In 1993, the name Wong Fei Hung was quite loud, and in this year alone, seven Wong Fei Hung films were released in Hong Kong.
And all this stemmed from the 1991 broadcast of Jet Li's "Huang Feihong's Top Ambition". As the pioneer of the new school of martial arts films, ghost director Xu Ke shot the Huang Feihong series of films in 1991, and the martial arts action of the film is elegant and ethereal, free-flowing, and full of highlights. Although there were endless films based on Huang Feihong at that time, Jet Li's version became an insurmountable classic. For a time, most of the entire East and Southeast Asia areas were sensational. Jet Li is also famous for his wonderful performances and has become a popular kung fu emperor in Asia.
Even the process of Huang Feihong's shooting and distribution at that time was not smooth, and it can even be said that it was ups and downs and hardships. Today we will talk about the Huang Feihong series of movies. 1991 can be described as a year of far-reaching influence on Jet Li. This year, he took over the role of Huang Feihong, a role that can change the situation in the plot, and at the same time, he also changed Jet Li's life. It is this role that makes Jet Li, who is at the low end of his career, quickly become famous, and makes him stand firm in the Hong Kong film industry. Before Jet Li, the most profound image of Huang Feihong to the audience was Guan Dexing, who acted in more than 70 Huang Feihong movies, resulting in many remade Huang Feihong movies ending in failure. Nowadays, Jet Li has become synonymous with Huang Feihong, but the success of this movie, in addition to Jet Li, the biggest and biggest behind-the-scenes driver is Xu Ke. After "The True Colors of Heroes" became popular in 1986, Xu Ke planned to take advantage of the victory and remake the movie theme Of Huang Feihong. Originally, Xu Ke planned to let Dillon play Huang Feihong and Zhou Runfa play Liang Kuan, but considering that Zhou Runfa's image of the little horse brother was too deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, it was not suitable for him to wear a robe and a coat, afraid that the audience could not accept it, the risk was too great, and he could only give up.
So far, Xu Ke has not found a suitable candidate. The filming of the Wong Fei Hung film series was shelved. In 1989, Xu Ke went to the United States to study directing, and it was at this time that Jet Li also came here to run and make a living by teaching boxing at the Kaiwuguan. Xu Ke visited Jet Li and thought that Jet Li was the perfect candidate for Huang Feihong in his mind. Therefore, Xu Ke and others recommended to the top level and recommended Li Lian to play Huang Feihong. The reason why Xu Ke has Xu Lao's nickname is also because when shooting Huang Feihong's movies, there will always be a lot of wild ideas, and many classic shots are based on his sudden whims. In order to best express the image of Huang Feihong, the martial arts director has become a heavyweight in the whole play. In the filming of "Top Gun", Xu Ke's earliest martial arts instructors were Liu Jialiang and Liu Jiarong, and their father Liu Zhan was the apprentice of Huang Feihong's disciple Lin Shirong, so they can be called Huang Feihong's descendants.
The Wong Fei Hung series is so successful, so why didn't the original team come up with more sequels? There's actually a rational reason for this – until... Jet Li's "Huang Feihong" series has already produced 5 films. The background of "Lion of the West" is even in the United States. That is, the series, all the styles have been tried. If this continues with a sequel, it will only smash its own signboard. So the lead actor Jet Li quickly and wisely sought the transformation.
Seriously, the reason why Jet Li can become as hot as he is now is inseparable from the movie Huang Feihong. The movie Huang Feihong turned Jet Li into a generation of grandmasters. However, Jet Li's shooting was not so smooth. While filming Huang Feihong's ambition, Jet Li's old injury on the set recurred. Because before the filming of the second part, there was a fight scene, there were two actors to use the real weapon, rather than fake fight, at this time, Jet Li, inadvertently kicked and injured the leg, did not expect that the movie was only half shot on such an accident. But I can't reluctantly stick to filming, because director Xu Ke is a person who pursues perfection, and seeing Jet Li's current situation, it is not only the imperfect action, but also the pain that ordinary people can't stand. Therefore, when filming the fourth part, the lead actor changed from Jet Li to Zhao Wenzhuo. However, there is also a rumor during this period, that is, in order to save money, director Xu Ke decided to change the starring role on the spot, because Jet Li has become a mess through the first three films, and his value has increased several times. When Xu Ke talked with Jet Li about film remuneration, in the face of sky-high film remuneration, Xu Ke resolutely refused, which also had the opportunity for Zhao Wenzhuo.
It is said that Zhao Wenzhuo is an honest person, according to my personal opinion, he is not honest at all, everyone knows Zhao Wenzhuo, who did not intend to enter the show business circle to accompany friends to interview, was inadvertently selected, and finally was looked at by several big directors, so is this really the case? Obviously, there is an unconfirmed rumor, it is said that Zhao Wenzhe was behind his back, and the reason why Zhao Wenzhuo was selected was because he privately contacted the director at the time after his friend left, wanted to fight for this opportunity, and practiced his own kung fu in front of the director, which gave him this opportunity. If you have a mind, you can't do it. The final decision is still in the hands of God, the movie has just been released, the box office and word of mouth are very good, whether it is action or acting, Zhao Wenzhuo is not worse than Jet Li, until the filming of the fifth part, fans this only feels wrong, Zhao Wenzhuo played by Huang Feihong can not play Jet Li's taste at all. So after the release of the movie, the box office is not only not as good as imagined, but also almost lost money, the most unfortunate thing is that the reputation also made Huang Feihong IP smeared with many black spots that could not be erased. Xu Ke also had to give up the movie Huang Feihong at this time, good guy, some time ago Zhao Wenzhuo also received a soft hand, but not long after, Xu Ke, who did not take over the play, carried out an operation. This time completely ruined Zhao Wenzhuo's future, if Xu Ke made some efforts to continue filming, maybe it would be the same as Zhou Xingchi's movie "Moonlight Treasure Box", although the early loss of money, but after a few decades, it will be excavated by the audience to continue to be popular. It's just a pity that Xu Ke will not insist, only looking for another way. Thinking that since the film Huang Feihong series cannot be made, let's go find other scenes. Therefore, Zhao Wenzhuo found a lot of directors during the segment, but unfortunately his heat has passed, it has long been a person, and no director is willing to help him, what can be done? Zhao Wenzhuo suddenly thought, since Xu Ke is not willing to shoot Huang Feihong, then I will find other directors to shoot, does anyone dare to refuse? Therefore, Zhao Wenzhe took Huang Feihong's title to find the director, did not expect that some directors really believed his lies, one by one lost their minds, no matter what kind of actor Zhao Wenzhuo needed to help him find back, need funds or something, but also to get him without saying a word. Zhao Wenzhuo thought at this moment that as long as the movie is released, he can not only punch Director Xu Ke in the face, but also surpass Jet Li, steal his popularity, and make directors who once looked down on him regret it.
It turns out that Zhao Wenzhuo is just dreaming, and after the film was released, the box office was even lower than Huang Feihongsi, which made those directors frightened, so they broke off contact with Zhao Wenzhuo and no longer cooperated with him to make movies. Zhao Wenzhuo was certainly not convinced, because he had never understood why he had lost to Jet Li. Even if he fails, he will persist! In this way, Zhao Wenzhuo was planted in it one by one, no matter who persuaded him not to listen. At the same time, Jet Li, who left "Huang Feihong", went to the United States to go international and brought Chinese kung fu to the world. His fame abroad is no worse than Jackie Chan's. Although Zhao Wenzhuo stole Jet Li's job bowl at that time and was proud for a while, he regretted it for a lifetime. Since then, Zhao Wenzhuo has lived under the background of Jet Li, and he has continued to shoot the TV series version of Huang Feihong. However, the audience did not buy Zhao Wenzhuo's account, this feeling of fried rice will only make the audience more and more unable to sit still, and people will really be angry than people. In fact, the reason why Wong Fei Hong si failed was not just The contrivance of Zhao Wenzhuo alone, in fact, the Hong Kong film market changed at that time. On the other hand, if Zhao Wenzhuo had stopped the loss in time, it would not have developed into this. For example, Jet Li, he is very good at following the trend and succeeding.
However, as a fan, Jet Li cannot play the entire "Huang Feihong" series, which is still somewhat regrettable. What do you think about that?