As the film and television industry has entered a bottleneck period, more and more directors have more or less chosen to remake previous classic TV series without new dramas, such as "Water Margin", one of the four famous books, there are several versions, and these versions also have their own merits, but the so-called classics should be the kind that has been imitated, but has never been surpassed.
Although the "Water Margin" version in the past ten years has boldly used many new actors, in the hearts of the audience, the highest recognition is still the 98 version, which does not have too much rendering during background production, without the slightest pompous embarrassment, and the actors selected are also the best old drama bones in the industry, standing today to watch these old dramas, still feel relish.
Speaking of this, we have to admire the vision of Zhang Shaolin and other directors, they are also carefully considered in the selection of roles, comparing the images, characteristics, habits, etc. of the characters in the book, it is precisely because of their meticulous selection and the wholehearted efforts of the actors that we present a classic historical figure drama.
Almost the most controversial role in the play may be Pan Jinlian, this role is actually not easy to play, because the background of the designed characters is not good, many actors are afraid that they will be criticized by the audience after acting, and another point is that the casting of this character must be in sharp contrast with Wu Dalang, in short, this person must be handsome and tall.
After many selections, the role of Pan Jinlian in the 98th version of "Water Margin" decided to let 27-year-old Taiwanese actor Wang Siyi star, and she also won a number of awards with the show, and after the TV series was broadcast, she was called "the most beautiful Pan Jinlian".
A turbulent career
In 1970, Wang Siyi was born in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, his mother is a dance teacher, living in such a family environment, Wang Siyi has been influenced by his mother as an artist since he was a child, coupled with his mother's guidance and support, so that the lively and lovely Wang Siyi has fallen in love with dance since he was sensible, and plans to become a dancer in the future.
In 1983, Wang Siyi was admitted to the Taipei Art College dance class with excellent results, in fact, according to the development of this model, her career planning should not go too wrong. But not long after entering the dance class, she accidentally strained her ligaments because she worked too hard during dance practice.
In the subsequent examination of the hospital, the doctor said: "Because the ligament strain is too serious, only surgical recovery can be performed, but it is not recommended to carry out strenuous exercise after recovery."
Wang Siyi endured the pain to end his dance career, but people like Wang Siyi should be the kind of people we often say that God gives food to eat.
Although ten years of dancing skills were abandoned, she trained her slender and slender body, coupled with her unique temperament, and soon after she was selected by an advertising agency, she also had the opportunity to be a model.
Wang Siyi's congenital conditions are very good, coupled with her hard work and study, in just a few years, she broke into the Taipei modeling industry, and won the title of "Taipei Top Ten Models" in 1989.
Enter the film and television industry
In 1993, Wang Siyi officially entered the development of the film and television industry, she was very lucky, she met the TV series "Bao Qingtian" that was popular at that time, she played a folk princess Ouyang Linglong in the play, which was also Wang Siyi's first time participating in a costume drama,
Although there are not many scenes, she is still well received in the audience circle with her classical beauty temperament, and the audience remembers her for the first time.
Later, she cooperated with He Jiajin again and co-starred in the TV series "Princess Zhuang Ji", and the two became friends from the beginning. In the early 90s, there were many artists in Taiwan, but because of the limitations of geography and other factors, the scripts that could be filmed were very limited, to a large extent, Taiwan was following the Qiong Yao-style script, seeing this, Wang Siyi turned his attention to the mainland film and television circle.
In 1994, Wang Siyi participated in the TV series "Tiandi Qiying Mulan", which is a film and television drama jointly filmed in the mainland and Taiwan, Mulan is a martial arts drama, and there are many actions that need to be completed on horseback, at the beginning, everyone felt that this little girl from Taiwan, seemingly delicate, must not be able to bear this crime.
But the result surprised them, Wang Siyi worked very hard during practice in order to be able to perform this scene well, even if the inside of his legs was worn by the saddle.
Although the action is skillful, but when it comes to the real shooting, because there are too many people on the scene, the horse is frightened or out of control, the moment the whip is raised, Wang Siyi was thrown out of the horse, coincidentally, there was a proper equestrian actor on the scene, and quickly controlled the horse, which also made Wang Siyi not further trampled.
After this incident, Wang Siyi ran over to thank him, and after coming and going, they actually became good friends, and Wang Siyi also learned his name, his name was Wang Wensheng, that is, Qin Ming, who was later in the same water margin.
In 1995, director Zhang Shaolin was preparing to shoot "Water Margin", but as other castings came to an end, Zhang Shaolin became embarrassed, because Pan Jinlian's role has not been very suitable.
At that time, "Journey to the West" and "Dream of Red Mansions" among the four famous works had been filmed, and attracted a lot of praise after the hit, which made Zhang Shaolin also bear more pressure, so from the casting, he basically did it himself.
In fact, there are still many people who come to interview for the role of Pan Jinlian, but in the minds of our director Zhang Da, they are always so meaningful, either their appearance is not up to par, or their acting skills are poor.
At this time, Yu Yuexian appeared, when he first saw Yu Yuexian, Zhang Shaolin was also quite satisfied, after watching Yu Yuexian's performance, he immediately decided that he could take Yu Yuexian as one of Pan Jinlian's candidates, at that time, Yu Yuexian was still a student, looking very watery, but the girl's face was less of the charm and cruelty of Pan Jinlian's character, if there was no Wang Siyi later, maybe the first Yu Yuexian we knew would not be Xie Dajiao in "Country Love".
Wang Wensheng, who has already joined the group, also heard about the difficulty of the crew in choosing the role of Pan Jinlian, so he recommended Wang Siyi to audition, and at first Wang Siyi was very reluctant to play the role of "Pan Jinlian".
Because in her opinion, the label of Pan Jinlian's character has left too deep an impression in the hearts of the audience, and if this role is played well, it is easy for the audience to substitute the role itself into the actor, but if it is not performed well, it will be one of the biggest complaints in the play.
And this character not only has a large number of passion scenes in the play, its scale is also unprecedentedly large, and there is a bath scene with "Wu Dalang" in close contact, in the context of the era that has not yet been opened, to do these for an actress, the psychological impact is also quite large.
But Wang Siyi's mother feels that this is a good opportunity, after all, the name of the four masterpieces is very loud, and according to the previous several other works, "Water Margin" is very popular among the people, and playing this role well may be of great help to her daughter in her career.
In this way, under the persuasion of her mother, Wang Siyi went to the "Water Margin" theater at the recommendation of Wang Wensheng, and the first scene that director Zhang Shaolin arranged for her to try was the most classic "Golden Lotus Pushing Window" scene in the play.
After watching Wang Siyi's audition, all the staff on the scene were amazed, the whole clip, Wang Siyi took Pan Jinlian's kind of shyness and charm just right, after watching the clip, the director said to the drama manager:
"The role of Pan Jinlian should be played by an actor like Wang Siyi."
Facts have proved that Wang Siyi's later performance did not disappoint the director and audience friends, although she is not from a professional class, she still has a very clear understanding of the profession of an actor, which indirectly reflects her serious attitude to acting.
According to the setting of the plot, Pan Jinlian can make cooking cakes, but where will Wang Siyi, a lady show, do this?
According to the director's plan, the original version of this scene was intended to find a stand-in to act, only acting in the back and hand making cakes, but after Wang Siyi knew it, he said to the director:
"It's okay, this scene can be compressed later, I can learn it now, after all, the process of making cakes is not very complicated."
So, Wang Siyi had an extra job, she filmed in the crew during the day, and at night she learned how to make cakes with the kitchen ladies, and after more than a week, she was stunned from a big girl who didn't know what a rolling pin was, and learned the craft of noodles and flapjacks.
It is also because of her dedicated attitude that we feel that the stories in the play are interconnected and have no sense of violation.
Unsurprisingly, this version of "Water Margin" after the broadcast, the ratings are unprecedentedly high, the whole film is also very good, among which the heated discussion is still this version of Pan Jinlian, she is flattering, not only performed Pan Jinlian's cruel and vicious side, but also presented the sad and sad side of this character from the side, which can be said to have left a deep impression on the audience.
It was also with this drama that Wang Siyi completely exploded, and then starred in many hit dramas.
Bumpy love
Although Wang Siyi played the role of "Pan Jinlian", but at the same time the role of "Pan Jinlian" also bound Wang Siyi, she starred in many TV series and movies in the later stage, but nothing more than what role she played, everyone can always remember only Pan Jinlian, and this role except Wang Siyi, so far no one can break through, or surpass it, "Pan Jinlian" has become synonymous with Wang Siyi.
Wang Siyi's emotional road is also quite bumpy, as early as the filming of "Water Margin", Wang Siyi met Ding Haifeng, who played Wusong, because Ding Haifeng looks masculine and quite manly, and he is tall and powerful, so he was identified as the actor of Wusong very early.
At first, Wang Siyi was a little "afraid" of Ding Haifeng, because Ding Haifeng's strong physique and her had a lot of rival scenes, Wang Siyi felt that Ding Haifeng belonged to the kind of person with developed limbs, and he must be rude to people.
But after filming the first rival scene, Ding Haifeng's dedication and gentle and considerate to the girl made her change her opinion, in a location shooting, because Wang Siyi did not carry too many clothes with him, so that standing in the theater was frozen and shivering, Ding Haifeng on the side saw it, did not say a word, took off his coat and let Wang Siyi put it on.
There are also many times, Ding Haifeng always helps Wang Siyi, Wang Siyi asked him why he helped himself, Ding Haifeng told her:
"I understand the hard work of a girl who came to the mainland to film."
Ding Haifeng's various actions, coupled with his sunny and handsome face, made this girl who left home emotional.
In fact, Pan Jinlian's scene is only a clip for the entire drama, so Wang Siyi completed the recording of all the shots in more than two months.
But after filming, Wang Siyi did not leave the crew at the first time, but chose to stay and watch Ding Haifeng filming.
It was precisely this move that many media reporters captured, so that there was a hot news that "Pan Jinlian and Wu Song's actors fell in love because of the play, and finally became dependents outside the play".
More reporters specially interviewed the attitude of the two, asking Ding Haifeng if he really had feelings with Wang Siyi?
In fact, Ding Haifeng was married at this time, although his wife Tang Ge is an outsider, but the relationship between the two has always been very good, Ding Haifeng truthfully told reporters about his marriage, and denied him and Wang Siyi for the first time.
Afterwards, Wang Siyi also mentioned this incident when facing the interview camera, and she said half-jokingly:
"Wu Song has rejected me twice in and out of the play."
The sister has love, but the brother has no intention, with Ding Haifeng's refusal, Wang Siyi packed up his things and left the crew, this matter did not have any fermentation ingredients in the future, the reason is that Wang Siyi did not entangle too much, but directly chose to forget about the rivers and lakes.
In 2006, Wang Siyi was invited to a Lantern Festival party, and at the party, Wang Siyi was introduced by his friend Li Qiang and met a boy named Su Yuan.
Sometimes fate is so wonderful, the two just met and felt very familiar, and they basically talked freely throughout the party party. In this way, two single people, urged by hormones, quickly developed feelings.
It didn't take long for Wang Siyi and Su Yuan to establish a lover relationship and began to think about getting married in the future.
What Wang Siyi didn't expect was that after meeting her parents for the first time, Su Yuan's parents strongly opposed Wang Siyi becoming their daughter-in-law.
After understanding it, I knew that the reason was because of the role of "Pan Jinlian", Pan Jinlian was originally a red apricot character, plus the scandal between Wang Siyi and Ding Haifeng also spread to the Su family, which made the Su family, which has always been traditional, very dissatisfied.
However, the obstacles of his parents could not stop the passionate love between the two of them, so Su Yuan tried his best to do ideological work for the family, just to be with Wang Siyi, and the young people firmly believed that no matter how difficult the road ahead was, they would work hard to overcome it.
It can be regarded as the kung fu that pays off, the Su family finally agreed, so the two quickly got married and held a low-key wedding wine in Beijing, and after marriage, Wang Siyi also returned to the family and gradually stayed away from the disturbed entertainment industry.
A life of chicken feathers
Not long after the wedding ended, the contradictions between the two became prominent.
Wang Siyi looks gentle and lovely on the surface, but in fact he is as big as a boy, while Su Yuan, on the other hand, has been educated since he was a child, not only thoughtful, but also extremely rigorous in life.
The husband and wife's personalities are to complement each other, but they did not make up, but they became chickens and dogs in the same place, often quarrelling, originally the Su family did not like this daughter-in-law very much, so every time there was a grievance, the in-laws did not stand on her side.
The marriage lasted not long before it ended hastily under Wang Siyi's sadness, and this year, she was 38 years old.
Such a hasty marriage did not make Wang Siyi much sad, perhaps in her opinion, love is not the whole of life, used to the prosperity of the world, for the future marriage she has more calmness and peace with encounters.
Calm with the flow
After that, Wang Siyi rarely went to filming, she began to shift the focus of her life to public welfare activities, often donating materials to rural left-behind children, acting in some public welfare movies for disabled children, and even helping stray animals raise funds.
At the same time, Wang Siyi will also share the happiness of her life and public welfare undertakings on her social platform from time to time.
Now some fans often go to her self-media platform to leave messages, taking Pan Jinlian's jokes about her, she also responds to everyone humorously, not angry at all, that is, even the avatar used by her self-media platform is still her appearance in the 98th edition of Water Margin.
Now in her 50s, she is afraid that she has already looked down on the fame and fortune of the entertainment industry, looking at her works, she seems to be more willing to enjoy the fun brought by life, although she still has not started a family, but she still lives dashingly.
She still has enthusiasm for feelings, but at her age, she no longer has the impulses of her youth.
When someone asks her, will she consider getting married in the future?
Looking at the camera, Wang Siyi smiled and said:
"Let it be."
Although her appearance is no longer as charming as it was at the beginning, the current Wang Siyi looks more gentle and dignified after years of precipitation.
She learned to be calm, she learned to face it, and she learned to accept herself, as she herself said:
Life cannot always be a climax, nor is it necessarily all a trough, with the widest heart, the most blessings, whether it is regretting the past, or melancholy for the future, it is not important, living in the present may be the true meaning of life we pursue.