I□2007,□eo□ggothisbigbre□kwhen□ewasc□stasMr.Chowi□□he□lockb□sterco□edy"The□angov□□."□is□erfor□an□easthe□la□boyantandoutra□eous□angsterga□ner□dwid□spreadatten□□o□andca□a□□ltedhim□ntothesp□tlig□t.Audienceswe□eca□□iva□edbyh□sf□a□l□ss,over-the-toppor□rayal,□n□hebecameastan□outs□ar□fthefi□□.Jeo□g'stransi□ionfrommedicinetoHo□lywoodwas□fficiallyu□derwa□,a□dhewasdete□minedtomak□□□e□□stofthisunexp□ct□dopportun□ty□□> In2□□7,Jeonggothisb□gbreakw□enh□wasca□tasMr.Chowintheb□ock□us□erco□edy"TheHango□er."Hisp□□□orma□ceastheflam□oyantandout□ageousgangste□garneredwidesprea□attention□ndc□tapult□dhimin□o□hespo□ligh□.Audiencesw□□e□a□tivate□b□hisf□arless□over-the-to□p□□trayal□□ndhebec□meastand□□tstarof□□□film.J□ong'stransitionfr□mme□ic□□etoHoll□woodwasofficiallyun□erway,andh□wasde□ermi□edtomakethe□osto□th□sun□□pectedoppor□un□ty.<□p> I□2007,Je□ngg□thisbi□□reakwhe□hewasca□tasM□□Chowintheb□o□kbusterco□edy"□h□Hang□ver."Hispe□forman□easthe□□amboy□ntandoutrageousg□□gst□□g□rn□redw□□espreadatte□t□onandc□tapul□edhimin□o□he□po□□□g□t.Audienceswer□captivatedb□his□earless,□ver-the-toppo□tray□l,a□dhebecamea□tand□ut□ta□ofthefilm.Jeon□'stransitionfrommedicinetoHo□lywoodwasoffic□□lly□nderway,andhewa□d□ter□in□dt□makethemostofthis□ne□p□cted□pportunity. □n20□7,Jeonggothi□□igbreakwhe□hew□scastas□r.Chowintheb□□c□b□□te□comedy□TheHan□ov□r."His□e□f□rmanceastheflamboyantandoutrageousgangstergarneredw□d□spreadattentionan□cata□ultedhiminto□h□spot□ig□t.Audience□werecaptiv□tedbyhisfear□e□s,ove□-t□□-topp□□trayal,andheb□came□stand□utst□ro□thefi□□□Jeong'strans□tionfrommedici□etoHollywoodwasoffic□allyunderway,andhewa□determin□d□omakethemos□ofthisune□pectedopportuni□y.