Recently, at the film festival, Jackie Chan said in an interview: "It took me decades to reach the box office of 20 billion, and Wu Jing's 4 films are enough. ”
Jackie Chan is obviously modest, although it is all 20 billion, "gold content" is not the same.
But Jackie Chan can say this sentence, reflecting Wu Jing's success from the side, so successful that it can be compared with the world's kung fu superstars.
Zhao Wenzhuo
This reminds me of Zhao Wenzhuo, a former kung fu superstar who has now become a third-line artist, living on occasional variety shows and shooting low-cost web dramas.
You must know that when Zhao Wenzhuo became famous, Wu Jing had not yet debuted. Both kung fu stars, the situation of the two is really very different now.
Zhao Wenzhuo's situation when he stepped into the show business circle was much better than That of Wu Jing, and he was supported by noble people all the way, cooperating with top directors and stars, and his debut was the peak.
When Wu Jing first arrived in Hong Kong, he didn't even have a line.
Zhao Wenzhuo plays the villain of the movie "Fang Shiyu" and the Nine Gate Admiral Ordo
In 1992, Zhao Wenzhuo was selected by Hong Kong director Yuan Kui to play the villain of the movie "Fang Shiyu" in the nine-door admiral Ordo, and the opponent was Jet Li, the top star who was very popular at the time.
The role of Zhao Wenzhuo was played by Zhao Wenzhuo, squinting his eyes to look down at his opponents, condescending and invincible, with both pride and evil spirit.
Until now, the Nine Gate Admiral is definitely one of the most outstanding characters created by Zhao Wenzhuo.
Zhao Wenzhuo has been filming the Huang Feihong series, but they are all bad films, which consume the audience's trust in him
"Fang Shiyu" is still filming, Zhao Wenzhuo was favored by Xu Ke again, and invited him to star in "The Wind of the King of Huang Feihong".
The two movies started shooting at the same time, a villain, a decent, and a good and evil, but they were all very well pinched by Zhao Wenzhuo.
Xu Ke was a nobleman of Zhao Wenzhuo.
Later, in the film "Green Snake" directed by Xu Ke, Zhao Wenzhuo played Fahai, and the partners were still top stars Maggie Cheung and Wang Zuxian.
Fahai and Qing Snake, when I was a child, I had an impulsive feeling when I watched it
In the confrontation with Maggie Cheung, Zhao Wenzhuo expressed the feeling of restraining desire on the surface but burning in the heart very well, which was subversive.
Zhao Wenzhuo's classic line in the film: "Dawei Tianlong, World-respected Dizang" has also become a popular phrase on the Internet.
At the end of the 20th century, Hong Kong cinema declined, and Zhao Wenzhuo began to move to the mainland.
The plot of "Wind and Cloud" is weird, and the actors are weird, but they still can't resist the audience's love
The most popular among many film and television dramas is "Wind and Clouds", which was a TV series that was empty of people at the time, and Nie Feng, played by Zhao Wenzhuo, was definitely a martial arts idol for countless teenagers at that time.
Later, Zhao Wenzhuo also took some works one after another, but none of them set off any big waves.
Zhao Wenzhuo interacts with the actress
Looking back at Zhao Wenzhuo's acting career, the nine-door admiral who is arrogant in "Fang Shiyu", the Fahai who suppresses himself in "Green Snake", and Nie Feng in "Wind and Cloud", these are all roles that are particularly deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, but why is it suddenly not hot?
First, gossip and farce continue. During the Hong Kong period, Zhao Wenzhuo was constantly entangled with Mui Yanfang and Wu Qili. After returning to the mainland, he was with Xiao Lian, a girl outside the circle, who gave birth to a son for him, and later pursued Zhang Danlu, and then revealed that he and Jiang Qinqin had a relationship.
Relevant media reported that Zhao Wenzhuo and Wu Qili were in love
In general, Zhao Wenzhuo's emotional history is relatively chaotic, which is extremely inconsistent with his positioning of "integrity", "heroic nature" and "pure love and good man".
Second, there is constant controversy. First of all, there are often media reports that he plays a big name on the set, such as not knowing the weight on the set, injuring stars such as Xu Ke, Shu Qi, Jia Jingwen, Yuan Yongyi, etc., and spending 50,000 yuan per night...
Xu Ke spoke in an interview
Xu Ke also broke the news that Zhao Wenzhuo was often unable to shoot normally when he was in love with Mei Yanfang, which made him very annoyed.
Whether these controversies are true or false, we will not comment, but they have definitely caused some harm to Zhao Wenzhuo's reputation.
The third is the Zhen Zidan incident and the use of films to engage in illegal fund-raising incidents, these things are very complicated, and I will not say much here.
I think these two things are fatal to Zhao Wenzhuo's injuries.
Zhao Wenzhuo and Zhen Zidan
Fourth, Zhao Wenzhuo's personality feels too "positive", always a serious look, and he can't put down the shelf.
On the other hand, Wu Jing, the human setting is a big grin, drinking wine, eating meat, very grounded, the audience naturally likes it.
Fifth, I did not find my own positioning. Jackie Chan became a world superstar by relying on kung fu comedy, Zhen Zidan turned around by relying on the Ip Man series, and Wu Jing made a lot of money by closely combining the image of a tough guy with patriotic feelings.
Zhao Wenzhuo has never been able to go out of the way of traditional martial arts, and has not found a suitable positioning for himself.
Promotional poster for the movie Strike Back
In 2020, Zhao Wenzhuo directed and acted in the military-themed movie "Counterattack", zhao Wenzhuo played a soldier, I think there is a sense of imitating Wu Jing.
At present, the film has not been released, this time, whether Zhao Wenzhuo can succeed, let us wait and see!