Recently, the project "Lan Huong Nhu Co" produced by Tencent Video has started filming and announced the cast. The film features Tan Songyun, Liu Xueyi, Li Meng, Guo Khayu, Wu Diem Diem, Yeizhen, Guo Dao...
According to information from the platform, "Lan Huong Nhu Co" is adapted from the novel "Lan Huong Duyen" by author Hoa Yen Son. The above project is written by Dong Hoa. However, Dong Hoa's change made Hoa Yen Son dissatisfied.
Accordingly, Hoa Yen Son criticized the film crew and screenwriter for changing almost all of the names of important characters in the original work. In particular, the female lead and the male lead are not allowed to keep the same names as in the original novel.
The female lead from Tran Huong Lan changed to Hua Lan Huong, the male lead Lam Cam Lau changed to Lam Cam Ky. In addition, the important character Trieu Nguyet Thien was changed, with two new names appearing, Trieu Tinh Duong (played by Ly Mong) and Ngoc Thien (played by Diep Thanh).
On her personal page, author Hoa Yen Son posted a post explaining the meaning of each character's name in the story. At the same time, Hoa Yen Son also asked: "So why did screenwriter Dong Hoa adapt his work without changing the character's name, not separating the film from the story?".
The incident caused a lot of noise and became a search keyword on Weibo with mixed opinions. While some people defended Dong Hoa, there were many criticisms of the female screenwriter, saying that she did not respect her colleagues and the works of others.
Dong Hoa is the author of many famous novels that have been adapted into films such as "Scarlet Heart Ministry", "This is about the sky and that is about the sea", "Truong Tuong Tu"... She also co-wrote the screenwriter role for "Vanh Da Da Co On You", "Bo Vi"...
In particular, "Truong Tuong Tu" written by Dong Hoa received many negative reactions from the audience for changing the content compared to the original.
