"What kind of sword is it? Golden Silk Big Ring Sword, what kind of sword is it? ”
As soon as the familiar melody sounded and the lyrics came out, my thoughts flew back to 29 years ago, and the image of the white-eyed hero came to mind.
These seemingly strange lyrics are from the TV series "White Eyebrow Hero" broadcast in 1995, which is the originator of martial arts dramas in Chinese mainland, and it became popular all over the country as soon as it was broadcast.
Under Shan Tianfang's narration, the white-eyed hero "faces the purple sheep liver, the water snake waist, three bends, the big plate teeth and black teeth, a pair of white eyebrows brushed white and white, the corners of the eyes droop down and the corners of the mouth are upturned, double flower arrangement dart bags, and a golden silk big ring knife behind his back", or a Shanxi accent.
Although this image is not as handsome and chic as other heroes, he is chivalrous, courageous, strong in martial arts, resourceful, open-minded and studious, and has a bold and righteous personality, which can be said to have all the advantages of a hero.
In the TV series "White Eyebrow Hero", Zhao Hengxuan's acting skills have to be admired, and the upright and uneven character of the white-eyed hero Xu Liang is vividly portrayed.
It is worth mentioning that some members of the Noon Sunshine team can also be seen in this play, such as Kong Sheng, who served as the cameraman at that time, Hou Hongliang, the deputy cameraman, and Wang Yongquan (Xia Shouzun of Langya Bang), who played the owner of Qingfeng Village in the play.
In addition to this, many stories that are unknown to the audience also happened during the filming.
01, the director firmly chose Zhao Hengxuan against public opinion, and Weiya broke three times during the filming process
Zhao Hengxuan undoubtedly subverted the ugly appearance of Xu Liang in Shan Tianfang's pen, but instead performed a righteous feeling.
However, the appearance still retains the characteristics of "white eyebrows", and in order to make this image more natural, Zhao Hengxuan needs to shave his eyebrows and glue a woven white eyebrow.
And Zhao Hengxuan got this role, but it was because of a sentence back then.
At that time, Zhao Hengxuan and Wang Wenjie were both Peking Opera actors, one was a martial arts actor, and the other was a veteran of civil and military affairs, and the two hit it off at the dinner table.
At that time, Wang Wenjie said to Zhao Hengxuan: "Your play is very good, if I direct it in the future, I will definitely find you to act." ”
When Wang Wenjie got the opportunity to direct "White Eyebrows", he rejected many actors who wanted to play Xu Liang, and firmly chose Zhao Hengxuan against public opinion.
This is also very important for Zhao Hengxuan, because his financial situation was not good at that time, and almost all of them lived on his wife's income.
What's more, Zhao Hengxuan cherishes this opportunity very much, even if the shooting conditions are difficult, he tries to shoot as well as possible.
During the filming, the crew used Weiya which was only 1 mm thick (normally it should be 3 mm or 5 mm), and Zhao Hengxuan experienced three Weiya fracture accidents during the filming, causing him to have two bone cracks and one fracture.
Mentioning this experience many years later, Zhao Hengxuan was still afraid to say: "If it was interrupted a little earlier, the white-eyed hero might be played by someone else." ”
Although the crew is poor enough, although the equipment is a little rudimentary, it has the dedication of the actors and the professionalism of the film crew.
After the TV series was broadcast, it gained great attention, and Zhao Hengxuan can be said to have become popular overnight, and there are always stacks of letters written by fans of the drama.
02, the starring salary is only 300 yuan for one episode, and the highest is 500 yuan
The TV series "White Eyebrows" has a total of 34 episodes, which is not short, and in order to ensure the broadcast effect, the crew is all on-the-spot and live-action shooting, with a shooting period of 6 months and post-editing for 4 months.
However, after the filming of the whole drama, the total cost was only 2.3 million, which is very different from the investment of tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars in many TV dramas now.
At that time, in order to save expenses, Weiya chose a thickness of 1 mm, and the actor's salary was not as high as it is now, not to mention the "daily salary of 2.08 million".
At that time, as the leading actor, Zhao Hengxuan's salary was 300 yuan per episode, and the highest time was only 500 yuan.
Rao is the director of the TV series, and Wang Wenjie only has a salary of 40 yuan per episode. Even so, the cast of the crew had no objections.
But it is such a poor crew, in such an era of limited shooting technology, but it has handed over a work of conscience.
Not only is the quality of the script excellent, the storyline is full of ups and downs, but the actors' acting skills are also online, presenting the audience with a chivalrous martial arts picture.
It also has a pivotal position in the history of martial arts dramas in the mainland and has played a milestone role.
03, Zhang Zijian didn't know martial arts, but he practiced kung fu in the crew
As the third male lead in the play, Wang Shun can be said to be a rather tragic character, who has spent his whole life in hatred and revenge, but in the end he failed to take revenge, and finally failed to escape the fate of death.
Such a character born for revenge, even if he is not a martial arts master, he still has some kung fu on his body.
But the actor Zhang Zijian, who played Wang Shun, didn't know martial arts at all before filming, he initially thought that as the male number three, he might not have so many fighting scenes, but mostly literary dramas, but he didn't expect that the role of Wang Shun had a lot of martial arts scenes.
But there was no way, he had already joined the group at that time, so he had to bite the bullet, but Zhang Zijian did not "pit" the director and crew, but practiced silently in the crew.
When everyone was resting, Zhang Zijian was also practicing, and it was like this that he slowly became a master of kung fu, and even fought against Zhao Hengxuan.
It is with such dedication and so much attention to this drama and role, Zhang Zijian has further opened up his popularity with the popularity of the TV series.
And his hard work in the crew, director Wang Wenjie saw it in his eyes, and after "White Eyebrows", he invited Zhang Zijian to continue to participate in "Gan Nineteen Sisters", and played the starring role.
Through the drama "Gan Nineteen Sisters", Zhang Zijian is completely well-known to the audience. Since then, he has successfully created two classic roles of Yuan Fang and Yan Shuangying.
04, the TV series was once complained by Shan Tianfang's book fans
The drama "White Eyebrow Hero" is adapted from Shan Tianfang's long commentary, and there were already many fans before the filming of the TV series.
"There are a thousand Hamlets in the hearts of a thousand people", each book fan also has a different understanding of the characters and plots in the story.
However, after the TV series was broadcast, there were still many complaints from book fans: first, the white-eyed hero Xu Liang's golden silk ring knife became a seven-ring knife, and Bai Yunrui and Xia Suiliang's weapons also changed, which is far from the description in the original book.
The second is that the plot has also changed to a certain extent, the old swordsman Long Yunfeng in the original book had an ambiguous relationship with Xu Liang in the TV series, and Xu Liang also called her "Dragon Sister", which made fans shout "I can't accept it".
In addition, in the original book, Bai Yunrui married Lu Xiaoying, but in the play, it became Lu Xiaoying who was poisoned and died.
However, the TV series itself is an adaptation of the original book, and it is understandable that some changes will be made in the plot according to the development of the story, so there is no need to be so harsh.
Now, 29 years have passed since the broadcast of "White Eyebrows", although it seems that the production of this drama is a little rough now, but after all, the filming conditions and technology at that time were limited, but the plot of the TV series and the acting skills of the actors all prove that this is an excellent martial arts drama. (Written by West Window Snow)