No matter what year it is, there are not many spy war dramas at all.
After "The Wind Chaser", which integrates financial and spy war elements, "When the Stars Shine" finally started broadcasting in anticipation.
The story perspective of this drama is unique.
The male protagonist Hua Zhen changed his fate because of "a book" and an unexpected trip to Shanghai. It's just that he doesn't know how many calculations he has to face on the road ahead.
In Shanghai, Hua Zhen turned into Xiang Yuansheng and became an ordinary police officer. Here, he met a group of young people with lofty ideals and embarked on the road of revolution, and his ideals and beliefs in life were transformed.
The beginning is a treacherous spy war atmosphere.
This should be one of the production highlights of "When the Stars Shine", allowing the audience to easily get into the play in just a few minutes and then explore what will happen next......
Good characters also add a lot of points to the whole show.
After chasing four episodes in a row, I found that when the supporting roles in the play were brilliant enough, the protagonist could only stand aside, and the gap was clear at a glance in the comparison of acting skills.
01
In the national drama market, spy war dramas are a type of theme that tests the actors' performance skills very much, and whether they can play the role alive requires not only body language and lines, but also their own characteristics to support the role.
In that special era of spy warfare, even a look was a play.
The four episodes that have been broadcast so far are not very long, and they can't get a glimpse of the complete group portrait of the characters. But the following people are still eye-catching with their solid acting skills, which can be regarded as wonderful strokes.
The first place, Van Lei
When it comes to this actor, his sense of relaxation is always unforgettable, no matter what type of role he plays, he has a very personal performance style.
At the same time, there is also a bit of humor in his performance, just like the new character Zuo Ronghua.
Although he is a police chief who does not have much power, he also likes to "put on the score". Looking at a few young police officers who had just arrived to report for duty, I couldn't help but say a few words.
But he is not harsh, and his words are full of concern for his subordinates, and he does not look like a leader at all.
The camera turned again, and he put on an apron and began to chop vegetables, which is too down-to-earth!
Fan Lei doesn't feel like acting, and the sense of relaxation is just right.
second place, Wang Maolei
Villains are indispensable in spy war dramas, no, Wang Maolei is here.
In the play, Wei Daiqing played by him shows people what is really scheming, and no trace of wind and grass can escape his eyes.
When he saw Deng Mingyuan, who was being followed, sneaking into the house of Hua Zhuoqin, deputy minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs, he did not hesitate too much and insisted on going in to search.
After being stopped by the guards, he still smiled and deliberately lowered his posture to ask for something. This changeable face is hard to guard.
The most interesting thing is that when he was about to leave after arresting Deng Mingyuan, he turned around and left a contemptuous look, which confirmed the cunning of this character.
third place, Cao Lei
Cao Lei's own image is a bit heroic, which is very suitable for decent roles.
In the new drama, Deng Mingyuan, who he plays, is an underground party member, who was hidden deep before. As soon as he got into the rickshaw, he was targeted by the spies, and he was still unmoved.
When he knew that he couldn't escape, he went to Hua Zhuoqin's house to hide, but he didn't expect to meet his former student Hua Zhen. When he was first stopped, his heart tightened, and he was a little nervous.
When he saw that it was Hua Zhen, he was also a little more excited.
Especially when he asked Hua Zhen to help him, that sincere and warm look was really hard to refuse. When he was about to leave, his eyes became resolute again, after all, he was a bloody figure.
In just a few seconds, Cao Lei's eye drama is quite outstanding, and his acting skills are commendable.
The supporting role is so brilliant, how much pressure is the protagonist on?
02
At present, many spy war dramas are a combination of young actors and powerful factions, which not only brings a certain degree of popularity, but also ensures that the characters will not play to the greatest extent.
This "When the Stars Shine" chooses Li Xian and Ren Min as the male and female leads, and their performances are somewhat controversial.
Let's talk about the male protagonist Li Xian first.
Based on the completion of the role, Li Xian has done it, but he is not delicate enough in the emotional transitions and details of the characters, and his acting skills still need to be polished.
There is an impressive scene where Hua Zhen found the room number smoothly after coming to Shanghai, but what he saw was a gun sticking out and the poor little girl.
His reaction was quite quick, and he quickly found a place to hide and observe the situation around him.
Sharp eyes, sensitive movements, these few seconds, also pushed the tense atmosphere to a new height.
was about to leave Shanghai, but he couldn't worry about the little girl he rescued, so he went back to look for it. From anxiety to surprise, there are still emotional ups and downs in this paragraph.
Later, when he became an ordinary police officer in Shanghai, he became Xiang Yuansheng again. It's a pity that perhaps because of the performance style, Hua Zhen and Xiang Yuansheng, two different characters, are almost the same in terms of characteristics, and there is not much difference between them.
Therefore, there are also many criticisms that Li Xian's acting skills are a bit stiff and wooden.
If there is a little more flexibility in the emotional transition, won't the three-dimensionality of the character be established? Therefore, Li Xian's acting skills still need to be improved.
Let's talk about the female director Min.
She has a kind of agility, if this playful state is suitable for the role, then Luo Minmin's character is shown.
If it doesn't fit, it's a play.
In the play, Luo Minmin was "fighting" with her sisters when she first appeared, looking noisy. The two kept waving their hands, and no one let anyone, but there was a lot of fireworks in this scene.
But this is a spy war drama, and I really can't substitute it when I first saw this part.
Even at the dinner table, Luo Minmin still quarreled with her sisters, and began to stiffen her mouth when she didn't agree, she was really afraid that the table would be lifted off in the next second.
If you interpret a lively and active little girl, Ren Min is suitable for the role itself. But I didn't expect that she would play a police officer.
When the police uniform was worn on the body, it was not a little more heroic.
Because Luo Minmin's original way of speaking, the expressions on his face and body language are too rich, and there is no sign of stability at all. Even if it is a small thing, she has to raise her tone a few times, which makes it difficult to understand what the character's setting is like.
Judging from the details, Ren Min's acting skills have many scenes that are not up to par, and his acting skills still need to be improved.
Write at the end:
After chasing four episodes of "When the Stars Shine", I found that several supporting roles in the play are quite outstanding.
Actors with good strength such as Cao Lei, Wang Maolei, Fan Lei and Huang Zhizhong are very accurate in their roles, and they are relatively relaxed in their performances and will not leave traces of performance.
Looking at the two young leading actors, the gap is not ordinarily big.
The male protagonist Li Xian and the female director Min both have high popularity, attracting many viewers to follow the drama, but the flaws in their acting skills are still obvious.
Of course, the completion of the roles by the two leading actors is worthy of recognition. Maybe in the follow-up plot, you can see a different side when it comes to some larger reversals, which is worth looking forward to.