In the past few days, the news that mainland actress Yu Yuexian died in a car accident in Alxa, Inner Mongolia, has attracted the attention of many netizens and has also triggered the remembrance and regret of many viewers.
In addition to the remembrance, netizens have sighed: "Bigfoot Supermarket, this time it is really going to close, that familiar Xie Bigfoot, gone!" "Bigfoot is gone, no one can hold Xie Guangkun and Liu Neng anymore." The goddess of ivory is gone."
Once upon a time, the "Country Love" series produced by "Zhao Jiaban" became the "ratings overlord" of each David TV with its witty story plot and powerful screen dominance. And "Xie Bigfoot" Yu Yuexian and "Ivory Mountain Three Heroes" have also become the childhood memories of a generation.
Nowadays, Yu Yuexian waved goodbye to this world, and those viewers who spent one winter and summer vacation after another in the company of the "Country Love" series could not avoid suffering.
In fact, the "Country Love" series is not the "only" in Yu Yuexian's acting career. And the role of "Xie Bigfoot" is not the whole of Yu Yuexian and the screen career.
In 2000's "Journey to the West", "Chen Wuzhen", played by Yu Yuexian, left a deep impression on many viewers.
In a blink of an eye, the childhood work of "Journey to the West" has also passed 21 years. The actors in the play have also undergone considerable changes in the past 21 years. Next, let's talk about the current situation of several actors in "Journey to the West".
Speaking of this "Journey to the West Sequel", "the first boy group of the Tang Dynasty", the classic "5-person group of taking the scriptures" naturally cannot be ignored.
In the play, Cao Rong starred in the male protagonist "Sun Wukong", Huang Haibing played "Tang Monk", Lu Hanbiao played "Eight Precepts of pigs", Li Jing played "Sha Wujing", and Zhang Zhiwei played "Little White Dragon".
Among these five people, Cao Rong, who played Sun Wukong, can be described as the most talkative one. The ghostly fighting action, and the sentence "I haven't used my strength, you have fallen", I don't know how many viewers have lingered and lingered in the minds of many viewers.
In the early years, Cao Rong was an action director of the "Hongjia Class". On the big screen of Hong Kong films in the 1980s, he cooperated with Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Zhen Zidan and others on the screen.
At the end of the 1990s, the Hong Kong film market declined, and Cao Rong came to the mainland to develop. In "Journey to the West", he not only played the role of "Sun Wukong", but also designed the classic "ghost animal fight scenes" in the play.
At the beginning of the release of "Journey to the West", the public's impression of him has always been the actor and action director in the play. However, in 2020, the behind-the-scenes creation story of "Journey to the West" has become a "suspense drama".
First, Cao Rong claimed on social platforms that he was the director, action director and male lead of "Journey to the West". Later, Qian Yanqiu, the screenwriter of "Journey to the West", posted an article accusing Cao Rong and stating that Li Yuan was the real director of the work.
In 2020, when Cao Rong and Qian Yanqiu were arguing with each other for "Journey to the West Epilogue", Cao Rong's self-directed and self-acting movie "Descending Demon Voldemort's Fixed Sea God Needle" was also about to be released. Many netizens believe that this "director Rashomon" is just a deliberate hype carried out by Cao Rong for the publicity of the new film.
With the market failure of "The Needle of the Sea God of the Demon Voldemort", the "director Rashomon" of "Journey to the West" has also returned to calm, and whether it is true or false can only be judged by the audience.
It is difficult to say whether the director of "Journey to the West" is Cao Rong, but after "Journey to the West", Cao Rong did begin to be active in the mainland film and television market as a director. However, the quality of these works signed by Cao Dao is really difficult to describe.
Cao Rong, who plays "Wukong", embarked on the road of directing. Huang Haibing, Lu Hanbiao, Li Jing, and Zhang Zhiwei, who played Tang Monk, Eight Precepts, Sand Monk, and Little White Dragon, also encountered their own life twists with the development of their careers.
In the early years, Huang Haibing, who was active in various costume drama works, has also become a frequent guest in the "main theme" film and television works in recent years. In works such as "Red Star Shines on China", "Echo of Xibaipo", and "The Banner of Bloody Army", he has repeatedly portrayed the role of "Chairman Mao".
Lu Hanbiao, the actor of "Eight Precepts", has continuously shuttled through various works in recent years with his changeable style. Whether it is a modern urban theme such as "The Good Life" or a costume theme such as "Less Lord and Slow Travel", he is at ease.
After Yu Yuexian died in a car accident, Lu Hanbiao also posted a memorial on his social account.
Li Jing, who plays the "sand monk", like Cao Rong, embarked on the path of directing after starring in "Journey to the West Sequel".
Compared with Cao Rong, Li Jing's directing career is obviously more successful. "SWAT Flying Dragon", "The End of Heaven", "The Last Contest", "Our Team To the Sun" and other works are all by the hands of director Li Jing.
Zhang Zhiwei, who plays the "Little White Dragon", can be regarded as a professional in divine drama, in addition to participating in this "Journey to the West Sequel", "The Storm Dominates the World", "Detective Di Renjie", "The Biography of Zhen Huan" and other works, his figure has also appeared.
In recent years, Zhang Zhiwei, like Huang Haibing, has also begun to become a regular guest in the "main theme" film and television works, and in Song Yeming's "Hit the Water in the Middle Stream", Zhang Zhiwei played the role of "Zhang Ji".
In addition to the "5-person group of people who take the scriptures", the reincarnation of the Buddha, "Qiao Ling'er", is also a very important role in the "Journey to the West Sequel". In the early years, Wu Jian played the role of "Qiao Ling'er" in this "Journey to the West Sequel".
In the early days, Wu Jian, with works such as "Journey to the West Sequel" and "Chivalrous Journey", accumulated a good audience base and became a highly sought after "costume male god". Now, he has also become a regular guest in the "main melody works", and he has given a lot of wonderful performances in "The Trumpeter is in Place", "The Great Country Is Flying", and "Crossing the Yalu River".
Since "Qiao Ling'er" is mentioned, it is necessary to talk about his two lovers, "White Lotus" and "Biyou Fairy".
In this "Journey to the West Sequel", mainland actress MayaShu played the role of "White Lotus". Because of this role, Mayashu has also accumulated a good audience base in the mainland film and television market.
After "Journey to the West", Mayashu starred in "Xiao Shiyilang" and met Wu Qilong in this play.
Between 2002 and 2006, Mayashu and Wu Qilong have cooperated in 4 works, "Xiao Shiyilang", "Young King", "Iron Fist Prodigal Son" and "Silk Road Hero", under repeated contact, the two also sparked a love spark, and registered for marriage in 2006. After marriage, Mayashu's figure also gradually faded out of film and television works.
However, Mayashu's marriage to Wu Qilong did not last long. In 2009, the relationship between the two broke down and they went through a divorce. Mayashu's screen figure also became active after this.
Now Mayashu is still a frequent guest in TV drama works. In "Heroic Lie", "Faith", and Yu Rongguang's version of "Tianlong Babu", Mayashu's figure has appeared.
Mainland actress Juanzi played the role of "Biyou Fairy" in this "Journey to the West Sequel".
Around 2003, it can be said that the peak of Juanzi's career. Works such as "Journey to the West Sequel" and "Marrying the Wrong Flower Caravan to lang" have allowed her to accumulate a huge audience base. And "Women Are No Longer Silent" made her win the honor of "Top Ten Actors" of Chinese television.
After 2010, as she grew older, Trickle's career began to decline. However, her figure is still active in various film and television works. In "Fu Shao", "Yan Yuntai", "Do you know if it should be green fat red thin", we can all see her face.
In a wonderful story, there is always a group of excellent villains, and the story of "Journey to the West" captures this point very accurately. And "Lawless" and his "Three Protectors" have also won the love of many audiences with their wonderful performances.
Mainland actor Zhang Yonggang played the role of the villain "Lawless" in "Journey to the West". Before starring in the play, Zhang Yonggang had already participated in many film and television works, but because of the lack of characteristics of the role, he had not been able to usher in the turning point of his acting career.
In "Journey to the West Sequel", a "lawless" with soft and long hair became Zhang Yonggang's screen memory point in an instant. And the subsequent "New Female Pony", "The Book of The Chosen Concubine", and "The Invincible Benevolent" also made him receive a lot of praise.
After 2006, Zhang Yonggang became a "professional household of Jin Yong martial arts drama", and he successively starred in Liu Yifei and Chen Yanxi's two versions of "Divine Eagle", "Ren I Do" in Huo Jianhua's version of "Smiling Proud of the Jianghu", "Ouyang Feng" in Li Yitong's version of "Shooting Eagle", and "Xie Xun" in Zhu Xudan's version of "Yi Tian".
Now Zhang Yonggang is still active in various costume dramas. Zhang Yonggang's figure can be seen in works such as "Great Hero Huo Yuanjia", "Great Qin Fu", "Li Song Xing", "Mountain and River Order" and so on.
After talking about "lawlessness", let's talk about his "three protectors" - the black robe, the giant scorpion, and the winning demon.
To be precise, Wutian's side should be the "Four Protectors", and there is also a "six-eared macaque" that looks exactly like Sun Wukong. Here we mainly talk about Ma Jielin, Liu Ying, and Shan Lianli, who play "Black Robe", "Giant Scorpion" and "Win Demon".
Ma Jielin and Liu Ying were both behind-the-scenes action directors in their early years. In "Journey to the West Sequel", the two walked to the front of the curtain and played the black robe and the giant scorpion respectively. In 2001's "New Female Pony", the two played Jin Kanglong and Mu Qingxia in the "Five Elements Protector".
It is worth mentioning that in the "Baolian Lantern" cooperated by Cao Jun and Jiao Enjun, Ma Jielin also starred as one of the "Four Heavenly Kings".
Now Ma Jielin, who has long been an action director and is behind the scenes, rarely goes to the front of the stage. And now Liu Ying has long faded out of the filming of film and television works.
Shan Lianli, a national first-class actor, played the role of "Winning Demon" in this "Journey to the West Sequel". Compared with acting in TV dramas, Shan Lianli's performance experience on the cross-talk stage is obviously more abundant.
Shan Lianli is Guo Degang's sister and the only female apprentice of the famous xiangsheng artist Hou Yaowen. As early as the 80s, Shan Lianli stepped onto the stage of the Spring Festival Gala with her excellent cross-talk skills. The cross-talk stage has always been the focus of Shan Lianli's career.
Around 2000, Shan Lianli began to try to enter the film and television works, and successively filmed "Journey to the West Sequel" and "Chivalrous Journey". However, after a few works, she returned to her familiar stage of cross-talk performance.
Looking back at the work of "Journey to the West", the production lineup behind the scenes can really be described as Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. However, if you think about it carefully, the opening song and ending song of the play are sung by singers such as Liu Huan and Mao Amin, and the cast is strong, which is also a reasonable thing.
In a blink of an eye, 21 years have passed, things are not under the human, this "Journey to the West Sequel" is unchanged, it seems that there is only the back-and-forth ghost animal fighting action.