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Zhang Ziyi Infos
Everything about the talented Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi
Welcome to Zhang Ziyi Infos, your best source for the Chinese actress since 2007. Zhang Ziyi is a famous actress known for her roles in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Memoirs of a Geisha, The Grandmaster and so many other great films. Zhang Ziyi recently directed the short film Poem in the anthology film My Country, My Parents. Read her full biographyhere.
It’s been a while since we’ve heard of the project with Ziyi “Love and Let Love“. With the tumour diagnosis of John Woo few months ago, it was not likely to begin filming soon. Hopefully we have some developments.
After his surgery, John Woo will need some months to rest. According to Chinese reports, Woo’s producer Terence Chang said in a statement that the film will begin filming in March next year with Ziyi, Chang Chen, Song Hye Kyo and Louis Koo. Apparently everything was ready to shoot a while ago before Woo’s health problem. It won’t be a problem to begin shooting.
Glad to hear that it’s still hapenning and that the film is not postponed indefinitely.
By the way, we’ve just noticed that the contact form wasn’t working well. We now have a new form. Do not hesitate to contact us with the new form.
Zhang Ziyi updated her Weibo today with a photo of her, a friend and giant McDull figurines in Hong Kong. Indeed, the actress is in Hong Kong for her next film Sophie’s Revenge sequel “非常幸运“.
We also added pictures of Ziyi’s latest public appearance.
Pathfinder will release the DVD of the first movie, Sophie’s Revenge, in the United States. It will be out in July 10!
We have some really good news from the Cannes Film Festival. Be warned, huge update.
Yesterday, Dangerous Liaisons was screened at Directors Fortnight. Unfortunately, Zhang Ziyi wasn’t in Cannes because she’s still filming Wong Kar Wai’s “The Grandmasters”. Cecilia Cheung and director Hur Jin-ho were there to promote the film. The producer of the film revealed that the cut screened at Cannes was edited in a hurry.
Even if the film is not fully finished, it received a standing ovation at the end of the screening. Below, several comments on the film:
It’s very human, romantic and sincere. I was touched and I even cried when the leading actor was breaking up with the innocent woman
The Chinese-language version of “Dangerous Liaisons” has been a huge hit at Cannes! Check out… fb.me/1URDIRLeX
@ChinesePod
Zhang Ziyi & Cecilia Cheung steal the show in Dangerous Liaisons. Zhang breaks your heart. Cecilia makes you root against her.
@filmfest
Dangerous Liaisons was exquisite, and brought in something new to familiar story. Cecilia Cheung is absolutely brilliant in it #cannes2012
@FilmLandEmpire
And now, enjoy the first trailer…
Moreover, The Grandmasters was screened in Cannes yesterday, not the whole film but some footage. Thierry Frémaux said that the footage was edited by Wong Kar-Wai for the festival.
The 5 minutes screened yesterday were focused on Ziyi’s character. Filmed in a snowy place, we can see Ziyi as a child looking at her father while he’s practising his martial art. At the same time, we see Ziyi training herself in the falling snow. The journalists who saw it were very impressed by the beauty of this cinematography. A Chinese journalist filmed the footage and posted it on Youku but it was quickly removed, although a copy was saved on Baidu. If you are curious. you can watch it here but be warned the quality is not good.
Ziyi’s new movie, Dangerous Liaisons, will be screened at Directors’ Fortnight on May 24th and May 25th. A new poster has been released for the occasion. According to some rumours, Jang Dong-gun and Zhang Ziyi won’t be able to come to Cannes this year. Ziyi is still busy filming The Grandmasters. Let’s hope we’ll know more in the coming days…
Also, Ziyi recently signed with the Chinese brandGuizhou Braun to promote collagen products in China.