Behind the scenes of "Parental Love": Guo Tao is not the first choice, Liu Lin was once ridiculed for "going for plastic surgery first"

In 2014, the broadcast of a family emotional drama not only became popular all over the country, but also repeatedly broadcast in more than 60 countries and regions around the world.

It is also called a "modern fairy tale" by netizens, maintaining a high score of 9.4 on a certain platform, and this drama is "Parental Love".

This drama is different from other family dramas, it does not have an overly bloody plot, no third-party intervention, and no scheming struggle.

Some are just a thin stream of love, just a portrayal of the real life of that era, just to present the audience with the life of a group of lovely and vivid people.

The heavy love Jiang Defu (played by Guo Tao) is a tough guy on the battlefield, but he can stage a "Jiang Defu-style pursuit" in front of An Jie, allowing the audience to see the iron gentleness of the soldier.

It is precisely because of this that many viewers gave Guo Tao a high evaluation, and even said that "after Guo Tao, there will be no more Jiang Defu".

As a capitalist lady, An Jie (played by Mei Ting), although she has an innate sense of superiority and petty bourgeoisie, she also has a fairytale-like yearning for love.

Although the first meeting with Jiang Defu was not pleasant, he was moved by it in the later relationship, and spent decades plainly and thrillingly.

In addition, the kind-hearted, simple and straightforward village woman Jiang Dehua (played by Liu Lin); Ge Meixia (played by Liu Mintao), who is as beautiful as a flower and knowledgeable; The tough and capable Lao Ding (played by Ren Shuai), who is tough and a little literary and artistic, and Jiang Dehua's children.

Everyone's character is very distinct, and the character image is very full, making the whole drama both warm and touching, and also very substitutionary.

The drama began filming in 2012 and was finally broadcast after 2 years. In 2 years, all the cast and crew of this show have experienced a lot, and a lot of moving stories have happened.

01. A script with twists and turns

The screenwriter of the drama "Parental Love" is Liu Jing, but the creation of the script is not all smooth sailing, the novel "Parental Love" created by Liu Jing caused a sensation as soon as it was published, and it attracted the attention of directors and actors, one of whom was Jiang Wen.

After reading the novel, Jiang Wen approached Liu Jing and told her that the novel reminded him of his mother and that he wanted to make the novel into a movie.

Seeing Jiang Wen who was so moved, Liu Jing agreed and sold the copyright to Jiang Wen for 50,000 yuan.

But the novel is different from the script, and after adapting the script several times, Jiang Wen is still not satisfied, so this matter is delayed.

During this period, Ni Ping also approached Liu Jing, hoping that she could continue to write the script, but Liu Jing's adaptation was not satisfactory.

It wasn't until more than a decade later that Cao Huayi, the boss of Sunli Media, contacted Liu Jing and begged her to continue creating and film it into a TV series.

This incident brought Liu Jing a lot of shock, and after obtaining Jiang Wen's consent, Liu Jing made up her mind not to write a good script and never give up.

It was with such a mentality that Liu Jing finally completed the script, and insisted on her own ideas, abandoning the mode of constant contradictions and events, and focusing on a warm and heartwarming heart, which led to such a classic TV series.

It is worth mentioning that when Liu Jing wrote the script, she endured the torment of illness.

In 2019, Liu Jing passed away due to illness, but what was left to the world was such a work that was difficult to surpass.

02. Casting turmoil

In fact, when casting "Parental Love", Guo Tao was not the first choice.

At that time, the director identified Jiang Wen, but Jiang Wen was unable to star for various reasons.

At this time, Guo Tao, who liked the role of Jiang Defu very much, recommended himself to director Kong Sheng.

But because Guo Tao's appearance is not handsome, it is not what Jiang Defu looks like in the minds of directors and screenwriters.

However, Guo Tao did not give up, he actively introduced his advantages to the director, and promised to play the role alive.

In the end, it was director Kong Sheng who made the decision, with Guo Tao playing Jiang Defu, because he saw a military momentum in Guo Tao.

In addition to the male lead, the choice of female lead and supporting actress also made it difficult for the director.

The first is to determine the actor who plays the heroine An Jie, at that time many people wanted to "apply" for the role, and Wang Qianhua, who had the title of "rural drama sister", had recommended herself.

But the director thought that she lacked some of the momentum of a capitalist lady, rejected her, and finally chose Mei Ting.

On the recommendation of Mei Ting, actor Liu Lin came to "apply" for the role of Jiang Dehua, but unexpectedly, she was ridiculed for "going to the whole Rong first".

But Liu Lin didn't care, but used her acting skills to conquer everyone.

After cutting her hair short and tanning her skin, she became a woman from the countryside, coupled with her in-depth thinking of the character's personality, she presented a big grinning and kind-hearted Jiang Dehua in front of everyone's eyes.

03. Spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to build a gate, leaving the country in only one second

Since this drama tells the story of the forties and fifties of the last century to the nineties of the last century, the creation of the scene is particularly important.

The crew was strict with the scene and details, and wanted to reproduce the scene as perfectly as possible.

As a result, the crew spent hundreds of thousands to create the "army gate" in the TV series, but this gate only appeared for a second, and even the screenwriter Liu Jing shouted "Director, you are crazy".

In addition, the crew did a good job in many details.

In order to be real, the crew traveled to many provinces, and finally found an old newspaper from decades ago in a museum in Beijing, which made the scene where Jiang Defu read the newspaper in the play.

It is worth mentioning that during the filming, the crew must ensure that this newspaper must not have any damage and return it immediately after the filming is completed.

In addition to this, the pushpins on the wall should be old; Pictorials and ornaments are old objects; Jiangdefu's watch is a watch from decades ago.

All kinds of details are taking you back to that era.

What is even more unexpected is that the scene of An Jie and Jiang Defu living on the island was not rented a venue casually, but the crew really built a house on the island, which was reproduced 1:1 according to the situation at that time.

04, Liu Tianchi was "poured" with real wine

In this drama, Lao Ding's wife Wang Xiu'e is played by Liu Tianchi.

In the interview, Liu Tianchi mentioned that she was very happy on the set that year, and she also liked the role of Wang Xiu'e very much.

In her opinion, although Wang Xiu'e has advantages and disadvantages, she is very real and has always been full of enthusiasm.

In addition, she mentioned a small detail during the shooting.

That is, when filming the clip where she delivered Anjie, there was a scene where she had to drink alcohol to disinfect the scissors.

At that time, she thought that it was just a prop instead, so she drank the wine without thinking, but she didn't expect it to be real wine, and it almost sprayed on the director's face on the set.

However, Liu Tianchi's resilience is very strong, and he still filmed this scene again and again in this situation.

Only afterwards did the director tell her that it was this sense of realism that she wanted.

Nowadays, 9 years have passed since the broadcast of parental love, and there are many excellent family dramas during this period, such as last year's hit "The World".

But whenever I watch "Parental Love" again, I will always be touched by the warmth it conveys, and I will always be touched by such a real touch. (Reported by: West Window Snow)