The name Wu Mengda is believed to be remembered by everyone. Although he has passed away, Uncle Da's voice and appearance are still fresh, and the laughter left behind is also ringing in his ears. Let's take a look at what trivia he has.
1.Everyone knows that Wu Mengda is a Hong Kong actor, but he was born in Xiamen in 1952 and did not move to Hong Kong until he was 7 years old.
2.Wu Mengda's father was a factory worker, his mother was a housewife, Wu Mengda lived in poverty when he was a child, and it was not until Wu Mengda's father opened a pharmacy that the family gradually improved.
3.Wu Mengda liked movies very much when he was a child, and the pocket money given by his family was contributed to the cinema.
4.Wu Mengda studied mechanics when he was a student, and after graduation, he also entered the factory as a repairman.
5.When Wu Mengda was 21 years old, he was touched a lot by a co-worker who became an actor, and remembered his childhood dream, so he secretly interviewed for the TVB artist training class and was successfully admitted.
6.In 1973, Wu Mengda became a student of the third phase of the TVB wireless artist training class, and his classmates included Chow Yun-fat, Zheng Shaoqiu, Lin Lingdong and others. During the training class, Wu Mengda had very good grades and once served as a class leader.
7.Because they are classmates in the training class, Wu Mengda and Chow Yun-fat have become sworn friends, and they often go to each other's homes to eat and drink, and Wu Mengda also sent Chow Yun-fat**.
8.After graduating from the training class, Wu Mengda ran for several years, and because he was confident in his appearance, he participated in a model competition.
9.After a few years, Wu Mengda finally waited for the opportunity to play the role of the second male lead "Hu Tiehua" in "The Legend of Chu Liuxiang" and began to become famous.
10.After becoming famous, Wu Mengda was lost in praise and beauty, began to spend all his time drinking, and even began to gamble, and soon all the money he had saved was spent, and he owed a debt of 300,000 Hong Kong dollars.
11.After owing gambling debts, Wu Mengda began to be forced to pay debts all day long, and his reputation was completely ruined, so he was hidden by TVB, and he could no longer play big roles, so he could only run some tricks to make a living.
12.After Wu Mengda was down, he borrowed money from his nemesis Chow Yun-fat to pay off his gambling debts, but was rejected by Chow Yun-fat. Because Chow Yun-fat's father died of gambling, he especially hated gambling.
13.Wu Mengda and Stephen Chow first met on the screen in 1983 in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", Wu Mengda played Elder Peng of the Beggar Gang, and Stephen Chow played Song Bingjia.
14.After running for five years in a row, Wu Mengda finally met the first noble man he hit - Zhao Zhenqiang, at his invitation, Wu Mengda filmed "Senior Brother Xinzha" in 1985.
15.In 1990, Wu Mengda and Stephen Chow officially cooperated in the filming of "The Saint of Gambling", and then started their ten-year cooperation career, shooting more than ten movies together, achieving his reputation as a gold medal supporting actor.
16.In 1991, Wu Mengda starred in the movie "Heavenly Love", and with his wonderful performance, Wu Mengda won the Best Supporting Actor Award at the Academy Awards. This is also the only award won by Wu Mengda. The cold knowledge is that this movie is Wu Mengda recommended by Chow Yun-fat to the director.
17.Wu Mengda has as many as 238 works in his life, but none of the starring roles in the real sense of the word really play the supporting roles.
18.Wu Mengda is more attentive, his first wife is Mi Lili, and the third is Lu Shaoci. The second wife is Hou Shanyan. The three women gave birth to 7 children for Wu Mengda together.
19.In 2002, due to the filming of "Kung Fu", Wu Mengda and Stephen Chow had a conflict, and the two parted ways. In the following 20 years, the two have never been in the same frame again, and the only time was after Wu Mengda's death, Stephen Chow remembered his words and said I love you to him. And this time, it's just the names of the two that appear together.
20.The last Weibo post left by Wu Mengda before his death read, "I am Chinese."
Do you remember what classic roles and lines he has?
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