Once the Glory of Hong Kong martial arts movies, Shaw's martial arts movies are the original dreams of many people, and now although martial arts movies are no longer as popular as they were, they leave the audience with indelible memories.
Especially those chivalrous guests in martial arts movies, it is easier to arouse the feelings of the audience.
Today, Xiaobian takes you to take a look at the current situation of the martial arts movie "Xiangjiang Twin Stars" that were once popular.
Dillon
When it comes to Hong Kong martial arts movies, I believe that the first thing that comes to mind of many viewers is Dillon.
Dillon was born in a small village in Xinhui, Guangdong Province, and lived a life of extreme poverty, even so poor that he could not even open the pot.
So much so that when talking about this experience later, Dillon recalled with great emotion:
"When I was a child, my family was very poor, and the upper and sole of the shoes were always separated, and I often sewed a seam with fishing thread to wear them. Once, when the school held a general meeting, everyone went to the playground to assemble, and the sun was so strong that I fainted on the ground that day. As soon as his head landed on the ground, he suddenly felt excited, remembering that there was a big hole in the sole of his shoe, afraid of being seen by his classmates, he immediately bounced up. ”
Because his family was too poor, he chose to drop out of school in middle school and went to Hong Kong to earn a living.
At that time, he worked as a waiter in the hotel, and also worked as a delivery worker, pulling tourists and other hard work.
At that time, a trend of suits arose in Hong Kong, and the streets and alleys were full of fashionable and beautiful people, wearing various styles of suits, which attracted his attention.
Let him come up with the idea of being a foreign clothing master, plus the salary of the foreign clothing master is particularly high.
A month is not only enough to support yourself, but also to send extra change to your family.
So he changed his career and became a dresser, and stayed in this industry for several years. Working in a foreign firm was the most leisurely and self-satisfied time of his brilliant life.
In his spare time, he loves to watch martial arts movies, especially those directed by Zhang Cheda. Therefore, he often took advantage of his spare time to learn Wing Chun, practice bodybuilding, and learn Mandarin.
I hope that one day, I can become a kung fu actor. Just when Shaw was recruiting trainees for the training class, he signed up.
At that time, Dillon was a freshly dressed and angry horse boy, and his appearance at that time was absolutely second-to-kill the current group of Internet celebrities.
With an excellent appearance image, Dillon passed the interview smoothly without accident, Dillon's appearance conditions are too outstanding, not only has a tough appearance, coupled with a height of 1 meter 83, proper male god configuration, really fascinated thousands of girls.
After entering Shaw, Dillon met his Bole Zhang Che here.
In the Hong Kong film industry at that time, Zhang Che was famous as a "big guy". Like Wu Yusen and Xu Ke, Er Dongsheng, and Wu Ma, they can all be regarded as Zhang Che's apprentices.
At that time, Dillon, who had just signed Shaw's contract, entered Zhang Che's eyes and was very appreciated by Zhang Che, and after running the dragon suit for a year, Dillon starred in the first protagonist movie in his life, "Dead End".
The Dillon in the film is handsome and dashing, and there is no tacky oil noodles, and he soon gained the love of a large wave of audiences.
Also signing with Dillon at the time was David Jiang. After that, the two became a "two-hero combination" in Zhang Che's film.
Dillon, who started his acting career smoothly, has starred in action movies such as "Two Heroes", "New One-Armed Knife", "Happy Forest", "Water Margin" and so on.
In 1973, Dillon starred in the revenge film "Thorn Horse", one of the four strange cases of the Qing Dynasty, the male protagonist of the revenge film "Thorn Horse", Ma Xinyi, with which he won the "Outstanding Actor Special Award" at the 11th Taiwan Film Golden Horse Awards.
Fast forward to the time when Dillon was 30 years old, when Dillon ended his days of working seamlessly with Zhang Che. Start the perfect partner with Gu Long New.
Dillon became the royal male protagonist of Gulong and filmed a number of Gulong film and television works.
What everyone knows is that at that time, Jackie Chan, who was not yet famous, ran to ask Gu Long to give himself a male protagonist role, and when they drank Hi, Gu Long said that his role was not written for Jackie Chan, which made Jackie Chan hug Jiang David and cry.
Later, with the help of Dillon, Jackie Chan still got a costume role as he wished, but it turned out that Jackie Chan was indeed not suitable for the costume of the costume.
And Dillon starred in Fu Hongxue in "Tianya Mingyue Knife", Chu Liuxiang in "Chu Liuxiang", Li Xunhuan, the amorous hero Li Xunhuan in "The Ruthless Sword of the Amorous Swordsman", Gao Feiyang in "Shaolin Hero" and so on.
From the "generation of heroes" under Zhang Che's films to the "generation of martial artists" written by Gu Long, Dillon became the "martial arts benchmark" in Hong Kong films at that time.
Dillon occupies a large proportion of martial arts movies, it can be said that a large part of the audience that likes martial arts movies is because of Dillon to watch, you can imagine how hot Dillon was at that time.
At that time, Dillon's career was smooth and the scenery was unlimited, but he never thought that he would be "laid off" in the year of confusion.
With the change of the times, martial arts dramas have gradually been abandoned by the audience, and action comedies have gradually occupied the big screen, and At this time, Jackie Chan has begun to emerge.
At that time, Shaw also had to transition to make TV series, but Dillon, who loved movies, did not want to change careers. In this way, when the signing expired, Shaw gave up Dillon and chose not to accept the contract.
Dillon was once in an awkward situation with no drama to film.
After a long period of lows, Dillon finally ushered in a role that rekindled himself.
This is the same disciple brother Wu Yusen's "Hero Nature", he invited Dillon to play Song Zihao in the film, with this role, Dillon won the love of the audience, but also let him win the Golden Horse Award for Best Actor.
His classic line in the play also expressed his helplessness: Asir, I have not been a big brother for many years!
Dillon, who terminated his contract with Shaw, thanked Shaw for the help he brought to himself, so when Shaw needed his help shooting some supporting roles, he would help shoot for nothing. After Shao's filming of "The True Colors of Heroes" turned red, he cheekily asked him to go back to help, and he also went without saying a word.
He has successively filmed many classic films such as "Hero 2" and "People's Hero", and then Dillon slowly withdrew from the screen.
Time flies, and the young man who was dressed in fresh clothes and angry horses is gone, but those popular classics will help him freeze in those moments of vigor.
A few years ago, Dillon played a supporting role in Zhao Benshan's "Country Love", and Dillon, who is 74 years old, went to "Country Love" to run a dragon set, which made many viewers confused.
Just for the sake of money, Xiaobian thinks it should not be, "Country Love 11" in this ancient old man with wrinkles, but the spirit is strong, this is the current Dillon.
From the big brother to the little old man, Dillon's film and television works also witness the years of an actor. Time will not treat anyone kindly, and only those who treat themselves well will live more wonderfully and happily.
David Ginger
As the gemini star of Hong Kong martial arts movies, David Jiang is as indispensable as Dillon.
When mentioning the name Jiang David, in addition to his martial arts movies, we first think of his brother Qin Pei and younger brother Er Dongsheng.
Although they were not born in a family, the relationship between the three brothers was very good, and in 1960, when Jiang Weinian entered the entertainment industry, he changed his name to "Jiang David".
His eldest brother Jiang Changnian later followed in the footsteps of his younger brother and entered this circle, and changed his stage name to "Qin Pei", and their third brother Er Dongsheng also became a famous director in the circle in the future.
When Jiang David first entered this circle, he followed Huang Feihong's descendant Liu Jialiang to practice Hong Quan, and then entered the crew to become a martial artist.
In 1968, he worked as a stunt actor in the movie "Golden Swallow", so he was appreciated by director Zhang Che, and under Zhang Che's introduction, Jiang David entered shaw development.
At that time, martial arts films were very popular, and Shaw was also very important to David Jiang, and he played the male lead when he starred in the first film "Ranger".
Subsequently, he starred in the movie "Revenge", and won the Best Actor Award at the Asian Film Festival for his role in "Kwan Siu", becoming the first film emperor in Hong Kong history.
David Jiang thus became a very famous actor in Hong Kong, after that, his works increased, with the popularity of the movies "Thirteen Taibao", "The New One-Armed Knife" and "Water Margin", David Jiang's name is also a household name, and he and Dillon are known as the twin stars of martial arts movies.
Xiaobian was very impressed by Jiang David's Luo Xuan in "Snowflake Excalibur", his love and hatred with Nie Xiaofeng ran through the whole process, and his serious but abandoning his wife and son were despised.
Coupled with the increase in age, David Jiang can only play a supporting role in film and television dramas.
A few years ago, in Zhong Hanliang's version of "Tianya Mingyue Dao", he played Xiang Yingtian, the master of the martial arts alliance with different appearances. This role reminds the editor of Jiang David's martial arts alliance lord Shen Xingnan in "Divine Phase Li Buyi", who is also strong in martial arts, but he is two faces before and after people, and the ending is not good.
In addition to the news about David Jiang, in addition to the disagreement with Dillon, there was also such a thing that became interesting at the time:
After Jay Chou became popular, many media reported that he and David Jiang were father and son.
The reports of multiple media have also aroused the suspicion of Jiang David's younger brother Er Dongsheng, who carefully looked at the photos of the two when they were young and also lamented that they were very similar.
To this end, he also quietly investigated in private, and after seeing Jay Chou's date of birth, he found that during that time, his brother Jiang David had been staying in Taiwan.
He also told his colleagues around him about the news, and everyone said they were shocked after hearing it, but later it turned out that this was just a brain supplement for netizens.
There are too many stars in the entertainment industry who look very similar, such as Xia Yu and Zhang Yishan, Dong Xuan and Tong Liya and so on.
Jay Chou and the young Jiang David collided in the face, which can only be said to be a coincidence.
Now Jiang David has rarely appeared on the screen, known as the model husband in the circle, he accompanies his wife with cancer and rides through the difficulties with her!
Today's martial arts gemini stars are dying of old age, martial arts movies are no longer brilliant, and there is too little on the screen to impress the audience!