Rebirth in Hengdian

Chapter 16: Ditched filming for the male god

CHAPTER 16

In a drama with male as the major lead, the heroine will not have too many scenes to begin with, let alone the role of female number three and female number four. However, although the scene exposures are not much different, but the roles' personality differ a lot. The female number three has a pleasing character, and the female number four is not very good.

　　This drama was adapted on the basis of historical facts, and all the important scenes about the protagonist, Zhu Di are true. But in order to attract audience, a lot of unimportant content are not historically accurate or fictitious. Such as, the scenes about Princess Yong'an, some are fictitious.

　　　In the drama, Princess Yong'an is the first daughter of Zhu Di and Empress Xu, so she is loved dearly. As the eldest sister, she cherishes her *didi and *meimei more than herself. She is married to Yuan Rong, Marquis Guangping, and the husband and wife are affectionate and loving.

[*didi – younger brother]

[*meimei – younger sister]

　　While the female number four, Princess Yongping, is a more arrogant and domineering character, and the *Fuma is also rowdy and troublemaker. During disagreement, they make trouble in front of Zhu Di and Empress Xu. Therefore, Zhu Di became irritable at times.

[*Fuma – prince consort, a princess' husband; the emperor's son-in-law]

　　Li Zixi, reading the script, had a rough understanding of the content inside. In his youth, Zhu Di was played by a young fresh meat, Ning Zihang, there aren't that many scenes. Next, the middle-aged Zhu Di is the new *TV Emperor Yan Xuan. Yan Xuan has always appeared in front of everyone as an uncle with an image of tough guy, around forty years old, has long been married and had children, and has a good reputation in the circle.

[*TV Emperor – title for someone who dominates TV dramas? Probably an award. Not sure since I rarely watch CDramas let alone care about acting awards]

　　Her husband, Yuan Rong, is played by a handsome actor, Yu You. In order to act well, Li Zixi has watched his acting in dramas for the past few days. He has some acting skills, better than ordinary small fresh meat.

　　If one asks why he didn't get fire, probably there is no work yet that made him blow up. If there is such a work, he will be on fire soon.

　　However, many things are hard to tell. Although some people have bad acting skills, the looks are not the most outstanding, but just an instant hit. And some people, acting online, looks good, but they just won't get fire. People really can't help but to believe in fate.

　　The actress who plays Empress Xu is also a powerful actress in the circle. In her earlier years, she already won *behind-the-scene award. Very low-key in the circle, only focusing on filming, and rarely on gossip news.

[*behind-the-scene award – I can't find a better translation of 视后称号. But from what I had gathered; this award is given to actors/actresses that are very devoted on their profession.]

　　The director is Jin Cheng, who has filmed countless historical dramas, which can be said that focused on historical dramas set a century ago. The reviews are also excellent, as can be seen from the actors he chose. Li Zixi is satisfied with this drama from top to bottom, and can still squeeze in to this big production. Really... the backstage is difficult.