Uncrowned King! "Brother Crow" Zhang Yaoyang 60-year-old screen review

Today is the 60th birthday of a generation of classic villain "Brother Crow" Zhang Yaoyang.

Although he has not acted for many years, Zhang Yaoyang still has many treasures and treasures for Hong Kong film fans. "Follow the crow, three days hungry and nine meals", his villain image is still deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Take advantage of this day to review the first half of Brother Crow's life on the screen!

debuted, is a proud protégé of Mai Jia and Lin Lingdong; At the peak, it was the fixed team of Wang Jing and Liu Weiqiang; After the production cut, he is the royal favorite of Galaxy Du Qifeng, and he can be called a veritable movie giant.

and Chow Yun-fat and Leung Ka-fai several times, beating all over the golden statue movie kings; filmed with Maggie Cheung and Wang Zuxian on the screen, and became a famous Hua Dan in the film industry; Huang Qiusheng and Wu Zhenyu formed a group to walk the catwalk and support the rivers and lakes.

was publicly confessed by Xu Huaiyu, which made Huang Jiaqian's detective class discharge violently, made Deng Cuiwen praise her good figure, made Wang Ruolin turn into a little fan girl, and the MV album shot with the queen Na Ying was once a hot seller in Southeast Asia.

There is no Uranus superstar life, just a villain professional. What strength does he have, crazy with all the actor, not falling behind? Where is he charming, making many actresses feel good and praise?

Men are not bad, women are not loved; The worse the man, the more his kind is killed. Today, let's talk about this, the generalissimo in the villain's battalion and the vanguard in the evil team - Zhang Yaoyang.

On July 20, 1963, Zhang Yiuyang was born in Hong Kong. Due to his poor family, Zhang Yaoyang came from a social background after graduating from middle school, participated in the work, and worked as a cement worker, white-collar worker, model and other jobs.

One of the longest jobs was as an advertising model. He has been a part-time model since 1980 and later a full-time advertising model. Especially in the advertising of health food and sportswear, the results are particularly fruitful.

In 1985, Mak Dongxiong produced the movie "Happy Scene", Zhang Yaoyang ran tricks in the film. Although it was only a few seconds, he and the big screen have since formed an indissoluble bond.

In 1986, Yang Fan directed the movie "The Story of the Rose". The film not only allowed Chow Yun-fat to get rid of the title of box office poison, but also Maggie Cheung's first literary film.

In the film, Zhang Yaoyang plays Rose's little boyfriend. As a result, the best actor, the best actress, and the best villain in the Hong Kong film industry achieved their first encounter on the screen.

Fa and Yang Erjun cooperated for the first time, and when Brother Fa saw Yaoyang, he pounced on him and hugged him, and he still chanted in his mouth: How can there be such a beautiful boy with such a strong body?

At that time, Zhou Yunfa never imagined that this ordinary, young and white descendant in front of him would become his lifelong enemy on the big screen in the near future.

Not long after, New Art City began filming "Dragon and Tiger". Lin Lingdong invited his old classmate Chow Yun-fat and police and bandit film professional Li Xiuxian, and released advertisements to recruit new actors.

Among the many applicants, Lin Lingdong locked on Zhang Yaoyang at a glance: It's him, look at how flattering his face is! The next day, Zhang Yaoyang went to New Art City to officially sign a contract.

The 23-year-old Zhang Yaoyang acted as a villain for the first time, and he fought fiercely with the three major actors of Zhou Yunfa, Li Xiuxian and Sun Yue. Although the acting skills are slightly urgent, the momentum is quite strong.

"Dragon and Tiger" made Lin Lingdong extremely tain, helped Zhou Yunfa even Zhuang actor, and also let Zhang Yaoyang officially enter the film industry, opening the clarion call for his twenty-year villain career.

In 1987, Lin Lingdong began filming "Prison Storm". I planned to continue to use the Dragon and Tiger team, but unfortunately Li Xiuxian was pushed off due to scheduling problems, so Leung Ka Fai replaced him.

In "Prison Storm", the killer Xiong played by Zhang Yaoyang, who blocks murder and God blocks killing God, and the two major actor Chow Yun-fat and Leung Ka-fai play heartily, and does not fall behind at all.

In addition, he killed Cheng Kuian with a stick, crossed his eyebrows angrily at Huang Guangliang, unreasonably threatened He Jiaju, and leveled the three evil people at once, and Li Zhaogene did not participate in this film and survived.

With the role of killer, Zhang Yaoyang was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the 7th Academy Awards, and competed on the same stage with strong opponents such as He Jiaju, Tony Leung, Tsui Hark, Wu Ma, Huang Bin and so on.

Although he eventually defeated Tony Leung, Cheung Yiu-yang was firmly remembered by the audience with his fierce and vicious stylized performance, and won a place in the Hong Kong film industry of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

After "Prison Storm", Zhang Yaoyang's "notoriety" spread far and wide. Honest and loyal, he was chased and scolded by the old lady when he went out to buy vegetables: it was he who beat his brother, you see how fierce his eyes are!

I didn't regard making a movie as any glory, but I didn't expect the audience to enter the play too deeply. In order not to burden his family, he had to move out and live alone, when he was only 24 years old.

In 1988, after the successive great successes of "Dragon and Tiger" and "Prison Storm", Lin Lingdong started filming "School Storm", and Chow Yun-fat was absent due to schedule conflicts.

Due to the lack of expressiveness in the personalities of Liu Songren, Lin Zhengying, and Yuan Jieying, the domineering and fierce villain Xiao Dashing Brother instead supported the beams of the entire film.

Years later, the reporter asked him which movie he was most satisfied with? "School Vice". Which is your favorite character? Dashing brother. Who is the most desired director? Lin Lingdong.

Because of the sensitive subject matter, bloody picture, and the lack of big-name stars to help, "School Vice" was removed from theaters within a few days of its release, and was cut to more than 60 minutes by the Electricity Inspection Bureau.

The proud work was mercilessly castrated, the boss Mai Jia was also affected and lost, and director Lin Lingdong was hit hard, and he was once depressed, and since then the storm has been no longer violent and lost his soul.

In 1989, Lin Lingdong, Chow Yun-fat and Zhou Guozhong established the Silver Award Film Company. Director Lin gave up his best violent realism and switched to the romance film "Accompany Me to the End of the World".

After "Autumn Fairy Tale", the on-screen couple of Chow Yun-fat and Zhong Chuhong co-starred in literary films again. At the same time, the "Companion" film is also the fourth cooperation between Zhang Yaoyang and Brother Fa.

Seeing that Zhang Yaoyang played the villain at a young age and was accused by a thousand women, the boss Mai Jia may be unbearable and unconscionable, so he began to help this love to change evil and return to the right.

In 1989, Zhang Yaoyang cooperated with Chow Yun-fat for the fifth time, starring in the gangster movie "My Days in the Underworld". Yaoyang played a rare decent role, playing the male number two for the first time.

This film is the first set of tertiary films for Fa and Yang. Due to Brother Fa's strong box office appeal, the film also became the third-level box office champion before the advent of "Secret Love Treasure".

Since "The Story of the Rose", Yaoyang and Zhou Yunfa have clashed several times and are one of the male stars who have cooperated with Brother Fa the most. "Prison 2" is the last time Erjun was seen on the screen.

When recalling the filming time with Brother Fa on the set, Yaoyang said: Often after filming and leaving, I will be very worried and think about whether the next set of scenes will be filmed with Zhou Yunfa.

At the end of 1991, New Art City Pictures officially disintegrated. "Barbaric Fairy Tale", produced by Mai Jia and starring Zhang Yaoyang, has also become the last movie in New Art City in ten years.

After the completion of the new art city, its artists dispersed. Zhang Yaoyang did not sign an agency like other actors. He personally handles all the work, relying on the fame and strength accumulated in the past few years, and various film contracts are also endless.

and Stephen Chow cooperated in "Love Saint", "Truant Weilong", starred with Andy Lau in "Heroes" and "Impact on the Protégé of the Son of Heaven", and co-starred with Jacky Cheung and Liming in "Monster City"... In just two years, Yaoyang and the first-line students have cooperated almost completely.

In addition, the frustrated Lin Lingdong produced "Fierce Ghosts Invasion of the Underworld" and participated in the production of "The Little Knife Club of the Heroic Land", starring his apprentice Zhang Yaoyang. Although the storm is no longer and the company is closed, this mentor-apprentice relationship in the film industry has never been interrupted for many years.

In 1992, Zhang Yaoyang and actress Maggie Cheung co-starred in the romantic film "White Rose". This is also the second time the two have met after "The Story of the Rose".

Although the film is inconspicuous among Maggie Cheung's many literary and artistic masterpieces, it is a rare literary and artistic film in Zhang Yaoyang's film career.

"Zhang Sheng, you have to talk about collocation when you watch a play, when have you ever seen a play that is Maggie Zhang with Zhang Yaoyang?" Maggie's line expresses the bitterness and helplessness of Yaoyang's villain career over the years.

"I also want to be Li Ka-shing and Zhang Junxia, everyone has a different path, I want to go my own way." Who doesn't want to be Chow Yun-fat and Andy Lau? But he can only do his duty.

As an actor, there are so few things to choose from. Fortunately, since his debut, although Yaoyang rarely plays a decent protagonist, he can be called the most popular character of the villain.

In 1993, Zhang Yaoyang joined Wang Jing Studio and starred in "Newcomer Skin Lantern" with Leung Ka Fai and Qiu Shuzhen. The film also opened up the seamless cooperation between him and Liu Weiqiang for more than ten years.

In 1994, Liu Weiqiang directed "New Marginal People", starring Jacky Cheung, Leung Ka Fai and Zhang Yaoyang. This unpopular masterpiece is not only the highlight of Xueyou's acting skills, but also regarded as the prototype of Infernal Affairs.

In the same year, Yonggao boss Roger Cheng was his friend "The Tiger of Wan Chai" Chen Yaoxing, and started filming the biopic "Drunken Dream Death of the Tiger of Wan Chai", inviting Ren Dahua, Zhang Yaoyang, Liu Qingyun and Yin Yangming to star.

In addition, Chen Yaoxing's girlfriend Chen Miaoying, Luo Jiecheng's girlfriend Chen Jialing, Anita Mui's ex-boyfriend Lin Guobin and other relevant characters of real events are also real dramas and fakes, and the film has achieved a high degree of restoration.

In 1995, Zhang Yaoyang starred in the gangster film "Tsim Tung Double Tiger", the character prototype is Tsim Tung Tiger Zhonghu Huang Jun and Tsim Tsim Tung Tiger Du Lianshun. And Huang Jun's daughter Huang Yiwen is now also a friend of Yaoyang.

In the mid-90s, Hong Kong films declined as a whole, and most supporting actors and villains chose to change careers. Zhang Yaoyang did not fade with the times, but miraculously ushered in the second spring.

Just because of one role that pushed his career to a new peak, this role is: East Star's chief male model, senior consultant of the table, and now an Internet celebrity who is still active on major platforms - Brother Crow.

In 1996, "The Man of the Confused Boy" was born and won a miracle box office in the sluggish Hong Kong film market. Within a year, Liu Weiqiang struck while the iron was hot and pushed three episodes in a row.

Zhang Yaoyang played the villain Crow in "Covering the Sky with One Hand", breaking through the past ten years of drama, overwhelming the protagonists, and acting the film into a one-man show.

Zhang Yaoyang shaped the crow, and the crow also made Zhang Yaoyang. The crow has become the supreme cult in the history of Hong Kong films, and Yaoyang has also gone against the current and ushered in the peak of his film career.

This year, he starred in "Mong Kok Vice" and "Go! Smoked the Man Corps" and many other movies on the theme of Confused Boy, and was nominated for "Mong Kok" to criticize the actor of the Society.

In 1997, Zhang Yaoyang continued to serve as the villain - Lei Yaoyang in "The Invincible Battle of the Confused Boy". Playing the villain until the name is put in, which is also a curious story in the history of Hong Kong films.

Only this time, in order to prevent the protagonist's aura from being suppressed again, Liu Weiqiang and Wen Jun deliberately compressed the villain scenes, and Ben Lei Hu Yaoyang had to exude charming charm in the short scene.

In 1998, Liu Weiqiang directed "Wind and Clouds Dominate the World", Zhang Yaoyang put down the butcher knife, stood on the ground to become a Buddha, and played the Shaolin monk Shi Wuzun in the film. The film was also the box office champion that year.

In the same year, Chen Jiashang and Lin Chaoxian directed "Beast Criminal Police", Zhang Yaoyang, together with Huang Qiusheng, Li Cansen, Tan Yaowen and others, supported the thin script with his excellent acting skills.

In 1999, at the critical juncture of Galaxy Image, Du Qifeng summoned Zhang Yaoyang, Wu Zhenyu, Ren Dahua, Lu Songxian and a group of low-quality and inexpensive powerful people to start filming "Gunfire" to protect Lu Xun.

To Qifeng's strategizing directing skills, coupled with the free acting skills of several actors, took only 19 days to complete the shooting. Zhang Yaoyang also won the Golden Bauhinia Award for Best Supporting Actor for his restrained performance.

For the nobles in the film career, Zhang Yaoyang said: Lin Lingdong single-handedly held me, Liu Weiqiang gave me a lot of job opportunities, and Du Qifeng let me win the first award in my life, of course, I am very grateful to them.

After "Gunfire", although Zhang Yaoyang is not a big hit, he is also famous. Na Ying, a diva of the mainland music scene, contacted him through a Hong Kong friend and invited him to shoot three single MVs such as "Willing to Gamble and Lose".

And Taiwanese civilian diva Xu Huaiyu regarded him as an idol. At the 37th Golden Horse Awards ceremony, she publicly confessed on stage: Zhang Yaoyang, I love you! Mom, did you see that? I'm so happy!

In 2000, Wong Kar-wai directed "In the Mood for Love", Maggie Cheung invited Yaoyang to play Su Lizhen's husband in the film. Maggie wanted to fly with her friends, but she didn't expect the sunglasses to cut them off.

In the finished film, the director left only his back and voice to perform. Nevertheless, it is also Zhang Yaoyang's luck and honor to be fortunate enough to participate in the highlight of such a Chinese-language film.

After "In the Mood for Love", Zhang Yaoyang cooperated with Lin Chaoxian for the second time, and Leung Ka-fai, Huang Qiusheng, Zeng Zhiwei, Wu Junru and other movie queens, starred in the gangster comedy movie "Jianghu is in a Hurry"

The name is "Jianghu is urgent", which is actually "Jianghu Jijiao". In the film, Zhang Yaoyang actually played a bodyguard who had a crush on his boss, and was also nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the 20th Academy Awards.

In the same year, "Confused Boy" ushered in the final chapter "The Winner is King". Zhang Yaoyang continued to play a traitor in the film, realizing the miracle of human medicine in the same series of borrowing corpses for souls and dying and living.

In less than a year, Zhang Yaoyang moved to the set of major directors such as To Qifeng, Wong Kar-wai, Lin Chaoxian, Liu Weiqiang, etc., which is enough to show that the cost performance of this diamond supporting role is too high.

In 2002, probably in order to comfort the wounded heart who was deleted by Wong Kar-wai, Liu Zhenwei invited Zhang Yaoyang to star in the Zedong comedy - "Unparalleled in the World".

In this film, Zhang Yaoyang let go of his cold and murderous villain idol baggage, playing the thousand-handed Rulai Zuo Lengchan who was terrified in the rivers and lakes and everyone was beaten.

Zuo Lengchan, who has a blue nose and a swollen face, is on the beam of the room, telling a serious and aggrieved history of blood and tears who were bullied by the little bully brothers and sisters, and has also become a classic.

In 2003, Liu Weiqiang launched the sequel to "Infernal Affairs" - "Infernal Affairs 2". In the film, Zhang Yaoyang plays Ni Yongxiao's bodyguard - Luo Jixian.

According to Liu Weiqiang: In fact, there was no particularly suitable for Zhang Yaoyang's role, but as soon as he stood there, there would be an atmosphere in the film, and I just needed him to stand there.

In contrast, Mak Zhaohui was very timid, seeing Yaoyang standing there without saying a word, he was very afraid of the crow's might, so he discussed with Liu Weiqiang: Or give him a few lines!

However, Zhang Yaoyang himself insisted: if there are three people standing on the stage, the one who does not speak must be the most eye-catching. Sure enough, the character did not say a word the whole time, but it was quite eye-catching.

Zhang Yaoyang was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the Chinese Film Media Awards for the role of Luo Ji, and the industry spoke highly of his performance: he won the wind without saying a word.

In 2005, Du Qifeng once again convened Zhang Yaoyang and Wu Zhenyu, Lin Xue, Ren Dahua and other "Gunfire" teams to start filming a sister story - "Banishment".

A group of good performers, carrying half of the Hong Kong gangster films, completed the filming with a playful mentality throughout the filming. In the end, we walked on the red carpet of the Venice Film Festival together, so beautiful!

Director Du said: "We must be very careful when shooting men's love films, and it is easy to misunderstand if they are not handled well. Fortunately, Zhenyu, Qiusheng, and Zhang Yaoyang are all good actors and have a good grasp of the character's personality. ”

Since 2003, Zhang Yaoyang has traveled to the mainland and Taiwan to shoot TV dramas in order to hone his acting skills. He has filmed idol dramas such as "Love White Paper", "Love Frenzia", "My Wulin Boyfriend", "Tutoring Diva", and has also starred in treasure-hunting dramas such as "Tanglin Thief" and "Luoguxiang".

In 2008, 45-year-old Zhang Yaoyang was filming "Luoguxiang" in the mainland, due to overwork, the disc fell off his waist, causing serious back injuries, and he was unable to take care of himself for a while, but fortunately Chen Xiaochun, Mo Shaocong and other insiders helped take care of it. When it hurts the most, I even want to jump off the balcony and end my life.

Because of this, since then, Zhang Yaoyang has almost disappeared from the Hong Kong film scene. The last two films are "Butterfly Fly" directed by To Qifeng in 09 and "Big Talk" directed by Liu Zhenwei in 10 years.

In order to make ends meet, under the introduction of a friend, he entered the Macau gaming industry, put down the aura of stardom, and started from the bottom stacker. After years of hard work, he has now shares in a number of companies and has become the owner of a gambling hall.

In addition to Macau's gaming industry, Cheung Yiu-yang has also gone to the mainland to invest in bars and real estate businesses. More than half a hundred years old, although like ordinary people, they are still working for a few taels of silver, but they are finally old and have no worries about food and clothing.

Zhang Yaoyang said frankly that he often received film contracts and interviews after the film, but they were all pushed off one by one. First, there is no suitable script, second, the back injury has not fully recovered, and the third has faded out of the entertainment industry for many years, and it is not so easy to return.

In the past year or two, Zhang Yaoyang has not only appeared at the gathering of friends in the circle, but also often seen his dedication to charity in poor areas of the mainland.

34 years since his debut, throughout the history of Zhang Yaoyang's film career, it is a Hong Kong film luxury film list. The characters are all classics, and the film department is a masterpiece.

When asked why he can play the villain supporting role so brilliantly, Zhang Yaoyang replied: No matter what the role, I will play it as the protagonist.

Today, although Zhang Yaoyang is not in the rivers and lakes, the rivers and lakes are full of his legends, memes, and wonderful clips. Conclude with the evaluation of him in the tenth screening room of CCTV:

Although Zhang Yaoyang has not won any actor honors, with his unique acting skills and extreme play, he has become a well-deserved uncrowned king in the eyes of the audience.