Caitao Wang’s Blue Life and Death Love was released, and the Song Dynasty paid attention to the actors and actresses.

1905 movie network news In 2000, the Korean TV series "Blue Life and Death Love" starring Song Hye Kyo, Song Seung Heon, Won Bin, etc. was broadcast, and it quickly spread all over Asia. The misplaced fate, tangled feelings and tragic tone of several protagonists in the film touched the hearts of countless audiences. Today, the film version directed by Caitao Wang and starring Zhao Lusi, Jiao Rui, soso and Meng Meiqi was released nationwide.

A few days ago, Caitao Wang, the director of the film, was interviewed by a reporter and talked about the original intention of adapting this classic Korean drama. He said that he never thought of surpassing the TV version of the classic work, but the idea of adapting this work had already existed. "I hope the audience will say after watching the film that I don’t care about anything, I just want my love! If you really love, the result is not important, and this process is very sweet. "

I like the sense of fatalism in TV dramas.

As early as 2002, Caitao Wang had just graduated from Beijing Film Academy, when the Korean drama "Blue Life and Death Love" was a big hit in China. He remembered that he watched it all at once, and he liked it very much, because he majored in directing. At that time, he secretly made up his mind that if he really became a director one day, he wanted to make this TV series into a movie. So in 2012, I bought back the copyright of the TV series.

"I really like the feeling that several leading actors in the film face the fate arrangement and feel that they can change it, but they really can’t, so they struggle and suffer in this fate and influence each other." Caitao Wang said that the film version of Life and Death in Blue retains the basic story structure of the Korean TV series. Enxi played by Zhao Ruth and Xin Ai, the real sister of Junxi played by Jiao Rui, were switched when they were just born because of her naughty behavior. As a result, Enxi became Junxi’s "sister" by mistake. Finally, one day, the truth was discovered, so Enxi and Junxi were separated.

Years later, the two met again and finally fell in love with each other. Because Joon-hee (played by Jiao Rui) and Enxi are "brothers and sisters", their love path is full of challenges and resistance. Caitao Wang said that Jung-hee and "sister" Enxi in the film fell in love, whichThis resistance first comes from their own hearts. For Enxi, whether Junxi is a "brother" or a lover is a subtle sense of fate, which is also the most touching thing for him.

He revealed that the process of purchasing copyright was very smooth. In 2012, there was no concept of big IP. When the Korean side heard it, it felt very good, so it was a deal. There is no requirement for adaptation into a film version in China. However, both Song Hye Kyo and Song Seung Heon are very concerned about this adaptation. Caitao Wang revealed that Song Hye Kyo was supposed to come to Beijing for the premiere this time, but unfortunately, he didn’t make it because he rushed to the Spring Festival. As for Song Seung Heon, Caitao Wang met Song Seung Heon at the Shanghai International Film Festival in 2016. Song Seung Heon asked with great concern who the hero of the film "Blue Love Between Life and Death" was going to play. He looked very concerned.

Although he bought the copyright in 2012, Caitao Wang was not in a hurry to adapt this work. Among them, what he considered most was how to make this classic work reasonable in plot after it was transplanted to China. Especially after nearly 20 years, people’s views on love and values have changed greatly.

To make this work as rational as possible in plot, Caitao Wang said that he didn’t want to make this film an overhead idol drama. He hopes to combine China’s national conditions and make this story look like it happened in China now. "Also, EnXi separated from itis" over the years, why not go to EnXi at home? Can you find it? If you don’t find it, it seems that the family is ruthless. If you find it, haven’t the two of them been in contact? " In the end, Caitao Wang decided to plan to live in Shanghai and Suzhou respectively, which are not far away. Suzhou is a bit like a satellite city for Shanghai, but they are actually inter-provincial, and Suzhou is from Jiangsu. "In this case, if EnXi a hide a itis", don’t want to let him find, it is possible. This makes the plot reasonable. " In Caitao Wang’s world, Shanghai’s modernity and urban culture also provide a reasonable imagination for this film.

The actors in the movie version are more sunny and lively.

Choosing the right actors is the biggest challenge, because the actors in Song Hye Kyo, Song Seung Heon and Won Bin are so excellent that many famous actors are reluctant to touch this classic Korean drama when they hear that it is going to be made into a movie. Besides, it is not too far apart. So I’m auditioningIn the process of casting, director Caitao Wang has to consider a lot. For example, when choosing an actor, he needs to consider what kind of girl to match with him.

Zhao Lusi plays the role of Enxi in the film, and her role is opposite to that played by Song Hye Kyo in the Korean TV series. Caitao Wang revealed that in order to choose the role of Enxi, he met many people, read the information of three or four thousand people and met hundreds of people. Other actors I met at that time included Sandra and Dilraba. He remembers sitting there reading the information one day. When he saw Zhao Lusi’s information, his eyes lit up. "I think it’s this person." At that time, the crew was not determined to use new people, but the director trusted his own judgment and firmly used new people. He felt that both Song Hye Kyo and Zhao Lusi had clear, bright and pure eyes. That pure feeling is very touching. When shooting, Zhao Lusi’s performance also made the director Caitao Wang full of praise. "She is very smart. Although she is acting for the first time, she is gifted. She was uncomfortable when she joined the group at first, but the more she got used to it later, she was born to eat this bowl of rice. I just made some suggestions and gave her the window paper on the performance. "

In 2017, Meng Meiqi was not as hot as she is now. She played the role of Xin Ai in the film, and the corresponding role was played by Han Caiying in the Korean TV series. Caitao Wang said that although she didn’t learn acting, it’s good that she was born as a singer, and the stage training and aura were very stressful. "When I shot the first scene, I thought I needed to run in with her. I didn’t expect this scene to come down and I cried myself, and it was very good." Caitao Wang also called the boss of Meng Meiqi Company and said that it was so good that it was very unexpected. "She really has her own aura. At that time, she was not as hot as she is now, but when she came out, she was still strong. "

It is worth mentioning that all the young actors in the film version of Blue Life and Death are filming for the first time. As for Jiao Rui, Caitao Wang saw his little video when casting. "I can’t forget his melancholy eyes for a long time." He thinks that people who have never acted in a play can only find actors who look right at first sight, which is the closest to the temperament of the characters in the play. "Jiao Rui’s melancholy eyes and the literary atmosphere in his character touched me the most." However, they are not simple copies. Compared with Song Seung Heon’s Joon-hee, "Song Seung Heon’s melancholy is the kind of melancholy with dark clouds, but Jiao Rui’s melancholy has the breath of sunshine. His smile in the movie, showing his teeth, will make people feel that it is safe to hold his hand and follow him. "

Compared with these actors in Korea in those days, the biggest difference of these actors in the film version now is their youthful vigor. Zhao Lusi was even only 17 years old when he played, and his youth came to his face, because he was almost an amateur actor. The biggest challenge for the director when shooting was how to guide their performances without acting. I remember that Enxi, played by Zhao Lusi, had a drunken scene, but Zhao Lusi never drank wine in her life. One day, director Caitao Wang asked her to take a sip of wine. After drinking, Zhao Lusi’s expression was so complicated that Caitao Wang could not imagine it. "She grew up in a very warm real environment, with EnXi this character is far away. But in the play, she plays Enxi who is very pure and shy. " It is the biggest difficulty to get them closer and closer to the characters in the play.

Caitao Wang admits that he doesn’t like the flawless performance style without embellishment. "I like the pure things without embellishment and performance skills."

This is a film that touches people’s hearts directly.

Although the theme of the characters being played tricks on by fate in TV series and movies is the same, the love concept and the form of staying together in the two plays are different. In Caitao Wang’s eyes, the "Bai Lianhua" out-of-touch characters in the original classic TV series are hard to exist in the real world, but in the movie version, he hopes to do as much as possible. "These characters are the people around you and live in reality. I try to put many stories around me into the movie version."

"True love is the most beautiful, and all true love is the most beautiful. In the film, Jung-hee and Enxi have to face their own inner torture, but also face the torture of illness, which modern people rarely can do. But everyone wants to have the courage to do this. " Caitao Wang hopes that this film can wake everyone up, not to be influenced by this material society, and to bravely find the truth of their feelings. "The first thing to consider is whether I love him or not? Is this the person I want to spend my whole life with? This is the most important thing, and nothing else is the most important. "

He stressed that he didn’t think it was a pure film. "I think it is a film that touches people’s hearts directly. In today’s society, some people can really do one thing in life, that is, find true love! I think almost no one can do it. But I still think that many people still yearn for such love in their inner world. I hope that after watching the film, the audience will say, I don’t care about anything, I just want my love! "

Caitao Wang is a director with romantic feelings. His previous works include a large-scale MV "Beijing Blesss You", which brings together dozens of singers and actors such as Jackie Chan, Sun Nan and Song Zu Ying, and has a great response. In 2009, he also filmed the film My Girlhood, which was adapted from Zhang Haidi’s autobiography. "It was the romance of Zhang Haidi’s generation. Although the story of this film is not too strong, it is more romantic in feelings, because Zhang Haidi is also a poet. She lost her freedom physically at an early age, but mentally, her world is still sunny. That is a higher level of feelings. "

Caitao Wang said that he likes the way of communication with heart and soul, that is, two people sit together and know what each other is thinking without saying anything. In 2011, he cooperated with Han Geng to shoot, hoping to shoot his imaginary love between Sun Yat-sen and Soong Ching Ling. "It is pure people who pursue pure things."

It has been Caitao Wang’s dream for many years to make a classic Korean drama into a big movie. Now the dream has come true. In this regard, he said excitedly that he really didn’t want to surpass the original TV series and didn’t want to copy it. After all, the TV series is a story that happened in South Korea. "I never thought of surpassing this TV series, never. Besides, the artistic carriers of the two are different. " He revealed that he rarely looked back at the works he had shot before, but this "Blue Life and Death Love" was different. "Every time I look back, I can still touch myself."

This film was filmed in May 2017, and it has been revised repeatedly in the middle, and the changes are relatively large. The photographer and artist of the crew won the Golden Rooster Award, and Tiger Hu served as the music director of the film. "I just want to make the film beautiful." Will the film be shown in Korea in the future? Caitao Wang said, it will definitely be, "because this movie has a great influence on their side, and many people are waiting to see it!"