Charles Heung

Trivia

• Charles Heung Wah-Keung is one of Hong Kong's most successful presenters/producers, and probably one of the most controversial due to his family's triad background.
• Heung started off as an actor making films (mostly Kung Fu action flicks) in Taiwan during the 1970s, before becoming a producer.
• During the 1970s, he married Betty Ting Pei, the woman best known for finding Bruce Lee's body in her apartment.
• While the triad's influence in Hong Kong cinema became notorious, Charles tried to keep himself away from his family's triad image by creating a company of safe refuge.
• In 1984, he and his younger brother, Jimmy Heung, formed Win's Entertainment Ltd., which, beside the Golden Harvest Company, became one of the most successful film studios in Hong Kong.
• Charles was quoted for saying that, "Every film is a battle" when asked why he named the production company Win's.
• Virtually every major star in Hong Kong, apart from Jackie Chan, had made a film for the Heungs.
• Jet Li, the biggest martial-arts star in Hong Kong, began making movies exclusively for Heung after his manager was shot dead in April 1992.
• Cantopop singer/actor Andy Lau and prolific director Johnnie To are also known for frequently making films for Heung.
• Heung became a producer and a "presenter" for films (the Hong Kong equivalent of an executive producer), but he had also gotten fame from acting, with his best known role being as Lung Wu, the God of Gamblers' bodyguard in God of Gamblers and its sequel, God of Gamblers Returns.

Quotes

• "We have high hopes. We want every movie we make to be special.
• "Maybe the actor shoots one film because they're afraid of you. Okay. But one or two or three more, you have to give them what they want."
• "Every film is a battle."