Xiao Zhan As Guo Jing in Tsui Hark’s “Legend of the Condor Heroes”
It’s official – Sean Xiao Zhan (肖戰) and actress Sabrina Zhuang (庄达菲) are confirmed to be play titular characters Guo Jing and Huang Rong in director Tsui Hark’s (徐克) big-screen adaptation of wuxia classic, Legend of the Condor Heroes <射鵰英雄傳: 俠之大者>!
It was previously reported that actors Huang Jingyu (黃景瑜) and Zhou Ye (周也) will lead the movie to be executed by the reputable filmmaker.
On May 7, the production’s Weibo announced the casting in a post and released the movie poster, confirming to be an adaptation of literary giant Louis Cha (金庸)’s original work. To coincide with the 100th anniversary of the famed wuxia author, it will be set for a 2024 release, with filming slated to begin this year.
Sean Suited for Period Productions
Xiao Zhan, who has just wrapped Life in the Balance <驕陽伴我> in February, rose to fame in 2019 on the success of costume dramas The Untamed <陳情令> and Joy of Life <慶餘年>. Although he has done 3 film projects since debuting in 2016, it was only in 2019’s fantasy action film Jade Fantasy <誅仙I> that he was cast as male lead.
The strong commercial success of the film, which raked in 405 million yuan at the box office, also drew attention to the actor’s potential in costume productions, as viewers felt his looks gave him an edge in costume styling, and thought he delivered commendably well on fight scenes.
Who is Zhuang Dafei, the post-90s Actress Who Will Play Huang Rong?
Originally rumored to go to uprising actress Zhou Ye (周也), the role of Huang Rong has been announced as 22 year-old Sabrina Zhuang!
The Beijing Film Academy graduate was signed on to Jaywalk Studio – partly owned by Yang Mi (杨幂) – in 2018, but it was not until 2020’s Three Lives, Three Worlds, The Pillow Book <三生三世枕上书> that she truly came under the public glare. She later made viewers sit up with her performances in two web dramas, Closer to You <我的刺猬女孩> and I Don’t Want to Be Friends with You <我才不要和你做朋友呢>. Despite her young age, the dimpled actress has already been named Best Newcomer at Asia Contents Awards of the Asian Film Market 2019, and Best New Actress at the 2020 Golden Bud Network Film and Television Festival, according to her Jaywalk profile.
The wuxia blockbuster will tell the story of Genghis Khan-led Mongol soldiers and their invasion of the ethnic Han Song empire. In a landscape of various factions defending the Song, Guo Jing combines the mastery of the most powerful wuxia artists to salvage Xiangyang.
Source: UpMedia
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