My Sentiments: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
As much as I adore Korean actors and actresses, I would really prefer to have an ethnic Chinese person to play the character of a Chinese charactar in a Chinese inspired film.
Just as the British may be incensed to have an American play the character of a Bridget Jones, similar sentiments are running around here.
Seriously, even for the movie "Memoirs of A Geisha", couldn't the director have cast a real Japanese instead of having Michelle Yeoh, and Zhang Zi Yi, and Gong Li?
I am sure similar sentiments would be running for this next upcoming movie.'Snow Flower and the Secret Fan'.
Gianna Jun, or better known as Jun Ji-Hyun to her asian fans. By one first look, I could immediately tell that Li Bing Bing is a chinese. But Ji-Hyun does not even look chinese. She possesses typical Korean features, which you can tell is so different from Li Bing Bing.....
This is probably one of Ji-Hyun's first English speaking roles, where perhaps, she may not want to lose this golden opportunity...
still as an ethnic Chinese.. Sigh.....
Just as the British may be incensed to have an American play the character of a Bridget Jones, similar sentiments are running around here.
Seriously, even for the movie "Memoirs of A Geisha", couldn't the director have cast a real Japanese instead of having Michelle Yeoh, and Zhang Zi Yi, and Gong Li?
I am sure similar sentiments would be running for this next upcoming movie.'Snow Flower and the Secret Fan'.
Gianna Jun, or better known as Jun Ji-Hyun to her asian fans. By one first look, I could immediately tell that Li Bing Bing is a chinese. But Ji-Hyun does not even look chinese. She possesses typical Korean features, which you can tell is so different from Li Bing Bing.....
This is probably one of Ji-Hyun's first English speaking roles, where perhaps, she may not want to lose this golden opportunity...
still as an ethnic Chinese.. Sigh.....
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