Gong Li Confirms Starring in "The Yellow M", Tuesday April 4, 2006 China Options

[浪客劍心]

http://en.chinabroadcast.cn/349/2006/04/04/60@71073.htm



Noted Chinese film star Gong Li, who is currently filming ace director Zhang Yimou's "Wearing Golden Armor Across the City" in the national capital of Beijing, has confirmed her next role will be in James Huth's English-language movie "The Yellow M."

Based on Edgar P. Jacobs' comic-strip characters Blake and Mortimer, "The Yellow M" will be an adventure thriller centering on MI5 agent Blake and brilliant physicist Mortimer who fight evil in 1950s London. 　　

Gong will play the enigmatic Dr. Li Mei, a scientist whose intelligence is matched only by her icy beauty, the Tianjin-based Morning Post reported. 　　

"The role is fresh to me and I have a lot of confidence in the director," Gong was quoted as saying. 　

Rufus Sewell ("A Knight's Tale") and Hugh Bonneville ("Notting Hill") will respectively play Blake and Mortimer. 　

Gong rose to stardom over a decade ago with art house hits like "Red Sorghum'' and "Raise the Red Lantern.'' She recently carved a niche in Hollywood after appearing in "Miami Vice", "Young Hannibal: Behind the Mask" and "Memoirs of a Geisha."

Produced by the French company Telema with a budget of 33 million U.S. dollars, "The Yellow M" is reported to be set to go into production in Britain. 　

Gong first disclosed that she would participate in "The Yellow M" at the Venice Film Festival in 2002, but filming has been delayed until now. 　　

Huth's previously directed the French-language comedy "Serial Lover".

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[kmingy]

looks like memoirs of a geisha has increased her popularity alot...hope she will continue to improve in her english

[vp509]

looks like memoirs of a geisha has increased her popularity alot...hope she will continue to improve in her english

i agree.....after watching memoir of the geshia....i think she gained popularity...but yea her english is not that good...so more improvement...but by looking at that picture....she's still HOT....

[piepie]

for her age she is still very hot. Is memoirs of geisha a nice movie?

[metsfan328]

How old is she, she still looks young in that picture, but sometimes it could be deciving.

[gcwchan]

I have been seeing more of her ever since she played in Memoirs of a Geisha.

[GallantNite]

dam at her age and still have a better body than young she is a amazing!

[jade_wah]

wow, pretty revealing picture. I guess what they say is right: 40 is the new 20!!! I haven't seen many of her movies so I can't comment about her acting skill but she's definitely an international star. English can be worked on and improved so there's nothing much in her way.

[Noriko88]

She is so pretty. Good to see her in more movies. She was awesome in memoirs of geisha.

[nycsfx]

wow I can't believe she is forty.. I thought she was only alittle older than Ziyi Zhang. That's a nice figure for a 40yrs old woman!

[Asian-aholic]

She is one of those that just seems to look better with age, good for her. If she TRULY wants to make a big splash internationally or rather in Hollywood, her english does need to improve a bit. I had a hard time understanding what she was saying in Memoirs.

[_Snowie_]

she's very pretty...i just notice her in memoirs of a geisha..didn't know who she was b4

[nestea]

wow, she looks really goood in that pic. maybe angle? haha probably not, just that pretty

[xxKat328xx]

Oh my god,Gong Li she is looking so fine. In this picture she look young and hot.There is noway that I can belive she is 40 year old.

[gingergal68]

I've always loved gong li. She's a great actor and she never AGES!!! she soo beautiful. but in this picture, I think she doesn't look quite as elegant as she usually does. Oh well, I still like her a lot and I hope that her career is smooth sailing from here!

[teal]

I was in shock when I first saw agn after so many years cos she has grown but still looks good for her age.

I used to watch her movies with Stephen Chow - the characters weren't as vicious as now so it's a change to see her being a total icy b*t*h

[lucky girl]

Gong Li is undoubtly a beauty from China...she was the prettiest in Geisha I think!! Its really cool, she's taking this role..hope they are actually filming in London...wonder if I'll be able to spot any filming action..haha!!

But that picture above...she looks a bit like a chinese barbie!

[KuTiGuRL]

I think her acting is better than Zhang ZiYi... she looks hot in the pic...