Yu Zhanyuan. During the heyday of the "Seven Little Fortunes" troupe, there were more than 100 people, and the core members were only Sammo Hung, Jackie Chan, Yuan Biao, and Yuan Kui , Yuanhua, Yuanwu, Yuantai seven people. In the early 1970s, the film and television industry became prosperous, the drama industry market was severely compressed, and the theatre troupe audience was severely drained. Yu Zhanyuan had no choice but to disband the academy and the theatre troupe. The apprentices had to make a living on their own. The seven core members of the "Seven Little Fortunes" theatre troupe Yuan Wu and Yuan Tai disappeared in the early 1980s, but Sammo Hung, Jackie Chan, Yuen Biao, Yuan Kui, and Yuan Hua slowly broke through. When
was booming in Hong Kong's film industry, people loved kung fu movies at the time, even surpassing some of the popular love movies at that time. In the 1980s, dating between men and women at that time had become popular to watch movies. Generally, boys will take girls to watch romance movies when they first fall in love. But then people's ideas became more and more trendy, and they began to take their girlfriends to watch Kung Fu movies. At that time, most Kung Fu movies in Hong Kong were comedy. For boys to make girls happy, kung fu movies are the first choice.
At that time, there was a "Seven Little Fortunes" that was very popular. At that time, the actors who participated in the performance were all excellent kung fu characters, such as Sammo Hung, Zheng Peipei, and Lin Zhengying were all members of the "Seven Little Fortunes". Today I want to talk about one of the members "Yuan Hua". Yuan Hua is actually a very powerful character, but he did not become the protagonist after all. But in all his supporting roles, he worked very hard. Yuan Hua is the younger brother of Sammo Hung and Jackie Chan's younger brother, who ranks second among the younger brothers. Among the five core members of the "Seven Little Fortunes" and the five who have made achievements, Yuanhua's development history is the most bumpy.
Yuan Hua was born in Hong Kong in 1952. He lost his father when he was very young and his family was very poor. Later, his relatives sent him to Yu Zhanyuan to learn martial arts. It is reported that Yuanhua is the best kung fu among Yu Zhanyuan’s apprentices. . After the dissolution of the academy and theatrical troupe, Yuanhua made a living and stepped into the show business circle. Because his body was very similar to Bruce Lee, he became a stand-in for Bruce Lee. In 1972, he acted as an action stand-in for Bruce Lee in the movie "Jing Wu Men" starring Bruce Lee. It was very hard to do action stand-ins, and there was almost no chance to show his face, and sometimes he was beaten.
Since then, Yuan Hua has followed Bruce Lee. In 1973, he acted as Bruce Lee’s stand-in again in the movie "Dragon Fight" starring Bruce Lee. Bruce Lee admired Yuan Hua very much and often invited Yuan Hua to be a guest at home. Bruce Lee said he would take him to Hollywood. It is a pity that Bruce Lee died of illness that year, and Yuan Hua's Hollywood dream was shattered. I have had cooperation with Bruce Lee for a year or two, but did not take a photo with Bruce Lee. This makes Yuanhua deeply regretful. Yuanhua said that Bruce Lee did not like to take pictures, so he did not ask for a photo.
After Bruce Lee’s death, Yuanhua’s career went back to its starting point. He also acted as a stand-in in other people’s plays, and even acted as a stand-in in the play of Sammo Hung, his big brother. It was not until 1978 that he had the opportunity to show his face. However, because of his poor appearance and the appearance of a villain, he has been unable to act as the leading role, and can only play some small supporting roles or villains. Until Yuan Hua met the person who changed his destiny-Stephen Chow, he and Stephen Chow worked together for two years and participated in several movies starring Stephen Chow. Although in the 1990s, Yuan Hua was already well-known in the Hong Kong entertainment circle, but completely It can't be compared with his brothers and sisters, and most of his performances are supporting roles, failing to become popular in the country.
Until 2004, Yuanhua and Zhou Xingchi cooperated again. Zhou Xingchi invited Yuanhua to star in the hidden hero charter in "Kung Fu". The charterer played by Yuanhua was a wacky, lustful, and love to take advantage of his identity as a hero. Wife control is strict". Yuan Hua is also one of the funny roles of this movie, and Yuan Qiu, the same elder sister who plays the charter wife, became popular all over the country because of this movie. After becoming popular, Yuanhua continued to make film appointments, but his pay did not rise much, but he never failed to make a good film because of lack of money. Many people suggested that Yuanhua raise the price, but he said: "Add money? Whoever asks you for the money? No matter if you want to live well, just shoot if you can!" In this way, Yuanhua has been acting with low pay for so many years.
After 2015, due to Yuanhua's advanced age, it was not suitable for action scenes, so she seldom filmed since then. There are few dramas and low pay, so Yuanhua has not saved much money in the past 40 years in the entertainment industry. There are reports that Yuanhua’s life is extremely difficult, endorsing online games at low prices, and the endorsement fee is not as good as that of a big online V. A lot of money. How poor is Yuanhua's life? It is reported that when not filmingThe income of only two to three thousand Hong Kong dollars a month is really embarrassing.
