When talking about Xiao Zhan, Zheng Xiaolong said: "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" from attracting attention thanks to Xiao Zhan's participation, to finally overcoming the limit of only relying on fans to become a film that is widely welcomed by the audience.
Tang Hai's contrasting appearance and inner depth brought strong breakthrough power to Xiao Zhan's role.
For Xiao Zhan, Tang Hai is an important opportunity: From a teenager with a heroic nationalist color, dreaming of revenge, to a person who dares to choose "for the love of God but to keep the peace of earth", that journey of maturity and transformation requires acting with depth and many layers of transformation - at the same time giving the actor a large space to express".
The male director added: "Since "Tang Hai Truyen" aired, many classic scenes have gone viral. Thereby, not only seeing the efforts and progress in Tieu Chien's acting, but also seeing the potential of a young actor when meeting a good director will maximize".
When talking about his collaboration with Xiao Zhan, director Zheng Xiaolong frankly shared: Before filming, I watched a few other works by him, feeling that this was a very humorous actor.
Xiao Zhan's appearance makes many people love him, but more importantly, with the role of Tang Hai, the appearance and inner thoughts of the character form a strong contrast, thereby bringing a very special attraction".
Trinh Hieu Long also revealed that during filming, Tieu Chien made great efforts.
One of the important reasons why "Tang Hai Truyen" is currently recognized is because of respect for the script and role, using actors appropriately, not intentionally following the market. Director Trinh Hieu Long also shared that he does not consider Tieu Chien as an idol actor but only tries day and night to make his appearance look more beautiful.
Trinh Hieu Long frankly said: "Xiao Zhan's fans are very large, I believe they also want to see Xiao Zhan perform more outstandingly in terms of acting. Only when actors build good characters and colleagues, can they cooperate evenly and strongly, the film becomes attractive, and so the actors really benefit.
Regarding his ability to shift to a profound acting genre, director Trinh Hieu Long commented that Tieu Chien possesses this quality: "In the future, after going through many more training challenges, he can become a very good actor".
