![]() ![]() 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. 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. It's sequel, Wolf Warrior 2, even became China's highest-grossing film of all time.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. His worries turned out to be for naught as Wolf Warrior became a massive box office hit, grossing over 567mil yuan (S$120mil) in China alone. You can count on me to pay the bills, if I lose the house and you ” Xie Nan told him, “Even if we live in a huge house, we would regret it if you didn't follow your dreams. Wu Jing once revealed that Xie Nan had mortgaged her house to raise funds so he could shoot Wolf Warrior.Īt that time, Wu Jing told her to rethink her decision because he might end up “bankrupt” if the movie was a flop. This isn't the first time Wu Jing and Xie Nan have talked about their sweet relationship. After the show, he told her, “Since we counted down together, let’s take it that we spent the new year together.” When it came to the countdown portion, Wu Jing said he counted down silently to himself while Xie Nan led the crowd in ushering the new year on the stage. ![]() When he arrived at his seat, he didn’t want to ask the fan who was sitting there to move away, so he stood at the emergency exit for four hours to watch the show.” What I didn’t realise was that those sections are usually filled with fans. He asked me to ignore him and just give him a ticket, so I gave him a floor seat. We hadn’t even established that we were in a relationship then so I felt very awkward. She continued, “It was a very large-scale event and I had no time to spend with him. ![]()
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