【Author:Sour and Spicy Entertainment Powder】
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<h1>One</h1>
In 1976, a dark boy was born in Surin, Thailand, a place where beautiful random photos can be used as wallpaper, and this skeletal boy was named Tony Jaa.
Bruce Lee, who had begun to watch the TELEVISION before he could learn to speak, was restless, and who in those days could not dislike Bruce Lee, whose home had DVDs of all the Bruce Lee movies that his father had bought.
He was obedient and sensible from an early age, not a particularly rebellious child, but he could not help himself with kung fu, and watching martial arts movies with friends, listening to Hip-Hop music, and going to see elephants together were his best memories of his childhood.
ToniJa's school days were just an ordinary boy next door, with good academic performance and never causing trouble, but most of his classmates didn't know why he never played with them on weekends.
In fact, from the age of 10, as soon as school ended he would run off to the film set of Pana Zhytikra, if Pana Zhytikra was making a movie. Because when he was a child, he watched his movie "Born To Fight" and was deeply impressed by this kung fu master who was close at hand, and he wanted to worship him as a teacher.
Pana Ritikle was a well-known Kung Fu star in Thailand at that time, and he went from being a stuntman on the set to becoming a household name, all because of his obsession with movies, he was Bruce Lee's most loyal fan.
When he was shooting "Born To Fight" at that time, it was his own "workshop" production, so the finished film was made into a DVD and sold offline, and could not appear in the cinema, but it was such a movie that gave Tony Jia the idea of changing his life.
Elementary school, middle school all the way to college, Tony Jia appeared on the film set of Pana almost every day on time, and the "stealing art" that came as promised for more than ten years finally impressed Pana, and he finally accepted Tony Jia as an apprentice.
<h1>Two</h1>
When Pana began to teach him kung fu, he was surprised to find that he didn't seem to have anything to teach the young man in front of him.
It turned out that Tony Jia had been practicing Muay Thai with the famous Muay Thai master Boralitga since he was a child, and from the age of 12, he began to practice without interruption, and after going to college, he was exposed to taekwondo, swordplay, Thai stick and other martial arts.
Since this was the case, he could only teach the film, and Pana deliberately arranged for him to go to the film as a stand-in, ready to take him into the circle.
Slowly, Tony Jia subtly learned a lot of film acting skills, and he found that these were different from the kung fu he practiced in his daily life.
In 1994, 18-year-old Tony Jia starred in his first film, "Fist Fighter Prequel: Invincible Killer".
The response to the movie was good after it was released, but he frowned, and he always felt that the movie was missing something.
He realized that the fight scenes in action movies had been locked in the stereotype for too long, and that breaking through it would make the movie he wanted.
However, it is not easy to come to a revolution in action movies, he has found the direction but has not yet groped for that road, he wants to keep Bruce Lee's fast and sharp attack, but he does not want to have too many redundant handles, the beauty and simplicity of film art, he wants to find the golden section.
Not only that, how not to hurt his opponent when shooting the fight scene also gave him a headache, he wanted to show his desired effect in the movie must be fast and fierce, he grew up practicing to be able to kick the trunk of the thick bowl, but thought that one day he would be worried about how to collect strength.
He dreamed of becoming a kung fu superstar like Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan, but he knew that following their path would not work, and if he wanted to be like them, he had to take his own path.
In the next few years, he took over several action films, and while shooting, he realized that this was what he learned from his master, although the movies were not very popular, but the concept of action movies in his heart had gradually taken shape.
<h1>Three</h1>
In 2003 he starred in the famous "Boxer", his master Pana was the martial arts director of the film, and although the film was not directed by himself, almost every action in the film had his own ideas.
They knew that the film they had carefully shot was a good work, but they did not expect that the film would break the list of Thai films all the way through the box office when it was released, and soon after, the film also caused a strong response internationally.
With his years of hard work in ancient Muay Thai and those years of tempering in the crew, Tony Jia's every move in "Boxing" is a glimpse of the eye, and every second is bloody.
He has never performed the "iron elbow steel knee" of ancient Muay Thai in such a good way, and his flying knee top and 720-degree whirlwind kick in the movie make people stunned, and people have never seen such a martial arts scene.
He became the Bruce Lee of Thailand overnight, the influence exceeded the "Little Prince of Muay Thai" broadcast, various media websites have appeared "Tony Ja and Bruce Lee who is more powerful" such a headline, this road, he went right!
The film even made the Hong Kong entertainment industry, which has always been at the forefront of action movies, tremble endlessly, and they knew that the original action movies could still be like this. This is why there are similarly excellent movies such as "Kill the Wolf" and "Fuse".
Unbeknownst to Tony Ja, the film was a great inspiration to a young actor named Iko Uas in Indonesia, which led to the "Raid" series that came later.
After becoming famous, he continued the performance style of "Boxer" in later films, although it caused a storm in the action film industry, but this kind of interpretation was really not learned by other actors.
The most difficult for others to learn is that he almost does not use stunts in the movie, does not use stand-ins, all the actions are done by himself, like the following jumping car scene is completely real jumping, how many can this be done?
In 2005, he co-starred with Venus (yes, the Venus of the "Venus Show")," and in 2007 he began to try to direct himself, successively launching "Boxing 2" and "Boxing 3", which were well received and Hollywood began to extend an olive branch to him.
In 2013, he co-starred in the action movie "Tom Yin Gong 2: Boxing World" with "female boxing bully" Jeja Yanin, and later rumors of their filming were spread bit by bit, but they soon broke themselves.
Because Tony Jia has long been married and had children with a girlfriend outside the circle, it is said that he has 5 children, a family of 7 is full of happiness, oh yes, they also have two elephants, and sure enough, he is true love for elephants (I hope not to lose it~).
His master Pana died of illness in 2014 on the 41st anniversary of Bruce Lee's death, and following his idol in this way, perhaps by providence, much to Tony Ja's grief.
<h1>Four</h1>
Later, he actually went to Hollywood to develop, but it was also from that time that he stopped playing the main role, and with big stars such as Van Diesel and Jason Statham, he could only play supporting roles.
I don't know if he regretted his original choice, but later he appeared in many acclaimed and popular movies, such as "Fast and Furious", "Kill the Wolf 2", "Extreme Agent 3: The Ultimate Return", "Kill the Wolf Wolf", "Ip Man Wai Biography Zhang Tianzhi" have his presence.
The cinema is back in business, and "Detective Chinatown 3" is coming soon, and Tony Jia is still a supporting role in this movie, but he is still looking forward to his role.
In his hottest years, people compared him to Bruce Lee, but why did he only play supporting roles after all these years? This question can not be answered by the editor, is it related to acting? Maybe, or because of the film remuneration? I can't say for sure. However, Xiaobian feels that it is mainly because of his own choice.
Look at the feet, keep walking, do not go against the grain. I still hope that he can be the protagonist back, make his own movie, and look forward to another punch from "Boxer".