In the history of Chinese martial arts films, many "women are not as good as men" have emerged. They not only have beautiful appearances, but also have great skills. They are not inferior to male heroes in terms of chivalrous hearts, and have also written a brilliant page for martial arts films. But many of them are "half-way monks". In fact, there are very few "beating girls" who have been trained in orthodox martial arts, and Zheng Peipei, who was once known as "Shao Brothers' No. 1 hitting girls", is one of them.
Zheng Peipei is from Shanghai. When she was a teenager, she moved to Hong Kong with her family. When she first arrived in Hong Kong, she did not understand Cantonese and encountered many inconveniences in her studies and work. So she applied for the Southern Experimental Theater Troupe, which mainly speaks Mandarin, and received a one-year performance training. After graduation, Cheng Peipei successfully joined Shaw Brothers and officially began her acting career. The prelude to its performance is a cross-dressing performance in the Huangmei tune movies "Bao Lian Lantern" and "Daji". Since Huangmei tuned movies were the world of actresses such as Lingbo , Lin Dai and Li Lihua , many viewers naturally would not pay too much attention to Zheng Peipei, as a newcomer, so these two movies did not make her famous in one go.
However, not long after, Shaw Brothers was determined to open up the martial arts film market, so the film company also specially found martial arts masters to train newcomers to dance guns and sticks, and Zheng Peipei was among them. Compared with many spoiled actresses, Zheng Peipei is not only not afraid of hard work, but also never fears injury. During a filming process, she accidentally fell off the horse's back. After only a simple treatment, she went on the battlefield again. Her professionalism has also won the praise of many colleagues.
has the quality of hard work and hard work, and has the relationship of learning ballet since childhood. Therefore, in 1966, Zheng Peipei was spotted by the great director Hu Jinquan and got the opportunity to play the role of the female hero " Jin Yanzi " in " Drunk Hero ". In the film, she stole a lot of the limelight from the protagonist Yue Hua with her clean and rhythmic martial arts movements, her heroic appearance and sharp eyes. With this corner, Cheng Peipei not only made a name for himself in the Hong Kong area, but also became popular throughout Southeast Asia.
Although "The Drunken Hero" has made Zheng Peipei "famous in one battle", she is not proud of it and continues to treat herself strictly. In terms of acting, she meticulously crafted and strived for excellence; in terms of fighting scenes, no matter how dangerous the action scenes are, as long as the effect is not ideal, she will do it repeatedly to practice. This is simply "like a treasure" for Shaw Brothers, which mainly conquers the world with martial arts films back then. So after the success of "The Drunken Man", Shaw Brothers tailored many martial arts films such as "Golden Swallow", " Five Tigers Slaying Dragon ", " Flying Knife ", " Tiger Balance " and " Shadow Divine Whip ", all of which were great success. Zheng Peipei's name once became the guarantee of box office sales, and also won her the gold medal title of "Marriage Queen".
However, just as Zheng Peipei's acting career was at its peak, she suddenly announced a news that surprised everyone - to retreat to the movie. For a martial arts actress, 24 years old is in her prime, but in the view of Zheng Peipei, a 24-year-old woman has not married herself yet, which is a "big problem". So after she finished filming the last martial arts film " Zhong Kui's Lady " for Shaw Brothers, she quickly got married with a Taiwanese businessman in the original text and went to the United States to live a life of taking care of her husband and children.
Since the Yuan family is a "three generations of single-handed", he has been the first generation of Yuanwentong and insisted on and urgently hoped that he would have a son to inherit the family business. However, Zheng Peipei gave birth to daughters for the first three children. In order to add a male child to the Yuan family, Zheng Peipei has experienced many unknown bitternesses during the 20 years of living in the United States. Later, after her son Yuan and Yu (born in 1986) were born as she wished, the relationship between her and her husband became increasingly red.
Because of being "active" by nature, Zheng Peipei is uneasy to be just a housewife. Not only did she take on a lot of work her husband should do at home, she also invested in and opened a Chinese TV station. However, in the view of the original text of "macho manism", his wife's "strong and independent" weakened her status as a "growing up" at home, so the two had many conflicts of all sizes. Zheng Peipei once described it in an interview program, "I just created a standard wife, but it does not belong to Yuan Wentong's wife." In this way, the two with disagreements finally chose to end up with divorce, and the TV station she invested in also went bankrupt due to poor management, which once fell into bankruptcy.
After the divorce, Zheng Peipei returned to Hong Kong and spent two years of purity in the Buddhist temple. But one of the major problems facing her has not been resolved yet, that is, paying off the large debts owed by the TV station's bankruptcy. With no way to avoid and no retreat, returning to filming became her "only way out" to pay off her debts.
However, when Zheng Peipei "come out" again, the pattern of the Hong Kong film industry had undergone tremendous changes. In addition, she was no longer young at that time, which also means that if she wants to regain her foothold in the film industry, she must face "transformation". In 1993, her opportunity finally came - when Stephen Chow and Li Li were preparing for "Tang Bohu's Tiger's Autumn Fragrance" , she had to select an actress who chose Kung Fu to play Mrs. Hua , so they found Zheng Peipei. Since this film is full of nonsensical comedy, this is an unprecedented new challenge for Zheng Peipei, so when she got the script the first time, she still had hesitation and confusion. On the other hand, her mentor Hu Jinquan also advised Zheng Peipei not to take on this role, because she was afraid that "Mrs. Hua" would damage her image as a "chievous woman" that she had finally accumulated. But due to the current environment, she was no longer allowed to consider it. So at that time, she combined the contradictions in her heart into a belief: she must play Mrs. Hua well in order to re-establish her position in the hearts of the audience.
Finally, Zheng Peipei put down her former "heroine" figure in the film and made a lot of jokes with Stephen Chow, which also allowed the audience to appreciate her funny and nonsensical side. In particular, the two of them used the scene of "fighting each other with "a smile and a half-step" and "a day of death" to become one of the most colorful comedy passages in the whole movie. Facts have proved that Zheng Peipei's choice was correct. The role of Mrs. Hua not only brought her acting career back to life, but also helped her successfully knock on the door to the mainland market.
After this, Zheng Peipei, who completely got rid of the "burden", also embarked on her path as a "supporting actor". In the past few decades, she has accumulated the respect of the industry for her with her solid acting skills and diligent professional attitude. In 2000's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", she challenged the villain " Blue Eyes Fox " for the first time, and achieved another peak in her acting career through her superb acting skills. At the same time, the role also won Zheng Peipei the Best Supporting Actress Award at the Hong Kong Film Awards, which is also the biggest affirmation of her "back-up journey".
The incompleteness of the marriage and the lack of time spent with children due to long-term filming and long-term spending time with their children, Zheng Peipei has always felt guilty. So when his daughter Yuan Liqi, Atomic Smoke and son Yuan Heyu also entered the entertainment industry, whether it is a movie, TV series or variety show, Zheng Peipei will almost always be with her (her) side. Zheng Peipei is trying to increase the chances of getting to know each other with his children in this way, and also tries to make up for the "lost family time".
Although Zheng Peipei is now in her seventies, she should have enjoyed her life quietly and enjoyed her old age, but because of her "unable to rest" personality, she still has no intention of "stop". In her seventies, she not only tried to perform dramas, but also won the No. 1 award for Best Actress at the British Independent Film Festival, fully fulfilling the famous saying of "Living to Old, Wonderful to Old".And the setbacks and frustrations of the past became calm in her mouth, and it had already become a joke.
