Chapter 59: The Queen is the Protagonist
In 45 BC, the queen was invited to Rome and was honored. The filming of this scene www.biquge.info pen "Fun" also cost a lot of money, and the scene is very grand. Vera's interpretation of the queen is also very good, her aura is powerful, it is estimated that even if Cleopatra VII crosses over, it will only be so.
Su Le also participated in the performance, but it was not his highlight at this time.
Coincidentally, the Roman general Antony was played by Bacchus. Black Robin is also on the set, and after separating from Su Le, Robin has been living in Bacchus at the winery, but he usually helps out, and he can be regarded as half an employee.
In his free time, Bacchus and Robin wandered around Europe, and as a result, Bacchus was photographed in Rome by the bearded sunglasses director to play an important role in Anthony.
Su Le and Bacchus exchanged pleasantries, Robin was forgotten by Su Le in the winery before, although he was very angry, but he had a very comfortable time recently, and his anger had subsided.
The plot that follows is that Caesar fulfills his oath and builds a temple in Rome dedicated to Venus, the ancestor of his Julius line, and erects a golden statue of the queen next to the goddess.
Seeing that the queen was about to become the first lady of the Roman world, Caesar was assassinated on March 15, 44 BC. The Queen's dream vanished in an instant, and she left Rome in disgrace.
Upon her return to Egypt, the queen poisoned Ptolemy XIV and appointed her and Caesar's son as Plemy XV to rule Egypt together. His son was proclaimed the son of the god Amun.
After Caesar's death, Antony became dominant in Rome, and he toured the eastern provinces to raise funds in accordance with his agreement with Octavian. In 41 BC, Antony sent an envoy to Egypt and summoned the queen.
Again, the queen came aboard a gilded ship with purple sails and silver oars, which hung purple sails dyed with precious Tyre dye, and the stern tower was bezelled with gold sheets, which sparkled with the blue waves during the voyage.
Vera, the queen actor, dressed as the goddess of love, lies in a gauze tent strung with gold threads as thin as cicada wings. Handsome young men stood on both sides, each holding an incense fan and shaking it gently. Yan Ying, dressed as a goddess of the sea, commands the crew holding silver oars and paddles rhythmically to the sound of drums.
When the residents saw this scene, they suspected that the god of love had come here to have fun with the god of wine. People rushed to tell each other, and the audience was like a tide. Anthony was invited to the banquet on the ship, and when he saw the queen's charming demeanor and elegant conversation, he was immediately fascinated and overwhelmed.
Bacchus, who plays Anthony, has the same name as Bacchus, and he is indeed fascinated by Vera, so the performance is completely true to the effect of very good.
Antony not only threw aside the questions he asked the queen, but immediately agreed to all of her requests, even agreeing to help her kill her half-sister Assis, the heir and contender to the throne of Egypt and who had taken refuge in Ephesus.
At that time in Ephesus all the temples of the goddess of the moon and the hunt, very magnificent, were famous for their sanctuary. Now it's in ruins.
However, in the face of absolute power, even the temple of the goddess cannot protect the weak. Playing the unlucky Assis is Robin (Black), who died tragically just after his appearance.
Even more unfortunate is Robin's suspicion of destroying the statue of victory in Ephesus. In the midst of a burst of "I didn't do it, I'm innocent", Robin was taken away, but fortunately there was no more of her play.
Soon Anthony became a captive of the queen and went with her to Egypt, where they spent a winter together.
The plot continues to advance, and the scenes without the queen are all brushed off. In the summer of 40 BCE, Antony returned to Italy, and the tension between him and Octavian eased, and Antony married Octavia's sister Octavia to consolidate the political alliance in the traditional Roman way of marriage.
Three years later, the conflict between Antony and Octavian intensified again, and Antony returned to the East to prepare an expedition to Parthia. On the grounds that the journey was too difficult for him to live in a military camp, Octavia was sent back to Rome. When Antony arrived in Antioch, he immediately invited the queen to meet and married her, contrary to Roman tradition.
With the support of the queen, Antony's expedition to Parthia was unsuccessful, but then he went to Armenia and won. After the triumph, Antony did not return to Rome, but held a triumphal ceremony in Alexandria, Egypt, according to Egyptian etiquette.
Antony and the queen ascended to the throne of gold, Cleopatra was called "Queen of Kings", and her son Ptolemy XV was called "King of Kings".
It was another big scene, and Vera's charm was vividly displayed.
At the same time, Antony's actions in the East, especially his relationship with the queen, were criticized by the Romans. They rebuked Antony for giving the conquest of Rome to the queen and her children. In Rome, the queen was hated and considered to be the greatest threat to Rome besides Hannibal. This deprived Anthony of strong domestic support.
In 32 BC, Antony and Octavian broke off completely. At the Queen's request, Anthony officially abandoned his wife, Octavia. Octavian also vowed to avenge his sister's insults, and despite offending Roman tradition, he obtained Antony's will from the Vestal Virgin and made it public.
The Vestal Virgin is exactly what the bearded sunglasses director called the role of Shulan. Sure enough, as soon as Shulan put on the costume of the Vestal priestess, a holy temperament radiated.
Octavian, played by Su Le, aggressively leads people to break into the temple of Vista with the intention of taking out Antony's will.
The priestess played by Shu Lan put on a resolute face in front of Su Le. Despite some heartache, Su Le pushed Shulan to the ground, took out Anthony's will and walked away.
In fact, this scene has been filmed many times, and the bearded sunglasses director didn't expect that Su Le couldn't be ruthless to Shulan, so he couldn't shoot the desired effect. The director once wanted to change people to play the priestess of Vesta, but considering that no one is more suitable for Vista as a virgin than Shulan, he still makes do.
Antony's will described his territorial distribution to the queen and her children, and ordered the queen to bury his body in Alexandria. As soon as the will was announced, public opinion was in an uproar and the crowd was indignant. Accordingly, the Senate and the Council of Tribs, the assembly of citizens, declared war on the queen for the misappropriation of the property of the Roman people, and stripped Antony of his consulship and all other powers.
In 31 BCE, the armies of Antony and Octavian met at Cape Actium. In the midst of the fierce battle, when Antony's fleet was frustrated, the queen's ship abruptly withdrew from the battlefield and sailed back to Egypt. Anthony then gave chase, leaving his fighting forces to be annihilated.
In 30 BC, Octavian attacked Egypt and besieged Alexandria. Anthony saw that the tide was turning, and he killed himself. The queen was captured, and when Octavian went to visit her captives, the queen also used her tricks to coax and confuse Octavian, but to no avail.
This is the highlight of Su Le's portrayal of Octavian, because Su Le is an extremely rare person who is not easily fascinated by Vera who plays the queen, and is also played by friendship (free).
Easterners are mostly baby-faced compared to Westerners. For example, Bai Robin, Luo Zhi and Mulan are of the same age. It looks obvious that Robin is the oldest, followed by Luo Ji, and Mulan is the youngest.
And Su Le is not old enough, so it is still a little difficult for him to play Octavian, the de facto founding emperor of the Roman Empire, but fortunately, the stylist is highly skilled, and he still looks decent after makeup.