Released in 2004, "Kung Fu" was a very eye-catching film at the box office that year, earning 173 million in the mainland, more than 60 million in Hong Kong, and also achieving a lot of success in North America the following year. Audiences spoke highly of the film, calling it the last Chow Sing Chi-style nonsense comedy. Many of the characters in the film are memorable. Today I want to talk about Yuan Qiu, who plays the charter wife.
Yuan Qiu was one of the most powerful kung fu actors in the early days of Hong Kong films, entering the industry as a stand-in at the age of 17 and dying in his 30s. When she faded out of the film circle, Stephen Chow had not yet emerged. There is no intersection between the two, and Yuan Qiu's role in the role of "Charter Wife" is completely yin and yang. One day, after Yuan Qiu and his sister Yuan Ju finished playing cards, he accompanied her to the "Kung Fu" crew audition, and in the process of auditioning for the charter wife, Yuan Qiu was waiting impatiently with a face of smoke. Zhou Xingchi's eyes lit up when he saw yuanqiu's state, and he told his colleagues: The charter wife has found it, and it is her.
The 54-year-old Yuan Qiu is not excited about Zhou Xingchi's invitation, because she has lived so many years of housewife life, away from the set and the camera for too long, worried that she will not meet Zhou Xingchi's requirements. Under Zhou Xingchi's repeated invitations, Yuan Qiu agreed, but there was a request, that is, Zhou Xingchi could not scold her, otherwise she would not do it. Zhou Xingchi readily agreed, and finally decided to play the charter wife of Yuan Qiu, and Yuan Hua, the brother of Yuan Qiu, played the charter man. Stephen Chow hopes that the figures of the charter wife and the chartered husband will contrast, so as to create a comedic effect. Yuan Qiu gained more than 20 pounds, and Yuan Hua's weight loss effect was also obvious. From the film, we can see that Zhou Xingchi's move was very successful.
Yuan Qiu is a member of the "Seven Little Blessings". Qixiaofu is not just seven people, but a class, there are thirty or forty students of men and women, Yuan Qiu and Hong Jinbao, Jackie Chan, and Yuan Hua are all core members. Yuan Qiu was the best kung fu among the female students, and the most powerful male student was Yuan Hua.
The well-known director Wang Jing said that Yuan Qiu was the strongest female martial artist, and almost contracted the kung fu stand-in for all the heroines of Shaw's films at that time. Stand-in is a very hard and dangerous job, yuan qiu in order to save the job opportunity, even if injured do not dare to say rest, even if afraid of the action scene is also the scalp. In this way, I accumulated my qualifications and slowly had the opportunity to star. "Kung Fu" opened the second spring for Yuan Qiu's career, although it is regrettable that Yuan Qiu is no longer as capable of playing as it was then, but such a hard kung fu actor can be seen by everyone, and it is also lucky.
So that the injury does not dare to say rest, even the fear of the action scene is also the scalp. In this way, I accumulated my qualifications and slowly had the opportunity to star. "Kung Fu" opened the second spring for Yuan Qiu's career, although it is regrettable that Yuan Qiu is no longer as capable of playing as it was then, but such a hard kung fu actor can be seen by everyone, and it is also lucky.