The spy drama finally stood up in 2024. In March, the movie "Storm Chaser" broke the previous broadcast situation of spy war themes that started high and started low. It launched a war between ideals and beliefs from the perspective of Shanghai's finance, and also allowed more vi

spy drama finally stood up in 2024.

As "Storm Chaser" comes to an end. Fans of espionage dramas are still unsatisfied and are once again in a drama drought. Fortunately, at this time, "When the Stars Shine" came out and starred on Hunan Satellite TV. It won the first place in satellite TV ratings when it first aired, creating another great success for the spy war theme.

As the plot progresses, the supporting characters in "When the Stars Shine" use their strength to prove to the audience: when the supporting characters are too amazing, the protagonist can take the lead.

The soy sauce protagonist

A good spy war drama, in addition to the plot, is indispensable for powerful actors to portray legendary characters. But the two leading actors in "When the Stars Shine" should have been chosen by the director with his eyes closed, because their acting skills were really too high.

Let’s talk about the male protagonist first, Li Xian.

Li Xian in the urban idol drama is not very handsome, but he has a special charm about him. But when it comes to spy dramas, Li Xian is not only not handsome anymore, but his acting skills are not even up to par.

When discussing the current situation with his brother, Hua Zhen, played by Li Xian, spoke beautifully, but he was like an emotionless intelligent AI robot with an expressionless face, no movement at all, just stunned. There is no trace of the passionate patriotic youth in the output lines.

And when he found Meng Duoci lying in the dirty clothes basket to avoid the murderer, Li Xian frowned when he saw the little girl crying, looking like he was distressed, but also like he was suppressing a smile, which was a complete waste of Li Zhimo's time. This is a truly emotional crying scene.

Look at this paragraph again. Facing the police captain who questioned him, Hua Zhen looked down, his brows furrowed again, his face devoid of any emotion. It looked like the character was deep in thought, but to me, it looked like he was opening his eyes. He slept with his eyes closed, his acting was too careless.

Let’s look at the heroine, Ren Min.

First of all, let’s start with appearance. Ever since the show "When the Stars Shine" started airing, Ren Min has marketed cheongsam beauties whose appearance has become more beautiful. Looking at the pictures of sweeping buildings, they are indeed youthful and beautiful.

As a result, in the drama, Ren Min's cheongsam style was really too stretchy.

Originally, in the Republic of China drama, the cheongsam makeup was a very bright spot, but when Ren Min put on this gray-blue cheongsam, she looked old-fashioned, and the collar was too tight or something, let her see The neck is short and thick when standing up.

There is also the appearance of wearing a police uniform, which is even more unspeakable. The clothes have to be buttoned to the top button, which directly creates a neck disappearing technique for the audience.

With a hairpin on his head, his face looked a little bigger. But at this moment, when he looked in the mirror, Ren Min even praised himself for his "temperament", which really made the audience laugh.

In addition to the crotch-stretching makeup, Ren Min's lines also don't match the atmosphere of the whole drama. Her too modern voice makes her incompatible with the surrounding environment. Coupled with her off-the-wall performance, the character Luo Minmin looks strange. Too smart.

And in this scene where Xiang Yuansheng (pseudonym of Hua Zhen) breaks into the French Concession to arrest someone, when they hear the siren sounding, the surrounding team members are shouting for him to come out quickly.

Our heroine, Luo Minmin, stood there with a look of disbelief on her face. She could only stare and stare, with no emotional outburst at all. The captain next to her was hoarse from shouting. She seemed to be a bystander, as if it had nothing to do with her.

As a star drama, "When the Stars Shine" has such a bad acting performance of the protagonist, which further highlights the good acting skills of the supporting characters.

Amazing supporting characters

It can be said that I stayed in the drama "When the Stars Shine" solely because of the superb performances of the supporting characters. In the play, their performance exceeded my expectations. They had all the emotional explosiveness they should have, and they directly stole the limelight from the protagonist.

is the first, traveling around.

Zhou You is an underrated actor. In "The Sky of the Wind Dog", his role as Liu Wenqin was impressive. In the new drama, Chen Hao, played by Zhou You, is average-looking, but he has the right taste.

In the first episode, while performing a task, Chen Hao saw a sugar painting falling in front of the hotel room door. He stepped forward to pick it up and when he looked up, he saw the corpses lying around in the room. His pupils shrank suddenly and slowly widened. The eyes and open mouth all show the character's disbelief.

There is also the scene where he is thrown out of the car and gets up after regaining consciousness. He staggers to his feet and spins back and forth unsteadily. When he first got up from the ground, he was still unsteady. He kept bending over and couldn't tell the difference between east, west and north.

After standing up completely, he looked in front of him confusedly, with a painful expression on his face. He looked at the people around him and was confused about the situation. Absolutely amazing. Very few people can show an injury scene so realistically and with a sense of empathy. Zhou You's performance is really wonderful.

ranked second, Wang Zixuan.

Wang Zixuan plays the role of Shi Junyu, the inspector of the French Concession Police Department. She makes people shine as soon as she appears.

was dressed in an upright police uniform. After getting off the car, he walked forward aggressively. His face was expressionless and his eyes were cold, standing tall in his image of a cold and noble character.

When questioning Chen Hao's team members for breaking into the French Concession to arrest people without authorization, and Chen Hao's arrogant sophistry, Shi Junyu strode forward towards the opponent, with a full aura around him, and a series of words that were well-founded and coherent.

This scene fully exposed the positions of both parties and the character's characteristics. Wang Zixuan's performance made me see a potential stock in the growing stage, just waiting for an opportunity to stand out.

Conclusion

After watching "When the Stars Shine", I found that the actors' acting skills cannot be compared at all, because the advantages and disadvantages are too obvious.

In recent years, netizens should be able to find that in today's TV dramas, the existence of the protagonist seems to be just to provide popularity for the new drama, and the highlight clips that make the audience talk about it seem to be contributed by supporting actors.

For example, Ye Bingshang played by Chen Duling in "The Everlasting Moon", and Shangguan Qian played by Lu Yuxiao in "Yun Zhi Yu", more and more supporting roles have earned a place in the hearts of the audience with their excellent acting skills. .

This also reflects that what the audience really cares about is not the traffic, but whether the actors can carry their roles.

Nowadays, supporting roles are becoming more and more easy to get out of the circle, and it is indispensable to have a starring role with poor acting skills as a foil. The drama "When the Stars Shine" once again proved to the audience: when the supporting roles are too amazing, the protagonist can take the lead.

"When the Stars Shine" is still on the air. Many actors such as Wang Maolei, Song Fangyuan, Jiang Yi, Song Ningfeng, etc. have met the audience in the drama. I believe there will be more supporting roles in the subsequent plots. Contribute excellent acting skills.

So who do you think has the best acting in this drama?