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Q: How do so many Chinese film stars get away with making records?
Andy Lau does it, Jackie Chan does it; can you imagine Bruce Lee crooning? How wrong is this? How do talented film-stars get away with being mediocre singers?
11 years 3 weeks ago in Arts & Entertainment - China
US Stars used to do it all the time. Have you heard William Shatner sing "Rocket Man" or Lenord Nimoy sing "Lucy & the Sky of Diamonds"?
mArtiAn:
Haha, I said stars, not two-bit entertainers. I remember Rolf Harris sang.................f**k, i'm too drunk, I can't remember. S**t. Whatever it was it was funny as f**k. YES! THAT WAS IT! STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN! Nope! I've comepletely changed my mind! I'm all for it! Stars singing old rock songs is fu****g hilarious!
In the USA, they do it the other way round. it's singers who become mediocre actors. But the result is the same.
Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, Beyonce, Ice Cube, Rihanna, Tim McGraw, Ludacris.
They are just there to make extra money, just like those actresses selling perfume with their name on.
But there were still some that made the shift and became successful, like Mark Wahlberg, Mei Lanfang, Faye Wang, Jennifer Hudson, Will Smith
Don't worry Martian I'm giving you a thumbs up because I love your constant refreshingly tongue-in-cheek comments that often make me smile. Shame about all the humourless trolls ey? (and no I'm not in love with you... yet).
In regard to your question - I was talking to a former Hong Kong movie producer who I chanced upon in a Cantonese restaurant in Beijing (Hengshan Hui) who told me that the HK entertainment circle is basically run by gangsters (I'm sure this isn't surprising) and the stars are often blackmailed into doing various projects to make money for the industry. Obviously Chan and Lau and at the top of the pile and can pretty much do want they want to do regardless of their talent; thus is their pulling power. Also Chan has considerable Beijing government connections and is often used as a tool to promote the party so you often see him show up whenever there's a good ol' fashioned round of patriotism (ahem) on the cards.
darkstar1:
Looks like I shot myself in the foot with troll comment...booo hoo :(
littlemick:
I always thumbs up martian as he always makes me smile
Heres one for you also to counteract the thumbs down lol
mArtiAn:
I was drunk when I posted last night, normally I laugh off the negative types. Cheers for the comment though. Mick too. I dunno, maybe I say the word c**t too much. There are one or two c**ts on here who probably get offended. Maybe I should take Crimo's approach and say puck instead. But then puck him, he's a c**t.
Andy lau has been a singer from begining,dude, then he started to show in many films but first he is one of the most popular singers as known to Chinese
