Zeng Jiang recently took a photo
The 83rd edition of "The Legend of the Archery Hero" is a classic that has made countless audiences unforgettable, in addition to the wonderful performances of Huang Rihua, Weng Meiling, Miao Qiaowei, Yang Panpan and other people in this costume martial arts drama, the performances of many supporting actors are also exceptionally brilliant.
Today, Xiaoge Movie will talk about Zeng Jiang, the actor of Huang Yaoshi in the 83rd edition of "Shooting Eagle", the 87-year-old Zeng Jiang has been playing for more than 60 years and has starred in countless classic film and television works.
Zeng Jiang and his sister Lin Cui
Zeng Jiang's first film "With the Forest Bird"
Zeng Jiang was born in Hong Kong in 1934, in 1955, the 20-year-old Zeng Jiang and You Min co-starred in the movie "Tong lin bird", Zeng Jiang acted as a male lead actor for the first time, the reason why there is such a rare opportunity, in addition to Zeng Jiang's own good conditions, but also related to his movie star sister Lin Cui.
Movie star Lin Cui
Lin Cui (1936-1995), formerly known as Tsang Yi Zhen, was a Hong Kong actress in the 1950s and 1960s, and Was known as "Student Lover" in her early years. Lin Cui debuted very early, Zeng Jiang, who was still studying at that time, often went to various sets to visit his sister Lin Cui, and because of his sister Lin Cui, Zeng Jiang had the opportunity to star in movies.
Lin Cui had two failed marriages, Lin Cui's first husband was director Qin Jian, and their son was Chen Shanhe. Lin Cui's second husband is the martial arts film star Wang Yu, who has three daughters, Wang Xinping, Wang Jialu and Wang Meiyi, and Wang Xinping is a female singer who became very popular in the Chinese music scene in the 1990s with a song "Don't Ask Me Who".
Zeng Jiang and Zhong Qing co-starred in "That Is Not Sentimental"
Now the introduction of Zeng Jiang on the Internet, mentioning his films when he was young, most of them say that he was a Cantonese film star in the early days, in fact, Zeng Jiang's earliest three films, "With the Forest Bird", "That Little Love", and "The Great Circus" are all Chinese films, this is because the Hong Kong films of the 50s and 60s were an era of Chinese films.
After acting in "With the Forest Bird" and "That Little Love", Zeng Jiang found that his acting skills were very bad, and he thought that he was not suitable for acting, so Zeng Jiang went to the University of California, Berkeley, the United States to study architecture, and after completing his studies, he returned to Hong Kong to work as a painter in architecture.
Stills from "The Great Circus": Lan Di, Zeng Jiang, Li Mei
After three years as a painter, Zeng Jiang gradually grew tired of this unfree and unchanging job, just when (1964) Zeng Jiang's brother-in-law Director Qin Jian (Lin Cui's first husband) was planning to make a Chinese film called "The Great Circus", so Zeng Jiang decided to try his acting skills again.
"The Great Circus" brings together Lan Di, Li Mei, Lin Feng, Zhang Yang and many other film stars, Zeng Jiang is also the star of this movie, this high-cost film after the release of the response is flat, although the film is not successful, but Zeng Jiang harvested love through this movie, the film actress Lan Di later became Zeng Jiang's first wife.
Guan Dexing (second from right) and Zeng Jiang (first from right) in Huang Feihong
Since the mid-1960s, Zeng Jiang has starred in a large number of Cantonese films, most of which are martial arts films, the most famous of which is the Guan Dexing version of the "Huang Feihong" series of films in which he participated, and Zeng Jiang played Huang Feihong's apprentice Ling Yunjie. In the early 1980s, Zeng Jiang entered TVB and starred in the 83rd edition of "Shooting Eagle" and "Big Time" and other dramas.
Zeng Jiang in "Across the Seas"
Since then, Zeng Jiang's film works have also "The True Colors of Heroes", "Across the Sea", "007 Chooses a Day to Die", "Police Story 3", "Eavesdropping 2", etc., although he plays a supporting role in these films, his superb acting skills still leave a deep impression on the audience.
Mentioning the 1983 TV series "The Legend of the Archery Hero", Zeng Jiang believes that everyone was trying to make this series with respect for Jin Yong, and therefore the drama gave birth to many classic roles, although "Shooting Eagle" has been filmed many times later, but the 83rd version of "Shooting Eagle" has always been considered a classic that is difficult to surpass.
In the 83rd edition of "Shooting Eagle", Zeng Jiang plays Huang Yaoshi
83 edition of "Shooting Eagle": Weng Meiling and Zeng Jiang
In the 83rd version of "Shooting Eagle", Zeng Jiang and Weng Meiling played a pair of father and daughter with great personality, more than thirty years later, Zeng Jiang was still very impressed by the "Huang Rong image" audition of TVB that year, when there were three people competing for Huang Rong, the producer Wang Tianlin let Zeng Jiang go and Weng Meiling to audition, after the audition, Zeng Jiang proposed that Weng Meiling play Huang Rong, and finally the crew did choose Weng Meiling to play Huang Rong.
Zeng Jiang also believes that Huang Rong portrayed by Weng Meiling is very successful, the Huang Rong in the play is both smart and naughty, although Huang Rong has a very powerful father, but she does not listen to her father, she has her own opinion. In Zeng Jiang's eyes, Weng Meiling's version of Huang Rong is the most classic, and Zeng Jiang also expressed regret for Weng Meiling's premature death.
Nephew Queen Xinping and Zeng Jiang and Jiao Jiao
In the 83rd version of "Shooting Eagle", The Huang Yaoshi played by Zeng Jiang is also considered by many viewers to be insurmountable, and Zeng Jiang's own temperament is very similar to that of Huang Yaoshi, and they all give people a sense of domineering and arrogance. In real life, Zeng Jiang has also offended many people because of his personality, and he has also reflected on "interpersonal relationships are the biggest regret in my life."
Acting is Zeng Jiang's favorite thing in this life, Zeng Jiang has starred in more than 180 movies, more than 60 TV series, although the current Zeng Jiang does not have the dazzling and dazzling of those popular movie stars, but it is undeniable that his excellent acting skills have added a lot of color to many films, Zeng Jiang is definitely a respected old drama bone!