87 "Dream of the Red Chamber" is a classic famous drama, so far thirty years later, still let us remember, has become an insurmountable chapter in the history of Chinese television.
Each character in the play comes alive and beautifully, and the actors and characters are integrated, satisfying our imagination of all the characters in the original book.
This has to mention the casting method of director Wang Fulin.
At that time, director Wang Fulin did not use any popular stars, and adopted the method of national audition to select young actors from all over the country and select people suitable for Jia Fu.
There is only one criterion for selecting actors, that is, "like", the appearance and temperament of people like Jia Fu, whether they will act or not, it does not matter. Can't act, there is a director.
Of course, there must also be the potential of performance, and wooden beauties are not enough.
Chen Xiaoxu was the only one selected from thousands of cover letters. The other actors are all carefully selected by casting directors from all over the country.
After selecting good actors, the crew held two study classes, studied the original work, analyzed the role, listened to the lectures, learned the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, did the sketch performance, set the candidate, and then did the sketch, and finally the role could be determined.
In this way, after layers of selection, the actor and the role are greatly matched and are the best candidates.
I have to say that director Wang Fulin's vision of selecting actors is really stable and fierce.
Just like Wang Xifeng's actor, between Le Yun, Zhou Yue and Deng Jie, almost everyone believes that the role of Wang Xifeng will be produced between Le Yun and Zhou Yue, no one is optimistic about Deng Jie, they all think that Deng Jie is just playing soy sauce, but Wang Fulin is optimistic about Deng Jie alone.
He vigorously chose Deng Jie to play Wang Xifeng, Deng Jie did not disappoint, in the case of the whole group is not optimistic, created a radiant, brilliant Wang Xifeng, won the Feitian Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Just like Xue Baochao, Wang Fulin felt that the three candidates Cheng Mei, Guo Xiaozhen and Yuan Mei did not conform to the image of Baochao in his mind, and when he was at a loss, Zhou Ling recommended Zhang Li.
Zhang Li, who put on the costume and put on makeup, stood there, wang Fulin patted his thigh, this is the treasure I want.
Just like Lin Daiyu's actor, Wang Fulin chose Chen Xiaoxu from many candidates, and many people at that time did not agree, thinking that Chen Xiaoxu did not conform to the image of "Lin Daiyu" in the original work.
Although Wang Fulin also believes that Lin Daiyu should be more beautiful, the poetry of Chen Xiaoxu's body is unmatched by no one, and no one can play the "Lin Daiyu" strength in her.
Director Wang Fulin put his temperament above his appearance and performance.
Chen Xiaoxu also did not live up to Wang Fulin's expectations, from temperament to appearance, her facial features, face, the exquisite lines of classical beauty, her agility, charm, subtlety, introversion, thoughtfulness, between eyebrows, and static movements, all of which were born of Daiyu.
In the crowd, Chen Xiaoxu is otherworldly and different.
Almost every character matches the character in the original book, satisfying our imagination of all the characters. But there is only one role, the public does not recognize, think it is the biggest failure, doubt that in Wang Fulin's vision, why would he choose such an actor to play such a role.
This role, that is, Xue Baoqin, is known as the "first beauty of the Red Chamber", played by Wang Yang in the 87th version of "Dream of the Red Chamber".
Xue Baoqin in the original work is beautiful and mysterious. Forty-nine times she only appeared, as soon as she arrived in Jia Province, it caused a "commotion" between the master and servant of Jia Province, and became a favorite person of everyone.
She is young, younger than Daiyu, her appearance is very beautiful, Baoyu praises her as "the essence of the spirit show, the person on the top", Jia Mu let Madame Wang recognize her as a dry daughter, saying that she is more beautiful than the women in "Double YanTu", Tanchun also said bluntly, Bao Chao and others, beauty is not as good as Baoqin.
Many viewers have great expectations for Baoqin's appearance, after all, this is the "first beauty of the Red Chamber", a girl who is more beautiful than Daiyu Baochao. However, the moment they saw Baoqin, everyone was disappointed.
Xue Baoqin in the play, older, puffy face, exaggerated makeup, whether it is appearance, temperament, style is very different from the characters in the original work, there is no such style of the country.
So, everyone and the makeup artists in the crew wondered, "How did you choose the actor?" "Let's take a look at a group photo of Wang Yang and Chen Xiaoxu.
From this photo, Wang Yang is no less than Chen Xiaoxu, and his appearance is beautiful and his age is small. Chen Xiaoxu can play "Lin Daiyu", and Wang Yang can play "Xue Baoqin" is beyond reproach.
This may be the reason why Wang Fulin chose Wang Yang.
At that time, although Wang Yang was older, she had a baby face, clear eyes, full of girlishness, and she was a children's drama actor who knew how to perform the appearance of a teenager. Therefore, Wang Fulin initially chose her to play Baoqin, which was actually not wrong.
In the 86th edition of "Journey to the West", the Wuzhuangguan Xiaodao Tong Mingyue is played by Wang Yang, and she plays Mingyue's delicate and cute, innocent and innocent to the fullest.
However, two months before filming the "Xue Baoqin" scene, Wang Yang fell ill, she went home to recuperate, and in these two months, her body changed and she gained weight, until she went to the crew and prepared to shoot, and she did not lose weight.
In addition to being fat, Wang Yang's face was also a little puffy.
Wang Yang's heart was also very uneasy, she knew that her state was not good, and she only waited for the director to change actors. However, waiting and waiting, I did not wait for the news of the change.
Since the director let himself act, he was at ease to act well. Unfortunately, Baoqin's role is not much, and there is not much room for performance. She can only show the unique agility of a girl in a limited role, with her eyes and actions.
In the scene where everyone tastes venison, Wang Yang grasps Baoqin's demeanor and movements just right, showing Baoqin's nobility, foreignness and girlishness.
However, the other actors in the play are too beautiful, in comparison, Wang Yang's sense of existence is too weak, as the "first beauty of the Red Chamber", instead of standing out from the crowd, it is covered by the light of other sisters and sisters.
For Wang Yang, Xue Baoqin is her most proud role, and it is also the role that makes her most regretful. She said, "It's a shame not to be able to reach a standard and height." ”
The 87th edition of "Dream of the Red Chamber" crew gathered for thirty years, and Wang Yang also came to the scene.
Playing "Xue Baoqin" is Wang Yang's glory, but also her regret, when she saw director Wang Fulin, the first sentence was to apologize, she said, "Sorry, director, when I played Baoqin, it was my worst state." ”
Director Wang Fulin, as always, smiled and said, "What I want is what you look like." Wang Dao's words made Wang Yang feel very emotional.
The reason why the 87 version of "Dream of the Red Chamber" can become a classic is that it is too excellent and outstanding, and everyone has high expectations for each role, and the 87 version of "Dream of the Red Chamber" also meets everyone's expectations, and each role is excellent.
In contrast, Wang Yang's Xue Baoqin was somewhat disappointing.
If Wang Yang had not been ill before shooting, in the best state, playing "Xue Baoqin", perhaps, like Chen Xiaoxu's "Lin Daiyu", it would become an artistic image that satisfies everyone.