![]() ![]() people see me as fully Chinese, and in the past many Chinese saw me as Western.” “Being Eurasian is conflicting, confusing. Wu’s belief in her at that stage paid off, albeit slowly, as most of her acting roles since have been in Western films. I said to Wu Jing that I could fight I never said I could act.” I was a singer, signed to Gold Typhoon, a subsidiary of EMI. My acting career exists because of Wu Jing. Casting decisions came down to that on a lot of films. “For a long time, I had no box office numbers. wants to tap into the Chinese market, and when they look to cast a Chinese actress they look for the ones with the top box office,” she says. Her career transformation could hardly have come at a better time. One person not selling out is Jade (real name Celina Horan), a Hong Kong-based model, singer and martial artist, whose acting career started with another Wu film, “Legendary Assassin,” 10 years earlier. Several Jingxi executives understandably sold shares and took profits, only to see the phenomenon continue through the summer, finally hitting $858 million at the B.O. Repeat viewing quickly began to kick in, lifting the total far beyond the $120 million provided as a guarantee by distributors to the producers.Īs the film’s box office hit half a billion dollars, approaching Stephen Chow’s “The Mermaid” to become the all-time biggest movie released in China, it lifted the share price of many companies involved, including co-distributors Jingxi Entertainment and Jetsen Technology. Patriotism aside, Chinese audiences loved the non-stop action, feeling they are getting good value for their money, in a fashion similar to Hollywood’s effects-driven fantasies. Not only did it beat “Army” from the outset, its numbers went up in the second week as word-of-mouth caught up with its stirringly patriotic themes - an ex-Chinese special forces officer taking on Western terrorists in Africa - and its onscreen qualities. ![]() Yet “WW2” was a phenomenon from the moment it was released. ![]()
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