Why is Hu Bayi easy to find and Fatty Wang hard to find?

Arielle 2022-04-20 09:02:45

The recently announced news that the film version of Ghost Blowing Lantern "Looking for the Dragon" is scheduled to start shooting really excited me, a Ghost Blowing Lamp book fan. This time the news is conclusive. ~~

The name of "Long-hunting Jue" has been changed to be relevant. It goes without saying why the original name is not suitable for the big screen. Another consideration is that it is easy to mislead moviegoers who have not read the original book before entering the theater. I thought this film was a ghost film, and it was embarrassing that the name did not match the reality, but in fact, the tomb robbery adventure and the ghost film are quite different, aren't they?

A thousand readers have a thousand Hamlets in their hearts. When reading the original work, the image of the protagonist is always formed in the mind involuntarily. The image may be drawn by the reader himself, or it may be the image of an actor or an acquaintance who is familiar with the temperament and image in real life. corresponding substitution. As a book lover, I naturally have a character image in my heart. It doesn't matter who it is. What I want to discuss here is a phenomenon I found when I searched the Internet for discussions on characters: many book fans said that they already had a clear candidate for Hu Bayi in their hearts. (such as Liu Ye/Sun Honglei/Chen Kun/Jiang Wen/Zhang Hanyu, etc., in no particular order) and clear candidates for Xue Li Yang (such as Michelle Yeoh/Bingbing/Zhou Xun/MaggieQ, etc., or actresses who are beautiful and capable of fighting, you can choose the face Wider), even the images of Da Jinya, Ming Shu, etc. are not difficult to clearly outline in the mind (for details, please refer to the popular Huang Bo/Feng Xiaogang/Ge You/Xu Zheng and other nominations), and only Wang Kaixuan Wang Fatty For this role, many book fans said that this role is "difficult to choose" and "should be chosen carefully"!

At present, among the non-professional nominations for the role of Fatty Wang, my personal feeling is that "all are so interesting (otherwise they will not be nominated by everyone). ) but at the same time, it is a little bit less meaningful, that is, they are missing a certain aspect of Wang Kaixuan’s character” (Note: Of course, this is based on the well-known characters played by the nominated actors in the past. , I also understand that I can't have confidence in the skill and plasticity of professional actors, maybe they can create a screen performance that fits the image of Wang Kaixuan's book). The so-called lack of a certain aspect, specifically, the burly body seems to be less flexible and less alert; the honest enough is less funny; the funny enough is less loyal and courageous; But it lacks the vulgarity of ordinary people; it is vulgar enough but not pleasing enough.

I feel that Wang Kaixuan's character is almost the most three-dimensional, most faceted, most flesh-and-blood, and closest to ordinary people, that is, the people who live around us the most. Hu Bayi, Shirley Yang's advantages are too obvious, too "wrist", and a handsome/beautiful first-line star with a good temperament can basically interpret it without being outrageous; And the personality is too bright and easy to make face, and it is not difficult to find a comedian with distinctive appearance and popularity; only the role of Wang Kaixuan is too unreal and too real, who do you want to look for? Difficult, one Miuwan! A good performance is the easiest to get applauded (there are many examples of the male lead in a blockbuster being better than the male lead); it is the easiest to complain if you don't act well, after all, everyone loves this flesh-and-blood fat man so much!

When I was reading the original book, I did not substitute any film and television actors for Wang Kaixuan, but let my thoughts follow the plot and then outline his characters. So far, I have never seen one that made me slap my thigh and exclaim, "This is Wang Kaixuan. The specific actors and actresses of "Fat Man", of course, I have not seen many movies and TV dramas, and I am happy to get your supplements and discuss them together~~)

PS: 4 stars temporarily, leave room for expectations~


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  • Hu Bayi: No matter how dangerous, I'm going to get you out.

  • Shirley Yang: You know that seeing is not believing. What you believe to be true is not determined by your eyes but your brain.