Donnie Yen bids farewell to Kung Fu movies and appoints Zhang Jin and Nicholas Tse to take over

According to Hong Kong media reports, Donnie Yen announced earlier that he would no longer take on kung fu films, which disappointed many kung fu fans, but he thought it was time to quit while he was ahead and would never regret it or feel reluctant. He named Zhang Jin and Nicholas Tse as potential successors, and joked that in the future, in addition to selecting talents in kung fu films behind the scenes , he would also try different types of films to bring a different Donnie Yen.

Since the first movie "Ip Man" 12 years ago, "The Strongest in the Universe" Donnie Yen has had an indissoluble bond with Ip Man. The subsequent two films also received good responses. "Ip Man 4: The Finale" was recently released. While many fans are looking forward to the new development of the story, he announced that this is his last kung fu film, which means that "Ip Man 4" is a period.

The movie has been popular with the audience for many years, and Donnie Yen is of course happy: "Everyone has a certain affection for that movie. It is difficult for a classic movie to surpass the second part. The third part will fall behind. So after filming the third part, I considered not to film anymore. I didn't want to ruin everyone's impression of the movie. There was a period of time when we filmed separately, but the market and the audience wanted to continue filming. I miss that story and characters so much. Director Wilson Yip has found a new angle to tell the story, so let's film it! But I think it's enough. I hope it can come to a perfect end."

Move to behind the scenes to select talents

Looking back at his 30-plus years of acting career, which was mainly based on action scenes, including many kung fu films, Donnie Yen admitted that his physical fitness is still very good and there is no problem in continuing to shoot similar movies, but because he could not create passion from them again, he decided to use the new film as a work to say goodbye to kung fu movies. When asked if he was reluctant, he said: "No, some viewers will misunderstand that I will no longer shoot movies, but in fact I just won't shoot kung fu movies! After that, I will work behind the scenes and share my many years of experience with others. (Are there any new successors?) Many of them have potential, but they have to be themselves. Zhang Jin is very good, Nicholas Tse is also good, don't think he is just handsome and knows how to cook, in fact, he has practiced kung fu for many years. (Will you open a class to take apprentices?) I have thought about it, but I think the most constructive thing is to shoot more movies, because I need to practice, and more performance experience on the spot is the most effective method."

The humor cell is forgotten

Although he is known as an action actor, Donnie Yen joked that his first two movies were both action comedies, but the audience forgot about him and thought he didn't know how to be funny: "Actually, I do make comedies, including Lunar New Year movies in recent years. They are not necessarily action movies, but also fashion action movies. I remember that in the eyes of the audience, I was a very fashionable character. When I was filming "Ip Man", they were skeptical about my role. Who knew that after I played the role, they told me that it would be difficult for me to play other roles, so everything takes time."