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On the set of 1997's "The Great General", a large group of people gathered around, only to see an actress spitting blood and shocking on the spot, and the "culprit" Zhou Billy looked dazed.
That's right, it was the "legendary" Zhou Billy who broke Jet Li's arm, kicked Wu Jing, and played against Jackie Chan and Hong Jinbao.
Later, the actress Yang Lijing was almost paralyzed by Billy Chow's kick and disappeared in the film circle.
Zhou Billy was completely unaware that his own kick had such great power that he later developed a kind of shadow: hit himself and let the horse come over; hit others, sincerely afraid.
And there is also a legend about him on the jianghu - he has not won in the movie, and he has not lost in reality.
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Billy Chow was born in Canada in 1958 and is a Chinese national.
When he was a child, Billy Chow was not as "strong" as he grew up, on the contrary, he was exceptionally weak.
Some doctors asserted that he did not live long, and as he grew up, he seemed to respond to the doctor's words, always taking three steps and coughing two steps.
The family was so distressed that they had to offer him meat for fear of a bump.
It happened that one day a friend of Billy Zhou's parents came to visit and broke the "prophecy" that Billy was frail and sick.
They looked at Zhou Billy with fiery eyes and found that under his miserable white face was actually the physique created by the child's lack of exercise.
As soon as Billy Chou's parents heard this, they recalled the boys of the other friends' families, which were very skinny, playful, and immediately believed in three points.
A friend who came to visit gave Billy Chow's parents an idea: "Do you want to send him to learn boxing?" Maybe if you practice this more, your body will get better. ”
Billy Chou's parents were living horse doctors, but they did not know the decision made at this moment, but they cultivated a kung fu master and showed their fists in the film and television circle.
At the age of 11, Billy Chow was sent to learn free boxing, and he had never been exposed to boxing, and he stared at the big grunting eyes and turned around curiously.
For the first time, he rejoiced at the reach, and after training, the coach discovered Billy Chow's innate talent.
"He should have eaten this bowl of rice." These were the words that Billy Chow's master, Frank, came up with at first sight of him.
Under the guidance of his master and the diligent practice of Zhou Billy, Zhou Billy gradually grew up, from a blind and disorderly student to an orderly and impeccable professional boxer.
At the age of 19, he competed in free-form wrestling competitions as a representative and won the world light, middle-weight free-fighting championship at the age of 24.
Three years later, he won the World Lightweight Free Fighting Championship.
Many people don't know what such a result means, and it is not easy for a player to win the championship after five years of competition.
What's even more rare is that within a few years, he has improved and maintained his gold medal record.
At that time, Zhou Billy was already standing on the top of the world, looking into the distance and thinking about the direction of the future.
And his future rival Hong Jinbao has become a famous director and won an Academy Award; Jet Li has just entered the film world and played a supporting role in Shaw films; Jackie Chan has become hot with various kung fu roles; Wu Jing is a teenage hairy boy.
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In 1985, just when Billy Chow was confused and felt that boxing could not support himself, Hong Jinbao's phone call came.
"How could Hong Jinbao come to me, impossible." When he heard that Hong Jinbao was looking for him, the first reaction in Zhou Billy's mind was this.
It is impossible, when the popular well-known director looks for him, the big luck is almost the same.
This idea was instantly punched in the face by a sentence from Hong Jinbao: "I am Hong Jinbao, are you interested in making movies?"
"Really?" Billy Chou still couldn't believe that the pie had really fallen from the sky?
As the old saying goes, there is no pie in the sky, only traps, but when a person has enough strength, the opportunity is the pie that falls from the sky and hits Chow Billy on the head.
Billy Chow said happily, "Okay, I'll try." Who would have thought that this attempt would open up his film and television career and attract the attention of kung fu superstars.
Hong Jinbao can be regarded as his "mentor", not only taking him into the film circle, but also teaching him to act and shoot.
At the beginning, Zhou Billy was like a novice xiaobai who was ready to break through the level, did not know how it felt to shoot the scene, and did not master the expressiveness of the shot.
With Hong Jinbao, he simply opened a new continent, Hong Jinbao strives to play well, and Zhou Billy is under great pressure.
As soon as Hong Jinbao saw his expression, he knew what he was thinking, and tried to make him relax with jokes: "You didn't hurt enough, did you hurt a little more, I can still do it."
Billy Zhou, who did not smile, was actually amused, waved his hand, and did it again.
The rivalry between the two men was extremely wonderful, and Billy Chow confessed: "Hong Jinbao is a very strong actor." Implication: Hong Jinbao is resistant to fighting, I play very cool!
Under the guidance of Hong Jinbao, Zhou Billy's acting skills have become more and more skilled, and he has successively starred in movies such as "Flying Dragon Fierce General" and "Street of Fire", and his popularity has increased, and his kung fu makes people see blood boiling.
Especially the action scene with Jackie Chan, an action "fancy", a fist to the flesh, burst out of the spark is also many.
Almost every fight scene of Billy Zhou can't help but be substituted for them, and they are terrified.
The charm of kung fu is vividly reflected in Billy Chow's body.
Therefore, after Hong Jinbao and Jackie Chan, there were big guys who "invited" Zhou Billy.
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Jet Li also could not escape the fate of "heroes pity each other", the two people had the opportunity to cooperate in a "Jingwu Hero", but unexpectedly, Zhou Billy sent him a "big gift".
No one has not seen the fight scene between Jet Li and Billy Chow, right?
Such a classic play is really rare to see, let's say that the current showbiz circle, almost nothing.
Watch once out of print and look less! You see, a kick, a roundabout, and the atmosphere between the two people of "you don't tolerate me, I don't tolerate you" is stirred up.
The two people are completely serious about fighting, and they can't see the feeling of stand-in and perfunctory, so they also contributed to us a film worth remembering.
But behind the sword rattling, it was really a hot fight, Zhou Billy hit the red eyes, did not pay attention, a foot broke Jet Li's arm.
This is not the most unusual, almost all of them have fought against Billy Chow - he is not a cruel person, he is a "werewolf".
In "Kung Fu Kid Breaks Through", he didn't control his strength and kicked Wu Jing away, and later Wu Jing proudly said: "Zhou Billy's boxing shot is very heavy, if you can, you don't want to fight him again."
Cruel to men, Billy Zhou is not merciful to women.
Actress Yang Lijing was kicked by Zhou Billy, her ligaments were completely broken, and she was almost paralyzed, and finally bid farewell to the show business circle.
Billy Zhou repeatedly "went too deep into the play", did not control the strength, helpless and guilty: "I am most afraid of fighting with others, because it will hurt each other." 」
Since then, the image of Zhou Billy's "master" has been passed ten times and ten times a hundred times, and almost everyone knows that Jet Li is not Zhou Billy's opponent.
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At this time, Zhou Xingchi smelled the wind and invited Zhou Billy to play a supporting role in the movie. Unfortunately, Billy Chow did not catch fire because of this.
Billy Zhou, who has been in the film circle for twenty years, seems to understand that such a taciturn person is not suitable for being an actor and a star.
Socializing and looking for dramas every day is not his ideal life, so he retired from the show business circle and returned to the professional game.
Some people don't understand, why do good guys suddenly go out and play games? Aren't they already world champions?
In the face of these remarks, Billy Zhou said frankly: "Taking advantage of the age when I can still fight, I will fight more." After getting old, I'm afraid I won't have this opportunity. ”
Life is all about having fun in time.
In 2002, he was the Iranian boxer of Zhou Billy Ko, in 2003 he was the thai boxer, and in 2004 he defeated the Thai boxer again.
The experience of returning to the field for three years made the later Weekly Belgium think back from time to time, the joy of fighting for honor and for themselves.
In 2007, Billy Chow starred in his last film in his life, "Love Sprinkles the Dragon Gate", and since then he has retired to focus on accompanying his family.
Billy Chow's wife is very low-key, and now the two of them share joy in Canada and spend their lives together.
They had been married for several years and did not have children of their own, but Billy Chow recognized a son and opened a restaurant.
Mr. and Mrs. Zhou Billy often gathered and chatted with their dry sons, and sometimes their dry sons brought their own children, and the Zhou Billy couple enjoyed the treatment of grandparents in advance.
Although Zhou Billy is 63 years old, he still insists on boxing and fitness, and if he has changed in recent years, he has become much softer.
In the past, he often played the villain, with a fierce face, but now he is gentle and peaceful.
Perhaps, carrying the "curse" of "not living long" since childhood, Zhou Billy has not been able to return home with pleasure and cannot do what he wants to do.
Fortunately, boxing "redeemed" him and lit up his once gray life.
This is why there is such a legendary Billy Chow.
Of all things in the world, only love can change the fate.