Comparison of the appearance of the 10th version of "White Snake": Who is worthy of "waiting for a thousand years" and who is not good enough for the role?
"It takes a thousand years to wait..." When I hear these lyrics, I can't help but think of White Snake.
The character White Snake comes from a folk legend in Hangzhou during the Five Dynasties period - it is said that a monk used an alms bowl to subdue a white snake demon and a herring demon. Under Leifeng Pagoda.
This legend is so famous that it has been circulated for hundreds of years. By the Ming Dynasty, literati began to write stories around it. There is a story about Bai Suzhen, a young practitioner who took the form of an adult, met Xu Xian, and fell in love with each other while getting along with him, but was suppressed by Fa Hai and sent to the Leifeng Pagoda.
In modern times, there are many film and television works related to "The Legend of White Snake", with dozens of TV series and movies. The audience pays great attention to the beautiful figure of the White Snake.
According to the description in the novel, the White Snake is also a beautiful woman with bright eyes and white teeth. Her beauty is worth waiting for a thousand years, and she is the embodiment of the pursuit of ideal love.
Among the many white ladies portrayed by actresses, which one has the appearance worth waiting for a thousand years, and which one does not have the appearance to be strong enough?
Perhaps many friends don’t know that the top beauty Brigitte Lin also played the role of White Snake.
In 1978, Brigitte Lin starred in the role of Bai Suzhen in the movie "The Legend of the True White Snake". It sounds like a long time ago, and many netizens were not born yet.
At that time, this movie was very popular. Brigitte Lin had already become famous through starring in the Qiong Yao drama, so many viewers went to the cinema to watch this movie. It is said that the moviegoers were too There are not enough stools, so you can only buy "standing tickets".
Of course, this movie is worth the ticket price. Brigitte Lin plays Bai Suzhen, and Xu Xian is played by Qin Xianglin, who is engaged to Brigitte Lin. The special effects in this movie are also very conscientious. No worse than the special effects of the 1980s and 1990s.
The most important thing is that Brigitte Lin's appearance is very beautiful. Brigitte Lin was 24 years old at the time. Her facial features are beautiful, the lines are clear, and she looks like a sculpture or a painting. She is tall, elegant and graceful, and Brigitte Lin's acting skills are excellent and can be said to be very delicate. She is the most eye-catching role in the whole film.
Even so, Brigitte Lin did not create the classic image of the White Snake. She was more than righteous but not enough in other aspects. At least she did not try to perform the enchanting aura of the White Snake.
So this version of the White Snake is more like a fairy who has descended from the world. She is beautiful and passionate, but not the most beautiful White Snake. Therefore, this role is played by Brigitte Lin. Not outstanding among the many roles he played.
In addition, except for Brigitte Lin, the performance of the supporting actors in this movie was mediocre after all. After watching this movie, the audience only remembered that Brigitte Lin was more beautiful and elegant, and the lines in the movie were ridiculous, and gradually Annihilated in the ages.
Speaking of White Snake, everyone will first think of Bai Suzhen played by Zhao Yazhi.
Her Bai Suzhen can be said to be shockingly beautiful. The 360-degree beauty makes the audience feel not only beautiful and generous, but also dignified and elegant.
Her every smile and every move can make people fall in love with her. It would be more appropriate to describe her as "a beautiful smile and a beautiful eye." .
So 29 years have passed since the premiere of "The Legend of White Snake" in 1992, but she is still the most beautiful White Snake in the hearts of the audience, and her beauty is really called "a thousand years old" Wait a moment".
This role gave Zhao Yazhi a large number of fans and made her very famous in the mainland, even though she had many classic roles before, such as the innocent and lovely character in "Shanghai Beach" Feng Chengcheng, the charming and tender Su Rongrong in "Chu Liuxiang", and the affectionate and righteous Yao Mulan in "Small Clouds of Beijing" are not as popular as the White Snake.
You must know that Zhao Yazhi did not want to play this role.
When filming "The Legend of White Snake", the director was determined to make a good masterpiece, so he shot a lot of on-site scenes and hired well-known arrangers and musicians. Needless to say, the theme song and the interludes were all sung from operas. It was very Classic and beautiful.
I was even more cautious when choosing the actor to play the role of White Snake. Pan Yingzi, who was very popular at the time, and others were among the candidates. In the end, I decided to leave the decision to the audience. After voting, the 38-year-old Zhao Yazhi was elected with a high vote. However, when she received the invitation from the crew, Zhao Yazhi clearly refused.
Because she felt that her Mandarin was not good, and there were still many Huangmei arias needed in the play, and she felt that she could not complete it. Zhao Yazhi decided to star only after the producer provided a solution for post-dubbing and conducted more than a hundred phone calls.
It turns out that the audience and the producers made the right choice. Although Zhao Yazhi is 38 years old, there is not a single wrinkle on her face, and her eyes are full of shyness, and she cannot feel her true age at all.
The audience saw the White Snake dressed up in a fairy-like manner. She raised her hands and raised her eyebrows to make the White Snake's intelligence and gentleness come to life. Her clothes were the icing on the cake, and she was white. Refined and refined, purple clothing is virtuous and elegant, while cyan gauze clothing is elegant and fresh.
That girl never bought a sticker of White Snake. Zhao Yazhi’s Bai Suzhen is so beautiful that she is the real White Snake. She is truly a beauty who waits for a thousand years.
In 1993, Tsui Hark's movie "Green Snake" was released. This movie adapted from Li Bihua's novel can be said to be a breakthrough.
The green snake is the main character in the film, but Wang Zuxian’s white snake is not inferior to Maggie Cheung, the black green snake, and even made some viewers think that the white snake is still the protagonist.
Comparing Zhao Yazhi’s White Snake that was just aired, Wang Zuxian’s White Snake is completely different, but equally as stunningly beautiful, and is also said to be something you have to wait a thousand years to see.
At that time, Wang Zuxian was 26 years old, the age when he was most brilliant. After working with Tsui Hark on the role of Nie Xiaoqian, Tsui Hark invited her to play the role of White Snake.
The scene where Wang Zuxian held up an oil-paper umbrella by the West Lake made countless viewers lose their minds. Her white snake is different from the dignified and gentle character portrayed by Zhao Yazhi in the TV series. Her beauty is decisive and fiercely aggressive. Wang Zuxian has brought this beauty to the extreme.
The white snake she created is not only enchanting, but also fully embodies the beauty, sophistication, transparency and open-mindedness of a thousand-year-old white snake. The figure is slender and graceful, and the eyes are as charming as blooming flowers. , the copper coin head with hanging hair is full of charm.
Wang Zuxian perfectly matched the copper coin head with the enchanting, which is known as the most correct way to open the copper coin head. From then on, the appearance of the copper coin head in any drama will remind the audience of this movie.
Later, some White Snakes also adopted this style, but compared to the beauty of Wang Zuxian's White Snake, it is simply a world of difference.
In 2005, CCTV started filming "The Legend of White Snake", and the famous Liu Tao was chosen for the role of White Snake.
Liu Tao is at the stage of rising popularity through "Huanzhuggege 3" and "Dragon". Because Liu Tao's costume appearance is very good, her White Snake is also very good. Expected.
After the show was aired, it was also because of the presence of Zhuyu from the 1992 version of "The Legend of White Snake" that the audience's evaluation was not high at first.
Many people think that the plot of this drama is bland, and Liu Tao’s white lady looks darker. In fact, Liu Tao’s appearance is online, her temperament is very gentle, and she appears virtuous in the drama Shude is also kind-hearted and behaves like a lady.
The ending of the plot setting is not satisfactory. Bai Niangzi and Xu Xian are not together, but he sweeps the tower for her and she holds an umbrella for him until Xu Xian grows old.
When Liu Tao appeared on the stage, it felt like hibiscus emerging from clear water, and he had a demonic aura at first, but then gradually faded away.
The costumes of the crew are also not good. The white lady is asked to wear a plastic headdress and wig bag, and Xiao Qing's costume is even more revealing.
In such a dress, to be honest, Liu Tao did not show the temperament of the White Snake. The temperament she showed can be seen in her roles as A'Zhu and Princess Nihuang, and there is no Perform a stunning white lady.
The TV series "White Snake" is named "White Snake", but it is a TV series with Xiao Qing as the protagonist. Not only that, the whole drama except for a little background To explain, in fact, it has nothing to do with the white snake and the green snake.
For example, the character who was a White Snake in his previous life is named Yin Shuangshuang. Yin Shuangshuang is played by Liu Shishi. She is the second female lead and does not have many roles.
At that time, I saw a still photo of Liu Shishi, elegantly dressed in white, half-lying on a stone, looking very calm. This still photo is very stunning and has a bit of Zhao Yazhi's charm. Liu Shishi can attract the attention of netizens in a simple white dress.
However, the plot is so bloody that it leaves people speechless. If you don’t know the title of the play, you really don’t know what it has to do with White Snake. The reason why netizens follow this drama is really because of Liu Shishi, her appearance is always online in the drama.
But when Liu Shishi is not wearing white clothes, she does lack the fresh and refined feeling in the stills. In fact, in terms of appearance, Liu Shishi is very suitable to play the role of the White Snake. Her temperament is very outstanding.
It’s just that the script is really weak, and Liu Shishi’s eyes are dull in the play, and her acting skills are questioned. It’s a pity that Liu Shishi didn’t play a version of the classic White Snake.
In 2010, Juli Films announced that it would produce the epic fantasy blockbuster "The Legend of White Snake". Huang Shengyi announced that she will star in the heroine White Snake, and will partner with big stars such as Jet Li and Charlene Choi. For a time, many people were discussing whether Huang Shengyi could challenge the mythical image of "Bai Suzhen".
The publicity news about this film is also overwhelming, and it lives up to expectations. With a box office of 229 million, this film became the 2011 National Day box office champion in the Mainland.
Audiences who have watched the film have polarized comments on the White Snake played by Huang Shengyi. Some people think Huang Shengyi’s White Snake is beautiful, fashionable and light, and every frame is beautiful and ancient. The plot setting is also very subversive.
Some people think this is a bad movie. Huang Shengyi's White Snake has no classical flavor, and also exposes many shortcomings in her facial features.
Huang Shengyi really doesn’t want to imitate the previous image of the White Snake, even though she said she likes Zhao Yazhi’s White Snake very much. Huang Shengyi just wants to show off the fashion trend and the white lady with full personality. Therefore, the styling also abandoned the complicated hairstyles and gorgeous clothes of ancient costumes, and just used white clothes, long flowing hair, and a clean and neat way to express it without losing aesthetics. Coupled with Huang Shengyi's sharp edges, tough lines, and full of modernity The beauty is indeed achieved.
However, the primitive wildness and demonic nature promoted by the film, which has been practiced for thousands of years just to pursue freedom and happiness, are really not seen.
Moreover, the large-scale production, special effects, and realistic models in the film promotion did not add much points. Even though Huang Shengyi is a beauty, her modern interpretation of the White Snake cannot impress people. There is no beauty that does not wait for a thousand years.
When the filming of "White Snake Again" started in 2011, it was with great fanfare. It was said that hundreds of millions were invested (the actual investment was 30 million), and a character voting event was held. It can be said that the crew A lot of effort was put into it.
It was finally decided that 33-year-old Zuo Xiaoqing would play the role of White Snake. After the photos of Zuo Xiaoqing’s final makeup were released, the news also praised her for looking like a “Little Dragon Girl”. This made the audience doubt that she was not playing the role of White Snake. Madam, why do you look like Little Dragon Girl again?
After the broadcast, the audience was introduced to the popular word at the time - thunder rolling. What the crew thought was an innovation was that the look of the White Snake was borrowed from the copper coin head in the movie "Green Snake", but it was not as beautiful as Wang Zuxian's.
The theme uses an old version of the song, but the rewritten lyrics sound completely different. The plot also sets up that Bai Suzhen was born in the devil world, while Xu Xian was born in the fairy world. The two have been in love for many years, but their love has been bumpy due to the incompatibility between the world of immortals and demons. The audience just wants to say that this innovation is a mess.
Zuo Xiaoqing’s White Snake has only one feeling: old. The 38-year-old Zhao Yazhi doesn't look old when she plays the White Snake, while the 33-year-old Zuo Xiaoqing looks like a middle-aged woman. To put it mildly, she is gentle and virtuous, suitable for playing a housewife. How can she be different from the fairy-like White Snake? It has something to do with it, so this drama got a rating of 3.4, which is really not a loss at all.
The producer of "The Legend of White Snake" starring Yang Zi and Ren Jialun in 2018 said that this version added many innovations and adaptations based on "The Legend of White Snake" .
After the broadcast, netizens discovered that the producer was sincere and did not deceive me. Sure enough, the adaptation was huge. The name of White Snake was changed to Bai Yaoyao, which changed the dignified and majestic image of White Snake in the past. Yang Zi played the cute version of White Snake.
Bai Yaoyao is cute and cute, and her character is very lovable, so the smart White Snake also has countless fans. In fact, Yang Zi's performance in the play is still very good, and her acting skills have also been greatly improved, especially Yang Zi's crying scene in the play. It can be said that she conquered the audience with just a drop of tears, which is very contagious.
But I have to say that this drama is suspected of being a trick. The audience also found that Yang Zi's face seemed to have changed a bit, which was different from when she was in "Sweet Honey". Moreover, Yang Zi's appearance was not stunning, and her portrayal of the Sibai Lady was more than cute, but not beautiful enough.
9. Ju Jingyi "The Legend of the New White Snake"
In 2019, she was known as the "Four Thousand Years of Beauty" "Ju Jingyi's official announcement to play the role of the White Snake, who has been practicing for thousands of years, has stirred up waves, and netizens have expressed their expectation.
It has been 27 years since the classic 1992 version of "The Legend of White Snake". Will Ju Jingyi create a classic role? At that time, many netizens were still very optimistic, because Ju Jingyi's trial costume drama "The Legend of Yun Xi" still received passing reviews, and her costume style was very light and beautiful.
After the 2019 version of "The Legend of the White Snake" was aired, netizens wondered, didn't she play Bai Suzhen, and why she copied Yun Xi again.
At that time, netizens did not know that in the future, Ju Jingyi’s costume characters would be copied without restriction, and they would simply watch them again and again.
In this drama, the white lady who has practiced spiritual practice for thousands of years has become a "silly white sweet", and she looks like she is lacking in vitality and blood. Looking at the whole drama, this is an idol drama under the cloak of fantasy.
Ju Jingyi, who is known as the "Four Thousand Years of Beauty", does not show the charm of a beauty, but the ten-level microdermabrasion plus her own highlights. Sharp-eyed netizens also discovered that Ju Jingyi's clothing in the drama, from her hairstyle to her pendant earrings to her gauze skirt, is very similar to Yang Mi's Bai Qian.
With the luminous white filter, Ju Jingyi should act in a fantasy drama, or play a beauty like Xiaojiabiyu, but she cannot portray the character of the White Snake.
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Nowadays, the output of online dramas is very high. We just finished discussing Ju Jingyi’s version of White Snake, and this year “The Legend of White Snake” is online again.
This version of White Snake is played by Sun Xiaojie. After watching this version, I feel that I should apologize to Ju Jingyi. At least Ju Jingyi is trying to show her beauty, while Sun Xiaoxiao’s White Snake It can be called "Spicy White Snake".
Originally, Sun Xiaoxiao's appearance was not dignified and majestic, but looked delicate and willful. In the play, her facial features are all over the place, and her expressions are exaggerated. This makes it difficult for the audience to associate her with the dignified white lady in their impression.
Ju Jingyi’s style is similar to Yang Mi’s white line, while Sun Xiaoxiao’s style is so similar to Bai Qian that netizens call her “low-profile” The version is white and shallow.”
Not only do they have the "same hairstyle" and "same hairline", but they also have men's clothing styles that also match the style of Si Yin played by Yang Mi. You must know that she is playing the role of Bai Niangzi, not Bai Qian.
And everyone knows that the weapons Bai Suzhen usually uses are swords. From Zhao Yazhi's version to Liu Tao's version, there is also a movie version. This time, Sun Xiaojie's version had a big adaptation. Bai Suzhen's weapon became a fan. Netizens started to click on the playback for their feelings, but finally chose not to embarrass themselves and turned it off.
In general, it seems that only the versions of Zhao Yazhi and Wang Zuxian can truly create the image of the beautiful white lady. On the contrary, the more recent works the White Snake appears, the more she feels like a group of demons dancing around.
To truly create a beautiful and classic character, the selection of actors and careful production are essential.