Leslie Cheung: legendary star still remembered 22 years after his death
Cheung helped push Cantopop to new heights, starred in dozens of films and dared to challenge the gender norms of his time.
Throughout a career that spanned more than two decades, Leslie Cheung released over 40 music albums, staged more than 420 concerts worldwide and appeared in 56 films. He remains one of the few artists who have won both a Best Actor Award at the Hong Kong Film Awards and the highest honour in the city’s music scene. Twenty-two years after his passing, the memory of the performer known as gor gor, or “big brother” in Cantonese, still resonates with long-time fans and the new ones continually joining their ranks. This episode of Hong Kong Authentic takes you through the career of this legendary superstar and explores the charisma he had that attracted so much attention worldwide.