Chow Yun-fat, Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Stephen Chow and others who left a glorious moment on the big screens of Hong Kong movies are all like this.
However, compared to one's own excellent strength, luck sometimes appears extremely important. Today we are going to talk about a powerful action actor with excellent kung fu and excellent acting skills. His performance on the screen is impressive, but because of bad luck, he often misses development opportunities. He is Qian Xiaohao .
Closed disciple of great director Zhang Che, Shaw Brothers Kung Fu movie "last generation star"
mentions Qian Xiaohao, some viewers will think of the fierce "Dong Tianbao" in "Tai Chi Zhang Sanfeng", and some viewers will think of "Mr. Zombie" The cute "Autumn Life". In Hong Kong film screens, Qian Xiaohao has created many classic roles with his superb acting skills. However, looking at Qian Xiaohao's film acting trajectory, his efforts always seem to be lost to luck at critical moments.
Qian Xiaohao's real name is Qian Jiahua, and he is a brother to Qian Jiale, the action director of "Hongjiaban". As a child, Qian Xiaohao had an excellent opportunity to practice martial arts because he was a neighbor of Kung Fu master Xian Lin Xu. In 1978, Qian Xiaohao applied for Shaw Brothers' martial arts actor training class and successfully passed the exam by virtue of his excellent skills. This year, he was 15 years old.
Because of his solid kung fu and outstanding appearance, Qian Xiaohao quickly attracted the attention of Shaw's director Zhang Che and was accepted as a closed disciple by Zhang Che. In 1978, Qian Xiaohao successively participated in the filming of "Shaolin and Wudang", "Ten Tigers of Guangdong and the Last Five Tigers", "Fork Hand", "Chongxiaolou" and other works as the leading actor. His kung fu performance of hard bridge and hard horse has also won the love and praise of many audiences.
In the early 1980s, Qian Xiaohao had an opportunity. In 1982, Shaw Brothers Films filmed the feature film "Out of the Walled City" for Lan Naicai. In this film, Qian Xiaohao put aside his stardom burden, and his exquisite literary and opera performance earned him a lot of praise.
's outstanding performance in "City Walled Man" has made Qian Xiaohao favored by many Shaw directors, and subsequent works such as "Man of God and Buddha", "Junzi on Liang", "Flying Fox", "Six Fingers and Qin Demon", etc. He has accumulated a good audience base for him.
Just as Qian Xiaohao's film career was booming, Shaw Brothers film suddenly announced the suspension of production in the mid-1980s. Without the support of the film company, Qian Xiaohao's acting career immediately fell to the bottom.
met Sammo Hung and cooperated with the "Hong Family Class" to start a new screen career.
Although Shaw Brothers stopped production and made Qian Xiaohao fall into a trough, the encounter with Sammo Hung brought new opportunities for his acting career.
In 1985, Qian Xiaohao accidentally met Sammo Hung, and under the recommendation of Sammo Hung, starred in "Mr. Zombie" created by "Baohe Movie". As the pioneering work of the zombie film, "Mr. Zombie" received rave reviews after it was released, and the mentor-apprentice combination of Lin Zhengying and Qian Xiaohao has also been loved by many audiences. After
"Mr. Zombie", Qian Xiaohao and "Hong Jiaban" collaborated with "Zombie Supreme", "Detective Father and Son Soldier", "Senior Sisters", "Eight Treasures", "Fire Fighting Heroes", "One Eyebrow" "Long", "The Edge of the Trap", "Mr. New Zombie" and other works. These films also allowed Qian Xiaohao's film career to reach new heights step by step.
Just as Qian Xiaohao was in the film works of "Hong Jiaban", there was an ups and downs. "Hongjiaban" was caught in a development dilemma due to the fierce film market competition in the late 1980s.
From 1991 to 1992, the four film companies "Jiabao", "Baoxiang", "Baohe" and "Debao" under Sammo Hung's name went to suspend production successively. On the Hong Kong film screens in the early 1990s, even Sammo Hung's figure began to dim in front of the screen, let alone Qian Xiaohao.
partner Jet Li, looking for new opportunities, but the good times did not last long
In the early 1990s, Jet Li relied on the wave of "new martial arts films" to reach the peak of his career, and in 1993 established his own film company "Zhengdong Film". After the "Hongjiaban" career was frustrated, Qian Xiaohao tried to cooperate with "Zhengdong Film" again in order to seek new development.
In 1993, Qian Xiaohao cooperated with Jet Li"Tai Chi Zhang Sanfeng". With his excellent portrayal of the villain "Dong Tianbao", Qian Xiaohao has won the recognition and praise of countless audiences. And then "Huo Tingen" in "Jing Wu Hero" once again made him countless fans.
The cooperation between Qian Xiaohao and Jet Li is getting better. Jet Li got the attention of North American filmmakers because of "Black Man", and then embarked on the development path of Hollywood. After Jet Li left, "Zhengdong Movies" was integrated and reorganized, and Qian Xiaohao was also abandoned by the reorganized "Zhengdong Movies" at this time. The successive setbacks of
made Qian Xiaohao miss the golden period of career development. In the late 1990s, Hong Kong movies began to decline, and Qian Xiaohao also began to make a living in a lot of bad movies.
"The Young and Dangerous Fight in Las Vegas", "The Days of the Young and Dangerous Walking Through the Hills", "The Young and Dangerous Boys Out of Asia" and other crude film works, give Qian Xiaohao a good audience base, a little bit Disappeared.
After 2000, the low general environment of the Hong Kong film market and the "candid shooting incident" made Qian Xiaohao completely fall into the bottom of his life.
In 2013's "Zombies", Qian Xiaohao's eye-catching performance has once again attracted the attention of many fans. However, the subsequent "Last Heavenly Master" and "Zombie Scavenger" attracted a lot of controversy for him because of his obsession with "zombie films".
Today's Qian Xiaohao is still active in many Chinese film works, and his superb acting skills can still amaze many audiences. On the Chinese-language big screen in the future, I wonder if this heroic and powerful star player will encounter new development opportunities.
