Many people know Bruce Leung from Stephen Chow's movie "Kung Fu". In fact, long before "Kung Fu", Bruce Leung's reputation was astonishing.
At that time, Bruce Leung was taken into the entertainment industry by Wu Siyuan because of a fight in the street. Bruce Leung entered the industry at the age of 15. In his 20s, he was called one of the "Four Little Dragons in the Hong Kong Entertainment Industry". The other three little dragons are Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan and Dillon.
Until 1981 and 1982, Bruce Leung starred in the TV series "The Hero Fearless" and "Chen Zhen". In both TV series, he played the role of "Chen Zhen". For a time, Bruce Leung became popular in the Chinese world.
So much so that when the character "Chen Zhen" is mentioned, many older people will immediately think of that resolute face, and the exciting song "The Great Wall Will Never Fall" seems to be ringing in their ears again.
Chen Zhen, who is dressed in a Chinese tunic suit and stands as tall as a pine tree, is a heroic image in the hearts of countless people. Whenever he thinks of it, it makes people's blood boil.
In 1977, when his career was on the rise, Liang Xiaolong came into contact with the mainland and expressed patriotic remarks such as "I am a Chinese. This is the first time I have set foot on the land of the motherland. I am proud of myself." He was banned by the Taiwanese film and television industry, and two of his works were also banned from broadcasting.
This ban lasted for a full 20 years. During this period, Liang Xiaolong went to the mainland to do business until he took over the filming of Stephen Chow's movie "Kung Fu" in 2004, and then became popular again. But after starring in this movie, Bruce Leung has never played such a classic role again.
html On August 3, the Hong Kong legendary film "The Fight", produced by Huang Tailai and directed by Liu Junhui, starring Wu Dairong, Pan Tsz-Feng, Feng Subo, Li Yanshan and others, held an opening ceremony. The plot tells the story of the rise and fall of two generations of legendary figures who were all-powerful in Macau. Martial arts movie star Bruce Leung made a rare appearance at the opening ceremony and was interviewed to share his guest appearance in the new film and his relationship with producer Wong Tai Lai.
Bruce Leung was interviewed this time with his old partner Huang Tailai. He bluntly said that he agreed to make a cameo only because of the other party's sincere invitation: "Producer Huang and I haven't seen each other for many years, and I will help him as soon as he speaks out this time!" As for Bruce Leung's guest role, Producer Huang Tailai remains secretive for the time being, but he joked: "The guest appearance is from beginning to end, as a martial arts instructor!" Liang Xiaolong also laughed and said: "Do you think I still fight?" At that time, Liang Xiaolong served as the action director in "The Love of Rivers and Lakes 2" starring Chow Yun-fat, Alex Man, Andy Lau and others, and "The Love of Rivers and Lakes" was directed by Huang Tailai.
Today, Bruce Leung is 78 years old, but he is still active in the entertainment industry. The most profound role in the minds of the younger generation is the Fire Cloud Evil God played in Stephen Chow's comedy masterpiece "Kung Fu".
Compared with the performance in the past, Bruce Leung is obviously much slimmer, but he is still very energetic and full of energy. He said with a smile: "Because I am poor! I will take roles when there are roles. It is so hard!"
Bruce Leung was still there earlier It was revealed on the Internet that the reason for his disagreement with Stephen Chow was that Leung recalled that he had transitioned into business and no longer made movies. One day, Stephen Chow called him personally to invite him to star in "Fist of Fury". Liang Xiaolong admitted that if the salary was not high, he would not consider returning to filming. Although Stephen Chow said that he would negotiate with Wang Jing and Liang Xiaolong, the matter ended up being nothing.
In 2003, Stephen Chow approached Bruce Leung again to discuss film cooperation.During the meeting, Stephen Chow kept asking Liang Xiaolong whether he could use various weapons and questioned his martial arts ability. This made Liang Xiaolong feel dissatisfied and disrespected, and even caused conflicts in the communication. Despite this, Liang Xiaolong finally agreed to star in "Kung Fu".
Liang Xiaolong said that when filming "Kung Fu", he started working without even negotiating the labor force. During the filming process, he experienced extremely long working hours without a corresponding increase in pay. Liang Xiaolong revealed that in the end he only received a salary of HK$500,000, which was completely disproportionate to the hard work he put in for the movie.
In addition, Stephen Chow also belittled and ridiculed Liang Xiaolong in various ways during the filming, which made Liang Xiaolong feel extremely unhappy and disrespected. Liang Xiaolong revealed that he stayed in the dressing room for 20 days and felt that his self-image was being vilified every day, and he did not even dare to leave the dressing room.
After filming "Kung Fu", Stephen Chow approached Bruce Leung again and expressed his hope to sign a three-year cooperation contract and promised HK$3 million per year. However, in actual operation, Liang Xiaolong found that he did not receive any actual help from Stephen Chow's company. Instead, he encountered contract issues and commission disputes during the signing period.
Liang Xiaolong said that many of the movies he shot were not obtained through Stephen Chow's company, but instead a 30% commission was deducted, and the originally promised 20% commission was not fulfilled. After many negotiations to no avail, Liang Xiaolong finally decided to terminate the contract.
Liang Xiaolong refused to cooperate with Stephen Chow for the last time because the other party's working style and pressure were intolerable to him. He said that Stephen Chow did not have a script when filming and required the actors to improvise according to his instructions, resulting in frequent NGs and endless reshoots. Liang Xiaolong revealed that when he was filming "Kung Fu", the first scene was shot 48 times, which made him feel very crushed.
In addition to his feud with Stephen Chow, Liang Xiaolong’s love life is extremely exciting. During the break in his acting career, Liang Xiaolong met the singer Lai Ailian. The two got married because of their love for drama, and they had a lovely daughter after their marriage.
Unfortunately, his wife Li Ailian was robbed on the street and was severely disfigured by acid thrown at her. Later, under the introduction of his senior sister, he married Song Xiang, a girl from the Northeast who was 20 years younger than him.
Liang Xiaolong not only has a beautiful wife, but also has a pair of children. The son is fifteen years old and the daughter is twenty years old. They both have outstanding looks and love martial arts. Liang Xiaolong taught them martial arts when they were very young, and his daughter also practiced martial arts well, even better than her father.
Liang Xiaolong is now 76 years old. As he said, "I came out to film because of poverty." It can be seen that his financial situation is indeed not very good. Judging from Liang Xiaolong's works, in recent years, he has starred in mostly bad movies and "gazi" "Tough Guy Rent" and "Real Brothers" co-starred by Xie Mengwei and others received negative reviews.
Liang Xiaolong is no longer the prosperous Chen Zhen back then, nor is he the peerless master "Fire Cloud Evil God" in "Kung Fu", but the patriotism in him and the spirit of struggling in his acting career will always be there. It is worth learning,
