Chow Yun-fat reunites with Woo for film Hong Kong, China — Chow Yun-fat has tentatively agreed to rejoin the cast of John Woo's new Chinese epic, Red Cliff, a publicist for one of the investors said Monday. Chow dropped out of the film as shooting began last month. The 51-year-old Hong Kong actor claimed he got the script late and didn't have time to prepare, an allegation that Woo's producer, Terence Chang, has disputed. His departure generated headlines because of Chow's famous on-screen partnership with Woo. The filmmaker made Chow an icon after casting him in the 1986 Hong Kong classic A Better Tomorrow. Tony Leung Chiu-wai then agreed to step into Chow's role as the general Zhou Yu. Leung had previously left Red Cliff because he said it came too soon after his last movie. He was replaced by Taiwanese-Japanese heartthrob Takeshi Kaneshiro in the role of strategist Zhuge Liang. Now Chow wants back in, too, after a round of negative press has given the impression that he was behaving like a prima donna. Although he hasn't yet signed a contract, Chow has verbally agreed to return for a role to be determined, said Wen Wengli, spokesman for the state-run China Film Group. However, major casting decisions won't be changed, he said. At a press conference last week, Woo said Chow's withdrawal dealt him a heavy blow while he paid an emotional tribute to Leung for taking Chow's place. Source: The Associated Press
issit goin to be an ancient or a modern movie. tony or chow doesnt matter. as long as the movie is good not boring.
