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If you want to ask who in the entertainment industry plays Kangxi the best, then Chen Daoming must be the best.
In 2001, the film and television drama "Kangxi Dynasty" became popular throughout the country as soon as it was broadcast. Later, someone commented: There will be no Kangxi after Chen Daoming.
However, if there are those who support it, there are those who are against.
In this regard, some people have different opinions, believing that Chen Daoming's "Kangxi" is not the best, and the best is someone else.
Chen Daoming's acting skills are obvious to everyone, if even he is not the best, then who is the person who is most like "Kangxi"?
1. Chen Daoming
As a historical drama, Chen Daoming's "Kangxi Dynasty" has a Douban score of 9.2, which shows that it has a high position in people's hearts.
"Kangxi Dynasty" shows us the magnificent life of the Kangxi Emperor, and the actor Chen Daoming single-handedly shaped the Kangxi of three periods, namely youth, middle age, and old age.
The three periods were interpreted freely by him, without any sense of violation, but people felt that the life of the Kangxi Emperor should be played by him.
Only an emperor who is domineering and decisive can be called an emperor of the ages.
However, the role of "Kangxi" is not the first emperor played by Chen Daoming, and he also had experience playing the emperor once before starring in "Kangxi Dynasty".
In 1989, Chen Daoming participated in the TV series "The Last Emperor", in which he played Puyi, the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty.
But this "The Last Emperor" is not a film version of "The Last Emperor".
Compared with the movie version of "The Last Emperor", the filming process of Chen Daoming's "The Last Emperor" was very bumpy and almost died.
You must know that the original movie version of "The Last Emperor" was allowed to shoot in the Forbidden City, and "all the way to the green light".
There are no restrictions on time and geography, and they can enter and exit the inner halls of various palaces at will to shoot.
Therefore, the movie version of "The Last Emperor" is very shocking just by the picture of the scene.
But once it came to Chen Daoming's version of "The Last Emperor", it was completely the opposite, and the Forbidden City not only did not allow the crew to enter the inner hall to shoot, but also strictly limited the filming time of the crew.
Even when they were filming a scene of arson in their studio, the director was almost detained by the police.
And Chen Daoming played the young and middle-aged Puyi in it, and it was precisely because he had the opportunity to play the emperor this time, so he was more handy and impressive when he performed "Kangxi" later.
His outstanding performance in "The Last Emperor" was taken at a glance by the director of "Kangxi Dynasty".
Before the filming of "Kangxi Dynasty" began, the director found Chen Daoming and said that he wanted him to play Kangxi.
In fact, at first, Chen Daoming refused, he was unwilling to play the role of the emperor again, worried that his path would be restricted, but the director smiled and said, you read the script and then replied.
After receiving the script, Chen Daoming did not leave his hand for three days, was deeply attracted by the role of "Kangxi", and finally agreed to the director's request.
Someone broke the news that in order to better understand the role of Kangxi, Chen Daoming went to the Forbidden City every day to ponder what "Kangxi" should look like in the month before filming.
His obsessive look made tourists who came and went think that there was something wrong with his brain.
It is said that many of these famous scenes are improvised performances by Chen Daoming.
In fact, from demeanor to acting skills, Kangxi played by Chen Daoming, we are impeccable.
It is precisely because Chen Daoming is so attentive that some people evaluate that "there is no Kangxi after Chen Daoming".
Even so, some people say that Chen Daoming is not the best actor, so who is the best person?
Second, Jiao Huang
The person who played more real than Chen Daoming was Jiao Huang.
Speaking of "Kangxi Dynasty", we have to mention "Yongzheng Dynasty", although the interval between the two TV series is three years, but they are classics.
But what many people don't know is that "Yongzheng Dynasty" was actually broadcast earlier than "Kangxi Dynasty", and the Douban score of "Yongzheng Dynasty" is 0.1 points higher than that of "Kangxi Dynasty".
There are two emperors in "Yongzheng Dynasty", although the protagonist of this drama is Yongzheng played by Tang Guoqiang, but the most outstanding is Kangxi played by Jiao Huang.
If Chen Daoming successfully performed the greatness and life's merits of the Kangxi Emperor, then it can be said that Jiao Huang performed the flesh and blood of the Kangxi Emperor, the most true side, and is the most vivid and profound of all the "Kangxi Emperors".
Jiao Huang played the Kangxi in his sixties, at that time, although the Kangxi Emperor was old, but his mind was unfathomable, both the majesty of standing at the peak of power and the vicissitudes of facing the country's internal and external troubles.
And Jiao Huang showed these demeanors and movements to the fullest, and every move revealed the depth of Kangxi as an emperor.
Therefore, some people commented that "Jiao Huang is Kangxi".
Because Jiao Huang's performance is really wonderful, after the death of Kangxi in "Yongzheng Dynasty", many viewers abandoned the drama, and some even jokingly called "the first twenty episodes are called "Kangxi Dynasty", and the last twenty episodes should be called "The Days of Kangxi's Absence". ”
It can be seen from this how good Kangxi played by Jiao Huang is.
But some people think that when Jiao Huang said the lines, he had no strength, was vague, and did not show the temperament of "an emperor of the ages".
You must know that the Kangxi Emperor at that time was over sixty years old, and the state of the dying old man would naturally be revealed, so Jiao Huang's performance was very in line with the plot.
And because the actor Jiao Huang is also in his sixties, he has a good grasp of the state of the Kangxi Emperor in his old age, and the clouds are light and breezy and reveal majesty.
In addition, the Kangxi of this drama also reflects the complexity of human nature.
Jiao Huang does a very good job of switching the roles of a king of a country and a father, and when faced with the choice of heir to the throne, he will put himself in the position of the king and calculate his son.
As a father, he also loves his son and leaves room for disgust with him.
What makes people curious is why Jiao Huang's acting skills are so good.
In fact, it is not surprising that he has such superb acting skills, because he has more than thirty years of acting experience.
At the beginning, he was a drama actor.
Later, he went to the mountains to become a young scholar, and during that time he read a lot of books and enriched his knowledge.
Later, the policy was opened and he returned to acting, but he could only play the role of villain.
Finally, it was not until 1984 that he became famous for playing the male protagonist of "Anthony and Cleopatra".
Until later, Jiao Huang played the first emperor in his acting career - the Kangxi Emperor.
This also laid the foundation for his later roles in "Qianlong Dynasty", the Qianlong Emperor and "Hanwu the Great", the Hanjing Emperor.
He is also a real "emperor professional." ”
In addition to the above two actors who played Kangxi, there are several others who are also impressive.
3. Liu Songren
"Step by Step" is one of the first classics in the drama, in which the Kangxi Emperor played by Liu Songren is also deeply popular.
No one expected that such a majestic emperor would once be Chen Jinnan, who "reversed the Qing Dynasty and restored the Ming" in "Luding Ji".
I am afraid that at that time, he would not have imagined that he would one day become the "emperor of the Great Qing".
Everyone says that the Kangxi Emperor in "Step by Step" is the most humane emperor in all film and television dramas.
When faced with his son's mistakes, he will teach him like an old father, and old tears will run through his eyes.
But he will not forget his identity as a king, so he will severely punish his children.
When someone touches his bottom line, he will be furious and show no mercy.
When facing Ruoxi, who is like his daughter, he will be as loving as his father and plan a way back for her.
Such a "Kangxi" is both stern and loving.
As a big man in the Hong Kong entertainment industry, Liu Songren shows Kangxi's non-angry self-esteem very well, and can be called a powerful "old drama bone".
4. Luo Jin
Compared with the previous old drama bones, Luo Jin's Kangxi is much more immature.
Although he played the Kangxi in his youth and middle age, he did not play the imperial air of his predecessors.
The Kangxi played by Luo Jin is not like a monarch who was wisely worshiped at the age of fifteen, but more like a prince who has been spoiled since childhood. But Luo Jin played Kangxi, not without merit.
Luo Jin's "Kangxi" is the most easygoing, does not give people a feeling of being high, and behaves very close to the people.
But Kangxi, as an "emperor of the ages", he captured Ao Bai as a teenager, and then pacified Wu Sangui, would such a brave and resourceful person be so easygoing?
Some people may say that most of the Kangxi in our imagination is played by teacher Chen Daoming, and a stereotype has been formed in our minds, no matter how future generations play it, it will be defined as "not like".
In fact, otherwise, the Kangxi played by Jiao Huang is preconceived, and he shows us a Kangxi who is deeply introverted and well versed in the art of emperors.
The latecomer Chen Daoming shows us a domineering Kangxi from another angle, both of which are the "emperors" most like Kangxi.
Chen Daoming's "Kangxi" was not buried by Jiao Huang's "Kangxi", but was treated in the same position by everyone.
Therefore, some netizens believe that Luo Jin's acting skills are actually not bad, and it can only be said that he did not really figure out what kind of Kangxi he wanted to play, nor did he understand what Kangxi should look like.
5. Summer rain
Xia Yu, as the youngest actor ever at the Venice International Film Festival, attracted much attention when it was rumored that he was going to play Kangxi.
Some people compared the stills with Kangxi's portrait, and the two actually looked similar.
Many people believe that he will create a more classic Kangxi, alongside Chen Daoming and Jiao Huang.
But his version of Kangxi was jokingly called "this is the biggest misunderstanding of Kangxiye".
Some netizens said that Xia Yu looked up a lot of information about Kangxi before filming.
As for whether it is information or "black material", we do not know.
So as soon as "The Secret History of Kangxi" was broadcast, the first "love brain" version of Kangxi in history appeared.
Xia Yu played Kangxi rebellious and amorous, and some people even ridiculed, and he played Kangxi like a street riffraff.
Xia Yu's every move in the play is very similar to modern people, and it is not like the Kangxi described in the history books.
epilogue
With a long history, we don't know what the Kangxi Emperor was like as the "first emperor of the ages".
The Kangxi that everyone imagines may be more or less different, but at the very least, it is necessary to ensure that the character image cannot be distorted, and then consider a character trait.
This is not only respect for the "big man", but also respect for history.
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