Hong Kong filmmaker Hark Tsui has started working on a new
movie, which will star actresses Zhou Xun, Zhang Yuqi and Kwai
Lun-mei, according to media reports on Saturday.
Nv Ren Bu Huai, which literally means Women Not
Bad is scheduled to start shooting on January 8. A launch
ceremony is planned for the same day.
The comedy tells the story of three women in the twenty-first
century, and is called a modern version of the director's film
classic Peking Opera Blues. The 1986 film was set in
China's chaotic 1920s and starred now retired actresses Brigitte
Lin, Cherie Chung and Sally Yeh.
South Korea's Jae-young Kwak, who directed the film My Sassy
Girl, will work as one of the new film's screenwriters and
direct a Korean version of the movie.
Nansun Shi, the movie's producer and wife of Hark Tsui, said the
actresses are undergoing training for their roles.
"Kwai Lun-mei is studying boxing and experiencing life with an
underground band," she said. "Zhang Yuqi is receiving etiquette
training for her role as a career woman."
Although the two actresses are newcomers, they have been the
sensations of the year. Kwai Lun-mei starred in Taiwan pop singer
Jay Chow's directorial debut Secret, and Zhang Yuqi
starred Hong Kong comedian Stephen Chow's sci-fi thriller
Yangtze River VII.
"Zhou Xun is squeezing in time between shooting the movie
Painted Skin to learn Qigong exercise for Nv Ren Bu
Huai," Nansun said.
(CRIENGLISH.com, December 30, 2007)