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Jay Chou playing a pianist in new movie
by kelvin@multistars - 12th February 2005Jay Chou's maiden movie "Initial D" has caused a stir before it has come out yet, Hong Kong Media Asia Group and director Andrew Lau are inviting Jay to film a second movie, according to reports the new movie is starting filming in March, Jay Chou will play a pianist!
Jay's "Initial D" is the movie everyone, in two shores three places, Japan and Southeast Asia, has their focus on this summer, besides the original having many readers, the charm of Jay playing Takumi Fujiwara is a hot topic. Recently it has been rumoured that Jay's fee US$1 million for filming the movie was equivalent to Andy Lau, director Andrew Lau said: "It was worth spending US$1 million." He is also going to bring Jay to Cannes to the red carpet and participate in the Golden Horse Awards.
Andrew Lau and partner Alan Mak are right now secretly preparing a musical love story, the lead is fixed on Jay, the lead is a musician brimming with talent, to Jay this is familiar, magnifying on the silver screen showing his skill with piano, to Jay and the audience, it is a great attraction. Alfa Music general manager Mr Yeung said: "Because it was a happy collaboration last time, I can only say that the chances of collaborating on a second movie is very high."
Towards the candidates for the female lead, Jay has handed it completely to the specialists, last time "Initial D" he was matched with Anne Suzuki, this time there are audiences hoping to see rumoured girlfriend Jolin Choi and him on the big screen, but the probability is low, the staff at Media Asia Group said with reservations: "Haven't thought about it, right now we are searching for a female actress in Hong Kong."
According to reports Sammi Cheng and Kelly Chen, who are also artists, are both possible candidates for Jay's new movie partner. Sammi Cheng is filming Stanley Kwan's "Song of Everlasting Sorrow" right now, her acting has broken off from the comedy category, showing an unprecedented deeper side, surprising Stanley Kwan, a lot of people think that apart from being the heavenly queen of singing, she has the potential to become the second Maggie Cheung in the movie world.