Twice knocked down Wu Jing, broke Donnie Yen's nose, even the hair brother have to call master Zhang Jin, nothing to come, but it is just rely on perseverance and quietly fight perseverance ! Of course, if you have to say what he has to say, he is Niangniang Cai Shaofen's husband, is the "suit thug".
Zhang Jin's Early Years
Zhang Jin began practicing martial arts at the age of nine, and was selected by the Sichuan Junior Wushu Team at the age of eleven, where he was the national champion in the Taiji Sword category.
The gold medals for the gun, the sword, and the Bagua Palm were awarded to Zhang Jin at the National Games in 1993.
In 1995, Zhang Jin was honored with the title of National Five-Ying Athlete, the highest level of Chinese martial arts athletes, and has won numerous awards at such a young age.
The 1980s was a boom period for martial arts movies, with a large number of martial arts stars emerging, such as Jet Li, Wu Jing and Donnie Yen.
This was the time when Zhang Jin was interested in heading to the movie industry, and in 1988 he was discovered by martial arts instructor Yuan Woo-ping, who gave up his chance to work as a martial arts instructor to join Yuan Woo-ping's Yuan family class and start working as a replacement.
In 1999, Zhang Jin worked as a stand-in for "The Shepherdess" in the TV series "New Shaolin Temple". In the same year, he served as Jiao Enjun's understudy in "Little Li Flying Dagger", and it is worth mentioning that Wu Jing, who played the role of Fei in this drama, formed a deep friendship with Zhang Jin because of his ****ing love for martial arts.
Because of Zhang Jin's excellent martial arts skills, clean and sharp fighting scenes, attracted the attention of Yuan Woo-ping. He invited him to take part in the shooting of the action movie "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and asked him to be the martial arts director of Zhang Ziyi and Michelle Yeoh. Because of his outstanding performance, Zhang Jin's fame as a martial arts director became more and more known.
Chang Ziyi also recommended Zhang Jin to Zhang Yimou for his role as martial arts director and stunt double in his action movie "Hero".
Zhang Jin transformed into an actorAlthough as a martial arts director, Zhang Jin gradually opened up fame in the entertainment industry, but Zhang Jin's income and the main actor can get is a world of difference. The hardest, most exhausting and most dangerous work is all done by Zhang Jin, but he only gets paid a few hundred dollars a day. There was no name on the cast list, and the income was extremely unstable.
Beginning in 2000, Zhang Jin gradually moved from behind the scenes to the front of the stage, first appearing in the TV series "The History of Wulin" in a small role as a drag queen. He then went on to star in "Xiao XI Lang" and "Invincible Hero". In 2004, he gained attention with the fantasy martial arts drama "Water Moon Cave", starring with Cai Shaofen and Yu Bo.
Subsequently, Zhang Jin worked as a martial arts instructor while making his way to the front of the stage step by step, and in 2009, he finally got his starring role in the movie "Vagabond World Cup," co-starring Gigi Lai and Michael Suen, which gave Zhang Jin his first taste of the limelight.
He then went on to star in a series of movies and TV shows, gaining attention for his handsome looks and dashing martial arts moves.
In 2013, Zhang Jin played Ma San in "The Grandmaster", with sharp eyes and clean dance moves. The harsh martial arts moves and ruthless emotions were first played by Zhang Jin.
Relying on his superb acting skills in this movie, Zhang Jin was nominated for an Academy Award and won the Best Supporting Actor Award. Since then, Zhang Jin has really been recognized as a strong martial arts actor.
Twice beat Wu JingWu Jing is also a very good martial arts actor in the hearts of the audience, and when he and Zhang Jin ran into each other, the two martial arts masters were strong against each other. They had a very good fight scene in the middle of "Kill Wolf II".
In order to pursue the realism of the action scene and to create that kind of intense scene, a lot of the duo's actions were shot in real life. During the filming of the fight scene, Wu Jing was kicked by Zhang Jin more than 500 times in a row, and was also knocked down by Zhang Jin two whole times.
Seeing that Zhang Jin was so serious, Wu Jing didn't complain in the slightest, but instead cooperated with Zhang Jin seriously. It was only under the duo's dedication that they brought us such an outstanding fight scene. Afterwards, Wu Jing even teased in front of the media, "I saw that he was quite happy when he hit me."
There is also a scene in the movie where Zhang Jin wears a suit and fights his way into the enemy camp with his bare hands. The clean fight scene, superb boxing and kicks, made many people feel amazing. He was obviously wearing a suit that was not easy to move around in, but he was still able to pull off the martial arts moves so well.
Looking at Zhang Jin's fight scenes will always give people a very addictive feeling, fighting in a suit, hair and clothes are not at all messy. He is also known as the "suit thug", and netizens tease, "I'm not afraid of the world, but I'm afraid of Zhang Jin wearing a suit".
Breaking Donnie Yen's noseZhang Jin treats every work with full dedication and seriousness, and when he shoots a fight scene, he strives to be realistic. Donnie Yen had a similar experience with Wu Jing, who worked with Zhang Jin in "Ip Man III".
Zhang Jin played the Wing Chun master Zhang Tianzhi, in the shooting and Donnie Yen fight scene, because Zhang Jin is too involved. He accidentally broke Donnie Yen's nose, which is actually a common occurrence when filming fight scenes.
Also because of Zhang Jin's outstanding performance, in 2016, Yuan Woo-ping also specially invited Zhang Jin to star in "Ip Man Outlaws Zhang Tianzhi", Zhang Jin was able to star in the first movie leading man in his life.
Zhang Jin's achievement in martial arts is obvious to everyone, and by chance, Zhang Jin served as Chow Yun Fat's martial arts director in "The Winds of Macau". Zhou Yunfa was shocked by Zhang Jin's exquisite martial arts fists and kicks, and after the filming of the movie was over, he specially gave Zhang Jin a set of sportswear, which reads "Student Zhou Yunfa to Master Zhang Jin".
The reason why Zhang Jin can be recognized by so many big shots is the spirit and quality of hard work. Treat every drama to give 100% energy. Taking every role seriously, he has been recognized for his excellent acting skills and clean fisticuffs.
From the beginning to the end he has no head or background, relying on absolute strength and dedication. Look at those fresh meat in the entertainment circle nowadays, not moving to find a double, they really should learn from Zhang Jin.
Cai Shaofen's husbandTo really say that Zhang Jin in the entertainment industry has what head and background, that is Cai Shaofen's husband. The duo fell in love with each other because they worked together in "Water Moon Cave". Back then, Zhang Jin was still an unknown newcomer in the showbiz industry, but Cai Shaofen was already a big hit.
Over the years, Zhang Jin has always been criticized by netizens for "relying on his wife" and "eating soft rice". However, he never cared about these comments, but instead, he worked hard and finally became a movie star to make a name for himself.
The fairy marriage between Cai Shaofen and Zhang Jin is also very enviable, being in the complicated showbiz industry, but there has never been any rumors. Reliable character and strength cast his current good reputation.
Along the way, Zhang Jin has never relied on down-to-earth efforts and this unconvincing spirit, relying on one work after another, to have today's status and fame. Like such a good actor, the film and television circle should be more, I hope Zhang Jin in the future career can have better development, to bring us more good works.