As an evergreen tree in the Chinese film industry, Andy Lau has maintained a super high popularity for decades since his debut, he has witnessed the glory of Hong Kong films, but he did not expect that now that he is 63 years old, he still has the hope of the rise of Hong Kong films.
Recently, the movie "Nobody 2" was officially announced, as a sequel to "Nobody", it has aroused heated discussions among netizens, the previous work starring Zhang Yu, Ren Suxi, Chen Jianbin , with the wonderful plot and the actors' excellent acting skills, in 2018, it achieved a good box office of 780 million, becoming the dark horse of the box office that year.
After a lapse of 6 years, "Nobody 2" was finally officially announced, the film will continue to be directed by Rao Xiaozhi, in addition to the return of the original cast, the sequel also has many popular actors to join, Andy Lau , Yang Chaoyue , Dong Yuhui are among them.
Judging from the cast, "Nobody 2" has indeed improved a lot, but what people didn't expect is that although there are more stars, the audience's expectations are lower.
The reason why "Nobody" can become a box office dark horse is due to the very distinctive movie plot and the wonderful performances of Zhang Yu and Ren Suxi, although the sequel retains the original cast, but the joining of Andy Lau, Yang Chaoyue and other traffic stars will destroy the overall style of the previous work to a certain extent, and the final effect may backfire.
But what is even more unexpected is that among the new actors, the most controversial is not Yang Chaoyue, not Dong Yuhui, but Andy Lau!
It is not difficult to find that in recent years, with the word-of-mouth box office of many of Andy Lau's new works, especially the failure of "Mr. Red Carpet", Andy Lau's box office appeal has been questioned like never before, and there are endless remarks on the Internet that Andy Lau should take a back seat.
It was in this situation that Andy Lau's joining "Nobody 2" caused so much controversy.
It can be seen from the works starring Andy Lau in recent years that although there are many works, there are very few really brilliant movies, and there are even fewer word-of-mouth box office double harvests.
In 2023, Andy Lau will star in four movies, including "Goldfinger" with a box office of 574 million, "Sneaking" with a box office of 389 million, and "Moscow Action" with a box office of 664 million, and the only movie with a box office of more than one billion is "The Wandering Earth 2", with a box office of 4.029 billion.
These box offices don't look bad, but in this era of 1 billion or billions of box offices at every turn, it is obviously not enough to watch, coupled with the rise of many rising stars such as Wu Jing, Shen Teng, Jia Ling, etc., Andy Lau's only remaining advantage may be feelings.
But today's film and television industry's "box office theory" is becoming more and more intense, even actors like Jackie Chan have suffered controversy in recent years, has the era that belongs to them really passed?
The answer is obviously no, frankly speaking, the box office of Andy Lau's works in the past two years is indeed average, but it is undeniable that as a film actor, he still has a lot of things worth learning and surpassing for younger generations, maybe because of age restrictions, he is not as handsome as before, nor is he agile before, but the precipitation and accumulation of years have also given him a unique charm that young actors do not have.
In "The Wandering Earth", Andy Lau plays a father, who is not handsome or cool enough, and even a little cowardly and timid, but when facing his daughter, he bursts out with courage beyond ordinary people and gives life to the character, isn't this the charm brought by an actor after years of precipitation!
Now 70 years old, Jackie Chan is still trying hard to try various roles, and is still moving forward on the road of the movies he loves, why is Andy Lau not like this, they have brought us surprises, and they have also shaped countless glorious pasts, their era will eventually come to an end, but at least now their era continues.