Biography
Shaw Brothers star Fu Sheng played a "hot-head" (onscreen) in kung-fu films (but) in real life, he was said to be as warm and cuddly, as a little puppy. Enter Conan Lee. Onscreen puppy, off screen hot-head. Guess it's not entirely his fault, you see, he grew up in Queens New York. In Queens if you grow up weak, you could end up dead. So, it's just possible, that he acquired that "Tough guy" persona, from all of his childhood brawls in the streets.
I once read, that he was going to be interviewed for an upcoming film project and was supposed to be flown in. His response was, that he would do the interview, only if he (also) got "Round-trip" tickets, for a group of friends as well. I think that the Star-treatment went to his head (especially, for one who isn't considered Star material). Onscreen, he wasn't bad as a fighter, but, for someone who has been training since the age of 7, you'd think he'd be much better. Most, seemed to just have a problem with his attitude on the set, more than his acting (which is kind of plastic to me).
He was supposed to have been the star of the movie Gymkata, but American Golden Boy (at the time) Kurt Thomas, took over the Lead part. Thomas had just won the Olympics for Gymnastics (Gymnastics + Karate = GymKata - get it?) and you know, how the public kisses your butt, when you bring home a Gold Medal for the United States. So, he ended up with a bit part in the film, where some guy got to choke him to death. Well, I guess that event put a "Strangle-hold" on his film career, because even in the film The Eliminators, the only thing I can remember him doing, was him jumping through a big Fan.
I once read, that he was going to be interviewed for an upcoming film project and was supposed to be flown in. His response was, that he would do the interview, only if he (also) got "Round-trip" tickets, for a group of friends as well. I think that the Star-treatment went to his head (especially, for one who isn't considered Star material). Onscreen, he wasn't bad as a fighter, but, for someone who has been training since the age of 7, you'd think he'd be much better. Most, seemed to just have a problem with his attitude on the set, more than his acting (which is kind of plastic to me).
He was supposed to have been the star of the movie Gymkata, but American Golden Boy (at the time) Kurt Thomas, took over the Lead part. Thomas had just won the Olympics for Gymnastics (Gymnastics + Karate = GymKata - get it?) and you know, how the public kisses your butt, when you bring home a Gold Medal for the United States. So, he ended up with a bit part in the film, where some guy got to choke him to death. Well, I guess that event put a "Strangle-hold" on his film career, because even in the film The Eliminators, the only thing I can remember him doing, was him jumping through a big Fan.
He appeared in Lethal Weapon-4 (in a cameo a role as Jet Li's brother) looking fat and totally, out of shape. I guess he wasn't ready for his "15 minutes" (actually, less than that) of fame. His best films were Tiger On Beat, directed by Liu Chia-Liang and Ninja In The Dragon's Den, (Yuen Kwei's debut as a director). Here, he was billed as "Bigger and better than Jackie Chan. He received praise for the film, doing martial-arts, while on Stilts. It's been so long since I've watched that film, I can't say, if he was doubled or not (chances are, he was).
This film was quite good (though he was overshadowed by his co-stars), yet, he didn't follow-up with anything else (in Hong Kong). Seems, he chose to do what Jackie did and try to take America by storm. Even Jackie's film (The Big Brawl) bombed and he went back to Hong Kong and started to push the envelope, with Police Story. It was around this time that Jet Li started getting noticed. These two stars, basically, cornered the market after that. Yet, when he went back to Hong Kong, his film career died, along with any (serious) desire to try and revive it. Last seen - taking pictures (“Selfies” ) at the funeral of director, Liu Chia-Liang.
This film was quite good (though he was overshadowed by his co-stars), yet, he didn't follow-up with anything else (in Hong Kong). Seems, he chose to do what Jackie did and try to take America by storm. Even Jackie's film (The Big Brawl) bombed and he went back to Hong Kong and started to push the envelope, with Police Story. It was around this time that Jet Li started getting noticed. These two stars, basically, cornered the market after that. Yet, when he went back to Hong Kong, his film career died, along with any (serious) desire to try and revive it. Last seen - taking pictures (“Selfies” ) at the funeral of director, Liu Chia-Liang.