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Chow Yun-fat Trivia Questions

How much do you really know about Chow Yun-fat? Below are 8 true or false statements. Click each one to reveal the answer and explanation.

1.

Chow Yun-fat was born in Hong Kong.

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Chow Yun-fat was born on May 18, 1955, on Lamma Island, Hong Kong.

2.

Chow Yun-fat once delivered tofu for his family's small business as a child.

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He grew up poor on Lamma Island and helped his parents sell tofu and snacks from a cart.

3.

Chow Yun-fat once played a blind swordsman in a Wong Kar-wai film.

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Chow Yun-fat never worked with Wong Kar-wai; the blind swordsman role was famously played by Takeshi Kaneshiro in 'Ashes of Time'.

4.

Chow Yun-fat is an avid large-format photographer, and his works have been exhibited in galleries.

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He is known for shooting black-and-white photos with a 20x24 inch large-format camera, and his work has been featured in exhibitions like those in Hong Kong.

5.

Chow Yun-fat was banned from mainland China for years after criticizing the government.

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No official ban is documented. He continued working in China, starring in films like 'The Monkey King 2' (2016), with no evidence of a multi-year prohibition.

6.

Chow Yun-fat once saved a stranger's life by performing CPR after a car accident.

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In 2017, Chow Yun-fat performed CPR on an unconscious driver after a car crash, but the driver later died in the hospital, so he did not save the life.

7.

Chow Yun-fat donated his entire Hong Kong Film Award prize money to charity.

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The Hong Kong Film Awards do not offer a cash prize; winners receive only a trophy. Thus, there was no prize money to donate.

8.

Chow Yun-fat declined a role in 'The Matrix' to avoid being typecast as a martial arts villain.

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He actually turned down the role of Seraph in 'The Matrix Reloaded' due to scheduling conflicts, not typecasting fears.

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