Aaron Kwok and Zhang Zi Yi intimate scenes in film

Zhang Ziyi and Aaron Kwok Fu Sing in the film 'TIL DEATH DO US PART (JUI OI) due to illness proved the dignity and greatness of love with their lives from meeting, commiserating to falling in love. They in the film had many intimate scenes. The sweet bed scene delivered the intimacy and dependence of people to directly bring out the film's theme "How difficult love is is how brilliant it is".

According to viewers who have seen the screening, Zhang Ziyi had a cold water bath scene that was described as very beautiful. Director Gu Changwei said, "Her performance was is not the basic level of nudity, but a performance that feels very high class to people. It went through a little handling."

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Aaron Kwok and Zhang Ziyi in film The Era of Magic

Zhang Ziyi and Hong Kong actor Aaron Kwok will play a couple suffering from AIDS in director Gu Changwei's first-ever feature film tackling the issue, entitled "The Era of Magic."

Aaron Kwok was spotted on the set in Beijing Tuesday with a bearded and weary look, the Beijing News reports.

The film, adapted from a novel, tells a tragic love story between two AIDS-afflicted lovers. Kwok plays a primary school teacher who is sent from the city to teach in the countryside, but contracts AIDS and develops a crush on Zhang Ziyi's character, also an AIDS patient.

Director Gu Changwei insists Zhang Ziyi as the right actress for the lead, despite her recent embroilment in a slew of scandals about her personal life and alleged donation fraud.

Gu thinks the internationally famous Zhang will ensure a box office cache for the upcoming film.

Reportedly, award-winning actress Jiang Wenli, wife of director Gu, was cast in a supporting role.

Other big names joining the cast for very little pay include Pu Cunxin, Cai Guoqing, Li Xuejian and Li Danyang - all ambassadors of an anti-AIDS public campaign, the paper says, citing unnamed sources.

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China Actress Zhang Zi Yi returned at New Year Party

Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi has returned to the public eye at a New Year’s party for Chinese entertainment industry professionals in Beijing on January 31 after a a personal scandal last month.

Zhang cracked a smile when she was invited onstage at the party for a formal champagne toast alongside veteran actresses Yu Lan and Xu Fan. Most of the time, Zhang seemed in low spirits and spoke with emotional overtones, saying, “It is so not easy in the movie industry,” according to a “Beijing News” report.

The party was jointly organized by the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) and the movie channel of China Central Television. Other big stars included actors Yan Ni, Hao Lei, Zhang Yuqi and pop singers Alan Tam and Li Yuchun.

Zhang was involved in a scandal involving money, friendship and a love affair in January and was later questioned for allegedly not fulfilling donation promises to help those affected by the Sichuan earthquake in 2008.

The actress had quit her roles as the producer and lead actress of the upcoming film “Snow Flower and the Secret Fan” last week, which roused widespread speculation that her action could have resulted from her recent problems.

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Shu Qi and Zhang Zi Yi to write on each other’s nude chests?

HONG KONG: Taiwanese actress Shu Qi has turned down a role in Chinese star Zhang Ziyi’s English movie “Snow Flower and the Secret Fan”.

Based on a novel by Lisa See, “Snow Flower and the Secret Fan” is jointly produced by Zhang, Wendy Deng, wife of media mogul Rupert Murdoch and Florence Sloan, wife of MGM chairman Harry Sloan, and also stars the Chinese actress.

The movie tells a story about a community of women with bound feet living in a remote Hunan province seeking companionship from one another. As they developed close friendships, the women developed a secretive Nu Shu language as a form of communication and to keep their secrets from the men.

In the film, Snow Flower, who was supposed to be played by Shu Qi, develops a lifelong friendship with Lily (Zhang) and there is a nude scene which shows them writing on each other’s chest in the Nu Shu.

Though baring all is nothing new to Shu Qi, a former soft-porn actress, she reportedly turned down the role because of the scene.

The Taiwanese star, who started her career in soft porn films, proved herself to be a credible actress after winning the Best Actress Golden Horse Award in 2005 and has no intentions of stripping unless she is really attracted to the script.

Hopefully, Shu Qi will not regret her decision.

Shu Qi famously rejected a role in Lee Ang’s “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”, which later went to Zhang and catapulted her to international fame.

Zhang is said to be disappointed with Shu Qi’s decision and is now looking for an actress to replace her.

The film will be helmed by “Joy Luck Club” director Wayne Wang and shooting is expected to begin early next year in China. – CNA/fa

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Ziyi Gives Lowdown on Her Landmark Role

Zhang Ziyi's fans can go online and get the gossip on her first comedy, Sophie's Revenge (Feichang Wanmei).

Arguably China's most famous actress, Zhang shares her behind-the-scenes stories on the movie's English site.

Costing 7.3 million US dollars and co-produced by Zhang herself, the film is a romantic comedy revolving around comic book artist Sophie's fight to win her ex-boyfriend back from a movie star.

The movie is her first comedy, and also her first attempt at producing and a departure from her previous roles.

The film, a Chinese-South Korean co-production, will hit big screens in China this summer.

By Ning Yan / CRI online

Zhang Ziyi unaffected by beach photo scandal

Chinese superstar Zhang Ziyi responded to the beach sex photos for the first time in a media interview at the Cannes Film Festival. Speaking almost half a year after the scandal broke out, Zhang said the incident had least affected her.

Paparazzi took photos of the half-naked Zhang frolicking on a Carribean beach with her fiancé in January this year. The 81 photos of Zhang spread furiously on the Internet shortly after it was posted on a website. Seen in the photos, Zhang, who was wearing a red bikini, was doing yoga and strolling along the beach with Vivi Nevo.

Before she laid down on the beach for a suntan, she removed her bra top and pulled down her bikini brief. Her fiancé was seen fondling her buttocks and even "burying" his face into it.

These racy photos outraged Chinese netizens, who criticized Zhang for "embarrassing China".

In Cannes as part of the jury for the short films category on the festival, Zhang told media that the production progress of Sophie's Revenge, the film in which she is both producer as well as lead actress, was not affected by the scandal.

"I am an actress. It is normal for my actions and behavior to be closely watched. But it is also not my fault that certain photos were taken without my permission. Moreover, I did not do anything to harm anyone," she said.

Source : Yahoo News

Oops! Be Careful with Your Lipstick, Ziyi!

Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi appeared at the Cannes screening of the film "Inglourious Basterds" looking flawless, until she smiled.

The jury member of the short film section was spotted cleaning her teeth with a finger before walking the red carpet. Her attempt proved to be unsuccessful, as the photographers easily caught with the red stains on her teeth when she grinned.

Guess she needs a more responsible cosmetician. That, or she needs to pay more attention to the food she eats before a big event.