He is the arrogant and handsome gangster boss Yi Tai in "Year of the Dragon", puyi who has a negative but weak heart in "The Last Emperor", and also a famous Peking opera singer in "Butterfly Jun" who is full of oriental temperament and beautiful male and female.
He was a dragon, representing the world's beautiful fantasy of the oriental image at that time, his sword eyebrows were starry-eyed, his silhouette was tough, his image was warm but it was difficult to hide his domineering spirit, and his hands and feet were the graceful demeanor of the noble prince of the East, and the elegant dignity of the nobility was hidden in the eyebrows.
In the world film and television circle, when it comes to the world-famous Chinese film stars, everyone will think of Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan for the first time. But if you compare it, I think it should be this old man who has stunned the time, but has been lonely all his life.
Today Xiaobian wants to talk to you about this unique Asian grass, this man who can make waves in today's Internet age with his appearance.
First, the life is bumpy, the first appearance of the sharp
As the light of the Chinese in the Western performing arts world, Zun Long has made many remarkable achievements in his life.
He has twice won the highest Broadway Award in the United States, was the first Chinese to integrate Peking Opera with Western stage dramas, the first and only Chinese actor to be nominated for the Golden Globe Award twice, and the first Chinese to appear on the Oscar stage.
It is hard to imagine that a man who has received so much glory and has an extraordinary image can have such a bumpy and tortuous life.
Zun Long was born in 1952 in Hong Kong, China, and his original name was Wu Guoliang. Upon birth, Zun Long was abandoned in a basket by his biological parents and became an orphan adopted by a disabled woman.
The purpose of the disabled woman's adoption of Zun Long was not out of love, but only because at that time, the Hong Kong government would give subsidies to those who adopted orphans. In this way, Zun Long's adoptive mother adopted many orphans and thus received subsidies to make ends meet.
Because his adoptive mother was lonely and had a strange personality, when he was young, Zun Long was often scolded by his adoptive mother for no reason. Even several times, the adoptive mother put Zun Long in the bustling streets and wanted to abandon him again. In this way, Zun Long spent his childhood in the scolding of his adoptive mother.
Until he was 10 years old, his adoptive mother felt that Zun Long was becoming more and more burdensome, so she sold him to the Spring and Autumn Drama Academy in Hong Kong, where she began to learn Peking Opera under the guidance of Lady Peking Opera Dao Ma Dan Fan Chrysanthemum. This pink chrysanthemum was a prominent figure in the drama industry at that time, and his apprentices also included the famous actors Lin Zhengying, Siu Fangfang, Luo Jiaying, Hui Tianci and others in the Later Hong Kong film and television industry.
The life of the theater troupe is undoubtedly very hard, and because of the appearance of Zun Long in his childhood, he was often bullied by his classmates. He ran away countless times, but each time he was caught back, and what awaited him was a round of scolding.
In such an environment, Zun Long studied hard and eventually became an important corner in the drama class. This child, who had been forgotten, was finally inadvertently glimpsed by God.
At the age of 17, Zunlong ushered in a turning point in his life. An American family saw Zun Long's performance, admired him so much that they decided to fund him to go to the United States to develop.
But life in the United States is just as hard. When he first arrived in the United States, Zun Long worked countless part-time jobs in order to earn living expenses, dishwasher, cook, buy drinks... He tried all these things.
Zun Long used the money earned to study ballet, drama, and English, and finally through his own hard work, he was admitted to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts with half-work and half-study, which was also the first famous art school in the United States specializing in professional actor training.
Despite the blessing of the aura of a famous school, Zun Long's Chinese appearance is not accepted by the Hollywood film and television circles, and he can only do the work of the dragon set, becoming a small role in the movie that cannot see the face clearly, and being the background wall of the big star.
In 1976, at the age of 24, Zun Long received his first screen role, playing a small chef in the movie "King Kong". This role is insignificant, the appearance time is less than a minute, and it is difficult for the audience to capture such a handsome face in the movie screen, but this is the real beginning of Zun long's Hollywood acting career.
During the Dragon Run, Zun Long also performed stage plays at the American Public Theater. With his superb acting skills, Zun Long has won the "Obi Award" known as the Oscar of the American theater industry for a long time.
At this time, Zun Long began to change his name to "John Lone", taken from the Chinese totem of "Dragon", and took the "Zun" character of "The Spirit of All Things Respects the Dragon", which was combined as "Zun Long".
He wanted to prove to the world the power of Chinese with his meager strength.
A few years later, Zun Long also met his own life's Bole, the agent Huang Yumei. Huang Yumei once brought Liu Yuling, Chen Chong and other famous movie stars into Hollywood, and is a famous Chinese agent in the Western film and television circle.
Huang Yumei admired Zun Long's talent and appearance, and with her assistance, Zun Long first played the leading role in a Hollywood movie in 1984, starring as a primitive man without dialogue in the movie "Iceman forty Thousand Years".
This role requires the actor to be unkempt and behave strangely and exaggerated during the performance, and the actor does not have a line throughout the process, and can only rely on body language and expression to express the content.
The role of primitive man has made many Hollywood Western actors either discouraged or dismissed. But Zun Long's brilliant performance has opened up the film to his popularity and become a favored partner for many Hollywood directors.
In 1985, the movie "Year of the Dragon" boldly used Zun Long as a supporting role, playing an important role in the film - the gangster boss of Chinese Street. Zun Long as a supporting role is more eye-catching than the white character, cold and mysterious, handsome and elegant gangster boss image stunned americans, and the American media called it "the most handsome gang boss ever".
Zun Long was also nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor with this film, creating a new history of Chinese actors and also starting the peak of his personal acting career.
Second, stunning the world, half a life drifting zero
Zun Long's outstanding performance in "Forty Thousand Years of the Iceman" and "Year of the Dragon" has made Hollywood look at such a Chinese actor with a handsome face in the East. He was born with an aristocratic atmosphere, with a pampered indifference and calmness, and at the same time there was no lack of ambition and ambition to swallow mountains and rivers.
Perhaps it is this unique temperament that makes the Italian director Bertolucci like him and invite him to play an important role in "The Last Emperor" - Puyi.
The production lineup of "The Last Emperor" is undoubtedly heavyweight. Director Bertolucci is a world-class director, the soundtrack is Japan's top composer Ryuichi Sakamoto, and the editor, cinematographer, and costume stylist also hold Oscars and Emmy awards. To make the film, the production team borrowed $25 million from five banks in Europe. The mainland was also very supportive of the filming of this film, and even dispatched two thousand soldiers.
Puyi, played by Zun Long, has the innovative idea of revitalizing the homeland and innovating the old government, but because of his cowardly nature and environmental trend, he can only passively follow the ups and downs of the big era.
"The Last Emperor" is the last film filmed in the Forbidden City, which has caused a sensation and hot discussion around the world. Many people are fascinated by zunlong's handsome oriental face, and this movie seems to be tailor-made for him, and the audience can believe that he is Puyi.
The film eventually won nine awards such as the Oscar for Best Picture and Best Director. To date, only three films have broken such records, "Bing" and later "Titanic" and "The Lord of the Rings".
Zun Long was also nominated for the American Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for this film. In 1990, it was named one of the "50 Most Beautiful People in the World" by People magazine in the United States.
At that time, Hollywood Chinese film stars all started with Chinese kung fu, Zun Long not only relied on his appearance, but also convinced Hollywood's sharp appetite through his superb acting skills.
"The Last Emperor" led Zun Long's Hollywood interpretation career to the golden age, but at this time Zun Long did not stay in Hollywood, because in his heart, he always dreamed of his motherland.
So, he gave up everything in Hollywood and resolutely returned to his homeland. But this road back to his hometown also made him half a life.
Initially, the character of Cheng Dieyi in the movie "Overlord Farewell" had a dragon in the selection. When Zun Long got the script, he lamented the life experience and miserable fate of the character of Cheng Dieyi, and also marveled at Cheng Dieyi's similar childhood to himself. This made Zun Long have a strong interest in "Overlord Farewell" and looked forward to playing the role of Cheng Dieyi.
However, in the end, Zun Long still passed by the role of Cheng Dieyi, which became a regret of his acting career.
There are rumors that Zun Long was dissatisfied with the remuneration when signing the contract, put forward many unreasonable requirements, and played a big card, which finally made the producer helpless to change people. But in fact, in order to star in "Overlord Farewell", Zun Long has refused several Hollywood movie invitations.
If Zun Long is really for high-priced films or wants to play a big name, he can completely take over these films. He is so meticulous and complete, just so that he can return to his homeland and make a good movie that belongs to his own country on the soil of his own country.
Perhaps to make up for the regret in his heart for "Farewell to the Overlord", Zun Long later took over the movie "Butterfly Jun". In the film, the famous Peking Opera singers he played were indefensible, and the famous scenes such as the middle school women walking and humming the Peking Opera tone showed Zun Long's extremely strong sense of expression and belief as an actor, and he portrayed Madame Butterfly as a divine.
Zun Long's patriotism is eager, and this miss not only did not erase his enthusiasm, but also made his mood of returning to China to shoot a drama more firm and urgent.
During this period, in order to star in domestic TV dramas, he resigned from the cooperation of famous films such as "Lover" and "Memoirs of a Geisha", and instead filmed the TV series "Qianlong and Xiangfei" and "Entertaining Himself" that almost no one knows now.
The producers of "Kangxi Micro Service Private Interview 5" even pinched Zun Long's homecoming feelings, deceived Zun Long into returning to China to perform, and hyped up the negative news of Zun Long in China to win heat.
In China, Zunlong didn't even have an agent, only an assistant to help him take care of the chores. Therefore, in the 10 years of returning to China, he did not have the opportunity to star in high-quality excellent film and television works, wasted a lot of youth, and consumed his fame and prestige. From a once famous Hollywood superstar, he has fallen into an unknown actor.
In the golden period of his acting career, Zun Long burned his youth and acting skills, just to return to the embrace of the motherland to realize his patriotism.
Although all this backfired, the results were also lamentable.
Third, the beauty is late, and reconciles with loneliness
Perhaps it was the repeated encounters in the country that discouraged him. In 2012, zun long, who was already 60 years old, decided to stop acting.
At this time, he was nearly old, but he was still alone and childless. Emotionally, he only had a short-lived marriage with a classmate he met when he was studying at a community college in the United States. After his wife divorced, she still maintained a friendship with Zun Long and praised him.
Zun Long's bones always reveal a kind of loneliness and loneliness. Today, he lives in Canada with a lively puppy, and his life is plain and beautiful.
In this world, he has never been accompanied by relatives, and he has gone from childhood to twilight alone. Therefore, he claimed two thousand-year-old trees and called them to their grandfathers and grandmothers to relieve their hearts in the face of them.
Without children, he also loves to visit orphans in orphanages. It made him feel intimate and made him feel less alone.
He once said, "I don't know much about the relationship between people, no one has protected me since I was a child, I can only protect myself, so I closed the door of my heart." I was like a leaf, falling into the river and letting it wash away. ”
"People like me, if they disappear in the world, will not be ignored."
He has glory and wealth that most people can't reach in their lifetime, but he also envies the ordinary life that most people have at their fingertips.
Perhaps he was a lonely man, so he was incompatible with the world, and he lived with loneliness all his life.