Recently, a hot search for "Jackie Chan choked up to talk about the situation of action actors" caused heated discussions among netizens.
It turned out that in the backstage interview of the movie "Dragon Horse Spirit", the 70-year-old Jackie Chan talked about the situation of action actors, and he was once distressed to tears.
He said he had been hoping to find a second Jackie Chan, but the current market environment simply wouldn't allow it. No matter how good they work and how hard they try, they can't resist a good-looking face.
In today's film and television environment, there will be no boss to invest in good action actors, they will only find handsome people, even if they are useless, but rely on martial arts stand-ins to still earn a lot of money.
Finally, Jackie Chan said distressedly: "I really hope that these good action actors can be seen, and I look forward to returning to the glory days of the past." ”
Once upon a time, martial arts action movies were widely loved by everyone, so a group of kung fu stars were born. So, what happened to the kung fu superstars who are the idols of a generation?
Jackie chan
Jackie Chan, who grew up in poverty, did not like to read, only liked to fight, and even dropped out of school after a year of primary school and returned home.
Although Jackie Chan is not a material for reading, he is very good at martial arts and can endure hardships.
At that time, in order to get the opportunity to run tricks in the movie, Jackie Chan was quite desperate, "do the actions that others dare not do, jump the building that others dare not jump." ”
In this way, relying on the spirit of the desperate 13 Lang, Jackie Chan gradually rose to prominence in the Hong Kong circle, and successfully went to Hollywood and became an internationally renowned kung fu superstar.
Over the years, Jackie Chan has made countless popular kung fu movies, and also won the Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2016, becoming the pride of the Chinese people.
Although Jackie Chan is a high-ranking martial arts superstar, there are many problems in his private life, and he confessed in his autobiography that he did all kinds of things that hurt his family.
But because Jackie Chan dares to introspect himself, coupled with his super high national status, he is still respected.
Today, Jackie Chan, who is almost 70 years old, has a face full of folds and loose hair, like an old man. In fact, with Jackie Chan's worth, he could have retired and supported his days a long time ago, but he still worked hard to shoot movies, even if he was injured and fell off the horse, he persevered, and his professionalism was admirable.
Jet li
When he was young, Jet Li was like a saying: obviously you can rely on appearance, but you have to rely on strength.
When he first debuted, Jet Li participated in the movie "Shaolin Temple" and quickly became an overnight celebrity and became a kung fu superstar in Asia.
Since then, Jet Li has starred in a number of well-known kung fu movies, such as the "Wong Fei Hong" series and the "Fang Shiyu" series, establishing his status in Chinese kung fu action films.
At the end of the last century, Jet Li began to break into Hollywood, contributing a lot of wonderful martial arts scenes in many Hollywood movies such as "Cradle of Death" and "Deadly Romeo", and was once again canonized.
However, he was injured and even disabled due to years of hard filming, his health has long deteriorated, and the movies shot in the later period have achieved average results, and at the age of about 40, Jet Li slowly chose to retire to the entertainment industry.
Since then, Jet Li has mainly engaged in public welfare undertakings and established the One Foundation, which was originally a good deed, but he was exposed to embezzlement of 300 million yuan from the One Foundation, plus his foreign status, which once made a fuss.
Today, Jet Li has been living abroad for a long time, because he overdrew his body when he was young, Jet Li, who is only in his fifties, looks like an old man, with loose hair, silver hair, and a thick neck due to severe hyperthyroidism, very haggard. So much so that he is often passed away.
Recently, after Michelle Yeoh won the Oscar for Best Actress, Jet Li went to congratulate him, his appearance has long been unrecognizable, he has been blessed a lot, and his state is still average. It seems that the days when he has been fighting the disease, Jet Li is also quite hard.
Donnie
Donnie Yen followed his parents to the United States in his early years, but he grew up watching Hong Kong martial arts movies, and he aspired to become a kung fu superstar like Bruce Lee from a young age.
Although Donnie Yen has practiced martial arts since he was a child and his skills are very solid, because his acting skills are too general, it has always been difficult to get out of the circle after shooting many kung fu films, and he has been marginalized in the entertainment industry.
Later, Donnie Yen "loaned" to shoot the movies "SS People, Dancing" and "The Legend of Wolf Warrior", but still no audience was willing to buy it, and he was deeply shocked by this and felt that he was not suitable to be a filmmaker.
When Huang Baiming's "Ip Man" was filmed, Donnie Yen was 45 years old, and he was very unpopular with the outside world because of his low price and no name. Unexpectedly, he became famous with his wonderful martial arts scenes and became a new generation of kung fu superstars.
In 2012, Donnie Yen was once caught in a controversy in public opinion because of the scolding war caused by the co-production of a movie with Zhao Wenzhuo. But this incident actually had little impact on Donnie Yen, and his "Ip Man" series continued to be filmed, and the salary also rose from 3 million to hundreds of million.
A while ago, Donnie Yen was interviewed by the British edition of "GQ", and his patriotic remarks were widely praised. Recently, he was pleased to mention his status as a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in Hong Kong, and was considered a patriotic representative of promoting the Chinese spirit and Chinese martial arts.
Zhao Wenzhuo
Born into a martial arts family, Zhao Wenzhuo won the national wushu championship very early. He was going to take the road of traditional martial arts, but he was accidentally chosen by the crew of "Fang Shiyu" and stepped into the entertainment industry since then.
Subsequently, Zhao Wenzhuo was deeply appreciated by director Tsui Hark with his professional attitude and solid martial arts skills, and Tsui Hark directly created a series of movies for him to help him grow in the entertainment industry. But Zhao Wenzhuo has always only failed to explode with a small fire, and his development is mediocre.
At the end of the last century, with the decline of Hong Kong films, Zhao Wenzhuo returned to the mainland to shoot various commercial films, which also consumed his martial arts aura.
In 2012, Zhao Wenzhuo was attacked by public opinion during the battle with Donnie Yen, and his resources have been greatly affected since then. In recent years, Zhao Wenzhuo can only take on variety shows and online movies, which is embarrassing.
However, Zhao Wenzhuo relied on filming in his early years to accumulate a lot of wealth, and the family lived a very luxurious and enjoyable life.
Wu Jing
At the age of 6, Wu Jing began to practice martial arts at Beijing Shichahai Sports School, studying under the gold medal coach Wu Bin, who is the same division as Donnie Yen and Jet Li.
However, when he was 20 years old, he was injured in an accident and was forced to quit the wushu team and switched careers to do small business for a while. Later, Wu Bin couldn't bear to let Wu Jing's martial arts skills be wasted, and introduced him to star in "Kung Fu Kid Breaks Through Love", officially stepping into the entertainment industry.
After that, Wu Jing became popular in the mainland with "Grandmaster Taiji", but Wu Jing can still only take on some supporting roles, and has nowhere to show his kung fu.
It was not until 2005 that Wu Jing participated in "Kill the Wolf" and gradually gained a foothold in the film industry. Subsequently, Wu Jing filmed big movies with both word-of-mouth and box office ratings such as "Wolf Warrior", "The Wandering Earth" and "King Kong River", firmly sitting on the throne of a first-line kung fu superstar.
Today, Wu Jing has become China's first star with a box office of more than 30 billion, and the limelight is strong. The love between him and his wife Xie Nan is also envied by many people, and he is simply a winner in life.
Zhang Jin
Born in Chongqing, Zhang Jin mainly worked as a martial arts instructor and stuntman in Yuan Heping's "Yuan Family Class" in his early years.
But at that time, Zhang Jin was not satisfied with being only a stand-in and began to hone his acting skills. Since 2000, Zhang Jin has gradually begun to shift from behind the scenes to in front of the screen, playing supporting roles in many dramas such as "Shuiyue Dongtian" and "Xiao Shiyilang". However, due to the limitation of appearance, Zhang Jin has always been difficult to catch fire and is remembered.
In 2014, Zhang Jincai became famous for the movie "A Generation of Grandmasters", and won the best supporting actor at the 33rd Hong Kong Academy Awards for the role of "Ma San".
After that, Zhang Jin starred in blockbusters such as "Ip Man 3" and gradually became a new generation of kung fu superstars.
With his career going well, his emotional road is even smoother. Although everyone was initially not optimistic about the combination of strong women and weak men between him and Cai Shaofen, they proved that they were happy with their actions.
However, Zhang Jin also said that if there is no good script, he may not act again.
Nowadays, the martial arts industry has a serious gap in actors, and there is a lack of good young actors to inherit. But the decline of the industry is actually caused by many reasons, the poor market environment has led to the expulsion of bad money, and more and more young people want to make quick money instead of suffering.
Therefore, if Chinese martial arts movies want to regain their former glory, it is not enough to rely on one Wu Jing.