As a historical figure, Chiang Kai-shek's chances of appearing on the screen are quite numerous.
It can be said that as long as it is a work of revolutionary history, almost all of them cannot bypass him.
Therefore, who plays and who acts like it becomes the focus of the audience's attention and comparison every time.
According to incomplete statistics, so far, at least 17 actors have played Chiang Kai-shek on the screen.
Now there is another 1, he is Wang Jinsong, who is playing Chiang Kai-shek in the TV series "Armageddon", which is being filmed.
Before introducing this edition, we may wish to briefly review the previous 17 Chiang Kai-shek.
01 Zhao Hengduo
The first time a leading figure was brought to the screen was in the 1978 film "The Great River Rushes," in which Chairman Mao Zedong appeared.
The first time Chiang Kai-shek was put on the screen was in the 1980 movie "Dadu River", the actor's name was Zhao Hengduo, and he was also the first person on the screen to play Chiang Kai-shek.
Zhao Hengduo, a native of Qishan, Henan, was an actor from the former Bayi Film Studio, who won the Xiaobaihua Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1986 for playing Chiang Kai-shek again in the movie "Blood Battle Taierzhuang", and continued to play Chiang Kai-shek in the film version of the war blockbuster "Armageddon" in 1990, and died of illness in 2001.
02 Sun Feihu
In 1979, local repertory theatre troupes competed to rehearse the play "Xi'an Incident", and Sun Feihu, an obscure young actor who had previously been assigned to the Guizhou Provincial Repertory Theatre, was arranged to play Chiang Kai-shek in the Guizhou Troupe's "Xi'an Incident".
In 1981, when filming the film version of "Xi'an Incident", director Cheng Yin then referred to the actors who played Chiang Kai-shek in the drama rehearsed by various provinces and cities, and after seeing Sun Feihu's stills, he was immediately decided to play him.
As a result, Sun Feihu, with his profound acting skills, showed the audience a vivid image of Chiang Kai-shek outside the book, which was unanimously praised by the national audience, and since then, Sun Feihu has become a special actor who plays Chiang Kai-shek, and has played Chiang Kai-shek many times in the 1990 movie "Founding Ceremony" and the 1994 movie "Chongqing Negotiations", and won the Best Supporting Actor Award at the 10th Chinese Film Golden Rooster Awards, the Best Supporting Actor Award at the 13th Popular Film Hundred Flowers Award, and the Best Supporting Actor Award at the 17th Popular Film Hundred Flowers Awards.
On November 22, 2014, Sun Feihu died of illness in Xi'an at the age of 73.
03 Xu Daolin
Born in 1941, a native of Qingdao, Shandong, an actor in the TV drama production center of Tianjin Television Station, he began to play Chiang Kai-shek in the mid-1980s, participating in works such as "Very Great President", "Soong Ching Ling and Her Sisters", "General Zhang Xueliang", "The New Fourth Army", "The Decisive Battle of China's Destiny", etc., which was the "third Chiang Kai-shek" in the eyes of the audience at that time, except for Sun Feihu and Zhao Hengduo.
04 Ma Xiaowei
Born on December 3, 1961 in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, he is a national first-class actor of Bayi Film Studio, who starred in the movie "Ode to Yan'an" in 2003, which was the first image of Chiang Kai-shek he created on the screen.
Although Ma Xiaowei subsequently starred as Chiang Kai-shek in many other works such as "Liberation", "Orient", "Mother of the Nation Soong Ching Ling", "Zhou Enlai in Chongqing", "Liberation of the Great Southwest" and "Crossing the Yalu River", which was just broadcast at the beginning of the year, he was not a special actor, and he also portrayed many other different types of film and television roles.
Ma Xiaowei is most commendable for playing mao zedong and Chiang Kai-shek in the movie "The Mother of the Nation" at the same time, two historical figures, it should be known that these two people are far apart from appearance to connotation, but they are all performed by Ma Xiaowei.
05 Chen Daoming
This person does not need to be introduced too much, everyone knows very well, and has shaped the image of the emperor in history many times, such as Yue Wang Gou Jian, Qin Shi Huang, Han Gao Zu Liu Bang, Ming Dynasty Emperor Tianqi, Qing Dynasty Kangxi, Tongzhi, Puyi Emperor and so on.
Starring in Chiang Kai-shek is in Feng Xiaogang's movie "Nineteen Forty-Two", calm and domineering, but it lacks some of the military temperament of Chiang Kai-shek.
06 Zhang Guoguo
Also without too much introduction, he once starred in the movie "The Great Undertaking of the Founding of the People's Republic", which is also the only time he has played this role.
But to be fair, Chiang Kai-shek, played by Zhang Guoguo, is the most unlike, and the difference with his own image is too far, the main reason is that his face shape is too fat, and the image of Ji Xiaolan, who he played at that time, was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, so the audience could not help but be amused as soon as they saw him playing Chiang Kai-shek on the screen.
07 Du Yulu
Veteran artist Du Yulu has created countless classic film and television roles in his lifetime, especially Zhang Tingyu in "Yongzheng Dynasty", Deputy Commander Fang in "Highlighting the Siege", Gong Kaichen in "Provincial Party Secretary", and Bai Mengtang in "The Gate of the Great Mansion".
Du Yulu pingsheng has played Chiang Kai-shek twice in the TV series "Red Sun" and "Dongfang Hong 1949", but unfortunately his appearance is too far from Chiang Kai-shek, and his full northeast accent makes the audience play in minutes.
08 Gaimei
A native of Heze City, Shandong Province, born in 1961, his role on the screen since his debut has been almost all Chiang Kai-shek, and he is one of the few professional special actors of Chiang Kai-shek.
His main representative works include "Ren Bishi", "Hero Without Name", "Defending Yan'an", etc., with his bald head image and excellent acting skills, He played Chiang Kai-shek brilliantly.
09 Zheng Yu
Actor of Xinjiang Yili Repertory Theatre, who starred as Chiang Kai-shek in the 36-episode TV series "Xi'an Incident" in 2007.
10 Wu Xingguo
Taiwanese actors, who once played Chiang Kai-shek in the 60th anniversary of the founding of New China's key gift film "Who Is the Lord" filmed on the mainland in 2009, performed from the perspective of Taiwanese, giving mainland audiences a very fresh feeling.
11 Pan Yong
Pan Yong, a Sichuan actor, starred in Chiang Kai-shek in "Marshal Zhu De" and "Central Plains Breakthrough", but these two dramas have no impact, so the audience knows very little about this actor.
12 Shen Baoping
Actor of Henan Drama Theatre, he starred as Chiang Kai-shek in "The Crusade of the Red Army", "Jinggangshan" and "Decisive Battle in Nanjing".
13 Zhai Wanchen
In 1995, he starred as Chiang Kai-shek in the eight-episode TV series "Seven Battles and Seven Victories", and also starred in the drama "Mao Zedong's Imagination in Xibaipo".
14 Wu Jing'an
Born in Xi'an, Shaanxi In September 1958, he graduated from the People's Liberation Army Academy of Arts and is a national first-class actor.
Wu Jing'an played Chiang Kai-shek for the first time in the TV series "Zhang Xueliang" in 2002, the second time in "The Eighth Route Army", and the third time in the movie "Leader 1935" in 2016.
15 Zhang Zhen
He once starred as the young Chiang Kai-shek in the movie "The Great Cause of Party Building".
16 Zhang Guangbei
He played Chiang Kai-shek in the movie "Sunrise in the East".
17 Liu Zhibing
He played Chiang Kai-shek in the movie "Whampoa Soldier".
The above is the situation of 17 actors who have starred in the character image of Chiang Kai-shek, and we can see that the most successful are Zhao Hengduo, Sun Feihu, Ma Xiaowei, Xu Daolin and other four, especially Zhao Hengduo and Sun Feihu.
Unfortunately, zhao Hengduo and Sun Feihu have both passed away, and Xu Daolin, 70 years old, is no longer suitable to play Chiang Kai-shek, who was less than 50 years old around 1945.
So after the filming of "Armageddon" began, the crew considered finding new faces to interpret this character image, and it just so happened that Wang Jinsong had just starred in chiang kai-shek in the TV series "Glory and Dreams", although the drama had not yet been broadcast, but its styling and acting skills had been recognized in the circle.
If you only look at Wang Jinsong's appearance and temperament, especially his role in "Icebreaker Action" Lin Yaodong, it seems that he is closer to the role of Lin Biao, but this is just the wishful thinking of netizens, the crew has its own comprehensive considerations, and asking him to play Chiang Kai-shek is by no means a whim.
After some modification and makeup, the smell of Chiang Kai-shek on Wang Jinsong's body came out, first of all, the face shape was slightly thin and narrow, which was obviously different from Sun Feihu's version, which was slightly fatter and had a round head, which was not in line with the real image of Chiang Kai-shek in history.
Secondly, from the trailer Wang Jinsong's every move and demeanor, whether it is the lines, or the tone of speech, the action of walking, and even the gestures, they all have the charm of Chiang Kai-shek in the documentary.
Wang Jinsong is a powerful actor of the acting school, the pursuit of the role is very harsh, taking over such a major historical figure as Chiang Kai-shek, he certainly does not dare to take it lightly, and he must have done enough homework in advance.
Compared with Tang Guoqiang's decades of professional special actors, Wang Jinsong is definitely lacking in the experience of performing major historical figures, but from the trailer, the performance is not much inferior, but the real performance has to wait for the TV series to be fully judged.
Only from the current point of view, I think Wang Jinsong has stabilized, and perhaps in the future he will be Chiang Kai-shek's special actor.
Whether to punch the face or appreciate the face, it will be wait and see after the drama is broadcast.