The New King of Comedy

The New King of Comedy (2019)

新喜劇之王

A young female actor dreams of becoming famous and building a successful career despite being a stand-in and extra on most sets.

Data di uscita
2019-02-05
TMDB
5.6 / 10 (48)
Durata
1 h 30 min
Generi
Commedia
Regista
周星馳

Cast

Curiosità

The New King of Comedy is a 2019 comedy-drama film directed, written, and produced by Stephen Chow. A Chinese-Hong Kong co-production, it is a spiritual sequel to Chow's 1999 film King of Comedy, featuring a new setting in China with different characters.

Production

Stephen Chow began writing the film in 2015. Filming began in October 2018 and lasted only a few weeks.

For the movie, Chow cast people who could relate to the life of a struggling actor. He intentionally sought out Wang to play the male lead role, due to the latter's experience in working as an extra early in his career. Actress E Jingwen also worked as an extra prior to The New King of Comedy, similar to the character she played in the film.

Chow recruited the Chinese girl group Ji Feng Shao Nu (Chinese: 疾风少女; lit. 'Storm Girls'), whose members were eliminated in the Chinese version of Produce 101, to sing the film's theme song.

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