Behind the scenes of "The Secret History of Xiaozhuang": Tranquility made Liu Dekai wait for 3 years, and he almost fought with Ma Jingtao

Hong Kong film nostalgia

2024-04-29 17:05Published in Anhui film creators

Although "Infinite Transcendence Class Season 2" has a poor reputation, it will create various topics.

As a mentor, Tranquility directly attracted fans with her outspoken personality, especially her sentence "When you can choose, you must be selfish", which left a deep impression on people.

In this show, Tranquility served as a mentor, and Zhang Rui, Xiang Zuo, Zhao Yihuan and others performed "The Secret History of Xiaozhuang" was really eye-catching, but the performance of the actors was disappointing.

This can't help but remind people of the TV series "The Secret History of Xiaozhuang" starring Ning Ning, Ma Jingtao, Liu Dekai and others 22 years ago, which can be called one of the ceilings of mainland court dramas.

The actors are not only eye-catching, but also superb in acting.

Tranquility vividly interprets Da Yuer's innocent, dignified, generous and wild and beautiful girl image in the early stage, as well as her forbearance and stability after becoming the queen in the later stage, and it can be said that she has brought this role to life.

Ma Jingtao's Dolgon is still about to be uneasy in many people's hearts, he looks handsome, affectionate and affectionate, and his love for Da Yuer cannot make many viewers sigh.

Liu Dekai directed and acted again, playing the role of Huang Taiji who is introverted and domineering, knows how to judge the situation, and grasps the eloquence, wisdom and wisdom of a generation of emperors, and the contradictions of the emperor just right.

In addition, He Saifei's Hai Lanzhu, Hu Jing's Su Moer, Wu Qianqian's Empress Xiaoduanwen, Siqin Gaowa's Abahai and other characters have left a deep impression on people, and I have to sigh at the profound skills of the actors in this drama.

From the start to the end of filming, the TV series has gone through a total of 3 years, during which the crew has encountered a lot of difficulties in both investment and actors.

01. At the end of the 90s, the script was completed, and it took two years to find investment

I think that at the beginning, when Liu Dekai was sightseeing in the Eastern Tombs of the Qing Dynasty, he was deeply shocked by the tomb of Xiaozhuang.

When the screenwriter finished writing the script of "The Secret History of Xiaozhuang", Liu Dekai was shocked and decided to make this drama well.

However, the film and television environment in Taiwan Province was not very good at that time, and the audience's interest in local film and television dramas gradually lost, resulting in investors not wanting to put their energy and financial resources on such a costume drama, which led to the investment in "The Secret History of Xiaozhuang" has not been won.

During this period, Liu Dekai even determined the actors of Da Yuer and Dolgon, but the investment has not been settled.

Until 2000, when Liu Dekai cooperated with director You Xiaogang in "Desire", the two chatted very speculatively, and took this opportunity to show You Xiaogang the script of "The Secret History of Xiaozhuang".

Unexpectedly, You Xiaogang, who read the script, was very interested in the script like Liu Dekai, and immediately promised to find investment.

In the end, more than 10 million yuan of investment was pulled, and as a result, this ceiling-level court costume drama was able to start filming.

After You Xiaogang "joined", he also put forward new requirements for the script, hoping to shoot this drama in the form of "emotion + drama".

Liu Dekai's adaptation of You Xiaogang is also fully accepted, and the only requirement is that the actors of Da Yuer and Dolgon must be Ning Jing and Ma Jingtao.

02, Liu Dekai waited for Tranquility for 3 years, and the crew postponed the start of production for a year in order to wait for Tranquility

Although long before the investment was in place, Liu Dekai set Da Yuer's actor as Tranquility, but the process of negotiating with Tranquility was full of twists and turns.

At first, Liu Dekai set the meeting place with Tranquility in the ice cream shop, probably in order to make the atmosphere more lively, Liu Dekai also invited Tranquility to eat an ice cream.

But I didn't expect the blow to be as cold as ice cream, Tranquility had read the script long before the meeting, she thought that Da Yuer had too many scenes, and refused Liu Dekai's invitation on the spot.

But Liu Dekai did not give up, left a sentence of "I'll go back and revise", and left.

This trip was two years, and at that time, Tranquility felt that this drama would not be filmed with her again. Therefore, when Liu Dekai found tranquility with the revised script, she was also shocked and wondered, "Why hasn't this scene been filmed yet?"

In the face of Liu Dekai's persistence, Tranquility was also shaken, but she was abroad at the time and had no way to come back.

However, Liu Dekai and You Xiaogang felt that since they had waited for so long, it was not bad to wait, so the whole crew postponed the start and waited for a full year.

Xu was moved by the persistence of the crew and Liu Dekai, and after joining the group, Tranquility also lowered his salary to star.

After the TV series was broadcast, Tranquility also proved to the audience that Liu Dekai's choice and persistence were not wrong, and her role as Da Yuer hit the hearts of the audience at once, and she also won the Best Actress Award at the 13th "Beijing Film and Television Chunyan Awards" for this role.

03, Tranquility and Ma Jingtao almost fought on the set

Although the quiet participation solved the urgent needs of the crew, on the set, due to his straightforward and hot personality, many uncontrollable things happened, the most worrying of which was almost a fight with Ma Jingtao, who was also "short-tempered".

Because the two of them are very straightforward and "hot", coupled with a lot of rival scenes, the slightest disagreement on the set is a "battlefield" of needle-to-wheat mang.

Especially when filming the scene where Da Yuer married Huang Taiji and became an uncle and sister-in-law with her former lover Dolgon, the scene when the two met again should be the most intense emotional outburst.

It is said that both of them are powerful in acting, and with the blessing of Ma Jingtao's "Roaring Emperor" attribute, this scene should be very easy to film.

But on the scene, due to their own ideas on the way of expression, and no one gave in, there was a lot of "conflict" during the filming of this scene, and even almost fought.

The staff at the scene didn't dare to go up to persuade them, so they had to call the director who was out on business and asked him to come back and solve the problem.

In the end, under the appeasement of the director, the two of them can be regarded as "getting back together", and the director put the two of them in the back of the rival scenes, so that the two of them can run in and shoot important scenes.

As a result, the cooperation and feeling between the two are also gradually getting better, becoming more and more tacit, showing the love and hatred between Da Yuer and Dolgon.

04, "Sweet Song Queen" Li Lingyu was "fooled" to act

At that time, Li Lingyu played the jade rabbit essence in the 87 version of the TV series "Journey to the West", and the "Tianzhu Girl" she sang, which made countless audiences remember this beautiful but not demonic, glamorous but vulgar jade rabbit essence.

During the filming of "The Secret History of Xiaozhuang", Li Lingyu originally joined the group as a singer, but she didn't want to finish singing the theme song, but she failed to make it and was "fooled" into the group by the director.

At that time, Li Lingyu had just given birth to a child, and she didn't want to focus too much energy on her career, but wanted to take care of the child.

But the director used a series of rhetoric such as "there is a role that no one plays", "it's a pity that you don't play such a good image", "there are not many scenes, only 4 episodes", etc., leaving Li Lingyu to play the role of the concubine.

But I didn't think about it, and the role of acting changed from 4 episodes to 16 episodes, and the role became worse and worse, but Li Lingyu still insisted on finishing it.

Sure enough, after the TV series was broadcast, the concubine played by Li Lingyu was scolded by the audience.

However, this also laid the foundation for Li Lingyu to broaden her acting path in the later period, which can be described as a loss of horses, and it is not a blessing.

In addition, He Saifei, who played Hai Lanzhu, also made the director "sweat", not because she was not dedicated or because her acting skills were too good.

Although there are only a few episodes, the "three cries of the mastery" was staged, and the emotions progressed layer by layer, causing the director to worry that the camera's hands would tremble due to emotional infection.

I have to say that the director's casting ability is superb, and each character has different highlights and unique performances.

As soon as the TV series was broadcast, the ratings continued to climb and won the first place, and now the rating is as high as 8.6.

Even if 22 years have passed, when it comes to Da Yuer, people's minds naturally have the appearance of tranquility, even if many actors have tried this role during this period, but the shaping of tranquility can definitely be called difficult to surpass.

Three years of sharpening a sword, such a classic "The Secret History of Xiaozhuang", Liu Dekai's waiting and perseverance are worth it. (Written by West Window Snow)

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