China Entertainment 1997.

Chapter 140 There's an Opponent's Fan Hiding By My Side

Although he argued with Zhang Dahuzi and had a lot of his own opinions on "Swordsman", Cao Xuan still listened to the director when he was actually filming.

There were not many scenes filmed on the first day, mainly to find status for the leading actors.

Cao Xuan was dressed in a coarse cloth ancient costume, with long hair and no crown, but a ponytail-like bun on the middle and back of his head, leaving a few strands of fine hair on his temples.

As I said before, Zhang Jizhong's version of "Swordsman" is generally more realistic, and so is Fu Huadao.

A lot of clothing and makeup are mainly simple and authentic, a few high-ranking and weighty ones are more gorgeous, middle and low-level ones are made of coarse linen or other ordinary clothing, and the bottom-level ones are even dressed in rags and tatters.

What stands out is the taste of the rivers and lakes.

This move is actually very risky, because Hong Kong and Taiwan dramas in the 90s filmed many versions of Jin Yong's dramas.

As a result, you look so "ragged" and look rustic, and many people criticize it for this.

But in fact, from the perspective of the original work alone, Zhang Jizhong's persuasion is very sophisticated, at least more sophisticated than those Hong Kong and Taiwan dramas.

The costumes, costumes and makeup of Hong Kong and Taiwan dramas represented by TVB are all mixed from the Qin Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, with minor changes at most, and weapons and props are also fooled.

Not to mention the location, that is to say, the styling is strong, the men are handsome, the women are exquisite and beautiful, and the actors' performance is stable, so they have received countless praises.

In this "Swordsman", Zhang Jizhong gave each character a custom-made costume according to the character's characteristics and plot.

Cao Xuan, the Linghu Chong, was one of the few, with more than a dozen pieces, and the most was Ren Yingying, with more than 30 pieces of clothing, and many other clothing manuscripts for spare.

The props are also very thoughtful, not to mention, the weapons of the protagonists are all specially made, and even the Five Sacred Sword School is also differentiated, and even because of the sword, the corresponding "Five Sacred Sword Art" is designed as a package.

The plot and actors may not be able to do anything, but you can definitely trust the strength of CCTV in terms of service, music, camera, scenery, etc.

Many behind-the-scenes staff of the "Swordsman" crew are all members of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Water Margin".

Even in terms of comprehensive behind-the-scenes strength, "Swordsman" can be said to be the best Jin Yong drama of all dynasties.

After the filming of this drama, Zhang Dahuzi left CCTV, and CCTV did not film martial arts anymore. The martial arts drama full of Jianghu artistic conception like "Swordsman" has become an absolute hit.

Because of this, Cao Xuan followed the instructions of the make-up and stylist very honestly, and only raised one opinion, that is, not to wear the small rope around the forehead, which he always thought was ugly.

In addition, Cao Xuan is quite cooperative, and the stylist also made some minor adjustments according to his appearance.

When Cao Xuan walked out of the dressing room, although he was dressed in coarse linen, he was handsome and unruly in his demeanor, with the free and easy manner of a young hero.

Even the bearded Zhang who had been choked by Cao Xuan before, seeing his appearance, had to admit that Cao Xuan was Linghu Chong with the best image and temperament among the many actors he tried on.

Compared with him, Huang Lei is too elegant and delicate, Li Yapeng is a bit dull and simple, Hu Jun is too rough and heroic, Shao Bing and Zhou Jie are slightly inferior in appearance.

The most important thing is that Cao Xuan's celebrity position is here, even if the bearded man is upset, he has to follow him.

Cao Xuan's appearance is pleasing, and the heroine Xu Qing is also good.

Leaving aside the original novel, just from the analysis of the characters in the play, the eyes are clear and agile, and the appearance is fair and delicate. It has both the heroic spirit of a demon saint and the tenderness of a daughter.

It has to be said that Xu Qing is considered the top-notch among the goddesses in the Beijing circle in terms of appearance alone.

Today, she is not as full of the charm of a mature woman as in "Hidden Man", but she has the tenderness of a young woman and the tenderness of a girl at the same time, which can be called the peak of charm.

But it is precisely because of this that many original parties are not satisfied.

On the one hand, there are many dramas in this version of Ren Yingying, and she has become a big sister. On the other hand, Xu Qing is too "old". In the original book, Miss Ren is a delicate girl, but her mind is more mature than her peers.

The two acted in two scenes, both of which were transitional scenes. Although they hadn't established a tacit understanding, there were no mistakes, and overall it went smoothly.

After the play was finished, Cao Xuan and Zhang Dahuzi went to the screenwriter to discuss changing the script.

There are three main screenwriters of "Swordsman", Jin Yong is named, and the other two are Zhou Kai and Chen Yuxin.

The former is a veteran and one of the screenwriters of CCTV's "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

The latter's strength is not bad, and he is better at realistic crime themes. The more famous works are the "Starscream" series about female crimes.

He also participated in the screenwriting work of "Conquer" and "Operation Icebreaker", which made many villains popular.

Zhou Kai is getting old, and the screenwriters in the group are Chen Yuxin and a few intern screenwriters. When they heard that the play was going to be changed, they didn't have any objections, and they had long been used to it.

But what made them more gratified was that Cao Xuan did not issue random orders, but fully referred to their opinions, combined with the original work, and made certain changes within the framework of not affecting the entire script.

Chen Yuxin has also been with several groups, and when he heard Cao Xuan's request, he knew that he was really studying the script.

For the time being, let go of your preconceived notion of "play bully", and start seriously discussing with Cao Xuan the feasibility of revising the script.

Big Beard Zhang also followed suit to discuss, but many of his ideas are always trying to "catch people's attention". Several screenwriters were embarrassed to say that Cao Xuan was not afraid of him, so he directly complained, and Zhang Big Beard was furious.

In fact, despite the fact that the two of them didn't seem to deal with each other very well, they actually knew each other very well in private, and Lao Zhang wasn't really angry, it was just that he felt a little offended.

Besides Cao Xuan couldn't help complaining that he changed the plot indiscriminately, he also respected Zhang Dazi in other aspects.

At the beginning of Ximen Qing in "Water Margin", Lao Zhang was kind enough to recommend Cao Xuan.

The two have this old friendship, and they tolerate each other to a certain extent.

Before the fight for changing the show, Lao Zhang was so angry that he slapped the table. He came out and didn’t say that Cao Xuan was not at all. Representatives of mainland producers.

The two of them tacitly divided all the disputes into business aspects, so as not to affect their private relationship.

Of course, this is only for now, Cao Xuan still has a bunch of ideas in his stomach and didn't say anything, otherwise Lao Zhang would have to fry the pot directly.

If they don't work out, they will have to change their generals.

The premise is that they can be changed. Cao Xuan was hand-picked by the leader, and he is also a popular king.

However, Cao Xuan didn't want to make trouble like that, so he planned to boil the frog in warm water and slowly "torture" Lao Zhang.

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Since "Swordsman" has found two directors, they must be filmed separately.

The crew structure is very similar to the model of "Water Margin" at the beginning. It is divided into two film crews, the literary drama group and the martial arts group.

Huang Jianzhong is in charge of the literary drama, and Yuan Bin is in charge of the martial arts. There are some big scenes, and the two groups will work together to shoot.

After the civil and military groups were divided into two groups, the two groups were subdivided. The two directors mainly filmed the leading roles, and the rest of the supporting roles were filmed by assistants such as Kang Honglei and Zhao Jian.

After the civil and martial dramas were separated, Cao Xuan and Xu Qing, the heroine and heroine, also began to change shifts. These days, he went to the martial arts group, and she went to the literary drama group, each acting as the lead.

Wait until the rivalry scenes of the two get together again, and shoot according to the ownership of civil and military dramas.

The advantage of this shooting mode is that the progress is fast and saves time. The disadvantage is that the male and female protagonists are separated, which makes it difficult to cultivate a tacit understanding, and it is difficult to guarantee the real shooting status.

It stands to reason that actors can communicate their feelings in private.

However, Cao Xuan often had to go to the screenwriting team, and the other two had too many scenes, especially those who were filming martial arts. They were physically and mentally exhausted after filming every day, and the time and energy could not support the two of them to gossip after work was over.

So I can only give up for the time being, and then find a way after the shooting task is relaxed.

After Cao Xuan joined the group, apart from filming a few scenes with Qu Yang and Ren Yingying, the main opponent in the early stages was Yilin.

The actor who plays Yilin is called Chen Lifeng, who is not very famous. The most famous role is Yilin in this version of "Swordsman".

In order to take a good picture of this pretty nun, this girl shaved off all her hair in one go, which can be regarded as acting ugly to a certain extent.

Not only her, almost all the nuns of the Hengshan Sect shaved their heads. For girls who love beauty, it is a great sacrifice.

In the play, Yilin is a pure and innocent girl who misses her big brother Linghu every day.

But off-screen, Chen Lifeng is eight years older than Cao Xuan, plus Xu Qing, who is six years older than Cao Xuan, Cao Xuan, brother Chong/Big Brother Linghu, is under a lot of pressure.

The original version of Li Yapeng was born in 71, and he is nearly [-] years old in this play, so he is more suitable for Xu Qing and the others.

But now that Cao Xuan, who is less than 25 years old, is replaced, the age gap with the actress is a bit prominent.

The director also discussed with the makeup artist whether to make Cao Xuan's makeup more mature, but later decided that Cao Xuan should not be left untouched and the two actresses should be as tender as possible.

It's not that the crew has never thought about changing people, Xu Qing can't change, Chen Lifeng has no problem.

But then I found a few qualified young actresses, most of whom were not up to the standard of acting and couldn't play Yilin's innocence.

After all, this hair is shaved, and it will take a year or two to recover. Although a wig can be worn, it will delay a lot of things.

So even for this, it is worth giving praise to dedicated actresses like Chen Lifeng.

A total of nearly ten versions of "Swordsman" were filmed, and only three actresses, Yilin, shaved their heads. The others either wore hats to cover up, or simply changed the setting of the Hengshan school of nuns.

There is also one that directly changed the background of the characters. Yilin is the younger sister of Dongfang Bubai, and the two sisters fell in love with Linghu Chong at the same time.

Jin Yong didn't sue the dead girl to court, it's really an old man's heart...

The cooperation between Chen Lifeng and Cao Xuan is not bad, but their personality is relatively reserved, not very talkative, and they like to wear earphones to listen to the Walkman when they are not filming.

Cao Xuan once glanced at Chen Lifeng's tapes, but didn't find his own songs, but saw many albums of Na Ying and Ren Xianqi.

Good guy, there is an enemy fan hidden by my side!
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