Jackie Chan is a famous international kung fu superstar.
Since he began to shoot kung fu films, he has countless film fans around the world and has become a business card of Chinese films.
Jackie Chan was known as "Jackie Chan Big Brother" and showed respect for him.
Jackie Chan has high prestige and has a long time in the circle, and generally anyone will give Jackie Chan a few thin noodles.
Jackie Chan's films are therefore not short of people to star, and even actors will rush to act.
However, Yuanhua is an exception.
Jackie Chan had planned to make a movie and ask Yuanhua to star at a high price of 8 million, but he refused.
Later, Chen Sicheng spent 100,000 yuan to invite Yuanhua to star in the film he directed, but Yuanhua readily agreed.
Things have passed for many years, and the reasons behind it can be made public.
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Yuanhua is now 69 years old, with white hair and looks much older.
He has a deep foundation in kung fu, and since he was a child, he has followed his master Yu Zhanyuan to learn kung fu, pulling legs, flipping heels, practicing stunt kung fu, etc., laying a solid foundation for entering the film world in the future.
Yuanhua was Yu Zhanyuan's second disciple.
Yu Zhanyuan was a famous martial artist who trained many apprentices, and he named several proud disciples "Seven Little Blessings", mainly including Jackie Chan, Hong Jinbao, Yuan Hua, Yuan Biao and others.
Yu Zhanyuan's apprentices influenced Hong Kong kung fu movies for half a century.
Yuanhua is Bruce Lee's designated stand-in when he flipped the heel in the movie, and has a wonderful performance in "Jingwumen", although he can't show his face, But Yuanhua is dedicated to every action and has been recognized by Bruce Lee.
He and Bruce Lee forged a deep friendship.
Bruce Lee died in the early 1970s, and Yuanhua was greatly saddened to hear about it.
Recalling the bits and pieces of his cooperation with Bruce Lee, like yesterday's time, he could not believe that Bruce Lee had left.
Yuanhua is a kung fu actor, but he is equally affectionate and emotionally delicate.
Kung Fu actors usually face a problem, personal safety issues.
For the realistic effect of the lens, sometimes kung fu martial arts have to be real knives and guns.
Yuanhua has had many experiences of deep fear.
In 1982, when filming the movie "Human Skin Lantern", Yuanhua almost died.
There was a scene where he jumped up from the ground and stabbed another actor with a sword made of bamboo in his hand.
At this moment of crisis, he quickly turned over to avoid, but the sword still stabbed into his ribs, and he felt unbearable pain.
At that time, I did not dare to pull it out, only sawed off a part first, and rushed to the hospital.
Without protective measures, if the actor who shoots the opponent has no martial arts experience, the martial arts actor may break out in a cold sweat.
The most memorable thing for him was a scene of jumping from an airplane to the sea.
This kind of drama was common in Hong Kong films of the last century.
The audience looks too addicted, and the actors may be life-threatening.
After Yuanhua jumped off the plane, when his body fell into the sea, he suddenly felt like a large stone hammering into his chest, and he couldn't say anything, and everything in his body did not belong to him except for some ignorant consciousness.
Later, the crew rescued him from the sea, listened to the words of experienced predecessors, and drank two bottles of brandy in a row before his consciousness gradually became clear, and the blood also felt circulating.
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Yuanhua's dedication to movies can be seen.
He usually appears in the form of supporting roles in the play, but he treats each character with care and truly achieves "no size of the role".
Finally, he won multiple awards with Stephen Chow's "Kung Fu", which made people see his excellent acting skills.
Most of Jackie Chan's films have actors who can participate in kung fu, and he has taken a fancy to Yuanhua's kung fu and acting skills.
Yuanhua and Jackie Chan are brothers in the same disciple, and Jackie Chan is confident that Yuanhua can sell himself a face.
He did not hesitate to pay 8 million yuanhua to star in his own movie, but Yuanhua read the script and refused after thinking about it again.
When young director Chen Sicheng directed "Detective Chinatown 2", he invited Yuanhua to star, and the film remuneration was 100,000 yuan.
Yuanhua read the script and happily agreed.
Yuanhua said that his shots in "Detective Chinatown 2" add up to less than 5 minutes, and it is already quite a lot to take 100,000 yuan, focusing on the role he is suitable for in the movie.
At the beginning, Jackie Chan was rejected, which caused many speculations.
Some people even speculated whether the two brothers of the same disciple had turned against each other.
In fact, Yuanhua is only because that role is not suitable for him, although there is a lot of money, but he can't blindly act for money, he is not responsible for himself, and he is not responsible for the audience.
Yuanhua's acting skills and kung fu are outstanding, and what is more powerful is that he has strict professional ethics, not only money, not only profits, everything starts from the role, and he is a well-deserved good actor.
In contrast, today's actors usually look at the salary, rather than looking at the quality of the role, rather than reflecting on whether they can act well. Just take the money after the performance.
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As we all know, Stephen Chow is a director and actor with very high requirements for the quality of the film, and he looks for actors only to look at the acting skills and whether they are suitable for the role itself.
Zhou Xingchi has repeatedly asked Yuanhua to shoot, which is enough to prove Yuanhua's excellent acting strength.
Yuanhua is almost 70 years old, and the martial arts scenes can hardly be filmed, but his sincere heart for the movie still does not change.
He said, as long as I can still move, I can still act, and someone asks me to act, I will continue to act.
Anyone is respected not because of how rich or famous they are, but because of the charm of their own character.
Hong Jinbao once said something between him and Yuanhua.
In the 70s, they were all under Teacher Zhan Yuan.
The practice was too hard, and Hong Jinbao had also run away for it.
When Yuanhua eats, he will secretly leave food for Hong Jinbao and wait for him to come back to eat.
The master knew that Hong Jinbao had escaped, and learned that Yuanhua still helped him keep food, and in a fit of anger, he beat Yuanhua with 70 sticks.
After Hong Jinbao returned, he was not beaten and escaped the disaster.
Since then, Hong Jinbao has remembered this kindness of Yuanhua in his heart.
Yuanhua has acted for decades, almost all of them are supporting roles, but he has completed every role with his heart and become a well-deserved ace supporting role.
Treat every work with heart, never forget, there will be an echo, and heaven will eventually take care of those who are indomitable and down-to-earth.