hates sister-brother relationships, and also dislikes "grandfather-grandson relationships" because there is really no cp feeling with such a big age difference.
In the Chinese mainland market, movies about love are often very popular. Even if the quality of the movie itself is very poor, even if the cast is not very strong, they can always create a very impressive box office performance in the end, and some can even be successful. Breaking box office records. The reason is that the audience likes to watch couples with a sense of CP, as they seem to be themselves in love.
But if there is a big age gap between lovers or couples in movies, it will make people feel inconsistent. When two people with a big age gap stand together, how can people think that they are husband and wife?
In the past, many actors in China have challenged the relationship between brother and sister and the relationship between grandfather and grandson, but in the end they all ended in failure in terms of reputation and box office results. For example, in 2023, the urban emotional drama "Love at the Corner" co-starring Ming Dao and Jiang Wenli was criticized by the audience because the age gap between Jiang Wenli and Ming Dao was too large and they played a couple. The drama "Love Around the Corner" has therefore become the worst drama of the year with a score of only 2.9.
However, it is not always the case that a "couple" with a large age gap will make people disgusted and lead to the failure of film and television works. As long as it is not a pure romance film, even if the age gap between the "couple" or lovers is large, it can sometimes be successful.
Not long ago, a crime drama film "Chaoyunmuyu", produced by Han Sanping as the director, directed by Zhang Guoli and starring Fan Wei and Zhou Dongyu, was officially announced and is scheduled to be released in domestic theaters on May 17 this year. .
If you don’t watch the plot or the trailer, many people may think that in the movie "Morning Cloud and Muyu", the roles played by Fan Wei and Zhou Dongyu should at least be a father and daughter. Because Fan Wei was born in the 1960s and Zhou Dongyu was born in the 1990s, there is a nearly thirty-year age difference between them.
However, after reading the plot synopsis and trailer, I discovered that they played a "benefits couple" in the movie.
The film is adapted from the true story "The Murderous Girl in a Wedding Dress". It mainly tells the story of Lao Qin (played by Fan Wei), a released prisoner who was released from prison after serving 30 years in prison. He just wanted to marry a wife and have children and start a new life, but... Unexpectedly, he met Chang Juan (played by Zhou Dongyu), a girl who had also just been released from prison. He begged for a child, she begged for wealth, and the two people, who were both "descended from the ends of the earth", began a story of a profit marriage with their own purposes.
Fan Wei and Zhou Dongyu are both powerful actors in China. They both hold the title of Best Actor and Best Actress, so in terms of acting skills, the audience does not have to worry at all. In their respective roles in the
movie, one wanted to ask for a child and the other wanted to ask for money, so they formed an exchange of interests and became a benefit couple. In reality, this kind of thing may not be uncommon, and many marriages today are also exchanges of interests. The topic is reflected in reality and often attracts more attention and expectations from the audience.
Therefore, this "couple" who are nearly thirty years apart will not only not offend people, but may actually make the movie a box office hit and become a word-of-mouth masterpiece.
