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Barry Wong (20 November 1946 – 16 October 1991), also known as Wong Ping-Yiu (黃炳耀), was a Hong Kong screenwriter, film producer and actor. He was hailed as one of the most prolific screenwriters of Hong Kong cinema penning scripts for some of the top filmmakers and actors during the 1980s and early 1990s.
Barry Wong (1946–1991), Hong Kong screenwriter, film producer and actor; BD Wong (born 1960), American actor; Ben Wong (born 1965), Hong Kong actor; Betty Ann Wong (born 1938), American author and composer; Bob Wong (born 1941), Canadian politician; Bosco Wong (born 1980), Hong Kong actor and singer; Brandon Wong (actor), Malaysian actor
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Barry Wong (20 November 1946 – 16 October 1991), also known as Wong Ping-Yiu (黃炳耀), was a Hong Kong screenwriter, film producer and actor. He was hailed as one of the most prolific screenwriters of Hong Kong cinema penning scripts for some of the top filmmakers and actors during the 1980s and early 1990s.
- Woo recalls drinking tequila in Hong Kong by adding soda, covering it with a napkin, and then slamming the glass down to stir up some bubbles. “It would make you feel cool and feel like a man.”
- Sam Peckinpah’s The Wild Bunch is an inspiration in various ways including the beat where William Holden’s character drinks an entire bottle of tequila — hence the lead character here named Tequila (Chow Yun-fat).
- Woo interviewed real cops while researching the film including one detective who was known for being extremely tough towards the bad guys. “But in the meantime, he’s a drummer,” so Woo shifted that into a cop who plays music in a jazz club.
- The script initially focused on a villain who was poisoning formula bottles and killing babies. The cast was signed featuring Tony Leung as the baby-killing psycho, and they filmed the first scene at the tea house — it was scheduled for demolition so they only had five days to make use of it.
Oct 16, 1991 · Biography. Barry Wong, also known as Wong Ping-Yiu, was a Hong Kong screenwriter, film producer and actor. He was hailed as one of the most prolific screenwriters of Hong Kong cinema penning scripts for some of the top filmmakers and actors during the 1980s and early 1990s.
Barry Wong was born on 1 January 1946 in Wuzhou, China. He was a writer and actor, known for Fight Back to School (1991), Hard Boiled (1992) and The Killer (1989). He died on 1 January 1992 in Hong Kong.
