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Like many of his fellow Hong Kong actors, Yuen Wah is reluctant to talk
about his experiences in the film industry at any length. Fortunately,
Celestial coaxed Wah in front of the camera for their 2002 dvd release of
Shaw’s The Magic Blade (1976). Casual and relaxed in his
interview, Wah recounts stories of doubling and dangerous stunts in his
early career (Right: Laughing as he relates a story of doubling
for Lo Leih). Though Wah is often remembered for his work with Bruce
Lee in the early ‘70s (Above left: in a cameo appearance in
Enter the Dragon (1973) and Below right: doubling
Bruce for his fight with Sammo Hung in Enter the Dragon), his
career in the industry has ranged from acting and doubling to action
choreography and directing. Wah’s interview for Celestial touches on
several aspects of his career, including a mention of his early training
with his Beijing opera school brothers under the tutelage of Master Jim
Yuen. Currently, Yuen Wah continues to remain silent on many aspects
of his personal life, even declining to reveal his birth name. Like so many
of his opera school brothers, Wah retains the name Yuen, adopted from
his sifu. For more biographical information about Yuen Wah, please refer to Pat Coogan’s interview with the screen villain in the March, 2003 issue of bcmagazine.
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Above left: Stanley Tong, Yuen Wah, and Jackie Chan behind the scenes
while filming Police Story 3: Supercop (1992). Above right: Jackie
Chan, Yuen Wah, and Yuen Mun during their days at Master Jim Yuen’s Beijing
Opera School. Below left: Big brother Yuen Wah sporting the face paint
of Beijing opera with his younger brother Yuen Biao. Below right: One of
Wah’s many daring stunts over the course of his career – after jumping atop a
moving car in Iceman Cometh, Wah hopscotches to the roof of another
car before rolling into the open door of a van in an intersection. |
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