I was pleasantly surprised by my character, that it’s not just any decorative role. I flew the next morning to Beijing and read the script on the plane. So I told Wu Jing that I couldn’t make the last flight out that night, but that I could fly first thing in the morning. I want to see the premiere and I want to come visit you on set… She was ecstatic.Īnd then in terms of preparing for the role, I didn’t really have time because Wu Jing wanted me to fly out that night – he called me at 7:00pm and imagine, I mean had to go home and talk to my mom, dad, then go back to my apartment and pack and everything. She said: Oh, I’m so happy – I now have the motivation to fight cancer. So when I went home to tell my mother, she was in tears and absolutely ecstatic. And I told him I had to go home and talk to my mom – I knew she would be over the moon because she always told me not to forget my heritage and my roots. All I knew was that I was playing a doctor and he told me to just be myself since the character is a lot like me as a person. So I said, If I have two or more days of holiday, can I please go back home to spend time with her? And he said yes to that too. (Laughs) And the second question I asked him was about my mom, who is very sick he knew had terminal cancer. Which was great because my mom is Chinese and I don’t want to make her feel uncomfortable with seeing her own daughter on-screen nude. The first was, Is there nudity? and he said no. So called me as a favour to help him out because he’s my friend and I owe him my entire career since he gave me my first break. I was brought on board in the beginning, after they had already chosen somebody else but it didn’t work out. I didn’t actually look at the script when I agreed to do the film. There’s a definite familiarity because we’ve worked together before, and I’m so, so proud of him for everything he’s achieved with. It was really nice to work with him again.
He does action choreography, he sings the song in the movie, he’s using his own money, and doing all of his own stunts, so the pressure on him has really increased a lot compared to “Legendary Assassin.” He’s managing a huge team under him – a team with many different nationalities there are African actors on set, there’s the American stunt team, led by Sam Hargrave, there’s the Hong Kong stunt team, and of course the local Chinese, which was great. He’s not only the director, but he’s also the screenwriter.
Wu Jing, in ten years, hasn’t changed too much, in the sense that he still (laughs) he’s still Wu Jing – and a crazy kick-ass fighter – but you can definitely see the amount of pressure he’s under nowadays with filming this movie.
That’s something that’s been on my mind and I always wanted to make my mom happy because I know that is really important to her, so this offer to work in Wolf Warrior II came in great timing. I’ve been working in the States for a long period of time, since 2009, so one of the things that I feel kind of sad about is that I haven’t really had many opportunities to work in China, even though I’m half-Chinese and I speak, read and write Chinese. I never wanted to be an actor – I started as a singer/songwriter – but he had faith in me and basically gave me my first break. I’m really grateful to him because he gave me my ‘break’ into cinema.
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The first movie we worked together on was “Legendary Assassin” which was 10 years ago. What was it like teaming up with him again? Wolf Warrior’s II sees you reunited with director Jing Wu, who you worked with on Legendary Assassin. Assisted by Dr Rachael Smith, what follows is a brutal and bloody fight to keep the peace.Īs Wolf Warrior II takes international box offices by storm, we spoke to Celina Jade on her character Rachael and being reunited on screen with actor and director Jing Wu. But not for long as he embarks on a mission to rescue and protect civilians from rebel forces. Jing Wu’s second instalment following the action-packed adventures of special forces operative, Leng Feng sees the protagonist, this time opting for the quiet life.
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