"One actor a year, one hundred years Stephen Chow ". Xing Ye Zhou's nonsensical comedy is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and has accompanied the youth of our generation. Basically, anyone who has watched movies must have watched Stephen Chow's movies, whether they are starring him or directed by him!
1993's " Tang Bo Hu Dian Qiuxiang " can be regarded as one of Xingye's classic masterpieces, and many scenes in the movie have become classics among classics. Every time the movie channel rebroadcasts "Tang Bo Hu Spots the Fragrance of Autumn", I will stop when changing channels and watch it seamlessly and with relish. It can be said that I never tire of it!
Before taking over the filming of the movie "Sing Ye", Gong Li had already become famous and had a popular career with Zhang Yimou's movie " Red Sorghum". At that time, Stephen Chow and Gong Li sought cooperation, which increased the popularity of the movie itself. For Gong Li, it was also a very good opportunity to cooperate with Star and break into the Hong Kong film market. With a good script and popular stars building momentum, you don’t have to worry about the box office!
Sure enough, "Tang Bo Hu Spots Autumn Fragrance" was released in Hong Kong in July 1993. With a box office of 40.17 million Hong Kong dollars, it became the annual box office champion of Hong Kong movies !
But what people didn’t expect was that Mr. Xing’s first choice for “Qiu Xiang” was not Gong Li, but Wang Zuxian who was also in his heyday. Initially, Stephen Chow's positioning of Qiuxiang's character was to be full of "joyfulness", and it was this trait that he took a fancy to in Joey Wong.
Let me explain one thing. Although the director of "Tang Bohu Spots Autumn Fragrance" was Li Lichi , the actual director should be Stephen Chow. Li is more like an executive director, so Xingye has a big say in the movie. Therefore, he has the right to decide on the casting of the heroine.
Although Wang Zuxian is a screen goddess, she doesn't care much about her image and personality. In terms of comedy, she is actually very talented! In the movie "The Diary of a Real Man", Wang Zuxian and Ye Qianwen played tricks on Chow Yun-fat together, and the funny scenes were very natural. She also had funny scenes in "City Hunter" starring Jackie Chan . Especially in "East and West", the little junior sister played by Wang Zuxian is lively and smart, and her comedy skills are evident!
However, when they were planning to film "Tang Bohu Spots Autumn Fragrance", they contacted Wang Zuxian and found that she had no schedule at all and the salary she wanted was relatively high, so the crew had no choice but to find someone else. Many years later, when Gong Li talked about "Tang Bohu Spots Qiuxiang", she admitted that she regretted not being able to play the role of Qiuxiang well.
In an interview, she said: "When I acted in "Tang Bohu Spots Autumn Fragrance", I was still very young and couldn't understand many things. The filming process was very happy, but in fact I didn't know much about comedy techniques at the time." and The difference with Wang Zuxian is that Gong Li pays great attention to her own image. Because she can't let go, she even has to use a double in some scenes.
Although Qiuxiang played by Gong Li in "Tang Bohu Spots Qiuxiang" has become a classic, Xingye has never collaborated with Gong Li in a movie since then (they have collaborated twice before, 991's "The Gambler II") Holy ", " Rich Family Night Banquet ").
No matter what, countless viewers were still amazed by the "Qiu Xiang" played by Gong Li and regarded her as the goddess of their dreams. With this film, Sing Yeh continued to dominate the Hong Kong box office and continued to write his own legend in the golden age of Hong Kong movies where stars were all shining.
If "Qiu Xiang" was played by Wang Zuxian, would there be a more exciting performance? We'll never know.
