THE name is Fatt
Chow Yuen Fatt. Eh, wait a minute. It's Chow Chow Yuen Fatt. Or Chow
Yun-Fat, as Hollywood has simplified it. But whether he's referred to as Mister Chow or
Mister Fat (a common mistake by those ang mohs who can't tell a Chinese first name
from the family monicker), his widespread fame is no mystery to those of us who have known
of him for ages.
The man is famous, the man is a superstar,
because he has charisma. And more importantly, because he can act. Can he ever! From
comedies to romances to TV serials to dramas to the genre he is most famous for the
bullet-riddled, ichor-splattered "heroic bloodshed" films Chow has made
himself an icon of Asian cinema.
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