At the end of the 1990s, a martial arts comedy TV series called "True Life Little Monk" began to be popular in the mainland, and soon caused a strong response among the audience.
The drama was created and filmed in Singapore, but most of the filming places in the play were filmed in Ningbo, the mainland, although most of the actors in the play are from Singapore, but the core role of the TV series, the true life of the little monk, is interpreted by the mainland child star Cao Jun.
When playing the role of Happy, Cao Jun was only seven or eight years old. It is said that at that time, the crew traveled all over the country and finally saw Cao Jun in a primary school in Shanghai. Although young, Cao Jun showed outstanding acting talent, coupled with a cute and well-behaved appearance, making the role of Happy quickly popular throughout Asia. Cao Jun also became one of the hottest child stars at that time.
In fact, by creating a child star who can do martial arts, so as to win a work, it is not a rare thing in the Chinese film and television industry, and in the early years, Taiwan once filmed "Laughing Forest Boy", which made Shi Xiaolong, Hao Zhaowen, and Wu Mengda well-known. Behind the popularity of "True Destiny Little Monk", there is actually an ingredient of "Laughing Forest Boy" in it, and Happiness is almost the combination of Shi Xiaolong and Hao Zhaowen in "Laughing Forest Boy".
I think that back then, the movie "Laughing Forest Boy" could become popular, which was inseparable from the wonderful interpretation of Wu Mengda, the classic supporting role in the play.
In the same way, in "True Destiny Little Monk", a character named "Iron Barrel Master" is specially set up, and his role in the TV series is basically the same as Wu Mengda's setting in "Laughing Forest Boy".
Therefore, while people love "True Destiny Little Monk", in fact, they also see a lot of nostalgic feelings from watching "Laughing Forest Boy" from this drama.
Although the setting of "True Life Little Monk" is a kung fu comedy TV series, the creation and editing of this TV series is very unique and ingenious, not only the storyline is brilliantly interpreted, but also the characters in the play have distinct personalities, some are responsible for funny, some are responsible for cool.
Cao Jun played the happy, although always let the audience see the shadow of Shi Xiaolong. However, "Happy" has indeed become one of the martial arts child stars that the audience loves very much.
Nowadays, Cao Jun, who played the happy little monk of true life, has long become a big guy, he played the role of "happy", laid a good audience relationship, but also laid a good foundation for his next participation in various TV series, especially impressed the audience is that after he grew up, he starred in the costume mythological drama "Pauline Lamp", he played Agarwood in the play, and also left a deep impression on the audience.
In addition to the happiness of the little monk played by Cao Jun, which has become the eternal memory of the audience's friends, several of the main supporting characters in the play are also deeply remembered by the audience.
The most beloved to the audience is the iron barrel master uncle played by Chen Wentian.
The role of Uncle Iron Barrel is definitely a funny responsibility in the play. Chen Wentian changed the indifference and majesty of the chivalrous role he used to play, and instead played this iron barrel master uncle full of funny and joyful feelings. He sang and reconciled with the happy little monk, and jointly presented a lot of ridiculous storylines for the audience.
In addition to Chen Wentian, Chun Yu Shanshan, a well-known actor from the mainland, also played Yun Jianfei, who was a righteous man and learned top martial arts by chance.
"The Little Monk of True Destiny" is not Chun Yu Shanshan's first Singapore TV series, in the Earlier Singapore martial arts TV series "Crane Roaring Nine Days", Chun Yu Shanshan also played the role of Zhu Rongdi in the TV series. At that time, Chun Yu Shanshan was indeed a small piece of fresh meat.
Today, this TV series, which brought us many good memories more than twenty years ago, can still make us nostalgic for the sunshine when we watched this drama.