Tony Leung Ka Fai focuses on the big movies
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Actor Tony Leung Ka-Fai, poses for portraits for the film 'Tai Chi 0' at the 69th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
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Actor Tony Leung Ka-Fai, foreground, and Yuan Xiao Chao pose for portraits for the film Tai Chi 0 at the 69th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, Thursday, Aug 30, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
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Actors Tony Leung Ka-Fai and Yuan Xiao Chao pose for portraits for the film Tai Chi 0 at the 69th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, Thursday, Aug 30, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
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Actors Tony Leung Ka-Fai and Yuan Xiao Chao pose for portraits for the film Tai Chi 0 at the 69th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, Thursday, Aug 30, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
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Actors Tony Leung Ka-Fai and Yuan Xiao Chao pose for portraits for the film Tai Chi 0 at the 69th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, Thursday, Aug 30, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
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Hong Kong actor Tony Leung Ka-Fai poses during the photocall of Tai Chi 0 at the 69th Venice Film Festival on Aug 31, 2012 at Venice Lido. Tai Chi 0 is presented out of competition. -- PHOTO: AP
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(From left) Chinese actors Tony Leung, Yuan Xiaochao, Angelababy and Eddie Peng pose during the photocall of Tai Chi 0 at the 69th Venice Film Festival on Aug 31, 2012 at Venice Lido. Tai Chi 0 is presented out of competition. -- PHOTO: AP
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Actors Eddie Peng, Yuan Xiao Chao, director Stephen Fung, actors Angelababy Yang and Andy Leung Ka-Fai arrive for the premiere of the film Tai Chi 0 during the 69th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, Friday, Aug 31, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
Actor Tony Leung Ka-Fai, poses for portraits for the film 'Tai Chi 0' at the 69th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
Actor Tony Leung Ka-Fai, foreground, and Yuan Xiao Chao pose for portraits for the film Tai Chi 0 at the 69th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, Thursday, Aug 30, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
Actors Tony Leung Ka-Fai and Yuan Xiao Chao pose for portraits for the film Tai Chi 0 at the 69th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, Thursday, Aug 30, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
Actors Tony Leung Ka-Fai and Yuan Xiao Chao pose for portraits for the film Tai Chi 0 at the 69th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, Thursday, Aug 30, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
Actors Tony Leung Ka-Fai and Yuan Xiao Chao pose for portraits for the film Tai Chi 0 at the 69th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, Thursday, Aug 30, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
Hong Kong actor Tony Leung Ka-Fai poses during the photocall of Tai Chi 0 at the 69th Venice Film Festival on Aug 31, 2012 at Venice Lido. Tai Chi 0 is presented out of competition. -- PHOTO: AP
(From left) Chinese actors Tony Leung, Yuan Xiaochao, Angelababy and Eddie Peng pose during the photocall of Tai Chi 0 at the 69th Venice Film Festival on Aug 31, 2012 at Venice Lido. Tai Chi 0 is presented out of competition. -- PHOTO: AP
Actors Eddie Peng, Yuan Xiao Chao, director Stephen Fung, actors Angelababy Yang and Andy Leung Ka-Fai arrive for the premiere of the film Tai Chi 0 during the 69th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, Friday, Aug 31, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP
Veteran Hong Kong actor Tony Leung Ka Fai is not interested in filming small movies, he says frankly in an interview with Life!.
The 54-year-old, who has appeared in more than 100 films over a three-decade career, is more swayed by major Chinese co-productions, expensive projects collaborations within the region, including Hong Kong and Taiwan, and backed by deep-pocketed producers in China.
Leung - who is starring in such a project now, Stephen Fung's martial arts-meets-steampunk flick Taichi 0 - says that it is only these bigger movies that can help propel Chinese films to the next level.
In a mix of Mandarin and English, he says at an interview at the Fullerton Hotel here: "We finally have the chance and the resources to make these big movies that will be seen not only by Chinese people, but hopefully by Western audiences too.
