Tencent Entertainment News Since Mr. Xing held a cockroach and called it "Xiaoqiang" in the movie, many people now call cockroaches Xiaoqiang, and this name is becoming more and more common, and many people can understand it. It's the nickname for cockroach.
It is estimated that many people think that the name "Xiao Qiang" comes from Stephen Chow's masterpiece or the masterpiece of the screenwriter. In fact, this is not the case. The origin of "Xiao Qiang" is from a specially invited extra. The one he created was Gu Dezhao.
Gu Dezhao revealed in a talk show that he came up with the name Xiaoqiang. The situation at that time was: Stephen Chow and the crew were wondering how to name this cockroach. Close to the script, I thought of many names but they were all rejected by Stephen Chow.
So who is this special extra? Gu Dezhao is now a Hong Kong actor, director and screenwriter. He graduated from Simon Fraser University. His sister was also a Director, back then he was following his sister in filming and attending scenes.
He started as a screenwriter. In 1996, he served as one of the screenwriters of "Ouchi Secret Agent Linglingfa" and made a guest appearance as a quack doctor. Later, he also participated in the work "The Laughter of Once Upon a Time". In 1993, he guest-starred as Wen Zhuangyuan in "Tang Bohu Spots Autumn Fragrance". Later, he became Stephen Chow's queen guest actor, such as: "The God of Cookery", "The Deadly Grass", " Shaolin Football" and so on.
In Stephen Chow's "Tang Bo Hu Spots the Fragrance of Autumn", he played the role of a "gut piercer". People who have watched the movie should be familiar with this scene of blood spurting. The scene opposite Stephen Chow in the film is quite exciting, and the lines of dialogue are widely circulated on the Internet. The iconic scene of vomiting blood has also been imitated in movies in the past ten years. Such an outstanding character was actually played by Gu Dezhao, and he also incorporated this character into the movie.
In fact, when filming "Tang Bohu Spots Autumn Fragrance", Gu Dezhao was also one of the screenwriters. One day he happened to read some poems and felt that he could add some literary elements to the movie. After discussing with Stephen Chow and director Li Lichi, they decided to add the character of "the number one scholar in seven provinces and staff general, known as the king of rivals" in the movie. The script for the role is ready, but no one is suitable to play it. Stephen Chow actually asked Gu Dezhao to act at this time. Gu Dezhao had not acted a few times before. He was under great pressure and worried that he would not be able to perform well. However, he was still immersed in the role and tried hard to imagine what this character should be as a screenwriter. What does it look like. He tried many different shots of his signature blood vomiting move, and each time he had to vomit for several minutes. He vomited blood for two days before finally passing it. But now that this blood vomiting action is widely circulated, it is considered worthwhile.
Gu Dezhao starred in "The God of Cookery".
Later, Gu Dezhao also collaborated with Xing Ye in "Shaolin Football".
Gu Dezhao is particularly talented, from writing scripts to starring, and later started directing his own movies.
"Happy Events at Home 2009" directed in 2009.
In 2010, he directed the comedy movie "The Wonderful Heroes" starring Sandra Ng and Louis Koo.
Gu Dezhao is now known as a "genius director" in Hong Kong and a "specialist in Lunar New Year films". , leaving a deep impression on the audience.
Gu Dezhao and Stephen Chow are good partners at work. When asked about his personal relationship with Stephen Chow, he replied: "Xingzi and I are not close friends. We meet often. As soon as Xingzi saw me, he told me the plot in his mind without saying a word, and then asked me if it was okay.
It's just that Xingzai and I have some differences in personality and ideas. As long as I get 85 points in the filming, I will pass. Xingzai is an extremely perfect perfectionist and will constantly overturn his own ideas until he thinks it is perfect, so My achievements are different from his. In fact, I also want to be like him, but there are no investors who can support me like this. ”
He is both an actor, a screenwriter, and a director. Gu Dezhao is really an all-round Hong Kong comedian. If more such all-round filmmakers appear, the Chinese film market will Don’t worry about breakthroughs and brilliance! The Tencent News app movie channel gathers global movie information and recommendations for good movies, as well as nationwide redeemable movie tickets and non-stop delivery of original Hollywood movie peripherals!