Recently, in an interview, actor Nghiem Khoan had a humorous complaint, accidentally revealing the popularity of his co-star Truong Lang Hach in the Chinese movie "Chuc Ngoc".
Nghiem Khoan frankly shared that throughout many years of filming, almost no one came to the film set to visit him, but when he participated in the movie "Chuc Ngoc", relatives and friends flocked in large numbers.
And the real purpose was to meet Truong Lang Hach, even someone asked him to ask for Truong Lang Hach's autograph.
Yan Kuan recounted vividly: "My neighbors are very fond of Zhang Linghe, when I filmed, they kept asking if he was handsome, and asked for autographs. For so many years, no one of my friends has visited the studio, only this set, everyone has come. Why? Actually, to watch Zhang Linghe".
The story Nghiem Khoan shared quickly attracted attention on social networks.
According to Sohu, the self-criticism of the actor born in 1979 also clearly reflects the audience attraction and market value that Truong Lang Hach has accumulated from previous films such as "Axis of Jade" and "Love and Death".
Yan Kuan also publicly praised Zhang Linghe for having "a delicate appearance, both with elegant and martial general qualities".
In the movie, Nghiem Khoan plays the role of Chancellor Wei Nghiem, the uncle of the character Ta Chinh played by Truong Lang Hach. On screen, it is a uncle-niece relationship, in real life Nghiem Khoan also gives recognition to his junior.
To play the role of a general in "Axis of Jade", Truong Lang Hach actively implemented a harsh body-improvement training regime, wearing armor weighing up to 20kg to perform difficult action scenes, showing a professional working spirit recognized by professionals.
According to revelations, the image of a general with pheasant feathers on his head was proposed by Truong Lang Hach himself. In the stage of building the image for the character Ta Chinh, the male actor was inspired by the image of a martial general in the game, proactively proposing to add pheasant feathers to the image of the character he plays.
To ensure no cultural distortion, he also looked up historical documents, confirming that this element in ancient times symbolizes "general triumphant", showing courage, not belonging to a specific character, and then decided to apply it.
CCTV News assessed that this image is a successful example of the combination of traditional culture and film aesthetics.
However, Truong Lang Hach also faces controversy when a part of the audience believes that the image of the general he portrays is too meticulous with careful makeup; from demeanor to appearance, it does not look like a brave, rough and realistic martial general like previous martial arts works.
Truong Lang Hach is compared to Ha Nhuan Dong - a talented actor who has portrayed many impressive martial generals such as Lu Bu in "New Three Kingdoms" or Xiang Yu in "The Legend of Han Chu".
