should play Heiwa? The black baby in the book is an honest but strong crop man, and Wang Quan'an originally thought that Sun Honglei was the best candidate. His acting skills are absolutely nothing, playing the underworld brother domineering side leakage, a ruffian, playing Yu Zecheng such an agent is also restrained and firm, it can be said that what is acting like.
Wang Quanan specially went to Sun Honglei for this: "Honglei, brother has a good book in his hand - "White Deer Plain", this male protagonist black baby is none other than you!" ”
Sun Honglei pondered, it is indeed a good book, there is a foundation for the novel, how to shoot will not be bad, so he nodded his permission, but when it came to the salary, he stretched out two hands.
At first, Wang Quanan meant that Sun Honglei meant 200,000 a month, but in fact, the price in the other party's heart was 200,000 a day, and now Wang Quanan could make a difficulty.
I have pulled a total of 100 million investment, and now just one starring actor will cost so much salary, and I may not be able to support it in the future, so I can only consider substitution. When he was cornered, Duan Yihong entered his field of vision, and his temperament was also sincere and loyal, especially in line with the image of Heiwa, and even the original author Chen Zhongzhong nodded in approval.
When filming, Wang Quanan was particularly dedicated, and in some special subdivisions, he even personally went on the scene to guide him. Unexpectedly, after the movie came out, it still received a lot of criticism, the reason is that the shooting is too shallow, Chen Zhong's epic works are too thin, there is no momentum at all.
Being cut is an inescapable fate for many works, but in fact, many people forget that the real thing is often cruel and even cruel, human nature is complex and changeable, and no one will only have a bright side. Even Chen Zhongzhong himself is very helpless about the deletion of "White Deer Plain", and the glorious shame that happened in that land is a fact, and Taiping should not be whitewashed with a one-size-fits-all approach.
In 2015, Chen Zhong passed away, and the manuscript of the full version of "White Deer Plain" finally saw the light of day, and when the uncut version came out, it immediately caused a lot of sensation. This is an incomparably cruel book, an incomparably real book, and a national epic intertwined with blood and tears.
If you want to have a deeper and keener understanding of human nature, reading this uncut version of White Deer Plain will definitely be rewarding, it will tell you a complex and exciting world. Moreover, the description of suffering in this book is even more in-depth, and if you have a little perception of life, you will definitely have a deeper experience.
White Deer Yuan Chen Zhong [Qiaochu Book House]
