The Handsome Men in the Hong Kong film and television circle are in charge, the beauty is rampant, the number of talents is innumerable, some actors play a decent gentleman in the play, but the private life is rotten; some actors play the image of the scumbag in the play is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, making people hate to itch their teeth, but the private life is as clean as a clear spring.
The actor mentioned today, he is known as the "godfather of the third-level film" in the Hong Kong film and television circle, and he who is not a scum of the drama has shot more than 80 wind and moon films in his lifetime, which is called by the industry: a true gentleman who sits in the kaleidoscope of flowers.
This person is Zhang Zhilin's uncle Cao Charlie, so why is Cao Charlie so different? Why do those beautiful women in the entertainment industry who shoot wind and moon films dare to openly shout in front of him: "Charlie, let's really do it!" But he justifiably refused?
Today we will talk about the past of the real upright gentleman in this entertainment circle, Cao Charlie!
On March 24, 1950, Charlie Cao was born in an ordinary family in Hong Kong, because he witnessed the chaos of street thugs and bullying from childhood, Cao Charlie was determined to become a policeman and a righteous person when he grew up.
However, this wish was not realized, in that special era background, parents think that the police are not good, but it is easy to be bullied by evil people, find a job, live a down-to-earth life, is the right thing.
His parents' orders could not be violated, so Cao Charlie gave up his dream of becoming a policeman, and in 1969, after the 19-year-old Cao Charlie walked out of the high school, he found a job in an air-conditioning plant.
An ordinary worker's salary is not much, bent on making a fortune, he gradually became obsessed with stock speculation, but bought more, earned less, and even sometimes often lost money, but he fell too deep and could not extricate himself.
Because he lost a lot of money in stock speculation, Cao Charlie, in desperation, found a job to help the frozen meat factory collect the bills, this job, people who are not fierce and bold can't do it, but people who are forced to desperate situations by life can't take care of anything.
Cao Charlie led a group of younger brothers to collect arrears everywhere, at this time, he was no different from the street gangsters he hated in his childhood, but he couldn't take care of it, because at that time there was only one thought, and there was hope for survival.
In this way, with a pair of tongues and a fierce spirit that dared to fight, he helped his boss to recover a lot of arrears, but this job did not last long, and he was unemployed.
At this time, Han Chali was already middle-aged, neither a skill, nor a background, but fortunately, he had a face of his grandfather who appreciated food, looked like a talent, wore a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, and a polite appearance, such a pair of appearance conditions of a dancing prince, let him be desperate again.
At that time, the famous foreign wine brand Hennessy Company, looking for a print advertising model in Hong Kong, Cao Charleswen's tall appearance, let him win this opportunity to shoot advertising.
It was with this special hennessy commercial that he was favored by ATV and became its contracted actor.
In his 30s, he set foot in the show business circle, although it was a little late, but Charlie Cao belonged to the type of late bloomer.
Calm and easy-going, the company let him do anything, as long as he has money to earn, so those roles that others do not like to play are lost to him.
So, what are these characters?
The first role played by Charlie Cao, in "82 Tenants", played the treacherous real estate developer Zeng Gongzi, a white suit, a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, Svenwen's appearance, but a dressed beast, seeing a beautiful woman walking by, the eyes sticking to the beauty of the three circumferences.
Such a Sven scum image, let Cao Charlie play a wonderful portrait, did not let the audience feel that he is a fledgling novice, his performance, but also let the industry people impressed, did not expect that the first acting, can get everyone's recognition.
However, once the character of the first interpretation is fixed, then it is difficult to change in the future, just because of this obscene and treacherous image he played well, since this role is played smoothly, then the role of the positive image has never been related to him, which is also a place that makes many actors who play negative roles feel uneasy.
For example, the sketch "The Police and the Thief" played by Chen Peisi and Zhu Shimao, Chen Peisi played the thief without any sense of violation, but if you let him play the policeman, look at this picture, not everyone who wears a police uniform is like a policeman, right?
But for Cao Chali, his external image to play a positive character is not bad, but because of a mistake of thousands of years of hatred, who let him play a Sven scum for the first time?
So in the future, he will not play similar roles, who will play it? Because the acting is good, that's why others can't do this job.
In order to make money, Cao Chali can only endure the displeasure in his heart and continue to play various types of villain roles.
In the movie "Police Story", Jackie Chan played a good policeman with awe-inspiring justice.
Charlie Cao can only play the big drug lord's subordinate, a treacherous villain named John.
In this movie, the character played by Maggie Cheung points to his nose and says that he is a scum, and he smiles and giggles and says roguely: "You are wrong, I am the scum of the scum." ”
In addition, in the movie "The Whole Trick Expert" starring Stephen Chow, Cao Charlie's lewd performance method is witty and funny, even as a guest actor, it has still become an unforgettable classic.
As soon as his line "obscene cannot be moved" was exported, it made all the audience laugh, and this sentence later became a classic line in the history of Hong Kong cinema.
Although these green leafy roles have made Cao Charlie make a lot of money, it is still not enough for people who are addicted to stock speculation.
Just when he was worried about money, Cao Charlie met a person, and the appearance of this person changed his later acting career, and from then on he embarked on the path of the godfather of third-level films.
Who is this person? He is he he fan, a handsome young student under Shaw Pictures in the 60s of the last century, who once played a Tang monk in Shaw's version of "Journey to the West" and later became a director.
In the 1990s, the development momentum of the heavier Fengyue films was fierce, and in 1991, He Fan planned to make a series of movies, "Qingben Jiaren", "I Am Crazy for Qing", and "Can't Help But Love" These three Fengyue films were introduced to the market as a series of films.
The plot of this set of movies reflects the love story that happens in the office, in this movie, there is a need for an actor to play the negative role of Sven scum, and He Fan immediately thought of Cao Charlie, who is good at playing this role.
In the face of a generous salary, Cao Charlie, who was in urgent need of money, did not hesitate in the slightest and entered the crew.
In this movie, he no longer plays a supporting role, but a greasy and obscene villain, a role that makes him portray deeply.
In 1992, he partnered with Chen Baolian and starred in the movie "Adulterous Demon", which made some heavy-tasted audiences addicted, in this large-scale movie, Cao Charlie played the young owner of the pharmaceutical factory, in order to strengthen his male male style, he ate a thousand-year-old ginseng, which triggered a series of strange stories.
This movie not only has a large number of fragrant shots, but also a strange spiritual bridge, this movie has also become the emperor of The Cao Charlie years, after which, the title of emperor of the wind and moon film has not gone away.
According to Cao Charlie's recollection many years later, at that time to shoot these wind and moon films, he shot a few hours of drama, he can get tens of thousands of yuan, a month can earn three or four million, if at that time know how to invest in real estate, in Shenzhen can buy a lot of houses, the old age life must be very good, but unfortunately when young, addicted to stock speculation, there is no such good investment vision.
According to Cao Charlie's recollection, many relatives and friends around him expressed that it was difficult to understand his choice to shoot wind and moon films, but at that time, he was not convinced of his green leaf identity, why did he have a good image, and the protagonist could not be himself?
Therefore, under this psychological effect, he chose to make wind and moon films, after all, he can play the male protagonist in these films.
But because of these messy characters, his image in the audience's mind is not very good.
As we all know, those villain roles that are deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, in real life, it is easy for the audience to produce the right number of people to enter the seat, such as the "Huan Zhu Gege" that is popular all over the country, and the actor Li Mingqi, who plays Grandma Rong, thinks that people were also school flower-level figures.
Unexpectedly, because I played the villain who gave Ziwei Gege a needle, I didn't dare to go out on the street to buy vegetables alone in real life, and I had a period of laughter that everyone shouted and beat.
Then again, the male protagonist of the Wind Moon film played by Cao Charlie has made a big misunderstanding because it is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
At that time, Cao Charlie, on a whim, joined forces with a travel agency in Guangdong to organize a special tour group, in which ordinary tourists could meet Japanese female stars, which was supposed to be a very rare opportunity.
At that time, all the publicity work was also done very well, and there were many tourists participating, but later heard that this tour group was organized by Cao Charlie, these tourists were frightened and fled, every time they recalled this incident, Cao Charlie would cry and laugh, which may also be a "oolong history" that made him feel very out of trouble in his life experience, right?
When it comes to the matter of the trouble, it is necessary to mention the dedication of Cao Charlie, when he shoots the wind and moon film, let the industry praise, because he never pours oil on the actress, he feels that it is not easy to shoot the actresses of the third-level film, he has to protect them, so when shooting scenes with large scales, he will use the way of borrowing seats.
Because of this, so it will delay the shooting progress, sometimes, the camera lens is not very good to find the angle, both to present a sense of reality, but also can not let the actress suffer losses, so every time you shoot a large scale of the scene, everyone will be busy for a long time, but also eat a lot of hard work.
According to Charlie Cao, he never had an intimate relationship with any actress in the entertainment industry, and he never took advantage of them in private.
Because he feels that most of the actresses who make this kind of wind and moon film have some compulsive reasons, they don't want to be the last straw that overwhelms the camel.
Cao Charlie is Zhang Zhilin's uncle, but in the years when he was in the entertainment industry, he rarely mentioned his nephew in public, because he did not want to affect the development of his nephew's career because of his identity as the emperor of the Wind moon film.
Cao Charlie, who is now more than 70 years old, since retiring in the film and television circle, is still not willing to be lonely, he often talks about some colored small passages to guests in some small bars in Hong Kong, which causes everyone to laugh, but he did not expect that the age was a lot, the hairline also moved back, but it became a pistachio loved by everyone.
Not long ago, his old fans saw him frequently appear in the mainland, and it is said that he is going to make a comeback to film, presumably he is not willing to be lonely, right? After all, judging from the big gold watch he wears on his hand, he should be a person who is not bad for money, right?
Charlie Cao, a "Sven scum" who has been misunderstood for many years, in fact, those screen images, and him in real life, are really not worthy of the name.
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