"The First Incense", starring Peng Yuyan and Ma Sichun, has been controversial among netizens since its release. This movie is very different from the original book in terms of character casting and scene production, which is completely inconsistent with the original content, so many viewers said that the film experience is a bit poor.
Long before the film even started, there were many people who reflected on casting problems. Not only is there a big difference between Peng Yuyan and the male protagonist described in Zhang Ailing's original work, but Ma Siwei's choice as the female protagonist also makes many viewers feel very inappropriate. Temperament aside, from the perspective of image body alone, Ma Sichun is very different from the description of the characters in the original work.
In the original character's imagination, the heroine Ge Weilong should have the characteristics of a southern girl, a classical beauty with willow eyebrows and slender eyes. However, in contrast to Ma Sichun's image, her face shape is slightly rounded, and the whole person is a large skeleton, a proper feeling of a northern girl, which alone makes many viewers feel that it is too much different from the original feeling.
For all these reasons, after the release of the film, it did not get a good reputation and evaluation. In the face of various statements from the outside world, the director of the film, Xu Anhua, shared his feelings and interpretations after watching the film to many audiences for the first time when the film's box office exceeded 50 million yuan, and explained to the public the reasons why the film failed to succeed.
The first is the explanation of the casting issue, the suggestion that Ma Sichun is not suitable for the female lead, someone has reflected it a long time ago, and the reason why Xu Anhua insisted on choosing her to star, many people are very confused. Some careful netizens pulled out that Ma Sichun's aunt Jiang Wenli and Xu Anhua were acquainted, in line with the purpose of fat water not flowing to outsiders, Xu Anhua knew that Ma Sichun was not suitable for this role, and he wanted her to play.
In the face of this statement, Xu Anhua said very firmly at the movie conference, "I swear, I would never choose an actor because of personal relationships. Not only that, for the audience's criticism and complaints about the film, Xu Anhua also showed great humility and sincerity, "Everyone can freely express their opinions to judge this film, which is a good thing for the film and for me personally." ”
As for why he chose Ma Sichun to star despite the opposition of everyone, Xu Anhua also gave an explanation. She saw the shining point of Ma Sichun from the film "July and Ansheng", and she thought that Ma Sichun was fully capable of controlling this role.
The reason why it failed to achieve the expected effect was entirely because during the shooting, Ma Sichun faced the doubts of the outside world and had an unconfident behavior in his heart. This makes her personal ability not fully released, Xu Anhua wants an unfettered acting, while Ma Sichun has become afraid of external reasons.
Does the director regret this? Is this a euphemism to reveal that he is not satisfied with Ma Sichun's performance? And Xu Anhua was also a little excited to say that her choice of Ma Sichun was a mistake in judgment, but not a bottom line error. Is the meaning of going around in this cloud and fog a little regretful?
In the end, Xu Anhua still did not hold back, she confessed: I knew that the energy of netizens was so big, maybe I should have replaced Ma Sichun at that time. Unfortunately, there is no regret medicine in the world, and for Xu Anhua's remarks, many netizens feel that there is a suspicion of throwing the pot.
However, if you think about it carefully, isn't Xu Anhua's words not reflecting on himself while deliberating on the failure of the film? In any case, after so many years in the industry, as a director, Xu Anhua's strength is obvious to all.
As for the casting issue, although there are problems, we believe that she must have her own unique views. Although there are many doubts from the outside world, there are still a small number of people who think that the film is good, think that Xu Anhua's film can only be chewed carefully, and think that time will slowly precipitate this film.
Zhang Ailing's novel itself is difficult to adapt, her original fans especially love Zhang's scars and bravery, Xu Anhua is not the first time to adapt Zhang Ailing's works, whether it is 1984's "Love in the City", or 1997's "Half Life", Xu Anhua is not a director who speaks with box office data, perhaps you can think that there are too many people who do not understand her!
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