Wu Siyuan is a famous Hong Kong screenwriter, director, and film producer. It was he who encouraged Stephen Chow to star in "The Holy Gambling" that year and made Stephen Chow a superstar in the Hong Kong film industry. Speaking of Stephen Chow starring in the movie "The Saint of Gamblers" is a twists and turns, because the film production company originally planned to invite Tony Leung to play, but the director Liu Zhenwei found that Tony Leung did not match the movie role, so he refused.
However, at the time, the film production company executives pressured Liu Zhenwei and asked Tony Leung to play this movie. However, Liu Zhenwei directly told the company's executives that if this is the case, it might ruin the movie, because Tony Leung is not suitable for the role of the movie. Instead, Liu Zhenwei strongly invited Zhou Xingchi to play a role in the movie. He felt that he was very suitable both in terms of temperament and image. Later, the company executives also agreed with Liu Zhenwei. After the director
found Zhou Xingchi, he still couldn't believe it. At this time, Wu Siyuan, the screenwriter of "Sacred Gambling", started ideological work for Zhou Xingchi. Say you don’t have the confidence that you can become a superstar after you play my play. At that time, Stephen Chow was surprised after listening to it, and couldn’t believe it was true that he kept asking me many times? I replied that it was true.
After I chatted with him, Stephen Chow was finally confident to star in this movie, and director Liu Zhenwei and I were very optimistic about him. He said that if you let go of the performance, you can not be too restrictive and you will be able to perform well. As a result, "Sacred Gambling" became popular at the box office after it was released, and finally won the box office champion of the year. This drama also made Stephen Chow the first-rate superstar in Hong Kong. In fact, many people were optimistic about Stephen Chow.
