In recent years, Tony Leung Ka Fai has frequently traveled between Hong Kong and the Mainland for work reasons. People often ask him if he is from Shanghai. "Especially when I get older, people will think that I am Lao Koehler." Liang Jiahui thinks that this may be related to the city where he lives, Hong Kong. "Hong Kong and Shanghai are both international cities. Maybe because of my life experience, people will think I think I have a bit of a Shanghai style flavor."
Tony Leung remembers that when he first came to Shanghai to travel, the TV station happened to be broadcasting "Shanghai Bund", and he ran to the Bund wearing a coat to imitate Chow Yun-fat, "At that time, looking at it from the Bund. , Pudong has just begun to develop, and every time I visit Shanghai, I feel like I am experiencing the changes in Shanghai. "As a Hong Konger, he feels very happy to have the opportunity to witness the development of an international city.
Last year, Tony Leung starred in the film "I Love You!" " was selected as the opening film of the 25th Shanghai International Film Festival. In the film, Tony Leung Ka-fai and Yip Tong played an elderly couple with a tragic fate and deep love, which made countless viewers shed tears. This year, Tony Leung serves as a judge for the main competition unit of the 26th Shanghai Film Festival's Golden Goblet Award. He attends various events, watching films and accepting interviews, and his schedule is very tight. During the film festival, Tony Leung is often recognized by movie fans. He will try his best to meet every fan's request and sign his name one stroke at a time on posters and ticket stubs.
On the morning of the Golden Goblet Awards ceremony, Tony Leung accepted interviews with the media. He had just finished a video recording and looked a little tired. However, during the short visit, he still took every question seriously and thought for a moment before giving an answer.
How to become the actor with a thousand faces?
Tony Leung Ka Fai is 66 years old and has been acting for 42 years. As early as 26 years old, he won the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor for "Curtain Behind the Curtain" and became famous at a young age. Subsequently, at various ages, he won several valuable trophies by interpreting different types of roles. He only won the Academy Award for Best Actor four times.
In his more than 40-year acting career, Tony Leung Ka Fai has contributed many impressive screen images, including those that are gentle and elegant, those that are as evil as their enemies, or those that are fierce and violent. In the eyes of many viewers, Tony Leung Ka Fai is the "Actor with a Thousand Faces". Some comments described it this way: "He can perfectly control a ninety-five-year-old, a street gangster, a martial arts hero, and a gang boss."
Regarding being an actor, Tony Leung Ka Fai Recalling his childhood to China Business News, he said that he was a child who grew up in a movie theater, "From one month on, I was put in the movie theater until I was about 8 years old. I didn't know that this was a subtle influence. Or something, the impact I got from watching movies in the cinema may have given birth to me becoming an actor.”
In Liang Jiahui’s view, to become an actor, one must have a very rich life experience. He is very prolific and makes a lot of films. Every experience of failure and success will become an influence and help him better devote himself to the creation of the next film. Liang Jiahui told China Business News: "I think the happiest thing about being an actor is that I absorb different human natures and characters in movies, each of which enriches my life. I have made almost 200 movies, and I feel that I have been in different roles." "Two hundred lives have been lived in the story."
While serving as a judge at the Shanghai Film Festival, Tony Leung traveled to cinemas, venues, and restaurants. After work, he also carefully looked at the audience in this city, which made him feel happy. One phenomenon is that the film festival’s audiences come from different age groups: “In the past, it felt like only the new generation of young people came to watch movies, but this time I saw many middle-aged and elderly people.” Every day he goes to watch movies, You will find many people gathered in front of the film schedule, asking each other: "Are there any tickets left?" This makes Tony Leung feel satisfied, "It turns out that the attraction of movies is so powerful."
Nowadays, movie investors and producers will pass by Make precise calculations to deduce what kind of movies can attract audiences of a certain age group, or formulate various distribution strategies to boost box office. In Tony Leung Ka Fai's view: "A good movie can be watched by people even on crutches or in wheelchairs. It can attract audiences of all ages. This is success."He is happy with the market performance and reputation gained by last year's "I Love You!". This realistic film has led the film industry and audiences to re-examine the elderly subject and the elderly population, although the box office is not as good as that of dozens of people. There is a gap between Yiyi's large-scale production, "This is not a movie made solely based on commercial calculations. I think it is already very good." "
Industry changes, what are newcomers?
At this year's Shanghai International Film Festival, Hong Kong director Er Dongsheng brought a group of new Hong Kong actors to the Golden Goblet Forum, hoping to use the platform of the Shanghai International Film Festival to bring young Hong Kong actors to the forefront. , to promote more cooperation between Hong Kong and mainland filmmakers. Yee Dongsheng said that just like all industries will go through ups and downs, new Hong Kong directors have less opportunities to make big productions recently, and they tend to make more artistic films that focus on society. Similarly, rebirth. Contemporary actors are also facing the reality of fewer opportunities, and their income and remuneration are also lower.
In fact, Liang Jiahui has experienced peaks and troughs in his acting career. The most difficult moment was when he ran a street stall in a night market. , he said, “I think everyone can put aside fame and fortune, continue to be a good actor, constantly absorb in the working environment, and try throughout their entire life. "
Liang Jiahui told China Business News that in his opinion, You Benchang is a representative figure of a good actor. He became famous throughout the country with "Ji Gong" in his early years, and recently became familiar to the national audience again with his role as "Uncle" in "Flowers". The actor has been on the road of acting for many years and has also experienced silence. "A man in his nineties has persisted for so many years. He also had to face many problems in life, but he persisted and finally got a very good opportunity. He became famous and it was definitely worth it. ”
Today, in addition to movies, various cultural and entertainment forms are constantly enriched. In Liang Jiahui’s view, there are now micro-films, short plays and other platforms, and the living space for actors is not small. As an actor, as long as he is loyal to the original intention of performing, he will be successful. Can find a way out, "Today you may only be a small role in a short film, but if you keep persisting and fight for every performance opportunity, one day your performance will be seen by the filmmakers and the audience. Of course, you must continue to train yourself and learn. ”
Hong Kong movies are rejuvenating, and hope is still there
In recent years, a group of new filmmakers have emerged in Hong Kong, and they are known and familiar to more and more mainland audiences. Last year, they were shortlisted for the Golden Goblet Award of the Shanghai International Film Festival and shone in the Asian Newcomer category. "Under the Sun" and "Diary of a Young Man" are both produced by young Hong Kong directors. After being released one after another this year, they have gained high reputation and the market performance is also relatively impressive in the field of literary films.
"The Siege of Kowloon Walled City" was released on May 1st this year. ”, the mainland box office reached 683 million yuan, and the box office in Hong Kong exceeded 100 million. It is also the second Chinese film to achieve a box office of over 100 million in Hong Kong. The leading stars are veteran Hong Kong stars such as Louis Koo and Sammo Hung, and it also includes a number of new faces such as Liu Junqian and other new actors recommended it to the audience. Recently, the film was launched on major streaming media platforms and has maintained a high level of discussion. It was also announced at the Cannes Film Festival that a prequel and sequel will be filmed to create a three-part "Kowloon Walled City".
Tony Leung Ka-fai is also very concerned about the market and social effects of the film, and believes that the film is also a cultural export: "Although this film is still an old-fashioned, somewhat quaint film, through this film everyone can see that it turns out that Hong Kong used to have a Kowloon Walled City, and now the Hong Kong government is preparing to rebuild the Kowloon Walled City. "
Tony Leung Ka Fai has experienced the ups and downs of the golden age of Hong Kong movies, and is also concerned about the lack of success and homogenization of themes in Hong Kong movies for a period of time. Tony Leung admitted frankly that Hong Kong movies have indeed experienced a period of discontinuity: "The second echelon, The third tier was not picked up, or they left Hong Kong to make movies elsewhere. After all, Hong Kong is a place with less land and more people. We want to develop movies and it is not easy to be a movie dream factory. Therefore, many people who left came back to develop, look for opportunities, and survive. Hope still exists and we must maintain confidence to boost local films.”
(This article comes from China Business News)
