The ultimate villain of "Ip Man 2" was exposed 20 years ago. He was a Donnie Yen student
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Ultimate bigBoss and Donnie Yen PK
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Donnie Yen falls to the ground
Glaring with Samuel Hung
The latest stills of the Chinese kung fu giant "Ip Man 2: The Legend of the Grandmaster", which will be released on April 29, have been released on the 12th. In the film, the British boxing champion "Tornado", who plays the villain ultimate big boss, has been exposed for the first time. The strong and domineering boxing champion "Tornado" is played by British action actor Darren Shahlavi. Twenty years ago, he studied boxing with Donnie Yen. Twenty years later, the master and apprentice met in the ring, which makes people feel the wonder of fate.
Arrogance on stage and humility off stage
British action actor Darren Shahlavi plays Ip Man’s fiercest opponent, the boxing champion "Tornado" in the film. In the film, director Ye Weixin’s request to him is "must be arrogant and arrogant, even if it is exaggerated!" So Darren Shahlavi, who has a fierce face, is almost domineering and powerful throughout the film. Coupled with fierce punches, it does not lose the notoriety of "the ultimate villain". However, Darren, who is arrogant on stage, is a British gentleman off the stage, and he is very humble to director Ye Weixin, Hong Jinbao and Donnie Yen. In order to facilitate shooting at any time, even within a few days when the temperature on the set dropped sharply, he still wore only shorts, walked around the set naked, and often pulled the spring alone to keep his muscles in the best condition, which was praised by Brother Hong.
Master Hong Quan died tragically at his hands
The boxing champion "Tornado" does not have many scenes in the film, and can only be regarded as the fourth male at most, but the first scene since his appearance has left a deep impression, and the opponent scene with Hong Zhennan, the Hong Boxing master played by the eldest brother Hong Jinbao, is particularly exciting. In order to survive, Master Hong originally helped to prepare for the Huayang Boxing Tournament, but he was repeatedly insulted by the boxing champion. After his apprentice was severely beaten by the boxing champion, he finally could not bear to challenge on the stage, and thus staged a wonderful drama of Hong Boxing against Western boxing. However, due to his old age and lack of physical strength, Master Hong was repeatedly punched by the boxing champion. In order to preserve the dignity of Chinese martial arts, Master Hong refused to concede defeat and was finally killed in the ring by "Tornado". This scene was rated as the "most touching scene" in the whole film at the opening ceremony of the University Student Film Festival.
Mentors and disciples reunite after 20 years
For most Chinese audiences, Darren Shahlavi is still a newcomer, but for the male protagonist Donnie Yen, it is an old acquaintance. According to Donnie Yen, as early as 20 years ago, he went to Europe to offer Chinese martial arts courses and teach European kung fu fans to learn boxing. Darren Shahlavi, who was super obsessed with Chinese kung fu, was one of Donnie Yen’s students. The two also took a group photo. Twenty years later, Ye Weixin invited Darren Shahlavi to participate in "Ip Man 2". After several days of shooting with Donnie Yen, he took out the photo of the year to "apprentice". The two people in the photo still looked like "kung fu boys" and put on a kung fu posture. Donnie Yen remembered that the super opponent in the "ring" today was actually a student from 20 years ago. However, the students regained their strength and were no match for the teacher. "Tornado" finally lost to Ye Wen in the battle of "dignity".