The new "The Deer and the Cauldron" director supports Zhang Yishan's acting skills: the best Wei Xiaobao

The new version of "The Deer and the Cauldron" starring Zhang Yishan was aired on November 15, but it has been controversial since its release, and its Douban score has dropped to 2.6 points, earning it a dismal evaluation as "the lowest Jin Yong drama."

Zhang Yishan's acting skills in the drama have been questioned a lot. Many netizens feel that what they saw was not a clever and funny Wei Xiaobao, but a Wei Xiaobao who was so exaggerated that he looked like a monkey.

Recently, Ma Jin, the director of The Deer and the Cauldron, supported Zhang Yishan in an interview. He said that saying Yishan looked like a monkey was a description, but putting a picture of a monkey and Yishan's head together and scolding him was a typical example of harm and violence.

Frankly speaking, Zhang Yishan is one of the best actors of his age, and a well-deserved leader in acting. He is the perfect choice for Wei Xiaobao. Not only is he comprehensible and expressive, he is also very dedicated and often surprises the director. In terms of acting, Yishan is also top-notch in all versions of Wei Xiaobao so far.

Ma Jin said that Wei Xiaobao is a very extreme and special character. He was born in a brothel, and is used to the darkness of the world. He doesn't know who his father is, and has a huge psychological shadow, but he is still kind and optimistic. He is proficient in wine, sex, money and power, and has all the bad qualities of the old Chinese men. But he has his country in his heart and is a man of morality.

"As far as character creation is concerned, Yishan did a very good job, he is the Wei Xiaobao I expected!" Ma Jin said, if there must be a problem with him, it is my problem and has nothing to do with the actor!

In fact, in a previous interview, Zhang Yishan "spoiled" in advance that his version of Wei Xiaobao was deliberately portrayed in a cartoon-like and funny style, and the performance style might change a little, sometimes it might be a little freehand and not so down-to-earth. These are all creative techniques, and people and things will definitely respect the original work.

He frankly accepted different evaluations from the audience, saying that there were times when he did not perform well, "Don't think of me as a particularly good actor, because there were times when I did not perform well."