In 2006, a "Soldier Assault" pushed the popularity of the military brigade theme TV series to a climax, and also opened the swarming of follow-up military theme TV series.
It was this drama that touched countless people at that time, and also made countless young people ignite their desire for the army and the belief in defending the country in their hearts.
More than ten years have passed, Wang Baoqiang, Chen Sicheng, Duan Yihong, Zhang Yi... These leading actors have already risen to different heights in their careers, and some have also transformed into directors, and their lives seem to have their own wonderful.
A TV series full of male actors and no female protagonists, or a slightly boring military theme in the audience group, after broadcasting, it can be fired all over the streets, from the elderly down to the half-grown children, all of which are seen with relish, and now it seems that it is also a thing worth exploring.
Behind the huge impact, "Soldier Assault" is actually not much different from the ordinary TV series production process, but in the process of shooting behind the scenes, the actors, directors, screenwriters and other crew members have established very deep feelings, and there are some interesting and warm little stories.
1. Many prototypes have rotten teeth
The presentation of a protagonist in a film and television drama is either derived from real history or from life, and the same is true of Xu Sanduo.
Xu Sanduo's prototype comes from a military training experience of the screenwriter Lan Xiaolong.
In order to create better, Lan Xiaolong went deep into the army to temper. When he first entered, Lan Xiaolong was waiting for training, but before he could train, he was called to do something else.
Later, there was no training, and Lan Xiaolong, who could not play well at all pace, was discovered by the company commander and pulled out to train alone.
After one day of training, Lan Xiaolong and the company commander were chatting about the sky, and they saw a soldier hanging around in the distant playground, and the company commander shouted over, and the soldier ran upside down, and the company commander said to the soldier again: Laugh one.
Lan Xiaolong couldn't figure out the company commander's actions at that time, so he watched the soldier grin and smile.
Lan Xiaolong knew why the company commander had not let him laugh, the soldier was full of rotten teeth, and it was really funny to smile and giggle.
On the second day, Lan Xiaolong chatted with the battalion instructor, and when he met the soldier again, he was called over and laughed a little.
Later, Lan Xiaolong found that this soldier from the countryside who was simple and thick, with a mouth full of rotten teeth, was a pistachio in the army, and everyone ran to tease him when there was nothing wrong, everyone was purely for fun, not a bully, so he was not angry and very cooperative.
Since then, Lan Xiaolong has had a deep impression of this soldier, and later, Xu Sanduo in "Soldier Assault" was also created based on the soldier, which has nothing to do with the historical Jingo Iron Horse, and is entirely because of the soldier boy with rotten teeth.
2. Sullen Zhang Yi secretly hung up the director's underwear
The actors trained at any time before and during filming, and they also went deep into the anonymous training of the troops. Among several people, Zhang Yi has nearly 10 years of experience in the army, and Wang Baoqiang is a small white, and he is also recognized by the crew as the most like a recruit.
The soldier with the rotten teeth was often teased in the army, and Wang Baoqiang was also the one who was often squeezed in the crew.
Duan Yihong, Zhang Yi, Chen Sicheng and several others all think that Wang Baoqiang is funny, so they often "bully" him, so Wang Baoqiang is also their pistachio.
Chen Sicheng prides himself on being Ming Tao and Zhang Yi is sullen, and the two are just the opposite. In addition to Wang Baoqiang, the director is often spoofed by these people.
Director Kang Honglei is a big parent, very good temper, and often mingles with the actors. One day, the director had just washed his underwear, Zhang Yi saw it, and the bad sneaking was hung on the branch of the tree and hidden.
After hanging for a day, Kang Honglei was stunned and did not find it. Fan Lei, who just played the 5th class elder horse, killed the youth that day, cooperated with Kang Honglei for the first time, Fan Lei did not know what to say before leaving, hesitated and did not say goodbye in person, sent a text message to the director to thank the director, there was really nothing to say, and Zhang Yi said what he had just washed underwear on the branches of the tree.
Although sometimes bad, Zhang Yi inside and outside the play is a very emotional person. Audiences who have watched "Soldier Assault" have been deeply impressed by the scene in which he retired from the play and toured beijing at night. In that scene, Zhang Yi's acting skills exploded, and when he passed through Beijing's Tiananmen Square, he wept bitterly, and the listener was sad and the viewer wept.
This drama is also a watershed, dividing Zhang Yi from the dragon set to the powerful faction in the eyes of the public.
But what many people don't know is that Zhang Yi cried so much in that scene, it was completely moved by real feelings.
Shi Jin in the play retired and was taken by the company commander to Beijing at night, and just before the filming of this scene began, Zhang Yi just received a transfer notice.
Zhang Yi, like Shi Jin in the play, travels to Beijing at night, and when it is dawn, the "two" are no longer a soldier.
3. Wang Baoqiang refused xu sanduo, and Zhang translated a few thousand words to ask for a letter of war to introduce himself
Regarding the casting issue, it has always been a more interesting topic behind the TV series. When casting "Soldier Assault", there were two people who were more special, one was Wang Baoqiang, and the other was Zhang Yi.
In 2004, Wang Baoqiang earned a face in front of the audience with the role of a silly root in the movie "No Thief under the World", and later "Soldier Assault" came up and took the initiative to give Wang Baoqiang a chance to audition.
But Wang Baoqiang is not happy, he has always wanted to play the martial arts films, action dramas in the hero's character image (at this time there are also martial arts films to find him), do not want to play the military theme, some thick Xu Sanduo.
Later, Xu Fan knew that he was not the male number one in the martial arts film, so he suggested that he try to be the male number one and go to play "Soldier Assault".
Wang Baoqiang was awakened by Xu Fan's words, and only then did he go to the crew of "Soldier Assault".
A mouthful of large white teeth, red lips and white teeth, watery eyes, speaking with an accent, thick and simple... Wang Baoqiang's audition fully met the director's requirements and made a decision on the spot.
Unlike many actors in the crew, In order to star in the play "Soldier Assault", which has survived in his heart for 6 years, Zhang Yi wrote several pages of "Battle Invitation", detailing his strengths and weaknesses, and even some advantages and disadvantages in the army training program. (Zhu Jun has shown on an interview program)
When "Soldier Assault" was still just a drama of "Erna Assault", Zhang Yi liked it very much. At that time, he was in the literary troupe, so he wrote down every line and cut of every character in this drama in the book, and over time he remembered it in his heart, for six years.
So when he learned that he wanted to make this drama into a TV series and put it on the big screen, Zhang Yi couldn't sit still and wrote a thousand-word invitation to the director.
Although the director did not reply to the letter, he still got the role of Shi Banchang.
When he learned that he starred in Shi Jin, Zhang Yi was very shocked: on the one hand, he couldn't believe that he could fulfill his wish and could still play Shi Jin, on the other hand, he was the first actor in the whole play, and there was no alternative.
Screenwriter Lan Xiaolong had already written the script of the TV series before director Kang Honglei found him and wanted to cooperate with him to adapt the drama into a TV series, and it was written two years earlier. Therefore, this seems to be waiting for the people of luck to have a "premeditated" victory.
Just the most perfect TV series, there will be some regrets, after the TV series broadcast, many viewers feel regret for the ending of Wu Liuyi.
Not only the audience, but even the screenwriter Lan Xiaolong also feels that wu Liuyi's ending is the biggest regret of the TV series.
When Lan Xiaolong was asked where he would most like to revise the script if he had the opportunity to revise the script, he hesitated and said: I may let Wu Liuyi enter the old A.
Although there was no chance to start again, Lan Xiaolong's words gave too many viewers comfort. As a result, as soon as his voice dropped, the audience cheered and the applause lasted for a long time.