The Legend of the Condor Heroes (2008 TV series)
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The Legend of the Condor Heroes is a Chinese television series adapted from Louis Cha's novel of the same title
. The series was produced by Chinese Entertainment Shanghai, the same company that produced Chinese Paladin
(2005), The Little Fairy
(2005) and The Young Warriors (2006). Many cast members from those projects collaborated again in this series, such as Hu Ge
, Ariel Lin
, Justin Yuan
, and Cecilia Liu
. The series was first broadcast on KMTV-1 in China in July 2008.
During the shooting delay due to Hu Ge's recovery from the accident, the filmmakers started a new project The Fairies of Liaozhai
(2007) to keep the crew members occupied while waiting to resume work on The Legend of the Condor Heroes.
Sun Xing was originally cast as Hong Qigong but was later replaced by Bryan Leung due to the delay resulting from Hu Ge's recovery, which made Sun decide to move on, causing legal conflict. Sun filmed some scenes prior to his replacement, and those scenes were reshot again later with Leung taking over Sun's role.
Segments from The Young Warriors (2006) were reused for the flashback scene depicting Yang Zaixing's death.
The Song military costumes were originally made for The Young Warriors (2006). The Mongol military costumes were later reused in A Weaver on the Horizon
(2010).
and raising the child with Mu Nianci months before his death; Yang Kang's final repentance before letting Ouyang Feng kill him.
The Legend of the Condor Heroes on Sohu The Legend of the Condor Heroes official page on Chinese Entertainment Shanghai website The Legend of the Condor Heroes page on TTV website
The Legend of the Condor Heroes
The Legend of Condor Heroes is a wuxia novel by Jin Yong, and the first part of the Condor Trilogy. It was first serialized between January 1, 1957 and May 19, 1959 in Hong Kong Commercial Daily...
. The series was produced by Chinese Entertainment Shanghai, the same company that produced Chinese Paladin
Chinese Paladin (TV series)
-Track list:#Yongheng De Jiyi #Zhongyu Mingbai performed by Power Station#Xiaoyao Tan performed by Hu Ge#Shapolang performed by JS...
(2005), The Little Fairy
The Little Fairy
-Tracklisting:#Yiyan Wannian - Performed by S.H.E #Qiannian Lei - Performed by Tank#Tianliang Yihou - Performed by Hu Ge...
(2005) and The Young Warriors (2006). Many cast members from those projects collaborated again in this series, such as Hu Ge
Hu Ge (actor)
Hu Ge , is a Chinese actor and singer. Hu is best known for his role as Li Xiaoyao in the 2003 television series Chinese Paladin.-Biography:...
, Ariel Lin
Ariel Lin
Ariel Lin |Hakka]]: Lim2 Yi3 Sen2) was born 29 October 1982. She is a Taiwanese actress and singer, who won Best Leading Actress in a Television Series at the 43rd Golden Bell Awards...
, Justin Yuan
Justin Yuan
Yuan Hong , also known as Justin Yuan, is a Chinese actor.-Biography:Yuan was born in Wuhan, Hubei. He graduated from Shanghai Theatre Academy, where he met and made friends with a fellow actor Hu GeYuan Hong , also known as Justin Yuan, is a Chinese actor.-Biography:Yuan was born in Wuhan, Hubei....
, and Cecilia Liu
Cecilia Liu
Liu Shishi , better known as Cecilia Liu, is a Chinese film and television actress and ballerina.-Biography:...
. The series was first broadcast on KMTV-1 in China in July 2008.
Cast
- Hu GeHu Ge (actor)Hu Ge , is a Chinese actor and singer. Hu is best known for his role as Li Xiaoyao in the 2003 television series Chinese Paladin.-Biography:...
as Guo JingGuo JingGuo Jing is the fictional protagonist of The Legend of the Condor Heroes, a wuxia novel by Jin Yong. He plays a supporting role in the sequel novel The Return of the Condor Heroes as well... - Ariel LinAriel LinAriel Lin |Hakka]]: Lim2 Yi3 Sen2) was born 29 October 1982. She is a Taiwanese actress and singer, who won Best Leading Actress in a Television Series at the 43rd Golden Bell Awards...
as Huang RongHuang RongHuang Rong is a fictional character in the wuxia novel The Legend of the Condor Heroes by Jin Yong. She plays a supporting role in the sequel The Return of the Condor Heroes.-Character description:... - Justin YuanJustin YuanYuan Hong , also known as Justin Yuan, is a Chinese actor.-Biography:Yuan was born in Wuhan, Hubei. He graduated from Shanghai Theatre Academy, where he met and made friends with a fellow actor Hu GeYuan Hong , also known as Justin Yuan, is a Chinese actor.-Biography:Yuan was born in Wuhan, Hubei....
as Yang KangYang KangYang Kang is the fictional antagonist and the foil to the protagonist, Guo Jing, in Jin Yong's wuxia novel The Legend of the Condor Heroes.-Birth and heritage:... - Cecilia LiuCecilia LiuLiu Shishi , better known as Cecilia Liu, is a Chinese film and television actress and ballerina.-Biography:...
as Mu NianciMu NianciMu Nianci is a character in Jin Yong's wuxia novel The Legend of the Condor Heroes. She is the love interest of the primary antagonist Yang Kang and the mother of Yang Guo, the protagonist of the sequel novel The Return of the Condor Heroes... - Wu Yujuan as Li Ping
- Ren Tianye as Guo Xiaotian
- Kathy Chow as Bao Xiruo
- Weng Jiaming as Yang Tiexin
- Guo Liang as Wanyan Honglie
- Anthony Wong as Huang YaoshiHuang YaoshiHuang Yaoshi is a fictional character in Jin Yong's Condor Trilogy. He appears in the first two novels The Legend of the Condor Heroes and The Return of the Condor Heroes as a supporting character....
- Bryan Leung as Hong QigongHong QigongHong Qigong is a fictional character in Jin Yong's wuxia novel The Legend of the Condor Heroes and its sequel The Return of the Condor Heroes...
- Elvis TsuiElvis TsuiElvis Tsui , also known as Tsui Kam-kong, is a Hong Kong-based Chinese film and television actor.-Biography:...
as Ouyang FengOuyang FengOuyang Feng is a fictional character in Jin Yong's wuxia novel The Legend of the Condor Heroes and its sequel The Return of the Condor Heroes... - Li Yu as Zhou BotongZhou BotongZhou Botong is a fictional character in the wuxia novels The Legend of the Condor Heroes and The Return of the Condor Heroes by Jin Yong....
- Xiao Rongsheng as YidengDuan ZhixingDuan Zhixing was the 18th ruler of the Kingdom of Dali between 1172 and 1200. Duan's reign was marred by the power struggles within the influential Gao family, whose power had long eclipsed the ruling Duan family.-Reign:...
- Zhao Yi as Qiu ChujiQiu ChujiQiu Chuji was a Daoist disciple of Wang Chongyang. He was the most famous among the Seven True Daoists of the North...
- Deng Limin as Ke Zhen'e
- Jin Liang as Zhu Cong
- Guo Ming'er as Han Baoju
- Han Zhi as Nan Xiren
- Chen Gang as Zhan A'sheng
- Wang Zhenquan as Quan Jinfa
- He Sirong as Han Xiaoying
- Kong Wei as Mei Chaofeng
- Wang Yunchao as Chen Xuanfeng
- Ba Yin as Temüjin (Genghis Khan)Genghis KhanGenghis Khan , born Temujin and occasionally known by his temple name Taizu , was the founder and Great Khan of the Mongol Empire, which became the largest contiguous empire in history after his death....
- Xu Shengnan as ToluiToluiTolui, was the youngest son of Genghis Khan by his chief khatun Börte...
- Tan Jianchang as JebeJebeChepe Noyan was one of the prominent Noyans of Genghis Khan. His clan was Besud, which belonged to the Taichud tribe, which was at the time of Genghis Khan under Targudai Khiriltug's leadership....
- Xie Na as Huazheng
- Li Yuan as JochiJochiJochi was the eldest of the Mongol chieftain Genghis Khan's four sons by his principal wife Börte. An accomplished military leader, he participated in his father's conquest of Central Asia, along with his brothers and uncles.-Early life:...
- Yu Jinsheng as Ögedei
- Bai Quanbao as ChagataiChagatai KhanChagatai Khan was the second son of Genghis Khan and first khan and origin of the names of the Chagatai Khanate, Chagatai language and Chagatai Turks....
- Yan Hongzhi as Jamukha
- Wang Xiaochen as Feng Heng
- Yang Yi as Ma Yu
- Ji Qilin as Wang ChongyangWang ChongyangWang Chongyang [Chinese calendar: 宋徽宗政和二年十二月廿二 – 金世宗大定十年正月初四] was a Chinese Taoist and one of the founders of the Quanzhen School in the twelfth century during the Song Dynasty. He was one of the Five Northern Patriarchs of Quanzhen...
- Yang Guang as Wang Chuyi
- Xu Xiaoming as Hao Datong
- Liu Jianwei as Tan Chuduan
- Gong Zhixi as Liu Chuxuan
- Qiu Zi as Sun Bu'erSun Bu'erSun Bu'er , one of the Taoist Seven Masters of Quanzhen lived c. 1119–1182 C.E. in the Shandong province of China. She was a beautiful, intelligent, wealthy woman, married with three children. Her family name was Sun and her first name was Fuchun, Bu'er being her name in religion. Her husband Ma Yu...
- Li Jie as Ouyang Ke
- Wang Jianguo as Qiu Qianren/Qiu Qianzhang
- Liu Yiqin as Yinggu
- Yang Yifan as Lu Chengfeng
- Ying Jun as Lu Guanying
- Wang Shasha as Shagu
- Zhang Bojun as Lu Youjiao
- Song Yang as Yin Zhiping
- Zhang Lei as Wanyan Hongxi
- Yu Zikuan as Wanyan Jin (Emperor Zhangzong)
- An Ruiyun as Ala ad-Din Muhammad IIMuhammad II of KhwarezmAla ad-Din Muhammad II was the ruler of the Khwarezmid Empire from 1200 to 1220. His ancestor was a Turkic slave who eventually became a viceroy of a small province named Khwarizm. After his father died, Muhammad inherited his father's lands, and it was from there he began expanding outwards...
- Lou Yejiang as Xie Bin
- Huang Wei as Jiancheng
- Xue Jian as Weicheng
- He Yan as Si Jiji
- Lu Yong as Duan Tiande
- Xu Ming as Sha Tongtian
- Laopi as Peng Lianhu
- Guo Qiming as Liang Ziweng
- Du Hongjun as Hou Tonghai
- Xiao Bing as Qu Lingfeng
- Li Qingxiang as Lingzhi Shangren
Featured songs
- Yingxiong Mo (英雄寞; Dural Sinus of Heroes) performed by Ronald ChengRonald Cheng-Biography:Originally intending to work behind the scenes as a composer and record producer, Cheng did odd jobs at his father ’s company EMI— which included doing back-up vocals for the likes of Alan Tam and Priscilla Chan — during summers as a youth...
- Wuyun Ran (烏雲然; Dark Clouds) performed by Hu GeHu Ge (actor)Hu Ge , is a Chinese actor and singer. Hu is best known for his role as Li Xiaoyao in the 2003 television series Chinese Paladin.-Biography:...
- Yingxiong Dao (英雄道; Path of a Hero) performed by William SoWilliam SoWilliam So Wing Hong is a Hong Kong actor and a cantopop singer. He began his musical career by participating the New Talent Singing Awards in 1985 and won the competition as the first runner up. His performance at that event earned him a record contract with Capital Artists...
- Wo Zhineng Aini (我只能爱你; I Can Only Love You) performed by Peng Qing
Production
Hu Ge was involved in a car accident on August 29, 2006 while travelling from Hengdian to Shanghai on the highway, resulting in the shooting of the series being delayed due to recovery from his injuries.During the shooting delay due to Hu Ge's recovery from the accident, the filmmakers started a new project The Fairies of Liaozhai
The Fairies of Liaozhai
The Fairies of Liaozhai is a Chinese television series adapted from Pu Songling's collection of supernatural stories titled Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio. The series is produced by Chinese Entertainment Shanghai and stars Nicky Wu, Fann Wong, Qu Ying, Daniel Chan, Lin Chia-yu, Pan Yueming,...
(2007) to keep the crew members occupied while waiting to resume work on The Legend of the Condor Heroes.
Sun Xing was originally cast as Hong Qigong but was later replaced by Bryan Leung due to the delay resulting from Hu Ge's recovery, which made Sun decide to move on, causing legal conflict. Sun filmed some scenes prior to his replacement, and those scenes were reshot again later with Leung taking over Sun's role.
Segments from The Young Warriors (2006) were reused for the flashback scene depicting Yang Zaixing's death.
The Song military costumes were originally made for The Young Warriors (2006). The Mongol military costumes were later reused in A Weaver on the Horizon
A Weaver on the Horizon
A Weaver on the Horizon is a Chinese television series based on the life story of Huang Daopo, one of the most inspirational figures in the history of China who revolutionized textile industry during the Mongol conquest of the Song Dynasty and the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty...
(2010).
Reception
The series was generally well received in China, despite courting some controversy by changing certain portions of the novel for aesthetic purposes within its drama, romance, and comedy and to reach modern audiences. Certain antagonistic characters, such as Yang Kang and Wanyan Honglie, also deviate from their original descriptions in the novel, to the point that they are portrayed in a more positive light. Other significant deviations from the original story include: greater drama in the rivalry between Guo Jing and Yang Kang; the Yangs' troubled relationship with each other before they acknowledge themselves as family and Yang Kang's desire for vengeance after his parents' deaths; Yang Kang meeting his newborn sonYang Guo
Yang Guo, style name Gaizhi , is the fictional protagonist of the wuxia novel The Return of the Condor Heroes by Jin Yong....
and raising the child with Mu Nianci months before his death; Yang Kang's final repentance before letting Ouyang Feng kill him.
External links
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The Legend of the Condor Heroes on Sohu The Legend of the Condor Heroes official page on Chinese Entertainment Shanghai website The Legend of the Condor Heroes page on TTV website