#louis fan

[omercifulheaves]

Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky (1991)

[kungfuwushuworld]

Louis Fan Siu-wong

Fan is the son of Fan Mei-sheng, an actor contracted to the Shaw Brothers Studio. When he was 14, his father sent him to Xuzhou, China, to learn gymnastics and wushu.

After completing his studies, Fan returned to the Hong Kong film industry, and starred in Stanley Tong's Stone Age Warriors (1991). In 1992, at the age of 18, Fan portrayed the titular character in Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky, a Hong Kong film based on the manga Riki-Oh. He claims that the director and producers of the film met him at the Hong Kong Airport upon arrival and immediately offered him the role. Being a young, up-and-coming actor, he took the role without knowing what it was. He later said he was shocked to discover how bloody and violent the Riki-Oh manga was.

Fan was a contract artiste under the Hong Kong television station TVB throughout the 1990s, and he starred in several television dramas, including Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils (1997) and Young Hero Fang Shiyu (1999). He left TVB in the 2000s, and appeared in several Taiwanese and mainland Chinese television series before focusing on films.

One of his most memorable film performances in the 2000s was as Jin Shanzhao, the tough Northern martial artist in the 2008 martial arts film Ip Man, which starred Donnie Yen as Wing Chun grandmaster Ip Man. Fan's performance in Ip Man earned him a nomination for Best Supporting Actor at the 28th Hong Kong Film Awards in 2009. He reprised his role as Jin Shanzhao in Ip Man 2, the 2010 sequel to Ip Man. He also portrayed a new character in The Legend Is Born – Ip Man (2010), another movie about Yip Man that is unrelated to Ip Man and Ip Man 2.

In 2018, Fan made his proper Hollywood movie debut in the film Attrition (2018) starring alongside Steven Seagal as an ally helping Seagal's character to take down a human trafficking cartel in Thailand.

[seasurfacefullofclouds1]

Sea, I want to thank you. The band isn't very well known in my country, and when I first listened to those songs of theirs when I was younger I was immediately attracted by Louis' voice, but I didn't get to know him better. I've wondered why walls was released so late, but I haven't really thought about why either. I listened to walls then but thought it was a bit similar to the band's style (which I didn't really like) and I didn't really read the lyrics at the time so again I missed the opportunity to get to know him better. It wasn't until this year due to Liam's death (which I'm sorry for) that I was very shocked and then I thought of Louis, I was surprised to find out that he released a second album that was so different from the style of walls that I fell in love with almost all of the songs on the first listen; the progression of him was incredible to me, then I bought the album and read the lyrics and was amazed at the sincerity and emotionality of his lyrics. So I managed to find reviews or compliments about the album and was confused there weren't many. I wondered why exactly and by chance I came across your post. I spent about a week or so reading your collection of good louis posts and I was shocked. It made me sad to see all of it, but I'm very glad I was able to delve into a lot of things. The road I've seen has been so winding and full of obstacles, but Louis has always been honest with himself, and I love that so much. Now I'm kind of obsessed with Louis and all you lovely warm solo Louies haha. So I want to thank you for being so active, funny and level-headed, and without your posts I think I'd be missing out on all of this. In short I want to thank you deeply. (I hope I can convey exactly what I mean, I'm not confident in my English level so I used a translator.)

Hello!

Thank you for the compliments and very kind sentiments. I’m glad you gave Louis’ music another chance, and really, really glad that you had the patience to know him a little more as a person!

Louis has had such a long career journey, but most of the general public probably think he’s been sitting on his hands doing nothing. Marketing and PR are the weakest part of his team. We Louies don’t really know why, but the blacklisting against Louis (since late 2017) has effectively kept him out of the public (and critical) consciousness. Unlike his efforts with LT, Simon Jones is able to work effectively with Niall Horan and Perrie Edwards as a publicist.

Still, as Fitzgerald said, we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.

Hope is a fragile yet vital thing. Louis’ music has given me courage to hope for something better, in him and in my personal life. I’ll always be grateful for this gift.

Here are links to the Good Louis Posts. I’ve unpinned the post but left the link up under my blog header. Thanks again for joining us.

[seancefemme]

why the long face, my pretty baby

[inkgoblinz]

it is FANTASTIC 💜

[shuploc]

Louis & Lestat

[artisfaction]

[hvcklebury]

i made him look so sad omg.. someone help him

[macnronii]

The Odyssey of Memory

[w0lfkller]

buttoned to the TOP x

[sillyppi]

louis come pick up your loser ex husband please

[tigergendermoved2tigergender]

Hey. Don’t cry. “I fell in love with a lovely kitten. That kitten was myself.” and “I am happy because everyone loves me.” by Louis Wain, okay?

[auchaczer]

so, when you leave me, i should die

i deserve it, don't i?

[fallsndreamsalone]

Lowkey love it when men are all whinny and whimpering but like not in a sexual way yk.

[a-titty-ninja]

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