Richard Norton
Richard the Lionhearted, born on January 6, 1950, is an actor.
He is known as a villain on the screen, but he is a very kind person in life, and he also plans to play a heroic role.
Performing Experience
Norton regards his hard work and hard work to make a living as the joy of life. In his opinion, these are all a kind of enjoyment. As a cast member and master Philip Wu , he has worked with many of the most dazzling stars in the entertainment industry. In 20 years of private bodyguard career, he has fully protected David Bowie, Sir James Paul McCartney CH MBE , The Rolling Stones , Fleetwood Mac, Linda Longstatt and James Taylor. As an actor, he has performed with Chuck Norris , Jackie Chan , Ruttger Hall and David Carradine.
Cooperation with Norris
Richard · Norton, Commonwealth of Australia who, karateGrade athlete, he achieved status in multiple martial arts genres when he was in his 10s. After graduating from university, his first job was a bodyguard. He had done many celebrity defense jobs such as popular singer Rod Stewart, about 18 years ago, in 1980. In 1988, he co-interpreted a movie "The Octagon" with Norris, which was his debut on screen. Since then, he has been unacceptable, and since then ended his bodyguard career and entered the US category B kungfu film market, and has played a role in more than 50 films. In addition to the first movie , Norton and Norris co-starred in " Crazy Revenge ", " Temptation of the Lamb ", and the popular "Walker Texas Wanderer".
When did Norton and Norris first meet? The reporter introduced: "That was in 1976, when my partner Bob Jones and I led Chuck Norris into the Commonwealth of Australia, and asked him to perform in our tournament," Norton said, "Of course we were in Commonwealth of Australia, Chuck’s name is like a thunderbolt, because there is ""Such a Philip Wu magazine. at that time""Always report on the duel between The Legend Of A Tycoon , such as Joe Lewis and Chuck Norris. As soon as we met, we got along very well. It can be said that we are in perfect harmony. Since then, we have established a deep friendship between the two of us, which is beautiful and long-lasting. Chuck once said, "If one day I go to California , I must call him and we can train together."
The success of Norton and Norris' first co-starring film is the perfect start to Norton's long and brilliant acting career. Norton is grateful to Norris for helping him break into the film industry. To this day, they are still very good friends. When Richard the Lionhearted and Judy Norton married, the best man was Norris.
In the mid-1980s, his wicked image was recognized by Sammo Hung , and he was invited by Sammo Hung to join " The Target " in Hong Kong to play a very eye-catching contradiction, which made Sammo Hung disoriented. But his early works are very few and refined, only shooting " The Target ", " The Millionaires' Express ", " The Magic Crystal ", etc.
After returning to the United States in 1987, he mixed in a large number of B-type films, the most famous being the "China; Brien" series of films cooperating with Cynthia Rothrock .
And Jackie Chan cooperation
Norton has also worked hand in hand with Jackie Chan, both of whom are the world's top kung fu stars. The first film co-starring Norton and Jackie Chan is called "Shining Lucky Stars" and is directed by legendary director Sammo Hung. In 1992, Norton returned to Hong Kong from the United States to participate in Jackie Chan's " City Hunter ". Norton changed his image of a beard in " City Hunter " almost unrecognizable.
"The outstanding talents of Jackie Chan and director Sammo are incredible," Norton said. "I admire them very much. They are more talented and creative than anyone I have ever worked with. And this The precious experience that two genius masters can gain from cooperating in filming is really hard to find if they are exhausted."
Norton said: "Recently, I was able to have the opportunity to join hands with these two in the new line of film " Mr. Nice Guy " again to surprise him. He played the main role in the film, the villain leader Giancarlo. Sammo gave me a shot. telephoneIf you are interested, I said, I need to say, I can't ask for it. "Norton not only shaved his beard in the film, but also changed his usual yellow hair on the screen to black hair , giving people a novel feeling.
The film was shot in Melbourne , Norton's hometown of Commonwealth of Australia , which can be said to be an extra allowance for Norton. Norton is extremely honored to be another Western actor who has been invited to star in a film starring Jackie Chan for the second time besides "Jet" Benny Urquidez .
Director's responsibilities
Norton starred in the two films "Black Thunder" and "Supreme Order" co-starred with Michael Bu and Paul Dickov , then played the lead role in "Nautilus" produced by Royal Oak, and then he went to the Baltic Sea. The country The Republic of Lithuania went to shoot "The Adventures of New Robinson".
In 1998Soon after serving as a guest actor , Norton accepted a new job and became a director of a second-level unit. His responsibilities include coordinating, designing and directing the shooting of all fighting scenes. This is a brand new experience for Norton, who is more used to standing in front of the camera. Nonetheless, he bravely accepted the new challenge.
Richard · "Norton said," I thought, why not do it? "He said, "It was a wonderful experience, although I think it may be the hardest of all the jobs I have done in the past few years." Don’t dare to slack off every minute of every day. You have to spend six days in a week so nervously. You have to try your best to record on the tape some things that will actually be used in the series in the future. You have to design Martial arts action, responsible for shooting, but also take care of everyone in the work group. This is far more responsibilities than simply being an actor. The actor only needs to take up his own part of the responsibilities, and the work of the director is much more complicated. "
Norton has recently been notified that he should return to The Republic of Lithuania to act as a guest actor in certain scenes and to be the director of a second-level unit. But now he focuses on the United States and Commonwealth of Australia . Due to the huge potential of Commonwealth of Australia film development, he is working hard to turn to this aspect of work.
He compared his brand-new directing experience with the experience of the Machado brothers, the famous Brazilian judo coach who broke into the Los Angeles area for the first time.
There are many works by Richard the Lionhearted, and a lot of materials are lost due to the time.
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