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...Hero, Hong Kong actor/director Donnie Yen, the high-flying martial artist known for his rhythmic, graceful style, pits his gravity-defying leaps against Jet Li in a scene that will have kung fu fans roaring for more. Yen is fresh off success in the U.S. where Yuen Wo-ping's 1993 classic Iron Monkey, in which Yen plays a lead, was rereleased by Miramax and made $10 million at the box office. He spoke to TIME Asia entertainment correspondent Stephen Short. Edited excerpts...
...couple of months ago. Harvey had bought some of my films from Media Asia in Hong Kong a while back. I knew years ago, even when I moved to Los Angeles, that Harvey loved Iron Monkey. And in that respect, I've nothing but praise for Yuen Wo-ping, who made it. That's how I got the gig. The choreography in Iron Monkey was so advanced that I think it still wears well today...
...experiences with him, and told him how we used to make films. I think he's a bit confused; he finds action films take a lot of time and so much effort, but for very little screen time. I told him that's the way we were taught. Yuen Wo-ping would spend a whole month with no props, no tracking, not even sets sometimes, just to get one scene right. Zhang found that very amazing. The good thing with Hero is that Zhang has Jet Li, who has given him lots of help with suggestions and advice. But there...
...Styx’s much-maligned space-age political allegory, has been keeping my brain company for days now, and I’m just thrilled. But I’m still looking for translations of ‘Domo Aragato’ and ‘Himitsu wo shiri tai?...
...they do fly through the air, giving the bad guys foot-facials (Charlie's stunt maven, Yuen Cheung-yan, is the brother of Yuen Wo-ping, who choreographed Tiger). And to Barrymore, who produced it, Charlie's is a tribute to today's woman: able, independent and cute--not so much femi-nist as femi-nice. "We wanted the Angels to be strong, but not masculine," says scriptwriter John August. "They aren't afraid of their sexuality, but they don't use it as power. Drew and I agreed they should be recognizable 'girls.' And she doesn't mind...