In the 1990s, during the booming period of Hong Kong movies, many Hong Kong actors became superstars overnight because of a movie.
At the same time, many actors in mainland China have also spotted Hong Kong, a treasured geomantic place, and have come to Hong Kong to start their acting careers.
Twenty years have passed. Some of them have gained fame and fortune, some have committed suicide by depression, and some have died of cancer.
Wang Xiao
Wang Xiao is a well-known villain in the Hong Kong film and television industry. The villains before Wang Xiao’s appearance were all fierce and evil, and his villain played by Wang Xiao was unconventional. A handsome face that is both righteous and evil really makes people love and hate.
Wang Xiao’s most famous villain is the big villain Doctor BOSS in " Die Hard ". His "You must rely on yourself" has become a classic line in Hong Kong movies.
However, Wang Xiao, who has always been considered a Hong Kong actor, is actually a Fujianese. It was by chance that he came to Hong Kong.
Before playing the villain, Wang Xiao once starred in an Oscar-nominated movie "Beijing Story".
This movie is Wang Xiao’s first screen show, but this movie did not bring him popularity until he played in "The City of Moment". Pierre in "Police Story 3",It gradually came to the hearts of the audience.
In addition to acting, Wang Xiao has also served as the host of the Chinese Channel of Satellite TV. After returning to China in 2000, he directed and acted in the TV series "Love Evidence".
After the filming of "Love Card", Wang Xiao was diagnosed with liver cancer and finally passed away in 2004.
Zhao Wenzhuo
Born in a martial arts family, Zhao Wenzhuo has solid basic skills since he was a child. After he grew up, he won various martial arts championships and successfully entered the Peking University martial arts department.
When he was in college, Zhao Wenzhuo was very obsessed with the martial arts actors in Hong Kong movies, and gradually he had the idea of going to Hong Kong.
After graduating from university, Zhao Wenzhuo came to Hong Kong alone, starting from the bottom.
When he first entered the industry, Zhao Wenzhuo experienced many twists and turns, but he never gave up.
In the end, the emperor paid off. Zhao Wenzhuo was taken by the director Tsui Hark , and he was cast as the protagonist in " Kung Fu Emperor Fang Shiyu ".
Zhao Wenzhuo seized this opportunity to fully demonstrate the agility and passion of this character.
Xu Hark also began to let him try new roles.
In 1993, Zhao Wenzhuo starred in " Huang Feihong: The Wind of Kings ", the protagonist Huang Feihong, this movie was loved by the audience, and the role of Huang Feihong also established Zhao Wenzhuo's position in Hong Kong martial arts movies.
When filming the work " Jinyu Mantang ",He met his brother Leslie Cheung and fell in love with Anita Mui .
The personality of Anita Mui in love is very clingy, insecure, and the two people are too different in social status. In the end, Zhao Wenzhuo chose to break up with Anita Mui.
After breaking up, Zhao Wenzhuo also talked about several romances one after another, but in the end he got together with the actor Zhang Danlu . Now he has raised three children and has a happy family.
Gong Li
Since Jet Li 's "Shaolin Temple" went viral, many mainland actors have begun to enter Hong Kong, including Gong Li.
Before going to Hong Kong, Gong Li was already an internationally renowned actor. Although Hong Kong actors look down on mainland actors, no one dares to look down on Gong Li.
When he first arrived in Hong Kong, Gong Li participated in the " Generation Demon Queen " co-produced by Pearl River Film Company in Mainland China and Hong Kong Yindu. Gong Li's partner was Liu Xiaoqing , Chen Daoming and others.
and then participated in the shooting of Chen Kaige "Farewell My Concubine". This movie caused a huge response in Hong Kong, and Gong Li's value also increased with the tide.
Then Stephen Chow found Gong Li again, and wanted to use her to open up the international market, so Gong Li starred in " Tang Bohu's Qiuxiang " in Qiuxiang.
Although this film did not open the international market,However, Zhou Xingchi got acquainted with Gong Li, a friend.
In Gong Li's eyes, Stephen Chow is a very humorous person who often fills the crew with laughter, but he is also a very dedicated person. As long as he enters the state, Stephen Chow will be immersed in the plot.
Gong Li also collaborated with Chow Yun-fat in Hong Kong in "The Golden Armor in the City" and "The Storm in the Sea". In these two works, she and Chow Yun-fat both play husband and wife.
Gong Li and Chow Yun-fat are very close to each other. They act like husband and wife. Chow Yun-fat often ridicules why Gong Li "betrays" herself every time.
After getting into trouble in the Hong Kong film industry, Gong Li returned to the mainland to engage in the development of mainland movies.
Le Yun
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The seventeen-year-old Le Yun came out slim, and was quickly favored by the director, thus entering the highlight moment of her life.
Because of her role in "Meeting in a Caravan", Le Yun became the audience's favorite movie star at the time. Later, in the feature film "Wanted", Le Yun played the villain Dan Fengyan Mada.
After the TV broadcast, everyone did not feel disgusted by the role of Le Yun, but liked her appearance in the play more.
In the 1984 TV series "Dream of Red Mansions", she fell in love with Le Yun, her twin eyes,The crooked and thin eyebrows are just like Fengjie herself, even Deng Jie , who campaigned with her, felt a little unfair after seeing her looks.
However, Le Yun still missed this role, because she was fascinated by a man named Luo Lie, and was a middle-aged man 27 years older than her.
It may be that Le Yun grew up in a family environment without fatherly love, so she is extremely dependent on Luo Lie. Under Luo Lie’s sweet words, Le Yun gave up the role of Wang Xifeng and decided to follow Luo Lie. Go to Hong Kong.
After arriving in Hong Kong, Le Yun found out that she had been deceived. There was no movie dream here at all.
Luo Lie hid her in a villa under his own name without any social activities. Later, he worried that Le Yun was discovered by his wife and children, so he changed her a new name-Le Hui, and introduced her to him. Director friend.
Le Yun is tall and attractive, which attracts many directors, but because Le Yun can't speak Cantonese and Mandarin is not standard, so she can only play some supporting roles.
The career has touched her nose, and Le Yun can only put her happiness on Luo Lie and start to force Luo Lie to get married.
Luo Lie stuttered and always evaded. Later, it was not until Luo Lie's wife came to her door that Le Yun knew that she had been deceived. At this time, Luo Lie abandoned Le Yun for his reputation.
's reputation has been damaged, and Hong Kong movies are on the low tide, and Yue Yun's life has reached the point of poverty.
Later, my mother came to Hong Kong to join Le Yun. She thought that her daughter was living as a wife in Hong Kong, but found that she was living so poorly. However, the mother’s first reaction was not to comfort her daughter, but to worry about her son’s tuition. Nothing left.
Under the shock of life and the abuse of her mother, Le Yun was in distress and was once depressed ,Finally, in pain, she stood on a tall building and jumped down. She was only 23 years old.
Qiu Jianguo
After "Shaolin Temple", Hong Kong's hottest martial arts movie is " Southern Boxing King ", and the starring of this movie is Qiu Jianguo.
In the movie, he is a dark-skinned, sturdy, and mighty Guangdong hero. Coupled with the trend of martial arts movies at the time, Hebei Wushu Team and Eagle Claw Boxing champion Xu Xiangdong also participated in the filming, so The fighting scenes in the movie are very exciting, and Qiu Jianguo also took root from Guangdong to Hong Kong because of this movie. After
, Qiu Jianguo appeared in movies such as "" and "Chinese Martial Arts", but the results have always been dull, and he has never had the glory of "Southern Boxing King". .
Qiu Jianguo didn't officially enter the Hong Kong movie until he starred in the Shahe Gang in "Huang Feihong".
Although the role of Shahe Gang has helped Qiu Jianguo’s career improve, because this role is a villain, and the hero image he originally played on the screen is too different, many movie fans can’t accept such a change. Even Qiu Jianguo himself was very distressed.
Finally, Qiu Jianguo decided to remake "Southern Boxing King". I don't know if it is because of insufficient funds that the acting skills of the actor playing Lin Zexu are particularly embarrassing. He just interprets Lin Zexu as a hero.
After the movie was screened, there was no huge response. Qiu Jianguo had to return to his old business and continue to be the villain. 's long-term work eventually crushed Qiu Jianguo.
nasopharyngeal cancer recurred in the middle of filming in April 1998,He eventually passed away due to a failed operation at the age of 37.
Jet Li
In 1979, Jet Li was invited by the State Council to play the leading actor in "Shaolin Temple". After hearing the news, Jet Li jumped for joy.
So he came to the shooting scene and met the director Zhang Xinyan from Hong Kong.
Seeing Jet Li’s handsome appearance and good skills, Zhang Xinyan at that time concluded that Jet Li would definitely make a breakthrough in Hong Kong movies.
Facts have proved that Zhang Xinyan was right. After the "Shaolin Temple" was released in the mainland, it was greatly loved by the audience, and the three words Jet Li were also remembered by the audience.
Zhang Xinyan brought the film back to Hong Kong for screening, which immediately caused an uproar in Hong Kong, and Jet Li became a star in the martial arts world at that time.
Before arriving in Hong Kong, Jet Li became popular in Hong Kong. No one would easily miss such an opportunity. In this way, Jet Li started to enter the Hong Kong film and television circle under the advice of Zhang Xinyan.
In 1983, Li Lian performed outstandingly in " Shaolin Kid". This film won 22.29 million Hong Kong dollars in box office in Hong Kong and ranked third in the annual box office rankings in Hong Kong. This movie attracted the attention of Shaw Group.
Under the arrangement of the agent, Jet Li met the director Luo Wei, and filmed the movie " Dragon at the End of the World" with Stephen Chow in the United States. In this movie, Jet Li met Lizhi .
In getting along day and night,Jet Li gradually fell in love with Li Zhi and completely abandoned ethics, principles, responsibilities, and even property.
In order to help Lizhi repay the debt, Jet Li and Yongsheng's signed a three-year and six-play contract with Tai , and Chen Lan has gradually developed in-depth cooperation with Wang Jing .
Break down the movies made by Jet Li in Hong Kong, from " Fang Shiyu" to " Jingwu Hero". The quality of these movies varies from time to time. Only the " Huang Feihong Lion of the Western Regions" produced by Yongsheng Company "" achieved a higher box office, and there was no splash after that.
After completing the gambling contract with Tai Tai, he decided to leave Hong Kong and go to Hollywood to develop. Starting from scratch, after 4 years of study, Jet Li returned to the mainland and starred in the martial arts film "Hero" at the invitation of Zhang Yimou.
This film opened up the popularity of Jet Li, and only one week after it was released in North America, he topped the North American film rankings. In the same year, Jet Li appeared on the cover of " Time Magazine ".
After returning to the mainland, Jet Li’s value began to soar. In 2007, with " Fearless" won the 13th Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor and 26th Hong Kong Film Awards Nominated for a good actor; in 2008, the magical movie ": the king of kung fu" cooperating with Jackie Chan made Jet Li appear on the cover of "Time Magazine" again.
Looking back on the fame history of these six actors, we have seen the rise and fall of Hong Kong movies, and the hardships of those years. In a blink of an eye, our favorite stars are getting old, and that good time may become It's our common memory with these stars.
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