Gold medal green leaf Wu Mengda reappeared in Jianghu ＂Big Shot＂ to play the male lead

Wu Mengda

　　Looking back on the decades of Wu Mengda’s film career, there are almost no works in which he starred, which are typical supporting roles. However, compared with other full-time supporting actors, Wu Mengda is one of the few actors who have become popular in the Chinese area by acting in supporting roles. Many of his films have starred other movie stars, such as Jacky Cheung and Andy Lau, but most fans’ impression of Wu Mengda is still Chow’s films. Since 1990, Wu Mengda has been very successful by cooperating with Chow Xingchi, and has participated in dozens of Chow’s films, including 、、、、、、、、、 and so on. Among them, "Gambling on the Sage" in 1990 received more than 40 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office, breaking the box office record of a Hong Kong-made film in the past; in 1992, five films starring Chow Xingchi arranged the top five at the box office of the year, three of which were assisted by Wu Mengda; in 2001, he participated in the film again broke the box office record of a Hong Kong-made film in the past, collecting more than 60 million Hong Kong dollars. Over the years, he has cooperated with Chow Xingchi seamlessly and has been dubbed "Gold Green Leaf" by everyone.

　　In a turn of events, Wu Mengda, who is fighting again in this round of rivers and lakes, starred for the first time as the male lead in the groundbreaking new-school comedy "Big Shots". In the film, he played a TV person who was so down that he was drunk all day long. In the process of finding a livelihood, he helped to restore the luster of ancient memories. Stories of little people subverting ordinary lives are not uncommon, and their life comedy is the main theme of this film.

　　"When I was young, I also wanted to be the male lead, but at that time, the male lead was always Chow Yun-fat. I don’t know why I suddenly grew very old after the age of 30, and I didn’t look like playing the male lead, so I had to play the male lead’s father." Looking back at the time of filming, Uncle Da was a model worker, and he had no problem running five plays a day. "I have an average of two plays a month, and more than 20 plays a year. I haven’t slept for the longest six days. I just ran to Leung Chaowei’s side in the morning, went to Chow Yun-fa’s side at noon, changed to Dawn’s side in the afternoon, and returned to Xingzai’s side in the evening. The four heavenly kings all like to play with me, thanks to my mother, who gave me such a cute face."

　　Wu Mengda, an old actor who has played countless supporting roles, laughs that many of the characters can’t even remember himself. "Sometimes I look back at these plays and often say to myself, why was I so cheap back then!" Speaking of his current standards for new films, Wu Mengda said: "Don’t make cameos. There is an old Chinese saying, ‘I would rather be the head of a chicken than the queen of an ox’ means that you would rather be the head of a chick than the tail of a cow. It would have been a good thing to make a cameo in a big play, but I didn’t explain it to the audience. I just took advantage of your fame and had no special significance to the box office. It was just meaningful in publicity. I would rather make some small films and have my own performances. I would basically refuse those cameo roles." "I never cared about whether I was the protagonist or the supporting actor in the play, but one thing, there must be a play," Mr. Wu said frankly.

　　Wu Mengda, who is already a father in his life, believes that he is a good father from a certain perspective, "a good father in terms of taking care of children, but not in terms of time." Because he has been out filming all year round and spends less time with his children, Wu Mengda does not have time to accompany his children to grow up. He also said that if the child likes it, he will not oppose him from entering the entertainment industry. "But the child still needs to grow up, needs to study, and has enough wisdom to judge. This is a very complicated thing." In fact, Wu Mengda’s most wanted role is the father in "Wrong Ride", but he has never had the opportunity. "This father is dumb, has no dialogue, and relies entirely on acting." Wu Mengda laughed and said that because the play was purely tragic, people did not dare to ask him to act.

　　Think small and the world gets bigger; think big and the world gets smaller – for everyone.