After Chiu Man-Cheuk left Tsui Hark, he changed from a kung fu superstar to nothing to shoot. How's it going now?
Look at some stars now. As idols, they don't set a good example. Instead, they tell young people with actions that becoming a star is the shortcut to success. Do not need too much professional knowledge accumulation. As long as you are good-looking, you have a chance to become famous overnight.
So one after another, one after another, in order to enter this circle by hook or by crook, and then began to build an indestructible umbrella as soon as they became famous, thus "completing" their own evil path. Such a vicious circle is undoubtedly encouraging the breeding of evil. On the other hand, in the past few decades, there was no shortcut in the entertainment circle at that time.
Three minutes on stage, ten years off stage! Jackie chan exchanged his life for the glory of a superstar; It took several years for the disciples to become famous. Jet Li was a martial arts champion before he became famous. In fact, there are many powerful stars like this in the entertainment circle, and Chiu Man-Cheuk is the best example.
65,438+07 years old, national Wushu champion. 19 years old, who became famous overnight with the villain "Nine Grades of Zhengzhong" in Kung Fu Emperor Fang Shiyu, was regarded as the successor of Jet Li. Later, after filming Fengyun, I never found my own way to perform. Once there was no drama to shoot, and the former superstars gradually declined. Today, I re-entered the audience's field of vision in My Brother with a Thorn.
Facts have proved that the ups and downs of life have not drowned this powerful faction. On the contrary, as time goes on, it becomes sharper and sharper. Chiu Man-Cheuk was born in a martial arts family, his father was a martial arts coach and his mother was a track and field athlete.
Jet Li started his own business and founded Zhengdong Film Company. In order to have a good start, Jet Li devoted a lot of energy and went to Beijing Sport University for casting. As a result, he took a fancy to Chiu Man-Cheuk, who also won the Wushu championship.
I didn't expect the film to sell well at the box office after its release, which injected a shot in the arm for Zhengdong Film. Although this is his first film, Chiu Man-Cheuk's acting skills are not inferior to Jet Li's, even mature and sophisticated.
In Fang Shiyu, his villain Eldo surprised the whole film circle. As luck would have it, during the filming of Fang Shiyu, Chiu Man-Cheuk was attracted by Tsui Hark and was invited to play Huang Feihong, the hero of Wind of the Kings.
He made two films at the same time, playing Huang Feihong in Wind of the Kings during the day and playing Eldo in Fang Shiyu at night. Two different roles, switching back and forth between good and evil, Chiu Man-Cheuk, as a new actor, seems to be comfortable. It can be said that 1993 was the peak year in Chiu Man-Cheuk, with two films released in succession, which was a big hit at the box office. It has always been like this, even surpassing Jet Li.
In fact, for a long time, many viewers like to compare Jet Li's version with Chiu Man-Cheuk's version of Huang Feihong. Comparing their martial arts, both of them are national martial arts champions, so they are naturally familiar with such roles. Compared with the box office, the Jet Li version of Huang Feihong is slightly better. Compared with the two, Jet Li's version has the temperament of a Jianghu hero, while Chiu Man-Cheuk's version of Huang Feihong has a confident and steady temperament, which is more in line with the image of a generation of masters.
Unfortunately, the Wind of Kings is not as good as the Jet Li Trilogy. From the plot to the theme, and then to the action play, all of them were hit by dimensionality reduction, and Chiu Man-Cheuk's performance was buried. Chiu Man-Cheuk went on to appear in the fifth work of Huang Feihong series, Dragon City Fighter.
Due to the serious shrinkage of the production of "Martial Arts Year", similar works emerge one after another. After the film was released, the box office was bleak, and the audience chose to watch it only as an emotional blessing to this IP. Although Chiu Man-Cheuk's "Huang Feihong" drama is not over, it is difficult to reach the previous height.
Although Chiu Man-Cheuk is an eye of Jet Li, he is famous for Huang Feihong, but he is not limited to this role. Chiu Man-Cheuk and Tsui Hark cooperated again, and joined hands with two beauties, Maggie Cheung and Joey Wong, to make this costume fantasy film "Green Snake".
Undeniably, Tsui Hark did not follow the rules in shaping the role of Fahai, but adopted an inclined attitude. In the film, Fahai is no longer a mature monk. In the face of Xiaoqing's temptation, he will lose control of himself, more like an inexperienced young monk.
For so many years, almost all of Jet Li's performances are decent and very successful. On the contrary, he plays the bad guy, giving people a sense of neither fish nor fowl. On the other hand, Chiu Man-Cheuk can seamlessly switch between good and evil. Because of this, the Fahai he played has a unique and complicated side, and his acting skills are convincing enough for the audience to accept it willingly.
However, this cruel world does not allow such "aliens" to appear, which makes him lose his right arm, as if to tell him that things can never go back. So he was forced to wander around the world alone. Although Chiu Man-Cheuk's performance in Tsui Hark's movies is remarkable, he won't be really angry. With the successive box office failures of several films, Chiu Man-Cheuk decided to make a transition and focus on making TV series.
In contrast, Jason Wu, regarded as Jet Li's successor, finally found a way out after a short period of confusion, and became a tens of billions box office actor. As the saying goes, times make heroes, but gold always shines.
In My Brother Thorn, Chiu Man-Cheuk re-entered the audience's field of vision with a different attitude. In every program, as long as Chiu Man-Cheuk appears, everyone will be "suppressed" by his aura, and he is honest and confident in what he says and does.
It is not difficult to find that Chiu Man-Cheuk, as an idol, did not rely on face, let alone hype, but adhered to the moral bottom line of his profession and "played" his own sky by hard power. This is completely different from what some immoral artists are doing at present. Because of this, Chiu Man-Cheuk still works and occupies a place in the complicated entertainment circle.