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I want to know about Chow Yun Fat.
Real name: Chow Yun Fat.
English name: Chow Yun Fat.
Native place: Baoan, Guangdong
Place of birth: Lamma Island, Hong Kong
Birthday: 1955 May 18
Zodiac: sheep
Constellation: Taurus
Height:180cm
Favorite person: mom
Favorite sports: shallow water, windsurfing
Chow Yun Fat's Award-winning Experience
1985 Waiting for Dawn won the Best Actor Award at the Asia-Pacific Film Festival and the 22nd Golden Horse Award.
1987 The role of "Mark" in The True Color of Heroes won the Best Actor Award at the 6th Hong Kong Film Awards; Fairy Tales in Autumn (Rogue Tycoon in Taiwan Province Province) won the Best Actor Award in the 24th Golden Horse Award;
1988 "Fairy Tales in Autumn" won the Best Actor Award in the First Director's Golden Awards in Hong Kong. In the same year, he won the Best Actor Award in the 7th Hong Kong Film Awards for "Dragon and Tiger Storm"; 1988, won the "Asian Outstanding Actor Award" by the American Film Association;
1990 "A-Lang's Story" won the Best Actor Award in the 9th Hong Kong Film Awards.
In 2000, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon won the 73rd Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, Best Original Music, Best Photography and Best Art Direction.
Chow Yun Fat, who is 49 years old this year, grew up in a very difficult environment, experienced many vicissitudes and tempering, and his charm is also brewing.
He was born on an island off the coast of Hong Kong called Lamma Island. His family made a living by farming and moved to Hong Kong at the age of 10.
The primary school teacher in Chow Yun Fat said that Fazai was an ordinary naughty student when he was a child, but he was a famous dutiful son on the island.
Brother Fage knows that his family is in financial difficulties, and he has never asked his mother for pocket money. He also took the initiative to help his parents water the vegetables and feed the chickens. Later, in order to support his family, Fazi dropped out of school at the age of 17 and entered the mixed-system "social university" in advance. He worked as a deliveryman, salesman, postman and taxi driver, and his rich life experience undoubtedly provided him with the best performance stage.
18 years old, Fage saw tvbi's job advertisement and went to apply with friends. From then on, he began his acting career.
There is also a well-known anecdote circulating in the wireless TV station. It is said that Fazi doesn't want to be buried. In order to win the performance opportunity, he stood in front of the crowded elevator every day and greeted passers-by and said, "Good morning!" " In order to strengthen others' impression of him, his behavior really attracted some producers to inquire about the young man curiously.
Chow Yun Fat's first TV play was called "Sharing". 65438-0975 started making movies, and the first movie was Reincarnated Man.
Many people are familiar with Chow Yun Fat because of Xu Wenqiang in Shanghai, and fall in love with Chow Yun Fat because of Mark in Hero.
The film The Story of Hu Yue was actually his first successful film, and the subsequent Shanghai Beach made him the most popular star in the Chinese world, and the role of Xu Wenqiang became a household name. It is said that every time this program was broadcast in Shanghai, all the people stood in front of the TV, making the most populous city in China look like an empty city.
After going to Shanghai, Chow Yun Fat's career suddenly fell into a trough. He has made many films and even won the Asian Film Festival and the Golden Horse Award, but these films have not been well received. The film failed again and again, and the method became box office poison.
At this time, another director, John Woo, is also at a low point in his career and is thinking about a new way out. He used to be famous for kung fu movies, but he thinks that the traditional kung fu movies have reached the bottleneck, and society needs a new hero, a modern hero. So he assembled Chow Yun Fat and Tommy Tam and filmed The True Color of Heroes. John Woo's mirror image movement and Chow Yun Fat's rich body language make "The True Color of Heroes" an unprecedented success, and Mark has become a deeply rooted character.
By 1995, Fage had made more than 70 films, and even won the Golden Horse Award in Taiwan Province Province for seven times, including the Golden Horse Award issued by the American Film Association, the Hong Kong Film Awards and the Best Actor Award in Asia, and even was voted as the best film shooter by Japanese fans.
After entering middle age, Chow Yun Fat's performances became more and more stable, and he took fewer and fewer plays, but his acting skills did not decline. At the age of 40, after filming Peace Hotel, he resolutely chose to enter Hollywood for development.
"In Hollywood, I'm just a newcomer, what else can I ask for? The first film may not be a success, but 70 films have been made in Hong Kong, and only The True Color of Heroes is a once-in-a-lifetime good film. One in 70 chances! I only made 1 movie in America 1 year, even if I made only 20 movies in 20 years, I will probably never meet another hero in my life! "
In "Anna and the King", he has completely faded the figure of "Mark" and replaced it with profound and concise hairlessness. Just like Li Mubai in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, he has accumulated profound skills and endless details with the vicissitudes and sorrows of the years.
Fage's appearance can be described in four words: "Lang Jun, Shen Feng". As long as he stands there, he will become the embodiment of millions of people's dreams-cold and sharp eyes, a windbreaker with two guns to hunt, and a stalwart figure. In the eyes of many people, the mouth shape with unclear lines provides a complete condition for the diversification of his performances. The crooked expression and warm eyes complement each other, so there is the sincere brotherhood in Hero, the feeling of the prodigal son turning back in A-Lang's Story, and the sincere love in Autumn Fairy Tales!
"I'm not charming. Chow Yun Fat is not the most handsome man. I am sloppy and ordinary, but I am popular because of the roles I have played. Everyone remembers that I am Xu Wenqiang and Mark, and these good roles have helped me. "
Chow Yun Fat's annotation to his name is "Paomo". If it is, it is also a unique steamed bread, soaked in the movie "eight-treasure porridge" to give off a unique fragrance.
Unlike most Hong Kong filmmakers, Chow Yun Fat has no English name. Even in Hollywood, his English name is just "CHOW YOU-FAT", which is neither easy to remember nor easy to read, as if a bunch of unrelated letters are combined to make people confused. This is his coolness, a sophisticated but sincere beauty!
Stand up and fight
There are two big brothers in Hong Kong film industry, one is Jackie Chan and the other is Chow Yun Fat.
Following Jackie Chan, Chow Yun Fat was awarded the silver bauhinia star by the Hong Kong SAR Government in 2003, becoming the second Hong Kong artist to receive this honor.
However, on 200 1, Chow Yun Fat became the first China actor to be invited to be the Golden Globe Award and the Golden Elephant Best Actor in the same year, and also the China star who was invited to present awards at the Academy Awards for two consecutive years.
Although John Woo, Jackie Chan, etc. They all won awards at the Oscars, and hundreds of Hollywood big-name stars may not win awards at the Oscars. Chow Yun Fat's ability to "connect villages" shows that he is highly valued by the American Academy of Film Arts.
Compared with Jackie Chan, Brother Fage was included in the chapter of China Language Self-study in 2003. In the past, no Hong Kong artist has ever become a textbook for middle schools. The second volume of China Chinese Textbook published by Si Qi Publishing House in Hong Kong chose Yue Fei's Youth as the textbook, the civilian President Sun Yat-sen and China astronaut Zhang Fulin as the textbook for reading, and Chow Yun Fat, who was a late bloomer, as the textbook for self-study.
Chow Yun Fat said, "I didn't expect my experience to become a textbook, so I'm really glad to know it. I hope that from my experience, young people can understand that a person's success requires a lot of efforts. It is important not to be afraid of hard work and setbacks, and success is bound to be in sight. "
Walk like a dragon
Brother Fage created many roles on the screen and talked about various roles that are deeply rooted in people's hearts. Chow Yun Fat said with a smile, "These are all directed by directors. My life is not that complicated. My wife guides them. I will do whatever she says. "
He is not only modest and pragmatic, but also outstanding in artistic morality. In life, he is also an example that people admire. As the eldest brother, Fage has never had an affair. Chow Yun Fat, who has been married for more than ten years, described his relationship with his wife Chen Huilian as a cup of boiled water with green lemon. Although clear and transparent, it always keeps fresh.
He said: "after more than ten years of love, it should turn into a piece of charcoal like a fire burning out!" It means that the love between husband and wife is no longer a stage of passionate love, but a stage of sublimation to mutual care and love. "
Chow Yun Fat always likes to use fate to explain the feelings between him and his wife. He believes that if the two sides are predestined friends, the earthquake will not open, and if not, they can't be glued with super glue.
Before I met my present wife, Chow Yun Fat, a charming woman had several vigorous love affairs, but it was a pity that in the end, it was all predestined friends.
1976 Chow Yun Fat admitted that he fell in love with his rival Cora Miao because he filmed the TV series "Fever", but it was fruitless. From 65438 to 0979, Chow Yun Fat fell in love with Chen Yulian, another famous female artist of wireless TV station, and broke up at the end of 65438 to 0983. On February 8th of the same year, the news that Chow Yun Fat married female artist Yu Anan by lightning suddenly came out. Unexpectedly, this marriage lasted only nine months, and then a dramatic divorce was announced. The following year, Chow Yun Fat's love affair with his current wife Chen Huilian (then named Chen Huilian) was exposed, and they got married on1June 5, 987.
After the second marriage, Chow Yun Fat's star road became smoother and smoother. He also said, "My wife has many positions. She is my personal secretary, manager, chef, half lawyer, public relations, and English tutor. "
When talking about the way husband and wife get along, he said, "My wife is like a mirror to me. Looking at her is like looking at myself. After being married to her for so many years, we spent most of our time together, even for a few hours at most. Usually, if we don't make movies, I prefer to stay at home, but I seldom talk at home, but my wife basically keeps talking and prefers to talk. Sometimes I feel a little annoyed when she talks all day, but I feel uncomfortable when I can't hear her voice. "
Indeed, no matter what social occasions, the image of Fage and FaSao holding hands will always appear in front of everyone.
Waiting for the light
Fage receives advertisements again after many years, which is not just as simple as being a brand spokesperson. This brand of men's wear comes from Fujian's slogan: "Ordinary mind, extraordinary self", which is a wonderful stroke of Spontaneous Brother.
In fact, this sentence should be a summary of Chow Yun Fat's way of dealing with people.
Drama is like life, and life is like drama, in which only actors can understand the taste. Chow Yun Fat was a walk-on at first, because he was dark and thin, so he often played the role of passerby and official errand boy. Few people asked him to film. He has been living on his own salary for three years since he signed a contract with the wireless company. He can get 25 yuan in an hour at most. He runs four notices a day at most, and his monthly salary is 800 Hong Kong dollars. So he hung around for three years.
When Chow Yun Fat made his first film, he signed a long-term contract with the Golden Princess Film Company. Because Princess Golden is a small company, its strength is not very strong, and Fage didn't enjoy a high salary even if it was a smash hit.
At the peak of Hong Kong, many big film companies tried to persuade him to change jobs many times, but he only loved simple life and was very emotional. He refused to pay more and kept his contract with the Golden Princess until 1994, the year before he went to Hollywood.
The early 1990s was the golden age of Hong Kong films, and Chow Yun Fat was the big brother. At that time, the gap between his salary and Jackie Chan was a geometric multiple. Andy Lau, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Stephen Chow and others were far ahead of him, and even some rising stars were equal to him.
"Everyone has a different definition of happiness. Others may earn a lot of money, eat expensive abalone, drive expensive RV and play golf ... My happiness comes from plain and simple, and no illness is the greatest gift from God. " Fage has always treated his career with such a mentality, and his professionalism and professionalism are beyond doubt.
A group of artists who filmed Prison Storm still have a deep impression on the protagonist Chow Yun Fat. "There is a scene about Chow Yun Fat's escape from prison. In order to avoid being chased, he had to jump into the cesspit. As soon as the lid was opened, everyone at the scene felt stinking. Except shit, it was full of dung maggots and cockroaches, but Chow Yun Fat jumped into the cesspit without saying a word and finished filming. His professionalism is really admirable. "
In the income ranking of entertainment circles in Hong Kong, Fage has never been in the top three, which is undoubtedly inconsistent with his status, but he has his own reasons: "In fact, from the first day of work in the past 30 years, I only regarded myself as an ordinary wage earner. No matter whether I get 500 yuan's monthly salary at TVB or130,000 dollars now, as long as it's not too hard, there will be no scenes insulting China people in the movie, and I don't have to take off my clothes. It doesn't matter what I shoot. I am just a simple wage earner. Just give me a job. "
It is this detachment that makes him more loved by men, women and children in the Chinese community.
the sun rising in the east—display of youthful vigour and vitality
After learning English from scratch and entering Hollywood, Chow Yun Fat's salary increased greatly. 1998, he took over the first Hollywood film "Blood Is Still Cold", and the salary at that time was only 3 million US dollars (about 24 million RMB). In 2000, Chow Yun Fat cooperated with the great director Ang Lee and became popular in the United States with the film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, which created a box office of over 1 billion dollars (about 65.438+0 billion yuan). After that, many American film companies rushed to invite him to make films. "Bulletproof Monk" starring him was paid $6,543,800+by MGM Film Company (about RMB 82 million). Paramount Film Company of the United States even invited Chow Yun Fat to star in the blockbuster "A Dragon Walk and a Tiger Walk" with a salary of $654.38+0.5 billion (about RMB 654.38+0.2 billion), which will be the highest paid film since he entered Hollywood. Warner Film Company also offered the same conditions, even let him choose a director and partner, and invited him to star in the romantic literary film The Rising Sun, so as to impress Chow Yun Fat.
Even after Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon won several Oscars, the kind-hearted Chow Yun Fat had the idea of a raise.
In recent years, entertainment stars from Hong Kong and Taiwan have flocked to the mainland to shoot all kinds of advertisements. Even Jackie Chan can't avoid customs. The advertisements carefully selected and accepted by Fage have left a deep impression on people. Before appearing to speak for Fujian brand men's wear, Chow Yun Fat spoke for mainland enterprises' brands at the end of 200 1, and the final remuneration was reportedly around 20 million yuan.
If Fage is vulgar, he will undoubtedly get more money, but in that case, he may no longer be the Chow Yun Fat we like.
Some people say that Chow Yun Fat is an old-school person who, like gregory peck, scrupulously defends his reputation. Wearing a suit looks better than wearing casual clothes. Brother Fage is the kind of person who devotes his life to doing a good job. He is not nervous, not intense, not sharp, not frivolous, not giving up, not discouraged, not giving up. In this casual age, a man like him has become a rare treasure, elusive, always gentle, reserved, peaceful and affectionate. Such a man will always be liked by women and become a man's idol. Never be proud of luxury and publicity. Appropriateness is his deepest insight into fashion.
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