She is the first sister in the music industry, and acting is just her side job, but she has won the Academy Awards, Golden Horse Awards, Golden Dragon Awards and Best Actress at the Asia-Pacific Film Festival for her outstanding performance, which makes Zhao Wenzhuo recall that she is still unspeakably moved many years later.
Because of her tenacity, 14k hall master Huang Langwei once slapped her, but this powerful woman caused Huang Langwei to die five days later. This much-loved woman is called"Hong Kong daughter"Anita Mui.
In the entertainment industry, there is a saying, namely"A good singer often makes a great actor"。And Anita Mui was selected by the director because of her excellent acting skills to participate in the production of the film.
Unlike those new generation of Xiaohuadan, Anita Mui's talent in acting is unmatched.
"Rouge Buckle" made Zhang Yimou get acquainted with Anita Mui and deeply admired her acting skills. He admires Anita Mui's acting skills, and she is one of the few actresses who can be admired by Zhang Yimou.
Therefore, Zhang Yimou decided to invite Anita Mui to participate in his film. In 2003, Zhang Yimou planned to shoot "Ambush on All Sides", and reserved the role of Anita Mui as the eldest sister of the Flying Knife Gate.
Anita Mui is known for her chivalrous deeds in Hong Kong and has helped many people, and this chivalrous style makes Zhang Yimou think that she is very suitable for this role.
In order to sincerely invite Anita Mui to participate, Zhang Yimou specially flew to Hong Kong. After meeting, Anita Mui joked: "I've started to play Zhang Ziyi's mother!" ”
Zhang Yimou responded with a smile: "The role needs, you are still young and beautiful." Although Anita Mui's role has changed, she gladly accepted it, showing the professionalism of a professional actor.
After reading the script, Anita Mui readily agreed to participate without thinking too much about the salary. During the conversation, both of them had unique insights and high identification with art.
Anita Mui deeply admires Zhang Yimou's artistic achievements, especially his unique understanding and pursuit of film aesthetics, which makes her admire. Not long after Zhang Yimou found Anita Mui, Anita Mui took the initiative to adapt "Rouge Buckle" into a ** drama and invited Zhang Yimou to direct.
Zhang Yimou was very happy about this, and the two hit it off and started the preparations for the ** drama.
Anita Mui had already been diagnosed with a serious illness during the preparation of "October Ambush". On September 5, 2003, she announced her illness and received the support of Andy Lau, Jacky Cheung, Jackie Chan and other friends.
Although the doctor told her that it was a benign disease and that she would only need to be removed to survive, Anita Mui chose not to undergo surgery.
Anita Mui plays a martial arts master in the film, but she is not confident in her martial arts abilities. After Zhang Yimou learned of the situation, he said that he would not change his role, and formulated a ** plan for Anita Mui.
He changed the original martial arts drama into a literary drama, put the focus of the story on the "rivers and lakes", and strengthened Anita Mui's character performance. However, Anita Mui's physical condition did not improve, but worsened.
In order to facilitate Anita Mui's **, Zhang Yimou changed the original Ukrainian filming locations to Beijing and Sichuan, and prepared a private jet. When making costumes, Zhang Yimou repeatedly emphasized that he must make Anita Mui's scenes thicker and not let her get cold.
Director Zhang Yimou's encouragement to Anita Mui made her determined to recover from her illness and perform well. However, before she could fulfill this wish, her condition suddenly deteriorated.
At 2:50 a.m. on December 30, 2003, Anita Mui died in the hospital.
He publicly said that not being able to wait for Anita Mui's performance was the biggest regret of his life.
Zhang Yimou has always kept his promise and deeply imprinted the eldest sister of the Flying Knife Gate played by Anita Mui in "Ambush on All Sides", making it a very existential but faceless character in this film.
This endless regret has been cherished by Zhang Yimou for many years.
Anita Mui": A movie that pays tribute to diva-level actors in order to make up for regrets. On the day of Anita Mui's 58th birthday, Jiang Zhiqiang, as the president of Anle Film Company and the producer of big directors such as Zhang Yimou and Ang Lee, officially announced a circle of friends, he revealed that in order to make up for the regrets in 2003, he worked hard for many years to shoot a movie "Anita Mui", and finally handed it over to Anita Mui, who was far away in heaven.
Anita Mui's life is full of suffering and perseverance. She is talented, peerless, and loved by the audience. However, from birth, she was influenced by her mother's patriarchal influence, abused by her stepfather, and even used as a money-making machine by her mother.
At the age of 4, she and her sister were sent to be singers and endured unimaginable hardships. However, Anita Mui was not defeated by these hardships, but strengthened her determination.
After her talent was discovered, she officially became the object of the family's gnawing, but she still persevered and won the respect and love of the world with her talent and hard work.
Until her death, heavyweights in the Hong Kong entertainment industry came to mourn her, which shows her influence. Anita Mui's life, like her name, is glamorous and short, but her spirit lives on in the world.
Growing up in such a family environment, Anita Mui still did not complain at all and still maintained her kind nature. When her record was enthusiastically followed by fans, the outside world began to question her, and even offensive reports appeared.
For Anita Mui, who is only in her 20s, she didn't expect that survival is not only the ruthless exploitation of her mother, but also the audience's questioning of her, thinking that she was born as a singer and pretended to be innocent on stage.
Liu Peiji did everything he could to help Anita Mui redesign her career, including cutting her long hair and opting for a neutral and cool image. While other actresses are obsessed with elegant images, Anita Mui always shows her bold personality in front of the screen.
For her extremely powerful and talented backup dance, Anita Mui specially invited professional dance and vocal teachers to guide her, which eventually contributed to the successful debut of the Grasshopper Group and quickly became popular.
Anita Mui has also selflessly helped new artists such as Chen Xiaochun and Eason Chan, and in order to give them a chance to make a difference, she even announced early that she would no longer accept any ** awards.
Anita Mui, as the president of the Hong Kong Performing Artists Association, has done her best to promote the common development of the music scene in Hong Kong and the mainland with her fiery love and deep love for the motherland.
After Hong Kong's return to the motherland, she resolutely tore off her passport in Canada and resolutely opposed being a second-class citizen, which not only comforted the panicked Hong Kong citizens, but also demonstrated her great personality.
As"Hong Kong daughter", Anita Mui's influence is unparalleled. When Anita Mui and her friends were relaxing at the bar, Huang Langwei, the owner of the 14k hall at the time, heard that they were in the same room, so he took a stack of bills and asked Anita Mui to sing, but Anita Mui ignored it.
Huang Langwei was furious when he saw Anita Mui ignoring his rude behavior, and slapped Anita Mui in public.
Anita Mui and Zhao Wenzhuo's relationship has experienced a series of twists and turns. When Huang Langwei insulted Anita Mui, she asked Xiang Tai for help in time. However, Huang Langwei was slashed several times in the street and eventually shot dead by two unidentified men disguised as doctors.
Unexpectedly, Huang Langwei, who once dared to slap Anita Mui, only lived for 5 days. Anita Mui's career and circle of friends are quite successful, but her love life is full of twists and turns.
Leslie Cheung once introduced Zhao Wenzhuo to Anita Mui, and the two had a good impression and chose to be together. Anita Mui treats this relationship without reservation, but ** has been reporting the news that Zhao Wenzhuo was adopted by Anita Mui.
The two had a marriage contract, but eventually broke up due to emotional disagreement. When Anita Mui learned that her life was coming to an end, she held a farewell concert.
At the concert, her condition had worsened, so much so that she needed the support of her friends to walk on stage.
At the concert, although Anita Mui was not in good health, she still recommended the "little friend" Eason Chan to the audience. She said frankly: "Do I look good in a wedding dress?"
But I missed this opportunity. Anita Mui also said: "I had the opportunity to wear a wedding dress, but I missed it. Finally, she said in a firm voice: "I married myself to **, married to you, and I have forgotten my regrets." ”
Leslie Cheung and Anita Mui once made a promise that if they were 40 years old, they would spend the rest of their lives together if they were unmarried. However, God did not fulfill people's wishes, and Leslie Cheung passed away in 2003, failing to fulfill the agreement.
Eight months later, Anita Mui also passed away, never being able to stay with Leslie Cheung. In her will, she said that she would leave 70,000 yuan per month for her mother's living expenses, and another 1.7 million yuan for the education expenses of her nephews and nieces, and donate the rest.
Anita Mui's family took her to court because she was unhappy that she auctioned off her deceased relative's personal belongings, even underwear**. In order to leave Anita Mui with the last dignity, her friend did not hesitate to buy these items back.
Many years later, Anita Mui's mother revealed a shocking truth, Anita Mui's death was not only due to cancer, but also suffered from depression before her death. Looking back at the tragedy of her life, it is not difficult to see that Anita Mui has endured disappointment, confusion and suffering, she tried her best to hide the haze in her heart, show her sunniest side to the audience, and use her strength to help those in need.
The original copy may express a person's choice to let go and free her soul after suffering from invisible grief, hoping that she will find inner peace and rest in another world.
And the rewritten copy still maintains the meaning of this expression. The new copy may be: invisible sadness takes root in her heart, and she chooses to let go as a relief, freeing her soul from the bondage of this world.
May she find true peace in the other world, free from the unspeakable afflictions that continue to eat away at the pain in her heart.