The popularity of "Flowers" has continued to rise since it was broadcast for two days, and the final results of Chinese TV dramas in 2023 should be able to achieve a good finale driven by "Flowers". The high popularity and topicality of "Flowers" are not only brought by the top-notch starring roles and high-quality plot pictures, but also the surprises brought to the audience by the supporting roles in each episode.
The original work of "Flowers" tells the various characters and stories of Shanghai in the 90s, and the characters in the book are close to a thousand, and some characters may appear once in the book and never appear again, just like flowers, no one cares about the flowers blooming and falling. In order to restore this scene in the book as much as possible in the TV series "Flowers", Wong Kar-wai mobilized his connections, and all the resources that the film and television industry could mobilize were pulled by him to the crew of "Flowers".
In addition to people in the film and television industry, Wong Kar-wai also used the gimmick that he was born in Shanghai to attract celebrities from all walks of life in Shanghai into the crew of "Flowers", the original author Jin Yucheng appeared in the introduction of the first episode, in the next plot, pianist Kong Xiangdong, the late painter Chen Yifei's brother Chen Yiming, Peking Opera first-class actor Shi Yihong, football star Fan Zhiyi and other celebrities from all walks of life in Shanghai will appear one by one, a TV series can have so many celebrities, I believe only Wong Kar-wai's face can be invited.
In the six episodes that have been broadcast, in addition to the wonderful acting skills of Hu Ge and Ma Yili, the supporting roles that have appeared are also impressive. The 90-year-old veteran drama bone You Benchang plays the role of uncle, not only in the play, but also the acting skills of Hu Ge and others in the play. It is said that when Mr. You Benchang was filming the section of the long private room of the Peace Hotel, the scene had already been filmed, and he was still immersed in the play and did not come out for a long time, and he was so excited that he burst into tears.
In the third episode of "Flowers", the opening of Zhenyuan Restaurant, the proprietress Li Li invited Wen Zhaolun to cut the ribbon for the opening of the restaurant, and a wave of memories came properly.
The sixth episode of "Flowers" Sanyang T-shirt was listed in Hulian Building, and Mr. Bao invited Fei Xiang to the scene, and the song "A Fire in Winter" not only burned the brand, but Wong Kar-wai gave the audience a proper second wave of memories.
Some attentive netizens also found that Hu Ge's wife Huang Xining also appeared in "Flowers", in the first episode of the picture where Mr. Bao borrowed money from Tao Tao, Huang Xining played a passer-by, although there were only a few seconds of footage, Hu Ge brought his wife into the group and brought a lot of topics to "Flowers".
Zheng Kai and Dong Yong played Mr. Wei and Mr. Fan brought a lot of comedic effects to "Flowers", especially Dong Yong's vivid play of a mercenary little boss in the 90s.
When Wu Yue played the Jin Section Chief of the Foreign Trade Bureau in "Flowers", when he played against Hu Ge, people suddenly traveled to the "County Party Committee Compound".
Although the actor of the boutique proprietress Linghong, Papi sauce, is a short ** Internet celebrity, but she is also from a Chinese opera class, and her performance in the play is still remarkable.
Manager Pan of Zhizhenyuan Restaurant is played by Shanghai's well-known supermodel Tong Chenjie, no wonder she is so temperamental and aura as a hotel lobby manager.
The proprietress of the Golden Phoenix Restaurant who ran away was played by Shanghainese singer Huang Ling, and her song "Itch" was also very popular, but Huang Ling's acting skills in "Flowers" were slightly weaker.
In addition to these supporting roles and cameos that have already appeared, Lin Xilei , Zhong Zhentao , Zheng Xiyi and others will appear next, I wonder if you are looking forward to "Flowers" more?