's ultimate criterion for measuring the quality of a male actor is the title of the best actor.
For Hong Kong and Taiwan male actors, the Hong Kong Film Awards and the Taiwan Golden Horse Awards are the most important award indicators. I won the Best Actor in the Golden Horse Awards, and I will always have three-pointers in the waist.
In the Hong Kong film industry, there is such a superstar whose acting skills are invincible and he is called a genius, but he has frequently hit a wall at the Academy Awards and Golden Horse Awards. In the past 30 years of filming, he has been nominated for the best actor at the two major awards ceremony eight times, but he has won only once. This person is the king of comedy Stephen Chow .
Today we will review his nomination and award-winning experience, take stock of the strong enemies he encountered on the road to the Best Actor, and see who defeated him.
1. " Gambling Saint ": Nominated for the first time for the actress
1990, senior filmmaker Wu Siyuan , took a fancy to the potential of the newcomer Stephen Chow to act nonsensical comedy, boldly appointed him as the protagonist, and spoofed " Gambling Saint " starring Zhou Runfa , and launched "Gambling Saint", which tells the story of a young mainlander with special abilities who came to Hong Kong to join his third uncle, and was taken on the road of gambling with special abilities, and eventually became the world's gambling king and won the beauty.
Stephen Chow was a super dark horse in the Hong Kong film industry in 1990. "The Gambler" was the strongest disruptor, winning a box office of more than 41 million Hong Kong dollars, surpassing Chow Yun-fat, Leslie Cheung , Xu Guanwen Xu Guanjie brothers and other strong players, winning the annual box office championship, and becoming the first film work in Hong Kong's film history with more than 40 million yuan.
On a night, Stephen Chow flew to the branch and became a phoenix, just as Wu Siyuan predicted, he became the most popular young actor in Hong Kong.
With his outstanding performance, he was nominated for the best actor at the 10th Hong Kong Film Awards.
This year's Academy Awards include Xu Guanwen who starred in "New Half a Kindergarten", Tony Leslie Cheung in " Love in Other Country Season ", Leslie Cheung in " A Fei's True Story ", and Jacky Cheung in "Bloody Street" . In the end, the award for Best Actor was won by Leslie Cheung.
This time, is Stephen Chow losing wrongly? Objectively speaking, it is not unfair at all.
"The Legend of Ah Fei" is the third place in the 100 Chinese-language films selected by the Academy Awards Association and is also the best movie at this year's Academy Awards. The Ayuzai played by Leslie Cheung is too brilliant and is one of the most savory images in Hong Kong's film history. It can be called a work of the gods. Stephen Chow was defeated by Leslie Cheung, so he should be convinced.
2. "Fighting School Weilong": Nominated for the second time for the actress's best actor
1991, Stephen Chow starred in an undercover police and gangster film "Fighting School Weilong", directed by Chen Jiashang and co-starred by Zhang Min, Zhang Min, Wu Mengda and others. Stephen Chow plays a senior police inspector, Zhou Xingxing, who was appointed by his superiors, pretended to be a student, and sneaked into a noble middle school to become an undercover agent, searching for a lost police gun.
During the undercover process, Zhou Xingxing met the beautiful female teacher Amin, and carried out a passionate pursuit to her in the name of tutoring for her. A colleague of the police force, Cao Dahua, pretended to be a school staff member and secretly answered Zhou Xingxing. They worked together to successfully break Dafei's criminal plot, and Zhou Xingxing was promoted to general inspector , and won Amin's heart.
"False School Veyron" once again created a box office myth, with a box office of 43.82 million, breaking the highest box office record in Hong Kong set by "The Gambler" and becoming the annual box office champion. This film also caused a trend of following filming in campus movies.
Stephen Chow was nominated for the Best Actor at the 11th Hong Kong Film Awards for "Falling in Schools".
This time, his opponents include Lu Liangwei who starred in " Lame Hau ", Chow Yun-fat in "The World", Eric Tsang in "The Story of the Two Cities", and Andy Lau in "The Legend of the Five Billion Inspector Lei Luo". The one who finally ascended the throne of the best actor was Eric Tsang, who played the tragic role.
commercial film lost to art films, and Stephen Chow's second attempt to win the Best Actress Award, but still ended in failure.
3. " Death Death ": Nominated for the actress's actress
1992 in 1992, and was called "Stephen Chow Year" by the Hong Kong film industry. This year, he was in a bold state and filmed seven works in one go, all of which entered the top 13 of the annual box office list in Hong Kong. What's even more terrifying is that he won all 1-5.
These five hard movies include the costume comedy "The Dead" with a box office of nearly 50 million yuan, the "Happy Events of the Family" which competes with Leslie Cheung, and the 1-2 episodes of "The Deer and the Cauldron" by Mr. Jin Yong, "The Deer and the Cauldron" and "The Deer and the Cauldron" by director Chen Jiashang as a genius performance. Among them, "Happy Events in Family" helped him break the box office record for the third time, and then "The Dead Official" helped him break the box office record for the fourth time. It was simply Stephen Chow's fight against Stephen Chow.
This year, Chow Yun-fat's highest box office movie could only rank sixth, Jackie Chan ranked ninth and tenth, "Boy Weekly Month" PK, Xiao Zhou Da won a complete victory.
has invincible box office, and its acting skills have exploded. Logically speaking, the actress's best actor this year must be in the pocket. However, man's calculation is not as good as God's calculation.
The 12th Hong Kong Film Awards , Stephen Chow competed for the third time for the Best Actress Award for "The Deadly Official". His opponents include Jackie Chan who plays "Police Story III Super Police", Xiang Huaqiang who plays " Lanjiang Legend: The Flying Group Storm ", and Leung Ka-fai who plays " Chess King " and "92 Black Rose vs. Black Rose". In the end, Tony Leung fought against one of his two films, defeating Stephen Chow, and became the best actor with the comedy "92 Black Rose vs. Black Rose".
Objectively speaking, "92 Black Rose vs. Black Rose" is not Tony Leung's best work, while "The Deadly Officer" is the pinnacle of Stephen Chow's . This defeat is too frustrating, and it can only be that the Academy Awards are too bullying.
4. "The Deadly Deadly": The only time nominated for Golden Horse Actor
"The Deadly Deadly Deadly" is called " Weilong Chuangtianguan " in the Taiwanese market.
1992 at the 29th Golden Horse Awards, Stephen Chow won the Taiwan Golden Horse Awards for his first time with his role as the lieutenant King Song Shijie, and it is also the only nomination so far.
comes to the other side of the strait, who are his opponents? Jackie Chan, who plays "Police Story III Super Police", Jet Li, who plays "Wang Feihong: Men II Should Be Self-reliant", and Shao Xin, in "Golden Rice Field".
Jackie Chan, like Zhou Xingchi, is both the king of commercial films, but neither is favored by the Golden Star Awards. In the end, the Golden Horse Awards were more kind and awarded him the Best Actor Trophy. Stephen Chow did not ride the Golden Horse and returned disappointed.
5. "Domestic Lingling Lace": Nominated for the fourth time for the actress actor
1994, Stephen Chow starred in a comedy film that spoofed Agent 007, called "Domestic Lingling Lace", co-directed by Stephen Chow and Li Lizhi , and co-starred by Anita Yuen and Luo Jiaying.
This film tells the story of a Chinese down-and-out agent bravely defeating a powerful enemy and finding the national treasure dinosaur bone.
This movie is very funny. Stephen Chow and Luo Jiaying have worked together and contributed many classic scenes.
Stephen Chow was nominated for Best Actor at the 14th Hong Kong Film Awards at for his role as a funny agent.
This time, he has as many as 5 opponents, including Tony Leung who starred in " Chongqing Forest ", Ge Minhui who starred in " Three Loving Boys ", Leslie Cheung in " Golden Branches and Jade Leaves ", Chow Yun-fat in " Citi Shaolin ", and Jacky Cheung in " New Edge Man ". In the end, the electric-eyed male god Tony Leung was awarded the emperor for the first time, and Stephen Chow failed for the fourth time.
6. "American Journey": Nominated for the fifth time for actress
After three years of explosions from 1990 to 1992, Stephen Chow was ambitious and wanted to be his boss.
In 1993, he invested in the establishment of Caixing Film Company, and took his old friend and director Liu Zhenwei to film "A Chinese Odyssey" episode one and the second episode, telling the love tragedy between Sun Wukong and Zixia Fairy across five hundred years.
In these two dramas, Stephen Chow uses the interpretation method of the intersection of tragedy and comedy , which completely subverts the image of Journey to the West story. Perhaps because it is too advanced and the style of Stephen Chow is too different from Stephen Chow's previous style, the fans are very unwilling to buy it. The two movies sold a total of HK$45 million in Hong Kong, which is less than one "The Dead Official".
Due to excessive investment in movies and insufficient income, Caixing Film Company went bankrupt directly. However, no one expected that two years later, "A Chinese Odyssey" was collectively popular by mainland college students and was named postmodernism classic.
Stephen Chow has excellent acting skills in "A Chinese Odyssey". With the next episode of "Houseopa League: The Great Sage: The Great Sage Marry ", he was nominated for the Best Actor at the 15th Hong Kong Film Awards, against Qiao Hong in "Woman Forty", Andy Lau in " Fire Chariot ", Chow Yun-fat in "Peace Hotel", and Jackie Chan in "Red Fan District". As a result, the Academy Awards took the route of respecting the elderly and awarded the actor to 68-year-old Qiao Hong. Stephen Chow's fifth attempt at the Academy Awards was still tragic.
7. " Shaolin Football ": The first winner of the Golden Image
In 2002, Stephen Chow invested and wrote and directed by himself in "Shaolin Football".
This is a comedy that combines kung fu and sports creatively. It tells the story of Shaolin disciple Ah Xing forming a special Shaolin Kung fu football team and defeating the devil football team. The novel story, coupled with powerful special effects performance, shocked the Hong Kong market, selling 60 million Hong Kong dollars, breaking the box office record, and becoming the annual box office champion.
"Shaolin Football" swept the 21st Hong Kong Film Awards and won seven awards, including Stephen Chow's first Academy Awards Awards. Stephen Chow was nominated for the sixth time and finally became the Best Actor at the Academy Awards. This time, his opponents included Jacky Cheung who played " Men forty ", Andy Lau in " Slimming Men and Women ", and Hu Jun in "Lan Yu" and Liu Ye in "Lan Yu".
8. "Kung Fu": Nominated for the Best Actress Award for Seven Times
In 2004, Stephen Chow was also an investor, producer , director, starring and screenwriter, filming "Kung Fu". This is a work that pays tribute to Bruce Lee . It tells the story of Ah Xing transforming from a idle gangster to a peerless master and defeating Fire Cloud Evil God with the Tathagata Palm.
"Kung Fu" uses high-tech special effects to express various magical martial arts, with extremely shocking visual effects. It has won more than 61 million Hong Kong dollars in box office in Hong Kong, allowing Stephen Chow to win the annual box office championship again and break the box office record.
For this work, Stephen Chow won the seventh and last time the best actor nomination for the Academy Awards (24th session) is the Fang Zhongxin and Daniel Wu in " Mong Kok Night ", Jackie Chan in "New Police Story", and Tony Leung in "2046". In the end, Tony Leung once again won the emperor.
Review of Stephen Chow's experience of hitting the Best Actor in the Golden Horse and Best Actor in the Eight Times, we can find that Tony Leung is the only one who defeated him twice and became Stephen Chow's biggest nemesis in awards!
