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A myth in the history of television, from the beginning of filming to now is still the most replayed TV series every winter and summer vacation, becoming an insurmountable classic, it is the TV series "Journey to the West"
Stills from "The Return of the Scriptures"
In 1988, the 25-episode TV series "Journey to the West" was officially broadcast on CCTV, a TV series directed by Yang Jie adapted from the classic masterpiece of the same name by the Ming Dynasty novelist Wu Cheng'en, which was the first mythological TV series filmed in New China, which caused a sensation nationwide as soon as it was broadcast, creating 89.4% of the ratings myth.
Stills from "Boson Elysium"
Twelve years later, director Yang Jie led her team to put sixteen episodes of sequels on the screen, making up for the regret that the old version of the gathering could not be fully filmed due to insufficient funds.
Smooth out the bumpy road
The director (Yang Jie) took a group photo with the master and apprentice
In 1998, the sequel to the TV series "Journey to the West" was on the list, and the original "Journey to the West" crew cooperated again, looking forward to recreating the glory of "Journey to the West" that year.
What are the unknown things behind the scenes of the sequel Eight Precepts and the change of actors of the sand monk?
"Journey to the West" sequel pre-launch press conference
Although the broadcast of "Journey to the West" was sought after by the audience that year, director Yang Jie still had regrets before the shutdown that year, so when shooting the sequel, he still used Xu Shaohua and Chi Chongrui, two Tang monks, and planned to intersperse the content of the post-shooting into the first twenty-five episodes of the story, and the overall synthesis of a forty-episode version, a careful audience may find that in the last sixteen episodes, the Eight Precepts of the Pig and the Sand Monk have been replaced.
By Cui Jingfu and Liu Dagang to replace Ma Andyhua and Yan Huaili, the two in the previous work played by the pig eight precepts and sand monk can be said to be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, for the two performances Yang Jie is also very understanding, then have you ever thought that changing actors at this time is a very irrational thing, due to the preconceived concept of replacing the two may also be controversial in the hearts of the audience, although at that time Yang Jie revealed to the outside world that when filming the sequel, because the two were older, so the two were replaced, but is this really the case? What are the untold stories behind the change of actors?
Do you know why CCTV filmed "Journey to the West" that year, and what was the original intention of shooting this TV series?
Japanese version of Journey to the West
We turn back the time to the 1970s, in 1978, in order to commemorate the normalization of Sino-Japanese diplomatic relations, Japan filmed the first TV series with the theme of "Journey to the West", but this version of "Journey to the West" only aired three episodes in our country, which caused an uproar, and it was directly stopped and banned! Why did you ask the editor to stop this edition of Journey to the West?
However, in this version of "Journey to the West" filmed in Japan, both the plot setting and the character modeling can not be accepted by the Chinese society at that time, in the play, not only the Tang monks have become women, even the Buddha has become a woman, and guanyin bodhisattva has become a man, and the more thunderous is that the Golden Horn King and the Silver Horn King, who are well known to our countrymen, have been adapted into a loving couple.
Taiwanese version of Journey to the West
American version of Journey to the West
Later, Taiwan and the United States filmed film and television dramas with "Journey to the West" as the theme, but they all adapted the original work beyond recognition, in the "Journey to the West" filmed in the United States, Tang Monk actually fell in love with Guanyin Bodhisattva, and in a Swedish school, a primary school teacher actually interpreted "Journey to the West" as an adventure story.
In 1981, CCTV entrusted yang jie with the task of filming "Journey to the West"
Therefore, in order to get to the source and not allow foreign television to spoil China's classical masterpieces, the filming of a version of "Journey to the West" that belongs to Chinese himself became a political task issued to CCTV by the party committee of the Ministry of Radio, Film and Television, and at that time this arduous task fell on the shoulders of Hong Minsheng, deputy director of CCTV.
In November 1981, in the conference room on the third floor of the CCTV Broadcasting Building, in the conference room of the head of the Ministry of Literature and Art, after Deputy Director Hong Minsheng officially announced that Wang Fulin would be the director of the TV series "Dream of the Red Chamber", Hong Minsheng asked: "Yang Jie, if you were to be the director of the TV series "Journey to the West", would you dare to take it?" Yang Jie rushed out, "If you have money, you dare, what dare you shoot!" ”
Deputy Director Hong Minsheng immediately announced that it was now up to the bureau's party committee to decide that Yang Jie would be the director of the TV series "Journey to the West." At that time, not only Yang Jie, but everyone present was shocked by this sudden news. Even Yang Jie herself couldn't believe that a TV series with such a major theme was actually given to herself a director who engaged in "opera"!
Stills from Journey to the West
In this way, the task of shooting "Journey to the West" unexpectedly fell on Yang Jie, perhaps even she herself did not expect that in the 17 years after that, the entire crew was like the Tang monks and apprentices in the play, and went through an unusually long and bumpy road of learning the scriptures.
How was the casting of the "three twists and turns" actor, and how was the Monkey King born?
The preparatory work for "Journey to the West" officially began, the shooting began, in the choice of actors Yang Jie is a twist and turn, the main characters in the play are of course four masters and apprentices, but in the whole "Journey to the West" the soul character is the Qitian Great Saint Monkey King, in the selection of actors Sun Wukong is the first to bear the brunt, in Yang Jie's heart Sun Wukong must have the spirit of the monkey, people's thoughts and feelings, god's miraculous powers, then how should such a heroic figure with great supernatural powers choose the right actor?
At the beginning, Yang Jie targeted the martial arts actors, and in the martial arts school, Yang Jie saw those students in the school playing monkey fists and monkey sticks in the shape of the boxing, one move after another, and the boxing and sticks were trained to be flowing and flowing, and the tiger and tiger were powerful, although they were good at kung fu, but the performance became a weakness.
A virtual mythological story, Yang Jie's definition of Sun Wukong must have the spirituality of monkeys, human emotions, and the divine powers, how to choose such a mythical character?
Mai Dami hand-painted 86 edition of the Journey to the West postcard
Because Yang Jie herself is an opera director, she feels that although the students of the martial arts school have real kung fu, but have not learned to act, Yang Jie put the direction of choosing Sun Wukong on the opera actors, because there are countless actors who have successfully interpreted Sun Wukong on the opera stage, and their performances can be described as quite wonderful. If these usable things are borrowed, in learning those humane, life-like performances, in letting opera actors learn real martial arts actions and the martial arts actions of those flowery shelves on opera, Yang Jie thinks that this is the Sun Wukong in her mind.
The director (Yang Jie) and the Northern Monkey King (Li Wanchun) took a group photo
After determining that the opera actor would play Sun Wukong, Yang Jie also specially visited the famous Peking Opera performance artist, Li Wanchun, the Northern Monkey King, to solicit some relevant opinions from Li Wanchun on the performance of Sun Wukong in the TV series "Journey to the West", but at that time, it was not speculative, because as a Peking Opera actor Li Wanchun believed that Sun Wukong's makeup must be a hook face, because Sun Wukong on the stage is a hook face, Yang Jie opposed this view, after all, it is a TV series, if you choose to hook your face, you will not make a TV series into a drama.
Peking Opera "The Great Haunting of the Heavenly Palace" Li Shaochun as Sun Wukong
At this time, Yang Jie found the famous Peking Opera actor Li Shaochun, hoping to provide him with some valuable advice on starring in the TV series "Journey to the West", Li Shaochun said to Yang Jie: "You might as well sing it for me, we Peking Opera actors can sing it according to the rhythm as long as the gong and drum guys sound, and if you want me to talk about it, I can't open my mouth." ”
In 1960, Sun Wukong in the Shao opera film "Sun Wukong Three Dozen White Bone Essences" filmed by Shanghai Film Studio left a deep impression on Yang Jie
Shao opera movie "Sun Wukong Three Dozen White Bone Essence"
Through visiting Yang Jie twice, she felt that she could not find a confidant in Peking Opera, and suddenly Yang Jie recalled in her mind that she had watched the Shao opera "Three Dozen White Bone Essences" several years ago, although Yang Jie of the Shao opera could not fully understand it, but the actor who played Sun Wukong in the play left a deep impression on Yang Jie.
Southern Monkey King (six-year-old)
Sun Wukong in the play is vivid and lively, and the sincerity is very touching, at this time Yang Jie feels that local drama is closer to stage performance than Peking Opera, and the interpretation is closer to life and easier to be accepted.
So Yang Jie called the actor who played Sun Wukong in the Shao opera movie "Three Dozen White Bone Essences", this person is the sixth-year-old child of the Southern Monkey King, the two talked very speculatively on the phone, Yang Jie asked the six-year-old child on the phone whether there is an actor suitable for playing Sun Wukong in your Shao opera troupe?
The Southern Monkey King (six-year-old child) and the students of the Shao Opera Troupe took a group photo to commemorate the occasion
Six-year-old child said, I have a student class here, there are many actors who play little monkeys, and many of these students have successfully played Sun Wukong on the stage, the experience is still relatively rich, you can come to our troupe to choose, the answer of Mr. Six-year-old boy made Yang Jie put his mind at ease.
Yang Jie's journey to Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, in search of the Monkey King changed the life of a six-year-old child
(Six-year-old children) and (Yang Jie) director Shaoxing took a group photo
At this time, Yang Jie boarded the train to Shaoxing, the six-year-old tong old man pushed the bicycle to the train to pick up Yang Jie, and there was a young man with Sven Wen standing next to the six-year-old boy, who was no one else, it was the monkey king six-year-old boy who was popular all over the country in the future, and after seeing Yang Jie, the six-year-old boy introduced his son to the director Yang Jie.
(Six-year-old children) and (Yang Jie) Shaoxing Lu Xun's former residence for a group photo
Because it was not open to traffic at that time, so the three of them chatted all the way to the home of mr. six-year-old tong, Yang Jie and mr. six-year-old tong talked about some ideas about the filming of the TV series "Journey to the West", mr. six-year-old boy very much agreed with Yang Jie's point of view, thinking that the performance on the opera stage must have some differences with the TV series, there are some good places on the opera stage to learn from, when the six-year-old boy talks about Sun Wukong seems to have endless topics, Improvisedly performed some of Sun Wukong's joys and sorrows from the birth of the stone monkey to the Haunting Heavenly Palace to Yang Jie.
The "Southern Monkey King" is indeed worthy of the name, and the monkey habits are vivid and vivid
Six-year-old child (Zhang Zongyi)
Yang Jie is very satisfied with the performance of the six-year-old, the performance is very vivid, if you add some life-like performances into the TV, this is the Monkey King in Yang Jie's heart. But Yang Jie has some regrets, but at this time, the six-year-old child is already an old man who is nearly ancient, which does not match the age of sun wukong in her TV series, Yang Jie regretfully said: "It's a pity! "If you were thirty years younger, the Sun Wukong in my TV series would definitely be yours."
Six-year-old child (Zhang Jinlai)
Mr. Six-year-old Boy immediately pointed to the young man next to him, he was my son, before the six-year-old child finished speaking, Yang Jie continued to ask along his own train of thought, are you so good at acting among your students? The six-year-old boy pointed to the young man next to him, he was my son, and he deliberately avoided Yang Jie's words.
The death of the second brother, the six-year-old child, made the six-year-old child shoulder the burden of playing the "Monkey King"
Premier Zhou took a group photo with the Southern Monkey King (six-year-old child) and the young six-year-old child
At this time, Yang Jie saw a group photo of Premier Zhou and Mr. Six-year-old Tong on the wall, and in Premier Zhou's arms was still holding a small monkey, that little monkey was very cute, if calculated according to age, it is now more than 20 years old.
Yang Jie felt that the little monkey held in Premier Zhou's arms was very suitable for the image of Sun Wukong in her mind, so she asked where is this little monkey now? The six-year-old boy said that he was my son, and Yang Jie asked in surprise, where is this little monkey now? The six-year-old seemed to have a sad look on his face, and his face was very sad, and he died of leukemia when he was 16 years old.
Through some entanglement, the six-year-old child born in the Monkey King family was recommended by his father's six-year-old child, and finally won the favor of director Yang Jie and became a candidate to play the Monkey King
At this time, the atmosphere in the room seemed to be a little solemn, and the six-year-old child pointed to the young man next to him, who was my son's six-year-old child, and the little monkey in the photo was his brother, and they were all learning monkey play. Yang Jie realized at this time that the six-year-old child was going to recommend her son to her, but Yang Jie had not yet seen the actors who played monkeys in the Shao Opera Troupe, and thought that even if he was good, he would have to let me have a choice, and I couldn't force it! Yang Jie thought that it might be late, maybe tomorrow to take her to the Shao Opera Troupe, that night the six-year-old arranged Yang Jie to live in the guest house, and also gave Yang Jie some newspapers and the profile of the Shao Opera Troupe students, while looking through the information, she also selected a few students who Yang Jiejue performed monkey opera very brilliantly in the information of the Shao Opera Troupe given to her by the six-year-old child, Yang Jie thought that tomorrow she must let the sixth-year-old take her to the Shao Opera Troupe to select the students.
However, the next day, when Yang Jie was full of joy and thought that the six-year-old child was going to take him to the Shao Opera Troupe to choose the actor who played Sun Wukong, the six-year-old child took Yang Jie to his home, and there was no intention of going to the Shao Opera Troupe. Yang Jie then asked the six-year-old if we should go to the Shao Opera Troupe? Mr. Six-year-old Boy smiled and said: "Don't worry, there is time, Yang Jie took out the information and wanted to meet these actors, but the six-year-old child avoided the weight and lightly diverted the topic, and has been introducing his son six-year-old children to Yang Jie."
My son also plays Sun Wukong, has been acting in the Zhejiang Kun Opera Troupe for seven years, has a wealth of experience, I will do what he will do, I will not teach him by hand. Yang Jie secretly thought in her heart, this is really a virtuous person who does not shy away from relatives, even if your son is good, he can't force it! I should also have a choice, but the six-year-old child repeatedly recommended his son, Yang Jie looked at the young man next to him with his eyes, and the six-year-old child of that year was quiet, beautiful and beautiful, and a bookish atmosphere. Yang Jie wanted to study for seven years, and also performed on the stage, and the experience of the sixth-year-old child of the Southern Monkey King personally taught, should still be quite good.
The six-year-old child improvised some of the monkey's basic movements, although these movements were performed in place, because the six-year-old child at this time was still a young and energetic young man, lacking experience, so he lacked some spirit when performing. At this time, although Yang Jie still thought about the actors who played monkeys in the Shao Opera Troupe, but the six-year-old boy has been recommending his son next to him, Yang Jie is not mentioning this topic, Yang Jie also thinks that since the six-year-old child was born in the Monkey King family, and his father Nan Monkey King personally pointed out, the six-year-old child must also have his superiority.
Yang Jie told the six-year-old child to play the Monkey King in the TV series, but it takes a little thought, can not copy the things on the opera, can you still perform without the gong and drum? Yang Jie told the six-year-old that you should not only absorb the advantages of the opera stage, but also combine your own performances, but also master your father's experience of the Monkey King and use it for yourself.
Yang Jie said to the sixth-year-old at that time: "I think it is good, but the decision is in the leadership, and I have to go back and report." Mr. Six-year-old Boy expressed understanding, and the six-year-old told Director Yang Jie to instill all he knew to the six-year-old during this time, which not only satisfied Yang Jie, but also satisfied the leader. Then the six-year-old child recommended an actor who played the eight precepts of the pig, his brother the son of the seven-year-old child, the seven-year-old child played the pig eight precepts in the Shao opera "Three Dozen White Bone Essence", Yang Jie listened to it and was a family, the son inherited the father's business, and he had to watch the performance of the little seven-year-old child, but when he saw the pig eight precepts played by the little seven-year-old child, Yang Jie was not satisfied, the person was too thin, and there was nothing particularly brilliant in the performance.
Although the performance of the little seven-year-old child did not make Yang Jie completely satisfied, it was not easy to deny it in person, and he could only gently tell the sixth-year-old boy to go back to the leader to report, please wait for my phone notification. After Yang Jie returned to Beijing, she reported to Hong Minsheng, deputy director of CCTV, about the selection of actors in Shaoxing.
In 1982, the "six-year-old children" first arrived in Beijing, and this trip to Beijing began the westward journey of the six-year-old children
Yang Jie served as the director of the opera "Spring Festival Appreciation Meeting"
Because Yang Jie was recording the program of the Opera Spring Festival Appreciation Meeting at that time, Yang Jie served as the director of this appreciation meeting, and after recording the appreciation meeting in a hurry, on February 1, 1982, she notified the six-year-old children to come to Beijing.
The deputy director of CCTV (Hong Minsheng) negotiated with the Southern Monkey King (six-year-old child) in the conference room
The father and son of the six-year-old child and the little seven-year-old child were arranged by Yang Jie to live in the third guest house in Beijing, and the next day Yang Jie went to the guest house to visit the six-year-old child, and just walked to the corner of the stairs, he saw the sixth-year-old boy carrying four warm pots in his hand and hurriedly going upstairs, Yang Jie asked in surprise: "Didn't the waiter of the guest house fetch water for you?" ”
CCTV Deputy Director (Hong Minsheng) Director (Yang Jie) in the conference room on the third floor of the CCTV Broadcasting Building is negotiating with Mr. (six-year-old) Lao
The six-year-old child hurriedly explained that this was for my son's six-year-old child to take a bath, Yang Jie was suddenly surprised in his heart, Yang Jie blurted out that a young man in his 20s wanted an old father in his 60s to take care of, so delicate and so unable to bear hardships, how to play the role of Sun Wukong? In the crew, no one will take care of him like this, the six-year-old boy seems to see Yang Jie's thoughts, said: "Jin Lai is usually a little pampered at home, even the clothes are brought back from Hangzhou to Shaoxing to wash his mother, but here his brother takes care of him, will not add trouble to the crew, after saying that the six-year-old child carried the pot and hurried upstairs."
An impromptu performance with the "monkey" made the six-year-old child take on the family mission, and the second brother, the six-year-old child, became a new generation of "Monkey King" before his death.
(Hong Minsheng) Deputy Director and Director (Yang Jie) reviewed the performance of (six young children) in the conference room
When he first came to Beijing (Zhang Jinlai), he performed a monkey play clip
At this time, Yang Jie was a little worried about whether this young man even had to take care of his basic life, whether he could play the role of the Monkey King, such a big drama, such an important role. The next day, Deputy Director Hong Minsheng and Yang Jie reviewed the performance of the six-year-old children in the conference room, and the six-year-old and the seven-year-old performed a sketch together, and after the performance, the deputy director of Hong Minsheng was satisfied with the performance of the six-year-old, so he decided to let the six-year-old children play Sun Wukong, but the candidate for the Eight Precepts of the Pig was not suitable, and he had to choose another one.
With his own efforts and painstaking research, shi tiantian", practiced martial arts diligently, integrated Chinese opera, stage and martial arts, and became the "Monkey King" who was deeply rooted in the hearts of the Chinese people.
Before the official start of filming of "Journey to the West", the director (Yang Jie) led the crew to the Golden Whip Rock in Zhangjiajie, Hunan Province
Yang Jie said to the six-year-old child: "I am going to go to the scene now, during my filming period you need to absorb all the things your father knows, and when I come back, I will establish a crew, and I am arranging for you to learn some other skills such as acting and martial arts."
Six-year-old children (Zhang Jinlai) practice the basic skills
The martial arts designer (Lin Zhiqian) is instructing (six young children) in martial arts movements
Six-year-olds are practicing martial arts assiduously
On February 25, 1982, the "Journey to the West" crew was officially established, the six-year-old children in order to play the Monkey King every morning very early to practice, no matter what the weather can not stop him from practicing, that pair of smart eyes alone is not something that ordinary people can learn, as long as it is useful for the role of Sun Wukong, the six-year-old children will carefully study and overcome many difficulties, it is not difficult to imagine the six-year-old children in the filming of "Journey to the West", six years have passed, and the six-year-old children have also become the QiTianda Saint Monkey King that everyone knows.
Yunnan Xizhou filmed the cutscenes of "Monkey King Bao Tang Monk" that did not appear in the play
If you want to ask the editor which TV series is the most popular in China? As the first domestic mythological TV series "Journey to the West" filmed in the 1980s, and Sun Wukong played by six-year-old children as the first male protagonist of the entire TV series, Sun Wukong's role is undoubtedly the most and most exciting, it is difficult for anyone to surpass the national degree of Sun Wukong's role at that time, Sun Wukong's success cannot be reproduced, and the glory brought by six-year-old children is incomparable to other roles.
Deputy Director (Xun Hao) Bodhi Grandmaster (Guan Yunjie) Sun Wukong (Six Young Children) Deputy Director (Ren Fengpo) Black Fox Spirit (Qiu Bichang) took a group photo
Stills from "Official Seal Bow Ma Wen"
The studio set up by the CCTV studio to shoot "The Great Saint Haunting the Heavenly Palace"
CCTV Studio Hall recorded the Spring Festival Gala of "Qi Tianle"
Six-year-old children (Zhang Jinlai) played with children on the shooting scene
Stills from "The Great Saint Haunting the Heavenly Palace"
Monkey King (Six Little Children) vs. Erlang God (Lin Zhiqian)
Everyone knows that Sun Wukong has two mentors in his life, which is also the two turning points in Sun Wukong's life, Bodhi Ancestor taught Sun Wukong 72 changes and learned divine powers, and Sun Wukong obtained the True Scriptures under the leadership of Tang Monk, and Hugh got the right results.
The director (Yang Jie), like the Tang monk in the play, led Sun Wukong (a six-year-old child) on the road of learning the scriptures, and after 9981 difficulties, he finally cultivated the right results
Beidaihe filmed the director (Yang Jie) and Sun Wukong (six young children) taking a group photo of "The Monkey King's First Coming"
If the six-year-old child has two mentors in life, the father of the six-year-old child, like the Bodhi ancestor in the play, taught the six-year-old child's exquisite monkey play culture, laying the foundation for his future appearance in "Journey to the West". And director Yang Jie is the Tang monk in the play, leading the six-year-old children to obtain the true scriptures through thousands of difficulties and obstacles, and become a household name for the Monkey King.
As early as the 86th edition of "Journey to the West" before the filming, director Yang Jie had convened a meeting, at which Yang Jie said: "Jinlai you four, in the future if our play fails, it is I scolded, that is I wasted the country's money, if successful, glory and honor gathered on you, you may be well-known in the country, may be world-renowned, but at that time you must not forget, it is everyone's efforts to support the four of you, especially you Sun Wukong."
The six-year-old boy and his wife Yu Hong took a group photo
In the whole drama of the six-year-old children's harvest can be described as the greatest, "Journey to the West" won many awards at the same time, as the male lead of the six-year-old children are more loved by people, but also won the Golden Eagle Award for best actor awards, became a national first-class actor, became known as the Monkey King, and because of the drama and the scene of the rainbow feelings blossomed, organized a beautiful family.
Shanxi Taiyuan director (Yang Jie) and four masters and apprentices filmed "Sweeping the Tower to Identify Strange Grievances"
As a Chinese female director, Yang Jie's achievements are not comparable to ordinary people, from the screening of actors in the play, to the selection of scenery materials later, it took a lot of time in the middle, which lasted six years across 21 provinces, the filming of the whole drama can be called a realistic version of the Western Heavenly Scriptures, in order to shoot Yang Jie is to put the family and take care of the growth of her daughter are put into it, it can be said that Yang Jie in order to defend the classic, filmed the "Journey to the West" loved by the Chinese people, it can be said that Yang Jie is the biggest contributor to this drama.
The broadcast of "Journey to the West" was a frenzy of ratings, and the six-year-old child who starred in it also quickly became popular with the role of Sun Wukong, bringing honors that the six-year-old child starred in other TV series could not compare
It is gratifying that since the birth of the TV series "Journey to the West" in 1982, its influence has exceeded Yang Jie's expectations, although there were many flaws in the filming of this drama that year, but it did not affect the status of this classic masterpiece in the hearts of the audience.
Since then, every winter and summer vacation, this TV series has become the growth of our eighties and nineties generation, from CCTV to local television stations, some people have counted that the ratings of "Journey to the West" and the broadcast rate are the highest among TV series, and it has once reached the situation of thousands of empty alleys.
Japan introduced and distributed the "Journey to the West" DVD
Taiwan introduced and distributed the VCD of "Journey to the West"
The United States introduced and released the DVD of "Journey to the West"
Not only that, the 86th edition of "Journey to the West" has also been purchased by many countries for broadcast rights, translated into the Chinese, broadcast in other countries, exported overseas, and welcomed by Taiwan, the United States, Japan, Singapore and other countries.
The broadcast of the first twenty-five episodes of "Journey to the West" has gained a large reputation, but in Yang Jie's heart, the previous work has always been an incomplete work, and the original dream has made several people freeze their previous suspicions
The creators of the 94th edition of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" took a group photo to commemorate the occasion
The creators of the 98th edition of "Water Margin" took a group photo
During this period, the other two famous works "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Water Margin" have also been put on the screen, in contrast, "Journey to the West" is still a fragmented TV series, which has always been regrettable.
The director (Yang Jie) gives a play to Sun Wukong (a six-year-old child) pig eight precepts (Ma Dehua).
However, the filming of the sequel also experienced setbacks, investment copyright and a series of problems, which dragged on until 1998, CCTV director Yang Weiguang decided to invest 10 million to let Yang Jie shoot the sequel, which made up for the regret that the previous work could not be finished due to insufficient funds.
In the choice of actors, Yang Jie initially planned to use the original team of four masters and apprentices. During this period, many people were very concerned about this issue, and some people also persuaded Yang Jie: "Do you plan to use them again?" Now that they are all big names, can they still command them? ”
Director (Yang Jie)
There are even leaders who remind Yang Jie: "You are still cooperating with them, I am angry for you, are you good for your own scars and forget the pain?" "Some people also questioned that when the sequel began filming, they were all older, and Sha and Shang Yan Huaili were both in their 60s, could they still do it? Yang Jie is worthy of being a female Haojie, open-minded, no longer concerned about the past mistakes of the master and apprentice, the oldest sand monk, also prepared a stand-in, the long-term view to pick up some martial arts actions will be completed by the stand-in, as long as the time comes to perform a good play.
What are the untold stories behind the sequel's replacement actors
Four masters and apprentices
In May 1998, Yang Jie held a group meeting, and when she was about to put on makeup, the six-year-old child, Ma Dehua, Yan Huaili, including Chi Chongrui, disappeared again. Yang Jie repeatedly called the master and apprentice and other people on the grounds that there was something being handled or the family was sick as the excuse to prevaricate, in a word, the matter was handled after a period of time will pass, and finally after the investigation, they learned that their master and apprentice went to Vietnam to make money.
After the whole thing came out, Yang Jie was very angry, and the CCTV leader also directly said that Yang Jie would replace all four of them, but Yang Jie believed that if all four people were replaced, there were many inappropriate places, after all, the image of the preconceived four people had been firmly imprinted into the audience's eyes, and if all four people were replaced, the audience might not be able to accept it for a while. At the beginning, Yang Jie planned to let Liu Jin, who looked a little similar, play Sun Wukong for the six-year-old child, at this time Liu Jin was already well known to the public for playing Premier Zhou, and in order to maintain the image of Premier Zhou, Liu Jin refused Yang Jie's invitation.
The sequel to the change of actors has another hidden love to kill "pig" to respect the monkey !!!
The Eight Precepts and the Sand Monk were replaced, and the newspaper published that year revealed the truth
Before the TV series started filming, a series of events occurred, which made Yang Jie feel that the advice of the crowd was not empty, things were not as simple as Yang Jie imagined, if the four masters and apprentices all used the old people, it might not be a wise plan, in order to keep the work able to proceed normally, after careful consideration, with the support of the leaders of the Station and the TV Drama Center, the actors of the Eight Precepts of the Pig and the Sand Monk were replaced, and the six-year-old children who remained were retained as a warning!
The couple both played the role, and the sequel was played by Cui Jingfu in place of Ma Andyhua as the Eight Commandments of pigs, and Cui Jingfu's wife also played a role in the play
The makeup artist is putting on the Eight Precepts of The Pig (Choi Kyung-fu).
Cui Jingfu, the actor who played the Eight Precepts of the Pig in the sequel, has cooperated many times in the TV series "Zhu Yuanzhang" and "Wuyi Xianfanjie" directed by Yang Jie, at the beginning Cui Jingfu originally planned to serve as an assistant director in the sequel, but after the establishment of the "Journey to the West", all over the country looked for actors who played the Eight Precepts of the Pig, although there were many actors to audition, but Yang Jie did not match one.
Choi Kyung-fu plays Pig Bajie
At that time, the crew was ready to start filming, because they did not find a suitable actor who needed to invest money every day, Cui Jingfu complained and pointed to the mask of the eight precepts of the pig and said: "Who wears this thing is not the eight precepts of the pig, why do you have to find a needle in a haystack to find the eight precepts of the pig?" Yang Jie listened to Cui Jingfu's complaints and decided to let him try the makeup of the Eight Precepts of the Pig, and after the makeup artist dressed up, the Eight Precepts of a Pig Head and Pig Brain were born.
After Yang Jie saw Cui Jingfu's appearance, she asked Cui Jingfu to do several actions of the Eight Precepts of pigs, which was simply wonderful! When the opportunity was made, you don't want to be an assistant director, and play the Eight Precepts of the Pig well.
"Wuyi Immortal World" Wang Meihong played the Queen Mother Niangniang
Wang Meihong plays the second lady of Kou Yuanwai
It is worth mentioning that Cui Jingfu, who played the Eight Precepts of pigs in the sequel, and his wife Wang Meihong played the second lady in the episode "Returning the Soul of the Kou Yuan", in fact, as early as 1993, Wang Meihong also played the queen mother in the TV series "Wuyi Xian FanJie" directed by Yang Jie.
In the sequel, Liu Dagang succeeds Yan Huaili, picks up the burden, and becomes a sand monk who works hard and complains
The makeup artist is putting on makeup for Sha Monk (Liu Dagang).
Liu Dagang, who plays Sha Monk in the sequel, is an actor in the Beijing Opera House in China, because Yang Jie was a director on the opera stage before, so the two have known each other for a long time, and later Liu Dagang also played a role in the TV series "Xi Shi" directed by Yang Jie, so the two worked together again.
Sha Monk (Liu Dagang) and director (Yang Jie) took a group photo
Many friends may not know that Liu Dagang, who played sha monk in the sequel, and Ma Dehua, who played the eight precepts of the pig in the first 25 episodes, are both actors of the Beijing Opera House, and the two have actually known each other for a long time. As early as 1982, when Yang Jie began filming "Journey to the West", when the actors of Sun Wukong, Tang Monk, and pig eight precepts had been finalized, only Sha Monk had not yet found a suitable actor, at that time Ma Dehua recommended Liu Dagang to Yang Jie, but at that time Liu Dagang was a pillar of the Beijing Peking Theater, and the Beijing Theater was not sure to release people, so Liu Dagang had rubbed shoulders with the role of Sha Monk that year, but everything was so coincidental, when filming the sequel in 1998, Liu Dagang accidentally starred as Sha Monk.
The sequel master and apprentice four Zhuozhou film and television base group photo
Originally everyone was happy about things, but once again let Yang Jie disappointed, because of the gap of seventeen years, sequel shooting, whether it is the actor's makeup, martial arts, soundtrack and many other factors have been controversial, the sequel is not as popular as the 86 version, but there is one person who has benefited a lot, he is Sun Wukong six-year-old child.
Six-year-old children and Yu Hong
Six-year-old children used the role of Sun Wukong to achieve their own achievements, before and after "Journey to the West" there were three actors playing Tang Monk, two actors playing pig eight precepts, two actors playing sand monks, but only six young children completed the role of Sun Wukong, not only became a household name Monkey King, but also achieved a beautiful marriage.
The director (Yang Jie) of Qingzhishan filming "The Disaster of Guanyin Temple" in Fujian Province is giving a play to Sun Wukong (a six-year-old child) Snake Spirit (Li Yang).
When the fire-eyed golden-eyed Sun Dasheng first filmed "Journey to the West", he had 600-degree myopia and 200-degree astigmatism, and when he first filmed, everyone was reluctant to perform martial arts dramas with six-year-old children, because he did not know when he would be hit with a stick, it was Yang Jie who used him under pressure, which led to the later Sun Wukong.
There is a strong cast behind the birth of a classic TV series, and we also pay tribute to the stuntmen behind the scenes!
Stand-in one: team actor Xu Tinglei
Six-year-old child and stand-in Xu Tinglei
Qingzhishan filmed "Disaster Guanyin Temple"
The group photo with the six-year-old child is Xu Tinglei, a team actor of the "Journey to the West" crew, a classic TV series in which the characters carry on from top to bottom, and it is inseparable from the efforts of every staff member of the entire crew to make this TV series continue to this day.
In another interview, Xu Tinglei told reporters that in the whole play, he had completed the 670% martial arts drama of the whole play for the six-year-old children, but according to the actual investigation, this is simply nonsense, according to the actual situation, Xu Tinglei did complete some of the shots of the martial arts drama for the six-year-old children, such as the episode of "The Disaster Guanyin Temple", you can carefully watch this episode of Sun Wukong when fighting with the black bear monster, the makeup looks very rough, I will strongly point out in the next issue that Xu Tinglei said to complete the six-seven-percent martial arts shot for the six-year-old children, And some objective proof that Xu Tinglei has some exaggerated places in the substitute.
Stand-in two: diver
However, the six-year-old child has been exposed in many interviews before, claiming that he has not used a stand-in, and all the scenes are completed independently, but as time goes by, the stuntmen behind the scenes have also been exposed one by one.
Diver of Jiangsu Sports Team
In fact, there is more than one stand-in for the six-year-old child, in addition to the Xu Tinglei described above, for example, at the beginning of each episode, Sun Wukong jumped out of the stone that shot, when the shooting required some difficult actions, so at that time the crew invited a diver from the sports team to complete the stone breaking, that is, the shot where Sun Wukong jumped up at the beginning of each episode.
Stand-in three: fisherman Liu Jiangfa
Local fisherman of Dongshan Island, Fujian Province (Liu Jiangfa)
Everyone still remembers That Sun Wukong paddling the raft across the ocean, this scene was filmed in Fujian Dongshan Island and Hebei Beidaihe filmed two sets of long-range and close-up shots, when shooting this set of long-range shots, Yang Jie deliberately chose to hit the reef at the high tide in the morning, the waves hit the reef with special momentum, in such an environment can just reflect Sun Wukong's determination to cross the ocean to seek immortality, in order to shoot such a magnificent picture, the crew decided to shoot at the time of the rising tide, but because the waves are very large, Moreover, the six-year-old children can't swim, so for safety reasons, the crew asked local fisherman Liu Jiangfa to complete the long-range shot of Sun Wukong crossing the ocean for the six-year-old children.
Stand-in Four: Soldier of the Cavalry Regiment
Soldier of the Xilinhot Cavalry Regiment
In the episode "Guanfeng Bow Ma Wen", Sun Wukong has a shot of ten thousand horses galloping, but the leading horse ridden by the six-year-old child can't run up, so he has no choice but to let the soldiers of the Xilinhot Cavalry Regiment complete this shot for the six-year-old child.
Stand-in Five: Deputy Director Ren Fengpo
Assistant Director (Ren Fengpo)
In the episode "Treasure Hunting Lotus Cave", because the six-year-old child of the Buddha made a cameo appearance of the nine-tailed fox, but this scene required Sun Wukong and the nine-tailed fox to show their faces at the same time, but the six-year-old child of the Buddha's figure was playing the nine-tailed fox at this time, so the assistant director Ren Fengpo starred in Sun Wukong once, and also showed his face back.
Stand-in Six: Ding Jian
For filming to find a stand-in for the six-year-old children are not willing to admit, may be in the eyes of this old artist, filming to find a stand-in is an unprofessional performance, but the special situation has a special way to deal with it, there is no need to hide it from the audience, with more and more revelations about the sixth master, the truth has also surfaced over time, in a program of "Ace to Ace", the six-year-old child can not withstand the pressure of the public from the beginning of not acknowledging that there is a stand-in, and finally admitting in front of the mass media that the use of a stand-in during filming.
Remembering the Director (Yang Jie)
As the director of the 86th edition of "Journey to the West", Yang Jie has been a bow to Chinese film and television all her life, and such a popular figure died of heart disease on April 15, 2017, at the age of 88. Director Yang Jie's memorial service was held at 11:00 a.m. on April 21 in Babaoshan, director Yang Jie was low-key before his death, and his family only held a small memorial service, and many people who spontaneously came to the door had gathered to chase after him.
The original "Journey to the West" staff also came to say a final goodbye to director Yang Jie, Li Chengru, who had participated in the behind-the-scenes work of filming, came to the scenes to mourn, the actor of the Tang monk came to the scenes, and Ma Dehua, who was in the presence of the Eight Precepts of the Pig, was even more painful and tearful, and everyone came to the scene to send the greatest female director of China on his last journey.
And the six-year-old children can have today's achievements is also thanks to Yang Jie, it is not difficult to imagine the six-year-old children in the filming of "Journey to the West" when paying, in addition to the monkey expression action of the special research, for the performance of Sun Wukong's personality at various stages of the mastery, his efforts for this drama are also beyond doubt.
summary
It can be said that without these starring "Journey to the West" can be filmed, but without director Yang Jie's meticulous and slow work with her team to carve, there is no such a great work that has accompanied generations of audiences to grow up, and now it has been three years since the death of such a great old artist, but every time "Journey to the West" is mentioned, more and more people will miss director Yang Jie.
The People's Liberation Army Military Art Auditorium filmed the director (Yang Jie) of "Sweeping the Tower to Distinguish The Strange Wrongdoers" and the crew took a group photo
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