The film starring Stephen Chow is a classic, not only loved by the audience, but also repeatedly broke the Hong Kong box office record. But one thing is deeply puzzling, that is, although the films he starred in were very popular, there were very few works that might have earned him the title of movie emperor. In this way, it seems that Zhou Xingchi, the first work to win the title of film emperor is particularly precious. Today, let's walk into the behind-the-scenes story of the classic work "The Inquisitor", which won the title of film emperor with a tear.
In 1991, Mei Yanfang announced that she would temporarily leave the music scene, which made a group of fans sad. I thought that Mei Jie temporarily left the music scene for rest, who knew that she actually starred in "The Trial Officer" in 1992 with her partner Stephen Chow, which is a great benefit for the fans, for which fans have bought tickets to support, and "The Trial Officer" has undoubtedly become the Hong Kong box office champion in 1992 under the impetus of various factors.
Mei Yanfang was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress with her brilliant acting skills. In the play, Mei Yanfang's performance is even more remarkable, and her hidden comedic talent is vividly displayed when playing with Zhou Xingchi.
Speaking of the roles in the play, we have to mention the original actor choice. In fact, the initial candidates were not Zhou Xingchi and Mei Yanfang, but it was finalized that Zhou Runfa and Zheng Yuling would play the male and female protagonists, and the original idea of "Death Judge" was also proposed by Zhou Runfa. Unfortunately, the timing was not right, when it came to filming, Zhou Runfa could not star due to the contract problem with the Golden Princess, and Zheng Yuling also refused due to scheduling problems.
Director Du Qifeng had no choice but to find someone to save the scene, and he set his sights on the other week of "double Monday". It just so happened that Zhou Xingchi also wanted to try costume dramas at that time, and after listening to Du Dao's story, he agreed with his mouth. The heroine chose the "Hong Kong daughter" Mei Yanfang, and when the director found Mei Yanfang, she directly admitted that she was playing with Stephen Chow. At that time, many Hong Kong actors were full of curiosity about Chow Sing Chi's drama path, and "Hong Kong daughter" Mui Yanfang was no exception, so Mei Jie took the opportunity to star in the first comedy film of her life.
After the characters were determined, the script was again problematic, the script was originally tailored for Zhou Runfa, but because Zhou Xingchi and Zhou Runfa were completely two types, du Qifeng spent four months revising the script in order to meet Zhou Xingchi's style. At the same time, the role played by Mei Yanfang has become a martial arts master, often online to protect the husband. Du Dao's decision proved to be correct, and the film broke the Hong Kong box office record and topped the list as soon as it was released, and also received multiple Academy Awards and Golden Horse Award nominations.
As the saying goes, "people are not red is not much" is really not bad at all, at that time, a reporter asked Mei Yanfang, all said that playing with Zhou Xingchi will be robbed of this? Mei Yanfang first said mischievously, "Then you have to be careful", and then replied with a serious face, in fact, it is not Zhou Xingchi who steals the scene, but he is very funny as soon as he stands out, which is really no way.
Director Du Qifeng also praised Zhou Xingchi in an interview, saying that his analysis of the characters is very thorough, every dialogue and expression are expressed very accurately, and he is also very good at cooperating with other actors and will not waste every film. It can be seen that Zhou Xingchi was born to eat the bowl of comedy.
"The Inquisitor" is the first costume film starring Stephen Chow, and it is also a classic costume drama in Stephen Chow's acting career. In this film, Stephen Chow also won the Best Actor Award at the 37th Asia-Pacific Film Festival for a tear.
This classic is also worthy of the word "three twists and turns", and the film almost failed to pass the review. There is a more spicy eye picture in the play, there is a gay to find Song Shijie, in the conversation, whether it is from the eyebrows to the face performance, let people goosebumps protrude the way of speaking, will play the role of homosexuality to the fullest.
What makes people laugh even more is that Song Shijie actually searched in their room, bananas, cucumbers, carrots, durians, that is, these pictures almost caused the film to fail to pass the review during the review. But fortunately, it passed, but I have to say that the screenwriter of this film is too big to think of this picture.
With the double blessing of Zhou Xingchi and the screenwriter, the film "The Inquisitor" can be said to make people laugh from the beginning to the end. Whether it is the starring or supporting roles of the funny skills are amazing, at the same time, there are some small details hidden in the film that I don't know if everyone has found, "The Trial Officer" is actually a remake of the Cantonese opera "Death Judge".
In the original work, Song Shijie was played by the famous Cantonese opera master Ma Shizeng, and Song Shijie's wife was the famous Cantonese opera master Red Line Woman. I believe that careful fans must have found that the footage of Song Shijie's parents' tablets that appeared in the film, the remains on the table at that time were the photos of Ma Shi and the red line woman, which also had the meaning of paying tribute to the original work.
Zhou Xingchi not only relied on the fire of "The Inquisitor", but also many films starring him in the same year also appeared on the Hong Kong box office list, and the title of "Star Master" was also passed out. Now it has been 29 years since the broadcast of "The Inquisitor", and now in retrospect, I suddenly feel that if the original performance effect by Zhou Run might not reach this height, Zhou's comedy can always make people laugh and experience deeper things, so who do you think Song Shijie will be better played by?
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