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In 1993, Zhao Wenzhuo became famous for his role as the "Nine Gates Admiral" in "Fang Shiyu".

At that time, Tsui Hark, who was preparing to shoot "Green Snake", invited him to play the role of "Fahai".

When Zhao Wenzhuo heard that he was going to play Fahai, he was worried:A stubborn and conservative old man? Boring~

Tsui Hark smiled and said, don’t be in a hurry to refuse, take a look at the styling picture first.

When Zhao saw the makeup, he was surprised to find that the old man with long eyebrows and nagging words had been transformed into a strong and majestic monk. The role was still within his comfort zone, so he accepted the role.

Three years ago, on a variety show, netizens joked that Zhao Wenzhuo sang "Meteor Shower" as "Meteor Hammer".The tough guy is forced to be gentle。

If you look through old photos, you will find that Zhao Wenzhuo was like this as early as 30 years ago.

Zhao Wenzhuo has a handsome appearance, a restrained temperament, a dignified and majestic appearance, and a small universe of energy. When the camera gives a close-up, it isThe Advocate of Order。

In the story of "Green Snake", Tsui Hark abandoned the black-and-white character settings of martial arts movies, and at the same time broke away from the traditional narrative of "The Legend of White Snake". The focus is on showing the magical world of three dimensions: human, immortal, and demon, as well as the tragic and desolate struggle of an individual breaking through his fate.

The Legend of the White Snake has been adapted into TV dramas many times, from the earliest female admonitions to the weakening of the "demon nature" and becoming a good wife and mother, to the complete transformation into a positive role to strengthen the power of women in The Legend of the Righteous Demon, and then to the moving pure love narrative of the Zhao Yazhi version of The Legend of the White Snake...

No matter what needs of the times they adapt to,Fahai is always a villain.。

In the recently hit "White Snake: Floating Life", Fahai, who has great combat power and magical weapons, still cannot escape the setting of a "man with lower body".

Only Tsui Hark's Green Snake tried to find a complete set of cause and effect for the character of Fahai.。

At the end of the film, the flooding of Jinshan Temple pushes this sadness to the extreme: a thousand years of Taoist practice is gone, a baby is stillborn, and love is left unsaid.

Only Fahai stood on the crest of the waves like a statue. He seemed to be a winner, but in fact he was the most tragic person.

The "Great and Mighty Heavenly Dragon" plot that netizens love to see comes from a conversation between Fahai and the spider spirit.

Before being subdued, the spider demon begged for mercy: Master, I have been worshipping at the feet of the big golden Buddha in Lingtai Temple for many years, absorbing the Buddha's blessing and having a peaceful temperament.

In other words, weDifferent forms, but the same faith。

Fahai ignored him and dropped his bowl.

At this time, Fahai had only one standard in his heart:The hierarchy is orderly and cannot be questioned。

In "White Snake: Floating Life", Fahai also has a similar expression:

Humans and demons are different, and demons are bad.
If a demon has the virtue of loving life, how can it become a demon?

If you continue reading, you will discover the power of "Green Snake".

When Fahai discovered that the spider spirit had turned into a Buddhist bead, he realized that the other party had not lied and had not killed innocent people.

Fahai's inner order began to loosen:

Are there good and bad monsters?

How can one become a Buddha if he kills good monsters indiscriminately?

This is the biggest difference between the old and new versions of Fahai: Zhao Wenzhuo's Fahai is like an ordinary person.Shaken。

With unprecedented doubts, on a rainy night in the Purple Bamboo Forest, Fahai encountered two green and white snakes who were helping a woman give birth.

This time, Fahai made an exception and let the monster live, but the lustful demon in his heart had already been released.

This incident further aggravated Fahai's confusion: I am the reincarnation of the great and powerful dragon, destined to become a Buddha, so how can I have the seven emotions and six desires of a mortal?

So Fahai began to compete with himself.

First, he sought "self-breakthrough" in the temple

The surging sweat, the burning futon, the heavy breathing...

HereHint: Needless to say。

The result was that Fahai failed in his attempt to break through the barrier within himself.

He could not forget the woman who gave birth in Zizhulin, and could not get rid of his instinctive reaction at that time.

To express it figuratively, it is a group of white monsters with long tails, hideous faces and ghostly voices.

The following conversation shows Fahai's cruelty and twistedness.

In current terms,Internal friction and extreme inconsistency。

Fahai asked the monster: You ignorant monster, you are so ugly, yet you dare to act wildly in the Buddhist temple, why aren't you afraid of me?

Monster: Without you, how can we exist? The six senses are not pure, monk~

Fahai became furious and started killing people.

He knew clearly that these ugly monsters came from himself; the more he enjoyed killing them, the more incompetent Fahai seemed.

Afterwards, Fahai found Xiaoqing.

Everyone may be confused about this plot, two men and one woman are soaking in the river, how come the camera turns and Fahai becomes Xiaoqing's first man? !

Indeed, a key section was cut out when the TV station broadcast it.

Xiaoqing was seen hugging the giant python, half of her body immersed in the water, swimming up and down, panting, with sometimes gentle and sometimes fierce strength.

I won’t explain here what the python represents.

The meaning is clear: Fahai tries to fight with Xiaoqing and reach the state where the arrow is on the string but not released, so as to realize the mystery of "form is emptiness".

Xiaoqing performed the play with Fahai for several hours, but it became boring and they started to play for real.

After a strange cry, huge bubbles emerged from the bottom of the water on Fahai's side.

Then the giant python disappeared.

Tsui Hark used such a visually impactful shot to show the relationship between men and women. It not only smoothly connected the previous and subsequent plots, but also had a depth of space that warrants repeated viewings. He is truly a genius.

Fahai asks for a hammer and gets it, but he is ruthless and intends to kill Xiaoqing to prevent his scandal from being exposed.

The hypocritical and despicable side behind the Buddha nature is vividly portrayed on the paper.

What’s even more ironic is that as a law enforcer, Fahai gave Xu Xian the bad reputation of being “addicted to greed, wanting money after lust”.

The Buddha statue behind him is still majestic, but Fahai, who is unable to face himself, starts to go astray by killing innocent people and failing to distinguish right from wrong.

Fahai's high-class birth, moral education, and long-term discipline of order make him unable to deal with issues such as lust, human nature, etc. He can only retreat behind the mask of law enforcer, selectively ignore past doubts, and solve problems roughly.

In the climax of Green Snake, Fahai returns to his cold state of "a monster is a monster and should be punished."

After the flooding of Jinshan Mountain, the whole place was a tragedy and all lives were lost.

Fahai said,It is also wrong to make achievements first and then make mistakes. Going against the will of heaven will only lead to death.

But they don't consider whether the rules are reasonable at all.

At this point in the plot, Fahai has become a killing tool.

Especially after learning that the fruit of Xu Xian and the White Snake's love was in human form, Fahai's boundaries between humans, gods, and demons have become completely blurred.

The monk who was buried with the White Snake, Xu Xian who was buried with the White Snake, and the newborn in his arms, Fahai changed his tone and called out "Xiao Qing"

After Xiaoqing asked the question "What is love?", she left gracefully, no longer lingering in this heartless world.

Fahai, who had been stubborn throughout the entire film, began to exude a tragic tone at this moment.The audience felt sad and pitiful for him。

Fahai's adherence to the "theory of origin" and "theory of race" were the root causes of his tragedy.

Tsui Hark supported the entire story by fully shaping the story chain of Fahai: Fahai's core motivation to subdue demons, the Green Snake and the White Snake's exploration of love, the helplessness of the different paths of humans and demons, and the philosophical thinking of overcorrection.

Zhao Wenzhuo also presents the most complicated role in his career.

In contrast, in the recently hit "White Snake: Floating Life", Fahai has completely become a tool man, majestic, meticulous and powerful, like a piece of iron with no room for chewing.

In the film, Tsui Hark's version of "Green Snake" was also paid tribute to by the creators, who specially arranged a blind date scene for Xiaoqing, contrasting Fahai's majesty with Xiaoqing's mischievousness in the same frame.

Unfortunately, the dramatic effect is limited and it still remains the same old game of "cat and mouse".

Excessive conservatism will inevitably lead to a lack of novelty in the overall play, and it is no wonder that the audience complains that "it is tasteless and a pity to throw it away."