He actually help to build the stuntman's guild / association and use money made from movies to help stuntman as their jobs are so dangerous back in those days they are often not aided or compensated properly if they get into accidents that ruins them for life.
see his son kena caught having drug in china, which was supposed to be sentenced to death, but still about to get away from it.
hongkong entertainment industry was controlled by gangsters in 70s until 90s.
Like it or not. There is a certain linkage to it though not directly involved la. If not you think he dare step out and defend carina lau in that incident of hers meh? Those were done by the triads you know.
and because he openly curi makan also no one scold him , he treat his families well his waifu not dare divorce him , his son take weed go to jail get early release
You help me, i help you lor. As for family matters i dunno la. Is he not a good husband and father? I think only closest to him will know. It's the entertainment circle ma.
thats why he has some influences to the gangster. plus he and those summo hung were from kungfu industry before entering entertainment industry one, so they got many connections with triads. and he helped a lot of stars settled cases, so many people respected him.
you know it is those 大男人 thing in the past la. heng dai more important than family one.
anything happen dunno he just willingly step out or people look to him for help and he do it one way or the other.
so, in some ways people respect him and in some ways people just maybe want his influence as well la.
but then y nobody address donnie yen as dai gor/dai lou
Donnie Yen and Jet Li don't quite have the same stature. They are not as involved in the background as people like Sammo or Jackie is. They do work that is unseen for their troupe of stuntmans as those were the days when stunt was the pride of hong kong filmography and not even the westerners dare try to compete with how much risk this buggers were taking.
Jackie is first and foremost a stuntman and not a martial artist. i believe he said this himself too
You think how he got shu qi out of taiwan? You listen to how he brag about bringing shu qi out from a mainstream Cat III actress to promoting her to be a major lead actress