The new costume drama "Shen Yin" starring Zhao Lusi and actor Wang Anyu was not as popular as expected on the first day of its broadcast, but its momentum surged two days after its premiere, beating the costume drama "One Thought Guanshan" starring Liu Shishi and Liu Yuning, and won the drama popularity list Champion, compared to the competent performances of the heroines of the two dramas, the male protagonists of the two dramas were ridiculed by netizens as "ugly men in ancient costumes" due to their poor appearance. Wang Anyu was slightly inferior to Liu Yuning due to constant negative reviews in three key areas.
1. Wang Anyu’s performance in the martial arts scenes was inferior.
Liu Yuning showed off his skills in instantly killing the villain in the mourning hall at the beginning of "One Thought of Passing the Mountain". In the following scenes, his skills were comparable to Liu Shishi's, and he looked quite chic; but Wang Anyu's performance in the martial arts scenes was inferior. "The Hidden God" opens with a state of being conferred divine power and being transferred from the divine world to the fairy world for training. Not to mention his superb skills, he is also teased at every turn. Compared with the martial arts scenes between the two, Liu Yuning is more eye-catching.
2. Wang Anyu's costume styling was criticized
Liu Yuning and Wang Anyu were ridiculed by netizens as "ugly men in costume" because their looks were not up to standard and not as refined as the pretty boys in the past puppet dramas. However, their appearances in their respective dramas were quite similar. different. Liu Yuning's hairstyle is mostly a princess hairstyle. Although her hair is tied, it is not completely tied up, and her facial features are more obvious. When paired with more calm costumes such as black and dark blue, the overall feeling is deep and restrained; Wang Anyu In the play, his hair was tied into a high ponytail and his hair was completely tied up, which made his already elongated face more obvious. He also wore more bright-colored costumes such as white and light blue, so he received a lot of criticism on the Internet.
3. Wang Anyu's character design is too cliche
Liu Yuning and Liu Shishi in "One Thought Guanshan" went from testing each other to becoming life-saving partners. The story developed smoothly. As the stories behind the two people were revealed one by one, it was natural to come together. Abrupt, coupled with the eye-catching scene of a woman chasing a man to have a child, the sense of CP is overwhelming; Wang Anyu mistook Zhao Lusi's rescue grace as the villain female partner Cao Feiran's help when "The Hidden God" first aired. Although she later married Zhao Lusi He becomes a master and servant, but he has mistakenly identified Cao Feiran as the object of his affection. In addition, he and Zhao Lusi are set as happy enemies. Almost all elements of the play are common themes of "ancient puppets", and many netizens think it is too old-fashioned.
