Known as the "Shock Wave Bully", Mak Shaohua joined the entertainment industry in the 70s and has acted in countless movies and series, mostly playing bullies, executioners, big guys and other roles, and recently in an interview with the "Hong Kong Performing Artists Association", he talked about the bitter history of being a special actor, and Mak Shaohua, who has always given people a fierce image, quipped: "I look fierce, but I am a good product myself." ”
Mai Shaohua, who had loved fitness when he was young, was introduced to the industry to shoot advertisements by a friend in the 70s, and his first advertisement was broadcast on Yu Li's TV, and he laughed at himself that he was initially selected because of his poor appearance: "Until now, we need some people who are decaying and decaying, and who are only willing to admit mistakes, so I have this opportunity to embark on the road (acting)." ”
Mak Shaohua (right) performed in the TVB drama "Everyone is Happy".
Mak Shaohua himself is a tourist bus driver, and has experienced a lot of bitter blood and tears from the shadow for half a century, he said: "I don't think I've entered the industry until today, I'm just in a circle, one of the people in the circle of cheating box lunches, so I can't be called a career, because if I rely on this job, I can't even eat by myself, let alone support my family and wife, so it's just a part-time job." ”
Mak has acted in countless movies and series, mostly playing the roles of bullies, executioners, and big guys.
Talking about having played countless small roles, including thieves, homosexuals, tour guides, etc., Mak Shaohua said with a smile: "Because I charge low labor fees, they will find someone to play when they see who has a low salary, and if the salary is high, they will trouble waiting for the next time, so I keep my salary low, so my appearance rate is high, so I have acted in everything, in fact, I like to play the guy!" ”
Low wages and driving to support the family
Asked why do you still work in front of the scenes? Mak Shaohua said frankly: "A person is colorful and adds a lot of color, you are in the dream factory, you can do it!" If you jump back into the real world, how would you have a chance? He also said that his education was low that year, and he couldn't enroll in training classes to support his family, so if there was a performance opportunity, even if the salary was low, it didn't matter: "Some participants go to cheat a box lunch, for me, I feel honored, at least I have multiple opportunities to learn things!" Many people can't even do extras, I have the opportunity to do it, and I also shot a big head, and I can say two lines of dialogue, which is impossible in real life, so I do it with low salary, as long as time permits. ”
As a special actor, Mai Shaohua continued to say that the most unhappy thing is that entering and leaving a TV station does not even have the right to queue up to take the company's shuttle bus: "If there are many people, you can only stand here and wait, wait until the company's own staff finish getting on the bus, there are seats left before it is the turn of those of us in lower-class positions, and when you see a vacant seat, put one up, otherwise you don't even have to queue up to get on the bus, so I am so disgusted with this matter, the exterior is better, because I can go by myself and walk by myself, so now (the performance) is relatively less." ”
He confessed that he had negotiated to become a full-time actor, but unfortunately his salary was only one-third of his regular job, which was completely insufficient to make ends meet, so it was not achieved in the end, and Mak Shaohua made a living by driving tourist buses in real life.