Chow Yun-fat has agreed to return to John Woo's new Chinese epic, movie publicist says
Source: International Herald Tribune URL: http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/05/14/arts/AS-A-E-MOV-John-Woo-Chow-Yun-fat.php Chow Yun-fat has agreed to return to John Woo's new Chinese epic, movie publicist says The Associated Press Published: May 14, 2007 HONG KONG: John Woo must be wondering: will the musical chairs ever end? Woo's new Chinese epic, "Red Cliff" has gone through a dizzying and embarrassing round of casting changes that saw another twist Monday. After dropping out earlier, Chow Yun-fat has tentatively agreed to rejoin the cast, a publicist for one of the investors in "Red Cliff" said. At the outset, the two big stars of "Red Cliff," about an ancient Chinese battle, were Chow and former Cannes best actor winner Leung Chiu-wai, who were slated to play the general Zhou Yu and strategist Zhuge Liang. Leung first dropped out, saying "Red Cliff" came too closely to his last movie. He was replaced by Taiwanese-Japanese heartthr