In many film and television drama versions of "Yitian Slaughtering Dragon", the film version created by Wang Jing in 1993 and starring Jet Li, Zhang Min, Qiu Shuzhen and Hong Jinbao is also often mentioned. The filming and production of this film took four or five months, which was a deliberate work of Wang Jing at that time, but the box office performance after the film was released in Hong Kong was not ideal, which also led to the plan to shoot a sequel, so the end of the film Zhang Wuji and Zhao Min's "mostly meet" did not have the following, just see how the new version of "Yitian Slaughtering Dragon" directed by Wang Jing should be continued.
Although the production team of the film is from Hong Kong, because the main filming location is Beijing, many mainland actors have also been used to perform supporting roles, so what role did they play in the film, and what is the recent situation? Let's take a look at it today.
1. Extinction Master Tai: Sun Mengquan
In the film, sun Mengquan, who plays the exterminator too, is an actress of the China Radio and Television Theater Troupe, who became a household name among mainland audiences in 1987 with Li Feng in the TV series "Dream of the Red Chamber", and she also established a very good friendship with Deng Jie, who played Wang Xifeng in the play, so many of Sun Mengquan's later TV drama works were cooperated with Deng Jie and her husband Zhang Guoguo, such as "Iron Tooth Copper Tooth Ji Xiaolan", "Kangxi Micro Service Private Interview", "My Life", "Ji Gong New Biography", and she was promoted from actor to assistant director. I believe that the noble person who helped her is also Deng Jie. From the film so far, Sun Mengquan has created a lot of aunts, big brides and other film and television roles, although almost all of them are supporting roles, but she is very accurate in place, adding a lot of points to the overall work, and now Sun Mengquan is still active in front of the screen, not to mention, when she was young, she still looks a bit like Liu Jialing.
2. The Crane Pen of the Second Elder of Xuan Di: Zhang Chunzhong
In the film, the deer staff guest in the second elder of Xuan Di is Liang Jiaren, and the crane pen Weng is played by Zhang Chunzhong. Friends should not be unfamiliar with Zhang Chunzhong, he was originally a pyrotechnic special effects artist in the crew, because his appearance is very distinctive, so he began to appear in front of the screen in the late 1980s, which opened his professional actor career. Zhang Chunzhong and Jin Yong drama can be said to be very close, just "Yi Tian Slaughter Dragon Record" he has acted in four versions, in addition to the crane pen in this film, the master of kongzhi in the 03 version, the master of emptiness in the 09 version and the duer in the 19 version are all Zhang Chunzhong, in addition to zhang Weijian's version of "Deer Ding Ji" ("XiaoBao and Kangxi") in Feng Xifan, Huo Jianhua's version of "Smiling Proud of the Jianghu" in Mu Fengfeng. Under the joint action of looks and superb acting skills, whether he appears as a decent or villain, he will always leave a deep impression on the audience, and as the remake of Jin Yong drama continues, I believe that Zhang Chunzhong will continue to interpret Jin Yong's martial arts characters in the future.
3. Fire Foreman: Zhang Xusheng
In the play, the scene of the Jiuyang Shengong master Huo Gongtou Tuo is believed to have left a childhood shadow for many friends, the role of the actor is Zhang Xusheng, who once served as a literary soldier and the captain of the Qinghai wrestling team, and later taught at the Beijing Sports School, became a sanda, boxing and wrestling teacher, and was a veritable "martial arts master" outside the play. Later, due to the boom in kung fu films driven by the movie "Shaolin Temple" in the mainland and Hong Kong, it also provided a broad performance stage for actors with real kung fu, so Zhang Xusheng decided to devote himself to the film and television circle, and successively starred in many film and television dramas such as "Golden Dart Huang Tianba", "Urban Monk", "Cangzhou Trick" and "Prodigal Son of the Border City" directed by Chen Xunqi, and was also one of the few muscular tough guys in the mainland kung fu film actors at that time. However, as early as 1994, Zhang Xusheng has disappeared, and later became an advisor to the Hainan Wushu Association, and also filmed a number of documentaries promoting traditional Chinese martial arts at his own expense, and has been committed to promoting the development of Chinese martial arts.
4. Golden Retriever King: Yan Huaili
Playing Xie Xun, the Golden Retriever King, is a famous mainland performance artist, Yan Huaili, who worked as a bank accountant before engaging in acting, and was later admitted to Beijing Renyi, where he became a professional actor. In the history of Chinese television dramas, the two famous dramas "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Journey to the West" have been participated in by Yan Lao, especially the role of the sand monk he played in the latter, which has become an indelible classic image. Because of his rich experience in drama performance, coupled with the fact that he has played as many as a dozen different roles in "Journey to the West", yan Huaili can also easily shape various costumed characters, like Xie Xun, who he played in "The Demon Sect Lord", who is domineering, although the camera is small, it is still unforgettable. In 2009, Elder Yan died of a lung infection at the age of 73.
5. Shaolin monk: Liu Dagang
In 2000, Liu Dagang, who succeeded Yan Huaili in the role of Sha Monk in the Sequel to Journey to the West, also appeared in "The Demon Sect Leader", and the role identity was a fake Shaolin Temple monk. Liu Dagang is a Peking Opera actor, until his forties did not step into the film and television circle, but he has participated in more classic film and television works, such as "Joke about Qianlong", "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Liu Xiaoqing's version of "Wu Zetian" and "Prime Minister Liu Luoguo" and so on have appeared Liu Dagang's figure, and the real popularity of course is "Journey to the West Sequel". Now in his seventies, he has reduced his film and television shooting, and his new works are "Money Fans" with six-year-old children and the web drama "Shaolin Heroes".
6. White Brow Eagle King: Shao Wanlin
Playing the white-browed eagle Wang Yin Tianzheng is Teacher Shao Wanlin, who is also a senior senior among mainland actors, who has filmed in both the Long Film Studio and the North Film Studio, but the way for young audiences to know him should be yuan Tiangang from the "Di Renjie" series directed by Qian Yanqiu, perhaps because it has reached the day when it is time to quietly enjoy his old age, and In recent years, Teacher Shao has hardly filmed again.
7. Empty News: Ma Zijun
The actor who plays the master of empty news is Ma Zijun, and it is interesting that 10 years later in this film, he played the same role again in Su Youpeng's version of "Yi Tian Slaughter dragon", in addition, Ma Zijun also starred in many Jin Yong dramas, such as the Tibetan Lama in "XiaoBao and Kangxi", the obscure Cong in Huang Xiaoming's version of "Deer Ding", the Tianzhu monk in the 06 version of "Divine Eagle Man" and the Iron Luohan in the 07 version of "Green Blood Sword", etc., which can also be regarded as a professional Jin Yong opera in the mainland actors. Because Ma Zijun dressed up as an ancient and a monk, it was too emotional, so most of his film and television works were basically based on costume themes, but since 2012's "Tianya Mingyue Knife", it seems that he has not seen Teacher Ma on the screen for several years.
8. Cheng Kun: Yu Yankai
Yu Yankai starred in the role of Cheng Kun in "The Demon Sect Leader", in fact, this film is not the only time he and Jet Li have cooperated, in "Taiji Zhang Sanfeng" and "Fang Shiyu", Yu Yankai has appeared, but the most impressive thing is that he played one of the four mountains of beijing in "A Knife Falling City". Many people say that he and "A Knife In the City" male number one Yang Fan looks very similar, and the experience of the two also has a lot of similarities, that is, in the early years of learning martial arts, after joining the film and television circle, and did not break out of their own career world with the Hong Kong-style martial arts films at that time, both of them have returned to the mainland in the mid-1990s to develop, the main energy is focused on the field of TELEVISION dramas, but Yang Fan gradually faded out of the screen in 2007, but Yu Yankai is still active in the TV series set, and has tried to transform in the direction of action guidance.
9. Zhu Yuanzhang: Ji Qilin
Playing Zhu Yuanzhang is a well-known mainland actor Ji Qilin, many people know him should have started through the 1988 series of movies "Dream of the Red Chamber" Jia Lian, at the same time he is also well known to mainland audiences because he has repeatedly starred in the film and television works adapted from Jin Yong's novel, in addition to "The Demon Sect Leader", he has also played Fu Kang'an in the Dawn version of "Flying Fox", Wang Chongyang in hu ge's version of "Shooting Eagle", Mu Sang Daochang in the 07 version of "Green Blood Sword" and Shi Qing in the 02 version of "Chivalrous", etc., and Su Youpeng's version of "The Legend of the Flying Fox", etc. The White-Browed Eagle King in the Book of the Dragon Slayer also made him fire again. In recent years, the number of Ji Qilin works has decreased a lot, while the development of his son Ji Chenmu on the road of actors has been remarkable.
10. Shaolin Monk: Dong Shiming
One of the Shaolin monks in the film is played by Dong Shiming, a famous martial artist in mainland China and a master of Cha Quan, whose master is Chang Zhenfang, a famous master of the Cha Quan generation. Dong Lao is not only good at boxing, but also proficient in eighteen weapons, and has won many important awards in the domestic martial arts industry when he was young, in addition to serving as a martial arts consultant and martial arts instructor for more than 20 kung fu movies including "Southern Shaolin" and "Legend of Southern Yue". Now that he is more than eighty years old, he has long retired, but he has countless honors in his life, and there are countless peach and plum, and he has already accumulated the status of a titan in the mainland martial arts circles.
In addition to the actors mentioned above, there are also Liu Bo, who plays a disciple of Wudang, Guo Xiaoan, who plays the leader of the Fire Banner, and Zhang Xuehao, a teacher of Wudang Yin Liting, in addition to the latter, the first two are still active in the mainland film and television circle today. The reason why this "Demon Cult Leader" has become a classic in the eyes of many people is not only because the script is good, the character portrayal is excellent and the soundtrack is brilliant, but the actors from the mainland in the play have also restored the classical temperament and taste of Jin Yong's characters, which is also reflected in some Hong Kong actors, and it turns out that it is absolutely wise to use them. Which of these characters makes you the most memorable? Please leave a message to discuss.