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On June 3, Wu Mengda, a Hong Kong artist, was welcomed by the children of Hongbai Town Primary School in Shifang City, the hardest-hit area of Sichuan Province. Hongbai Town in Shifang City suffered heavy losses in the "May 12" earthquake. Photo by China News Agency
Taiwan diva Xu Ruo?, Hong Kong veteran actor Wu Mengda, who stars in the Chinese-Korean romantic comedy "The Art of Love and War", recently appeared on Hunan Satellite TV’s "The Story Behind". Wu Mengda looked back on the years when he was "hurt by women, drinking and gambling" like a review, and revealed that he almost committed suicide when he went bankrupt due to 300,000’s debts.
And Xu Ruo? talks generously about the experience of many years of love, and laughs that she likes to use the "hard-to-get" trick in the "36 Love Strategies".
[Career Peak] "Hu Tiehua" lost herself
In 1971, Wu Mengda, a young man under the age of 20, thought he was a handsome guy who could eat well in the entertainment industry and excitedly went to the TVB artist training class. After performing a mime, he became classmates with Zhou Yun-fat and Zhou Xingchi. "When I was playing tricks, I only had 8 lines a day at most, such as’Master is not well, Madam is sick ‘, and I could enjoy it for a while."
At that time, it was the golden age of Hong Kong movies, and with his cleverness, Wu Mengda established a firm foothold in the circle. Hu Tiehua, who took on the role in "The Legend of Chu Liuxiang", brought his career to the peak, earning 1,500 US dollars in one appearance. "Many people around me held me up to the sky. I completely lost myself. I drank and played cards every day. I didn’t have the heart to work, so I looked forward to finishing work early."
[Encountered difficulties] I hated Zhou Yunfa very much at that time
In 1980, Wu Mengda suddenly found that the unemployment crisis was approaching, and he not only could not make ends meet, but also owed 300,000 Hong Kong dollars in gambling debts. What was more uncomfortable was that there was no drama to play, and in this case he was suddenly declared bankrupt.
In order to get through this difficult time, the first thing he thought of was his best friend Chow Yun-fat. "I didn’t expect him to say to me, ‘You solve it yourself!’ I hated him so much at the time, I couldn’t understand that sentence, 300,000 what is it to him? I thought about it at home for three days. I remembered a reservoir I went to play with when I was a child, and everything was solved by jumping down. I wanted to commit suicide." Not only Chow Yun-fat of the same generation, but also his junior brother Du Qifeng "also thought I was a piece of mud and looked down on me." Speaking of these unbearable memories, and seeing his condescending role in "Shaolin Football" on the screen, Uncle Da couldn’t help but wipe his tears.
[Reinvigorated] "Stephen Chow + Wu Mengda" has become a classic
In 1988, he started his first collaboration with Stephen Chow on "He’s From the Jianghu", and since then the "Stephen Chow + Wu Mengda" model has become a symbol of the nonsense style.
However, the close cooperation between each other caused a crack in the film "Kung Fu". "When I encountered’SARS ‘, my schedule was up, and I couldn’t make’Kung Fu’. He didn’t think I was enough friends." Regarding the relationship between the two, Wu Mengda bluntly said that Zhou Xingchi now feels different from before. "He has raised himself to a high level, and now no one dares to deny him, but I think he needs to be denied, because he is a mortal, and everyone is wrong sometimes."
Wu Mengda also said that no matter what the outside world thinks of Zhou Xingchi, the other party is undoubtedly talented. "Like’Journey to the West ‘, he just wants to make it good and fun, and he didn’t consider it a classic at all." Special Reporter | Wang Lu | Wen
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