If it wasn't for Tang Guoqiang who refused to perform " Liangjian " due to a salary of 500,000 yuan, I am afraid that there would not be Li Yunlong , who is a classic and full of national quintessence.
As early as the preparatory stage of "Bright Sword", director Chen Jian was the first to be attracted by the casting. At that time, Tang Guoqiang, who was already popular in the north and south of the country with the TV series "Three Kingdoms Performing Arts".
Tang Guoqiang was very popular at that time, and his acting skills and appearance were also highly praised.
At that time, the investment of the crew was very poor and only 9 million. Compared with the current film, it is hundreds of millions. It can be seen that the investment is pitiful, but it still created this classic.
When the director and Tang Guoqiang were discussing to appear in this TV series, the crew even offered more than 500,000 yuan in salary to invite him to join.
However, Tang Guoqiang, who was in the rising stage of his career, didn't really want to appear in "Bright Sword", and finally refused the invitation of the crew.
lost the most preferred director, and set his sights on Li Youbin , who was a little famous at the time from .
But when the director found him, Li Youbin was reluctant to play Li Yunlong, not because he didn't like the script, but he really couldn't bear it.
Li Youbin has won several awards in the 20 years since his debut, and he has also been recognized by everyone in the circle, but he is tepid in front of the audience.
But he is almost 40 years old, his body is definitely not as good as before,In Liangjian's initial script, the protagonist Li Yunlong had more than 600 scenes, and each scene had a large section of lines.
There are more than 10 episodes of the 20-episode plot in the film, so Li Youbin is very clear that he is not qualified for this role.
Until his current wife Shi Lanya After reading the script, I highly recommend him to take this play, because this film is a rare and valuable script in the history of Chinese film.
And Li Youbin also subverted his appearance of being polite in life. Although the three sentences are not inseparable from the quintessence of the country, he is a person with true temperament and blood in his bones, so Li Youbin agreed to appear in this drama.
But the road to filming was not smooth, because at that time it was too cold in winter and the shooting conditions were difficult. Even Li Youbin, who was born in the Northeast, often failed to perform due to the cold weather, even indoors. In the scene, several quilts should be added to the heated kang, otherwise the whole person will freeze.
And because of the shortage of funds, the crew is often faced with the dilemma of having too many characters and few actors.
To what extent is there a shortage of people? Li Yunlong's capable general and monk, in the episode when he was attacked by bandits, Li Yunlong acted as a bandit on the opposite side.
As the saying goes, people are iron rice and steel. Even though the crew has overcome all kinds of difficulties, the food has become a big problem.
Because when the wind blows in the filming location, the yellow sand will be thrown up in the sky, making it difficult for people to open their eyes, not to mention the loess mixed in the food, which is hard to swallow.
On the one hand, there was a biting cold wind, on the other hand, there was no delicious food. In order to insist on filming, the actors had to drink wine and eat some nuts to lift their spirits.
But even under such difficult shooting conditions, this classic Anti-Japanese War drama was created.
In the drama "Bright Sword", if you want to say who Li Yunlong is most afraid of,I am afraid it is the deputy director Zhang Wei who plays the brigade commander.
In the play, as long as Li Yunlong "offends" every time, the brigade commander will "teach" her a lesson.
Surprisingly, director Zhang Wei is not a professional actor, but he plays the role to the fullest.
So how poor was the crew of Bright Sword at that time? The director and starring actors who are so poor have to appear in person.
In the scene where the monk Wei was attacked, Li Youbin and Chang Naichao, who were the leading actors, were forced to make cameo appearances due to lack of manpower and money for group performances.
As the main director, Chen Jian also made a cameo appearance as the deputy commander of Luo Zheng in the play
Although this show only has 9 million excluding the later work, but fortunately the director of this is Chen Jian .
The director almost brought "stingy" to the extreme, and even the crew's driver didn't let it go.
But unexpectedly, although the driver in the crew did not have any acting experience, he played three roles in the play, two of which were villains. His name was Yang Qingwen .
The reason why he attracted the director's attention is because he can speak fluent Japanese, and there is a shortage of people who can speak Japanese,
so he was pulled to the screen by the director.
What the audience didn't know was that after graduating, Yang Chungwen wanted to learn Japanese and become a Japanese translator in the future, but after he studied for two years, it was of no use.
But what he didn't expect was that he became the driver of the crew by chance, which allowed his Japanese to be used.
also opened up a career for him,His performance in Bright Sword was recognized by insiders, and since then he can be seen in various anti-Japanese films.
Perhaps it is precisely because of such a "poor" crew that "Bright Sword" conquered the audience, and CCTV bought it for 650,000 yuan per episode.
Chen Jian may never have imagined in his life that the tough guy in the bright sword turned into a face of oily noodles in "Bright Sword and Thunder Warrior".
Although I used the brand "Bright Sword 3 Thunder Warriors" from the classic TV series "Bright Sword", I wanted to have a wave of feelings, but a good classic theme was just filmed as blood by the crew Idol.
In the play, the actors can use hairspray, smoke cigars, live in a mansion, and even fall in love. It is obviously a classic masterpiece, but they were filmed as an idol drama, so as soon as the show started, it was met with criticism. The audience complained and even got suspended
Liangjian made three films, why is it never as good as the original?
"Bright Sword" starring Zhang Yunlong scored 2.2, the new "Bright Sword" starring Huang Zhizhong 4.7, and the original "Bright Sword" starring Li Youbin Douban Rating 8.9 Highest rating 9.4.
The second version of "Bright Sword" is played by Huang Zhizhong, an old drama bone. He plays Li Yunlong in the play, which is a remake of 2005's "Bright Sword".
But after the broadcast, it also received a lot of bad reviews. As the starring Huang Zhizhong must be the first to be criticized. Netizens commented on him that he was a poor imitation of Li Youbin.
The original bright sword is almost completely used in the selection of actors,Even the director's team made cameo appearances in the play.
Officially, because of the participation of these people, the plot seems so real, there is no magical anti-Japanese war drama, and there is no magical special effect.
In "Bright Sword", there will be no infinite firepower, and magical scenes such as fighting against Qi Xia, some are just how to save ammunition materials.
And the Japanese are not just "flower girls" all the time, they know how to take the protagonist's wife as a hostage.
will also kill people in the play, and
the protagonist's brother will also lose his life because of his own carelessness, being plotted against by a few minor characters.
In the play, there is a Japanese special forces commander called " Yamamoto " who is a rare Japanese who speaks Japanese in the whole film.
Many viewers may think that he speaks Japanese so fluently that he should be Japanese, but through the cast list, we can find that Yamamoto is played by Chinese actor Lu Yunpeng.
But it is precisely because of the dedication of these people that the original bright sword cannot be surpassed.
