John Woo Faces Increasing Problems with ‘Red Cliff’; Drops Andy Lau
December 11th, 2006 by dd
Director John Woo says his new film depicting an ancient Chinese battle has been frustrated by his inability to shoot at China’s largest river, the Yangtze, having instead to rely on special effects to create a similar backdrop.
Woo’s upcoming movie, “Battle of Red Cliff“, is based on a war of the same name in 208 A.D. that determined the geography of the Three Kingdoms period, when China had three separate rulers.
He also recently announced that Andy Lau would not star in the film because of the star’s compact schedule but that Andy is an excellent actor who he hopes to cooperate with next time.
The Hollywood director confirmed that the five leading roles would go to Chow Yun-Fat, Cannes best actor winner Tony Leung, Chang Chen and Taiwan supermodel Lin Chi-Ling. Taiwan actor Collin Chou will replace Andy Lau to play the famous general Zhao Zilong.
“Battle of Red Cliff'’ marks Hong Kong native Woo’s return to Chinese-language cinema after moving to Hollywood, where his credits include “Broken Arrow‘’, “Face/Off‘’ and “Mission: Impossible II‘’.
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