When filming warlords, Andy Lau, the king of heaven, was willing to match Jet Li for a low salary. What is the reason?

I believe you saw many warlords fighting in 2007. The three leading actors, Jet Li, Takeshi Kaneshiro and Andy Lau, are all powerful figures, and the success of the warlords of the three powerful actors seems to be well-deserved, but do you know the story behind the warlords? When filming warlords, Andy Lau was willing to play a supporting role for Jet Li for low salary. Why?

Jet Li only read the script for three minutes and then agreed to act.

I think many people know about it. At the beginning of filming warlords, Chen Kexin once invited the best actor Takeshi Kaneshiro as a director. After reading the script, Jet Li also readily agreed to participate. However, it is rarely heard that Andy Lau was invited by Chen Kexin as a director to make this film. According to related reports afterwards, The Warlords grossed more than 350 million yuan, with Jet Li as the leading role, earning as much as 1 100 million yuan.

Jet Li only read the script for three minutes and then agreed to act. He also heard that Ke-xin Chen spent three months inviting Takeshi Kaneshiro, but few people have heard of Andy Lau's involvement. Although the salaries of these three people are not low, I believe that Chen Kexin thinks it is worthwhile, which not only improves the reputation of director Chen Kexin, but also opens up the popularity of Chinese mainland. Chen Kexin doesn't deserve a steady profit.

Andy Lau is willing to match Jet Li for low salary.

However, as a supporting role, Andy Lau's salary is only over one million. Before that, Andy Lau's fame rose sharply with Infernal Affairs, and he almost never played a supporting role. Why do you want to play a supporting role for Jet Li, and the salary is low? In fact, I really admire Andy Lau for this reason. Although Hong Kong's film industry flourished in 1980s and 1990s and was known as "Oriental Hollywood", it began to decline gradually after 1990s.

On the one hand, Jet Li's return from Hollywood has attracted much attention, and it is understandable to play the leading role in the film. As a famous artist in Hong Kong, Andy Lau can't bear to see the decline of Hong Kong film and television circles. In order to make the Hong Kong film and television circle prosperous again, Andy Lau is willing to play a supporting role.

Save hong kong movies

The warlord finally lived up to the people's expectations. The box office was 354 million, not low, and it also won eight awards. Jet Li won the Oscar for Best Actor, Chen Kexin for Best Director and Andy Lau for Best Supporting Actor, but he was not elected. However, it was this year's Academy Awards that made Andy Lau, the apprentice, win the best supporting actor.

At that time, Hong Kong films began to decline, and Andy Lau also made many attempts to save Hong Kong films, including the "Asian rising star director" program, which also benefited many people. Jet Li has just returned from Hollywood and returned to Hong Kong, with high international fame and reputation, which is the main reason why Andy Lau is willing to play a supporting role at a low salary to save the decline of Hong Kong movies.