Chow Yun-fat played "Cao Cao" in the movie "The Bronze Bird Tower". The Cao Cao he played also felt very domineering and looked like a general! The role of Cao Cao is also played very penetratingly. His eyes and expressions are all drama!
This movie mainly tells the story of Cao Cao in his later years, involving political strategy, military affairs, father and son, love, etc., and expresses the theme of great love and great harmony through these stories.
Zhao Linshan said that the image of Cao Cao near the end of his life will be given a new interpretation in this film. He is not a careerist who wants to usurp power and become emperor, but a hero who has always pursued unification. In his later years, he always looked forward to quelling the war. His philosophy was friendship and peace.
Chow Yun-fat is very strict with himself when he is acting. He thinks carefully about how to shoot every scene. He reads the script on the set every day, studies the role with the director, and often even calls the director in the middle of the night to discuss it. The next day's scene.
Su Youpeng, who plays Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty in "Tongque Terrace", revealed that Fa Ge's scripts are much thicker than others because they are all his homework. This also made Su Youpeng realize that a person can There are reasons for success.
Yao Lu also said that he once saw Fa Ge looking very tired and asked him what was wrong. It turned out that he couldn't sleep because he was thinking about the drama that day. After hearing this, he felt very ashamed. In order for the whole drama to have better effects, Chow Yun-fat not only takes his own role seriously, but also considers other roles, and even takes the responsibility for other actors' poor performances on himself.
Chow Yun-fat believes that because he takes the initiative to put pressure on the other party, if the other party's performance is not tense enough, it means that the pressure he has given is not enough, so he hopes that other actors' performances can be more stressful. If If you don't do it well, you will say that you didn't perform well.
Chow Yun-fat's social activities
In 1999, Chow Yun-fat was awarded an Honorary Academician of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.
In January 2001, Chow Yun-fat was appointed by the Hong Kong Post Office as the department's first philatelic ambassador; on February 1, stamps with Chow Yun-fat's face were issued in Hong Kong; in the same year, Chow Yun-fat won the City University of Hong Kong Awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters degree in recognition of his lifelong learning spirit and contribution to Hong Kong.
In December 2002, Chow Yun-fat was invited by his alma mater, Lamma Island North Public Primary School, to attend the inauguration ceremony of the first Alumni Association Executive Committee, and was awarded a letter of appointment, officially becoming the honorary president of the Alumni Association.
In May 2005, the Hong Kong Red Cross held the "Humanity for All" event. Chow Yun-fat served as the event's publicity ambassador and promoted blood donation for the Red Cross.
In the early morning of April 28, 2007, Chow Yun-fat showed up at Queen's Pier in Central and signed a petition to support the petitioners' fight to retain the Queen's Pier that will be demolished by the government; on October 20, Chow Yun-fat served as the "Wetland Conservation Ambassador" As a member of the public, he attended the launch ceremony of the "World Wetlands Day 2008 Hong Kong Celebration" held in the Hong Kong Wetland Park.
In 2011, Chow Yun-fat donated his secretly photographed makeup photos of Gong Li on the set of "A City of Gold" to the Yan Ran Foundation. The photos were eventually auctioned for 3.18 million yuan.
In October 2018, Chow Yun-fat said in an interview with "Jayne Stars" that he planned to donate all his property of HK$5.6 billion (approximately 4.9 billion yuan) to charity.