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In 1983, "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" was born, and Huang Rihua and Weng Meiling became household names.
The 21-year-old Zhou Xingchi played a trick in the play. He cheekedly asked the director Du Qifeng: "Can you stop it with your hand and then die?" John To was too lazy to take care of him, waved his hand and said: "Go away, don't talk so much!"
finally, Stephen Chow succeeded in adding drama to himself. Before he died, he said "Ah!" Although the TV series was a great success, Stephen Chow's performance was dispensable and was not remembered by the audience. Coincidentally, the 30-year-old Wu Mengda got his first important role after experiencing TVB's snow, as the role of Elder Peng in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".
Zhou Xingchi and Wu Mengda this year did not expect that they would pass by this time in order to meet better. In a few years, they will become the gold medal partners that shocked the Hong Kong film scene and set numerous box office miracles.
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In 1986, Zhou Xingchi met the director Li Lichi when he was in the TV station. At that time, Li Lichi invited him to record a single drama for the children's program. The two had a good time and their collaboration "Brother's Woman" was a success.
In 1988, when Li Lichi was filming the TVB drama "He Comes from Jianghu", he again invited Stephen Chow to play a supporting role. In the play, Zhou Xingchi and Wu Mengda play a pair of "ghosts and spirits" father and son, and their wonderful interpretation overshadows the actor Wan Ziliang.
This is not the first official cooperation between Stephen Chow and Wu Mengda. In 1988, the two became close friends because of the "Ghost".
At that time, Zhou Xingchi and Wu Mengda lived very close, and they met almost every day. When the two were not filming, they often found a place to drink coffee and discussed what to film today, what to film tomorrow, and how to act better.
Once, Wu Mengda squatted on the ground and recited his lines. Zhou Xingchi passed by several times, but he kept staring at the page of lines. So Zhou Xingchi asked him curiously: "Dad brother, how long have you watched it?" Wu Mengda said: "A few hours, these lines haven't been talked up."
Zhou Xingchi asked more curiously: "Dad brother, you still watch So long?" Wu Mengda replied with a smile: "Because I didn't make a head start, I wanted it to make a head, and death would make it a head." The words of
made Zhou Xingchi feel full of emotion, and not only deepened the performance. Understand and admire Wu Mengda even more.
Although the age difference between the two is only 9 years old, in the eyes of Wu Mengda, Stephen Chow is very childish and has many strange ideas. At that time, Zhou Xingchi had any opinions, but the director and screenwriter did not listen to him at all, so Wu Mengda relayed it to him.
Zhou Xingchi's "Wu Li Tou" was vividly performed in two TV series, which made him loved by many young people. After that, Stephen Chow and Wu Mengda began a 12-year collaboration and became the golden partner of the Hong Kong film industry.
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In 1990, Stephen Chow's movie "A Comic Book Climbing the End" swept Hong Kong. When the audience saw his performance, they laughed and turned their feet off the ground with excitement.
His performance was not only recognized by the audience, but also attracted the attention of Hong Kong director and producer Wu Siyuan. At that time, Wu Siyuan looked at Zhou Xingchi on the screen and thought: "This young man is amazing, and he will become a great weapon in the future."
Soon after, Wu Siyuan asked Zhou Xingchi for dinner and took out the "Sacred Gambling" script and told him: "After this This movie, you are a superstar.” At this time, Zhou Xingchi is a newcomer to the film. He couldn't believe that such a good thing would fall on him, but he took the script dubiously.
Wu Siyuan not only found Zhou Xingchi, but also his good friend Wu Mengda. The tacit performance of the two in "He Comes From The Rivers and Lakes" made Wu Siyuan's eyes shine. He believed that the two would collide with sparks.
Sure enough, "The Gambler" became a hit in Hong Kong, not only defeating Jackie Chan and Xu Guanjie's film to become the box office champion, but also breaking the Hong Kong box office record.
Since then, Stephen Chow has opened the road to the gods. He has broken his own box office record for Hong Kong movies many times with "Playing Back to School", "Happy Family", "Trial Dead Officer", and "Shaolin Football". In the movie, Wu Mengda is always indispensable.
In those years, Zhou Xingchi has repeatedly achieved good results at the box officeAchievements, but no awards. Until 2002, Stephen Chow relied on his self-directed and self-performed "Shaolin Football" to stand on the podium of the "Three Gold Awards" again after 14 years.
However, after "Shaolin Football", Zhou Xingchi and Wu Mengda no longer cooperate, it has been 18 years.
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Zhou Xingchi and Wu Mengda's "great grievances" began in the movie "Kung Fu" 16 years ago.
That year, the 40-year-old Stephen Chow wanted to make a Kung Fu movie about Bruce Lee. Because he regarded Bruce Lee as an idol since he was a child, Stephen Chow hopes to play the role of Bruce Lee.
However, the investors did not approve of his ideas, thinking that his comedic image was far from Bruce Lee. Stephen Chow had to modify the script and hoped that his good partner Wu Mengda would participate.
Regarding the role reserved by Zhou Xingchi for Wu Mengda, there are currently two theories:
One argument is that Wu Mengda’s original role was a charter company, but that year was atypical pneumonia. He waited for a long time and did not start the machine. Later, his schedule was not adjusted. Open, so his role was given to Yuanhua. Another way of saying
is that Wu Mengda's original role is Zhou Xingchi's follower, which is the role played by Lin Zicong.
In the end, this movie made Yuan Hua and Lin Zicong a pity for Zhou Xingchi and Wu Mengda.
However, this time the regret lasted for 16 years.
Zhou Xingchi's "Yangtze No. 7" does not have a suitable role for Wu Mengda; Zhou Xingchi's "Mermaid", Wu Mengda is absent due to illness; Zhou Xingchi's "Journey to the West", Wu Mengda once again resigned on the grounds of physical discomfort.
Although Wu Mengda has no cooperation with Zhou Xingchi since "Kung Fu", he always answers Zhou Xingchi when asked about his most admired person.
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Zhou Xingchi and Wu Mengda, one is busy as a director, the other is busy as a supporting role, the two drift away. There are rumors in the market that after Zhou Xingchi became popular, he fell in love with Wu Mengda and refused to let him act in his own movies.
Especially in 2009 and 2014, the two "upside-down turmoil" caused Zhou Xingchi's wind reviews to turn down sharply. Under Xiang Tai's guidance, countless insiders condemned Zhou Xingchi as a tyrant on the set and did not regard the actors as human beings.
Xiang Tai even criticized Zhou Xingchi for character problems, so under the hype of the media, many people believe that Wu Mengda and Zhou Xingchi have been at odds for a long time.
Faced with the "upside-down Zhou turmoil", Zhou Xingchi chose to remain silent, and his company responded: "No matter how heavy the storm is, we will only work hard for the next work." As a former gold partner, Wu Mengda turned into a "very Zhou school". Break the discord rumors: He treats me as a relative and respects me.
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Over the years, Zhou Xingchi and Wu Mengda have a feeling that they are old and dead. Although the two were busy with their own affairs, they had less contact and friendship, but they did not fall out, and there was no such thing as "failure of money".
As early as 20 years ago, there were many rumors that Wu Mengda and Zhou Xingchi were doing business in partnership, and the two fell out because of money. However, in Zhou Xingchi's movie, there is still a role for Uncle Da, which shows that the inconsistency is pure nonsense.
is just a friend, it is difficult to become an old friend, Zhou Xingchi is busy with investment, busy filming, and Wu Mengda just wants to be an ordinary person. The two are of different classes, and there is no common topic. It is difficult to go back in time.
Now Stephen Chow retreats behind the scenes, even if the two cooperate again, there will be one less gold partner. The audience always likes Zhou Xingchi and Wu Mengda. If Wu Mengda appeared in "The Mermaid" or "Journey to the West: The Demon", it is difficult to imagine him playing with other people.
When the two collaborated on "He Comes From The Rivers and Lakes", they often eavesdropped on a couple's speech, and then recorded their inconspicuous but interesting content, which is the beginning of the so-called "nonsensical".
Later, they worked hand in hand to carry forward the "Wu Li Tau", one became the king of comedy and the other became the golden supporting role, realizing the big dream of little people.
may have changed over time, and the cooperation between the two has become a luxury, but as Wu Mengda said: "As long as I am not dead, and he has not retired, we will still cooperate." There is a kind of friendship at
, which calls for the dead. Even if you cannot go back to the past, the future has unlimited possibilities.
