Hung Yan-yan was the stunt double for martial arts superstar Jet Li.
15 Facts About Hung Yan-yan
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Hung Yan-yan was placed in a martial arts school at age 12 after he was taken away from school.
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Later, Hung Yan-yan was Jet Li's stunt double in Once Upon a Time in China.
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Hung Yan-yan was then Li's stunt double again in the sequel, Once Upon a Time in China II.
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Hung Yan-yan was featured a role as the leader of the White Lotus Sect, Kau-kung "Priest" Gao.
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Hung Yan-yan featured in Once Upon a Time in China III as Kwai Geuk-Chat known as "Clubfoot Seven" Chiu-Tsat.
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Hung Yan-yan was so nicknamed due to his disability, being the seventh member of wealthy rival martial artist, Chiu Tin-bak's gang.
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Hung Yan-yan reprised his role as Clubfoot in the next two sequels which do not feature Li, instead it featured Vincent Zhao, who was much younger than Li and more physical so Hung Yan-yan was not much featured as a stunt double.
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Hung Yan-yan reprised his role again in the Once Upon a Time in China TV series and in Once Upon a Time in China and America which again features Jet Li and is the last of the Once Upon a Time in China series.
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Hung Yan-yan was the main villain, Prince Twelve, in Yuen Wo Ping's Hero Among Heroes starring Donnie Yen.
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Hung Yan-yan's role was first a friend of Yen's character, who turns him into a drug addict and later betrays him.
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Hung Yan-yan followed Tsui Hark to Hollywood in 1998, making a brief performance in Double Team.
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Hung Yan-yan was action director in Chin Siu-tung's Blacksheep Affair and again in Tsui Hark's 2000 film, Time and Tide starring Nicholas Tse.
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Hung Yan-yan later returned to Hollywood as stunt choreographer for The Musketeer.
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Hung Yan-yan is married to Carrie Choy, a former actress, and they have one child.