Although Stephen Chow, like Andy Lau, was born in poverty, he started as a walk-on and a supporting role, and finally reached the peak of his life. But because of his personal experience, his deviation from that of Andy Lau is completely different.
Stephen Chow, like an alternative in martial arts novels, wanted to enter a noble and decent family, but he never got it (he didn't enter the TVB artist training class). But in the end, because of his high martial arts, he finally established his own school, which made the major sects have to admit.
Stephen Chow didn't get into the wireless artist training class. Without this halo blessing, he is doomed to be unable to play a role, hone his acting skills, accumulate experience and gain popularity in TV series after graduation like Andy Lau.
Stephen Chow hosted children's programs for several years in the early days, and later had the opportunity to play movies with Li Xiuxian. While most of Li Xiuxian's films are gangster films, Stephen Chow, whose face value is not outstanding, can only play the role of hooligans, teenagers and dangerous people, and his comic talent and nonsense skills have little chance to be displayed.
Yes, gold always shines. Even if it is a police film, Stephen Chow shines brilliantly. 1988 won the Golden Horse Award for Best Supporting Actor for his wonderful performance in Pioneer of Thunderbolt.
What Stephen Chow lacks is a master who discovers his unique bones and points out the maze, giving him a chance to show his nonsense magic. 1990, opportunities and talents are coming.
In The Gambling Saint directed by Liu Zhenwei, Stephen Chow won the local box office champion and broke the box office record with his unswerving skill.
The star of that day became a star overnight. Son and grandfather, not only the address, but also the status.
After Gambling Saint, Stephen Chow's acting life began, breaking box office records every one or two years, which is a common occurrence.
In the bi-weekly era of Hong Kong films, the winner is Stephen Chow. In the box office TOP 10, Stephen Chow's name is the most. Even Jackie Chan, who is desperate, and Chow Yun Fat, who is superb in acting, can only look at Stephen Chow at the box office.
It is worth mentioning that in 10, when Bizhou City dominated Hong Kong movies, Andy Lau was the only star actor in Hong Kong who could compete with it. Won the box office championship twice with two films, such as "Slimming Men and Women".
Compared with Chow Yun Fat, Stephen Chow's shortcoming is that there is no film award icing on the cake; Compared with Jackie Chan, Stephen Chow is not international.
At that time, Chow Yun Fat, with the help of "The True Color of Heroes", turned over and took off the hat of box office poison. His acting skills were even better, and he became an excellent judge of the Academy Awards. He is busy with nominations and awards.
Stephen Chow and Jackie Chan are in the same boat, because they can't impress the judges of the Academy Awards. In their eyes, fresh and elegant literary films are the right way. Even if the box office is low enough to make investors cry in the toilet, they will not hesitate to vote for the protagonist of the literary film.
Stephen Chow and Jackie Chan's films, with strong commercial flavor, have always been difficult to enter their eyes. Therefore, despite Stephen Chow and Jackie Chan's fame and fortune, they got cramps and left countless legends, but they never got a golden statuette.
Although Stephen Chow satirized the judges of the Academy Awards many times in his films, and even showed no mercy in The Secret Agent, it didn't help.
Stephen Chow is luckier than Jackie Chan, because he won the actor award.
In 2003, SARS raged, cinemas closed, and Hong Kong film industry suffered heavy losses. How miserable the situation is, Baidu can clearly see the box office of that year.
Stephen Chow's "shaolin soccer" sold against the market, once again breaking the box office record, exceeding 60 million.
In order to boost the morale of Hong Kong filmmakers, under the pressure of public opinion, the winner of the Hong Kong Academy Award was finally given to Stephen Chow.
This indicates that Stephen Chow has finally established a sect, which has been recognized by major sects, and the status of Wulitou Sect has been confirmed.
The same thing happened to Andy Lau. In order to save the market, the phenomenal film Infernal Affairs came into being. The first choice is Andy Lau.
Tony Leung Chiu Wai, who made literary films with Wong Kar-wai at that time, won numerous awards, but everyone knows whether he can prop up the box office.
Andy Lau is in charge of business and Tony Leung Chiu Wai is in charge of acting, with a clear division of labor. It is destined that the credit for the box office will go to Andy Lau and the winner will go to Tony Leung Chiu Wai.
Andy Lau started very high and became famous in the TV circle. Two TV series, Falcon and Condor Heroes, made him sit firmly on the throne of five tigers. I can't help it Being handsome is always pleasing.
After the transformation of the film industry, the initial development of Andy Lau was difficult, and it was a long story. It was not until "Going to the Angry Sea" won the Golden Award for Best Newcomer that it gradually got better. After many years, it played many classic roles.
But he can't get rid of the handsome model all the time, just like a master who has fallen into a dead end in practice. Without the guidance of experts, it is difficult for him to further his skills.
Especially after the failure to invest in the canopy company, he was heavily in debt. In order to pay off debts and repay Jing Wong's kindness in the future, Andy Lau made a lot of bad films without acting against his will, which became a black spot in his acting career. The most famous, when the number "love fate", received a high salary, lost a good reputation.
Andy Lau probably didn't think that his outstanding singing skills would be the greatest help to his career. Especially 1992, four heavenly kings were born. While monopolizing major awards in Hong Kong, their influence permeates the film circle.
At the peak of the Four Heavenly Kings, the films produced in one year accounted for nearly 20% of the total film production in Hong Kong.
Buddha blocks Buddha, and magic blocks magic. All the masters will be three points worse than the four kings. No way, who let them catch up with the best era of Hong Kong's economy and entertainment industry.
At this time of Andy Lau, success will pay attention to fame. When I was busy, I also considered how to improve my acting skills and got a golden statuette.
After Dark War helped Andy Lau win the first Oscar for Best Actor, Andy Lau's acting made rapid progress. Although he was defeated by Tony Leung Chiu Wai many times, he occasionally won a small victory.
On the other hand, it is also an honor to be able to spell acting with Teacher Liang. After all, "People" won the most best actor, surpassing Chow Yun Fat in those days.
What really makes Andy Lau's acting skills leap into the realm of peerless masters are Sister Tao and Lonely Lost.
Andy Lau's role as a farmer in Lost Orphan even exceeded the imagination of Buddhist Zhang Yimou.
"Sister Tao" made Andy Lau sweep the major film festivals and won the prize with soft hands.
When Jing Wong was filming "Gambling Man", he asked Stephen Chow and Andy Lau to play male two. He didn't expect to read countless people. Stephen Chow actually stole a man's thunder, Andy Lau.
This is why Jing Wong criticized Stephen Chow's character, but always praised his acting skills.
Andy Lau, who achieved great success, finally got the qualification to compete with Stephen Chow, who founded the school. Not at the box office, fighting for the movie.
Stephen Chow and Andy Lau have the same desire and are both directors.
Stephen Chow is more thorough and brave. He became a behind-the-scenes director at the most glorious time and never asked the actors.
Judging from several of his works, his directing skills are better than those of actors. After the release of The Journey to the West's Mermaid, not only did Hong Kong directors lose 18 streets in a row at the box office, but they also swept the major film festivals in the Mainland.
After all, times have changed, and the Academy Awards have become a fig leaf for Hong Kong films.
Stephen Chow's other contribution to the film should be winning a bunch of golden supporting actors and actresses. Luo Jiaying, Huang Yishan, Huang Yifei, Ruhua, King-Tan Yuen and many other strange-looking actors have never had a promising supporting role in Hong Kong. They have turned decay into magic in Stephen Chow's films and become the existence to compete with the protagonist.
Although they have a lot of complaints about Stephen Chow's character and way of doing things, they can't deny that they are still living by consuming Stephen Chow.
Hong Kong films are dying in the west, and they can play leading roles in various bad films in Hengdian, earning high salaries and relying on Stephen Chow. Without Stephen Chow, they are everything.
As a commercial star, Andy Lau is doomed not to be a director behind the scenes prematurely, even though he studied as a director in the wireless artist training class.
No one expected that Stephen Chow was not as good as Jacky Cheung in singing and Andy Lau in acting, and could be popular for 40 years. Judging from the grand occasion of Andy Lau C attending the Academy Awards a few days ago, even at the age of 60, Andy Lau will continue to be popular if he doesn't take the initiative to quit.
Unlike Stephen Chow, Andy Lau, as a wife and father, has more worries in life. So he has been deliberately reducing his workload and leaving more time for his wife and daughter.
It's hard to imagine that Andy Lau will attend her daughter's parents' meeting and send her to and from school as long as she is in Hongkong. If you get a happy family, you are bound to lose business opportunities.
However, judging from the current situation, Andy Lau made them more stable and just right. Concert, a Japanese movie, producers, bosses and actors kept him as busy as those years.
Andy Lau really wants to give up everything and become a director. It is estimated that it will take a long time.
However, even when he became a director, the distance between him and Stephen Chow was still two mermaids.