FENG XIAOGANG, who won the best actor award at the Golden Horse Film Festival a month ago, was joined by director Guan Hu, actress Xu Qing, and actors Wu Yifan and Li Yifeng for the “Mr. Six” premiere in Beijing.

    A number of famous actors and actresses who have appeared in Feng’s movies, including Fan Bingbing and Ge You, also showed up to support the film.

    This is the second time that Feng has played a lead role in a movie and it might be his last.

    After he received the best actor award, he said that he would stop acting in movies.

    “Today’s premiere makes me think about the premieres I attended for my former movies. It has been two years since I directed movies. This time, I’m very honored to play in ‘Mr. Six,’ directed by Guan Hu. I really appreciate this experience and this premiere.”

    The film is a modern tale of Mr. Six, a middle-aged former kingpin who reigned over the Beijing streets for years.

    As he lives in a world that is bound to be destroyed by modernity, the film portrays the battle between him and a much younger drag-racing street gang leader, played by Wu.

    Wu said the most challenging part of making the film for him was the pressure of acting with Feng.

    “Actually, this kind of stubborn and honest person exists in all walks of life, but I think the perfect person to play Mr. Six was Feng Xiaogang. In terms of life experience and temperament, director Feng was the perfect person to play Mr. Six.”

    “Mr. Six” is set to hit Chinese theaters Dec. 24.

    (SD-Agencies)