At the end of "Fengshen "Feng Shen" Daji actor Naran, a model, likes boxing, and his grandfather is suspected to be Chinese
Many audiences have recently been stimulated by the movie "Fengshen ", which has a large and sufficient publicity battle, but it has sold off on the actor of Su Daji, the key character of "Fengsheng".
Only a white fox shadow appears in the trailer, and the scene of bathing with King Shang only gives King Shang a face, and Daji is the back of his head.
On the list of officially announced actors, there are not only senior powerhouses such as Fei Xiang, Li Xuejian, Huang Bo, Xia Yu, Chen Kun, Wang Luoyong, Yuan Quan, Yang Jue, but also young and new faces such as Yu Shi, Chen Muchi, This Sha, Hou Wenyuan, Huang Xiyan, Li Yunrui, and even Wu Yafan, a young actor who plays Nezha, is on the list.
But he didn't say who Su Daji played.
Netizens have speculated that Su Daji is very important to "Feng Shen", and the crew must have deliberately kept it secret to whet the audience's appetite and regard it as a magic weapon to win surprisingly.
However, no matter how good the crew's secrecy work was, there were traces to follow, and soon, someone found out that Su Daji's actor was a Russian woman named Naran.
For a while, there was an uproar on the Internet, controversy was everywhere, and some viewers believed that Su Daji was a legendary figure in classical Chinese mythology, flowing with the blood of the Chinese nation, and no matter how you say it, you can't let a foreigner play it.
Before this, in Chen Kaige's work "The Legend of the Demon Cat", Yang Guifei's actor Zhang Rongrong (English name Sandrine Pinna) was fiercely complained by the audience because she was a Chinese-French mixed race, how to get to "Feng Shen", and repeat such a mistake.
What's more, in the past many "Fengsheng" film and television drama versions, Fu Yiwei, Fan Bingbing, Wen Bixia portrayed Daji are very classic, today suddenly let a foreigner play, what strength can surpass the previous work.
Admittedly, the audience's dissatisfaction and worry are not completely unreasonable, after all, there are many young actresses of pure Chinese descent, how can they not pick one to play Su Daji, they have to find a foreigner.
Unfortunately, no matter what the audience thinks now, this problem cannot be changed, because the film has been finalized and will meet the audience on July 20.
Therefore, the opposition is ineffective, instead of complaining and criticizing, it is better to know more about this actor, maybe you can like her, and then accept the latest version of Su Daji.
One of the secrets: suspected of being of mixed Chinese and Russian descent, not a foreigner in the full sense
In 2021, "Today's Film Review" did an exclusive interview on "Fengshen Trilogy", and the host mentioned in the film that the person who played Su Daji was a mixed Chinese and Russian race.
This should be official, with high accuracy.
In addition, Naran herself posted on social platforms in March 2023 with the title "In Memory of My Grandfather", and the attached photo can clearly show the appearance characteristics of her grandfather's Mongolian man.
Another photograph shows his grandfather posing as a young man with an elderly woman, suspected to be his great-grandmother, who is dressed no differently than an old man in rural China.
It can be inferred from this that Naran's grandfather was a Mongolian born in China, and later came to settle in the Russian Republic of Buryatia, where he married a Russian woman, and then had children and offspring, and Naran's Instagram profile wrote that Buryat Mongols were the reason.
In this way, Na Ran is actually a Mongolian-Russian hybrid with Chinese roots.
Secret 2: Born as a model, he participated in the production of Jay Chou's music MV
How Naran came to China is still unknown, only that she signed a contract with the Hong Kong modeling agency "Model Xintiandi" when she first debuted, her English name is Naran, and she is 26 years old this year.
In 2016, Jay Chou went to Paris, France to shoot the music MV of the new song "Confession Balloon", in which the heroine is played by Na Ran, in which she perfectly interprets the youth and happiness of the first love girl.
It can also be seen from this short film that Na Ran has a beautiful face, young and beautiful, a slim figure, and a pavilion, of course, the exotic female characteristics on her face are also very obvious, with a pointed chin, a high nose, and slightly blue eyes.
All this adds a bit of charm, Daji is possessed by monsters, naturally there is enough demon taste in this role, I don't know if Wu Ershan, the director of "Fengsheng", also took this into account when choosing Daji actors.
Secret 3: I like boxing and fitness, and it is not a problem to complete action shots
Naran's social account has released a number of articles on her own boxing and yoga fitness, not only the body management is in place, but the boxing moves are also very professional.
No wonder, she also found a professional coach to tutor herself.
"Fengshen " director Wu Ershan, once said that he did not use young traffic actors in this film, one of the important reasons is that there are a large number of action scenes in the film that need to be completed by the actors themselves, and the traffic actors are not easy to control.
This is the truth, the traffic actors are all scheduled, how can they have time to follow the crew for 24 weeks of all-weather professional training, and the action scenes can only be completed by stand-ins.
This can also explain why Na Ran was chosen to play Daji, first, she will not play big-name dramas, and secondly, the action scenes can be completed by herself, and there is no need to find a stand-in.
Secret 4: Love China and donate masks to Wuhan
For three consecutive years, Na Ran posted an article celebrating on China's National Day, and in 2020 also quoted an ancient Chinese poem, "May people be long, and they will be together for thousands of miles."
On the day of commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the volunteers' War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea in 2020, she forwarded CCTV's news report and wrote the eight words "Remember history and cherish peace".
The most rare thing is that during the epidemic in 2020, Naran also donated masks to Hubei, feeling that the number was not enough, and specially let her mother run to many pharmacies in her hometown to buy, she said, "Although one person can not do much, but I hope everyone can do their best to help", the heart of fists, the affection, can be seen.
From these bits and pieces, it is enough to see that whether Na Ran is a foreigner or not, why not play an ancient Chinese woman in a mythical movie with her love for China?
Off topic
The author speculates that there may be another reason why Wuershan used Naran to play Daji, the key character of "Fengsheng", Wuershan himself is a Mongolian director, and he intends to promote young actors of his own nationality.
It can be proved that there is also a female character Deng Chanyu in "Feng Shen", the actor who played this role is named Narnaxi, also Mongolian, martial arts movements are quite good, horseback archery is proficient, just participated in this year's general college entrance examination.
It is normal to love your hometown, love your nation, and always want to contribute to your hometown and your nation, and Wuershan is no exception.
Narnasi
Although you have not yet seen the performance of Naran and Narnar Nasi in the film, please believe that with an investment of 3 billion, the crew and director will never ruin this huge production because of nepotism, bringing funds into the group and other factors.
Because they can't afford the box office failure caused by these factors!