In the entertainment industry, the so-called scumbags are simply not enough. If there was a Weibo at that time, Shuangzi’s surrogacy would not be eligible for hot search. So everyone just has the mentality of listening to the story, just listen to the danzi.
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The formation of a person’s character is largely related to his native family. Looking at the personal experiences of that generation of Hong Kong stars, you will find that whether it is Andy Lau, Tony Leung or Jacky Cheung, the common feature is poor family background. So in their early acting career, money is always the key factor.
But because of their different innate personalities, they eventually made different choices. For example, Tony Leung is an introvert. He once said that he likes acting, which is to release his depressed emotions through his role. Jacky Cheung likes to sing since he was a child. He started playing in a band in middle school, and he had to change his jazz style when he was old.
Andy Lau is different. Everyone knows that Hua Tsai is not very talented in singing or acting. For 40 years in the industry, he started with good looks and long-term success with diligence, but he rarely got affirmation in singing skills and acting skills. Excluding the reason of talent, it may be related to his own lack of love for singing and acting.
What does Andy Lau love? In my opinion, what Andy Lau loves is actually the work itself, which prompted him not only to develop more habitats, but also to leave an astonishing number of works in both the music and film circles. At the same time, he has great enthusiasm for the stage, for being watched, and this has resulted in him forming a pleasing personality.
You will find that both good and bad evaluations of him are just the pros and cons of the pleasing personality. First of all, Andy Lau is very ambitious. To be an evergreen tree in any industry, it is impossible to lack this ambition. And this was vividly demonstrated when he first entered the industry. In 1982, just one year after entering the TVB artist training class, Andy Lau was given the opportunity to star in the movie “Death to the Wrath”.
At that time, Andy Lau had already had works such as “Goodbye Jianghu” and “Colorful Clouds”, but it did not make him stand out. He was facing the dilemma of not having a job at that time. And it was Chow Yun-fat who recommended him to participate in “To the Wrath Sea”.
Chow Yun-fat had already become popular with “Shanghai Beach”. Originally, the role in “To the Wrath Sea” was prepared for him. Because the filming location was on Hainan Island, Chow Yun-fat was afraid of losing the Chinese Taiwan market, so he recommended it instead. Andy Lau, also a wireless artist.
Faced with the low-handed opportunity, Andy Lau was extremely calm, and ran to ask Chow Yun-fat why he gave the opportunity to him. Chow Yun-fat told the truth, and Andy Lau said it made sense, so I didn’t want to act, and I was afraid of losing the Taiwan market. Chow Yun-fat swears, you have a fart Taiwan market, you don’t have any market, what’s the influence?
A word of scolding woke him up, and “To the Wrath Sea” also became a turning point in his career. It won 15 million box office, which not only allowed him to be nominated for the best newcomer, and successfully established a foothold in the film and television industry, but also let him know Lin Zixiang. It laid the foundation for the singing career in the future.
But think about it carefully. Generally, young people who have just entered the circle encounter the opportunity of “Running into the Fury” and are too happy. Andy Lau’s first reaction is why Chow Yun-fat gave him the opportunity and listened to it. Reason, really worried about their own market problems. At only 21 years old, Andy Lau showed extraordinary stability in his career.
After “To the Sea of Fury”, Andy Lau entered an explosive period. In the same year, he starred in the TV series “Falcon” and a year later played Yang Guo in “The Condor Heroes”, breaking the Hong Kong ratings record and officially became popular.