Original title: Netflix announced the lineup of “Three-Body”, most of the non-Asian actors are controversial
According to a report from DEADLINE on the 29th local time, Netflix announced the first cast of the drama version of “Three Body”, but has not disclosed the roles that the actors will play.
A total of 12 actors were unveiled for the first time, gathering actors from well-known works such as Marvel and “Game of Thrones”. However, most of them are not Asian actors, and this setting which is very different from the original content has also caused many book fans to question.
Although The Hollywood Reporter, Variety and other media did not mention the corresponding roles of the actors, the DEADLINE report focused on four of them, Benedict Wang and Li Shaohong of “Doctor Strange” and “The Avengers” “A Dream of Red Mansions” “Jia Mu”, “Shang Qi and the Legend of the Ten Commandments” Chinese actor Zhou Caiqin, and “Game of Thrones” John C. Bradley and Liam Cunningham, it is possible that these four will be in the play Play the main role in.
The other 8 people are John Ed Poe from “Colored Glasses”, Aisha Gonzalez from “Alita: Battle Angel”, Jess Hung from “Brokenwood Mystery”, and “Dare to Challenge” Marlow Kelly in “I”, Alex Sharp in “The Trial of Seven Gentlemen in Chicago”, Shimoganxi in “The Seventh Season of Arrow”, Zine Tseng, and Shamo Asma in “Prisoner 760” Ni.
The report did not disclose any details about the role of the play, and the role of each actor in the play was not simultaneously exposed. However, because most of the people in this lineup list are not Asian faces, there is a big discrepancy with the original characters, which has caused many Chinese netizens to doubt.
There are also original book fans who worry about whether this edition of “Three-Body” will “change the flavor”: Will it become a foreigner to save the world again? As a Chinese novel, the drama version has no Chinese flavor. Can it still be called “Three-Body”?
In addition to the cast, the report also introduced that the Netflix version of “Three Body” plans to start shooting in China, the United Kingdom and other places in November this year.
The length of the episodes of the first season has not yet been determined, but as a rule, the first season of “Three Body” may have 8 episodes or 10 episodes, each of which lasts about 1 hour.
According to previous reports by Observer.com, on August 20th, Netflix queue, a subsidiary of Netflix, announced the first director candidate. Hong Kong director Zeng Guoxiang, who has directed “July and Ansheng” and “Youth in Youth”, will direct the first episode of the show. The content, set the tone for the whole play, in addition, he will also serve as the co-producer of the play.
Netflix did not explain the reason for choosing Zeng Guoxiang as the director. According to foreign media reports such as The Hollywood Reporter, Zeng Guoxiang’s “Youth in Youth” was nominated for the 93rd Oscar for Best International Film and attracted widespread attention.
Although the word-of-mouth and box office of the two directed works are quite good, Liu Cixin’s “Three Body” and the two youth films are very different in themes and content, and he has no experience in creating related works in his past experience. Zeng Guoxiang can Whether to control the science fiction theme has caused many doubts in the original party.
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