Best friend Bruce plays a supporting role all his life, whose son is the most powerful martial arts star in China

The “martial arts superstar” plays a supporting role all his life because of his unattractive appearance.

For many people, the name Phan Mai Sanh is still quite strange. However, for audiences who love Hong Kong’s previous classic kung fu films, he is already too familiar. Phan Mai Sinh started acting in 1964, he made a name for himself through villain roles in martial arts and Hong Kong horror films. The actor surnamed Phan made an impression in the works: “The king of power”, “The year of the Dragon”, “Project a sequel”,…

Phan Mai Sanh is known as one of the close and rare confidants of the martial arts legend Bruce Lee. Even Bruce Lee promised to teach kung fu to Fan Mai Sanh’s son, Fan Thieu Hoang. Unfortunately, however, Bruce passed away before he could fulfill that promise.

Phan Mai Sanh with her son Phan Thieu Hoang

Contributing in many classic works and being recognized by the public for her talent, during her acting career, Phan Mai Sanh only played a supporting role, never once was on the main character line. Due to his somewhat rough and unsightly appearance, he was not favored by directors who “choose to send gold”.

What makes the actor surname Phan most proud is his first son. His son – Phan Thieu Hoang grew up gradually showing a natural talent for kung fu. He is now one of the martial arts actors known for his impressive kung fu roles on the Chinese screen. Since the age of 14, Phan Thieu Hoang has studied gymnastics, kung fu and taekwondo, so he easily performed excellent action sequences in the movie.

One of Fan Shaohuang’s best martial arts scenes

Phan Thieu Hoang’s most impressive and breakthrough role was in 1991’s “Ricky’s Story”, the film that catapulted him to become an action movie star at that time. After that, he also appeared in many hit films such as: “Blood punch”, “Thien Long Bat Bo”, “The heroic teenager Phuong The Ngoc”,…