People who like Zhao Wenzhuo say that he is upright, low-key, introverted and unassuming.
Leslie Cheung once commented on Zhao Wenzhuo:"He is an upright person, not suitable for development in the entertainment industry. ”
But some people also say that Zhao Wenzhuo has no representative works, people and movies are tepid, but there is a lot of black material.
Zhao Wenzhuo is such a very controversial person, andIt all stems from his character
It is said that character determines fate, and Zhao Wenzhuo's upright character starts with his father.
In 1972, Zhao Wenzhuo was born in an ordinary working family in Harbin, and he was the third child in the family.
Zhao Wenzhuo's father once served as the chairman of the labor union in the factory, responsible for the cultural and sports activities in the factory, usually loves to practice martial arts, and especially likes to teach others two tricks, and over time it has becomeA well-known martial arts instructor
And Zhao Wenzhuo's mother is also a woman, who used to be a very good track and field athlete and broke the 100-meter running record in Heilongjiang Province.
In such a family atmosphere,It is difficult for Zhao Wenzhuo not to follow his father on the road of martial arts.
Other people's children, parents are afraid of falling, and they are afraid of melting.
However, Zhao Wenzhuo's parents firmly believe that physical fitness must start from a young ageThe more protective a child is, the more squeamish they will become.
Therefore, when other people's children were still unsteady when they walked, Zhao Wenzhuo was either taken by his father to play two sets of punches, or followed his mother to exercise.
Maybe he was born to eat this bowl of rice, and Zhao Wenzhuo, who was young, didn't feel hard, and even felt very fun.
When I was 8 years old,Zhao Wenzhuo's father sent him to learn martial arts.
Following the teacher, he not only learned a variety of boxing techniques, but also danced with a good sword and spear.
Since the age of 12, Zhao Wenzhuo has been participating in various competitions and has wonJunior Champion of the Chinese National Championships, was pinned on by his parents.
In 1990, Zhao Wenzhuo was admitted to the Wushu Department of Beijing Sport University.
This year he won the National Championship Junior Championship, and the following year, he took the National Wushu Championship with lightning speed.
It is the title of this national martial arts champion,became a ticket to his showbiz.
The early 90s was the first period of Hong Kong martial arts films, and there was a dazzling new star who was shining on the big stage of Hong Kong movies, and this person was Jet Li.
In 1993, director Yuan Kui planned to film "Fang Shiyu" and decided on the protagonist Jet Li, but he couldn't choose an actor to play opposite Jet Li.
So he personally went to Beijing Sport University for casting, and Zhao Wenzhuo, who was studying at Beijing Sports University at the time, did not take this matter to heart at all.
That day, he was resting on the bed in the dormitory, and his classmates ran into the dormitory in a rage and dragged him to the scene to fight a set of punches.
Zhao Wenzhuo's neat figure and upright appearance were favored by Yuan Kui at a glance.
In this way, Zhao Wenzhuo started his acting career in a dazeFollow Yuan Kui south to Hong Kong to work hard
However, the filming process was not so smooth, because he didn't know anything about filming, Zhao Wenzhuo was "as stunned as a chicken" in front of the camera.
In addition, when he first arrived in Hong Kong, he didn't understand the language, so he often scolded Yuan Kui angrily.
Fortunately, he has a good understanding and is very studious, and slowly adapts to the rhythm of the crew.
In "Kung Fu Emperor Fang Shiyu", although Zhao Wenzhuo played the villain "Admiral of Nine Gates", he amazed the audience with his neat play and let everyone see itA rising martial arts star
It happened that Jet Li had a conflict with Golden Harvest because of contract issues at that time.
Jet Li seems to be sure that he is irreplaceable, and even confronted Tsui Hark by boycotting the auction.
But Tsui Hark is not a vegetarian, and when Jet Li was still secretly competing with him, he had already set out to find Jet Li's ** person.
Soon, he set his sights on Zhao Wenzhuo, who also won the national martial arts championship.
originally thought that Zhao Wenzhuo could replace Jet Li, who was out of film, but Jet Li does have the capital to be proud of his talents, because the leap from real kung fu to film art is not something that can be practiced overnight.
Zhao Wenzhuo's real knife and real gun tricks are too blunt in front of the camera, maybe the actual combat is powerful, but it does not have Jet Li's elegant and smooth beauty.
Tsui Hark could only reluctantly compromise and invite Jet Li back.
Zhao Wenzhuo, who was returned, was very frustrated, and he didn't understand that he was behind **.
But Tsui Hark did not plan to give up Zhao Wenzhuo, and signed him to his studio, determined to cultivate a second "Jet Li".
In 1992, after Jet Li completely ended his cooperation with Tsui Hark, Tsui Hark immediately shifted his focus to Zhao Wenzhuo and made him the protagonist of the "Once Upon a Time" series 4 and 5.
You must know that Jet Li completely gained a foothold in Hong Kong with this "Once Upon a Time".
However, although Tsui Hark intends to praise it, Jet Li's brilliance still cannot be surpassed, although Zhao Wenzhuo has performed very well.
But these two movies are a little unsatisfactory both at the box office and word of mouth.
In 1993, Tsui Hark directed a subversive "Green Snake", which became a turning point in Zhao Wenzhuo's acting career.
Fahai played by Zhao Wenzhuo and Xiaoqing played by Maggie Cheung, the rivalry between the two can be described as wonderful.
Although controversial after its release, the film received rave reviews and successfully received three nominations for the 13th Hong Kong Film Awards.
It was this drama that pushed Zhao Wenzhuo's career to the peak, and countless eyes converged on him, and he finally understood the taste of overnight fame.
This year, he also starred with Leslie Cheung in Tsui Hark's annual New Year blockbuster "The Full Banquet of the Han Dynasty", which is an annual Chinese New Year blockbuster carefully prepared by Tsui Hark, and it is also the pinnacle of Hong Kong food films.
It was also this movie that he made two friends, Leslie Cheung and Zhong Zhentao.For a while, Zhao Wenzhuo was in the limelight, and everyone believed that he could become the second Jet Li.
In 1995, Zhao Wenzhuo starred again in the martial arts film "Knife" directed by Tsui Hark.
The film was not only nominated for two awards at the 15th Hong Kong Film Awards, but also became one of the Chinese film films to be seen at the 1996 Golden Horse Awards in Taiwan.
Logically speaking, this is undoubtedly a dazzling achievement, but it cannot hide the fact that "it is not popular".
The problem is not entirely with Zhao Wenzhuo, but because the entire Hong Kong film market has begun to decline at that time.
After struggling for several years in the torrent of Hong Kong films, Zhao Wenzhuo had to face the fact that the entire Hong Kong film market was sluggish.
Zhao Wenzhuo caught up with the last glory of Hong Kong cinema.
But he couldn't change the general trend, he didn't fully rise, and he fell with the decline of Hong Kong films.
During that period of time, not only did the movie not improve, but he was also deeply involved in emotional disputes with Anita Mui and was troubled.
He had infinite expectations for this land, but now he is only lonely and helpless.
In the end, he could only leave Hong Kong with a body of illness and exhaustion.
After returning to the mainland, Zhao Wenzhuo had to follow the demand of the market to lower his coffee position, switch to TV dramas, and start his own transformation.
But I have to say that he made a very correct decision, because the fall of Hong Kong films was at the beginning of the embryonic mainland film and television industry.
In 2002, he starred in the famous martial arts drama "Storm and Clouds Dominate the World".
This drama was the ratings champion back then, and it also made Zhao Wenzhuo's real image deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
In 2003, he starred with Jia Jingwen in the costume court drama "Supreme Red Face".
The white-haired "Li Junxian" role played in the play is still a screen classic.
But what Zhao Wenzhuo didn't realize was that although these works did bring him heat and popularity, they also washed away what he had always been proud ofKung Fu labels
In this way, Zhao Wenzhuo has been in the TV drama industry for more than ten years.
In the decade from 2001 to 2010, he didn't make a single film.
Until 2012, Zhao Wenzhuo and Donnie Yen collaborated on "Special Identity", and the news of playing a big name was exposed, which can be described as a stone in the entertainment industry.
This is not only a dispute between Zhao Wenzhuo and Donnie Yen, but a confrontation between mainland artists and Hong Kong and Taiwan actors.
A group of Hong Kong movie stars represented by Liming and ** quickly kicked off the prelude to Donnie Yen's team.
Mainland actors represented by Yang Mi and Jing Tian also stood behind Zhao Wenzhuo.
Although the Hong Kong entertainment industry had declined at that time, Hong Kong stars still had a very big influence.
With the statements of ** and others, Zhao Wenzhuo was pushed to the forefront, and then the turmoil gradually subsided, and he had the opportunity to confide the truth.
It turned out that when he received the script back then, he and Donnie Yen were originally set up as "two heroes".
After joining the crew, Zhao Wenzhuo found that without notifying himself, the script was changed to the setting of "one good and one evil".
And in order to highlight the aura of the protagonist, his original role was rewritten into a heinous villain, which made Zhao Wenzhuo very angry.
He is not dissatisfied because he is a foil for Donnie Yen, he loves acting and respects the role.
But this time, no one seemed to respect him.
Zhao Wenzhuo was furious in the crew, and soon this scene was recorded by someone with a heart, and when it was circulated on the Internet, right and wrong had already been reversed.
He got a reputation for being unwilling to match Donnie Yen and playing a big name.
In fact, not only Zhao Wenzhuo, but many mainland artists were inevitably pressed by Hong Kong artists at the beginning of their development.
Wu Jing and Donnie Yen also had a very unpleasant quarrel when they cooperated in the filming of "Slaying the Wolf".
However, most people choose to settle the matter, but Zhao Wenzhuo is unwilling to swallow his anger, and he is determined to make this unfairness public.
I'd rather quit the circle, I'm going to say it too! ”
Although the director of the movie later told the truth and proved Zhao Wenzhuo's innocence, Zhao Wenzhuo's life seemed to have been pressed backwards.
Zhao Wenzhuo paid the price for his true temperament, from "box office poison" to "king of bad movies" step by step, and finally fell to the point where no one cared.
Until this year, a "Brother Who Overcame Difficulties" program brought Zhao Wenzhuo back into everyone's sight.
Only then did the audience realize that he had never left the entertainment industry, and he was still insisting on his kung fu movie dream.
Someone once said that if Zhao Wenzhuo's two major backers in Hong Kong were still there, maybe his end in Hong Kong would not have ended up like this.
One of them is Leslie Cheung, a friend he met during the filming of "Full of Gold", and the other is his former lover, Hong Kong diva Anita Mui.
When he was still studying in Beijing University, by chance, Zhao Wenzhuo heard a song "Please Split the Iceberg" by Anita Mui in the dormitory of other classmates, which was the first time he knew about this star standing at the top of the Hong Kong music scene.
Only once, Zhao Wenzhuo was deeply attracted by her **.
When he didn't train, he often ran to his classmates' dormitories to listen, and he was a little tired of disturbing his classmates, but he never got tired of it.
At that time, he would never have dreamed that he would one day be able to become an intimate lover with Anita Mui.
Zhao Wenzhuo and Anita Mui met for the first time at a party held by Zhong Zhentao, although the difference was huge, but the two naturally chatted at first sight.
Immediately after the subsequent development, it can be imagined, the two fell in love and naturally determined their relationship.
In May 1995, the Hong Kong magazine "Next Magazine" photographed Zhao Wenzhuo and Anita Mui vacationing together in Malaysia**, and the relationship between the two was complete**.
This relationship with a huge difference caused an uproar almost as soon as it was made public.
Even though they suffered countless criticism and malice, the two did not hide and desperately deny it, but generously and openly showed their feelings to the world.
Anita Mui even publicly brought Zhao Wenzhuo to her birthday party, showing her little boyfriend to fans very generously.
When singing "Intimate Lover", the audience shouted Zhao Wenzhuo's name overwhelmingly, which made Anita Mui, who has always been very aggressive, also have a rare shyness on her face.
And Zhao Wenzhuo is also immersed in the sweetness of love and can't extricate himself, Tsui Hark has expressed many times in public that he is dissatisfied with Zhao Wenzhuo's delay in work because of falling in love.
Tsui Hark said that when he was with Anita Mui, Zhao Wenzhuo was like a little fan brother who was devoted to love, and he had no intention of filming at all.
When I arrived on the set, I spent the whole day making ** porridge with Anita Mui, often calling until the phone was out of battery, and I had to find someone else to borrow batteries to play.
Tsui Hark is a person who treats his work extremely meticulously and strictly, he can't stand Zhao Wenzhuo's work attitude, and almost gives up Zhao Wenzhuo in a fit of anger.
But Zhao Wenzhuo was only carried away by sweetness for a while, he knew that although he had a little achievement in movies, he still couldn't compare with Anita Mui.
Facing the gap between his status and Anita Mui, Zhao Wenzhuo also felt unprecedented pressure.
Fortunately, Anita Mui is very considerate of her little boyfriend's mood and will never put a star in front of him.
The two are like an ordinary loving couple, Anita Mui will even wash clothes for her beloved like many girls, go shopping together and eat roadside food stalls together.
is different from ordinary couples, because the aura of the two is too prominent, even if they are low-key, they will attract many passers-by.
In addition to accommodating her little boyfriend in life, Anita Mui also tried her best to promote Zhao Wenzhuo at work.
Considering Zhao Wenzhuo's situation in Hong Kong, Anita Mui often took him to her friends' gatherings, wanting him to integrate into this large group.
Things didn't go in the direction Anita Mui imagined, although she didn't care about the so-called difference in status at all.
However, the friends around her have always had a lot of complaints about Zhao Wenzhuo, and these words reached Zhao Wenzhuo's ears, and they changed their flavor unconsciously.
That year coincided with the overall decline of the Hong Kong film industry, and Zhao Wenzhuo's career development also suffered a heavy setback.
Facing the growing gap between himself and his lover, the thorn in Zhao Wenzhuo's heart is getting deeper and deeper.
Anita Mui is well aware of the imbalance and loss in Zhao Wenzhuo's heart, and she is very accommodating to him in all aspects.
But the young and vigorous Zhao Wenzhuo didn't understand his girlfriend's hard work, and the long-accumulated mental imbalance broke out during that period of time, causing him to take the wrong way to deal with this relationship.
The sweetness of the past was finally destroyed by rumors and misunderstandings.
At the beginning of 1996, Anita Mui mentioned her relationship with Zhao Wenzhuo in an interview, and couldn't help shedding tears, saying that the two had been in a cold war for more than a month.
She waited for Zhao Wenzhuo's ** every day, but she couldn't get a response, and now she is completely disheartened by this relationship.
As soon as this interview came out, it immediately stirred up a thousand waves, looking at Anita Mui, who was once so glamorous, but now she has been wronged here by Zhao Wenzhuo, and the Hong Kong people who already feel that Zhao Wenzhuo is not worthy of Anita Mui can still sit still.
For a while, fans and ** attacked Zhao Wenzhuo.
What Anita Mui didn't know was when she was still immersed in the loss and pain of a breakup.
Zhao Wenzhuo also struggled with this misunderstanding, but Zhao Wenzhuo was naturally stubborn, he refused to ask Anita Mui for verification, and he was unwilling to explain it to her.
So the most wrong way was chosen, which was to end the relationship with coldness and alienation.
Zhao Wenzhuo, who was born in a martial arts family, naturally carries the arrogance of a person who practices martial arts.
Although he loves Anita Mui deeply, his heart is arrogant in his bones, which makes him always have a grudge against the "strong women and weak men" mode of getting along.
In addition, Hong Kong has always been good at making a big fuss about the relationship between men and women, which became the last straw that crushed Zhao Wenzhuo's reason.
Years later, Anita Mui recalled those years and said with a sigh:
"If I could turn back time, I would definitely explain that misunderstanding to him and save that relationship. If I do that, maybe I'll already be Mrs. Zhao."
Anita Mui said at her last concert that she wore many wedding dresses, but none of them were her own wedding dresses, which was the regret of her life.
She is looking forward to a happy marriage and a happy family. But God not only did not give her this, but even took her life.
On the day Anita Mui died, the whole of Hong Kong fell into grief and silence.
On that day, the major ** celebrities posted condolences, but Zhao Wenzhuo completely disappeared for a whole day.
On the day of the funeral, he returned to Hong Kong and sent his last words to Anita Mui:"The love of this life, all the way is good".
The predecessors planted trees and the descendants enjoyed the shade, and experienced Anita Mui's unforgettable feelings, Zhao Wenzhuo regretted not being at the beginning, and he matured a lot in the face of feelings.
In an interview, the host tried to ask, what was the big misunderstanding between him and Anita Mui?
Many years later, when he heard the name of his former lover mentioned again, Zhao Wenzhuo couldn't help but have tears in his eyes.
He said".Since I love this woman, I will keep all the secrets between us. ”
The sadness that flowed out between the words was enough to move the audience present.
And when he told this paragraph, his wife Zhang Danlu was sitting quietly in the audience, looking at her gently.
If Anita Mui is still alive, Zhao Wenzhuo's feelings for her may be diluted with the passage of time.
But Anita Mui's departure left Zhao Wenzhuo with a pain that can never be relieved.
It is after experiencing those changes and partings in life that he has now learned to cherish.
In addition to the change in his attitude towards feelings, his behavior has also changed a lot compared to before.
In the program "Brother Who Overcame Difficulties", when the lyrics given by the two rappers in the same group ** program team were ruthlessly rejected by the program team.
Zhao Wenzhuo told his teammates:"If you think there is a problem with the lyrics, change it according to what you want, and the program team does not agree to say otherwise."
This move immediately made his teammates feel extremely warm, and when others questioned them for being unreasonable, Zhao Wenzhuo firmly supported them and respected their ideas.
This is probably the reason why he, as the captain, can always convince several "rebellious" team members.
Many netizens have lamented that Zhao Wenzhuo broke the audience's perception of the middle-aged greasy uncle with his own strength, although he has been debuting for a long time, he has never posed as a senior.
Although he looks like a serious tough guy, he is very open-minded and humorous, and he can still maintain that purity and truth after middle age.
The iron man is tender, strong and tolerant, which is the reason why Zhao Wenzhuo is loved.
Kung fu movies are an indispensable part of Hong Kong cinema history, and there have been countless glories and honors since Bruce Lee.
Jet Li took over the baton and continued to write brilliantly, and Jackie Chan Donnie Yen and others also wrote countless legends in it.
Only Zhao Wenzhuo, who had high hopes, rose and fell in this ocean, and finally indulged.
But as Jet Li, Donnie Yen and others retired from the rivers and lakes with their own scenery and past, Zhao Wenzhuo never stopped filming even if he was not popular.
When many people saw Zhao Wenzhuo for the first time in "Brother Who Overcame Difficulties", people thought in a trance that he was a senior who had been in the shadow for many years.
As soon as I got to know him, I found that he was still in a corner where no one cared about, continuing his kung fu dream.