In the last century, Hong Kong martial arts films occupied the film markets in Chinese mainland, as well as in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. As a result, many famous martial arts stars have also appeared.
At that time, the most popular martial arts stars were Jet Li, Jackie Chan, Hong Jinbao and others. Every character they played in the martial arts film showed excellent kung fu, which was pleasing to the eye and left a deep impression on countless audiences.
Billy Chow is also a martial arts star. Mention this name, many people may feel strange, but if you mention the movies he participated in, I think many people are not unfamiliar.
Billy Chow's film and television works include, "Oriental Condor", "Flying Dragon", "Female Robot", "Jingwu Hero", "Best Partner of Drunken Street Partner" and so on.
Billy Chou once broke Jet Li's arm. When he fought Wu Jing, he kicked Wu Jing away. Because of his super fighting ability, almost no one dared to shoot with him.
Billy Chow is not only an entertainer, but also an international boxing champion.
Many people like Bruce Lee, not only because he brought Chinese kung fu abroad and founded the boxing, but also because he filled the people of that era with blood.
Billy Chow was born in Canada. Living in a foreign country, he has been very interested in Chinese kung fu since he was a child and has been trying to learn kung fu. He looked forward to one day standing on the world stage like Bruce Lee and showing foreigners the strength of Chinese.
At the age of 11, he asked to go to a martial arts school to learn martial arts, and in this way, his health was getting better and better, and his skills were also very good. Billy Chou's master saw that his fighting spirit was very similar to his childhood, so he taught him everything and let him go out to fight with the murderer from time to time. Every time he was injured, Master would heal him again.
In 1982, at the age of 24, he competed in Canadian boxing and won the lightweight taekwondo championship. In 1985, he won the World Lightweight Free Fighting Championship and became a world-class boxing champion. Billy Chow's professional record, 43 wins and 8 losses, 31 KO opponents, has never been KO.
Many thought he would continue to fight in free-form fighting, but Billy Chow, who was in a gold belt, came to Hong Kong. The boxing competitions of these years have not made him forget his original dream.
As a young man, Billy Chow looked "not like a good guy," stunned and ruthless. The lack of affinity and the aura of the protagonist, coupled with the fierce, bright and fierce style, is very suitable for playing a villain, so after he entered the entertainment industry, the scenes he shot were basically villains.
He made his debut in two less influential films. When Billy Chow first entered the Hong Kong entertainment industry, because he had no background and complex network, no one wanted him to shoot. By chance, he met Hong Jinbao and opened a new chapter in his life.
Hong Jinbao is very righteous and has helped many people. His disciple Jackie Chan also received his help. Hong Jinbao gave Billy Zhou a lot of resources. Billy Chow was promoted by Hong Jinbao to make a cameo appearance in "The Port Bride" and also starred in Hong Jinbao's kung fu film "Oriental Condor", playing a thug.
After these films were broadcast, no one would say that he did not have acting skills, because everyone's eyes were focused on his unusually real fight scenes. At this time, it is his official development in the entertainment industry.
Since his debut many years ago, Billy Chow, nicknamed Tiger, has starred in a number of Hong Kong action films and contributed many classic roles to the audience. Although most of the characters are supporting roles such as thugs and killers, they are still remembered by many fans because of their neat actions.
Billy Chow and such masters as Jackie Chan and Jet Li have all had tricks. And Jet Li has cooperated many times, in that era without special effects, the fight between the two is a classic, and it is praised by insiders as the most wonderful kung fu fight in China, and it is also sought after by many fans.
If you put aside the identity of the artist, Billy Chou's strength should be far above Jet Li.
One punch broke Jet Li's arm and one kick flew Wu Jing
In 1994, he was invited to participate in "Jingwu Hero" directed by Chen Jiashang, in which he played a complete villain of a Japanese military officer, Tsuyoshi Fujita.
Billy Chou shows the rage and ruthlessness and murderousness of the "sha man machine" Takeshi Fujita, and the fight scene with Jet Li is a textbook classic, which is still talked about by fans and boxing fans.
It is reported that he and Jet Li had a large number of opponent scenes when filming the film, and there was an accident during the shooting. Zhou Billy's fist was particularly powerful, because he did not control the force for a while, and a punch directly broke Jet Li's arm.
Fortunately, the medical staff at the scene quickly implemented the emergency plan, and Jet Li's hand was treated in time. After this incident, even though Jet Li said it didn't matter, Billy Chou still felt very guilty. Shooting martial arts films will inevitably hurt, and Billy Chow knows his skills and will definitely be injured if he goes down.
After this news came out, it immediately caused a lot of tremors, after all, Jet Li's influence at that time was very large. Zhou Billy is easy to hurt his opponent in every fight scene, and many martial arts stars bluntly say that they dare not shoot with him, which also brings a lot of distress to Zhou Billy.
As soon as the news came out, it caused a lot of shock. After all, Jet Li was very influential at that time. Billy Chow easily hurts his opponent in every play. Many martial arts stars bluntly say that they dare not shoot with him, which also brings a lot of distress to Billy Zhou.
In 1996, when filming the play "Kung Fu Kid Breaks into Love", at that time, Wu Jing was still a hairy boy. Wu Jing also won the national martial arts championship, and his strength should not be underestimated. At that time, Wu Jing was very brave and said directly: "Come really"
In order to make the fight scene more realistic, neither side was left behind. Zhou Billy, who played the King of the North Leg, did not control his strength, and used too much force to kick Wu Jing away. Of course, he didn't mean it, and as a martial arts star, injuries are not uncommon.
Wu Jing also said frankly afterwards: "Zhou Billy's boxing shot is very heavy and fast, but this is still after he deliberately lightened it, if he can, he does not want to oppose his role in the future."
In Billy Chow's heyday, almost no one dared to confront him. After 2007, Billy Chow stopped filming and almost disappeared in front of the public.'
Today's Zhou Billy has disappeared from the entertainment industry for many years and has returned to the life of ordinary people. Now Zhou Billy is 63 years old, his face is obviously much older, his hair and beard are gray, which can be said to be a big change.
Billy Chow is a very disciplined person. Although he rarely makes movies and TV series, he is very disciplined and still does not forget to exercise. He is not as fat and abdomen as other middle-aged people, and his body has always been very good.
Once a "villain", his fierce appearance is impressive, but now he looks kind and kind, and his strength and works are also remembered by many people.
He insists on what he loves, and also opens a martial arts coaching stadium in Hong Kong, and from time to time he will return to Hong Kong to teach boxing, train the next generation of boxing champions, and give back to the society. Zhou Billy's martial arts hall has now recruited more than 1,000 disciples, including Dillon's sons Tan Junyan and Wu Jianhao.