Tsui Hark, a legendary director in the Chinese film industry, has not only won numerous accolades for his work, but has also made a name for himself on the international stage. And in his films, those heroines who are peerless are even more unforgettable.
They are not only beautiful and moving, but also conquer the hearts of the audience with their talent and charm. Let's take stock of the fascinating heroines in Tsui Hark's movies.
Lin Qingxia - the East is undefeated
In 1991, at the filming site of "Undefeated in the East", 37-year-old Lin Qingxia felt like crying every morning when she got up. Zhang Shuping's hairstyle for Dongfang Undefeated was large and heavy, and she spent hours every morning combing her hair.
Then I couldn't close my eyes all day and couldn't find a place to rest. She had to endure until night to remove her makeup. When Lin Qingxia thought of this long day, she finally couldn't help but shed tears.
The set staff were stunned and then shouted loudly. Tsui Hark was the first to rush into the dressing room, also stunned. This was the first time he saw Lin Qingxia crying. Tsui Hark later said that he was most afraid of seeing women cry. But despite being afraid, Lin Qingxia still had to continue to hold that hair.
When the final scene was finally filmed, it was cold and raining heavily. Lin Qingxia has been sitting in the cold wind and playing the hero for four hours. She wanted to cry again, but she didn't want to be noticed, so she quietly turned her face to look at the ground, showing her fans' favorite sideways squinting pose.
A tear dripped down, and the teardrop was large. Tsui Hark saw this scene from the monitor. Tsui Hark also felt a sour nose, and finally said to Lin Qingxia: "Qingxia, I didn't do well." Lin Qingxia replied to him: "No, it's my bad fate." ”
Zhang Aijia-Shu Peilin
Tsui Hark once praised Zhang Aijia's words and deeds as a whole play, and in "Shanghai Night", the fleeing woman Zhang Aijia and Zhong Zhentao, who played the loudspeaker, took refuge at the bottom of the bridge together ten years ago and agreed to reunite in the future. It has become one of Zhang Aijia's classic works.
Li Jiaxin—Yue Lingshan
Tsui Hark has two strategies for treating beauties, one is to make her beauty to the extreme, and the other is to change her personality. In the movie "Undefeated in the East", Yue Lingshan played by Li Jiaxin is a tomboy-like character.
Her appearance is delicate and cute, and people can't help but want to tease her and coax her. By changing Li Jiaxin's extremely beautiful but slightly sluggish image, Tsui Hark shows her smart, lively, playful and cute side. This has also become an unforgettable scene in Li Jiaxin's film career.
Ye Qianwen - white girl
Ye Qianwen plays a young girl who is eager to perform on stage, she is innocent and simple, but has a strong personality, even in that era when women were not allowed to go on stage, she still insisted on being a sword horse.
Although Ye Qianwen grew up abroad, she performed Peking Opera very well when she performed "Sword and Horse", and Tsui Hark praised her as a talented actor. Due to their appreciation of raw love, Tsui Hark and Ye Qianwen had an affair in 1993, which once caused Shi Nan's dissatisfaction, and even broke up.
Yuen Yuyi—Au Ka Hui
The red-haired rebellious little girl, who looks better than Yamaguchi and has big nerves, who can forget the song "Carmen" she performed against Leslie Cheung in the restaurant?
Anita Yuen's red-haired style in "The Full Banquet of the Manchurians" was sprayed by Director Tsui Hark himself! The reason was that he was not satisfied with the makeup artist's technique, so in order to make the red color more intense, black was deliberately added. Yuen Yuyi was deeply impressed by this look.
Because every day you need to squat down and wash your hair with a plastic bucket, and the water that comes out is sometimes black and sometimes red. She still remembers that when filming, Tsui Hark always maintained a serious attitude and did not smile, which made her dare not relax. But then Leslie Cheung appeared on the set.
The atmosphere became completely relaxed: "Once my brother grabbed a prop fish and threw it hard, I saw him having so much fun, and I also ran over to throw it together, but I didn't expect Tsui Hark to suddenly appear in front of us, I didn't even see his expression clearly, my brother was so frightened that he grabbed me and ran away." ”
Shushan—Zhang Baizhi
In 1999, Zhang Baizhi had just completed the filming of the movie "The King of Comedy", which was widely praised. Tsui Hark was very optimistic about her appearance and temperament, so he approached her and talked about possible cooperation.
Zhang Baizhi was naturally pleasantly surprised, and the conversation between the two was very speculative. However, a few days later, some media broke the news that Tsui Hark invited Zhang Baizhi to star in his new film "Downstream and Against the Current", but was refused. Major media have reported on the matter, with the headline "Newcomer Zhang Baizhi rejects the big director Tsui Hark".
Later, the truth was revealed, and it turned out that Zhang Baizhi was about to sign a contract with Universal at that time, and would soon release her first music album, competing with the pop singer Gigi Leung at the time. In order to attract intensive media coverage, ordinary news is not enough to attract the attention of fans.
Therefore, Zhang Baizhi's agent borrowed the fame of the great director Tsui Hark, who was willing to help his friends, and at the same time made his new film "Downstream and Against the Current" get attention. A year later, the cooperation between the two really began, and they collaborated in the TV series "The Legend of Shu Mountain", with Zhang Baizhi playing the two roles of Master Guyue and Li Yingqi.