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Hailed by Yuen Wo Ping, the genius and very
talented martial arts choreographer as well as director, in the late 90s
as the martial arts star with the most potential among the younger
generation, Wu Jing is a multiple-time national wushu champion from
Beijing, China. Wu Jing was born into a royal Manchurian family, belonging
to Yellow Banner of the Eight-Banner Confederation, and both his
grandfather and father are martial artists.
A former member as well as assistant coach of Beijing Wushu Team, he was
sent by his father to Beijing Wushu Academy to train in martial arts at a
tender age of 6, albeit somewhat reluctantly initially. But after
acclimatising himself to the new environment and the rigorous martial arts
training routine, his passion for it grew stronger.
Around 1995, when the film director of Jet Li's highly successful Shaolin
Temple series, Cheung Sing Yim, and Yuen Wo Ping visited Beijing Wushu Academy to look for
a suitable candidate for Taichi 2, they discovered Wu
Jing, of whom Coach Wu Bin was unwilling to let go, and a new martial arts star was born. With Yuen Wo Ping as the
martial arts choreographer, you can expect nothing less than captivating
fight scenes, even if the plot is slightly cheesy - just a little. Wu Jing
later signed a three year contract with Yuen Wo Ping and in the ensuing
years, they made 3 TV series: Master of Taichi, New Shaolin Temple and
Swordsman of Flying Dagger, all of which enjoyed huge success in the East.
Wu Jing's incredible display of martial arts and great acting skills in
especially Master of Taichi, where he went to the actual Chen Village to
learn more about Chen Style Taichi, won him tremendous acclaims and
respect from the audience in China, Taiwan and Hong Kong.
An assiduous actor who does everything with utmost dedication and
commitment, Wu Jing always delivers his best and is disinclined to rely on
stunt doubles, even with highly demanding and dangerous stunts. Besides
doing his part as an actor, Wu Jing also offers his inputs on the script
and the role he is doing, both of which are usually positively accepted by
the directors. Having learned action direction from
Yuen Wo Ping and Yuen Bun, he also participates in martial arts
choreography of his works,
such as Metamorphosis of Heavenly Silkworm,
Shaolin King of Martial Arts and The Empire is of More Importance. In
the latter, he designed two distinct sets of kungfu for the the twin
roles of Emperor Qianlong and his commoner brother he was
playing.
Wu Jing's
Publicist / Contact:
Jet Star Entertainment
1F No 2-2 Lane 96
Guangfu South. Rd. Daan Chiu
Taipei Taiwan 106
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