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Tony Leung, once known as the "King of a Thousand Faces", even the very strict director praised him, and in his 40-year acting career, he has won the Academy Award for Best Actor six times.
Whether it is Wei Xiaobao in the early years, or the literary and artistic youth in Wong Kar-wai's films, Tony Leung is able to control it with ease, although many people questioned it, director Wang Jing shouted to him to "let Xian" and leave the opportunity to young people, and some viewers also thought that he was inferior to Huang Zihua and Lin Baoyi's performances, but Tony Leung did not respond.
So how did Tony Leung grow into a powerful actor, and what happened to him?
Tony Leung's childhood was not good, there is a younger sister below, whether his father is a gambler or an alcoholic, his parents quarrel all day long, and his mother can no longer bear it and decides to divorce, and since then he has lived with his brother and sister.
At the age of 15, Tony Leung dropped out of school and began to carry the family's livelihood.
He first worked as a grocery worker in his uncle's grocery store, and then worked as a newsboy, selling on the streets every day, although the wind and rain came and went, his income was still not high. Later, his mother asked him to do sales and sell electrical products, but because of his introverted personality and not good at communicating with people, he was not liked by the boss.
Everything is because of the arrangement of fate, Tony Leung met Stephen Chow, but Stephen Chow works at Li's TV station, he often tells Tony Leung about his ideals, says that being an actor is very good, and persuades him to go to the wireless artist training class together.
But the funny thing is that Stephen Chow didn't get admitted because he had too many "ideas", but Tony Leung did, he understood that this might be a turning point in fate, so he studied very seriously.
In 1983, Tony Leung graduated from the training class, became an artist on TVB, began to host children's programs, and later starred in his debut film "Xiangcheng Prodigal Son". Because of his excellent appearance, in 1984, he played the protagonist of "The Legend of Deer and Ding" Wei Xiaobao, and since then he has become famous.
During this period, Tony Leung met his first girlfriend Zeng Huaqian, perhaps because the two were too serious, young and vigorous, and often quarreled, so Zeng Huaqian's friend Carina Lau often persuaded the two.
However, due to Zeng Huaqian's good family background and personality, the two finally parted ways, Carina Lau also became single because of her separation from the wealthy son Xu Jinheng, one is introverted and has few words, the other is extroverted, and the very complementary personalities quickly sparked, and then began to fall in love.
While the relationship is stable, Tony Leung has since filmed many TV series on TVB, such as "Senior Brother Xinzha 1988", martial arts dramas "Peerless Double Pride", "Chivalrous Travel", etc., and Andy Lau and others have become the "Wireless Five Tigers".
Tony Leung is the youngest of the five, and later after the contract was about to expire, everyone wanted to leave the TV station and enter the film industry, and some people broke the news that New Arts Film Company and Golden Harvest Film Company all threw olive branches to Tony Leung and Andy Lau.
But Andy Lau, who was angry, said that if he wanted to sign, five people would sign at the same time, and the TV station was very angry when he learned the news, and saw that the five "cash cows" were about to run, so he decided to divide the five of them.
probably saw Tony Leung's introverted personality, so he first persuaded him not to terminate the contract, Tony Leung renew his contract with the TV station because of the pressure of supporting his family and the coercion of the TV station.
The three members of the "Five Tigers" felt that Tony Leung was very unrighteous, but only Andy Lau said that it was understandable.
However, in 1988, Tony Leung devoted himself to the film industry, and his "Killer Butterfly Dream" and "People's Hero" won the Best Supporting Actor Award at the Hong Kong Film Awards.
Since meeting Wong Kar-wai, Tony Leung's career has been even more invincible, he has not had many shots in "The True Story of A Fei", but he has left a deep impression on people, and has also become Wong Kar-wai's royal actor.
In 199, Tony Leung participated in Wong Kar-wai's "East Evil and West Poison", and at the same time, he filmed Liu Zhenwei's "East Becomes West", a literary film and a comedy on the other, both of which became classics.
In 1994, at the age of 33, with the movie "Chongqing Forest", his delicate acting skills in the movie made him win the Best Actor award at the Academy Awards in one fell swoop.
Three years later, he and Leslie Cheung co-produced Wong Kar-wai's "Happy Spring", and the two were nominated for Best Actor together, and Tony Leung won the award again.
In the millennium, Tony Leung and Maggie Cheung collaborated on "In the Mood for Love", but the mainland also carried out overwhelming publicity for this movie.
Tony Leung plays the role of "Zhou Muyun" who works in the newspaper in the play, he can't bear to face his wife's cheating, but goes to the wife of a third party to test it, and finally has an ambiguous relationship with her.
The story is full of old Shanghai style, with a variety of cheongsams and slow and sad music, and Tony Leung's melancholy is also fully displayed. This movie made him win the Academy Awards for the third time, which can be described as a spring breeze.
If everyone thinks that they will only play literary movies, it is a big mistake, the 2002 police film "Infernal Affairs" made him widely acclaimed, for Leslie Cheung, who died this year, he gave up participating in the film selection, but the organizing committee still awarded him the Best Actor at the Academy Awards.
Two years later, Tony Leung played Zhou Muyun again, continuing a different story in "2046", which won him the crown of the Academy Awards for the fifth time.
Along the way, Tony Leung's personality has always been consistent, and his relationship with Carina Lau is also very stable, which can be described as a model couple in the entertainment industry.
Carina Lau is good at socializing, almost every public event, Carina Lau walks in front, Tony Leung follows behind, even if she is an actor, but she is still a little nervous.
In 1990, Carina Lau suffered an accident and was under a lot of physical and mental pressure, Tony Leung has been silently accompanying her, and even said that the entertainment industry is too complicated to leave and go to other places, which made Carina Lau very moved out of the trough, so the two supported each other and entered the marriage hall in 2008.
The preparations for the wedding are basically Carina Lau's preparations, but she has no regrets, this may be the way the two get along, tolerate each other, Tony Leung belongs to the style of an artist, too lazy to worry about the trivial things of life, and Carina Lau is the other side, getting a lively color, having many friends, and often investing in various businesses, well versed in the wisdom of life, and is Tony Leung's life assistant.
Tony Leung was once asked by Wong Kar-wai to shoot nearly 30 times because of a dialogue, he felt very hurt and went home silently in pain, Carina Lau knew about it, and immediately called Wong Kar-wai to ask why he tortured Tony Leung, his personality is very direct.
When Tony Leung and Maggie Cheung had an affair, Carina Lau even spoke of respect for Tony Leung and a "big heroine" attitude.
Nowadays, Tony Leung is almost in a state of "seclusion" except for starring in movies and necessary activities, although he often stays in Japan, but as a member of "social fear", in order to reduce the possibility of socializing, he has not studied Japanese, so what about other people's doubts?
Information sources:
"Very Quiet Distance"|Carina Lau interview
"If It's Possible"|Interview with Tony Leung
"The Voice of Entertainment" decrypts Tony Leung
Tony Leung's documentary short film
The 42nd Academy Awards
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