Martial arts famous person Donnie Yen is not any stranger in present enterprise, with a internet price of US$40mil (RM174.6mil) in keeping with South China Morning Post.
However, the 59-year-old wasn’t at all times financially safe.
During a movie advertising and marketing conference that occurred on Saturday (Dec 3), the Ip Man actor admitted to hitting a monetary droop in the course of the early years of his profession.
“There was one time I shot a film utilizing my very own cash. However, it did terribly on the field workplace, and I had to borrow cash to repay the debt. I only had HKD100 (RM56) in my checking account then,” Yen stated.
Donnie Yen urges new filmmakers to enrol in a movie advertising and marketing course as a security internet.
He added that he was at his “lowest level” then and even thought of quitting. However, his love for movie prevailed, and he continued searching for extra alternatives in the movie scene.
Although Yen did not disclose which film he was referring to on the convention, a previous interview with GQ Taiwan revealed that he was speaking about his directorial debut, The Legend Of The Wolf, which earned HKD818,345 (RM460,119) on the field workplace.
“I had to borrow money from my production crew to pay off my debts. I didn’t have much money, and I had most of my meals at the film set because it was free,” he informed the journal.
The actor, who will star in the upcoming Hollywood blockbuster John Wick: Chapter 4, suggested new filmmakers to enrol in a movie advertising and marketing course as a “safety net”.
“If there are no funds and no market returns, the film cannot go on. It is only right to take this course to understand the needs of the showbiz market. Don’t repeat the same mistakes I did,” Yen stated on the conference.
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