The pure Hong Kong-style police blockbuster "Eavesdropping 2" created the most exciting Chinese-language film box office miracle in the summer of 2011. To be able to create such a good result, in addition to the exquisitely conceived scripts of Mak Zhaohui and Zhuang Wenqiang, the three handsome men starring Gu Tianle, Liu Qingyun and Wu Yanzu, who are acting together and have a subversive meaning, what makes the majority of Hong Kong film and television fans more happy is that the cameo performances of the older generation of Hong Kong film and television circles represented by Zeng Jiang and Hu Feng have added a bit of nostalgia to the film.
Most of these actors are from the old Shaw family, although they may not have good appearance conditions, but with long-term unremitting efforts, as well as the professionalism of playing each small role, they have become the golden supporting roles in the minds of the majority of Hong Kong film and television fans. So their appearance in "Eavesdropping 2" has also become a moment for many Hong Kong film and television fans to exclaim and applaud.
Zeng Jiang debuted in the 1960s, and with his tall and handsome appearance, he became a popular male protagonist of literary and art films at that time, and together with Tse Ting-feng's father, Xie Xian, he was known as the two "student lovers" of the Hong Kong film industry at that time, and performed hundreds of movies. In the 1970s, he turned to the television circle and played Huang Yaoshi in the 83rd edition of "The Legend of the Eagle Shooter" is still fresh in people's minds, and his evil spirit and handsomeness have not been surpassed by anyone so far. After the 1990s, Zeng Jiang successfully entered Hollywood with his good spoken English and excellent acting skills, and successively played important roles in blockbusters such as "007 Die on the Chosen Day", "Anna and the King", and "Memoirs of a Geisha".
In terms of generations, acting skills, and aura, the Hong Kong film and television industry really can't find a more suitable actor than Zeng Jiang to play the role of the same uncle. Sinister and cunning, unscrupulous, domineering and exposed. Zeng Jiang's powerful aura controls the rhythm and development of the plot in the second half of the film, and pushes the final climax of the film to the real place. However, strictly speaking, as early as many years ago in "Across the Sea", Zeng Jiang has already played the same type of role well, and this performance is simply out of the question for him.
Luo Yingjun's resume is obviously not as brilliant as Zeng Jiang's, because he has been on TVB since his debut, working hard for thirty years, although he has participated in dozens of dramas, but he is often assigned to a match with a heavier role, so he has never been popular. The only thing that has attracted him a little attention is probably the role of Zhou Wenbin in the "No. 1 Royal Court" series. But it is always still a drama red person is not red. Fortunately, after years of tempering, he has long looked down on those false names, and playing every role well is enough for him.
In fact, in the 83rd edition of "Shooting Eagle", Luo Yingjun has already performed Elder Liang, but what is more embarrassing is that the 94 version of "Shooting Eagle" and the 95 version of "Divine Eagle" are all played by him as Huang Yaoshi, although the interpretation is also successful, but compared with Uncle Zeng Jiang, it is still slightly inferior. This is just like in "Eavesdropping 2", Luo Yingjun played the role of Chen Zhan, although he can also be regarded as one of the important members of the landlord's meeting to call the wind and rain, but in front of his uncle, he immediately became a clumsy junior, and his prestige was lost.
Speaking of Jiang Yi, he created an alternative record in the Chinese film and television circle, and successively played the same role in the 83rd edition of "Shooting Eagle" and "Divine Eagle", and the 94th edition of "Shooting Eagle" and "Divine Eagle", that is, Ke Zhen Evil. Jiang Yi's portrayal of Ke Zhen evil is just arrogant and self-serving, chivalrous, and people love and hate, and they are impressive. Jiang Yi is also a veteran licorice actor who has been playing all the way from TVB, and since the 1970s, he has participated in the performance of hundreds of episodes of TV series. His play path is more stereotypical, and most of them are known for their sinister and cunning counter-angles. In the TVB classic drama "Big Time", Jiang Yi once starred as a stockbroker, and Fang Jinxin, played by Liu Songren, had a large period of tit-for-tat rivalry. In the late 1990s, Jiang Yi left TVB to switch to ATV, and also performed many dramas, during which he also participated in many mainland drama performances. In "Old House Youxi" starring Zhao Wei and Su Youpeng, he played a comedic role.
In "Eavesdropping 2", Jiang Yi's role is not much, but it is absolutely impressive, especially the meticulous oil head, and the slow and rational lines that are full of sinister and feminine, which from time to time recall the roles he has created in many classic episodes, which has a feeling of traveling through time and space.
Guo Feng is also an old actor of TVB, and after graduating from the first actor training class of WIRELESS in 1971, he immediately entered TVB and performed many dramas. Guo Feng's play path is very wide, the role of thick and simple can be played, the role of rough and chivalrous can also be played, and as he grows older, even the role of deep heart is not a word. For example, Lü Buwei in "In Search of Qin" and Huo Jingliang in the "Genesis" series are all classic roles that he is more familiar with.
In "Eavesdropping 2", he played one of the members of the landlord association, Lin Rundong, and the bald head shape of Jin Guangwaliang immediately reflected the villain nature of this role, although limited to the scene, his performance opportunities were not many, but the victory was amazing, especially with several other old drama bones, successfully creating a compelling atmosphere.
Jiao Jiao was born in Chongqing, the mainland, and went to Taiwan with her family in 1949, living in an air force village. Last year, Yang Fan's heterochromatic film "The Prince of Tears" was adapted from some of her childhood observations. In the early days, Jiao Jiao engaged in acting in Taiwan and performed in many movies. Later, by chance, she was invited to Hong Kong to star in "One-Armed Knife", which became a hit and quickly became one of the most successful actresses in Early Taiwan to Hong Kong. Later, in 1972, she faded out of the film circle and turned to behind-the-scenes dubbing work, becoming a famous voice actress in Hong Kong.
Jiao Jiao married Zeng Jiang in Singapore in 1994, and they have been with each other and respect each other as guests. However, in "Eavesdropping 2", she played the wife of Uncle Xiang, who was killed by Zeng Jiang, and hated that she could not kill her uncle with her own hands. In addition, this is not the first time jiao Jiao has played Wu Yanzu's mother, as early as 1998, Wu Yanzu's famous work "Beautiful Young Love", she has already played the role of Wu Yanzu's mother once. It's just that in "Eavesdropping 2", the mother-son affection between Jiao Jiao and Wu Yanzu is even more touching.
Hu Feng debuted in the 1950s, first acted in movies, cooperated with famous actresses in Hong Kong at that time, and once performed a large number of song and dance films with outstanding dance skills, and won the reputation of "Dance King Xiu". After the 70s, Hu Feng turned to the development of the television circle, because of his age, he rarely had the opportunity to play the male lead, but in many episodes, the kind, kind, and a little confused old man image he played still left a very deep impression on the audience.
In "Eavesdropping 2", although the role of Sima Xiang played by Hu Feng did not appear much, and all of them appeared in the memory paragraphs, the role was very important, and it could even be said that the causes and consequences of the whole conspiracy were directly connected. At the same time, his rivalry with Liu Qingyun and his father-son relationship with Wu Yanzu are also two crucial foreshadowings of the whole story. From the mouths of other actors, Hu Feng completed one of the most important roles with the least amount of drama.
In recent years, Lin Dian has appeared as a martial finger, rarely appearing on the big screen or small screen. But in fact, in the early 1980s, he had performed in many dramas on ATV, especially in 1985, in the first large-scale magic drama "Eight Immortals Across the Sea" that ATV entered the mainland for filming, he played Lan Caihe, one of the eight immortals, who was full of merit and beautiful appearance, and was also quite popular with mainland audiences at that time.
However, in terms of martial arts, LinDian's achievements are obviously more dazzling. As a martial arts instructor for Hollywood blockbusters such as "The Matrix" and "Spider-Man 2" and promoting Chinese kung fu to the world, Lin Dian did her best as a Hong Kong martial arts finger. As a martial artist in mainland blockbusters such as "Wuji", he is also ranked only after Yuan Heping and a limited number of veteran martial arts fingers in the industry. This cameo in "Eavesdropping 2". Lin Dian played ah jin, a personal bodyguard by his uncle's side, who did not speak much, but his ability was not small, his face was expressionless, his shot was fierce, his professional quality was very high, and he was very deterrent.
Zou Kaiguang was a very important young behind-the-scenes staff member in the last golden decade of Hong Kong cinema in the 1990s, and he participated in the screenwriting of "BurstIng Criminal Police", "The Birth of a Word", "Golden Rooster", "Three More Homecoming" and other films, all of which are acclaimed and popular Hong Kong films. At the same time, he has also directed films such as "Super Invincible Chasing Girls" and "Male Singers and Girls", which also have a good box office. In addition, Zou Kaiguang loves to make cameo appearances in movies, and in many classic Hong Kong films, he can be seen in the traces, and every time he speaks amazingly and has full effects, it can be called one of the very important dragon sets in Hong Kong movies in the last century.
In "Eavesdropping 2", he played A Ting, who is Luo Minsheng's right and left arm, and there are not many scenes, but in which he secretly handles a scene for Luo Minsheng's stocks or shows Zou Kaiguang's cold humor. This also can't help but remind people that in "Eavesdropping", he also made a cameo appearance, and the bargaining scene with Wu Yanzu was very funny, which was a small highlight.
Hong Kong's golden supporting actors have broken out of the world and appeared more on the big screen, but the appearance of such a large area as "Eavesdropping 2" is the first time. What is even more rare is that it is the super green leaves of these Hong Kong film and drama circles and the performances of golden supporting roles that give the film a more intense and pure Hong Kong flavor. It must be said that behind the great success of "Eavesdropping 2", there is also a heart of this group of unknown actors.