Producer and director Vu Chinh revealed that before becoming famous, Ngo Can Ngon was chosen to play the female lead in a major film project.
To prepare for this work, Ngo Can Ngon spent many months living in a remote area, focusing on practicing, learning local languages and experiencing real life.
But not long after the film began filming, a female star with a surprising voice expressed her desire to take on this role. Finally, Ngo Can Ngon was substituted.
According to Vu Chinh, the film crew asked Ngo Can Ngon to cooperate in promoting to hide this truth. At that time, Ngo Can Ngon was asked to say that it was just a pilot project. After half a year of preparing and filming, Ngo Can Ngon only received 5,000 yuan in remuneration.
Yu Zheng is not only a female star who replaces Wu Jinyan. But it is reported that the person mentioned is Pham Bang Bang in the movie "I'm Not Phan Kim Lien", released in 2016.
Even a video of more than 18 minutes of Ngo Can Ngon's scene in the film was circulated online. However, the producer said this is only a trial version.
Yu Zheng's sharing is causing controversy. A part of the audience expressed sympathy for Ngo Can Ngon, because at that time, the actress had not joined Vu Chinh's company Hoan Ngu, so she may have suffered losses in terms of rights and contracts.
However, there are also audiences who are skeptical about Vu Chinh's statement, saying that it is unbelievable for a not-so-famous actor like Ngo Can Ngon to be chosen to play the female lead in a major film project by director Phung Tieu Cuong.
Thanks to the role of Ly Tuyet Lien in "I'm Not Phan Kim Lien", Pham Bang Bang won the Best Actress award at the 2016 San Sebastian International Film Festival and the 2017 Asian Film Awards.
As for Ngo Can Ngon, after joining Yu Zheng's company in 2016, she had a big turning point in her career with the main role in the hit TV series "Story of Yanxi Palace" (released in 2018).
Ngo Can Ngon became famous throughout Asia thanks to "Story of Yanxi Palace", Yu Zheng continued to promote her in many other projects such as "Phoenix Prison", "The Legend of Haoran", "Hanh Phuc Will Still enter the door", "Queen of Paying the price", "The Real Estate", "The Legend"..., but these works failed consecutively.
It was not until last summer that Ngo Can Ngon made a spectacular comeback with the historical-themed revenge film "Mac Vu Van Gian".
Currently, Wu Jinyan is preparing to film a new film "Nguoi Dinh giao" with actor Tran Triet Vien. There are rumors that this project is behind schedule due to conflicts over the issue of "affectation" (arranging appearance positions) of the main actors.
