Chinese Showbiz: Tone It Down, You Look More Like a Thug Than an Actor

Every cop-and-robber movie these days gets turned into a glossy idol drama starring pretty young heartthrobs. Chu Cheng, a tough guy who was blacklisted for five years, awakens the Thug Movie Star System and plays a ruthless gangster just as he is!

Director: “He was wearing a suit and smoking a cigar. When he glanced over at me, I instinctively called the police!”

Veteran actor Zhang Songwen: “I thought my Gao Qiqiang was ruthless, until I saw him. Suddenly, I felt like a law-abiding citizen.”

Female netizen: “He's so captivating! A thug in a suit like that, just come kidnap me already!”

Thug in a suit, serial killer, high-IQ drug lord, a two-faced Hannibal... Chu Cheng leaves everyone in the dust as he plays one villain after another.

When the special police burst in and surrounded the film crew, Chu Cheng put his hands on his head. “Officer, I'm really just a method actor!” Then he accidentally bent his high-strength steel handcuffs out of shape.