Do you think "Journey to the West" is a classic? Director Yang Jie: I wish "Journey to the West" didn't succeed

China’s history has left many magnificent treasures in the long river.

The Four Great Classics have also been passed down from generation to generation.

Do you still remember the most classic version of "Journey to the West"?

The "Journey to the West" we are talking about now generally refers to "Journey to the West" filmed by director Yang Jie in 1986.

This TV series is adapted from the novel of the same name by Wu Chengen, a novelist from the Ming Dynasty.

It is produced by CCTV, the China Television Production Center. Logically speaking, a TV series that consumes so many people's efforts should be regarded as a classic praised by thousands of people.

This TV series took 6 years of filming and is the first TV series approved to be filmed abroad.

The equipment was very rudimentary, with only one camera in the entire crew.

However, the crew was very dedicated. Although the crew was severely short of funds, the actors did not complain at all.

At that time, the crew implemented a food quota system, and the food cost per person per day was only 50 cents.

There are often scenes of flying in the sky in fairy tales. In addition to using dry ice to pretend to be clouds, the rest of the Diao Wei Ya can only tie the rope to the branch of the tree. It all depends on the crew. The staff used nylon ropes to pull them to ensure safety.

Although the main actors in the play have been thrown many times, big and small, everyone is very happy together.

In addition to filming abroad, this drama can be said to have traveled all over China.

The mountains, rivers, lakes, flowers, trees and trees inside were all shot in real scenes, and the flight to the sky and the earth were also completed in a real environment.

The actors and the entire film crew traveled across mountains and rivers to find the best shooting locations, and there was no such superb cutout technology as now.

However, director Yang Jie publicly stated in an interview that he regretted filming this TV series.

At that time, when the social atmosphere was extremely conservative, no one was willing to play many explicit roles. Therefore, when there was a shortage of actors in the crew, many actors were reused.

But for the role of "White Bone Demon", many actresses are unwilling to play it, and their reasons are almost the same: "I don't want to play such a sinister and vicious bad woman, it will affect my reputation."

So, one day, Yang Jie discovered Yang Chunxia on the radio.

At that time, Yang Chunxia was already a well-known Peking Opera performing artist.

Although Yang Jie knew that the hope of agreeing to her promise was slim, she still decided to give it a try.

Yang Jie and her assistant director went to visit the house in person under the scorching sun, but unexpectedly there was no one at home. Yang Jie and her group waited at the door for three hours before Yang Chunxia hurried home. .

Yang Chunxia was originally very moved, but she did not expect that she would be invited to play the role of the White Bone Demon.

At that time, Yang Chunxia was anxious and asked Yang Jie: "Do you think I look like a white-bone spirit?"

But later, director Yang Jie promised Yang Chunxia the role of the king of her daughter's country, so Yang Chunxia reluctantly agreed.

But because "Journey to the West" was being filmed and broadcast at the time, the role of "White Bone Demon" played by Yang Chunxia has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

In fact, Yang Jie never wanted Yang Chunxia to play the role of the king of the daughter country.

When director Yang Jie passed away in 2019, Yang Chunxia did not even go to the memorial site.

After a few episodes of "Journey to the West", the actors in "Journey to the West" have become very popular.

Some business performances followed.

However, due to the nature of "Journey to the West" being filmed and broadcast simultaneously, there was not much time to waste.

As a result, conflicts between the actors and the crew arose.

When there was a disagreement between the commercial performance and the crew's arrangements, the actor who played Sun Wukong chose to find a stand-in to film the TV series for him, but he went to the commercial performance scene.

Although Director Yang Jie did not say this, he still felt uncomfortable in his heart.

In a later interview.

Yang Jie said that when he went to a foreign event, he originally invited the entire crew, but the four master-disciple actors had no intention of inviting Yang Jie.

When filming the sequel to Journey to the West, the film could not be started due to financial problems. Liu Xiaolingtong, Ma Dehua and Yan Huaili ran around looking for investment funds.

Ma Dehua was responsible for communicating with CCTV that CCTV wanted the original cast to star. After finally getting approval, they asked director Yang Jie to continue directing.

As a result, after Yang Jie got the director's right, he took advantage of Ma Dehua's business trip to Vietnam to directly replace him. Yan Huaili's Sha Seng was also replaced. Ma Dehua went to Yang Jie, but Yang Jie said that it was CCTV who replaced him. of.

As an actor of CCTV and the person who mainly communicates with CCTV in Journey to the West, Ma Dehua went to CCTV and told CCTV that there was no such thing.

As a result, Yang Jie's attitude was "I don't know how to use CCTV." Ma Dehua, who had been running around for several years, was kicked out.

A large part of the reason why many CCTV programs about Journey to the West will not feature Zhu Bajie, Cui Jingfu, who has always been Ma Dehua’s representative, is because of this.

Perhaps the unhappiness among the crew led to Yang Jie's attitude towards the popularity of "Journey to the West".

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