Kelly Lin and Sun Honglei Will Star in a Romantic Comedy Produced by John Woo, Michelle Yeoh and Terrence Chang, the romantic comedy “Dirt Rich In Shanghai” started production about two week ago and is being filmed in Xiamen. Working together once again in “Dirt Rich In Shanghai”, this piece is the second time that the 2 people have worked together since “Iron triangle” . Sun Honglei spoke frankly that he admires Kelly Lin, and he also commended that she when she acts in a movie, she “makes an all-out effort” for the role; she also helped cast aside the rumors with her co-star that he is difficult to work with, revealing: “when we made a movie, he would not complain if he has to wait for 7 hours, he is a professional!” “”Dirt Rich In Shanghai”, costs 20 million Yuan (3 million US), it can be compared to the classic masterpiece of Audrey hepburn’s “My Fair Lady”, the male version. Sun Honglei will play the nouveau rich, who is ill-mannered, but because he falls in love with a big star, he asked kelly Lin’s help to change his personality. Director Li Juyuan indicated: “Kelly Lin was born in Taiwan, grew up in the US, also worked in Hong Kong, her multi-cultural background conforms exactly to the to the leading lady!”But Sun Honglei attempts the comedy role for the first time, yesterday he also smilingly said: “Actually, when I was studying (Drama academy) , I especially excel in comedy,which a lot of people don’t know!” Source: Sina Translation: lindsay @ AsianFanatics
