In the era when Stephen Chow "ruled" Hong Kong films, there were many actors who were called "Chow Sing-chi's successor" by the media, the early representative figure was Zhang Weijian, and director Wang Jing, in order to praise him, successively launched three heavyweight movies of "Seven Princesses of Wuxia", "Super School Overlord" and "Huang Feihong's Iron Chicken Fighting Centipede", but unfortunately they were not successful. Immediately after, Wang Jing targeted Zhang Jiahui, shooting more films for him, but still unsuccessful.
Zhang Weijian in "Huang Feihong's Iron Chicken Fighting Centipede"
In addition to Zhang Weijian and Zhang Jiahui, the later Ge Minhui, Zhang Daming, Zheng Zhongji, etc., all intentionally or unintentionally imitated Xingye's performance style, but none of them were successful. It may be a little reluctant to call Zhang Daming the "successor of Stephen Chow", but calling him the "gold medal supporting role" of Stephen Chow's films should be deserved.
Zhang Daming is different from many "halfway out of the house" Hong Kong stars, he is an actor from a science class, but also went to the United States to study theater creation for two years, Andy Lau and Liang Chaowei cooperated in the film "Anti-Fighting Horse "Mule"," Liang Chaowei and Wu Qianlian and other people jointly joined the literary and art film "Brother's Lover", and last year in the mainland released comedy film "Home and Everything Is Shocking", Zhang Daming are screenwriters.
Zhang Daming is not good-looking, but versatile, in addition to being a screenwriter, he also works as a host and actor, starring in popular dramas such as "Song Shijie". In terms of movies, "The Great Inner Secret Agent Zero Zero Hair", "Buy Murder Shoot People", "Stormtrooper's Fury Street", "Human Hue", etc., are his representative works. "The Great Inner Secret Agent Zero Zero Hair" is the first collaboration between Zhang Daming and Zhou Xingchi, in which he plays a tragic emperor and has three thousand harem beauties, but the beauties look more sorry than one another.
"The Great Inner Secret Agent Zero Zero Hair" is also one of Zhang Daming's most memorable works, when filming this film, he came to Beijing for the first time, and it happened to be winter, he had never experienced a severe cold, he was frozen unconscious during filming, and he later said in an interview that this temperature in Beijing made him unforgettable. After "The Great Inner Secret Agent Zero Zero Hair", Zhang Daming participated in Chow Sing Chi's films "Counting Dead Grass" and "King of a Thousand Kings 2000", but the roles were not too prominent. Later, it was reported that Stephen Chow's Xinghui Company had signed Zhang Daming, which showed that Xingye recognized his comedic talent.
In "Stormtrooper's Fury Street" and "Human Hue", Zhang Daming's role is relatively heavy, these two are considered to be serious dramas, while Zhang Daming's role in the film is relatively lively, which is highly related to his own positioning as a "laughing star". Among them, "Stormtrooper's Fury Street" is one of the most important works of the recently deceased director Chen Musheng, and this is also a tribute to the action film director.
"Buy Murder Shooter" can be regarded as one of Zhang Daming's most important film works, because he played one of the main actors in the film, and the film depicts a bizarre task taken by a professional killer during the economic depression in an absurd way. "Buy Murder Shooter" is an alternative comedy produced during the decline of Hong Kong films, which has a certain position in the history of Hong Kong films, so it has also become the representative work of the two leading actors Ge Minhui and Zhang Daming.
Zhang Daming is 56 years old this year, and Liu Qingyun, Wu Qihua and other Hong Kong stars are the same age, he was unfortunately diagnosed with nasopharyngeal cancer at the age of 48, fortunately, after years of active treatment of the family wealth, Zhang Daming has successfully fought cancer, which is gratifying.
In addition to filming, being a host, and writing scripts, Zhang Daming has a lifelong hobby in private, that is, collecting various strange stones. In an interview with the media a few days ago, he showed reporters a room of treasures. Among these strange stones, it is said that there are Neolithic stone knives, ancient ape tooth fossils, rare agate stones, etc., as well as stones shaped like human thumbs and classic movie characters, Zhang Daming gave them unique names.
Whether these stones are collectible or not, most of them are collected by Zhang Daming himself, and for him, these are treasures. As a film screenwriter, when he observes a certain stone, he sometimes has a whim, connecting the stone with a certain story, so that the original lifeless stone suddenly seems to carry some kind of life. In fact, each of us is the same, some things may not be valuable in the eyes of others, but for ourselves, it may be a treasure.
Zhang Daming revealed in an interview that he has two major wishes for these stones: One is to one day be able to hold a small personal exhibition of strange stones, although the time is not yet ripe. The second is to hope that in the future, some strange stones with collectible value can be donated to the relevant cultural departments free of charge, so that more people have the opportunity to see them.
Author: Dr. Movie Terrier, please do not reprint it at will.