African guys? Lin Zhengying? That's right, there's only one movie, African Monk! In this play, in addition to Lin Zhengying, there are two actors we are familiar with, Zhou Xingchi and Wu Mengda, who are involved, the reason is because in 1991, Zhou Xingchi and Wu Mengda were popular in the sky at that time, so Yongsheng Company invited them to come, but many viewers did not see Zhou Xingchi and Wu Mengda after watching the film. Haha, this is a selling point that Yongsheng uses the fame of Zhou Xingchi and Wu Mengda, and Zhou Xingchi and Wu Mengda are all narrators.
Aside from anything else, as far as this play is concerned, Lin Zhengying's appearance is indeed very classic, but one of the African guys is also deeply remembered, giving people a silly, thick and honest feeling, but in reality it is indeed like this. Personally, I think that the funny component of this play is still a lot, but it is not successful at the box office, on the one hand, because the role conflicts in this film are not much and not obvious, so many viewers do not buy it; on the other hand, at that time, zombie films were rampant, Lin Zhengying racked his brains to explore and innovate, and finally he was powerless to return to heaven; finally, the narration of Zhou Xingchi and Wu Mengda, to be honest, was just a gimmick.
Okay, now let's talk about the African guy. The African guy in the film is also well-behaved, and this play has made him very popular in Asia. His name was Li Su, and his English name was n!xau, born in 1944 in Tsankewe, Namibia, and he was an authentic Bushman native who did not know his birthday at all because their people did not have the habit of celebrating birthdays. It is said that Li Su only had contact with three white people before becoming famous, and later after being discovered by the director, he starred in the 1980 movie "God Is Crazy" xixo, and his generous performance won the love of the audience. Then, the director was very happy and gave him a reward of $300, and as a result, he held it in his hand and didn't know what it was, and a gust of wind blew through, and $300 flew. But then he learned that when he made "God Is Crazy 2", he asked for 800,000 South African rands in one go, and actually got more than 500,000, about 80,000 US dollars. He said that he would use the money to build a cinder brick house with water and electricity for his family, but it is said that in the end, because he was not used to using money and could not manage his finances, he did not know where he used the money, and he spent it anyway.
Li Su starred in "God Is Crazy 2" after the "God Is Crazy" hit, which was also very popular, and the "African Monk" co-starring with Lin Zhengying was even popular in Asia, but these films were all filmed in Africa. But later, he went to Asia to shoot blockbuster films such as "Hong Kong Is Crazy" and "African Superman", during which he also met many well-known Hong Kong stars such as Liu Qingyun, Liu Jialing, and Ye Tong. After making several films that became popular, Li Su was also called "the most famous Namibian actor" by Namibians. However, he does not seem to have much interest in being an actor, and went home after shooting a few films, and there are also reports that he is not satisfied.
After he returned to his hometown, he started his old business, supporting himself and his 3 wives and 6 children by growing corn and pumpkin beans and raising livestock. It is said that he did not raise more than 20 livestock at a time, because he would not count higher than 20.
On July 1, 2003 (African time), Li Su died of a violent death in the grassland while going out looking for firewood, and died at the age of about 59. There are two accounts of his death, with local officials saying that he died of multidrug-resistant TB because there were reports that he had had tuberculosis for a long time, which may have been due to this MDR-TB; But how he died, no one can say, because his family claimed that he went out to collect firewood, did not see him return for several days, and finally went out to look for him, found his body on the grassland, during which no one knows what really happened, in short, he is indeed gone.
On 12 July 2003, in his hometown of Tsangkwe, a semi-traditional funeral was held for him. Lei Yuyang, who had filmed "African Superman" with him in Beijing, Sichuan and Yunnan, learned of Li Su's death and said: "It's a pity, such a friendly and easy-going person. Because he is African, it is very cold to shoot in China, but he puts on a dress and works, and does not wear shoes, without complaint. He and I communicate a lot with body language, he is very good at playing, plus he was already well-known in the mainland at that time, and many children competed to take photos with him. ”