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Edited by Mo Guike
Everyone should have seen the 87 version of "Dream of Red Mansions", although there are other versions of "Dream of Red Mansions", but the 87 version of "Dream of Red Mansions" is still an indelible classic in the hearts of many audiences.
The reason why this film and television drama has achieved such achievements is inseparable from the efforts of director Wang Fulin behind the scenes, when casting for "Dream of Red Mansions", Wang Fulin sent people to all parts of the country to find actors in order to find actors who fit the original role.
These favored actors did not immediately determine the roles they played, but after training, they picked out the most suitable actor, such as: Chen Xiaoxu who played Lin Daiyu was carefully selected by Wang Fulin in a group of people.
However, although Wang Fulin is very strict in selecting actors, after the broadcast of "Dream of Red Mansions", there are still four characters who were complained by netizens.
Xue Baoqin
Xue Baoqin is Xue Baochai's cousin, although the author of "Dream of Red Mansions" did not describe Xue Baoqin's appearance in detail, but the reaction of Jia Baoyu, who has been accustomed to seeing all kinds of beauties since she was a child, and Jia's mother's praise for her, Xue Baoqin is undoubtedly the most beautiful person in the Red Mansion.
And Xue Baoqin's experience of traveling south and north with her father made her temperament stand out among the sisters in Jiafu, in addition, Xue Baoqin is also very talented.
It is precisely because of this that the audience will have great expectations for the actor of this role when "Dream of Red Mansions" is broadcast.
That's why the audience was very disappointed when Xue Baoqin played by Wang Yang appeared, and many viewers were very puzzled why Director Wang Fulin would "look away" in choosing the actor to play "Xue Baoqin".
In fact, when Wang Yang auditioned, he was very in line with the role of Xue Baoqin from the appearance, which can be seen from the little Taoist boy Mingyue played by Wang Yang in the 86 version of "Journey to the West".
However, Wang Yang was sick for a period of time before joining the group, and officially because of this reason, Wang Yang was not in a good state when he started filming Xue Baoqin's scenes.
It is precisely because of this that Wang Yang was very uneasy when she first joined the group, she felt that with her current image, Director Wang Fulin would definitely replace herself, so she waited for the director to propose a replacement with apprehension.
But in the process of Wang Yang's filming, Wang Fulin didn't know what he had in mind, and he never mentioned the replacement, and Wang Yang played this role with peace of mind when he saw this.
In addition to Wang Yang, who plays Xue Baoqin, Shi Yujuan, who plays Qin Zhong, is not very suitable for the role.
Qin Zhong
There is a "daughter" in the description of Qin Zhong in "Dream of Red Mansions", but Qin Zhong does not have many scenes in the play, and it is for this reason that Wang Fulin decided to find an actress to make a cameo.
Originally, Wang Fulin planned to let Hu Zehong, who played Jia Xichun, play the role of reversing, Hu Zehong readily agreed when he first knew his plan, but then Hu Zehong rejected Wang Fulin's request for some reasons.
Although Wang Fulin immediately re-looked for an actor to play Qin Zhong, it was difficult to find a suitable actor for a while due to time constraints.
Under such circumstances, Wang Fulin finally decided to let Shi Yujuan play the role of Qin Zhong, but Qin Zhong played by Shi Yujuan is easy for people to see the gender.
Therefore, although the scenes about Qin Zhong have been filmed, Wang Fulin decided to delete the scenes related to Qin Zhong after thinking about it again.
It is precisely because of this that when the 87 version of "Dream of Red Mansions" was broadcast, there was no corner of Qin Zhong.
The first Spring Festival actor Jin Lili
Jin Lili had no knowledge related to acting before starring in Yingchun in "Dream of Red Mansions", so when Jin Lili came to audition, she was undoubtedly brushed off.
The reason why Jin Lili was able to play the role of Yingchun was because when she left the crew, Wang Fulin happened to see her leaving, so he asked the staff around her who she was.
Although the staff said that it was Jin Lili, her acting skills were not good, which made people feel very wooden, but Wang Fulin felt that this was not a ready-made "two woods"!
In this way, Wang Fulin asked the staff to call Jin Lili back, and asked her to prepare a skit after she went back, and come to the crew to perform the next day.
Even though Jin Lili's sketch performance was not very exciting, because Wang Fulin liked her image and temperament very much, he still let her join the group.
However, Jin Lili didn't know the director's idea at this time, and kept trying Xiangling's role, and the actor who was originally scheduled to welcome the spring was Chen Jianyue, but Chen Jianyue didn't like the role of the spring, so she found the screenwriter before filming and said that she wanted to give up.
After the screenwriter asked Chen Jianyue about the reason, he told the director about it, and after the director knew, he called Chen Jianyue and Jin Lili over to discuss the change of roles.
At the beginning, Jin Lili was reluctant to play the role of "Yingchun", but under the persuasion of Wang Fulin, Jin Lili finally agreed to play the role of Yingchun.
However, not long after this problem was solved, a new problem appeared, and after the filming of "Dream of the Red Mansion" for a period of time, Jin Lili gave up the role of Yingchun because she wanted to go to Chinese opera to study Xi.
After she left, although Wang Fulin was worried about who would take over the role of Yingchun, he could not delay the filming progress of the crew, and he explained to the casting director that he must find an actor suitable for the role of Yingchun as soon as possible.
After a period of searching, in the end, the casting director really found an actor Mu Yi who met Wang Fulin's requirements, and after the broadcast of "Dream of Red Mansions", many viewers felt that compared with Jin Lili, it was more appropriate for Mu Yi to play the Spring Festival.
Li Zhi
In the 87 version of "Dream of Red Mansions", the role of Li Zhi is played by Sun Mengquan, although from the perspective of acting skills, Sun Mengquan has no problems, and his every move is very in line with Li Zhi's character image.
But because of his age, Sun Mengquan's appearance is relatively old, and it is precisely for this reason that Li Zhi played by Sun Mengquan has been discussed by many audiences.
However, at the beginning, Li Zhi's actor was not Sun Mengquan but Zhou Yue.
Zhou Yue originally wanted to play the role of Wang Xifeng, but then for some reasons, she chose to play Li Zhi, and later because of the vacancy in the role of You Sanjie, she took the opportunity to propose to the director to play You Sanjie.
The director also agreed to Zhou Yue's request, but in this way, the role of Li Zhi was free, and it was at this time that Sun Mengquan was introduced to Wang Fulin's sight and played the role of Li Zhi.
Although Sun Mengquan's acting skills are online, because of his age, he does not fit the character image of Li Zhi in the original work.
epilogue
Although these characters in the 87 version of "Dream of Red Mansions" have received a lot of controversy, and director Wang Fulin has been questioned for "looking away", but other than that, the crew has tried to fit the original work as much as possible.
Up to now, even though "Dream of Red Mansions" has been remade many times, the 87 version of "Dream of Red Mansions" is still an unsurpassable classic in the hearts of many people.