854. Hit the stars
Uncle Lian Jie can't come, and the absence of one of the two mountains of domestic action movies is indeed a bit disappointing. But other invitees are guaranteed to play.
For example, Wu Jin, Universe Dan, and Zhang Jin are all hot stars in China in recent years. Of course, it's not that they are newcomers, in fact, these people have already proven their worth in the market, but compared with Uncle Long and Uncle Lian Jie, their qualifications are so bad.
For example, Wu Jinba, born in Beijing in 1974, graduated from Beijing University of Physical Education.
In 1989, he entered the Beijing martial arts team and was regarded as Uncle Lian Jie's junior brother. In 1994, he won the championship of spearmanship and sparring in the elite competition of the national martial arts competition. In 1995, he starred in his first movie "Kung Fu Boy Breaking Love", thus entering the showbiz. In 1998, he became well-known to the audience for playing the role of Yang Yuqian in the costume drama "Tai Chi Grandmaster". In 1999, when he starred in the martial arts drama "Xiao Li Flying Knife", he was already a little red.
Then he went to Hong Kong Island in 03 to develop his film career. In 2005, he participated in the action movie "Slaying the Wolf" and tried the villain role for the first time, how to say it, the acting is relatively brilliant, and the battle between the Universe Dan is also hearty, although it has been rumored in the circle that he and the Universe Dan are not happy in this first cooperation, and the Universe Dan seems to have the meaning of bullying newcomers, but this kind of thing, if the parties don't say it, and the crew has no news, at least seventy percent of it may be false, and as an outsider, it is not easy to hear this kind of news.
Then in 07, he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the 44th Golden Horse Awards for the action police film "The True Colors of Men". In 08, he began to transform into a director, and in the same year, he directed his directorial debut "Wolf Teeth".
He is probably best known for the Wolf Warrior series, and he has indeed taken a characteristic route of his own. This kind of heroic invincible drama, which has always been only available in Hollywood movies, is actually very good in the domestic environment, and the audience can accept it. As for the few who can't accept it, who cares what you think?
Of course, the wolf warrior is a matter of the previous life, and this life is still far away, Wu Jin in this life can only be said to have just been removed, and in the entertainment industry, he has some qualifications, but in front of Uncle Long, it is still not enough to see.
Wu Jin was naturally overjoyed to be invited, and immediately adjusted the schedule and put the matter of the movie week in the first place.
Next is the Cosmic Pill, and the Cosmic Pill is a little more troublesome. On the one hand, he is busy with work, Universe Dan is now second only to Uncle Long and Uncle Lian Jie, and he looks a little handsome, and the fighting action is based on modern martial arts, which is different from the elegant martial arts master and humorous funny martial arts, the authenticity is very strong, and the action is also very good-looking, and the fight is clean and neat, combined with modern clothing, it is also very popular with the audience.
Therefore, the Universe Dan's schedule is now very full, and the Yuanfang Group has invited him for the third time, and he can finally confirm that he wants to come. And not to mention, the requirements are quite high, accommodation, transportation, expenses, all aspects have put forward requirements, the big-name shelves are really in place, but in fact, he is indeed a big name. Compared to Wu Jin, who was just starting out, the Universe Pill was now powerful. That is the third martial arts actor in the real sense of the word, the schedule expires, the status is high, the temper will naturally come up, and the shelf will naturally pick up.
Of course, it's normal for him to take a shelf.
Cosmos Dan was born in 63 in a martial arts family in Guangdong Province, came to live on Hong Kong Island at the age of 2, and immigrated to Boston at the age of 11.
His mother was an international martial artist and taijiquan master, so he learned martial arts with his mother since he was a child, and at the same time was exposed to traditional Chinese kung fu and Western boxing techniques such as Taiji, which laid a good foundation for him in traditional martial arts. Growing up in his mother's martial arts atmosphere, Universe Dan watched a lot of kung fu movies when he was a child. In this way, he learned traditional and modern martial arts, as well as Tai Chi, and understood the internal and external laws of martial arts. After watching the works of Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan and others, he often imitated their movements and even skipped school to watch kung fu movies.
In 1974, at the age of 11, his family immigrated to Boston, where he learned a variety of martial arts. In 1978, because Universe Dan was influenced by Bruce Lee to like free fighting, and his mother was not good at it, so he was sent back to the martial arts team of the Beijing Sports School for two years of training. As a result, Cosmos Dan became the first non-Chinese student, and was awarded a sixth-dan black belt in taekwondo while in school. After returning to the United States in 1982, he participated in the regional martial arts competition in the United States and won the championship.
His acting experience is naturally much richer than Wu Jin.
In 1984, he starred in "Laughing Tai Chi" and made his debut. In 86, he participated in the movie "Love Rival", and in 88, he participated in the police films "SWAT Slaying the Dragon" and "Uncrowned Pioneer". In 89, he participated in "Royal Senior Sister 4 Direct Witness" and "Flying Tigers". In 90, he starred in "Money Laundering" and "Labyrinth of Fate", and in 91, he participated in "Detectives".
In 92, he was invited by Tsui Hark to star in "New Dragon Gate Inn", "Wong Fei Hung II: Men Should Be Self-Improvement", etc., and won the Academy Award Best Supporting Actor nomination for "Huang Feihong II: Men Should Be Self-Improvement".
In 93, he starred in Yuan Heping's "Iron Horse" and "Su Qier". Participated in the movie "New Meteor Butterfly Sword" directed by McDonnell.
In 94, he starred in the movie "Wing Chun" produced by Wong Baiming and Sammo Hung as the martial arts instructor. In the same year, he starred in the TV series "Hong Xiguan", and won the "Golden Dragon Award" nomination for Best Actor in a Chinese TV Drama with "Hong Xiguan". In 95, he starred in the TV series "Jingwumen". In 97, he began directing films, directing and acting in his first film "The Legend of Wolf Warrior". In 98, he directed the urban shootout film "Kill, Dance", and won the Best Young Director Award at the Yubari Film Festival
Nominated for Best Director at the 5th Hong Kong Island Film Critics Society Awards and nominated for Best Director at the 5th Hong Kong Island Film Critics Society Awards in '99. In the same year, Cosmic Dan flew to Berlin as the first Chinese filmmaker from Hong Kong Island to serve as the action director of the German TV series "Codename Puma". In the same year, he also signed a contract with the American sci-fi action film "Challenger: The Ultimate Battle" filmed in Romania, playing the role of the Chinese ancient "Jing Ke", and served as the action director of Christopher Lambert and Adrian Paul.
In 2000, he was invited to Germany, the United States, Japan and other places as a martial arts instructor and director. In 01, he served as the action director of the movie "Shura Snow Hime". In 02, he served as the action director of "Blade Warrior 2" and participated in Lao Mouzi's "Hero". In April, "Iron Horse" ranked sixth among the top 10 foreign language films in the past decade with a box office of 14.7 million in the United States, and was nominated for the "Best Combat Award" at the World Stunt Awards. 03 director Jackie Chan's Hollywood work "Shanghai Noon 2". In 03, he did action design for the movie "A Thousand Changes", and won the Best Action Director Award at the 40th Golden Horse Awards and the 23rd Academy Awards.
In 04, he participated in "Love Emergency" and "Thousand Machines Change 2 Flower War", and "Thousand Machines Change 2 Flower War" won the 40th "Golden Horse Awards" Best Visual Effects and the 23rd "Golden Image Awards" Best Visual Effects.
In 05, he starred in Tsui Hark's "Seven Swords", Ye Weixin's "Kill the Wolf" and "Dragon Tiger Gate", and acted as an action director for the films "Kill the Wolf" and "Dragon Tiger Gate".
As of the end of last year, Cosmos Dan has already become a movie star with a certain reputation across the Taiwan Strait, and even abroad. In addition, Uncle Lian Jie has begun to abdicate in the past two years, Uncle Long, he is old, and no one else has gotten up, in the entertainment industry, those who can fight and are famous seem to be the only ones left with Universe Dan himself, he is arrogant, which is indeed understandable. After all, his reputation in the circle has always been like this, in the past, everyone was unwilling to worry about him, but now, those who have capital to worry about him are too lazy to worry about him. Those who are willing to take care don't have the guts. What's more, he did take a day out of a particularly intense schedule, which everyone almost knows.
So with this in mind, Zhou Fangyuan didn't say anything.
The Universe Pill at this stage may be the most explosive stage, and in a few years, after starring in Ip Man. His career has reached its peak, but at the same time, he has absorbed more traditional culture, and when he gets older, he will slowly become calmer. Everyone has a process of growth, who was not a baby back then?
The most difficult to invite the Universe Pill is favored, and the others are even simpler.
For example, Shi Xiaolong, Wu Yue, Zhang Jin, Fan Whistle Huang, Shi Xingyu and other domestic celebrities are almost all present, except for Brother Wen Zhuo, Brother Wen Zhuo has never liked to participate in such activities, no wonder he is not popular. Not his own problem...... Maybe there's a part, but it's mainly that it's not featured. He is not handsome enough, but he is not ugly enough, and when he fights, he is neither as elegant as Uncle Lian Jie, nor as fist-punched as the Universe Dan, and he can't play Uncle Long's humor...... Anyway, it's not popular, and I don't participate in this kind of activity, so it's not to say.
Some foreign stars have also been invited, such as Schwarzenegger, who must not be invited.
Stallone won't be invited either.
But Dwayne Johnson is here, Jason Statham is here, and it's finally a little bit interesting. You can't blame people for not coming, after all, you're not a film festival, it's just a film week. At best, it is a small film festival, and it may not be brilliant when it is done well and big in the future. But to put it mildly, you are a small-scale event, those international first-line movie stars, people don't have to sell your face, the schedule of the two of them is also busy, and it is too late to participate in foreign activities, how can you pay attention to such a "small" movie week?
Celebrities from all walks of life have already determined their schedules, and the stars who should be invited to the group's annual meeting have also been invited, and tens of millions of dollars have been spent, but they are all real money. Nowadays, in these years, you don't pay attention to Taoguang obscure, you have money, you have to show it, let people see the confidence and strength of the group, otherwise how to absorb more talents?
These star powers, in fact, have one, which Zhou Fangyuan has always wanted to get in touch with.
That is Wu Yue.
Compared with first-line stars like Uncle Long and Uncle Lianjie, he can't be compared. is a lot worse than the universe Danbi, and even with Wu Jinbi, who is still a little fresh meat, he also has a lot of gaps, but in fact, Wu Yue is actually quite amazing.
He started martial arts at the age of 5 and began participating in martial arts competitions at the age of 7. In 93, when he participated in the 7th National Games, he was awarded the title of "Wuying Level" by the state, becoming the youngest national athlete. In 1996, he participated in the "National Individual Elite Competition" and won the first place in "Bajiquan". In 1997, he was admitted to the Central Academy of Drama with the first place in the national performance major, and after graduation, he became a professional actor of the National Theater with the first place in the performance major.
This martial arts athlete is the highest level of domestic martial arts athletes, also known as the "athlete level". Athletes who want to qualify for the martial arts level must participate in the hexathlon events stipulated by the General Administration of Sports of China. Only those who finish in the top 3 in the six all-around events specified in the national competition and the first place in each event are eligible to apply.
Looking at the whole country, there are not many people who can have the title of "Wuying-level". There are even fewer who can become stars.
For example, Uncle Lian Jie is a martial arts level athlete, needless to say. In addition, Brother Wen Zhuo is also a martial artist, can you say that he is not powerful? In fact, he is really powerful.
Zhang Jin is too, but Wu Jin is not. Speaking of which, Wu Jin has also won the national martial arts championship, but the requirement of the martial arts level is that the hexathlon must reach the top three, that is to say, you must not only win the first place in the country in a certain event, but also the top three in the country in other events, that is, the top three in the country in terms of comprehensive strength. It's not easy, people's energy and ability are limited after all, and the top three are not a joke. Of course, it doesn't mean that if you can't get the title of martial arts level, Wu Jin is not martial arts level, and the Wolf Warrior series doesn't also make him popular? Uncle Long, Uncle Jin Bao, and Universe Dan are not martial arts level, and it doesn't prevent them from becoming first-line movie stars. It can only be said that Wuying level is the title of a martial arts athlete, and it has nothing to do with stars.
It's just to say here that this title is not good, and Wu Yue can get it, which is needless to say.
The acting skills are also quite good, "Underground Traffic Station" is a TV series that Zhou Fangyuan has watched more than a dozen times in his previous life, compared with the older generation, Wu Yue is of course there is a big gap, but among young people, his acting skills are already quite good. Coupled with a good body of kung fu, in fact, if there is anyone among the domestic actors who can replace Uncle Lian Jie's stubble, it is estimated that it is Zhang Jin and Wu Yue. It's hard to say in the future, because after 10 years, the atmosphere in the country has changed. There are fewer young people learning martial arts, everyone has started to play live broadcasts and follow the Korean Wave, and it is also an indisputable fact that Cream Xiaosheng has come to the forefront.
In addition, Uncle Jin Bao was not invited, not because people don't give face, nor because the distant group is ignorant, mainly because Uncle Jin Bao is old and has always been obese, so he can't say that he is riddled with old diseases, but after all, his physical condition cannot be compared with when he was young, and his body is fat, which is indeed a burden in itself. So Uncle Long took the initiative to come forward and discuss it with Uncle Jinbao, and finally decided that this time, Uncle Jinbao would not come, if this movie week was good, then it would not be too late for him to come again next time. This is the communication between their senior brothers, Zhou Fangyuan is not easy to interfere, he only needs to be in charge of his own stall.