The Empress, as the ultimate boss of the harem, though not as beloved by the audience as Consort Hua, had a role that was even more significant than hers.
She was also the only concubine in the harem, besides the female protagonist, who appeared from the first episode to the last.
In recent years, celebrity scandals have been rampant.
Many dramas haven't even aired yet, but their lead actors or important supporting cast members have already faced scandals, causing immense losses and ruin for the production teams and investors.
To cope with this situation, major drama production teams are now rushing through post-production as much as possible.
As long as my drama airs fast enough, scandals won't catch up to me.
If we can cook the rice before it's even planted, by the time the drama finishes airing, even if a celebrity has a scandal, it won't matter much.
After all, the copyright has already been sold, the money has been received. Even if the drama is taken down, the ones who suffer are the platforms that bought the copyright, and it has nothing to do with them.
"The Legend of Chun Yuan Musk" also took this into consideration during its planning and pre-production stages.
Therefore, the investors and director Zheng Xiaolong planned to immediately enter production once the initial filming of the drama was completed.
While the actors continued to film subsequent scenes, they would simultaneously start the voice dubbing. Once the dubbing was finished, it would be edited into a film and sent for review, wasting no time.
At this point, the major scenes, crowd scenes, and initial parts of "The Legend of Chun Yuan Musk" had been filmed, and it was time to focus on voice dubbing.
Many people assume that voice dubbing is a simple task, requiring only reading lines into a microphone with a script, earning money effortlessly.
Little do they know that voice dubbing is even more arduous than filming. Actors in filming can use sets and perform with other actors, who help them get into character.
Voice actors, however, can only sit in soundproof studios, without props, sets, or the assistance of other actors, relying solely on their understanding and perception of the characters to deliver the voices for the current scenes.
If one simply holds a script and reads lines into a microphone, the resulting voices will be devoid of emotion, inferior even to reciting poetry, and thus unusable for the drama.
Only by truly understanding the plot, the characters, and the emotions of the characters at that specific moment can one infuse emotion into their voice, reaching the depths of the audience's hearts and showcasing the characters' charm. httpδ:/m.kuAisugg.nět
Having debuted as a professional voice actor, Jiang Ling knew that to dub a character well, one must first understand the person's traits.
The Empress is a woman who is hateful, terrifying, and pitiable.
She spent her entire life scheming, with a kind facade and a cruel heart, her hands stained with blood.
Her status as a concubine born of a secondary wife made her sensitive and insecure. She lacked love since childhood, was devoted to the Emperor, yet never received his favor.
She pursued the identity of the legal wife and Empress, solely to prevent her child from suffering the same fate as a child of a secondary wife. In the end, she attained the title, but lost her son and her fertility forever.
The Emperor's indifference chilled her heart. Her sister's snatching away of the Emperor's affection filled her with hatred. Consort Hua's arrogance and repeated provocations made her grind her teeth. Zhen Huan's favor as a substitute threatened her position as Empress, filling her with jealousy and resentment.
However, as the Empress, bound by the feudal patriarchal laws, she had no choice but to endure and feign kindness and generosity.
Yet, the more she endured, the more twisted her nature became. The more she acted submissive and virtuous, the more extreme and perverse her inner thoughts grew.
The Empress, corroded by this day-after-day, year-after-year negativity, gradually became deranged, eventually transforming into a devil with blood-soaked hands.