In2007,□eonggothisbigb□eak□hen□ewascasta□Mr.Chow□nt□□□l□ckbustercomedy"TheH□□gov□r."H□sp□r□or□anceasth□fl□m□oya□tandoutrageousgangs□ergar□eredwid□□pr□adatte□t□ona□dcata□ul□□dh□m□ntothe□potlight.Audien□eswer□cap□ivatedbyhisfear□es□,□ver-the-□oppo□tra□al,□ndhebecam□□□tandoutst□roft□efilm.□eong'stransitionfrom□edici□etoHo□lywo□dwaso□□i□i□l□yund□rway,□ndhewasdeterminedtom□kethemos□ofthisunex□ec□edopportunity□□> In2007,Je□nggothisbigbre□kwh□nh□wascastasMr.Chowi□t□ebloc□b□s□e□c□medy"T□eHangover."Hisp□rformanceasth□flamboyant□ndo□□rageo□□ga□gste□garnered□idespr□ada□ten□i□n□ndcata□ultedhimintothes□otl□ght.A□dien□eswer□cap□□va□edbyh□□fea□less,o□□□-t□e-to□portrayal,andhe□ecameastand□utstarofthefi□m.J□ong'stra□s□tion□rommedicin□toHollyw□odwa□off□ciallyunderway,andhewasdetermi□□dtomakethemo□tofthisunexpe□□edoppo□□□n□ty.□><□>In2007,J□onggothisbi□b□eakw□enh□wa□castasMr.Chowinth□blockbustercom□□y"TheHang□ver."□is□erformanceas□□eflamboyantandoutrageousg□ngster□a□nered□idesp□□adat□entiona□dcat□pu□tedhimintothespotlig□t.Audienceswerecaptiva□edbyhis□ea□□□ss,ov□r-the-to□portrayal,and□ebecame□stand□utst□rofthef□□m.Jeong'stran□itionf□ommedicin□□oHol□ywoo□w□sofficiallyunde□□ay,andhe□a□deter□ine□tomakethemostof□hisu□ex□ectedopport□nity. In2□07□Jeong□othisbigb□eakwh□□hewascastasM□.Chow□□theblockb□stercomedy"The□a□gover□"His□erformancea□thefl□m□oyantandoutrag□o□s□ang□□ergarne□edwidesp□e□d□tte□ti□nandc□t□pul□edhimintothesp□tligh□.Audi□nceswerecaptivated□yh□sfea□less,over-the-□opp□□trayal,an□hebecam□□st□n□out□ta□ofth□film.Jeong'stransit□onfrommedicin□toHollywoo□wasofficia□ly□nder□ay,andhewasdeterminedtomak□themostoft□isunexpecte□opportunity.