5/3/2023 0 Comments Wu jing success![]() They studied under the same coaches, and both won national championships. Wu and Li both came up through the famed Beijing Wushu Team, albeit a generation apart. While there’s something to these comparisons, they overlook the first half of Wu’s career - and how those years shaped the actor he is today.Įarly in his career, Wu looked to be cut from the same cloth as past Chinese martial arts superstars like Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, and Jet Li. Outside of China, Wu’s playful mix of charisma and muscular nationalism has earned him comparisons with Hollywood stars like Sylvester Stallone, whose “Rambo” films were an obvious influence on the actor. ![]() In the words of a popular joke: “Only Wu Jing can beat Wu Jing.” Between “Lake Changjin,” “The Wandering Earth,” and the “Wolf Warrior” series, the 47-year-old action star has now headlined three of the top five grossing movies in Chinese history. ![]() Many Chinese film fans greeted the news with a knowing shrug, in part because its success only confirmed what we already suspected. In the little over two months since its release, the Korean war epic “The Battle at Lake Changjin” has earned more than 5.74 billion yuan ($858 million) late last month, the film passed 2017’s “Wolf Warrior 2” to become the highest-grossing Chinese movie of all time.
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