Feed MRSS-S wong_kar_wai_a, english.elpais.com en-us https://english.elpais.com Sun, 31 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT https://english.elpais.com/culture/2026-05-31/tony-leung-actor-i-considered-quitting-because-i-was-on-the-verge-of-an-existential-boredom-but-working-with-wong-kar-wai-transformed-me.html Sun, 31 May 2026 04:00:00 GMT https://english.elpais.com/culture/2026-05-31/tony-leung-actor-i-considered-quitting-because-i-was-on-the-verge-of-an-existential-boredom-but-working-with-wong-kar-wai-transformed-me.html Gregorio Belinchón Yagüe His role in ‘In the Mood for Love’ made him the world’s most melancholic lover. But the Hong Kong actor is versatile: he started with comic roles and moved on to action films. His latest release is ‘Silent Friend,’ in which he plays a neurologist fascinated by plants His role in ‘In the Mood for Love’ made him the world’s most melancholic lover. But the Hong Kong actor is versatile: he started with comic roles and moved on to action films. His latest release is ‘Silent Friend,’ in which he plays a neurologist fascinated by plants Tony Leung Wong Kar-Wai Cannes Errol Flynn Hong Kong Maggie Cheung Chow Yun-Fat Martin Scorsese Ang Lee Willem Dafoe FRANCIS TSANG (EL PAÍS) Tony Leung, photographed in Madrid. Tony Leung, photographed in Madrid. <p>Tony Leung (Hong Kong, 63) enters the lobby of a Madrid hotel and brings with him an absolute sense of calm. The pace slows; you even get the impression the temperature has dropped slightly. Leung’s image in the film collective was sealed by his role in <i>In the Mood for Love</i>, <a href="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2022-12-05/citizen-kane-and-vertigo-lose-top-spot-on-bfi-best-movies-list-to-belgian-auteur-chantal-akerman.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2022-12-05/citizen-kane-and-vertigo-lose-top-spot-on-bfi-best-movies-list-to-belgian-auteur-chantal-akerman.html">Wong Kar-wai’s masterpiece</a> that earned Leung the best actor award at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival. A man anchored in melancholy, unable to confront his unfaithful wife or to declare his love to his neighbor. That introspection turned Leung into one of the coolest men on the planet.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2026-05-31/tony-leung-actor-i-considered-quitting-because-i-was-on-the-verge-of-an-existential-boredom-but-working-with-wong-kar-wai-transformed-me.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p>