Jet Li and Li Zhi appeared, tied up pigtails and wore glasses, and his old face caused controversy
Jet Li is 60 years old this year, it stands to reason that he has just entered old age, and now that he has money and leisure, he should be in a state of good spirits.
But recently, netizens took photos of Jet Li and his family in a temple in Nepal, and his condition surprised everyone.
Only when you wear a hat can you recognize Jet Li himself.
After taking off his hat and putting on a red scarf, not only did his face look old, but his whole appearance changed.
As an audience who has known him for decades, it is difficult to accept that this is how he is doing:
The face is covered with age spots, the skin is loose and sagging, and a small braid exposes the layers of wrinkles on the forehead, which makes it look even older.
Compared with previous years, Jet Li's face looks much kinder, perhaps because his glasses cover his bulging eyeballs and are not so fierce.
He is the same age as Donnie Yen and 9 years younger than Jackie Chan.
The picture below shows Donnie Yen who is reciting the script on January 29, 2024.
Compared with artists of the same age, Jet Li inevitably ages too fast, and compared with his peers who are also from martial arts training, he is still at a disadvantage.
It is really touching that the once recognized "third generation of kung fu emperor" has now become like this.
What's even more touching is that he seems to have completely given up his career as an artist, and his life is completely hidden except for releasing his new book and doing charity.
Some people say that he is not guilty of worshipping Buddha when he was a childhood sweetheart, Huang Qiuyan.
His love life is always made a big fuss about, and he is even labeled as a "scumbag", but who can tell right from wrong in those past events.
In his words, that girl (Huang Qiuyan) loved me very much, and I thought I loved her very much, until I met another woman (Li Zhi), I loved her, I could die for her, I could be fame or fortune.
Li Zhi in the period of the Asian sister
From Huang Qiuyan's point of view, he is a negative man, and from the perspective of Li Zhi, he is a dedicated man.
Leave his feelings aside.
Let's talk about the interesting story of Jet Li when he first became famous in the entertainment industry.
The myth created by "Shaolin Temple".
"Shaolin Temple" was Jet Li's first film, when he was 17 years old, and the film was shot for two years.
By the time it was released in the mainland, it was already 1982.
In fact, when Jet Li won the national juvenile all-around martial arts championship at the age of 11, Hong Kong producers went to him.
It is said that many people have sprained their waists by imitating this movement......
There are several reasons why "Shaolin Temple" has caused an unprecedented sensation:
1. The main actors are all really kung fu, including the heroine Bai Wufang, who also has martial arts skills. The actor Jet Li is also a national martial arts champion.
2. The behind-the-scenes team came from Hong Kong, a city that was still very mysterious to mainland audiences at that time.
3. After the end of the special movement, the first kung fu movie appeared in the mainland.
How sensational was it?
At that time, the ticket price in first-tier cities was two or three cents, and the ticket price in small cities and rural areas was a dime, and the enthusiasm of the audience actually made this movie get a box office of 161 million!
This is the midnight full house notice taken by the reporter at the time:
According to the ticket price, this box office is still amazing.
In an era when actors generally rely on dozens of yuan for salaries, this "Shaolin Temple" has exposed Jet Li to opportunities and temptations that have never been imagined.
For example, a check for 3 million.
Jet Li, who was not yet 20 years old at the time, thought that he belonged to the country and the unit, and did not dare to accept this great opportunity.
The high-level real martial arts fights in "Shaolin Temple" quickly set off a "martial arts fever" across the country.
At that time, there was a special book to explain the actions in the film in detail
Whether it is a teenager or an adult, it seems that the energy hidden in the blood is aroused, and the half-grown children can learn a few tricks from the warrior monks in the film with a stick in their hands.
The film also became popular in Japan and South Korea.
As the actor Jet Li, he naturally became famous in one fell swoop and became a big hero and idol in the minds of thousands of teenagers.
The beautiful scenery of Songshan Mountain, the solemn ancient temple, has become the place where the half-grown children are extremely fascinated.
The theme song "Shepherd's Song" is like a natural sound, and it is sung one after another.
The actors in the film have all become old actors in the film and television industry.
The most phenomenal are:
In that era when you needed a letter of introduction for travel and accommodation, and you needed food stamps to buy things, because of this film, teenagers all over the country ran away from home!
Where do they go?
Of course, it is the Shaolin Temple in Songshan, Henan. Although the Shaolin Temple did not recruit martial arts students at all.
Teenagers who can't go too far simply go to the nearest martial arts school to sign up, and the martial arts school also changed the name of the original junior Changquan because of the movie, and declared it to be "Shaolin Boxing".
The long-tail effect of "martial arts fever" brought by "Shaolin Temple" is also amazing - 8 years later, after watching "Shaolin Temple", an 8-year-old child insisted on going to Songshan to learn martial arts despite the opposition of his parents.
He is Wang Baoqiang.
Taking Jet Li as an example, he finally laid his foundation in the entertainment industry after many years.
In fact, the Shaolin Temple in the movie is a scene that the crew pieced together with several other temples, because when they first went to the Shaolin Temple to film, they found that there was no road there, the barren grass was more than one meter high, the mud Bodhisattva collapsed half, and there were only a few old monks in the temple.
After the movie became popular, it thrived again.
Taking "Shaolin Temple" as an example, the mainland has started a martial arts boom that has lasted for more than 10 years. Martial arts dramas filmed in Hong Kong have also begun to appear frequently on the TV screens of ordinary people.
The era that belongs to Jet Li has come to an end
For people who came from that era, Jet Li's name represents a special meaning, and it is more intimate and familiar than Jackie Chan and Donnie Yen, who became famous from Hong Kong.
A martial arts star who really grew up from the mainland, and "Shaolin Temple" jointly created the memories of the times.
Because the audience has a special complex for him, his first marriage, he changed his Singapore nationality, and he was also attacked more violently.
So much so that in recent years, the reputation is not as good as that of Jackie Chan and Donnie Yen.
Even if he founded One Foundation to do charity all the year round, is conscientious in his career, and has no scandals after his second marriage, he can't save his image...... It's quite helpless.
This time, Jet Li's recent photos came out, and most of them were sneering.
One is a former martial arts star, the other is a former Asian sister champion, the craze for kung fu movies has long passed, and the big beauty has become an amiable neighbor aunt.
Is this the end of a hero and the twilight of a beauty?