In many film and television dramas, villains are often easy to become popular, but in fact, not all villains can be popular, and all villains who can be popular have certain prerequisites.
The three-dimensional villain is easy to fire.
Villains with strong three-dimensional image ability are more likely to be popular.
Villains with strong three-dimensional image ability and acting skills are the most popular.
In "Scout Hero", Baek Chang-ho, the intelligence captain of the Black Panther Division of the South Korean Army, belongs to the villain with a distinctive personality, three-dimensional image and acting skills.
1. A different Baek Chang Ho.
Baek Chang-ho's image in "Scout Hero" is also plump and three-dimensional step by step.
When the first episode first appeared, Baek Chang-ho was cooperating with the U.S. military to carry out a sneak attack, and captured the volunteer army art team on the way.
Just when the audience thought that Baek Chang-ho was just another face-painted villain, his cunning performance during the sneak attack on the headquarters made the audience know him a little more, and it turned out that this guy was still a nimble villain.
Baek Chang-ho, who was lucky enough to escape the search and hiding in the trees, spied on Liang Chen to lead the reconnaissance squad to camouflage reconnaissance, and he took the opportunity to follow Liang Chen and them back to the South Korean army position, and also formulated a counterattack plan.
I have to say that at this time, Baek Chang-ho has begun to make the audience feel a little scary, this intelligence captain is really not ordinary sinister and cunning, and the villain image is beginning to plump up.
When the Volunteers attacked the Yujiang Bridge, although Bai Changhao failed again in the battle with the Volunteers, his cunning not only made the Volunteer Engineer Platoon heavy, but also severely damaged the reconnaissance squad and injured Liang Chen.
Of course, Bai Changhao himself was injured again, and he was beaten by the People's Army guerrillas in the middle and escaped and almost drowned in the Yujiang River. Liang Chen has the aura of the protagonist, is it possible that Baek Chang Ho has the aura of a villain?
In the second half of "Scout Hero", Baek Chang-ho, who has been defeated repeatedly, was promoted to lieutenant colonel, and the commander of the Black Panther Division also made it clear that although Baek Chang-ho did not win in the face of the Volunteer Army, his ability, combat effectiveness and loyalty are obvious to all, and he should be promoted.
Baek Chang-ho, who was promoted, became passive, because of his family, and his second brother joined the People's Army on the opposite side of him, and unfortunately died in battle. The third brother wanted the two sides to live in harmony, but he also had to be called up for the army and disappeared from the battlefield.
The misfortune of the family prompted Baek Chang-ho to begin to reflect on the war, and at this time, Baek Chang-ho's character image gradually became three-dimensional, and some viewers even began to feel some distress about his family.
In the battle of Condor Ridge in the finale of "Scout Heroes", Baek Changho would rather die with Liang Chen like crazy, at this time he had a broken can mentality, there was no hope of victory in the war, he would rather die in the last battle.
Regardless of the final ending, as a villain, Baek Chang-ho has not only been affirmed by his own camp, but his ability has also been recognized by the audience.
2. How to evaluate Baek Chang-ho.
From the first episode of "Scout Hero" to the finale, Baek Chang-ho's role runs through the whole play, and he is the villain male number one.
What should we say about this villain? Bad? Stupid? Cunning? Cruel? Or pitiful, hateful, pathetic, pathetic?
First of all, there is almost no dispute that Baek Chang-ho is a very capable soldier, and the evaluation of Deputy Division Commander Kang of the South Korean Army, "You are the best soldier I have ever met", can also represent the audience.
Although Baek Chang-ho was repeatedly defeated by Liang Chen, he still belonged to the category of officers with personality and ability in the South Korean Army, and it was the existence of Baek Chang-ho that significantly improved the combat effectiveness of the South Korean Army in the later stage of the Korean War.
Secondly, Baek Chang-ho is a soldier with some idealistic feelings, a bit similar to Li Ya in the spy war drama "Latent", they are not natural villains, but have idealistic ideas and insist on their own choices and beliefs, so he can be defeated again and again.
Of course, Baek Chang-ho is still a ruthless person, he can sacrifice everything in order to achieve his goal, whether it is to his subordinates or ordinary people, even his own life.
Also, we must also see that there are at least two big black spots on Baek Chang-ho's body, one is that he was a traitor and served as a senior police inspector of the Japanese Police Department in Korea during the Japanese colonial period, which is a black spot on his body that cannot be erased.
South Korean officers like Baek Chang-ho, who came from the colonial puppet army, are everywhere in the South Korean army, which is the fundamental reason why the South Korean army often does not receive support from North Korean civilians.
In order to make the KPA guerrillas lose the help and cover of the North Korean civilians, he ordered the intelligence team to disguise the ** People's Army to deceive and sympathize with the North Korean civilians of the KPA guerrillas, and even planned to massacre the village of Yujiangli, which has a better mass base.
Overall, although Baek Chang-ho can be considered a very good soldier, his crimes against North Korean civilians are enough to push him to the war crimes court.
3. Baek Chang-ho and Yang Fan.
It is estimated that many viewers will be very interested in the actor who plays Baek Chang-ho, this actor's Korean is very good, and even his small expressions, small movements and tone are close to Koreans, is he an actor from South Korea?
Actually, we probably guessed half right.
The actor who plays Baek Changho is called Yang Fan, born in Zibo, Shandong Province in 1986, and is a domestic actor.
Yang Fan graduated from the performance department of South Korea's ** university, and this resume also explains why he is very good at Korean, and his demeanor and expression are very similar to Koreans.
After graduating from university, Yang Fan participated in the filming of the movie "Dangerous Liaisons" in 2012, and from then until 2023, when "Scout Hero" was filmed, Yang Fan has starred in 10 TV series and two movies, but unfortunately most of them are supporting roles.
There are also a considerable number of film and television dramas starring Yang Fan from Korean productions, after all, he is a graduate of the acting department of South Korea's ** university, and the relationship between classmates and teachers is there.
Maybe it's the limitation of the drama or maybe it's bad luck, Yang Fan's acting skills are definitely fine, but unfortunately he hasn't become popular for more than ten years, and it is estimated that the vast majority of the audience only noticed this actor from "Scout Hero".
Through his excellent performance in "Scout Hero", I believe that Yang Fan will receive a lot of film appointments in the future, and it is expected that he will be in "The Legend of the Tibetan Sea" broadcast in 2025, which is starring Xiao Zhan, and the director is also Zheng Xiaolong, the director of "Scout Hero", which shows that Yang Fan's acting skills have been recognized by big directors.
Relatively speaking, with Yang Fan's appearance and temperament, combined with his acting skills in "Scout Hero", he is very suitable for playing the villain male number one in spy war film and television dramas.
We look at Yang Fan's height and appearance, but his temperament will be a little gloomy compared to Luo Jinlai, especially his eyes, which is more than enough to play a villain male number one.
Therefore, we can boldly speculate that through the hit of "Scout Hero" and Baek Changho's acting skills, maybe Yang Fan will be able to receive a lot of spy war drama villains in the future.