Other directors are in a hurry to let the audience watch a work after making it, but this drama has been idle in his hands for seven years.
According to reports, a veteran actor has said goodbye to us forever.
The news finally came from this drama, and as soon as it came, it was "Wang Bang", which will premiere on Beijing Satellite TV at half past seven tonight.
After seeing the official list of leading actors, what is even more exciting is that almost all the actors are at the level of veteran actors.
When I first heard that there were 60 episodes in total, I thought it was quite a lot. But when I learned that these 60 episodes actually contained eight major historical events, I was very surprised.
The length of the 60-episode episode would feel too tight, and even if the show hasn't been released yet, reviews have been polarizing.
Some people said on the Internet: "The span is too big, just a quick glimpse", and some people said more directly, "I hate watching Qing Dynasty dramas the most, that is, I want to vomit when I see braided dramas".
Someone else commented: "Such a long backlog may have changed the original flavor of the plot." Of course, there are also those who appreciate and praise this kind of drama with a historical atmosphere.
Some people even raised a question from the perspective of actors, why did the role of "Swiss Queen Mother" appear in Chinese historical dramas?
Of course, we can't just look at the surface of the problem, so what is this drama like? Let's dig deeper into its mysteries together!
As netizens said, it took 60 years to shoot 95 episodes of the Three Kingdoms drama, and this one is even more amazing, compressing 120 years of historical events into 60 episodes, which can't help but make people feel greedy and chewy.
We will find in the plot that our understanding is actually too one-sided, and this drama is actually a well-deserved historical drama. The pictures of "braids" on the streets just confirm the fact that we were once bound by feudal ideas.
History is like this, no matter how unwilling you are to face that period, but that period is also difficult to erase, and it is still displayed in front of people today, in order to remember history.
The descendants of China have awakened in a series of national disasters and are jointly committed to building and protecting this China, which has a thousand-year-old culture and is still developing rapidly. As the title suggests, the theme of the film is presented straightforwardly, with an emphasis on sincerity.
The show also very cleverly focuses on some ordinary people, in order to better show the real process of people's ideological transformation in the historical context, rather than focusing directly on those important people as most works do.
Why did you choose "Xuanwumen" as the title? On the one hand, it is necessary to express one's inner feelings frankly, and on the other hand, because at that time, Xuanwumen was mainly used to hold criminals who were sentenced to death, which can be said to be a "door of death".
In order to show an extremely real historical atmosphere, the director directly reproduced and built Xuanwumen in a meticulous manner, and every detail was paid attention to by him to the extreme, impeccable.
He also visited the local area and consulted a lot of information about the time period, just like the streets shown in "Flowers", and even pinpointed the details to the snacks of that time.
The plot is extremely tight, the shots are extremely realistic, and the details are depicted in detail. As for the casting of actors, this is the hottest topic among netizens.
The director of the drama "Xuanwumen" obviously put a lot of thought into selecting actors, and it was surprising that he was able to invite 3 national-level veteran actors to participate, and Zhang Fengyi bore the brunt.
The stills alone are enough to show that he is appropriate for the image and characterization of the characters.
has successfully filmed many wonderful works, whether it is playing the coachman "Xiangzi" in "Camel Xiangzi", "Duan Xiaolou" in "Farewell My Concubine", or "Sha Ruijin" in "In the Name of the People", all of which have created a very classic character image.
He is seen as a "pillar of stability" in the film and television industry, has never been involved in scandals for decades, and does not rely on hype to increase his popularity. Instead, he threw himself into character research. This is also the main reason why people never complain about his acting skills.
Ma Jingwu, as the second veteran actor, won the title of national first-class actor for his superb acting skills, and he is also a director. Perhaps many young people are not familiar with him nowadays, because he passed away in 2023. However, the elders must have been impressed by him.
Despite the fact that the number of his works is not the largest, the classics are in no way inferior to anyone. The 86 version of "The Legend of the West Chamber" written and directed by him and the starring "Night Banquet" are also all the rage.
Subsequently, he participated in the filming of many film and television works. No matter which work it is, his acting skills are textbook-level and extraordinary. However, he passed away at the age of 85 and was recognized as a well-deserved old artist of both virtue and art.
In addition, the actor Li Guangfu is also an old friend in the film and television drama industry in the eyes of the audience. You must know that he can be described as a "prodigy", when he was the youngest student at the Beijing People's Art Theater, he was only 13 years old at the time.
He has walked the road of drama for more than 40 years, and he has never given up no matter how big the difficulties are. It is these more than 40 years of experience that have enabled him to have a very superb performance ability.
After he started filming TV series, no matter how big or small, he would concentrate on studying the character and trying to make it perfect. Because of this, even if he is not the main actor, he is able to attract everyone's attention.
The role of the "Three Masters" in the TV series "Love in the Courtyard" broadcast in 2014 left a deep impression on the audience, and his superb acting skills showed this complex character to the fullest.
This character is hated and loved by people, and at the same time creates a funny atmosphere, so the director's decision to involve Lee Kwang-fu in the filming of this drama is undoubtedly a wise choice.
In the past few years, Ren Zhong has starred in many TV series, and he has played the starring role, and the characteristics of each character are very distinct, giving people the feeling that they will not be playing themselves.
* The stills are especially unbelievable, and it must be admitted that Ren Zhong has put in a lot of effort to make this drama well. The image of this character needs to be carefully observed to find out that it is actually played by Ren Zhong.
In this drama, Siqin Gaowa also participated in the filming, and our impression of her is that the "Bai Wenshi" in "The Mansion Gate" shows an admirable style of doing things, and in "East Palace", she plays the kind and kind Empress Dowager.
She now has another identity as a film and television character, that is, the Empress Dowager Cixi. This role is different from the roles she has played before, and it is expected that she will be able to create an image through her excellent acting skills.
The production team is all experienced people, so this work is still worth looking forward to. As spectators, we only need to focus on the meaning of the work itself, and we don't need to be picky.