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When it comes to Chow Yun-fat, everyone must be no stranger, his movies almost represent an era of Hong Kong films, especially the classic movie "God of Gamblers", which made his fame skyrocketing and became the memory of a generation at that time.
In the movie, Chow Yun-fat's acting style has always been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, giving people a warm and considerate feeling, but the actor in reality is another life.
Early life experience
In 1995, Chow Yun-fat was born on Lamma Island, Hong Kong, and was born in Kaiping City, Jiangmen City, Guangdong Province.
In addition to Chow Yun-fat, there are twin brothers and sisters in the family, with a large population, relying only on the income of his parents, resulting in a very poor life, but fortunately, the young Chow Yun-fat has been very sensible since he was a child, and often helps his mother do odd jobs to subsidize the family. [Information from: Jiangmen Daily released on October 29, 2010, Baidu Encyclopedia-Chow Yun-fat-Early Experience]
But I don't know when my father suddenly became addicted to gambling, frequently lost all the family's savings, and owed a lot of debt every month, so that when the salary was paid, my mother could only receive a barrel of oil in his company, and I couldn't get a penny.
Because of this, Chow Yun-fat was prejudiced against his father since he was a child, and he was extremely disgusted with gambling, until 1965, when Chow Yun-fat was only 10 years old, because of his poor family, he and his younger siblings were taken by his mother to settle in his grandmother's house in Kowloon. [Information source: Sina Entertainment-Chow Yun-fat self-deprecating the most fake gambling god has hated gambling since he was a child-Published on January 21, 2014]
In order to support the family, my mother had to choose to be a working class, going out early and returning late all day, and the life was very hard at first, but the family was very happy to stay together.
But the good times didn't last long, when Chow Yun-fat was in the third grade of secondary school, his father's perennial illness attacked, resulting in overwork and bedridden, so that the family's expenses were completely borne by his mother alone.
This is like a bolt from the blue for a family that is not wealthy, and the pressure on life becomes more difficult, and in desperation, Chow Yun-fat has no choice but to drop out of school and enter the society early to make a living by working.
Due to his limited education, Chow Yun-fat was only able to do some hard work, and he was always at the bottom of the society, not only working as a waiter in a commercial house and a child laborer in an electronics factory, but also as a hotel service and a postman, and a salesman for photographic equipment.
In 1973, Chow Yun-fat, who was 18 years old at the time, was fortunate to sign up for the audition of witnesses in the TVB actor training class.
During the interview, Chow Yun-fat was appreciated by the examiner Chung King-fai with his outstanding appearance and temperament, and successfully entered the training class, and since then he has formed an indissoluble bond with his acting career. [Information from: Baidu Encyclopedia-Chow Yun-fat-Early Experience]
Acting experience
After 1 year of study and precipitation, Zhou Xunfa successfully graduated from the training class in 1974 and officially began to set foot in the film and television industry, but when he first arrived, he could only start from the lowest level.
However, for Chow Yun-fat, this is precisely an opportunity to hone him, so not long after, Chow Yun-fat's shining point was favored by the director, and he was honored to get the opportunity to participate in film and television works. [Information from: Baidu Encyclopedia - Chow Yun-fat - Acting Experience]
At that time, in 1975, Xiao Sheng, Li Huimin, and Chen Yuchao were jointly preparing to shoot a costume romance drama, called "Dream of Red Mansions", as we all know, this is one of the four classic masterpieces in the mainland.
And after seeing Chow Yun-fat's performance, the directors decided to hand over the role of "Jiang Yuhan" in the play to Chow Yun-fat, but unfortunately, this drama did not bring fire to Chow Yun-fat. [Information from: Audio-visual Entertainment - 1975 Hong Kong TVB version of "Dream of Red Mansions" - released on September 16, 2006]
Later, in 1976, Chow Yun-fat was invited to participate in the feature film "Reincarnation" directed by Zhang Sen, which attracted the attention of people from all walks of life once it was released, and Chow Yun-fat gradually became well-known to the public.
Taking advantage of this popularity, Chow Yun-fat began to try to shoot comedies in the same year, and at that time, "The Three Difficulties of the New Su Little Sister" was born, and his interpretation of "Wang Anshi's son" Wang Yan was well received by the audience.
In the same year, Chow Yun-fat successively participated in two works, "The Pool Girl" and "The Evil Aunt of the Lao Family", as a result, Chow Yun-fat's fame was completely launched in the circle, and he was favored by many directors and mastered better resources.
In 1977, Chow Yun-fat experimented with family dramas and crime movies, and as soon as they were broadcast, they instantly aroused the audience's response and were recognized by the outside world, especially Hong Kong fans.
However, Chow Yun-fat was not satisfied with the status quo and decided to continue his studies in the film and television industry, and then in the following years, he always maintained a high level of popularity and popularity, and became an idol in the hearts of countless fans.
Among them, I believe that many people are most impressed by his "God of Gamblers 2" and "Macau Fengyun 2", when he danced on the same stage with many top performers in the circle, and played the role to the fullest.
Take the most recent shooting, that is, in 2023, the movie "Don't Call Me "God of Gamblers" starring Chow Yun-fat, despite his advanced age, his acting skills and temperament are not lost at all, and even the drama won the Asian Filmmaker Award at the 28th Busan International Film Festival.
Personal life
In 1976, Chow Yun-fat and Miao Qianren fell in love because of the play, but unfortunately, this relationship did not last too long and ended hastily. [Information source: Baidu Encyclopedia - Chow Yun-fat - Married Life]
In the past two years, by chance, Chow Yun-fat got acquainted with Chen Yulian, a well-known artist of TVB, and the two fell in love for 4 years from acquaintance to love, and had sweet memories, but ultimately failed.
Later, he finally met a beautiful woman, Chow Yun-fat decisively married the female artist Yu Anan in 1983, but no one expected that the two only maintained a one-year marriage before they chose to divorce. [Information source: Audio-visual Entertainment - Yu An'an's fifteen-year marriage broke down to support his family and re-emerged - published on April 29, 2003]
It wasn't until 1984 that Chow Yun-fat met his current wife Chen Huilian, and after a three-year relationship, the two finally became lovers and joined hands in the palace of marriage.
After marriage, the two lived together very happily, and Chen Huilian served as his secretary and agent, as well as an assistant in life, and most importantly, a qualified wife in order to relieve Chow Yun-fat's work pressure.
Once upon a time, Chow Yun-fat went from obscurity and humble background to the pinnacle of his life step by step, and now he has become a well-known Hong Kong star who is a household name.
At the same time, what is enviable is that Chow Yun-fat has a good married life, the family lives a comfortable life, as the saying goes, the children of poor families are in charge of the house early, and Chow Yun-fat is the same, his inspirational story deeply infects the audience, and is a role model for the darling of the new generation of film and television circles.
Chow Yun-fat, who is now 68 years old, may no longer be as popular as he was back then, nor as young as he used to be, but he still appears in the public eye, and the classic shots created in the past have always been the deep memories of a generation.