He is 6 years old to learn martial arts, almost all martial arts stars have cooperated, 18-year-old he worshiped Hong Jinbao, played a lifelong villain, with a kung fu into Hollywood, every time he saw him play the villain and the protagonist against the protagonist, always afraid of the protagonist was killed by him alive, he once said that no one in the film circle is real kung fu, he is the protagonist of this issue, can not do martial arts "Chang Wei" - Zou Zhaolong.
Zou Zhaolong
Zou Zhaolong was born in 1967 in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan Province, Zou Zhaolong's family counted him, a total of 13 brothers and sisters, he ranked eight in the family, because there were too many children, young Zou Zhaolong did not have time to enjoy his father's love, his father died of illness.
Because the family lacked the protection of an adult man, Zou Zhaolong's brothers and sisters and himself were bullied since childhood, and the young Zou Zhaolong practiced boxing fiercely and hit those who bullied them, at this time he was only 6 years old.
After that, in order to make a living, Zou Zhaolong followed the owner of the carving shop to work, there is a National Art Hall next door to the carving shop, Zou Zhaolong every time he passes by the door of the National Art Hall, he looks at the sound of boxing coming out of it, he is envious, since then he also likes martial arts, and in the next few years, Zou Zhaolong successfully joined the National Art Hall, and will practice every day in his free time.
When Zou Zhaolong was twelve years old, he saw a film company recruiting people, he went to apply, at that time he did not understand what acting skills were, when it was his turn to play, he just played a set of boxing techniques, did not expect to be favored by the martial arts director of the film company in one fell swoop, just like this, Zou Zhaolong began to act as a martial arts stand-in in the film industry. During this period, for the needs of the film, he systematically practiced taekwondo and Muay Thai, as well as learned the fighting skills of film shooting. At that time, he was still young, the company often let him act as a stand-in for girls, his work attitude was serious, meticulous in doing things, so that many martial arts fingers in the company were greatly praised, and he also served as a stand-in for Zheng Shaoqiu in "The Legend of New Chu Liuxiang", and his six-year stand-in career made his martial arts attainment very deep.
"Full Bounce"
In 1985, coinciding with Hong Jinbao's return to Taiwan to direct the film "All Out Rebound", which is a movie about taekwondo, 18-year-old Zou Zhaolong was hit by Hong Jinbao on the spot because of his superb martial arts skills, and let him play the male lead. It is also with this movie that Zou Zhaolong officially debuted, but after Zou Zhaolong finished filming, he did not continue filming, but retired for two years, silently went to serve in the military, Hong Jinbao loved to cherish talent, he would rather wait for Zou Zhaolong for two years, he instructed Zou Zhaolong, after completing military service, he can go to Hong Kong to find him.
After completing his military service, the 21-year-old Zou Zhaolong went to Hong Kong to develop, studied under Hong Jinbao, joined Hong Jinbao's team, and became a member of Hong's family class. Zou Zhaolong also became Hong Jinbao's first apprentice announced to the public, and the second was Peng Yuyan, and since then, Zou Zhaolong has officially entered the Hong Kong film industry. Zou Zhaolong also gave himself a stage name Ni Xing.
Wang Jianjun (Zou Zhaolong)
In the early years, Zou Zhaolong filmed very hard and vowed to break out of the world. With the support of master Hong Jinbao, Zou Zhaolong successively starred in "Street of Fire", "Vow not to forget love", "A Knife In the City", and at the same time he also knew weng Huide, a mixed-race Hong Kong sister, and the two fell in love at first sight, secretly patting and dragging without everyone. In a scene in "A Knife In the City", Zou Zhaolong needed to jump over a wall with a spring bed, but he made a mistake and did not jump over, directly fell to the ground, was seriously injured and almost lost his life. After Weng Huide knew, he gave up his career and did not abandon Zou Zhaolong in his hospital bed.
It is said that after making so many movies, it should have been fired a long time ago, but Zou Zhaolong did not become popular because of this, or he was like an ordinary person.
"The Demon Sect Leader of the Dragon Slayer"
In 1993, under the introduction of his master Hong Jinbao, Zou Zhaolong met the big director Wang Jing of Hong Kong at that time, Wang Jing was filming "The Demon Sect Leader of the Dragon Slayer in The Heavens", and the main actor was Jet Li, Zou Zhaolong had his first cooperation with Jet Li because he was invited to act as the villain of this film, Song Qingshu, and Had his first cooperation with Jet Li, and this film also opened Zou Zhaolong's villain career.
In 1994, Jet Li was filming the movie "Zhongnanhai Bodyguard", he took a fancy to Zou Zhaolong's kung fu, invited Zou Zhaolong to play the villain Wang Jianjun, Zou Zhaolong's performance in the movie is fierce and can fight, and the fight between the two also makes Zou Zhaolong shine. For the first time in his life, Jet Li felt that he had met an opponent, and he felt that there were only a few people who could play with his opponent back and forth, and Zou Zhaolong was one of them, like other actors, it was difficult to see his punching speed, and no one could be so in tune with himself.
In the following period of time, Zou Zhaolong became the royal villain of Jet Li, and successively played the villain role in Jet Li's "Naked Son Weilong" and "Adventure King", and in each scene, the two of them dedicated wonderful play to the audience in front of the big screen.
Chang Wei
Zou Zhaolong's villain career slowly began to flourish, at this time he received a notice, it was from the "king of comedy" Zhou Xingchi, Zhou Xingchi saw his performance in the movie, wanted him to play the role of "Chang Wei" in his movie "Nine Pin Sesame Officer". But the villain professional Zou Zhaolong wanted to refuse in the face of this role, because Zou Zhaolong had his own principles, the villain role he played was a villain forced by life, and the role of "Chang Wei" was a bad guy for no reason, Hong Jinbao thought that this was an opportunity, let Zou Zhaolong try, in the face of the master's speech, Zou Zhaolong reluctantly agreed to play. After this role came out, the response was huge, and Zou Zhaolong became a household name, and everyone is still discussing it to this day.
Zou Zhaolong also admired Zhou Xingchi, he believes that Zhou Xingchi's character is very strong, because the villain role of Chang Wei is too deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and everyone has been using the label of Chang Wei to look at him, making him cry and laugh. Zou Zhaolong himself did not like this role very much, so in an interview with the media, he often said, "Chang Wei is not played by me, it is played by my brother Chang Wu." ”
The Matrix
In 2000, "The Matrix" was being filmed, Yuan Heping was invited as a martial arts instructor, and when he learned that Zou Zhaolong was in the United States, Yuan Heping also called him over to help and guide the martial arts actions of foreigners. Zou Zhaolong in the scene revealed the Chinese kung fu amazing director on the scene, in the filming of the second part, invited Zou Zhaolong to star, he also became the first Chinese in "The Matrix", director Andy Wachowski also hopes to record Zou Zhaolong's kung fu actions, as a price, as long as "The Matrix 2" is still broadcast, Zou Zhaolong can get permanent dividends, Zou Zhaolong agreed to this contract, and then "The Matrix 2" box office up to more than one billion, dividends for Zou Zhaolong is an astronomical number, this money, Far beyond Zou Zhaolong's filming salary, even if he is not there, as long as the movie is still broadcast, his children can still get dividends.
Zou Zhaolong with "The Matrix" a fire, but also received many invitations from Hollywood big-name movies, but all of them played the villain role, he did not want to think about it and refused, many people do not understand, why there is a chance you do not fight, he later explained in an interview:
"I'm in the mainland, in the Chinese market, you look for me to be a villain, or it doesn't matter, everyone is Chinese, but here, sorry, you are black and white, I can't be a villain on your side, art doesn't distinguish between noble and lowly, but if you use art to trample on our famous family, I can't accept it."
fuse
After this trip to the United States, Zou Zhaolong completely looked away, the villain decent or whatever does not matter, the villain also needs acting skills, they also need people to act, after that he has played the villain in "Huo Yuanjia", "Fusem", "The King of Kung Fu", in the movie "Fuse" cooperated with Zhen Zidan, Zou Zhaolong accidentally compressed Zhen Zidan's tail dragon bone to the pelvic bone, he is also a person who can play with Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Zhen Zidan, wu Jing at the same time, and his villain role in each play has entered the wood three points, triggering everyone's discussion.
Over the years, Zou Zhaolong has participated in not many movies, but the classic villain roles he left on the screen still make us relish, in Zou Zhaolong's heart, there must be its own principles in the heart, and the bottom line is more important than fame and fortune. He did not lose the face of the Chinese in a foreign country, and he also had an account for himself in this life. I also hope that we can see Zou Zhaolong make interesting movie roles later.