Why the TV series "Crazy" is popular, these reasons are indispensable

With the end of the Spring Festival holiday, "Crazy" has also completely become a popular TV series.

Every day to put a preview, you can be a hot search that night, many netizens who are big in the New Year do not watch the Spring Festival Gala, but "crazy" together. The discussion of the role is also getting hotter and hotter, and Zhang Yi's "rag text" is about to come out. How many girls are attached to Gao Qiqiang, and they are anxious to get angry and scolded "Why is my brother so ignorant."

After January 28, Yangyi will broadcast four consecutive episodes of "Crazy" at 8:43 a.m., which can increase the popularity.

Why fire?

Meticulous preparation

In 2019, director Xu Jizhou began to prepare for this TV series, which spanned the four years of the epidemic. In the year after the epidemic ended, "Crazy" became popular.

The two protagonists in the film have been in the director's heart for many years. Xu Jizhou once said that when he was in school, he thought about designing a scene between a police officer and a bandit spanning many years. In most of the crime film and television dramas that only show the surface, he hopes to show a deep part of the work, such as why good people become bad. Therefore, the characters who are both good and evil are also the brightest part of this TV series.

The plot of this TV series spans 20 years. 2000, 2006 and 2021 are three major phases.

The director revealed that the scenes and props are basically reserved according to the amount of three TV series. At a new stage, several leading actors still have to figure out what the characters have experienced in recent years, and the director will write a short biography of the characters. In order to allow the actors to show the character changes more appropriately.

Interestingly, this TV series that made Zhang Songwen almost missed him.

When the script was just three episodes out, the director gave the script to Zhang Songwen's team, but there was no reply. The director thought that there was no play, so he chose other actors, and when they had to sign contracts, Zhang Songwen saw the script and hurriedly called the director to talk. Not only chatted about the script overnight, but also acted in a few scripted scenes for the director in person.

After the director felt that Zhang Songwen's understanding of the script was highly similar to his own, he said to the investor, "If I don't find Zhang Songwen to play this role, I will regret it for the rest of my life." ”

Obviously, Xu Jizhou chose the right one.

Precise casting

Zhang Songwen's life experience is extremely rich.

After graduating from vocational high school, he worked as a printing factory worker, beverage salesman, air conditioning installer, hotel waiter, hotel manager and tour guide. It was not until 2000 that he was admitted to the Beijing Cinema Higher Vocational Class. Because of his excellent performance in school, he became an acting teacher at the Acting Research Institute.

In addition to filming, he also gave lessons to students, and also made cutscenes, co-ordination, screenwriting, editing, etc. I have been in contact with people at many levels of society. So much experience can undoubtedly help him interpret the character of Gao Qiqiang well. So much so that netizens doubted whether he really did the underworld, and urged the police to investigate Zhang Songwen.

It's another ultimate compliment.

And An Xin, played by Zhang Yi, is also rich. As a well-known powerhouse, Zhang Yi has long become a drama-type actor after being tempered by many film and television dramas. In "Crazy", his mastery of the characters is also quite in place.

He made his first appearance, showing people with white hair, and his suspicious personality became suspicious after experiencing vicissitudes, and the conversation with Wu Gang and Wu Gang when eating noodles, during which An Xin's dodging and wanting to talk stopped, Zhang Yi's interpretation was amazing.

As the plot progresses, An Xin 20 years ago went online and returned to brilliance, and Zhang Yi is another acting method, showing the strength of the newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers.

These two core characters completely live up to the quality of this show.

As for the other supporting roles, they are also remarkable. Although Wu Gang has a slot, his acting skills must not be said to be "poor".

Novel angle

Most of the bad guys or villains in TV shows are flat, and it's annoying to look at — in fact, they just hate the screenwriter.

Gao Qiqiang in "Crazy" is different. This negative character is one of the most attractive in recent years, many people say that he is Sun Honglei's Liu Huaqiang 2.0 in "Conquest", which is comparable, but the way of expression is actually different, the former uses introversion to release the character's sense of power, and the latter uses external domineering to "conquer" the audience.

Gao Qiqiang's bad has self-choice, the impetus of fate, and the coercion of the general environment.

Gao Qiqiang's parents died when he was young, and he took care of his younger siblings at the age of 13. I don't go to school much, and in terms of schemes, it still comes from the "thirty-six plans" recommended by An Xin. From a bullied fish vendor, he went from being bullied to a fish vendor, step by step, in order to protect himself and for a better life, he became a senior local triad.

Unlike the villains in other dramas, he has human weaknesses and strengths, and his IQ is still online. Turn your enemies into friends, and treat your subordinates with grace. Before each crime, careful planning and alibi must be made. If it weren't for a brother who dragged his feet, he wouldn't have ended up miserable.

An Xin's master, although he is an internal traitor, but he is not hated. Because of the low education and the unfairness of fate, I hope to hold the leader's thigh and make a name. Treat apprentices with sincerity and respect. Facing Master's death, Li Xiang wanted to save his reputation while wanting to avenge Master. In order to pull the black hands behind the scenes to dismount, pretend to be a junior brother to the leader and collect evidence. It is a pity that there is a higher background in the province, and the material has been handed over many times without hearing - and finally forced to go offline.

Director Xu Jizhou once emphasized in an interview that what he wanted to express in the play was - "the unknowability and chance of fate." The two characters of An Xin and Gao Qiqiang have the aesthetic characteristics of ancient Greek tragedy. "It's like Gao Qiqiang's fate turned in the open to urinate, and since then he has been on the road of no return. Unconsciously pushing the plot has also become a turning point in his own destiny. This sense of loss of control will make the direction of the TV series impossible to guess, and it will look more interesting. There are artificial coincidences, as Douban Hot Review said:

As long as the scale is relaxed, China can also make very wonderful dramas! Zhang Yi and Zhang Songwen, two acting schools, interpret the evolution of the image of one good and one evil under the influence of the underworld hat, which is very exciting, and the characters are flesh and blood.