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After the premiere of “Gu Yu”, Zhang Songwen and Zhang Xue, who is 21 years younger, played a husband and wife, and he also called Li Xiaoran, who was the same age as him, “mom”, which sparked a heated discussion about the mismatch between seniority and age. The crew hoped that they would be able to impress the audience with their acting skills.
The period drama “Gu Yu” directed by Li Lu was launched on the 5th. Unexpectedly, the plot has not yet been fully revealed, and the relationship between the starring characters has already sparked heated discussions. 50 year old powerful actorzhang songwen He and 29-year-old actress Zhang Xueying play husband and wife in the drama. Not only is there a 21-year age difference between the two, but they are also rumored to have a kissing scene, which triggered polarized reactions from the audience. What’s even more surprising is that Li Xiaoran, who plays Zhang Xueying’s mother, is also 50 years old, but Zhang Songwen had to call her “mom” in the play. The confusing seniority setting quickly became a hot search topic.
“Gu Yu” is based on a major tax fraud case in the 1990s. The story focuses on the battle between good and evil between tax inspectors and tax fraud criminal groups. Zhang Songwen plays Zhou Haiyang, a villain who comes from a lower-class background and gradually falls into greed, while Zhang Xueying plays Lin Rui. The two have a complex conflict of interest due to their marriage. Zhou Haiyang married Lin Rui as his adoptive son-in-law. This marriage was not a romantic love, but was full of concealment, suspicion and calculations.
What surprised the audience most in the play was not only the 21-year age difference between Zhang Songwen and Zhang Xueying, who played the couple, but also Li Xiaoran’s seniority arrangement. In the real world, Zhang Songwen and Li Xiaoran are both 50 years old, but in the movie they have a mother-in-law and son-in-law relationship. Netizens who originally thought the two would have a romantic relationship were surprised to see the role arrangement. Some people also made fun of Zhang Songwen for calling her mother, who is the same age as her, Li Xiaoran. “The picture alone is full of contradictions.”
As for the couple scene between Zhang Songwen and Zhang Xueying, this was also the center of discussion. Some viewers felt that the two of them lacked the feeling of a couple and looked more like a father and daughter. Intimate scenes in particular can easily create a feeling of dissonance. Some people even described Zhang Xueying’s condition as “an actress’s work-related injury”. However, some fans believed that the actor’s actual age did not represent the character’s age. If the two can show the relationship between the characters through their performances, they won’t be unable to convince the audience.
In fact, “Gu Yu” is not an idol drama with love as the main theme. The relationship between husband and wife is part of showing the conflict between the characters’ personalities and interests. Zhang Songwen has always been recognized for her delicate and layered acting skills. This time he challenges the role of a thoughtful villain, and his rivalry with Zhang Xueying is also considered a highlight of the series. As the series airs, the special combination of a couple with a 21-year age difference and a mother-in-law of the same age keeps giving rise to discussions. Whether the conflict between age and seniority can be resolved through acting skills has become the focus of the subsequent follow-up of the series for the audience.
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Because Zhang Songwen and 29-year-old Zhang Xueying play husband and wife in the drama, they have an age difference of 21 years, and a kissing scene was arranged; What’s even more exaggerated is that Li Xiaoran, who is the same age, is her mother-in-law in the play, and the seniority setting confuses the audience.
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In fact, both are 50 years old, but in “Gu Yu”, Zhang Songwen had to call Li Xiaoran “mom”, creating a contrasting combination of actors of the same age who are mother-in-law and son-in-law. Therefore, they soon became a hot topic and the center of discussion.
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“Gu Yu” is based on a major tax fraud case in the 1990s. The main focus is the confrontation between tax inspection and criminal gangs. The controversy centered on the age difference between Zhang Songwen and Zhang Xueying, and whether Li Xiaoran’s seniority arrangement would create a feeling of disobedience.
