Hollywood as the highest temple of the world film industry is the yearning of many actors, although we can say that many famous movies starring domestic big-name actors, but not every local actor can go to Hollywood to star-studded. As the earliest local film in the mainland that has a great influence on the world, Hong Kong films have given birth to many Hong Kong stars who have been very successful even in Hollywood, so today let's take stock of several influential Hong Kong stars who appear in Hollywood blockbusters:
Donnie
Zhen Zidan has starred in more than 80 film and television drama works, creating many classic screen images including Guan Yu, Chen Zhen, Lame Hao, and Ma Jun, but the most famous role is ip man, the Wing Chun master played in the film series of the same name. Over the years, the 59-year-old has starred in many Hollywood movies, and the latest film with Keanu Reeves, "Rush 4", has also been released, which was originally scheduled to be released in May this year, but was postponed to 2023 due to majeure reasons.
In 2016, Zhen Zidan starred in the sci-fi adventure film Star Wars Story: Rogue One, which brought together a series of Hollywood movie superstars such as Felicity Jones, Diego Runa, Mads Mikolson, Forrest Whitaker and so on. The film is a distinctly different from his usual action style, with his role as Chiru Invey, a blind Force-sensitive man and one of the guards of The Temple of Will.
Zhou Runfa
Chow Yun Fat is known for his roles such as "Brother Mark" and "God of Gamblers Gao Jin", and is one of the most iconic action film stars in Hong Kong. It is also worth noting that his films such as "The True Colors of Heroes", "Hot Hand Detective" and "Bloody Double Males" with local director Wu Yusen have swept across the country and abroad, and were once called "the coolest actor in the world" by the Los Angeles Times in the 90s.
Chow began appearing in Hollywood films in the mid-1990s, starring in the first Hollywood film in Anthony Fuquia's Stuntman. He played Singapore's pirate king Xiaofeng in 2007's Pirates of the Caribbean 3: The End of the World, and once overthrew his brother Liang Dao with the help of Jack.
Liu Jiahui
Liu Jiahui is famous for his martial arts actor in the film and television circle, and has starred in many classic martial arts and kung fu movies, such as Huang Feihong in "Lu Acai and Huang Feihong" and the Sande Monk in "Shaolin Thirty-Six Rooms", the fighting style of hard bridges and hard horses, real knives and real guns in the film, and the story core full of traditional cultural ideas is still one of the textbook-level films of martial arts films.
In 2011, after a stroke that left him partially paralyzed, Liu Jiahui announced his retirement from show business and lived in a nursing home for several years. Quentin Tarantino is a huge fan of Lau Ka Fai, and he was invited to star in both "Kill Bill", playing the boss of the "Crazy 88" group Johnnimo in the first "Kill Bill", and then playing the martial arts master Bai Mei in the second part.
Yuanhua
Yuanhua studied with famous Hong Kong actors such as Jackie Chan and Hong Jinbao at the China Theater Academy, which not only trained him to become a skilled action movie star, but also an action director and stuntman.
Previously, Liang Chaowei's appearance in Wenwu in "Shangqi and the Legend of the Ten Rings" may be a hot topic at home and abroad, but in fact, Yuanhua also appeared in this Hollywood blockbuster, and was called "the film representative of Hollywood Chinese kung fu" by netizens. In the film, he plays the godhead Guangbo, who fights against the Soul Eater with ShangQi and Yingli, played by Liu Simu and Chen Fara.
Jackie chan
Since the 1960s, Jackie Chan has starred in more than 150 films, making him one of the most recognizable action movie stars in the world. Jackie Chan is best known for his acrobatic fighting style, which combines comedy and difficult moves.
Jackie Chan has starred in a number of foreign films, but what made him a Hollywood A-list star was the "Rush Hour" series. According to media reports, although Jackie Chan frankly said he didn't like the film at the beginning, he was surprised to find that the audience liked Chris Tucker and his comedic performances with the role of Inspector Lee.
Wu Yanzu
Wu Yanzu debuted in 1998 and has starred in films such as SWAT New Human, Mong Kok Night and Shinjuku Incident. In addition to his acting career, Wu Yanzu is a director and producer, best known for his 2006 film The Four Kings, which has been called a pseudo-documentary about exposing Hong Kong's music and entertainment industry.
In 2018, he played Captain Lu Ren in Tomb Raider: Battle of origins, and has since played Guldan in the action fantasy film Warcraft, as he and his wife Lei Shan are big fans of Warcraft. He also co-produced the mythological adventure American drama "Wasteland" and played the main character Sunny in 2015. In 2021, Wu Jing starred in "Remembrance Puzzle" with actors such as Rebecca Ferguson and Hugh Jackman, and played the villain gang boss San Joe.