Chapter 516: Zuo Le's first widely recognized acting skills
Zuo Le was able to be recognized by the audience this time as a finalist in "The Legend of Zhen Huan", not only because of the popularity of "The Legend of Zhen Huan" itself, but also because of his truly outstanding performance in the drama.
Zuo Le also acted a lot before, and even had some important supporting roles?
Although he has achieved some achievements, Zuo Le's career as a director and screenwriter has been so successful that in many people's minds, Zuo Le's career as an actor only accounts for a small proportion.
This has caused Zuo Le's achievements and fame in the acting profession to be underestimated and ignored by the outside world to a certain extent.
When many people mention Zuo Le's acting, they comment on his good performance, and in rare cases praise him as an excellent actor.
But no one compares him with some top actors such as movie kings and movie kings.
Even though some people in the industry praised Zuo Le for his good acting and that he was not inferior to a certain acting master, everyone thought it was to please and flatter Zuo Le, a big shot in the entertainment industry, and the truth turned into a watery comment.
Until this time in "The Legend of Zhen Huan", Zuo Le personally took on the role of the male lead and competed with a group of first-line actresses without falling behind in the slightest. He even had the intention of being suppressed, which finally justified his acting skills.
Only then did many people realize that Zuo Le is not only an excellent director and screenwriter, but also a top actor with superb acting skills.
Zuo Le has instantly become a favorite among actors, and his popularity is no less than that of popular first-line male stars.
This is not an exaggeration, Shanhe has already received several film offers for Zuo Le, the male lead in two TV series with investment of hundreds of millions, and one of the two male leads in a famous director's movie. The other double male lead in the supporting role is Liu Tianwang.
This resource is really good for an actor. Even the current Shanhe No. 1 brother, Yu Entai, was very moved when he met him.
But Zuo Le didn't have much interest. If he had the time, it would be great for him to make a book and make a drama to praise himself, so why would he work for someone else?
Therefore, all external film offers are declined politely, and at most they can make a cameo due to appearance reasons, including internal Shanhe dramas and Shanhe movies.
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Speaking of the emperor played by Zuo Le in "The Legend of Zhen Huan", I have said before that he is based on the background of the character in the original work, but the character's personality is more in line with the Yong Zheng in the original "The Legend of Zhen Huan".
In fact, the reason why "The Legend of Zhen Huan" is liked by many people is that it is now regarded as a classic of palace battle dramas.
The key is that this drama is really about palace fighting.
In fact, as I said before, most domestic palace fight dramas are under the guise of so-called palace fights, but they are actually about falling in love with sweet pet Mary Sue.
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Whether it is Qin Shihuang Ying Zheng, Han Wu Emperor Liu Che, Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, or the three generations of Kang, Yong, Qian and Sun, these emperors have left their names in history.
Whether it's a deep sadomasochistic love affair or a sweet love affair, he will always be entangled with a woman in the play, as if there is only one woman left in the world.
Their status as emperor is more of a selling point and has no actual meaning.
The most powerful man in the feudal dynasty, whose name is recorded in the history books, is conquered by the heroine in the world, and he is all about her, and he even gives up the country and the country. This is such a "shocking" love.
Of course, such a plot is great, but the emperor image of these male protagonists has also become thin.
He is more like a male protagonist than an emperor.
From a historical theme or a palace battle drama, this is a fatal flaw. It is just a drama to watch without thinking. Once you watch it with an IQ, you will be angry and have a stomachache.
Can you imagine that Qin Shihuang Ying Zheng loved a woman until death, and even gave up unifying the world for her, and planned to give up his throne and retire to the mountains and forests with her?
Many historical events are also linked to love. Jing Ke assassinated Qin because Qin Shihuang was his rival in love. He built the Great Wall because of one of her jokes. He burned books and humiliated scholars to avenge her. He refined the elixir of immortality in order to resurrect his lover...
Seeing all this, Zu Long wanted to jump out of the coffin, take the terracotta warriors and horses with him and stab the screenwriter to death a thousand times.
Over time, many viewers have become disappointed with works with historical themes that are not serious dramas, and they are even less sensitive to the theme of palace battles.
But "The Legend of Zhen Huan" made many people exclaim that they actually saw the shadow of a real drama in a palace battle drama. The emperor played by Zuo Le was even praised by everyone.
This is the emperor in the real feudal harem.
There is love, but love is not love. No matter how much you like the woman you love, it cannot be compared to the country. For the sake of the country, everyone has to give up.
Concubine Hua, Queen Chunyuan, and Zhen Huan are all the true love in the emperor's heart, but they are still not as good as the chair that symbolizes supremacy.
When you are warm, you can give and ask for whatever you want, but once you hit the bottom line, you instantly become callous and ruthless.
Zuo Le did a very good job in this aspect. He specifically referred to the original version and some successful emperor dramas to create an emperor who was thoughtful and intangible.
Many times, the emotional fluctuations on the emperor's face are not particularly obvious. It all depends on his eyes. Although there are few expressions, the audience can see the meaning conveyed.
Not only does it create the image of a majestic emperor, but it also makes the emperor's "gaffe" in some important scenes particularly shocking and powerful.
There once was a UP owner who specially edited a collection of the angry emperor from "The Legend of Zhen Huan".
I discovered that in most cases, although the emperor was very angry, his face remained calm, and his tone of voice was even calm. There was a line in the video that was specially highlighted.
"Pull it down and give me Bai Ling."
"Just drag him to a quiet place and beat him to death with sticks."
"Send yourself to death."
"Those who are close to you will be killed."
"Kill her and cut her into pieces."
"..."
These are the emperor's orders for dealing with his concubines and palace people. His tone is calm and domineering, his eyes are indifferent, and he has the feeling that a feudal emperor has the power of life and death.
Such an emperor would be outstanding in a serious drama, let alone a palace battle drama. The audience who could get the point would be blown away.
Others said that Zuo Le himself was very suitable to play the emperor.
Because he is not handsome, he is real and has quality, which can make many viewers separate him from the sight of the male protagonist and see his emperor side, without being limited to the love in the drama.
If a handsome guy were to play the emperor, it would confuse the audience's attention and make them all complain about CP, deviating from the main plot of the palace battle.
This evaluation was recognized by many people at the time and even topped the trending searches. At the same time, it also set off an upsurge of praise for Zuo Le's acting skills.
However, for Zuo Le, it is nice to praise him for his good acting skills, but it is somewhat heartbreaking to say that he is not handsome and that the character is real and quality.
He didn't know whether to thank or blame the audience...
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In addition to the domineering and profound performance of the emperor, Zuo Le also interpreted his passionate side very well. In a true sense, he performed a passionate but not ruthless feeling.
Even the audience, which made many female characters feel sad, did not continue to call the emperor a scumbag.
The complexity and emotional entanglements of the emperor's role are definitely no less important than those of important characters such as Zhen Huan and An Lingrong.
The emotional lines surrounding the emperor are the most numerous and complex in the play.
Queen Chunyuan was Bai Yueguang, his first wife and the first woman he loved, but she died in a passionate relationship. The emperor's feelings for her will always be remembered at the strongest moment.
Concubine Hua was entangled in love and shame. He did like Concubine Hua, but because of her family background, he personally killed his own child in Concubine Hua's belly, and cut off Concubine Hua's hope of becoming a mother.
In the end, Concubine Hua's family was killed and she committed suicide. The emperor loved and felt ashamed of her.
The Queen must have a bad fate. From the moment the two of them got together, they were destined to be strangers.
Chun Yuan, Concubine Hua, and Zhen Huan, the beloved emperors of three generations, stood in front of the empress one after another. The empress knocked down two of them, but in the end they were defeated by Zhen Huan, and she was despised as an emperor.
The heroine Zhen Huan is the most complicated. She was a stand-in in the early stage, but later she gradually fell in love with Zhen Huan and took her back from Ganlu Temple. In fact, it was the emperor who realized his feelings.
It's a pity that Zhen Huan had changed her mind at this time, and for the rest of their lives, they just tortured each other.
In addition to these four women who are most involved, there are two other characters that have to be mentioned when talking about the emperor.
One is the Queen Mother and the other is the Prince of Nanjun.
The emperor's childhood was very miserable. The queen mother disliked her since she was a child. Both the emperor's father and the queen mother preferred their youngest son Nanjun Wang. In the end, mother and son turned against each other because of Nanjun Wang.
Before the Queen Mother died, the emperor knelt down and begged: "You have never...never sung to me such a song to coax children. Can you sing it for me again?"
It is no exaggeration to say that this line directly sublimates the role of the emperor.
After that episode was aired, many people felt sorry for him, and there were far fewer voices calling him a scumbag.
When he finally passed away, the scene where the emperor was lying on the hospital bed and had a complete showdown with Zhen Huan was also very shocking.
"Call me Shiro again, just like when you first entered the palace."
"Zhen Huan, who just entered the palace, is already dead. Your Majesty, you have forgotten that it was you who killed her yourself. This concubine is Wan Guifei Zhen."
"...I can never go back, I can't go back."
Then Zhen Huan made a sudden attack, which made the emperor angry to death. However, after the emperor died, she called Shiro as he wished.
Just like what Zhen Huan said: "That year when the apricot blossoms were raining lightly, you said you were the king of Nanjun. Maybe you were wrong from the beginning."
Throughout the emperor's life, as a son, his father did not care for him, and his mother did not love him; as a father, his children withered, and there were not many biological ones; as a husband, he had a close relationship with Chun Yuan, missed Zhen Huan, let down Concubine Hua, and the empress.
Bad fate.
In his own words in the play
In this life, I may have obtained what I asked for, but just like quicksand passing by in the palm of my hand, it was finally gone.
If one word were used to describe the emperor, a lonely man, it would be the most suitable one...
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"The Legend of Zhen Huan" has many such characters who have done many wrong things, but looking back on all their experiences, it is really hard to hate them.
This is especially true for the role of the emperor.
This has also led to many viewers liking Zuo Le's recent scarf. Less and less people are called Zuo Dao, and more and more people are called Emperor and Shiro.
He just paid it back, and even Tian Yan also followed suit, earning a new nickname of "Chun Yuan".
In fact, in the entire drama "The Legend of Zhen Huan", Queen Chun Yuan never appeared in front of her. Even if there were some flashbacks, she was never shown a positive face in a real sense.
The main reason is that this character has a great symbolic meaning, so letting the audience imagine themselves is the most appropriate choice. If it is shot in a real concrete way, it will be inferior.
Therefore, from the beginning to the end of "The Legend of Zhen Huan", there is no appearance of Chun Yuan.
The reason why Tian Yan is called Chunyuan is because she is the main palace of the "Emperor" in reality. If you don't replace her with Chunyuan, who else will you replace her with?
It's a coincidence that Tian Yan visited the cast of "The Legend of Zhen Huan" several times, and actually played a role, an abandoned concubine in a cold palace, for only two or three scenes.
However, Zuo Le later felt that her role was redundant and cut her part out. This was the rare time that Tian Yan did not appear in a film directed by Zuo Le.
However, I didn't expect that even though there was no role in the play, it did not affect Teacher Tian Yan's sense of existence at all. With the title of "Pure Yuan", she was as popular as the other concubines.
After "The Legend of Zhen Huan" became popular, because there were too many emotional scenes of the characters and the filming was quite good, many editing experts came out to edit a large number of CP videos.
In fact, the one with the most videos is of course the female protagonist Zhen Huan, followed by the male protagonist the Emperor, and his group has the most CPs in the show.
Zhen Huan, Concubine Hua, the Queen, Concubine Duan, Shen Meizhuang, An Lingrong, the Queen Mother, Cao Guiren, several princesses and princes, and even brothers with the Prince of Nanjun.
The most terrifying thing is that someone actually cut the privacy of the emperor and the eunuch chief Jiang Zhong.
Zuo Le almost vomited to death.
It's just a group of beauties like flowers and a middle-aged eunuch with small eyes. They don't mind it, but I still find it shabby.
Zuo Le still doesn't understand the bad tastes of netizens. They like the serious and sweet sadomasochism CP. This kind of half-spoof and half-ridiculous pornographic CP is their favorite.
As a result, [the domineering and profound emperor and the gentle eunuch] quickly became the popular CP team in "The Legend of Zhen Huan".
At its peak, it even threatened the top position of "Si Huan CP".
The meme "General Manager Jiang, the same deputy queen" quickly became popular all over the Internet...
In fact, the role of the eunuch chief Jiang Zhong is really good. He breaks away from the shackles of most eunuch roles and also has an emotional scene.
I was very surprised when the eunuch filmed the emotional scene, but I didn't expect it to be done well. The love between him and Jin Xi was even sweeter than the heroines such as Zhen Huan.
Jiang Zhong is a eunuch, and he is known as the best man in the whole drama. Whether he is the male lead, the emperor, or the second male lead, the Nanjun Prince, they all have to be ranked behind him.
With this role, Lin Yongjian quickly became popular and was selected for the Golden Phoenix Award for "Best Supporting Actor".
Fatty Wang Jiang Chao from "Ghost Blowing the Lamp", Li Yuanfang Zhang Jian from "Detective Di Renjie 3", and Prince Jing Duan Long from "Nirvana in Fire" are in a tense battle.
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On November 8, "The Legend of Zhen Huan" staged its finale. The final average ratings reached 4.67, firmly winning this year's ratings championship.
The number of views of Penguin Video has also reached 8.9 billion, and it is almost a matter of time before it exceeds 10 billion. The Douhua score is 9.2 points, and the palace fighting theme ranks first.
For more than a month, the beginning was okay, but by mid-October, the plot was on track, and "The Legend of Zhen Huan" was overwhelmingly popular both online and offline.
Starring actors such as Shui Miaomiao and Zuo Le benefited a lot, especially Shui Miaomiao. Once "The Legend of Zhen Huan" came out, her momentum in the entertainment industry can only be described as "who can compete with her?"
She used to be the number one actress in the industry, but now, whether she is a male or female star, she has to succumb to Qishui's explosive popularity in a short period of time.
In this month alone, Shui Miaomiao has won four endorsements. The lowest endorsement fee is 100 million in two years.
In this regard, Shanhe Company carefully selected the endorsements for her, choosing top companies with guaranteed quality and reputation, and preferring long-term success.
If she really chooses to have fun, the income Shui Miaomiao earns this year will make countless rich people on the rankings envy her.
But even so, Qishui's ability to attract money exceeds the profits of most listed companies.
It is no exaggeration to say that the heat that Shui Miaomiao is carrying at this time can approach four figures with a single hair...
