The sister article "Breakout" of "In the Name of the People" is being broadcast hotly, and another adaptation of the author of the "Latent" novel, "The Forerunner", swept the screen with the momentum of a dark horse. With their high-quality creation, gripping plot and strong cast, the two major dramas have set off a boom in the audience's viewing.
Spy war-themed film and television works have always occupied a place on the mainland screen, and many spy dramas are released every year. But when it comes to the classic of spy dramas, "Latent" starring Sun Honglei and Yao Chen is definitely on the list.
After 12 years, the author of the original novel "Latent" Ryuichi's anti-Japanese spy battle force "Party Group" was adapted into a TV series "The Forerunner" and released.
"The Forerunner" is a modern revolution-themed TV series starring Zhang Luyi, starring Nie Yuan, and starring Han Xue and Guo Xiaoting. The drama aired on Beijing Satellite TV on October 22, 2021.
As soon as this drama was broadcast, it rushed to the second place in the soaring list with its high popularity, and the wonderful and exciting plot also set off a hot discussion on the Internet, and it became one of the current hot dramas.
As the third batch of 100 key film single plays of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television and the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, the creation of "The Forerunner" has also been given a certain significance.
It tells the story of the early 1930s, when the underground party organization in Shanghai was seriously damaged, the revolutionary cause fell into a white terror, and the underground party member Ma Tianmu and Tang Xianping, a classmate who participated in the secret service organization "Revival Society", engaged in a wonderful contest. It depicts the historical picture of the selfless and fearless communists and revolutionary pioneers who fought heroically for the country during the War of Resistance Against Japan, and shows the revolutionary deeds of the unsung heroes who can sing and cry.
Just like the feelings embodied in the unique opening of "The Forerunner", in the revolutionary era of gunfire, countless benevolent people fearlessly moved forward and sacrificed their lives for righteousness. Through their own efforts, they broke through the shackles of the old era and marched towards the light and hope of the new era.
"The rise of a nation must have a group of pioneers." And this TV series is also a tribute and tribute to those heroic revolutionary pioneers.
With the deep foundation of the original novel "Party Group", screenwriter Lang Xuefeng also poured four years of painstaking efforts into the script of "The Forerunner", which made the narrative of the whole play full and tense.
Dong Jun, the producer of "The Forerunner", liked it at first sight, "The script is very real and vivid to read. This drama is a standard spy drama, showing the bumpy fate of the two protagonists in the context of that turbulent era. ”
In order to create a high-quality spy drama, the various behind-the-scenes teams of "ForwardEr" are tacit "skilled hands" who have cooperated many times, so as to save the trouble of running into each other and improve the shooting efficiency.
For a spy drama, the actor is the top priority. The actors who lead the role must not only have acting skills, but also have a "sense of vicissitudes" in a specific era.
The two male protagonists in the play, Ma Tianmu and Tang Xianping, who represent one good and one evil, are played by Zhang Luyi and Nie Yuan respectively.
The two male actors are powerful actors in the show business circle, and each has a representative work that is acclaimed and popular. Two large men in the play from close friends to life and death enemies, will stage a duel between the two males, the future of the uncertain fate to gripping.
Zhang Luyi is a "regular" actor in revolutionary dramas, and he has starred in similar types of "Patriot", "Burning Love Land" and "Sparrow". He plays Ma Tianmu, a righteous and heroic, strong and resourceful revolutionary in "The Forerunner", which is a mastery.
The role of Tang Xianping is both good and evil, and there is a complex side to his personality. His heart was like an iron stone, his means were fierce, and he was the most resolute and hard-hitting anti-communist element in the Kuomintang. This fierce and spicy city government role, played by Nie Yuan, is a very fresh attempt.
"The Forerunner" starts from historical reality and makes a dramatic article on the relationship between the two male protagonists. Ma Tianmu and Tang Xianping were originally classmates of the Whampoa Military Academy, brothers who lived and died together on the battlefield, but because of different positions and ideas, they had to become opponents, launched head-to-head confrontations again and again, and staged the "infernal path" of espionage warfare.
In the hormone-bursting man's drama, female characters are also needed to play the role of icing on the cake.
"The Forerunner" set up two female characters with completely different styles and personalities this time, one romantic and simple, and the other fierce snake scorpion. In particular, Lu Yi, played by Han Xue, has a beautiful appearance but a deep heart, and her identity is particularly mysterious.
She first appeared as the wife of Pierre, a foreign businessman, who seemed to be a flashy "vase", but used her beautiful and weak appearance to "confuse" men.
With Pierre's death, Lu Yi became a widow. And she went to approach the inspector General Fan Yiting, and became his second wife, in order to get the top secret information from Fan Yiting. I have to say that this woman has a lot of means. Her true identity hides hidden secrets, most likely enemy spies.
What kind of bond will Lu Yi, played by Han Xue, have with Ma Tianmu, played by Zhang Luyi? This plot is also exciting.
Zhang Luyi and Nie Yuan are both dedicated and good actors, and they attach great importance to this work. Before the start of "The Forerunner", the two held script meetings with screenwriter Lang Xuefeng many times to carry out meticulous communication and discussion on the portrayal of characters and the interpretation of the plot.
Zhang Luyi read through the script of "The Walker" more than three times, not only thinking clearly about the character ma Tianmu he played, but also studying the other main characters in the play.
The heroine Han Xue was filming other dramas at the time, and after receiving the script, she also took the time to communicate with the screenwriter and director on the phone to explain some of her views on the role.
In order to perfect the presentation of the work, during the filming of "The Forerunner", the screenwriter Lang Xuefeng followed the whole group, and adjusted and improved the details of the script according to the actual situation in front of the scene.
The story of "The Forerunner" is set in the intricate social context of the French Concession in Shanghai in 1931. The Communist Party, the Kuomintang, the Wang Puppets, the Green Gang, the Japanese, the French and other forces took turns to appear, and the plots such as undercover, assassination, intelligence theft, hoeing, and firefight were staged in turn.
It is the full dedication of the actors and the 100% intention of the screenwriter that have the famous scenes and wonderful, tense and suspenseful story narratives in the play.
"The Forerunner" has also made some efforts in the quality of the picture, and its director of photography Yu Xiaochen has experience in shooting American dramas, so the visual style of this spy drama is biased towards the tone of the American drama, and the picture has a cinematic artistic texture, which is believed to bring a different feeling to the audience.
In order to achieve a more ideal effect, the crew specially increased the budget in the special effects part in the post-production stage.
With the script of excellence, the actors of the acting school, the creation of the heart, the wonderful plot, I believe that "The Forerunner" will become the dark horse of the annual spy war drama, bringing you an extraordinary viewing experience.