The name Li Yuanba is very domineering, and Li Yuanba himself is indeed strong and good at shooting martial arts. He lived in the United States in his early years, and later got acquainted with Hong Kong director Wu Siyuan by chance.
Jackie Chan, Wu Siyuan, Yuan Heping co-produced the films "Snake Shaped Hand" and "Drunken Boxer" and became popular all the way. After that, the two wanted to create a second action superstar like Jackie Chan, so they found Jian through a friend introduction. Li Yuanba, who is strong and looks very similar to Jackie Chan.
Li Yuanba soon filmed "Dragon Ninja" produced by Wu Siyuan. This movie also invited Chiba Shinichi and Sanada Hiroyuki to participate in the film. After it was released, the box office sold well and Li Yuanba became famous. At that time, everyone was very optimistic about Li Yuanba's development and believed that a "new generation of Jackie Chan" was born.
After "Dragon Ninja", Li Yuanba got the opportunity to cooperate with Chow Yun-fat. The two starred in the movie "Tiger Outgoing" together. Li Yuanba played Chow Yun-fat's partner and was a bold and reckless police officer.
The heroine of this movie is Lee Chi. Do any friends remember this movie?
It was through this film that Li Yuanba swept Southeast Asia and further opened up his popularity. After
, he has starred in films such as "Tigers Out of War 2", "Booming Dragon" and "The Thief of the Sea".
If Li Yuanba continues to develop with this momentum, he might really become the second Jackie Chan, but when Li Yuanba was at the peak of his career, he resolutely chose to retreat and return to the United States, and he disappeared for nearly 20 years.
Li Yuanba's retreat was indeed sudden. After that, many people who had watched his movies were curious about his trail. And why did he disappear for so long? There are two theories circulating on the Internet. One of
's claims was that Li Yuanba was ungrateful and banned. It is said that when Li Yuanba was in the limelight, a Taiwanese film company wanted to poach him, and Li Yuanba, who was so dazzled by his fame, that he ignored Wu Siyuan’s support and help, and said: "You guys have troubled Wu Siyuan. Just shoot for you". These words led to Wu Siyuan being attacked by the Taiwan gang and severely injured. After that, Wu Siyuan and Yuan Heping stopped cooperating with Li Yuanba, and Li Yuanba was blocked by the industry.
Another argument is that Li Yuanba learned that his mother was ill and decided to give up his career to accompany her mother. He was not hiding or being blocked.
Li Yuanba, who was at the peak of his career at the time, was notified by his family that his mother had "dermatosclerosis" one day, and the doctor announced that there were only a few months left to survive. On the one hand, he is a mother who needs little time to accompany him, and on the other is a popular career. Li Yuanba is indeed very difficult to choose, but in the end he decided to abandon his career and quit the entertainment industry and return to the United States to carefully accompany his mother. Li Yuanba once said: "It was the peak of my career at the time. At the same time, many production companies invited me to film. But my mother's illness got worse day by day. I had no reason not to take care of her. , So I left without hesitation."
Fortunately, under Li Yuanba's meticulous care, his mother did not only live for a few months as the doctor said. Instead, under the care of her son, she was getting better and better, and she didn't die until 2012.
After the death of his mother, Li Yuanba had the intention to return to the film industry, and this was also when he returned after 17 years of retirement. After
came out of the rivers and lakes, Li Yuanba attended many events in the mainland, and he was not only an actor, he also established his own film and television production company.
A group photo of Li Yuanba and Xu Shaoqiang many years later. There is also Xu Shaoqiang in "The Tiger Comes Out".
In 15 years, Li Yuanba said that he had funds to cooperate with mainland studios to make action blockbusters. He said he hoped that more Chinese filmmakers would enter the American film market, unlike Jackie Chan and Jet Li. Toss in Hollywood.
Now Li Yuanba is 60 years old. Recently, when he was rarely interviewed by the media, he exposed his recent situation.It can be seen that he is still well maintained, his mental state is particularly good, and his figure is still very strong, not at all like an old man in his sixties.
He also revealed that he has written more than 20 scripts, and even one of them has been made into a movie. The story is his experience with his mother, but somehow the movie has not been released.
Although his own movie has not been released, Li Yuanba will usually take the role. He is expected to appear in the Hong Kong film "Wind Forest Volcano" which is expected to be released next year. However, Li Yuanba is only a small supporting role in the film, and he is not dazzling or even almost ignored among the big names.
Li Yuanba returned to the film industry after a lapse of 17 years. Obviously, the current film and television environment is different from that of the past. If he did not choose to retreat from the rapids, I wonder what it will be like now. Maybe he will be as famous internationally as Jackie Chan? What do you think?
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-