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He is internationally recognized as the first beautiful man in Asia, with a face that meets the aesthetic standards of both the East and the West, not only that, but he is also the second Chinese star to go to the world after Bruce Lee.
But what people don't know is that his life is not glamorous, it can be called the realistic version of Cheng Dieyi, he is Zunlong, an abandoned world superstar!
Childhood
Zun Long was born on October 13, 1952, in that poor era, as a baby, Zun Long was abandoned in Hong Kong, never saw his parents, but fortunately he was adopted by a disabled woman from Shanghai, but the adoptive mother was physically disabled, the education level is not high, it is difficult to find a suitable job, and the meal is also eaten but not the next meal.
After becoming famous, he recalled his childhood life and said: "When I was a child, my idea was very simple, I was satisfied with a bowl of rice, half a salted egg, or a little soy sauce, a full meal, and a place to sleep. "It can be seen how miserable the Zun Long was in childhood, but he was not defeated by these.
At the age of 10, Zun Long was sent to the Spring and Autumn Opera Society in Hong Kong to learn Peking Opera, where he was taught by Ms. Dao Madan Pink Chrysanthemum, and has been eating and living in the troupe ever since. The first Peking Opera he starred in was "Sun Wukong Haunting the Sea Dragon King".
In the drama club, Zunlong is often bullied by other students because of his appearance like a half-breed and his fatherless and motherless background, and even gives Zunlong the nickname "Little Mongrel".
It's hard to imagine how helpless a teenager should be in the face of such insults, but Zun Long can only secretly lick the wounds of his mind and body by himself, because Zun Long relies only on himself, and only by relying on himself can he survive in the cruel world.
After eight years in the drama club, Zunlong experienced the heat of the world, the malice of children is bottomless, Zunlong was bullied and always had large and small scars, and the most serious one, Zunlong was seriously injured.
But he didn't have the money to see a doctor, so he eventually found a tailor shop, sterilized the needle and directly stitched the wound without the effect of anesthetic, and in the face of abuse and beatings from other trainees, Zun Long also thought about escaping the drama club.
When he really left the drama club, he found that he really had nowhere to go, and in desperation he could only return to the drama club, and the turning point happened when Zun Long was 18 years old.
At the age of 18, God finally opened a window for Zunlong, and an American couple watched Zunlong's performance, thinking that Zunlong had a talent for acting, and his deep face and unique temperament were very suitable for the development of Hollywood.
But Zunlong has no money, the income from the performance will not be sent to Zunlong's hands, the couple enthusiastically funded Zunlong's travel expenses to the United States when they learned that Zunlong had no money to support themselves to go to the United States, Zunlong's fate began to change, not so much that the god of luck began to pay attention to him, but that the results of his efforts were finally discovered.
After coming to the United States, in order to survive, Zun Long worked various hard part-time jobs during the day and studied English at night to ensure that he could survive in the United States. In the United States, Zun Long not only learned English, he also studied ballet and theater performance, which is why we can always feel a special temperament in him.
Some time later, he was admitted to the American Drama Academy Los Angeles, where he received formal acting training. But this does not mean that Zun Long can perform, he still needs to try a lot of plays, just to get a trick script, Zun Long is not discouraged by this, but feels that it is a grind. Almost also approached him in the efforts of Zun Long again and again.
In 1976, the 24-year-old Zun Long officially debuted as a Chinese chef in the adventure film "King Kong: Legendary Rebirth", although the time to appear was only a few tens of seconds, but it gave Zun Long hope.
Two years later, Zun Long played a valet in the western comedy TV movie Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid, directed by Bert Kennedy.
A year after the Western comedy TV movie "Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid", Zunlong co-starred with Harvey Koeman and Fred Willart in the comedy "American Madness". Zun Long began to enter the public eye.
In 1980, Iwamatsu Nobu discovered Zunlong and also saw Zunlong's exercise strength, so he invited Zunlong to star in the stage play "F.O.B." written by Huang Zhelun.
Because of his appearance in the stage play "F.O.B.", Zunlong developed a strong interest in stage plays. In 1981, Zun Long directed and acted in the stage play "Railway and Dance", in addition to which he was also responsible for the choreography and composition of the play.
In the same year, Zun Long won the 25th Obie Award for Best Performance for "F.O.B." and "Railroad and Dance", and in 1983, he once again wrote, directed and acted in the stage play "Sound and Beauty", which gained more attention.
Period of development
In 1984, at this time, Zunlong had been debuting for eight years, and Zunlong ushered in the first script of the protagonist - the sci-fi film "40,000 Years of the Iceman", Zunlong played a primitive person without dialogue in the play, although there were no lines, but he used his eyes and expressions to shape the role very successfully, and therefore attracted the attention of many famous directors.
Following the movie "40,000 Years of the Iceman", Zun Long starred in the crime action film "Year of the Dragon", which was directed by Michael Simino, the 51st Academy Awards Best Picture Award, in which Zun Long played a gangster boss,
The three-dimensional and charming interpretation of the role was shortlisted for the Best Supporting Actor Award at the 43rd American Film and Television Golden Globe Awards for "Year of the Dragon". This award has allowed many people to know this excellent actor, and Zunlong's acting career has a qualitative mutation.
In 1987, the feature film "Dragon in the World" starring Wendy Hughes and Steve Jacob premiered at the 40th Cannes International Film Festival, and Zun Long's career entered a climax.
In the same year, he played Aisin Gioro Puyi in the biopic "The Last Emperor" directed by Bernardo Bertolucci ; The film is the first film in history to be allowed to enter the Forbidden City in Beijing, and also won nine awards including the Best Picture Award at the 60th Academy Awards, with which Zun Long was shortlisted for the 45th American Film and Television Golden Globe Award for Best Drama Film Actor Award.
In the following years, he starred in the historical film "Brilliant Times", the Japanese romance film "Dragon in China", and the gay love movie "Butterfly Jun" starring Jeremy Irons, and Zun Long played the famous Peking Opera star Song Liling who exuded a strong oriental atmosphere.
Everyone should be no stranger to "Butterfly Jun", Zun Long played an oriental drama actor Song Liling in film and television, he performed the drama Madame Butterfly in male and female costumes, in the play diplomat Gao Renni was deeply attracted to Song Liling, and the two became husband and wife.
Tragedy also struck. Song Liling stayed by Gao Renni's side for a purpose, even if Song Liling was also moved by Gao Renni later, but the difference in positions between the two doomed to tragedy.
Finally, in court, Gao Renni saw Song Liling in a suit and knew that Song Liling was a real man, and what he didn't expect was that his "wife" had been using her position to transmit secret documents.
Gao Renni was put in a prison car, and this time Song Liling took off her clothes in front of him for the first time, and Gao Renni finally saw Song Liling's man's body.
In the end, Gao Renni played Madame Butterfly in prison, imagined himself as Song Liling's wife and committed suicide in prison, and the story ended. Gao Renni's love for Song Liling shocked the audience.
And the audience was also deeply impressed by Zunlong's excellent performance in the play, Zunlong's demeanor as an oriental woman, voice talking, and body movements have the characteristics of oriental women, which will not make people play at all. Zunlong's acting skills and appearance can be said to have conquered the world.
In addition, Zun Long has also starred in many excellent works, and has also cooperated with Jackie Chan, Gu Juji, and Karen Mok. He has won awards such as the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 11th Capri Hollywood International Film Festival and the Chinese Museum Heritage Award in the United States.
He was selected by People magazine as one of the "50 most beautiful people in the world", in addition, he also enjoys the reputation of "the first beautiful man in Asia".
Zun Long has deep and three-dimensional facial features, now also known as the thick face handsome guy, both the feminine face of the East, and the three-dimensional bone sense of the West, and the face of the combination of East and West makes him loved by many people internationally.
Even Lin Qingxia and Wang Zuxian were impressed by Zunlong's appearance, and once joked that they were fans of Zunlong, and Lin Qingxia also stayed up late to play mahjong with him in order to see Zunlong, although he still had a scene to perform the next morning.
In 2007, the costume light comedy "Kangxi Microservice Private Interview 5" starring with Wen Bixia was broadcast, with Zun Long playing the Kangxi Emperor, and in the same year, the action thriller "Ranger" starring with Jet Li and Jason Statham was released, Zun Long played the gangster boss Chang, and then, faded out of the film industry and no longer participated in the filming of film and television dramas.
Zunlong's works are not many but have won many awards, it can be seen that Zunlong is finely grinding his works, too similar works he will not appear a second time, there are not many works, but it leaves a variety of characters to the audience.
Looking back on Zunlong's life, it seems that he has always been alone, and in 1972, Zunlong married college classmate Nina Savino. After 1979, Zunlong has been single, and after a short marriage, Zunlong is still alone, with no parents, no children, only an adoptive mother, and a wife who has been with him for a short time.
"The world kisses me bitterly, but I sing in return" is the best description of Zunlong, not only is his adoptive mother not good to him, Zunlong still chooses to retire for his adoptive mother. Once Zun Long returned to Hong Kong to visit his adoptive mother, he still had resentment in his heart at that time.
But seeing his adoptive mother's old appearance, even his teeth were lost, he wanted to take his adoptive mother to see his teeth, but the adoptive mother was worried that it would cost a lot of money and did not want to burden Zunlong. This made his heart very uncomfortable, and after returning to the hotel, this feeling was instantly vented, and Zun Long's tears were uncontrollably vented.
It was also this meeting, Zun Long released the misfortune in his childhood, let the grief of the past remain in the past, Zun Long reconciled with himself and decided to support his adoptive mother, and Zun Long also slowly read the behavior of his adoptive mother, a woman with no culture and physical disabilities who took care of herself, but also had to support a child.
Even if the adoptive mother received a subsidy for the adoption of a child, even if the adoptive mother had wanted to abandon Zunlong many times, after this meeting, Zunlong still chose to forgive, after all, the adoptive mother also raised him, and Zunlong thought that supporting his adoptive mother until his death was his greatest achievement.
Zun Long gives people the feeling of being gentle and very cultured and aristocratic, but Zun Long has never been to school, and still has such a rare and valuable thought and temperament.
Zun Long once said: "I have no home, no parents, no childhood, and no tombstones after death." ”
Having experienced the ruthlessness of this world, Zun Long has seen life very thoroughly, he does not put his hopes in the hands of others, but lives his own life, a person is not a loneliness, but a kind of enjoyment, carefree enjoyment.
So the 55-year-old Zunlong chose to fade out of the entertainment industry, settled in Vancouver with his dog, and lived a dull life.
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