Zhou Zhiruo is an important female character in Mr. Jin Yong's martial arts ** "Heaven and Dragon Slayer", and she carries the color of legend. Born in a boatman's family in Hanshui, she was later accepted as an apprentice by the exterminator of the Emei faction, and finally became the head of the Emei faction.
She adhered to the last order of **, and worked hard to "recover the rivers and mountains of the Han family, and magnificently Emei", and successfully seized the Yitian Sword and the Dragon Slayer Knife, and took out the art of war and martial arts secrets inside. Zhou Zhiruo is beautiful, beautiful and vulgar, like a fairy descending to earth, she is a rare beautiful woman in the world.
At first, she was gentle and gentle, blooming like Zhilan, but she also hid the city government in her heart. As the story develops, she becomes as simple as a fairy, with ice and snow dust, with a majestic demeanor, which can make thousands of heroes fall for her. However, due to the trust of her teacher, she gradually became hypocritical, insidious, and cruel.
In 1978, the Jin Yong martial arts drama "Heaven and Dragon Slayer" produced by Hong Kong Television Broadcasting*** premiered, which was also the first TV drama version of the **. Zhao Yazhi played the role of Zhou Zhiruo, which was also her first major role drama in the TV industry.
After graduating from junior high school, Zhao Yazhi worked as a flight attendant, and in 1973, at the age of 19, she participated in the "Miss Hong Kong" beauty pageant held by Hong Kong TVB and won the fourth place. Her acting career began in 1975, when she was already a well-known name in the film industry and a newcomer to the television industry.
In the cooperation with Zheng Shaoqiu and Wang Mingquan, Zhao Yazhi played a beautiful Zhou Zhiruo who is as beautiful as Laneige and as vicious as a snake and scorpion, which made her quickly popular, and in the following two or three years, she became one of the four major flowers along with Wang Mingquan.
In 1984, Taiwan TV launched Jin Yong's martial arts drama "Heaven and Dragon Slayer", Liu Dekai played Zhang Wuji, Liu Yupu played Zhao Min, and Yu Kexin played Zhou Zhiruo.
In this version, Zhou Zhiruo's ending is different from other versions, she finally comes to her senses and chooses to commit suicide in front of Zhang Wuji and Zhao Min, while Zhang Wuji lets the head of the Ming Sect be located in Yang Xiao and roam the rivers and lakes with Zhao Min.
Although this version is not very well-known among the many "Heaven and Dragon Slayer", it is relatively faithful to the original book. The young and beautiful Yu Kexin participated in "Heaven and Dragon Slayer" at the age of only 18 and became Andy Lau's only girlfriend publicly admitted.
Their romance caused a sensation in the early 80s, but it ended three years later and never crossed paths since. In 1986, Hong Kong TVB remade "Heaven and Dragon Slayer" for the second time, with Wang Tianlin as the producer and director.
The new version of "Heaven and Dragon Slayer" uses a new generation of Xiaosheng Huadan, in which Tony Leung plays Zhang Wuji, Lai Meixian plays Zhao Min, and the role of Zhou Zhiruo is played by Deng Cuiwen. Deng Cuiwen is known as "Little Weng Meiling", and her role as Zhou Zhiruo in the play is cute, sweet, and pitiful, comparable to Zhao Yazhi's performance.
Although some viewers think that Tony Leung and Tang Cuiwen are more compatible, after the filming, Tony Leung and Li Meixian became a couple, which makes people sigh that the emotional entanglement between the actor and the character is intricate.
In this drama, the roles of Zhao Min and Zhou Zhiruo are controversial, and many TVB masters hope to play these two roles, including Lan Jieying, Deng Cuiwen, Xie Ning, Li Meixian, Zhou Haimei, etc.
In the end, Li Meixian and Tang Cuiwen won the roles of Zhao Min and Zhou Zhiruo respectively, but it is said that the two turned against each other during filming.
In 1994, Taiwan TV remade "Heaven and Dragon Slayer" again, with Yang Peipei as the producer, Ma Jingtao and Ye Tong played Zhang Wuji and Zhao Min respectively, and Zhou Zhiruo was played by Hong Kong actor Zhou Haimei.
Zhou Haimei successfully portrayed the role of Zhou Zhiruo, which is considered one of the most successful performances, and even Jin Yong personally praised "Zhou Haimei was the most satisfactory Zhou Zhiruo actor at that time", and even said that if Zhou Haimei had known that Zhou Haimei would play Zhou Zhiruo, the ending of the role would have been changed.
Zhou Haimei vividly interprets Zhou Zhiruo's meek and kind characteristics in the early stage and insidious and vicious characteristics in the later stage, and her mysterious and seductive eyes make it even more difficult to imagine that she is actually a glasses man with 800 degrees of myopia.
However, Zhou Haimei passed away due to illness in December 2023, and the most beautiful Zhou Zhiruo, a generation of Hong Kong style goddesses, passed away from this. Charmaine Sheh.
In 2001, with the advent of the new century, Hong Kong TVB remade "Heaven and Dragon Slayer" for the third time, this version of which starred Wu Qihua as Zhang Wuji, Li Zi as Zhao Min, and Charmaine Sheh as Zhou Zhiruo. Although many have questioned the age of the actors in this version, they are unanimous in their ability to act.
Li Zi was originally confirmed to play Zhou Zhiruo, and Yuan Jieying played Zhao Min, but unfortunately Yuan Jieying said that she could not play Zhao Min for the second time, so Wu Qihua recommended Li Zi to play Zhao Min, and the role of Zhou Zhiruo was taken over by Charmaine Sheh.
Charmaine Sheh participated in the Miss Hong Kong contest in 1997 and won the third runner-up, officially joining TVB to start her acting career.
From 1999 to 2001, she starred in "Snow Mountain Flying Fox", "Blue Blood Sword" and "Heaven and Dragon Slayer" respectively, playing Miao Ruolan, Ah Jiu and Zhou Zhiruo, showing that TVB attaches great importance to her.
Charmaine Sheh's version of Zhou Zhiruo's ending has been changed from the original book, but her performance is the best, the character finally lost her memory and martial arts, and lived in seclusion with Song Qingshu in the Hanshui area, living an ordinary life.
As for Gao Yuanyuan, Zhou Zhiruo played by her was originally a gentle, introverted, weak and pitiful beautiful girl, but after a series of changes, she became cold and scheming, and became the head of the Emei faction.
This version of "Heaven and Dragon Slayer" premiered in Taiwan and was subsequently broadcast in mainland China, with a rating of 26%. Gao Yuanyuan and Jia Jingwen have also become good friends for many years because of their roles as Zhao Min and Zhou Zhiruo.
In 2009, Zhang Jizhong finally set out to remake "Heaven and Dragon Slayer", this version was produced by Zhang Jizhong, directed by Yu Min, Deng Chao and An Yixuan played Zhang Wuji and Zhao Min respectively, and Liu Jing played Zhou Zhiruo.
However, this version of "Heaven and Dragon Slayer" is too beautiful in the scene, which makes the audience feel a little fake, and the performance of the actors is not outstanding, so that the version is not well-known among many versions.
Zhou Zhiruo, played by Liu Jing, graduated from the 2002 acting undergraduate class of Beijing Film Academy, and is in the same class as Liu Yifei, Jiang Yiyan, and Wu Jian. She officially debuted in 2007, so she was still a newcomer when she participated in "Heaven and Dragon Slayer", and her popularity naturally cannot be compared with Deng Chao and An Yixuan.
In Zhou Zhiruo, played by Liu Jing, the elegant, deep and pitiful image is finally crazy because of love. And in 2019, "Heaven and Dragon Slayer", which was filmed and produced by the mainland and directed by Jiang Jiajun, came out, which is the most recent version of the TV series from now on.
The post-90s youth played Zhang Wuji, Zhou Zhiruo, and Zhao Min, and this phenomenon became the focus of the topic. is different from the past, Chen Yuqi, who plays Zhao Min, and Zhu Xudan, who plays Zhou Zhiruo, are actually several years older than Zeng Shunxi, who plays Zhang Wuji.
Zhu Xudan, graduated from the 2012 class of ** Drama Academy, she has a sweet and lovely appearance and a fresh and smart temperament. When playing the role of Zhou Zhiruo, her performance is delicate and free, and she is not inferior to the previous versions in terms of appearance and temperament. She has the courage to experiment with new styles of performance in each of her works.
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