The casting of the new version of the Red Mansion is too outrageous, and it is okay to play Baoyu on the side, and my eyes are black when I see Lin Daiyu

Not long after the casting controversy of the movie "Fengsheng", a new film seems to be about to be scored.

The film "Dream of Red Mansions: Golden and Jade Liangyuan" directed by Hu Mei.

In order to pass the review, it took ten years to revise the script.

It cost 200 million yuan, started shooting in 2018 and completed in 2019, and it was backlogged for another three years before it came out.

However, this classic romance film adapted from a classic masterpiece was greatly controversial after the trailer was exposed.

In 2005, preparations for the film began.

At that time, director Hu Mei had the idea of putting "Dream of Red Mansions" on the big screen, and reported the script that year.

After ten years, the script was constantly revised before it was reviewed in 2015.

Speaking of Hu Mei, her more familiar work than movies is TV series.

As one of the few women in the fifth generation of directors, she has made "men's dramas" with grand narratives such as "Yongzheng Dynasty", "Hanwu Emperor" and "Qiao's Courtyard".

Whether it is "Yongzheng Dynasty" or "Hanwu Emperor", the reputation is excellent, and the Douban score is above 9 points.

There is no doubt that Hu Mei will shoot "emperor drama".

But she has actually made quite a few movies.

Among them, there are successes and failures.

For example, the costume movie "Into the Capital".

With this film, Hu Mei won the most media attention director at the 21st Shanghai International Film Festival.

Failed like "Confucius", which gathered Zhou Yunfa, Zhou Xun, Chen Jianbin and other big coffee.

This costume film with an investment of more than 100 million yuan is a historical theme that Hu Mei is good at.

But the audience did not buy it, Douban directly failed in word of mouth, and the box office was not satisfactory, only more than 99 million.

Hu Mei, who is accustomed to filming men's dramas, how to present the film version of "Dream of Red Mansions" this time is also curious to the outside world.

Although it is expected to land in theaters within this year, judging from the trailer that was first exposed, it is still somewhat difficult for "Dream of Red Mansions: Golden Jade Good Fortune" to be successful at the box office.

First, 20,000 actors were auditioned around the world, and Bao Dai Chun's casting was the most controversial

Since the film version of "Dream of Red Mansions" was exposed, the most discussed thing was casting.

It is reported that Hu Mei only selected 78 actors out of tens of thousands of actors this time, basically all under the age of 20.

Before the start of filming, the actors underwent 9 months of training, including physical training, line performance, ancient ceremonial ceremonies, and Qinqi calligraphy and painting.

Prior to this, the 87th edition of "Dream of Red Mansions" also specially opened a training course in the Red Mansion for actor training.

A large number of actors with "red chamber flavor" is an important factor that makes the 87th version of "Dream of Red Mansions" a classic.

Whether the casting of Hu Mei's version of "Dream of Red Mansions" can match the characters written by Cao Xueqin is undoubtedly what everyone is most concerned about.

However, after the trailer was exposed, it received a lot of complaints.

Some people commented that this is not an aesthetic degradation but an aesthetic collapse, and it feels like the idol drama version of the Red Chamber.

Let's start with Bao Dai.

Playing Jia Baoyu is Bian Cheng, Lin Daiyu is Zhang Miaoyi, and Xue Baochi is Huang Jiarong.

Compared with the two actors of Xin Daiyu, everyone may be more familiar with Bian Cheng.

Born in 2004, he officially debuted as an actor at the age of 6.

Since then, Bian Cheng has successively participated in works such as "Step by Step Horror", "A Slight Smile is Very Alluring", "Ruyi's Legend", "Qingping Le" and other works.

Among them, Liang Huaiji, who he played in "Qingping Le", received a good response, and actress Ren Min's character CP attracted a lot of fans.

However, because of the disrespectful performance of Ren Min in the live broadcast, his passers-by fell to the bottom.

At present, the most widely circulated costume style on the side is still Liang Huaiji of "Qingping Le".

From the perspective of styling, the appearance is beautiful, and it is indeed commensurate with evaluations such as "beautiful boy".

In the trailer, there is a shot of Bian Cheng dressed in red, with a psychic jade around his neck, bowing his head.

Although he looks passable, he looks humble, loses the dexterity of Baoyu, and is not very close to the image of the gentle brother in the book.

Compared with Baoyu, Lin Daiyu's choice is more controversial.

The actor is called Zhang Miaoyi and is a newcomer actor.

Although he is a newcomer, his starting point is not low, and Lin Daiyu, who just debuted and played this version of "Dream of Red Mansions".

Judging from the photo, her appearance is sweet and cute, which is more suitable for the heroine in the campus youth drama.

Compared with Lin Daiyu, who Cao Xueqin described as "rare beauty", there is still a gap.

In the trailer, she stands under the peach tree and recite "Funeral Flower Chanting", which should be the scene of Daiyu's funeral flowers.

From the perspective of appearance, Zhang Miaoyi's Lin Daiyu is indeed unsatisfactory, whether it is makeup or clothing, it is difficult to be convincing.

In terms of style, the two simple braids have no beauty of a costume girl;

On the clothing, a blue light gauze looks extremely abrupt and mismatched under the pink peach blossoms.

No wonder some netizens couldn't help but complain after reading the trailer: This Lin Daiyu is not good looking as a maid.

In the hearts of the audience, the most classic is Chen Xiaoxu's Lin Daiyu, which is not only close to the hearts of the characters, but also quite classical.

This time Zhang Miaoyi wants to play Lin Daiyu, the styling has already pulled her crotch first, and it depends on the acting skills that can't be carried.

Xue Baochi is played by newcomer Huang Jiarong, and the problem is relatively small.

However, compared with her predecessor Zhang Li, although her makeup is not outstanding, she is still qualified, and she is a bit of a beauty in ancient puppet dramas.

It is worth mentioning that the film version of Jia Yuanchun was handed over to Guan Xiaotong to star.

Yuan Chun is the first of the "Four Springs of Jia Fu", and Cao Xueqin does not describe her appearance much, and the most described is "virtuous and virtuous".

Therefore, throughout the previous version, Yuan Chun has always been the image of the dignified and noble patriarch and daughter of a rich and noble man.

Judging from the trailer, Guan Xiaotong's appearance is beautiful, but there is still some gap between the image and temperament and Yuan Chun in the book.

I hope she can rely on her acting skills to fit the original.

As for the supporting cast, Jia Mu is played by 96-year-old Lu Yan, who played Cixi in "The Last Emperor".

Judging from her image and temperament, it is also appropriate to play the ancestor.

The old drama bone Ding Jiali starred as Grandma Liu.

The previous classic image was the version created by Sha Yuhua and Zhao Lirong.

The typical image on the opposite side has Ni Ping's version of Grandma Liu recently, which was complained by the audience about being thunderous and brainless.

Whether Ding Jiali's performance can satisfy the audience is still a question mark.

Yang Tongshu starred as Mrs. Wang.

Her screen image has always been a femme fatale, leaving many people with a "childhood shadow", and playing Mrs. Wang is refreshing.

In addition, Zhang Kaili also participated in the shooting, and the role has not been officially announced.

As for the candidates for other roles, the film side has not yet announced it, and it has sold a pass with the audience.

Second, with an investment of 200 million, the Grand View Garden scene and the service road can be assured?

This film is told from the heyday of Jia Fu, showing classic clips such as too illusory realm, Princess Yuan's relatives, Daiyu funeral flowers, and Baoyu being beaten, and reproducing the story of joy and sorrow between Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu.

It is reported that the film invested 200 million yuan and spent a lot of money on the display of the dream scene of the Red Mansion.

In addition to setting up shooting in the studio, he also went to Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other places for external shooting.

Judging from the previously released scene photos, the crew has done a very fine job.

The exquisite and quaint cloister shows the beauty of the dream courtyard of the Red Mansion.

Judging from the picture of the trailer, it is a little unsettling.

When the Princess Yuan was provincial, the streets were brightly lit, and it looked really imposing.

But other scenes are more disappointing.

Bao Dai read the picture of the West Wing under the peach blossom tree, and the color saturation was a little too high, which seemed a bit studio-style.

The scene of Daiyu's funeral flowers is very similar to the ten miles of peach forest in "Three Lives and Three Lives and Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms", which has a sense of déjà vu of fairy dramas.

In addition, serving the Tao is also a point that the audience is more worried about.

As we all know, the 87th version of "Dream of Red Mansions" is known as the ceiling of the classical costume road, which is inseparable from the credit of stylist Yang Shuyun.

The costumes of more than 230 famous and surnamed characters in the play are all individually designed, revealing a gorgeous and exquisite Chinese aesthetic.

Wang Xifeng, played by Deng Jie, has 74 sets of clothing alone.

With extremely excellent adaptations in the front, everyone is also paying special attention to the service of other versions of Dream of Red Mansions.

Li Shaohong's new version of "Dream of Red Mansions" was scolded for his "copper money head" shape.

The stylist who served as Hu Mei's film version of "Dream of Red Mansions" is Chen Tongxun, and the styling of "Brocade Like Jade", "With Phoenix Xing" and "Sauvignon Blanc" was also made by him.

Some netizens have made a comparison and found that the shape of "Sauvignon Blanc" collides with "Brocade Like Jade".

This point can't help but worry: will the shape of this version of Dream of Red Mansions also collide?

Judging from the trailer, the service road is indeed a little similar, not 100% reassuring.

Taking Lin Daiyu as an example, the costumes of the funeral scene are too showy, which is not in line with her clean and elegant temperament.

However, because the trailer is very short, how the restoration of the costume styling of the film version of Dream of Red Mansions is still to wait until the film is released can be evaluated.

In recent years, classic masterpieces have not been remade many times, but not many can really be filmed.

Not only did it not shoot well, but it also shot very spicy eyes, which was ridiculed by the whole network.

This also reflects the increasingly impetuous phenomenon of the film and television drama market, the script is not polished well, and the casting is too casual to cater to the traffic.

Choosing to remake a classic masterpiece such as "Dream of Red Mansions", Hu Mei is indispensable to meet the next bloody storm.

In fact, this is not the first time she wants to make "Dream of Red Mansions".

As early as 2007, when the new version of "Dream of Red Mansions" project was launched, she was the director.

Later, because she was dissatisfied with the casting, Hu Mei chose to quit, and the director she took over became Li Shaohong.

Now, returning from the film version again, you can see her ambition to sharpen a sword in ten years.

But judging from the evaluation of the trailer on the Internet, the audience has little confidence in this version of Dream of Red Mansions.

However, at present, "Dream of Red Mansions: Golden Jade Good Fortune" has only exposed the trailer, which is not official, and there is not much information.

As an audience, we can't speculate too much, we can only wait until more materials are released, hoping that Hu Mei will not be Waterloo like the movie "Confucius" this time.

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