Friday December 14, 2007 Taiwan Taiwan music superstar Jay Chow co-stars with Charlene Choi, of Hong Kong's pop duo Twins, in the film "Kungfu Dunk", the first comedy the pop king has ever tried his hand at. A press conference to promote the film was held on Thursday. The release is scheduled for February 7, the first day of the Chinese lunar New Year 2008 season. Chow, a feverish basketball fan, agreed to headline the cast of this domestic basketball film after he read the script. Chow demonstrated great skill at playing basketball to complement his extraordinary musical talent. The film also employed some stunts to better present the intricate visual elements. Around 600 moves have been perfectly choreographed, including Chow somersaulting through the air. Zhu Yanping, director of the film, invested around 8 million Hong Kong dollars into the production and is hopeful about its box office prospects. Chow said he practiced basketball twice a week to better perfect his role in the film. Many professional basketball players were also included in the cast. Chow often played with them to better improve his skill and grace at the game. Chow even expressed his willingness to challenge Chinese NBA star Yao Ming to a match: "Though he is rather tall, I believe I am more flexible," he said with confidence. He also said that he wishes to come watch the basketball competition during the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. credits: cri.
Is that arrogant or what? It's good to be ambitious but I hate people who are a full of themselves. I guess his mama didn't teach him how to be "humble".
Comedy? Isn't this based of the Slam Dunk Manga/Anime? O_O Great butcher another series. I never can get enough of those horrid movies who take a certain fanbase with them and then destroys everything they ever liked about the original series.
ok, im so not watching this movie....he thinks he's better than yao ming?! get real!! he's more flexible, um, that may be, but on the court, yao ming's way better.
yay?? is it just me or did anyone notice they spelled jay's last name wrong?? i'm looking forward to this movie, even though i'm not really a jay chou fan
i hope it has nothing to do with the manga/anime slamdunk......Nothing at all.... That is a piece of art...the few basketball mange/anime which actually rox.......Associating it with lousy CG and kungfu = lousy film
Is he co-directing this or is he just acting in it? Well, I hope it's not one of those really dumb so-called comedies that don't make sense.
