The friendship between gentlemen is as light as water. This sentence is the most suitable way to describe the friendship between Stephen Chow and Tony Leung .
These two well-known Hong Kong actors, one is , the king of comedy , and the other is gentle and elegant.
But in fact, both of them are taciturn people in private, and their friendship with childhood playmates has a long history.
For more than thirty years, their careers have developed independently. Even if they don’t contact each other often, when they meet, their joy is beyond words.
The two never show off their relationship in front of outsiders, but just silently wish each other.
has accumulated decades of friendship, and it is becoming more and more fragrant and mellow.
Carina Lau said: Tony Leung is a genius, and Stephen Chow is a geek.
Although these words favored their husbands, they still summarized the characteristics of the two better.
1. The young man in high spirits
These two people in Hong Kong are born destined.
was born in June 1962, both of whom are Cancer, and Stephen Chow's birthday is 5 days greater than Tony Leung.
also comes from a divorced family and lives a single-parent family life with her mother.
Stephen Chow was abandoned by his father at the age of 7, and Tony Leung was 10.
The two are about the same height, both of them are 174.
later acted in "The Deer and the Cauldron", and
also likes to watch movies of Bruce Lee .
The two met because they happened to buy the movie tickets for " Raptors Crossing the River " on the same day.
collided at the entrance of the cinema, and after entering the cinema, they found that they sat next to each other.
This fate in the dark led the two to get close to each other and became friends.
Both of them are obsessed with Bruce Lee's kung fu movies. Tony Leung is literary and likes it in his heart. He enjoys it.
Stephen Chow has strong mobility and also adjusts the mung bean pot by himself, trying to practice "Iron Sand Palm".
It seems that Stephen Chow has been there since childhood.
Now there are friends who play together, Stephen Chow can't help but hold an 8cm camera,
shouting Tony Leung to shoot kung fu films together to entertain himself.
At that time, Tony Leung was doing a job in electrical appliance sales, and filming movies with Stephen Chow was just to play with his friends.
Every time, Stephen Chow plays a decent character and calls Tony Leung to play the villain, Tony Leung agrees with a smile.
The joy of being able to play together really won’t happen any unpleasantness.
2. If you want to dream, just
In 1980, 18-year-old Stephen Chow got his wish and became a special actor on the TV station.
He was not satisfied with this and wanted to improve himself and applied for the artist training class of Hong Kong TVB.
Stephen Chow took Tony Leung to take the exam together, but still adhered to the principle of accompanying friends, Tony Leung agreed.
Is it very much like Chen Kun accompanying his classmates to take the Beijing Film Academy exam? The ending is that Tony Leung was successfully selected.
Stephen Chow was wiped out by the interviewer because he played the tragedy so funny.
can only enter night classes to study, and graduation time will take longer.
Tony Leung was very poor when he was a child. He didn't study and went out to work at the age of 15.
He never thought that he could become an actor at that time, but he just wanted to make more money and improve his mother's life.
With the encouragement of Stephen Chow, he finally mustered up the courage to quit his job in electrical appliance sales and give it a try.
The sky of two 18-year-old boys is blue, and they seem to open the door to a new world.
A bright future is waiting for these two young people.
From then on, there have been two top talents in the film industry.
3. embarked on a different path of destiny
1983, Tony Leung successfully graduated from the 11th TVB Artist Training Class. After
graduated, he became the host of the children's program "403 Shuttle".
This year, Tony Leung began filming, playing "The Deer and the Cauldron" Wei Xiaobao , becoming famous all over the country.
In the same year, Stephen Chow took over the post of hosting for his brothers.
Some things are caused by fate.
is also a host, and Tony Leung was poached to make a movie after being a movie for one year.
Stephen Chow, but he has been doing it for 5 years.
In the past five years, Tony Leung has successively filmed many Hong Kong dramas such as " The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and " The Two Sages ".
was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the Academy Awards in 1986, and won the Best Supporting Actor in 1987.
Look at Stephen Chow, he could only stand silently in the last corner in the show.
In the past five years, my brothers became famous for making big movies, but Stephen Chow was not discouraged and insisted on playing a supporting role.
Hard work pays off. In 1988, he won the Golden Horse Award for Best Supporting Actor for "Pierre Pioneer".
26-year-old Stephen Chow has since started his own movie journey.
From now on, he will also become a generation of actors and great directors.
4. I don’t shake the sea of fire. Brothers will go together for life.
"Pi Li Pioneer" was filmed by Hong Kong director Lee Xiuxian excavation Stephen Chow.
1990, Stephen Chow relied on the action comedy films " Gambling Saint " and "Gambling Man".
1991, Stephen Chow, together with Jackie Chan and Zhou Runfa , is called "Boy Monday" together.
Stephen Chow became famous 8 years later than Tony Leung.
Someone asked Stephen Chow: "You are considered to be of the same period, but Tony Leung became popular 8 years ago. Would you be jealous?"
He said, "When in the training class, Weizai's performance was a sample for teachers to learn. I will try my best to catch up with him, but I will definitely not be jealous of him."
Later, someone asked him, "Are you so willing?"
Stephen Chow didn't even think about it: "I'm such a willing person." Behind the willingness is the silent efforts and persistence. Good friends, he will only be happy, but he will not give up.
This persistence, Stephen Chow has been through this whole life.
During this period, Tony Leung had mild depression due to TVB's work pressure.
86, and said that he would withdraw from the entertainment industry.
Fortunately, in 1990, he met Wong Kar-wai and filmed " A Fei Zhengshi ".
Wang Kar-wai seems to understand Tony Leung very much. From then on, Tony Leung is no longer depressed and found a working state.
has started his own path as a movie hero.
28-year-old two teenagers have experienced hardships and found their own path.
5. Life is a matter of intimacy, and you can’t figure it out. Some people can’t figure it out. They are all famous actors. Since the relationship is so good, why didn’t
act together? Is it because they actually have a bad relationship?
is wrong in this way.
1992, Stephen Chow was invited by the movie biweekly, which was an important interview during his great popularity.
He invited Tony Leung over, and then everyone knew that the two were childhood playmates.
As for why we didn’t act together.
Tony Leung said frankly: "Because there is only one protagonist in Stephen Chow's movie, that is Stephen Chow."
Indeed, Stephen Chow's movies are all comedy, and he himself is a national first-class actor.
Especially in the movie "Kung Fu", the starring, director and screenwriter are all Stephen Chow.
A person does not need to participate in all aspects of his close friend's life and work.
but only needs to give him enough spiritual support, communicate with each other, and naturally he will say everything and be the best friend.
Tony Leung and Stephen Chow
This is how Tony Leung interprets the friendship between the two.
In the wireless era, Tony Leung, who became popular first, has been helping Stephen Chow, including Stephen Chow who later graduated and took over his hosting job.
Tony Leung, who became popular first, has been providing help to Stephen Chow in clothing and makeup, and
's own clothes are "cheap" to Stephen Chow.
He never despised his childhood playmate because of his "genius" acting skills.
And Stephen Chow is indeed not a thing in the pool.
, which is unconditional support and encouragement, no matter what the future is, can only be found among real friends.
Stephen Chow has been helping Tony Leung with all his heart.
Between 1993 and 1996, Carina Lau rarely appeared in her works.
, and Stephen Chow filmed the costume funny film " big secret spy Lingling " in 1996, and
took the initiative to invite Carina Lau to join, which is exactly what he wants to Tony Leung.
96, Stephen Chow also said that Tony Leung and Lee Soo-hyun are very important people in his heart. Although
has no cooperation, there is no need to use cooperation to prove the friendship between the two.
Friendship starts with the movie, but it doesn’t have to end with the movie.
Movie is a job and career for the two. Friendship gradually retreats behind, and
has become the pure fragrant wine in each other's lives.
6. Once the golden wind and jade dew meet, it will be better than the rest. Countless
Time flies, and ten years have passed in a flash.
From 28 to 38 years old, Stephen Chow filmed "Tang Bohu's Tiger's Autumn Fragrance" "A Chinese Odyssey" and "The King of Comedy",
Tony Leung starred in " Chongqing Forest ", "Eastern Evil and West Poison", and "Spring Light Suddenly".
The two are like a pair of peerless savages, each of which is wonderful.
In 2000, Tony Leung starred in Wong Kar-wai's " in the Mood for Love ". When he was
38, he was awarded the emperor by Cannes .
Life is full of joy. After Stephen Chow learned the news,
immediately came to Cannes with his sister to celebrate.
In 2002, both of them were in their 40s, and Stephen Chow's birthday was 5 days older than him.
Tony Leung is participating in the filming of "Infernal Affairs" and " Hero ".
Without saying a word, he rushed back from a foreign set to celebrate Stephen Chow's birthday.
In 2004, Stephen Chow won a global box office of US$105 million with "Kung Fu".
The film was rated as one of the "Top Ten Best Films of the Year" by "Time" magazine.
For a moment, Stephen Chow returned with reputation.
Fate made the two meet again, at the 24th Hong Kong Film Awards Ceremony.
Tony Leung presented the award to Stephen Chow. The two first smiled at each other from afar. After
approached, they couldn't control their smiles!
If he is a fan of Stephen Chow, he should be able to see that his smile comes from the bottom of his heart.
is very similar. When we won the award for writing essays, when we went on stage to read, our best friend in the podium was laughing secretly.
When friends meet and see each other, they can’t help laughing.
7. If life is just like the first meeting
Time flies again, in 2012, the two are already 50 years old.
Tony Leung received the role of Wing Chun Master Ip Man , Wong Kar-wai's "The Grandmaster".
gritted his teeth and told Director Wang, "Okay, I'll practice it."
Tony Leung practiced Wing Chun for three years and had a fracture in the middle twice.
In the show, Tony Leung laughed out eight teeth when talking about his friend Stephen Chow.
He said, when Xingzai heard that I was going to film "The Grandmaster", he called him several times to teach.
also taught me when I had a dinner together: "Look, Wing Chun is like this."
said: "I remember what my master taught me doesn't seem to be like this."
for so many years, the two of them played together from 15 to 50 years old.
's childhood playmates were all gray-haired.
Although the two have known each other for a long time, they still maintain the same sincere heart as they were when they first met.
No matter how the outside world changes, they always laugh when they meet.
has no status, as if they are still unemployed young people back then.
took the subway and bought a cold drink, and the clouds were calm and gentle.
8. Half of life's prosperity ended
In June this year, Stephen Chow was forced to mortgage his 1.1 billion mansion to quell his difficult film career under the epidemic.
Tony Leung's new drama "Fox Hunting·Operation" will be aired in 2021.
The two are already 58 years old and are each taking care of their old age.
They don’t go to too busy places. They always think about things when they are silent.
Their friendship is not like girls. They often contact each other and occasionally make an appointment to go shopping for dinner.
Even if they don’t meet, they all understand what each other is pursuing throughout their lives, and
understands what each other’s heart is like.
The other party will never be absent from important occasions.
Half-life prosperity has come to an end. I finally understand how similar the other person is to himself: stubborn, sincere, and loyal.
Today, Tony Leung already has Carina Lau as her lifelong companion and reaps happiness.
It’s just a pity that Stephen Chow is still alone today.
hope that the friendship between the two can continue to last for a long time,
illuminates the long night of relativity in the world.
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