Ziyi On Her Way To Tibet Today
August 31, 2002
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According to a new report by Sina.com,
earlier today Zhang Ziyi was at Chengdu Airport in Sichuan Province -- famous for it's spicy food
-- en route to Tibet. She was found at a Cafe eating several hot and spicy Sichuan dishes with
her father, brother, Zinan, and other Tibetans while waiting for their flight. She asked for some
even more spicy dishes after sampling a few. She even signed a dozen signatures for her fans
who were very delighted and amazed that she was not at all like the impression given of an international
star in that she was quite personable with them.
Ziyi was on her way to Tibetan to fulfill her desire to visit the province and contribute to the
Tibetan Project, charity fund for Tibet development. She will attend the ceremony for a Tibetan
donation on Sept. 1, 2002.
The following images are of Ziyi in Tibetan dress appearing at the National Guest House for a Tibet
Development Fund function in Beijing on February 28, 2002. The fund is a very important cause for
her. At the event, Ziyi handed over a charity donation of 100,000 yuan (about US$12,000) to the
fund's chairman, hence becoming ambassador for the fund:
More photos from the Febraury 2002 event:
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Original article:
章子怡惊鸿过成都 赴西藏捐助“育人工程”
Thanks to allanvv
for the news update.
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Good Cook Still Very Likely Project
August 30, 2002
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"Nicky G" of AdamSandler.com has recently
informed Zhang Ziyi CSC that Zhang Ziyi visited the office of Adam Sandler's production company,
Happy Madison,
earlier this year.
Presumably Ziyi's visit took place while she was in the U.S. shooting her "Got Milk" add and
touching up on her English in April and May of this year. It was about this time that Adam
Sandler informed Taiwan's Mun Sang Poh that
"I'm getting married and the bride is Zhang Ziyi!," fueling speculation that Good
Cook, Likes Music may soon enter production.
A reliable, anonymous source has also informed Zhang Ziyi CSC that Ziyi is looking very
much forward to working with Adam Sandler and that only scheduling conflicts between the two
have thus far postponed production. No formal announcement from either Zhang Ziyi, Adam Sandler
or Happy Madison has been made regarding the start of Good, Cook's impending production.
Of her visit to Happy Madison, "Nicky G" says that "Zhang Ziyi was VERY pretty! :)"
In Good Cook, Likes Music, Adam Sandler plays a bored "white trash"
guy who lives in
a trailer park with his mother. In search of companionship, he sends for a mail-order bride who
arrives in the form of Zhang Ziyi. His new bride shows a remarkable ability to play music and
ends up changing everyone's life.
Related Link: Production Notes
Thanks to Nicky G for the news update.
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Ziyi On Set Of Kill Bill
August 26, 2002
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Harry Knowles from AICN is
currently in Beijing visiting the set of Quentin Tarantino's new movie
Kill Bill. He keeps a diary of the trip on his site, Ain't it Cool News.
This excerpt from his entry for the second day might be of interest:
When suddenly...
Zhang Ziyi!!! WHAT THE HELL IS SHE DOING HERE!!! Wow, Zhang is just dropping by to check out the
shoot. -- oh my god, I'm being beckoned to go meet her, be right back...
I've touched Zhang Ziyi and didn't explode into a hail of blood and guts. She is wearing a black
t-shirt with a calligraphy style white stallion upon it, a mid-calf Levi skirt, and an orange
cap... Her English is very good, and soooo cute... That perfect broken English, where you can
completely understand what she is saying, but the struggle is just excruciatingly adorable. A
while ago, I was listening to her watch David Carradine dispatch 3 of Michael's droogs... As the
shot ends, she lets out the cutest delightful giggle of morbid delight, then she steps back and
demonstrates the move that David Carradine did to her friends. Very cool. By the way, her friends
are cute too! She's just here to visit, doesn't have a part in the film... but wow... I guess
this is the sort of thing that happens when you shoot in China... Folks like Zhang Ziyi, just...
um drop by to check it out and say hi! WOW! Ok, Watching David Carradine kick ass with a Samurai
sword and throwing knife... Cool... Meeting Sonny Chiba - One of the greatest moments of my life...
Then to have the absolute film fan cherry on top of it all.. to hang out and talk with Zhang a
bit... We briefly talked about MUSA which she says was very hard work. And she's very much
looking forward to seeing HERO finished. She's most excited about working on 2046 for Wong
Kar-Wai... Oh man, can you imagine how beautiful that movie will be? Keep watching the ASIA-AICN
columns for details on that!
Thanks to Ishmael and
Harry Knowles for the news update.
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Two More Purple Butterfly On Set Photos
August 26, 2002
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Two more photos of Zhang Ziyi have been made available from the film Purple Butterfly. The photos appear
to be from the vantage point of the camera and therefore are assumed to be from an official release by the
film's production staff.
For those unfamiliar with Purple Butterfly, the film is set in 1930's Japanese occupied
China, and Zhang Ziyi plays a character that leads a group of resistance fighters.
Thanks to mocha and
scheat for the news update.
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Shooting Of Purple Butterfly Ends
August 21, 2002
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Tianjin Daily reports that shooting of
Purple Butterfly
ended two days ago. A press conference schedule for this month has been
scraped due to the production staff's exhaustion, which was caused by their recently accelerated
and marathon filming schedule. Wu Yongli, the film's production manager, said that the film is
carefully crafted down to every detail and that Zhang Ziyi had many love scenes but she never went
over-board with her acting. Post-production is expected to be completed by February of next year.
Thanks to MonkeyPeaches
for the news update.
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Hero Action Choreographer Talks About Cast
August 17, 2002
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Hero Action Choreographer Ching Siu-tung
(Tony) recently gave an interview to Nanfang Daily about the
lead cast members of the highly anticipated film. He was quoted as saying
that judging from the actors' action performances, Jet Li was the best
and Zhang Ziyi's was the hardest. However, they all did their own fight
scenes without doubles and that there was even a little bit of rivalry
between them.
On Zhang Ziyi's performance, "Score 4 of 5 stars. She was trained in
dancing, so we used dancing cinematography for her. She is extremely
skillful, no double needed and her performance is even better than that
in Crouching Tiger,
Hidden Dragon. The actions designed in Hero have high difficulties.
Her action performance is the most difficult. Thanks for her quick learning and cleverness."
On Jet Li, "Jet Li was the national wushu champion. He could master his
fights with very little direction. He has shown us his body, strength of
his moves, and his grace. So we emphasized more on showing the character
of his role and the strength of his moves."
On Maggie Cheung, "[Maggie's] character in the movie is very cold.
She has never learned wushu either, and we have focused on showing herbeauty, using gaudily colored costumes and landscapes. Really beautiful."
Thanks to allanvv and MonkeyPeaches
for the news update.
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Ziyi Appears On Mainland TV Show
August 13, 2002
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According to xxcb.com, Zhang Ziyi was in Changsha,
Hunan Province, China the day before yesterday to make an appearance on the popular TV show
《快乐大本营》 ("Joy Camp").
Except for her appearance, little else is presently known about the event other than that a
strict agreement was signed by Ziyi and her manager that she would hold no media interviews,
have pictures taken, etc. It was quoted that she was "hyper-sensitive" or allergic to the
camera flashlights.
Her overwhelming popularity still encouraged the taking of the one known photo to the left.
Thanks to allanvv
for the news update.
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Ziyi Completes Shooting Of Purple Butterfly
August 11, 2002
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Since production of Purple Butterfly is running longer to complete than most other similarly
sized film projects, Zhang Ziyi has foregone sleep to complete all of her scenes in a very recent
30 hour marathon of non-stop acting.
The rest of the film's shooting will soon wrap up and the film will then go into
post-production.Purple Butterfly is planned to be released next year.
Thanks to MonkeyPeaches
for the news update.
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Hero Comic To Be Released
August 09, 2002
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Zhang Yimou recently attended the first press conference scheduled
for his highly anticipated film Hero. Along with discussing his
film, the event was also used to unvail plans by well-known Hong Kong
comic artist Ma Wing-Shing to create a comic based on the movie.
The first of the following images is of Zhang Yimou and Ma Wing-Shing
at the press conference in front of the new official Hero logo.
Zhang is seen holding a comic drawing of Jet Li from the film given to
him by Wang, while Wang is holding a sword given to him by Zhang.
The second image is that of Jet Li in the Hero comic as Wu Ming
("No Name"):
Thanks to MonkeyPeaches
for the news update.
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Crouching Tiger Comic To Be Released
August 09, 2002
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Hong Kong comic company
ComicsOne has just announced that it's acquired the liscense
to produce comics based on the Oscar winning film Crouching Tiger,
Hidden Dragon. Unfortunately for fans of Jen Yu, portrayed by
Zhang Ziyi, the new series of comics will focus on the early exploits
of Li Mui Bai (Chow Yu Fat) and Yu Shu Lien (Michelle Yeoh).
The comic will go on sale this November as a monthly series.
ComicsOne press release:
"Fans of the Academy Award winning film will be thrilled to read about
the early exploits of Li Mu Bai and Shu Lien, how they got into the
emotional entanglement we remember from the movie, as well as learning
the backgrounds of a host of new and intriguing characters. Plus we get
to see how Shu Lien fares after the tragic loss of her beloved Li Mu
Bai."
Source: Zhang
Ziyi Corner
Thanks to evolution
for the news update.
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Hero Post-Production Nearly Complete
August 08, 2002
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According to Chinese Business View, post production of Hero
will bewrapped up in about two weeks. It is also expected to have its first screen test, exclusively
for the media sometime next month. Release date in mainland China has been set for December 19.
Hero is planned to compete at several presently unnamed festivals around the world beginning next year.
Thanks to MonkeyPeaches
for the news update.
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Even More Spy Photos of Ziyi on Purple Butterfly Set
August 03, 2002
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The following spy photos are of Ziyi and her co-star, presumably Nakamura Toru,
on the Purple Butterfly set.The first is of the two breaking between shots.The second is a still shot taken by a photographer from a ladder.
The purpose of the still shot is so that they'll have a hard copy to see how the camera angle looks, as oppose to the film. When they go back to the
story board, they then can replace the hand sketch drawing of the scene with this actual snap shot:
Thanks to allanvv and page for the news update.
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Picture of Ziyi and Hero Production Info
August 03, 2002
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The following is a recently released color photo of Zhang Ziyi as Ruyue ("Like Moon"), along with production information from the highly anticipated film Hero:
Made for around $15 million, Crouching Tiger,
Hidden Dragon was the first non-English movie to gross more than $100 million at the U.S. box office -- raising the international status of Chinese-language films and sparking a new craze for martial arts films.
Hero, a Chinese-language movie made with a budget of $31 million by acclaimed Chinese director Zhang Yimou, is also seeking to attract international audiences.
"We have wanted to shoot a film with a story that foreigners will understand, and to enable them to understand why Chinese are so infatuated with martial arts," Zhang Yimou (Hero director), speaking in Mandarin, told a news conference in Hong Kong.
Original article: Chinese 'Hero' Takes Aim at World Box Office
Thanks to Muljie
for the news update.
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New Color Pictures From Hero Set
August 01, 2002
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The following Hero color pictures from the set, including one of Zhang Ziyi,
were recently made available by Sina.com. From
left to right are Zhang Ziyi as Ruyue ("Like Moon"), Maggie Cheung
("Flying Snow"), Chen Daoming (Emperor Qin), Grand Army fighting
scene, Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung ("Broken Sword") and Jet Li
("No Name"):
Thanks to allanvv
for the news update.
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Ziyi Among the Most Desirable Women of 2002
August 01, 2002
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Zhang Ziyi was recently ranked by AskMen.com
as the 37th of 99 of the most desirable women of 2002 based on voting by
online readers ranking ahead of the likes of Britney Spears and Jennifer
Aniston.
According to AskMen.com, this list isn't about choosing the most beautiful, the most intelligent or the most accomplished women; it's about choosing the 99 women that AskMen.com readers most desire as a girlfriend, wife and everything in between.
This year, their international reader base chose a plethora of women spanning all 5 continents.
Source: No.
37 Zhang Ziyi
Thanks to evolution for the news update.
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