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An Empress and The Warriors Sina Chat

Sina, Feb 20, 2008

New Dragon Inn

Host: The Empress and the Warriors will be released in March. In our memories, this isn't Ching Siu Tung and Donnie Yen's first collaboration. They first collaborated on New Dragon Inn in 1992.

Donnie Yen: Yes.

Host: My most memorable scene is the finale in the desert with Donnie Yen fighting against Maggie Cheung et al. Do the two of you still remember it?

-- An Empress and The Warriors --

Filming of a big-scale war scene: Sina

A press conference, attended by Kelly Chen and Guo Xiao Dong, was held on February 1 for An Empress and the Warriors, which is heading for release in Asia on March 20. Ching Siu Tung directed this film and worked with Ma Yuk Sing choreograph the action, which tips on the more realistic side of the scale. Kelly Chen, who plays a princess of a fallen kingdom who seeks to restore it, says that the armours they wore was very heavy. It was made of metal and the film was made in summer when it was the hottest in Beijing. It was already tiring wearing armours, they were already sweating a lot, and had to do action scenes, resulting in loss of appetite. All they wanted was to finish filming quickly. Even then, Kelly Chen did not slack, not only was she praised by Leon Lai, but gave quite a bit of pressure on Guo Xiao Dong, "Seeing Kelly Chen's action scenes gave me a shock. It didn't occur to me that she could fight so well. I thought to myself, I mustn't lose out to her."

Peter Chan: Man of War

The Straits Times, December 12, 2007
by Boon Chan    

Peter Chan's battle strategy to steer his new film from conventional period epics is to portray the gritty reality of 1850 China amid civil war.

A top drawer cast, a big-name director, a period epic with pulse-racing action sequences. The description applies equally to any number of films including Hero, Curse of the Golden Flower, and the upcoming Red Cliff and Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon. But this is filmmaker Peter Chan's The Warlords, a tale of three sworn brothers set against the tumultuous backdrop of epic battles and political intrigue.

-- An Empress and The Warriors --

Donnie Yen has joined the production of The Kingdom and The Beauty in Beijing since early July. The movie is about a princess (Kelly Chan) of a fallen kingdom attempting to restore her nation with the help of a roaming swordsman (Leon Lai). Donnie Yen plays the martial arts coach of the princess. The three are entangled in a web of love triangle. The Kingdom and The Beauty is produced by Peter Chan, directed and action directed by Ching Siu Tung.  Takung Daily

-- The Kingdom and The Beauty --

Donnie Yen is heading to Beijing on July 1 to take part in the production of 《江山美人》The Kingdom and The Beauty (tentative), directed by Tony Ching Siu Tung and produced by Peter Chan, art directed by Hai Chung Man. Donnie Yen plays a general who is the childhood friend of the princess, played by Kelly Chen Hui Ling, who has been training in horse-riding and swordplay to prepare for the film with wuxia setting. However, she later falls for Leon Lai, who seems to be already attached to another production. Donnie Yen says that this movie will succeed the martial arts style of his previous movies. Ching Siu Tung says that the film title will be changed as its plot is totally different from Li Han Hsiang's The Kingdom and The Beauty, which was about king's relationship with a commoner he met at an inn.  Sina