Recently, the Chinese historical drama "The Flower of Youth" aired all 8 final episodes on the Youku platform. In the final stage, the drama continuously caused controversy because of its characterful characters. , the action is very different from the original novel.
The male and female leads Bui Van Tuyen (Truong Lang Hach) and Ly Dung (Trieu Kim Mach) are not even the most criticized characters. The name that made the audience angry was the supporting actor To Dung Khanh, played by actor Tran Hac Nhat.
Tran Hac Nhat was accused of stealing Truong Lang Hach's acting space. His acting was also rated poorly, not suitable for the character's personality.
According to netizen statistics, in the last 8 episodes, Tran Hac Nhat appeared more time than the male lead Truong Lang Hach .
To Dung Khanh's increase in acting space and character setting made the audience dissatisfied.
This way of building a character has been shown to have many contradictions. At the beginning of the film, he always claimed to protect his father, brother and relatives for the good of his family, but at the end of the film, he hurt his own relatives.
Actor Tran Hac Nhat's acting skills were criticized for being too bad, even misrepresenting the character's thoughts. To Dung Khanh was a person who wanted to rebel and could kill the crown prince and cause chaos in the court. But when his father scolded him, Tran Hac Nhat felt sorry for himself like a child.
Or in the scene where To Dung Khanh only puts sleeping pills into his father's cup of tea, Tran Hac Nhat acts as if he were poisoning his enemy.
The climax of Tran Hac Nhat's favor was in the important scene at the end of the film. In the middle of the last episode, To Dung Khanh was stabbed with a sword in the stomach but did not die immediately. He still has time to express his feelings and reminisce about past scenes with Princess Ly Dung.
Finally, To Dung Khanh has an elegant scene of playing the piano, supplemented by heroic background music, even though this is a villain .
While pregnant, Ly Dung still wanted to rush into the fire to save To Dung Khanh, and the male lead Bui Van Tuyen had to pull her out.
According to the original story, when To Dung Khanh committed suicide in a sea of flames, Ly Dung no longer had any lingering feelings and immediately left with Bui Van Tuyen.