Wu Mengda

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Early experience

Wu Mengda, born in Xiamen, Fujian Province on January 2, 1952, left Xiamen for Hong Kong at the age of 7.

In 1973, he applied for the Third Hong Kong TVB artistes training class. His classmates included Chow Yun fat, Lin Ling Dong, etc. his grades always ranked in the top five. Wu Mengda, who became famous too early, soon lost himself in fame and wealth. He drank, played cards and dated women every day. He didn't have the heart to work, so he was looking forward to finishing his work early. His younger martial brother, Du Qifeng, thought that he was a piece of "mud that can't support the wall.".

In 1980, he owed 300000 Hong Kong dollars in gambling debt and went bankrupt overnight. Wireless, which always attached importance to image, naturally would not connive his artists to make such mistakes, so he hid himself. Wu Mengda, who is sad and desperate, has been locked up at home for three days. He wants to commit suicide and change his career. But in the end, he decided to get up from where he fell. He cultivated his mind and spent four years reading the master performers' books and studying his acting skills.

In 1985, he was filmed "Xinzha elder martial brother", we were surprised to find that this man is no longer mud. Then the producers scrambled to use him, and the film appointment continued, which opened the golden age of his acting career.

Acting experience

In 1973, he guest starred in the film Yingtai weeping blood directed by Li Hanxiang. Wu Mengda's film stills

In 1975, he began to perform in TVB, and almost all of them were supporting actors. His first performance was the "folk legend" series; it was not until 1979 that he began to get attention because of the "Hu Tiehua" part of the performance "Legend of Chu Liuxiang".

In 1981, he took part in the film law enforcer.

In 1980, he owed a gambling debt of HK $300000, but he was faced with a dilemma and wanted to commit suicide. Later, he cultivated his mind, studied acting skills again, and finally paid off the debt. He not only reappeared on television, but also appeared in his first film law enforcement in 1981.

In 1985, he was assigned to perform "brother Xinzha" in cooperation with Tony Leung. And then the producer used him to make him play constantly, and sometimes he even had to sleep in the TV station.

In 1989, Wu Mengda and new star Chow starred in "the hero of the world" and "he comes from the lake". Because they live in the opposite house, only one street apart, Wu Siyuan, the director, discovered them and started filming "gambler saint" for them. That year, "gambler" beat Jackie Chan and Xu Guanwen's films at a low cost, setting a box office record. Zhou Xingchi and Wu Mengda began a long-term partnership.

He began to be active in the film industry in 1990. In that year, he was nominated for best supporting actor in the Hong Kong Film Awards for his "gambler saint" starring Stephen Chow. The next year, he won the best supporting actor award for his performance in "love is in heaven".

Since 1990, with the cooperation of Zhou, Wu Mengda has participated in dozens of Zhou Xingchi's films, including "gambler", "truant Weilong", "Lu Ding Ji", "judge of death", "truant Weilong 2", "king of destruction", "nine grade sesame official's white bread Qingtian", "king of change", "God of food", "Shaolin football" and so on. Among them, the box office revenue of "gambler" in 1990 exceeded HK $40 million, breaking the box office record of Hong Kong films.

In 2001, his film "Shaolin football" broke the box office record of Hong Kong produced films again, and received more than 60 million Hong Kong dollars.

In 2002, he starred in the ancient costume comedy "smart hand catches pretty women" and played the role of Jin biduo.

When Stephen Chow started filming Kung Fu in 2004, Wu Mengda was said to be at odds with Stephen Chow, which made Wu Mengda no longer cooperate with him. In this regard, Wu Mengda confirmed the matter, but clarified that the two had already settled their previous quarrel.

In 2011, he starred in Wulitou Comedy "big man" and played talk show host uncle De.

In 2014, he starred in the family emotional movie "little reunion in the world"; in the same year, he took part in the crime drama "eavesdropping 3".

On April 17, 2015, Wu Mengda starred in the comedy movie "one hundred thousand men are anxious" was released; in the same year, he starred in the social news movie "fuse news line".

In October 2016, he starred in the light comedy "new lights of ten thousand families", playing a stubborn character "strict standard" who is strict and has his own standard of life and work.

In September 2017, he starred in the TV series "anti gangster"; in December, he starred in the comedy film "laughing in the new Oolong courtyard", playing master Changmei; in the same year, he co starred in "poison" with Liu Qingyun, Jiang Yiyan, Gu Tianle, Zhang Jin, Tan Yaowen and Wu Mengda. The commandment.

On February 5, 2019, the sci-fi movie "wandering earth" starring Han Ziang will be released. On September 29, the opening ceremony and press conference of "ordinary dad" was held in Nanchang. The chief director Li Lizhi, together with actors Wu Mengda, Hu Xinger, Chen Xiaodong, Chen Zihan, Wu Zhixiong and Huang Simei Kelly, met with major media.

On September 28, 2020, the starring film "anti gangster action" was launched; on December 5, the starring film "true and false Monkey King" premiered in Beijing, and the national cinema released simultaneously; on December 24, the starring maritime anti-terrorism military film "confrontation near the sea" was released in Sanya, Hainan.

On January 8, 2021, Chang'an Fu Yao, a large-scale action fantasy movie starring him, was released, in which he played Sima San, the sixth rider of Chang'an; in the same year, the legend of Debao in Shaolin Temple was released.

Personal life

family

The first wife was Mai Lili, who married in 1976 and gave birth to twin daughters. In 1994, Mai Lili unilaterally applied for divorce, ending their 18 year marriage.

Their second wife, Lu shaoci, a well-known TVB artist, met and fell in love because of their work relationship. They began to live together in 1989. During the cohabitation, Lu shaoci gave birth to a daughter for Wu Mengda.

In 1993, Wu Mengda met Hou Shanyan when he went to Singapore to shoot the story of Hua Tian Zhe. In 1996, they got married and gave birth to their eldest daughter Wu chuni. In 2003, Wu Mengda gave birth to her son Wu Weilun.

healthy

In 2000, Wu Mengda was diagnosed with a high diabetes index. He still ate and drank a lot. One time, he saw a friend of a makeup artist crying. When he asked, he knew that her husband would be sawing his limbs because of diabetes. Since then, he has halved his food intake and dared not touch sugar.

In 2014, he died twice by mistake. In fact, he was hospitalized due to fatigue and heart pain, and was diagnosed as heart failure caused by virus infection.

In April 2014, the virus infection led to heart failure. The doctor said that he was seriously ill, which made him even unable to go to the toilet. After he was admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU), he saw the patients around him dying, and his family members cried "come back". Wu Mengda was surprised to find that he was still awake and should not belong here. He quickly changed to an independent ward, and had to carry a machine all day long. One day, he felt uncomfortable taking the machine to the toilet, so he took off the machine. Who knows, as soon as he took off his pants and sat on the toilet, the medical staff rushed in to care. He said with a smile, "it's OK. I just want to defecate..." He admitted that his condition was not so serious, but he had given up smoking and drinking, and recuperated himself by drinking. Wu Mengda attended the award ceremony

On November 21, 2014, Wu Mengda attended the shortlisted reception of the 51st Golden Horse Awards. He lost 15kg due to heart disease and recuperated in Malaysia and Hong Kong. He usually played cards for entertainment. He laughed that his old friends would deliberately lose to him.

In 2015, the 62 year old Wu Mengda starred in the new film "one hundred thousand men are urgent". In an interview, he revealed that he had been scared by doctors twice in his life. Now he is in poor health and has decided not to take on the show for the time being.

In 2015, after resting for more than half a year, he was interviewed in the hotel earlier to talk about his illness. At that time, only 50% of his heart function recovered. He said that he had asked a lawyer to make a will.

In the middle of January 2021, after undergoing heart surgery in Macao, Wu Mengda followed the doctor's advice and had a physical examination. Later, he found that he was suffering from the tumor and had spread to the terminal stage. Wu Mengda did not disclose his illness before because he did not want his 90 year old mother to worry.

On February 22, 2021, Tian Qiwen revealed Wu Mengda's condition in an interview. He said that Wu Mengda found that he had liver cancer by the end of 2020, and the cancer cells had begun to spread. Recently, he completed the operation and entered the stage of chemotherapy. On February 27, Wu Mengda was in critical condition and had been transferred to ICU for medical treatment. The doctor had informed his family to see him in the hospital, and his good friend Tian Qiwen also rushed to the hospital. Tian Qiwen was interviewed by Hong Kong media to make everyone psychologically prepared. "He is still dying, and the doctor has nothing else to do.". On the afternoon of February 27, Wu Mengda died of liver cancer in Hong Kong Yan'an hospital. Wu Mengda's affairs will be handled by his family. On the evening of March 1, Wu Mengda's funeral was scheduled to be held on March 7, and the memorial meeting originally planned to be held was cancelled. Tian Qiwen said that Wu Mengda's will had already been made, and there was no property dispute among his children.

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