"The Inquisitor", starring Stephen Chow (left) and Mui Yanfang, broke the box office record for Hong Kong films at the time.
The 1992 release of "The Inquisitor", directed by Du Qifeng and starring Stephen Chow and Mui Yanfang, broke the box office record of Hong Kong films at that time and became the annual box office champion and one of the top ten high-grossing films of the year; Chow Also won the Best Actor of the 1992 Asia-Pacific Film Festival with this film, which was his first film emperor throne. However, in fact, the first choice of the male protagonist "Song Shijie" was not actually Zhou Xingchi, but another film emperor, Zhou Runfa (Fa Ge).
It is reported that the original plan was to be starred by Zhou Runfa in "The Inquisitor", and the heroine was his best partner Zheng Yuling; at that time, it was the world of "Double Monday Cheng" Jackie Chan, Zhou Runfa, and Zhou Xingchi, as long as the movie starring the three people did not worry about the box office, and Zhou Runfa also cooperated with Du Qifeng many times, so this arrangement was reasonable. However, Chow Yun-fat had contract problems with the film dealer, which forced him to abandon "The Trial Officer".
The male protagonist of "The Inquisitor" was originally marked as Zhou Runfa. (Taken from Douban movie)
In the end, Zhou Xingchi replaced Zhou Runfa to perform, and the heroine was also replaced by Mei Yanfang, and there were rumors that Du Qifeng greatly modified the script for Xingye's nonsense style, and it took 4 months to complete, but this change created a classic in the classic.
Many years later, Zhou Runfa talked about this matter, saying that he naturally had some regrets in his heart, but he also believed that the movie was not bad after Xingye took over, but it was a childhood classic for many people.
(Editor: Zhang Yijia)