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Wu Jing Interview

Kaiju Shakedown

Grady Hendrix, April 25, 2005

People who bemoan the death of Hong Kong action films haven't seen Sha Po Lang Directed by Wilson Yip and starring Sammo Hung, Donnie Yen, Simon Yam and Wu Jing it's a pitch black cop drama that unfolds over Father's Day night and it contains the best action seen in a Hong Kong movie in years. It's deadly serious and lightning fast.

Sammo Hung plays the main bad guy and his right-hand man is played by Wu Jing. Who? Wu Jing is a Mainland Chinese martial artist who comes from the same team (and coach) as Jet Li, and who started out in Yuen Wo-ping's Tai Chi 2. He's appeared in Tsui Hark's Legend of Zu (the bald guy), and several other movies but he's never had a chance to shine the way he does in Sha Po Lang. He took the time to give us a quick interview about his work on the film.

-- Legend of A Fighter 2005 --

Wang Bin and Li Feng, scriptwriters for Hero and House of Flying Daggers, have been called up urgently by Bill Kong to amend 《霍元甲》 Legend of A Fighter's script. After much hesitation, Wang Bin reveals, "It's a very tough job for we have merely over 10 days to give a complete overhaul to nearly every major part of the script. However, the original characters and locations will be retained. Jet Li is practically behind the entire structure of the script, and through this collaboration, I learn that Jet Li hopes to fulfill a very big wish of his, having gained, apparently, a higher perspective on life and humanity. He resides within the character, he is the persona.