If there is a sunrise in the dynasty, why should the covenant of today be changed to tomorrow's tomorrow?
If a man does not fail me, how can I fail a man?
- "The Legend of Lu Xiaofeng"
The audience did not lose you, how can you lose the audience?
On December 20, "Ip Man 4" was released.
Zhen Zidan on the poster, with white hair and a dignified face, does not know sorrow and joy.
Prominently written in a prominent position: Ten years of legend, the last battle!
It should still come - the finale of the "Ip Man" series tells the audience: This is Zhen Zidan's last kung fu film!
In fact, Zhen Zidan has long announced on social accounts that he will not appear in kung fu films in the future, but many viewers have been reluctant to admit it.
At the opening ceremony of the Foshan Kung Fu Film Festival on December 17, a small audience member asked, "Uncle Zidan, will you still make "Young Ip Man"?" ”
Zhen Zidan replied: "I have officially announced that I will no longer act in kung fu films, but I will still do the behind-the-scenes work of kung fu films!" ”
The young audience looked lonely.
From 35 years of film, he has participated in 78 movies, most of which are kung fu films.
Zhen Zidan is a well-deserved "generation of grandmasters" in the eyes of the audience!
<h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" > born into a martial arts family, and the idols are Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan</h1>
On July 27, 1963, a baby boy was born in a martial arts family in Guangdong.
His parents liked to read the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and unlike others who belittled Cao Zun Liu, they were quite neutral.
"Cao Wei's general and Sima Cao Zhen were quite heroic, but their hearts were narrow and treacherous, and if they went to "Cao" to leave "true", they would be called Zi Dan. (Cao Zhen Zi Dan)"
When she was a child, Zhen Zidan took a group photo with her parents
Zhen Zidan's mother, Mai Baochan, was a well-known international martial artist and tai chi master, and most of his relatives were martial arts practitioners.
In such a strong martial arts atmosphere, Zhen Zidan began to systematically learn traditional martial arts.
In 1974, Zhen Zidan followed his parents to the United States.
In a foreign country, strangers around me repeatedly talk about Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan.
Quite interested, Zhen Zidan found their movie after watching it, and became obsessed!
After that, Zhen Zidan began to practice Western boxing and free fighting like crazy.
Because his mother was not very good at modern martial arts, she was sent to the Shichahai Sports School in Beijing (Jet Li, Wu Jing and other kung fu superstars had studied at this school).
After Zhen Zidan returned to the United States in 1982, he won the championship in martial arts competitions in the United States.
During the period of learning martial arts, Zhen Zi Dancai was the leader of the Hundred Families, following the example of Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan, which laid the groundwork for his later growth into a kung fu superstar.
A while ago, Quentin's new film was suspected of scandalizing Bruce Lee, and a number of stars in the entertainment industry were silent, and Zhen Zidan was one who came out and said bluntly: "Quentin's depreciation and ugliness of Bruce Lee is disgusting!" ”
<h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" > the bumpy road to fame for a generation of grandmasters</h1>
In 1983, Donnie Yen met Yuan Heping during a competition in Hong Kong.
The famous director and martial arts instructor admired Zhen Zidan's martial arts skills.
So under his recommendation, Zhen Zidan starred in his first film in 1984, "Laughing Tai Chi".
This kind of comedy kung fu film, which was very popular at the time, did not make Zhen Zidan as popular as his idols Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan.
On the contrary, at this time, Zhen Zidan was questioned as an actor who "can fight and cannot act".
In the following years, Zhen Zidan explored his acting path one foot deep and one foot shallow in movies such as "SWAT Dragon Slaying", "Royal Master Sister", and "Labyrinth of Destiny".
It was not until 1992, when Zhen Zidan met Xu Ke, that he gradually became famous.
The two collaborated on two films, "New Dragon Gate Inn" and "Huang Feihong's Boy When Self-Strengthening", of which Zhen Zidan was nominated for best supporting actor at the Academy Awards that year with "Huang Feihong's Boy When Self-Strengthening".
The following year, Zhen Zidan starred in "Iron Horse" and "Su Qi'er" directed by Yuan Heping.
In 1994, after Zhen Zidan starred in "Wing Chun", "Hong Xiguan", "Jingwumen" and other films, with the overall decline of martial arts films, Zhen Zidan's works began to gradually decrease.
During this period, Zhen Zidan mainly worked as a director and martial arts instructor, and at the same time began to develop abroad. For example, "Code Name Cougar", "Challenger's Ultimate Battle" and other films have its presence.
Wuxia films are now "scarce" in Chinese films
After the new millennium, Zhen Zidan and Jackie Chan have cooperated in "Shanghai Noon", Zhang Yimou has cooperated with "Hero", Xu Ke has cooperated with "Seven Swords", Ye Weixin has cooperated with "Kill the Wolf", "Dragon and Tiger Gate" and other works.
It can be seen that although Zhen Zidan has many works in this period, it is still impossible to call him a "generation of masters" at this time.
Until the appearance of Huang Baiming!
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > I am Mr. Zhen Zidan of China</h1>
In 2008, 45-year-old Zhen Zidan signed a contract with Huang Baiming.
In December of the same year, "Ip Man", directed by Ye Weixin and starring Zhen Zidan, Ren Dahua, Xiong Dailin and others, came out.
Once the film was released, it received rave reviews. Not only did it get a good box office, but it also won the Best Film award at the Academy Awards that year.
Over the next decade, Ip Man was gradually built into a powerful IP.
The actors change back and forth, and the investors change one after another.
However, "Zhen Zidan - Ip Man" did not change!
In each of them, Zhen Zidan not only contributed textbook-level acting skills and lively fighting, but more importantly, he showed the spirit of the great Chinese martial artists and the indomitable integrity of the Chinese nation!
In each part, Zhen Zidan is as calm and introverted as ever, and retracts freely!
In each film, Chinese audiences and overseas audiences were moved to tears!
However, in the fourth part, Zhen Zidan's movements are slow, his hair is white, and his back is a little bent... However, I saw that his wind bone, or Ip Man's wind bone, and the wind bone of the martial practitioner had not changed at all!
However, because of years of injuries, Zhen Zidan was doomed to not play again...
Once at an event, the host called Zhen Zidan "American Zhen Zidan".
Zhen Zidan quickly interrupted: "I am Mr. Zhen Zidan of China, not Mr. Zhen Zidan of the United States!" ”
Many stars in the entertainment industry want to join the United States nationality, and he is the only Chinese star who has withdrawn from the United States.
The grandmaster of the generation who retired from the United States is now going to withdraw from the market of kung fu films.
Bruce Lee was followed by Jackie Chan, and after Jackie Chan there was Donnie Yen.
What about after Zhen Zidan?