Recently, a bombshell news said that two leading actors in a crew quarreled.
The reason for the quarrel is that one party wants to be a drama bully and seize the role of other actors, while the other party is making a fuss about resigning.
While everyone was busy guessing who it was, a blogger named "MeritEntertainment" jumped out to reveal the answer and exposed the details.
According to the number, this happened in the crew of "Shangganling" that was being filmed, and the rumored bully was Wang Lei, and it was Huang Xuan who was robbed of the scene.
As soon as this revelation came out, it immediately caused an uproar, after all, Wang Lei and Huang Xuan can be called the number one people in the entertainment industry.
Wang Lei is a national first-class actor who has appeared in many hit dramas, and won the Golden Eagle Award for "Ordinary World", and last year won the Flying Award for "Merit".
And Huang Xuan's strength is also comparable to Wang Lei, and the "Legend of Miyue" and "Fang Hua" starring him are all well-known works, and a "Mountain and Sea Love" has raised his national popularity to a new height, and he can definitely be regarded as a head actor.
So why can Wang Lei change the play of a person with the same strength as himself?
The blogger also gave an explanation, saying that at the beginning everyone opposed Wang Lei to participate, but because the producer had a good relationship with Wang Lei, he not only tried to exclude the public, but even invited Wang Lei at a higher price.
And after Wang Lei arrived at the crew, he "showed his strength", changed the original script beyond recognition, and even changed the play that originally belonged to Huang Xuan to himself.
This is why there are rumors that Huang Xuan couldn't bear it anymore and proposed his resignation.
In this regard, Huang Xuan's studio responded at the first time, posted Huang Xuan's notice sheet, and refuted the rumor.
But subtly, he did not refute the rumors about "Wang Lei playing hegemony", after all, this is the center of public opinion, which makes people wonder whether Huang Xuanfang's ambiguous clarification has another deep meaning.
Although the truth of this matter is unknown, some netizens mentioned that Wang Lei had also fallen into rumors of "drama bullying" before.
First, Chen Baoguo, Chen Xiao, and Yuan Hong have also been bullied?
In 2016, Wang Lei and Chen Baoguo collaborated on "The Last Visa", but during the broadcast, the atmosphere between the two was very delicate.
When Chen Baoguo was interviewed, he even said this sentence: "At the scene, Wang Lei took me to act, and I played a supporting role but got the invitation of the protagonist, and I earned it." ”
At that time, I didn't understand the meaning of Chen Baoguo, and now combined with the revelation of the paparazzi, it is not ruled out that Chen Baoguo's role was also changed at that time, making him change from a protagonist to a supporting role.
When asked about the scene of the new drama, Chen Baoguo said in his mouth: "It doesn't matter how many scenes there are." But he rolled down two lines of tears in front of the camera, obviously suffering a lot of grievances.
The most interesting thing is that at that time, Chen Baoguo was asked for advice to young actors, and he directly said: Handsome is similar, famous is similar, and money is almost the same, if you want to be a professional actor, you have to take care of acting.
Doesn't this mean that some actors only care about being handsome and don't focus on the actor.
Now look at Chen Baoguo's interview, it is really word-for-word, very meaningful, and every sentence is sneering.
For this reason, netizens said that Chen Baoguo was the one who knew the art of speaking best.
Chen Baoguo dared to speak otherwise in front of the media, but Chen Xiao could only eat a "dumb loss".
In 2019, Chen Xiao and Wang Lei starred in the military drama "The King of Land Wars" together.
This drama Chen Xiao is the clear male number one, but after the play was broadcast, the audience found that Chen Xiao's scene and Wang Lei's male second scene were equally divided, obviously the male number one, but it gave people a feeling that there were not many scenes.
At that time, some people questioned that Wang Lei changed the play and added the play, and changed all the protagonists' plays to himself.
This kind of thing also happened in "Ordinary World", the original author Lu Yao used his younger brother Sun Shaoping as the main perspective to start the narrative, but in the play, the protagonist became the brother Sun Shaoan starring Wang Lei.
And this drama was also rumored to be a bully during the filming, it is said that the drama had been filming for a month at that time, Wang Lei was a group that entered later, and as a result, after entering the group, he insisted that everyone should use dialects to act, and finally all the scenes that had been filmed were pushed down and restarted.
After the play was broadcast, Wang Lei's dialect was well received, and Tong Liya, Yuan Hong and others, who were caught off guard, were very strange and controversial because they were unprepared.
It may not be true that the drama bully is spread once or twice, but similar rumors like Wang Lei again and again make people suspicious.
It should be said that Wang Lei is indeed an actor with very good acting skills, otherwise he would not be recognized by so many awards, and it is understandable that he has his own requirements for acting, but if he really has enough hands to change other people's scenes, it is indeed a bit too much.
However, the group of drama masters is actually not uncommon in the entertainment industry.
Second, those actors who are called "drama bullies" in the entertainment industry
Drama bully, a hegemonic word has both the meaning of domineering, in fact, there is also a domineering style.
Not everyone qualifies to be a bully, first you have to have the ability to make people obey. Counting the drama bullies in the entertainment industry, you will find that they all have a lot of origins, and they can be roughly divided into two categories.
One type is the drama bully on the bright side, this type of drama bully is mainly old drama bones and big coffee, relying on the actor's own strength and status in the circle, which gives them a strong say in the crew.
In 2012, after filming "Special Identity" with Donnie Yen for a period of time, Zhao Wenzhuo bluntly said that he couldn't stand Donnie Yen's bullying behavior and resigned halfway.
In 2018, the film crew starring Donnie Yen personally came off the scene and counted Donnie Yen's crimes of arbitrarily changing the script on the set, interfering with the director's work and other crimes of drama.
Both works were almost stopped because of Donnie Yen's hegemonic behavior, which is unacceptable.
In addition to Donnie Yen, there is also a famous drama in the entertainment industry, that is, Wang Zhiwen.
When filming "Big Husband", Li Xiaoran said that Wang Zhiwen treated actors more strictly than directors.
In 2002, Wang Zhiwen participated in the movie "Fanny's Smile", as the starring actor, he bit the main creative team in an interview after winning the actor with the film, saying that he felt that the script of the movie was not good at all.
This incident also made the filmmakers unable to get off the stage, and the producers even took him to court.
Therefore, Wang Zhiwen was also named "dramatist" and "dramatist".
In the entertainment industry, there is also a category of invisible drama bullies, who do not have the ability to influence the director and screenwriter, and dare not offend other actors, but they have "behind the power" that cannot be underestimated.
The first force is the parents of the second generation of stars.
One of the most widely known is Kan Benxi, who played the yellow hair in "In the Name of the People".
Kan was born in an acting family, and many people in her family are engaged in literary and artistic work, and they are also quite connected in the entertainment industry.
In "In the Name of the People", there are large scenes of the character of Huang Mao, and these scenes have no effect on the development of the plot, completely to give him more opportunities to show his face.
The final result is that because one person almost ruined a good drama, the role of Huang Mao was also successfully selected as one of the "Top Ten Audiences Most Hated Screen Image".
Let's talk about Wu Yuqing, who plays Gao Xiaochen in "Crazy", his father is the well-known actor Wu Gang who everyone is familiar with.
Others act with capital into the group, Wu Gang acts with his son into the group, and when he plays "Crazy", he brings his son Wu Yuqing.
Gao Xiaochen's scenes include some meaningless drag racing scenes, which make the audience feel that it doesn't hurt to delete them, and many people are selectively skipping Gao Xiaochen's scenes when watching "Crazy".
In addition to Star Two, major brokerage companies will also use their relationships to add drama to these newcomer actors in order to win new talents.
For example, when Zhao Liying filmed "There Are Bandits", she personally used a hamburger picture to connote the crew to change the script randomly, and when the play was broadcast, everyone knew that the magic change that Zhao Liying said was a lot of drama for the supporting actors.
The supporting roles of this drama are Zhang Huiwen and Zhou Jieqiong, who were still newcomers in their respective companies at that time, and they can't be the drama bosses themselves, which doesn't mean that the company behind them can't.
Although these second-generation stars and prospective newcomers did not make a move themselves, someone took action for them and sat down on the truth of the drama.
It can be seen that there are really many various drama masters in the entertainment industry.
Third, the drama is not terrible, it still depends on the original intention of the actor
In fact, there is no need to smell the overlord.
Director Zheng Xiaolong said: There are two kinds of drama bully, one is that he likes to guide others to act, and robs the screenwriter's job; The other is only for their own business area.
It is the former that is discussed above, and the latter is what we will talk about next.
Qin Hailu once generously admitted that she was a drama bully, but she also said that there are prerequisites for becoming a drama bully, that is, the profession must be strong enough.
Qin Hailu's hegemonic behavior is different from others, she changed the script not to make her role more scenes, or more likable to the audience, but because she felt that the script was not reasonable enough and needed to be changed.
And her confidence in changing the script comes from her familiarity with the script, she once said in the show that she had to read the script every day after work to see the midnight, and then she acted in the mirror over and over again to find out the unreasonable places.
Zhou Xun once said that he envied Qin Hailu's skill in not memorizing lines, she only needed to read it a few times before filming, and she could open her mouth to come with her mouth long.
But Qin Hailu said that this is not because she does not prepare, but her preparation is not to memorize the lines in advance, but to familiarize herself with the entire script in advance, she has eaten the script thoroughly, and knows in her mind what the characters will say in the place, so she can write down the lines as quickly as possible.
Over the years, Qin Hailu has only changed her own plays, so she has only heard her ridicule herself as a drama bully, but she has never heard others call her that.
Shen Teng has also been a "drama bully" live change, and the tongue twister of "what Dongmei, Ma Dong" in "Charlotte Troubles" was temporarily changed by Shen Teng, which can be said to be a stroke of God and has become a popular hot terrier for several years.
When Ni Dahong was performing "It's All Good", he lay on the ground and played, and finally suddenly said: "I want to drink hand-ground coffee." "It vividly reflects the tricky and vexatious character of the old man, but this is actually a temporary play added by him.
When performing "Return", Gong Li even said that many clips in the film are his own improvisations, because Zhang Yimou will only give the actor a storyboard and does not set too many restrictions.
But Gong Li also said that the premise of improvisation is the understanding of the script and thorough integration into the plot, so that no matter how improvisational it is, it will not go astray.
Therefore, it is not that actors cannot be dramatists, but it depends on the original intention of the actors to change the script and what kind of drama bully they want to be.
Some actors change the script completely from a personal point of view, in order to make their roles fuller and more attractive, regardless of the dramas of other actors, such a drama is undeserved.
Some actors change the script from a global perspective, and most of them only change their own part in order to make the performance more perfect.
There is a big difference.
For those actors who want to change at every turn and add scenes crazy, it is really not a "joke idiot" that can be whitewashed.
Since you are not satisfied with the entire script, why don't you propose changes when talking about cooperation, or simply refuse to participate? And after agreeing to star, he will do the work of screenwriter on his behalf?
And can the actors' own literary literacy and ideological height really ensure that the script they change is good?
Zhang Han's self-written, directed and acted "Gentlemen of the Eighth East District" is still in front of him, and it turns out that what he feels good may not be felt good by the audience.
So I think actors can make changes to their own roles, and they can also propose modifications to other people's roles, but they can't just roll their sleeves overbearingly, which is disrespectful to the director, screenwriter and co-actors.
As Chen Baoguo said, a qualified actor should take care and do his job as an actor, if you really like to change the script so much, why not directly transform into a screenwriter?
(Movie Rotten Tomatoes Editorial Office: Yangjing)