48-year-old Zhang Jin was injured while filming! Last year's action movies failed miserably at the box office, and his words were too embarrassing

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48-year-old Zhang Jin was injured in an action movie, and looking at the photos he sent, the injury was not light.

But in the photo, he still fought hard and compared a victorious "yes" to the camera.

As an action movie actor, it is simply impossible to make an action movie without getting hurt.

The difference may simply be that the size and severity of the injury can be life-threatening if not careful. This time, Zhang Jin posted a picture and said: "Filming action scenes, inevitable things will inevitably happen." ”

Looking at the photo, Zhang Jin's injury this time is still relatively serious: his left foot is in a heavy plaster, his hand also has obvious blood-red scars, and his nose is also inserted into a catheter for oxygen.

Zhang Jin's wife Cai Shaofen revealed that her husband has completed surgery and is currently recovering, and friends in the circle have also left messages to send greetings, wishing him a speedy recovery.

Some fans commented distressedly below: "You can't fight like this. As a result, Zhang Jin's reply was very emotional, he said: "I know, but I can't fight it."

The four words "don't fight, can't do it" speak Zhang Jin's heart, and also reveal the difficulty of Chinese action movie actors - ordinary actors rely on their faces and acting skills, and action movie actors must also come up with beautiful and attractive kung fu, or actions, in addition to these two things.

Some people may say: you can use a stand-in.

But the real action movie actor, action movie star, which one can bear the title of "action movie actor" just by relying on a stand-in?

Jackie Chan was almost killed when filming, and Wu Jing was also photographed in a wheelchair many times, and their achievements and status were all played by real kung fu.

This time, Jackie Chan promoted the new film "Dragon Horse Spirit", referring to the pain left by so many years of making action movies, he said: "I know that one day I will be in a wheelchair or on crutches, and this is how we do it." ”

Not to mention the action movie actors with professional backgrounds, even Nicholas Tse, who has no martial arts skills and wants to make a good action movie, cannot just compare it, or just find a stand-in to do it.

A while ago, when shooting the new film "Customs Front", Nicholas Tse also posted a picture of his injured hand, which not only had scars on his hands, but also deformed his finger joints.

Because, if you want to shoot an action movie, the presentation of stand-ins and special effects is obviously not real with the actor's own personal participation.

Think about why 60-year-old Tom, making spy war movies, is still working his own? Because he is already a superstar, he also knows that acting as a stand-in and acting by himself are completely two effects.

Zhang Jin once said in an interview that "filming martial arts scenes will have different degrees of accidents", when asked if they are all borrowed to shoot scenes, he immediately denied it, saying: "Everything is borrowed out, then how can it hurt?" ”

Another point, if you want to make an attractive action movie, where can you earn money by stand-ins?

Why does Zhang Jin "not fight, can't do it"?

48-year-old Zhang Jin, who will be 49 years old in 1 month, as a martial arts athlete-turned-action actor, Zhang Jin is already an actor at the top of the pyramid in the industry in the mainland, but he has not yet become an action movie superstar who can support a movie alone.

Last year, he made an action movie, the name is only one word different from Wu Jing's "Wolf Warrior" series, called "Wolf Pack".

The poster of "Wolf Pack" seems to be imitating Wu Jing's "Wolf Warrior 2", the male protagonists of the poster are holding guns, the slogan on "Wolf Warrior 2" is "Those who violate my Chinese are far away", and the poster slogan of "Wolf Pack" is "If anyone offends me, I will offend".

But not everyone has Wu Jing's good luck, or fate, to stand at the peak of the box office with a movie and become a first-line superstar.

The poster of "Wolf Pack" is imitated, not "Wolf Warrior 2", the film cost more than 100 million, but after its release last year, the box office was only more than 20 million, becoming one of the box office tragedies of the movie in 2022.

With the same fate as "Wolves", there are also Zhao Wenzhuo and Donnie Yen, who are also actors in action movies -

The movie "Tattoo" starring Zhao Wenzhuo cost 50 million yuan to produce and only more than 1 million at the box office.

Donnie Yen's transformation movie "Search and Rescue" starred in the box office was less than 20 million, a huge loss of 193 million, so that this non-action film in which he put away his fists and feet was not recognized by the audience.

are all martial arts athletes, and are good brothers, Zhao Wenzhuo should be able to understand Zhang Jin better, after Zhang Jin posted a photo of his injury, Zhao Wenzhuo also left a message to send greetings.

On the one hand, the audience has high requirements for action movies and action movie actors, if it can't capture the audience's heart, it may be a big loss, on the other hand, the more grim reality is: the current domestic action movie actors are about to lose their career.

As Zhang Jin said, "if you don't fight, you can't do it", which is equivalent to revealing the shortness of action movies.

The stars of kung fu movies who have become famous are middle-aged and elderly: Jackie Chan is 69 years old, Donnie Yen is 59 years old, Zhao Wenzhuo is 50 years old, and Wu Jing just passed his 49th birthday.

Jackie Chan also lamented some time ago that he could not find a successor, and once choked up.

Zhang Jin, who was once considered to be the successor of action movies, is actually not young.

Zhang Jin is also about to be 49 years old, although he has won a lot of attention and affirmation with "A Generation of Grandmasters", "Kill the Wolf 2" and "Ip Man 3", and won the Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Supporting Actor with "A Generation of Grandmasters", but he is still far from an action movie superstar.

Time does not wait for anyone, acting skills may be able to improve with age, but the physical cost required to make action movies is going downhill, which is a problem that action movie actors have to face.

If you don't fight again, when will you have to wait?

Therefore, seeing Zhang Jindu already injured and lying on the hospital bed, still saying "if you don't fight, you can't do it", it is really too emotional.

Action movies need this kind of persistence and more real people, but Zhang Jin is almost fifty, where have the young people gone?