Before he learned to speak, he began to watch Bruce Lee on TV. Who didn't like Bruce Lee at that time? His family has all the Bruce Lee movies that his father bought.
He has been obedient and sensible since he was a child, not the kind of child who is particularly rebellious, but he can't help himself with kung fu. Watching martial arts movies, listening to hip-hop music and seeing elephants with friends are his best memories when he was a child.
Tony Jaa was an ordinary man next door when he was a student. He gets good grades and never makes trouble, but most of his classmates don't know why he never plays with them on weekends.
In fact, since he is 10 years old, he will go to Pana Chitty Clay's film studio as soon as school is over, if Pana Chitty Clay is making a film. Because I saw his movie "Born to Fight" when I was a child, I was deeply impressed by this kung fu master who was close at hand and wanted to worship him as a teacher.
Pana Ritiklai was a famous kung fu star in Thailand at that time. He went from being a handyman on the set to a double-decker and then a household name. Because of his obsession with movies, he is the most loyal fan of Bruce Lee.
At that time, he made "Born in World War I" by his own "workshop", so all the films were made into DVDs, which were sold offline and could not appear in cinemas. However, it was such a movie that gave Tony Jaa the idea of changing his life.
From elementary school, middle school to university, Tony Jaa appeared in the film studio in Pana almost every day. After more than ten years of "stealing art", Pana was finally moved, and he finally accepted Tony Jaa as an apprentice.
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But when Pana began to teach him Kung Fu, he was surprised to find that he had nothing to teach the young man in front of him.
It turns out that Tony Jaa has been practicing Muay Thai with the famous Muay Thai master Bora Park Jung-soo since he was a child, and has been practicing continuously since he was 12 years old. After going to college, he was exposed to various martial arts such as Taekwondo, fencing and Muay Thai.
In this case, he can only teach movies, so Pana intends to arrange for him to be body double in the film and prepare to take him into the circle.
Slowly, Tony Jaa imperceptibly learned many skills of film performance, and he found that these skills were different from those practiced on weekdays.
1994, Tony Jaa, 18 years old, starred in the first film of his life, The Tortoise Prequel Invincible Black Boy.
The film received a good response after it was released, but he frowned. He always felt that something was missing from the film.
He thought about it, and suddenly realized that the fighting scenes in action movies have been locked in the inherent mode for too long. Only by breaking through it can he make the movie he wants.
However, it is hard to imagine that there will be a revolution in action movies. He found the direction, but he hasn't found the way yet. He wants to keep Bruce Lee's quick and sharp attack, but he doesn't want to have too many redundant gestures. The beauty and simplicity of film art, he wants to find the golden section.
Not only that, but how not to hurt his opponent when making a movie also made him have a headache. If he wants to show the effect he wants in the movie, he must be quick and ruthless. He was trained to kick off the thick trunk of the bowl at an early age, but he thought that one day he would worry about how to collect strength.
He dreamed of becoming a kung fu superstar like Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan, but he knew it was not feasible to follow their path. He wants to be like them, but he must go his own way.
In the next few years, he took several action movies and realized while shooting. This is what he learned from master. Although movies are not very popular, the concept of action movies has gradually taken shape in his mind.
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In 2003, he starred in the famous Umbach, and his master Pana was the martial arts director of the film. Although he didn't direct the film himself, almost every action in the film has his own ideas.
They knew that the film they had carefully shot was a good work, but they didn't expect that the film broke all the box office lists of Thai films as soon as it was released. Soon after, the film also aroused strong international repercussions.
Tony Jaa, with his years' hard practice of the ancient Thai boxing and those years' plaster training, took everything in a glance in Wang Barker, and his blood gushed out every second.
He performed the "iron elbow and steel knee" of the ancient Thai boxing in an unprecedented way. His flying knee and 720-degree whirlwind kick in the movie were dumbfounded. People have never seen such a martial arts scene.
He became the Bruce Lee of Thailand overnight, and his influence surpassed that of "Little Prince of Muay Thai" Bo Qiu. Various media websites have appeared the title "Who is better, Jia Zhangke or Bruce Lee?". He's on the right track!
This movie even made the entertainment circle in Hong Kong, which has been at the forefront of action movies, tremble. They didn't know that action movies could be so advanced. This has led to equally excellent films, such as Kill the Wolf and The Fuse.
Tony Jaa didn't know that this film inspired a young actor named iko uwais who was far away from Indonesia, which led to the "Assault" series.
After becoming famous, he continued Ombach's performance style in his later films. Although there was a storm in action movies at that time, other actors really couldn't learn this interpretation.
What others can't learn most is that he hardly uses stunts and body double in movies. He did all the movements by himself. A jumping scene like the one below is really jumping. How many people can do this alone?
In 2005, he co-starred in "Dong Yin Gong" with Venus (yes, Venus is on the Venus show). In 2007, he began to try to be a director himself, and successively released Boxing 2 and Boxing 3. These films were well received and Hollywood began to extend an olive branch to him.
20 13 co-starred with "female Umbach" JeeJa Yanin * * * in the action movie "Dong Yin Gong 2: The World in Umbach". Later, gossip about their date came out in dribs and drabs, but it was soon broken.
Because Tony Jaa has married his girlfriend outside the circle and has children, it is said that there are five children, one of whom is full of happiness. Oh, yes, they also have two elephants. Sure enough, he really loves elephants (I hope not to lose them ~).
In 20 14, his master pana died on the 4th1anniversary of Bruce Lee's death. It may be that God's will follows idols in this way, which makes Tony Jaa deeply sad.
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Later, he really went to Hollywood to develop, but he was no longer the protagonist. With Vin Diesel, Jason Statham and other big stars, he can only play a supporting role.
I don't know if he regrets his original choice. Later, he appeared in many well-received and box-office movies, such as The Fast and the Furious's Kill the Wolf 2, Extreme Agent 3: The Ultimate Return, Kill the Wolf and the Greedy Wolf, and Ip's Legend of Zhang Man's Day.
Detective Chinatown 3 and Tony Jaa are still supporting roles in this film, but they are still looking forward to his role.
In his most popular years, people compared him with Bruce Lee, but why can he only play a supporting role after these years? Bian Xiao can't answer this question. Is it related to acting? Maybe, or is it because of the pay? I don't know. However, Bian Xiao thinks this is mainly because of his own choice.
Watch your step, keep walking and don't resist. I still hope that he can play the leading role again and make his own film, expecting another punch from Umbach.