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Ng Man Tat and Stephen Chow have been partners for 12 years, but after "Shaolin Soccer", the father and son on the screen have not collaborated for 20 years. In fact, when filming The Mermaid a few years ago, Stephen Chow invited Ng Man-tat, but at that time Ng Man-tat had just completed surgery and was recovering and could not shoot underwater scenes.
The longer they were separated, the less they knew how to speak.
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In 1970, Wu Mengda bought a TV set at home. He watched "Happy Tonight" with his father every day and found it very interesting. He envied the actor's glamor and secretly wrote down the registration method on the TV.
In 1973, Ng Man-tat was admitted to the third TVB artist training class and became classmates with Chow Yun-fat . Ng Mang-ta had a very good relationship with Chow Yun-fat and they were together every day. Chow Yun-fat's family lived quite far away, and it was troublesome to go home after 12 o'clock at night, so he often slept at Ng Man-tat's house.
There were 40 students in that class. Ng Mang-tat was the deputy monitor, and his grades were very good and he was always in the top 5. Chow Yun-fat was at the bottom of the class. Ng Mang-tat commented on him like this:
His mouth can’t keep up with his brain, his body can’t keep up with his mouth, and his body is uncoordinated. , the exercise was awkward.
In the end, only 22 of the 40 students graduated, and only 7 got long-term contracts, and Wu Mengda was one of them. Chow Yun-fat was too tall and couldn't find an actress to play with him. He got a temporary contract and could only be an extra.
In 1979, Ng Man-tat became famous with his role as the second male lead Hu Tiehua in "The Legend of Chu Liuxiang". This drama set off the "Chu Liuxiang craze" in Taiwan. As soon as 8:30 pm, people all over Taiwan stopped everything they were doing and watched "The Legend of Chu Liuxiang" on the TV.
Soon Taiwan invited Ng Mang-tat, Zhao Yazhi , these leading actors to do publicity.
Ng Man-tat asked for three months' leave from Taiwan. Ng Man-tat almost became the most popular actor in Taiwan. He would be approached for various performances and tailoring. In this way, Ng Man-tat toured Taiwan and made a lot of money.
After the vacation, Ng Man-tat made various excuses to delay returning to Hong Kong. When TVB later came to see him, he simply pretended not to notice.
Ng Mang-tat, who had made money, was a little distracted at this time. He was too generous with his money and spent all the money he earned. There was no way Ng Mang-tat returned to Hong Kong.
When he returned to the station, no one was angry with him, they just greeted him politely, but he never received any important roles again. Fortunately, TVB did not terminate his contract.
In the next four years, Wu Mengda lived on the basic salary in Taili and the occasional side job.
The frustrated Ng Man-tat hid at home and dug out the acting class's teaching material "The Self-cultivation of Actors", which looked at it for several years.
There was another person who was studying this book at that time - Stephen Chow.
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Like Ng Mang-tat, Stephen Chow studies acting skills every day, watches Hollywood movies, studies "Actor's Self-cultivation", and talks to friends about acting methods every day.
studied Al Pacino and Robert De Niro, but could not get decent film contracts. Stephen Chow could only use the knowledge he learned to host children's programs.
When he was working as an extra in a TV station, once after filming a line of dialogue, Stephen Chow always felt that what he said was not good enough, and he still felt bad about it when he got home.
then returned to the TV station and begged the director, let me say it again. The director was moved by him and asked him to reshoot the scene.
Stephen Chow's mother Ling Baoer did not agree with her son's choice, but she still helped him find suitable roles and kept telling people: "
"This kid really wants to act and knows kung fu."
Stephen Chow said: " My good friends all say that I work very hard." It's a pity that I was working on "Shuttle 430", and no one came to see it even though I tried my best.
At this time, his good friend and classmate Tony Leung had become a popular TVB actor with the role of Wei Xiaobao in " The Deer and the Cauldron".
In 1985, Tony Leung took on the role of "Brother Xin Zha", opposite him was Ng Mang-tat.
Ng Mang-tat plays the instructor of police school . There is a scene where his opponent has to scold Tony Leung. The dialogue is only two pages, and Ng Mang-tat quickly memorized it. Ng Meng-tat set a requirement for himself. He must curse him with his mouth, but it must hurt him in his eyes, and the audience must feel it.
After this drama, Wu Mengda was recognized as the best supporting actor, and film appointments came again. The down-and-out Ng Mang-ta made a comeback, and Tony Leung won the Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Supporting Actor.
At this time, Stephen Chow was still hosting "Shuttle 430" and his monthly income was only 2,000 Hong Kong dollars. If it weren't for an accident, Stephen Chow might have been forgotten in children's programs forever.
It was a large party. Stephen Chow went on stage to perform acrobatics, but his chin hit the stage and many funny photos were taken. It was these very funny photos that attracted the attention of people in the industry.
In this way, Stephen Chow was dragged back to the set.
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