Donnie Yen to star as 'Fist of Fury' hero in new romantic thriller
5/13/2010 12:27:00 AM
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Hong Kong actor Donnie Yen will star in the upcoming romantic thriller "The Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen" produced by Gordon Chan.Yen will play Chen Zhen, a fictional martial arts hero originally played by the late kung fu legend Bruce Lee, in the 1972 action film "Fists of Fury".
Set in 1920s Shanghai, Chan's film will also star Taiwanese actress Shu Qi as a dance hostess with complex emotions, who gets caught between Chen and a gangland boss played by screen veteran Anthony Wong.
Although the film still revolves around Chen Zhen, a character that has been re-imagined and played by various actors numerous times in various films and television series, Chan claims that his version of the character is different from those that came before.
"The Bruce Lee version [of Chen Zhen] was uneducated, the Jet Li version returned to China from Japan but this time, the Donnie Yen version of Chen Zhen returned to China from Europe, plays the piano and smokes cigars," said Chan during a press conference for the film in Beijing on Monday.
Yen's character will apparently be taking on Japanese spies instead of an arrogant group of Japanese martial artistes as was the case in previous productions.
Chan also backed Yen when asked to comment on an incident where a supporting actress working on the film posted a status update on her micro-blog, claiming that Yen was overbearing and had reduced her screen time by cutting a fight scene between them.
"I made the edits," said Chan. "It has nothing to do with Yen. Compared to Yen, I am more overbearing.
"Perhaps she is a little inexperienced, because such edits are normal."
Showing their confidence in the project, investors have expressed that they are expecting the "The Legend of the Fist", which opens in September, to gross 500 million yuan (S$101 million) at the box office.
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