In domestic dramas, the theme of history occupies a large proportion, especially dramas focusing on historical figures are particularly popular.
For example, "Yongzheng Dynasty", "Great Qin Empire", "Daming Dynasty 1566"....
On the one hand, it can satisfy the audience's curiosity about the life of the emperor, and on the other hand, it can show an unknown historical story with the perspective of the ruler.
In an interview, teacher Chen Daoming once said:
"Of all the roles I've played, I think 'Emperor' is the hardest to play. ”
What he said about not acting well is actually in many aspects.
First of all, there is no historical image as a reference, you can only guess the emperor's appearance from the book, it is difficult to read the most real him.
Second, the emperor is a sign of a dynasty and an era, too complex and diverse to be all-encompassing.
Therefore, this difficulty is no less than that of Shangqingtian.
Since the 1960s, there have been many excellent actors in China who have played ancient emperors.
Among them, including Jiao Huang, Chen Daoming, Zhang Guoguo, Tang Guoqiang, Zhang Tielin....
The emperor they played was unique and became a model for newcomer actors.
"Yongzheng Dynasty" Kangxi Emperor 丨 played by: Jiao Huang
The writer February River has a five-million-word "Emperor" series, which he calls the "Sunset Trilogy".
In fact, the well-known "Kangxi Emperor", "Yongzheng Emperor" and "Qianlong Emperor" have all been adapted into TV series.
The drama "Yongzheng Dynasty" is adapted from The Yongzheng Emperor, a novel by February River, directed and filmed by Hu Mei, and co-written by Liu Heping and February River, interpreting the life experience of the Yongzheng Emperor.
With this magnificent historical background, the thrilling situation, and the appropriate performance of each character in the play, "Yongzheng Dynasty" is in an important position that is difficult to surpass in the history of the play.
When it was broadcast, it easily set a 16.7% rating miracle and won the awards of the TV series that year.
There is no doubt that "Yongzheng Dynasty" represents the highest level of historical drama.
In the play, Jiao Huang plays Kangxi and Tang Guoqiang plays Yongzheng, which is unparalleled at any time.
The confrontation between the two generations of emperors is like an old wine, and the more you taste it, the more delicious it is.
Although Tang Guoqiang is the protagonist of the story, and the performance is very brilliant, Jiang is still old and spicy, and the result is that Jiao Huang acted vividly, directly stealing tang Guoqiang's limelight.
First of all, in appearance, Jiao Huang is more like the historical Kangxi than Chen Daoming.
Longevity thick eyebrows, high nose and thick ears, mighty eyes, with a generation of emperors.
Secondly, in terms of courage, the so-called companion is like a companion tiger.
Jiao Huang's Kangxi Zhang zhang is relaxed, does not need to put on a face, does not need to train people, you can feel a momentum that is not angry and threatening, as if he is a natural emperor.
Therefore, it is no wonder that the audience has praised Jiao Huang's performance in the play:
"He's not playing Kangxi, he's Kangxi."
Because of this, "Yongzheng Dynasty" can be completely divided into two dramas.
The first 20 episodes are "Kangxi Dynasty" starring Jiao Huang; the last 22 episodes are "Yongzheng Dynasty" starring Tang Guoqiang.
"Kangxi Dynasty" Kangxi Emperor 丨 played by: Chen Daoming
"Kangxi Dynasty" is also adapted from the novel of February River, which depicts the legendary life of the Kangxi Emperor in the early Qing Dynasty from the perspective of the main drama.
After the broadcast, it was unanimously recognized by the audience, and it was praised as ideological, artistic, and political.
And Kangxi, starring Chen Daoming, is undoubtedly the biggest attraction of this drama.
Although Chen Jialin is recognized as a big-name director and an expert in historical dramas, working with actors like Chen Daoming, he also has to face the fact that good actors are not easy to control.
Chen Daoming is a very confident actor with his own ideas.
But all the roles he starred in were often not played according to the script written in advance, but constantly discussed and improved with the director and screenwriter.
In the eyes of the audience, Jiao Huang and Chen Daoming are often compared.
Thinking that Jiao Huang belongs to the epee bladeless coincidence, giving people the feeling of anger and self-esteem, a low eyebrow action makes people shudder.
Chen Daoming, on the other hand, needed expressions and lines to express the emperor's boldness, just as the so-called Vajra was not as angry as the bodhisattva's low eyebrows.
I still remember that in the play, there is a passage that I still remember vividly.
When Gege Lanqi'er married back to visit relatives in the dynasty, he learned that his mother had been punished, so he turned his face with the Kangxi Emperor on the spot.
In the face of this scene, Chen Daoming vividly embodied the emperor's helpless complex state of mind by his eyes.
All in all, the portrayal of the characters is both the intrigue of the court power struggle and the triviality of life.
Chen Daoming's version of the Kangxi Emperor seems to have pushed a generation of wise men back onto the stage of history.
"Daming Dynasty 1566" Jiajing Emperor 丨 Played by: Chen Baoguo
There are very few domestic dramas that can be unanimously recognized by the ideological, cultural and historical circles at the same time.
However, "Daming Dynasty 1566" did it.
With a scientific view of history, the drama uses the aesthetic means of contemporary art to make a profound and vivid interpretation of history, and elevates the TV series with domestic historical themes to a new height.
From the largest to the pattern, it is a precise grasp of the history of the Ming Dynasty; as small as the details, it is an accurate depiction of the character image.
Especially the two protagonists in the play, Jiajing and Hai Rui.
One is the king of a country from yin to soft, and the other is a powerful subject of yang to gang.
The two are opposed to each other, and each duel affects the fate of Daming.
From Chen Baoguo's body, he could see a kind of "boldness", which was very consistent with Jiajing.
He is a "man with a thousand faces", especially good at psychological level scrutiny, grasping the inner heart of the emperor and general.
It should be known that Jiajing was the 11th emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and in his early years, he had great ambitions and eliminated the government of the first dynasty, making the entire dynasty a new one.
With the passage of time, he became increasingly decayed, abused the people's strength to build major events, and superstitious alchemists, and went into the fire, which eventually led to the emptiness of the national treasury, the corruption of officials, and the ruin of border affairs.
In the play, he played a Jiajing Emperor who stood at the top of power and changed with the times, with flesh and blood.
The performance, which is as evocative as alcohol, gives a profound interpretation of the state of the characters.
At the same time, it accurately grasped the era in the play and became the soul of the whole play.
"Kangxi Micro Service Private Interview" Kangxi Emperor 丨 Played by: Zhang Guoguo
"Kangxi Micro Service Private Interview" is a total of 4 films, a total of more than 100 episodes.
However, it is not a canonical history, but belongs to the genre of drama, just borrowing the perspective of an emperor to tell a fictional story for the audience's entertainment.
Although the ancient emperors were said to cover the sky with one hand, the emperors were also human.
Zhang Guoguo's version of Kangxi is the most emperor-less emperor, occasionally domineering and occasionally grounded.
It is like a small person in the torrent of history, and like a big person who belongs to his own time.
However, jokes are not nonsense, and adaptations are not random.
Zhang Guoli is not a blind act of letting go of himself, but let the audience feel another characteristic of the emperor, that is, cuteness.
In the play, Zhang Guoli embodies Kangxi Ye's wisdom, humor, empathy for the people's feelings, and even the emperor with a little childishness, just right.
"Huan Zhu Ge Ge" Qianlong Emperor 丨 played by: Zhang Tielin
To say that the most influential domestic drama, "Huan Zhu Gege" is definitely a legend.
Since its inception, it has sensationalized the whole of Asia, swept the global Chinese circle, and created the first in China and the first in Asia in terms of ratings.
In the play, Qianlong, played by Zhang Tielin, is not an emperor, but emperor Amma.
Previously, no emperor could leave the audience with a fatherly feeling, but Teacher Zhang Tielin did it.
In my opinion, "Huan Zhu Ge Ge" is about a father spoiling two daughters of the common sense of shortness.
On the surface, it is history that is filmed, but in fact, it is people who are seen.
In fact, this interpretation of the emperor is not an easy thing.
You know, too many performances will lose the courage of the emperor, and too few performances will not see the loving father's love for his children.
Therefore, it is very difficult to grasp it just right.
"Wu Zetian" Wu Zhou Emperor 丨 played by: Liu Xiaoqing
From the perspective of historical drama alone, the drama "Wu Zetian" is not outstanding.
But flaws do not hide, it shows how a woman step by step to the top of power.
As the only orthodox female emperor in Chinese history, Wu Zetian was also one of the oldest (67 years old) and one of the longest-lived emperors on the throne, and it was a big problem for who to play at that time.
In the end, Liu Xiaoqing was selected to play the legendary woman.
In my opinion, the drama "Wu Zetian" is simply tailor-made for her.
In the brutal court struggle, Wu Zetian went from a woman who did not understand the world to a female emperor who was extremely deep in the city government.
Because the plot overemphasizes the tilt of the court, and ignores how Wu Zetian, as an emperor, exerted great efforts to govern in the historical space of Tang Gaozong and Wu Hou, laying a solid foundation for the prosperous world.
Therefore, in terms of character portrayal, it is slightly inferior to those classic historical character dramas.
However, Liu Xiaoqing's imperial appearance has its own characteristics and is very deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
In fact, not only the above actors, but also Tang Guoqiang in "Yongzheng Dynasty".
But in contrast, Tang Guoqiang played Zhuge Liang, which impressed the audience even more.
Wandering skeleton, loyal, witty, cunning, mercurial....
These characteristics feel very similar to Zhuge Liang in history.
In the end, good actors have their own unique insights, and they use their acting skills to show the glorious beginning and end of the life or dynasty of ancient emperors.
Whether it is the performer itself or the role played, it is a process of excellence, and often the classic role is difficult to be surpassed.
In my opinion, the emperor is really not good at acting, after all, not everyone can afford to support the "emperor of the ages"!