Chapter 180: Dreamy linkage with the classic version of 'Journey to the West'
June 22, 2020
The day after the crew of "Magic Phone" started filming, they welcomed a major guest star.
Mr. Chi Chongrui, who plays Tang Monk in the classic version of "Journey to the West".
Mr. Chi, who is 65 years old this year, has retired from the entertainment industry for many years. It is thanks to Zuo Le's future father-in-law Tian Demao that he can be invited to guest star this time.
After Mr. Chi retired from the film and television industry, he focused mainly on antiques and history and culture. Tian Demao, as a well-ranked scholar in the history field, sometimes also likes to collect antique calligraphy and paintings.
The two of them are both in the capital, and they are both in the historical and cultural circles. They have crossed paths every time they go back and forth. Not only do they have similar interests, they have a pretty good relationship.
After Zuo Le found out about this, he asked his father-in-law to help him and invited Chi Chongrui to come to the cast of "Magic Phone" to play the role of Tang Seng.
The honor of being an old friend, and the fact that the performance was about Tang Monk, who had been involved with him his entire life, made Teacher Chi a little moved. At this time, Zuo Le took the right opportunity to present a piece of Ming Dynasty jade carving.
Jade carvings are not expensive, the total price does not exceed 200,000, but they are made by Chi Chongrui's favorite carver. Chi almost buys this carver's works when he sees them.
Zuo Le was advised by his father-in-law and asked someone to buy a piece from the south. He handed it to Teacher Chi. Chi Chongrui, who was already relaxed, quickly agreed to go out.
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He plays Tang Monk again after nearly 20 years.
When Mr. Chi appeared on the stage wearing a crown of Five Buddhas, a cassock, and makeup, he brought everyone in the crew to the classic version of "Journey to the West" in their memories.
Although compared with the handsome and elegant Tang Seng back then, Teacher Chi is now a little fatter, but fortunately his body shape is not out of shape, and although his face is much older, he is also a bit more kind.
Such an "older version" of Tang Seng would be difficult to play as the younger brother Yu, but it would be absolutely fine to play the kind-hearted "elderly version" of Tang Seng in "Magic Phone".
In fact, Zuo Le invited Teacher Chi to make a guest appearance. In addition to adding a publicity stunt to the crew, it also added emotional value.
No matter how many films and TV shows with the theme of Journey to the West have appeared in recent years, in the minds of most Chinese people, the most classic team for learning is still the CCTV version of "Journey to the West".
Zuo Le is one of them.
So after seeing that "Magic Mobile" had elements of Journey to the West, his first thought was whether it could be linked with the classic version of "Journey to the West".
Teacher Six has too many things going on, and Zuo Le doesn't want to cause any trouble.
Teacher Ma is okay, but Zhu Bajie has a lot of fighting scenes, which he can't do at his age. In addition, there are many modern scenes, and the character design is not suitable.
As for Sha Monk, this Junior Brother Sha only appeared in lines in "Magic Phone" and never showed his face at all.
Zuo Le felt that the original version was good, and he didn't need to add any unnecessary extravagance, so there was still no Sha Monk in the Shanhe version.
Sha Seng:#&の%√
Finally, after much deliberation, Zuo Le felt that the most suitable person to use the original actor was Tang Seng.
Don't be afraid if the actors are older, and the original version is not very young either. The Tang Monk in the play is a wise man himself, so finding a younger actor may not be enough to suppress him.
Coincidentally, my old father-in-law has a relationship with Teacher Chi, so the guest appearance of Teacher Chi came about.
After taking down Teacher Chi, the greedy Zuo Le contacted Teacher Ma, the actor in the classic version of "Journey to the West", through Teacher Chi, and asked him to play a guest role.
This character is none other than the old lady of Gao Laozhuang.
After many years, things have changed and people have changed.
Tang Seng is still the same Tang Seng, but Bajie is no longer the same Bajie. The naive son-in-law counterattacked and became the father-in-law...
Zuo Le is very much looking forward to how much surprise the two teachers will bring to the audience when they appear.
For this reason, he strictly kept the news of the two teachers' guest appearances strictly confidential, and the entire crew was issued a hush order.
There are no scenes in Gao Lao Zhuang for the past two days. Zuo Le will first film the scenes of Tang Monk, Huang Mei and others. After these filming is completed, they will move to Gao Lao Zhuang. Teacher Ma will also join the crew at that time.
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There are two clips shot today, both related to Tang Monk.
The scene is from Episode 1, when Huang Mei catches Tang Monk, Bajie, Wukong and Sha Niu have a scuffle. In the end, Tang Monk is captured, Wukong and Bajie are trapped in the golden cymbals, and Sha Niu takes Huang Mei through 2020.
The second section is at the end of the plot. In order to end the darkening, You Suo persuaded Huang Mei to let Tang Seng go. Unexpectedly, he was strongly opposed by the master and the disciple.
In the two scenes, in addition to Tang Seng played by Teacher Chi, Bajie, Wukong, Huang Mei, Sha Niu and You Suowei appeared at the same time.
The costumes of several actors are also very interesting.
You Suowei, played by Jiao Jun, wears a tight-fitting white leather coat, sunglasses on his head, and a red cape behind him. This is the costume of the trapeze artist in his drama.
Oddly enough, this outfit would look absolutely coquettish if worn by others, but when Jiao Jun wears it, although it is a bit coquettish, he is more handsome and chic.
The Silly Girl played by Shui Miaomiao wears a silver tight leather jacket, with her belly exposed and her navel exposed. Her hair is shawl-length, her pretty face is condensed, and her beautiful eyes are stern.
One word——
Sa!
Sun Wukong has a monkey head and hair body, wearing a golden hoop on his head, wearing armor, and holding a golden hoop stick. The face model is very similar to the classic version of "Journey to the West".
Zhu Bajie is very different from the classic version. Instead of having a pig head and a human body, he only retains the characteristics of a pig nose and pig ears, and his hair is still a cute little pigtail.
This is also intentional, after all, there is also a scene where Bajie is in love, and the makeup is more human-like, so it will not offend the audience.
As for Huang Mei, played by the second uncle, there are two looks in total.
When the Yellow-Eyebrow King is in his state, he is dressed in armor, has fluffy yellow hair, has sharp noses and sharp ears, and has sinister eyebrows and rat-like eyes. You can tell at a glance that he is not a human being.
As for the modern yellow eyebrow state, the nose and ears are only slightly different from ordinary people. Although the hair is yellow, the hairstyle is very modern. He is wearing a T-shirt and trousers, and he is just a strange-looking middle-aged man.
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The first part of these two scenes was easy to shoot. Most of them were special effects. Later, they had to be shot on a green screen. In addition, today we mainly shot the Tang Monk scene.
The glitches passed, and after two hours we almost finished shooting the first segment.
Then we filmed the second segment. Since the plot involves time travel, it was still the same scene as the first segment.
The second plot is actually very interesting. After Huang Mei read "Journey to the West" in modern times, he knew that it was impossible to eat Tang Monk's meat and that he would eventually be captured by Master Donglai Buddha. Coupled with You Suowei's persuasion, he was ready to let go
After leaving Tang Monk, I can be the king of the mountain safely.
Unexpectedly, Huang Mei let Tang Seng go, but Tang Seng was unwilling.
In order to obtain the true scriptures, one must encounter ninety-nine and eighty-one difficulties. If one is missing one, the merits will not be complete.
Huang Mei must catch himself, and while he can't act, he must eat him sincerely, to use the lines in the play.
"Almsgiver with yellow eyebrows, you must sincerely want to eat the poor monk's flesh, rack your brains to stew the poor monk, and do everything possible to kill the poor monk."
It's like a bucket m.
Huang Mei was desperate and took out a wad of modern banknotes to bribe Tang Seng. When he was rejected, he begged Tang Seng and his disciples to leave quickly, but Tang Seng begged King Huang Mei to capture him.
In the past, everyone knew that the goblin caught Tang Seng, but now it has turned into Tang Seng begging the goblin to catch him, which is subversive and weird.
I have to say that this episode is worthy of the word "magic" in the title of the play.
Fortunately, Teacher Chi has an open-minded temperament and happily accepted the setting. If it were Teacher Six, he might have started to angrily criticize Zuo Le.
Adaptation is not random editing, drama is not nonsense!
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Just when Zuo Le was filming "Magic Phone" in full swing at the Changqing Film and Television Base, "Crossing Guandong" was about to reach its finale.
