When was Stephen Chow famous?

After graduating from high school, he was admitted to the training class for wireless TV artists. 1983 became a wireless artist after graduation. In the same year, he was appointed as the host of the children's program "Space Shuttle 430" and worked for four years. 1987, he was assigned to play a play. His first play was Life's Journey, and then he appeared in other plays, such as From Jianghu, among which the most acclaimed one was Hero on Earth. He performed his own unique performance style in the play. In 1988, he was appreciated by director Li Xiuxian and was invited to play one of the main actors in Pioneer of Thunderbolt. This is his first film. Because of his outstanding performance, he won the Best Supporting Actor Award in the 25th Golden Horse Award in Taiwan Province Province. His illogical and neurotic acting skills have created a "nonsense" culture and become an important part of Hong Kong culture. Therefore, his films broke the box office record and brought another outlet and peak for Hong Kong comedies. He is still moving forward. ...

Hong Kong is known as "Oriental Hollywood", with an annual output of hundreds of films, including actors and actresses such as Ganges Sand. However, in the past two decades, the top spot in the box office list has almost always been "every other week". Among the three superstars with the highest box office appeal, Chow Yun Fat and Stephen Chow won many professional awards for their acting skills; Only Jackie Chan and Stephen Chow have the ability to make movies independently, and their works can be named after themselves; The films performed are not only full of personal characteristics, but also highly representative of society, and even repeatedly interpreted as a cultural phenomenon. Stephen Chow is the only one.

Looking back at the early days of Stephen Chow's film career, it is hard to imagine that this boy will become a superstar who plays an important role in the history of Hong Kong film. He doesn't come from a family of entertainers. He and his four brothers and sisters grew up under the care of a single mother. He is plain and has no outstanding personality. He is an average student, so he can't make much money by working. If he is related to movies, he may just admire Bruce Lee, but he wants to be a kung fu master instead of a movie star. It was not until the end of middle school that he fell in love with popular dramas and popular stars like many of his peers. Influenced by the TV drama craze at that time, he had the desire to be an actor. At that time, he had a good friend named Tony Leung Chiu Wai. They dreamed of being an actor together and made an eight-minute short film together. Stephen Chow became a director and a leading actor, arranged for Tony Leung Chiu Wai to play an evil villain, and dragged him into the artist training class of wireless TV station ... The result was like a dramatic movie plot: Tony Leung Chiu Wai, who accompanied him, went to high school in one fell swoop, but Stephen Chow, who was enthusiastic, fell out of the list.

It was the spring of 1982, and Stephen Chow was not yet twenty years old. Stubborn personality, abundant desire to perform, and the spirit of not giving up until you reach your goal have been reflected in this young man since then. After many twists and turns, he finally squeezed into the night part of the artist training class and embarked on the road of performing arts that he yearned for, but his screen career was far from ideal: when Tony Leung Chiu Wai had started to play a supporting role with a famous surname, he could only appear several scenes in the same play; When Tony Leung Chiu Wai has been packaged as "General of the Five Tigers", he is still a walk-on in The Legend of the Condor Heroes. He dutifully suggested to the director that "I will stretch out my hand to block it before I die" and was reprimanded: "Hurry up and don't say so much!" ..... When Tony Leung Chiu Wai was transferred from the children's program "The 430 Shuttle" because of his soaring social status, Stephen Chow finally got a chance to replace Tony Leung Chiu Wai as the host of the 430 Shuttle.

In the memory of that generation of Hong Kong children, Brother Zhou is an unforgettable partner. He is not tall, handsome, kind or kind. He likes to be funny, likes to tell jokes, is a little ruffian and mean, and laughs and scolds children: "OK, OK, so you can talk!" " "... but the children like this unique intimacy and his unique performance. His short play "Black and White Zombie" in the program is full of jokes, which also makes children and even many adults watch it with relish.

However, this brother Zhou himself is never willing to be just a children's program host. He always has a dream about his acting career, and he always refuses to relax. He tried hard to write scripts, ponder classic movies, read theories intensively and study acting skills, but he never had a chance to show himself. Even if he has the courage to submit an application form to the film company, he will never see the boss. 1988 One night, while he was killing time in the ballroom, he met Li Xiuxian, the boss of Universal Film Company. After a brief conversation with him, the famous filmmaker gave him a valuable turning point in his acting career: he was invited to play a wandering little brother in his new film "Pioneer of Thunderbolt".

Few actors' first films, such as Stephen Chow's performance in "Pioneer of Thunderbolt", are so skillful and successful that they simply can't see that they are a newcomer to the screen. This film won him the Golden Horse Award for Best Supporting Actor and the Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor and Best Newcomer, which not only attracted the attention of the film industry, but also attracted the TV station to re-examine him and gave him more opportunities to play an important role in the TV series. So, he began to star in the long TV series "Hero on Earth" and "He comes from Jianghu" ... just like the host in "430 space shuttle", he is always so vicious, unpredictable and irrelevant, but he still makes people feel kind and lovely, which makes people laugh. Many children and young people watch these performances year after year.

1990 after playing a series of younger brothers, thieves, hooligans and villains, Stephen Chow took the role of the new film Gambling Saint directed by Liu Zhenwei, and played a Jianghu gangster, which achieved good results. This film was originally a follow-up to the first year's box office champion "God of Gambling", and it was a low-cost crash film. But with the cooperation of talented directors and talented actors, an amazing spark broke out. Its fascinating plot, exaggerated and funny details, fresh elements that fit the characteristics of the times, and Stephen Chow's unique performance style made a sensation in Hong Kong, with a box office of 465,438+0.32 million, breaking the box office record since Hong Kong opened its port, and Stephen Chow himself won the Oscar for the first time. In the same year, director Jing Wong, who is good at capturing business opportunities, invited Stephen Chow to co-produce the film Gambling Man, which earned 40.3 million yuan at the box office, and tied with Gambling Saint as the champion and runner-up in the box office list. In this short period of six months, Stephen Chow became the most sought-after movie star, and even his nickname changed from "Star Boy" to "Star Master".