If Jackie Chan hadn’t posted on the occasion of the 65th anniversary gathering of the “Yuan Family Class”, mentioning that Yuan Kui had passed away, I’m afraid no one would have known that Yuan Kui had passed away two years ago.
This year is the 65th anniversary of the establishment of the "Hong Kong Chinese Drama Academy. Yuen Class". Jackie Chan posted a commemorative post on social platforms and posted a group photo of everyone. Jackie Chan revealed that the theme of this celebration is "Yuan Class Members" .
In the article, Jackie Chan recalled that everyone entered the Hong Kong Chinese Drama Academy founded by Master Yu Zhanyuan when they were six or seven years old. They sang, chanted, and beat together, practiced hard together, were beaten by the master together, and also learned a lot together in the future. The real ability to allow everyone to settle down and live their lives.
Jackie Chan wrote this paragraph with sincerity. It can be seen that both of them cherish this brother and sister friendship that spans decades. I thought this was just a text describing friendship, but I didn’t expect that at the end of the article, Jackie Chan said that everyone would gather together. In memory of those who passed away, in addition to Master and Master, Senior Sister Yu Suqiu, and Yuan Kui.
This is also the first time the public knows that Yuan Kui has passed away, which is deeply surprising.
Tian Qiwen revealed more details about Yuan Kui's death in an interview. It turned out that Yuan Kui had died of illness two years ago, but he respected the family's wishes and did not make it public.
Yuan Hua, one of the "Seven Little Blessings", also confirmed the accuracy of the news during the interview, but even he didn't know that it had been two years since his brother from the same family passed away. He said that he only learned about it a few days ago. This news.
In the past two years, Yuan Hua has also tried to contact Yuan Kui and his family, but they have not been able to contact him. Yuan Hua is in Canada, and Yuan Kui is in Seattle, the United States. They have been unable to contact them in the past two years, and they did not learn the bad news until a few days ago. , his senior brother for many years, has now passed away. Yuan Hua said that he felt very sad.
Yuan Kui was born in 1950. He is 2 years older than Sammo Hung. He became a disciple of Yu Zhan Yuan very early. However, when he was a child, Yuan Kui was not very good at stage skills, so his master often asked him to do some management work. Yuan Kui was very dissatisfied with his master about his work, such as managing props and painting facial makeup. Why did he treat himself differently from other brothers and sisters?
However, despite being dissatisfied, Yuan Kui still followed the master's instructions and did it very carefully from beginning to end.
Later, Master Yu Zhanyuan said something, which completely untied Yuan Kui's knot and affected his future life path:
"You are not very good at stage skills, but if it comes to painting facial makeup, go to Management backstage, among so many disciples, you are the most reassuring to me."
Later, many of Yuan Kui's brothers left and found other ways to make a living. He insisted on fulfilling the 10-year contract and later joined Sammo Hung. Film Circle.
Starting from serving as the Dragon and Tiger Martial Arts Master in 1970, Yuan Kui has gradually grown into a well-known actor, producer and action director. Many of his masterpieces "Fang Shiyu", "The Gambler" and "The Five New Shaolin Patriarchs" are deeply loved by the audience.
Perhaps among the "Seven Little Fortunes", Yuan Kui is the most low-key one, the unknown second brother, but he has made many superstars such as Stephen Chow, Jet Li, Michelle Yeoh, etc., and he can be called a bole.
As an actor, Yuan Kui's screen image is not as much as that of other brothers. Most of the time he is a guest star, but in "Fang Shiyu 2" his line "Safety first" has become a classic scene in the eyes of the audience. .
Later Yuan Kui said that when the movie was made, the budget was insufficient, so he made a cameo appearance. Unexpectedly, it created a famous scene.
The phrase "safety first" has also become the most popular comment in the message areas of various social platforms after the news of his death spread. This is how everyone expresses their memory for Yuan Kui.
Although Yuan Kui moved overseas in his later years, he also returned to China to film movies. For example, he played the role of Yue Lao in "Westward Journey to the West 3".
In the filming of "New Shaolin Temple" in 2011, Yuan Kui served as the martial arts instructor and was nominated for the Academy Award.
After that, Yuan Kui basically faded out of the film and television industry and rarely appeared in public until the news that he had passed away. Now it is even more sad to see the sentence "safety first".
Traveling in the world, safety comes first, Mr. Yuan Kui, have a good trip!
