In the casting of CCTV's historical drama "Ask the Boundless", Bai Ke played the role of Chiang Kai-shek, Ning Li played Chen Duxiu, and Song Jia challenged Song Qingling's role, which aroused heated discussions and criticism from the audience.
This series of casting questions not only affected the audience's emotions, but also triggered thinking about the casting criteria for historical dramas. In historical dramas, role-playing is not only about the performance level of the actors, but also involves the restoration and respect of the images of historical figures.
First of all, the image of Bai Ke playing Chiang Kai-shek caused controversy.
As an important figure in modern Chinese history, Chiang Kai-shek's image has always attracted much attention. However, as an actor, Bai Ke's difference in appearance and temperament with Chiang Kai-shek made the audience suspicious.
As a way to express history and culture, the restoration and authenticity of the characters in historical dramas are particularly important.
The audience wants to better understand the character and experience of historical figures through the actors' performances, and the fit of the actors with the image of the characters is an important factor in achieving this goal.
Secondly, Ning Li's role as Chen Duxiu also aroused questions from the audience. Chen Duxiu is an outstanding politician in modern Chinese history, and his image has left a deep mark on history.
The audience has a great sense of contrast with Ning Li playing Chen Duxiu, which also challenges the restoration of the role.
One of the purposes of historical dramas is to let the audience have a deeper understanding of historical figures through film and television works, so actors should restore the historical image of the characters as much as possible in their performances to maintain the authority and realism of historical dramas.
And Song Jia's challenge to Song Qingling's role has triggered accusations of inconsistent appearance.
Soong Ching Ling is one of the outstanding women in modern Chinese history, and she has made outstanding contributions to politics and culture.
However, the audience's doubts about Song Jia's role as Song Qingling mainly focused on the inconsistency of appearance.
The casting of actors is not only about performance, but also about the similarity with historical figures to increase the credibility of historical dramas.
In historical dramas, the controversy over casting is not only the consistency between the individual image of the actors and historical figures, but also the questioning of the production level of historical dramas and their attitude towards history.
The audience cares not only about whether the appearance of the actor is restored, but also about the true restoration of the life and deeds of historical figures.
As a way to display history and culture, the success of historical dramas is directly related to the audience's understanding and recognition of history.
Therefore, in the casting process, the producer should be more cautious, considering not only the performance level of the actors, but also the similarity between the actors and the images of historical figures.
At the same time, the casting controversy of historical dramas also involves the freedom of choice of actors and respect for the performing arts.
Actors have their own understanding and creation in the performance, so for historical dramas, whether the actors are required to be completely consistent with historical figures in appearance and image is a question worth considering.
In artistic creation, the creator should have a certain degree of freedom, but also pursue the restoration of the character image on the premise of respecting the authenticity of history.
The audience's skepticism also reflects the public's expectations for historical dramas. They are eager to better understand historical figures and feel the weight of history through film and television works.
Therefore, the discussion of the casting of historical dramas is actually a test of the quality and production level of historical dramas.
In the future production of historical dramas, producers need to pay more attention to the details of casting to avoid the audience's doubts about the entire series due to casting issues.
Overall, the casting of CCTV's historical drama "Ask the Boundless" has sparked widespread controversy.
Bai Ke plays Chiang Kai-shek, Ning Li plays Chen Duxiu, and Song Jia challenges Song Qingling, this series of casting controversies not only involves the performance level of the actors, but also touches on the problems of historical drama in terms of historical restoration and authenticity.
The audience's attention and criticism reflect the ardent expectations for historical dramas, and also put forward higher requirements for the production of historical dramas.
In the future, the producers of historical dramas need to be more attentive to the casting issue, so as to better restore the image of historical figures, so that the audience can have a deeper understanding and feel of the historical heritage while enjoying film and television works.