English name:! N xau
, whose real name was considered to be Gcao Coma or Gcau Coma or Gcau. The exclamation point in the stage name is a symbol of a click consonant in the native African language.
During his acting career, Lisu’s name N!xau is a transliteration of the local aboriginal language. Because of the sound similar to "click" in this language, no corresponding Roman alphabet can be found to replace it. Before being discovered by the director, he knew almost nothing about modern life and the outside world—he had seen 3 white people in total, and the largest building complex he had ever seen was a small village of local aboriginals, which also explained why he did. There are rumors of wages being blown away by the wind. The indigenous people he belongs to are also called "Sang", "Bushman", and "Bushman", which means bushman, and is the only unique indigenous group in places such as South Africa and Namibia. He himself can speak several indigenous languages, and he can use Juǀʼhoan, Otjiherero, and Tswana fluently, but Afrikaans, one of the official languages, does not know much.
After Li Su became popular under the name N!xau, his manager said that his original stage name should be G!kau, and he became N!xau due to negligence in typing.
Lisu’s date of birth is not clear because the locals have no custom of recording the time of birth.
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Performing career
After Li Su was accidentally discovered by director jamie uys, he starred in the protagonist Xixo of the 1980 movie "God Is Crazy". His natural and generous performance was deeply loved by the audience, and he received a salary of three hundred dollars, but because he had no idea about banknotes, the wind blew the banknotes away... Then he learned what the banknotes are all about. , Just before shooting for the sequel, he fought for himself, asking the film crew to advance him 800,000 South African Rand, and finally received more than half a million South African Rand pay. He said that the money was used to build a house of slag briquettes with water and electricity for his family, but it is also said that because he is still not used to banknotes and has no concept of financial management, most of the money is spent without knowing how to spend it. Lost.
After the popularity of "God Is Crazy", Li Su performed "God Is Crazy Sequel" again in nine years. Although his reputation is not as good as the first episode, he co-starred with Hong Kong star Lin Zhengying in "African Monk" a year later. After that, he even went to Asia to shoot blockbuster movies such as "Hong Kong Is Crazy" and "African Superman", and met many well-known Hong Kong stars such as Liu Qingyun, Carina Lau, and Ye Tong. Actor Lei Yuyang once praised Li Su as an excellent actor with easy-going personality and dedicated work.
"God Is Crazy" movie series have been shot in total, and Li Su starred in 5 of them, including "God Is Crazy", "God Is Crazy II", "God Is Crazy III", "Hong Kong Is Crazy", and "Africa Superman. Lisu is called "the most famous Namibian actor" by the Namibians. It was once rumored that he had made a movie in Japan, but it was just a rumor. So far there is no evidence that such a movie actually happened.
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Salary status:
"God Is Crazy": 1980 $300
"God Is Crazy II 》: 1989 600000 South African Rand (approximately US$80,000)
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Retirement
After his film career faded away, he returned to his hometown as a farmer due to unacceptable water and soil. He relied on planting corn, pumpkin beans and raising livestock to survive himself, his 3 wives and 6 children. It is also said that the total number of animals he raises cannot exceed 20 at a time, because he will not count the number higher than 20.
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passing
day, Kalahari remote areas in early July 2003 in Namibia Local officials confirmed the news of Li Su’s death: “Li Su died in the grassland on July 1, 2003 looking for timber, and died of multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis...” Regarding the cause of death, there are reports that he suffered from chronic illness. There is tuberculosis, so it may be due to this kind of multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis, and there are also reports that he died naturally. As for what he was doing when he died, there were reports that he was hunting guinea fowls, and there were also reports that his family confirmed that he was out to collect firewood. Since Li Su himself does not know his birthday, he can only guess that he was 58 years old.
The only certainty is that on July 12, 2003, in Tsankovi, his hometown, people held a semi-traditional funeral for him, allowing him to rest beside his deceased second wife.
Domestic reports on the death of Li Su
Li Su, an African actor who swept Hong Kong with "God Is Crazy", (July 1, 2003), the producer of the Nikkei film confirmed that he was found dead in the grasslands on the outskirts of Namibia. He was about 59 years old (because of The actual age could not be confirmed), and the cause of death has not been announced yet. Li Su's family was at a loss after the bad news. According to the spokesperson, Li Su’s family described Li Su’s death as “no return” and revealed that Li Su went out to collect firewood in the suburbs last Tuesday, and had not seen him come back for a long time. Looking around, he suddenly found his body in the grassland. The image of indigenous people is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Lisu, who took over the filming of Hong Kong films, played the role of African indigenous people in the film "God Is Crazy", and was well received by the audience. After that, he started filming the sequel and the third episode, and was later awarded by Hong Kong director Qian Shengwei. Invited to film "Hong Kong Is Crazy" with the title of Hong Kong. Later, I made an African version of the zombie film "African Monk", which was dubbed by Stephen Chow and Wu Mengda. Li Su brought joy to many people throughout his life, but he didn't long to be an actor all the time. After filming the above-mentioned dramas, he returned to his hometown to live the life he loved. Dedication to work is nostalgic. The actors who had worked with Li Su feel sad to hear the bad news. Liu Qingyun, Carina Lau, Ye Tong and Li Su became friends when they filmed the movie "Hong Kong Is Crazy". In addition, Lei Yuyang and Lisu traveled to Beijing, Sichuan and Yunnan to shoot the movie "African Superman" in 1993. After he learned of Li Su’s death last night, he said: “It’s a pity, such a friendly and easy-going person. Because he is an African, he felt very cold when filming in China, but he started working without wearing shoes. There is no complaint. I communicated with him a lot with body language, he was very good at playing, and because he was already well-known in the Mainland at that time, many children were vying to take photos with him."
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