Of course, Liu Ye was in the U.S. making Dark Matter with Meryl Streep in Salt Lake City, Utah which is right next to my home town of West Jordan, Utah. Wish I could ask him how he likes working in Curse of the Golden Flower, but no such luck! (pic from Monkey Peaches) CYF went back to Hong Kong before going to Wu Long.Chow Yun Fat and Gong Li's parts have already finished shooting since May 30 and both of them have left the production team. Jay's parts have finished on June 6 and has left also. For the next portion in 武隆 Wu Long, it would be long shots of battle scenes. Stand ins would be used for Chow and Gong Li's parts since no closeups would be required plus they have other commitments. The scene is about the emperor going out for a drive and suddenly were attacked near some cliffs. As for Jay Chou, he has always done his own scenes and according to a production crew member, it is not sure if Jay would return on June 14 for this scene although a suite has been reserved for him for this purpose. When it comes to action scenes though, they would use stand in's for Jay. According to the crew, Jay looks really good when he is made up and put in a costume. He has many fans waiting for him eveyday but as soon as he is in costume, he would retreat to his rest area and not talk to anyone. During dinners, the crew usually has 3 dishes plus soup. But Chow and his wife has 8 dishes and a soup because of the many bodyguards and assistants they have with them totalling over 10 people. Jay and his assistants totalling 6 persons would have 6 dishes and a soup. Jay's favorite dish is tomatoes with scrambled eggs. He eats like a vegetarian most of the time but he also likes tomatoes fried with beef. The cook said that Jay never touches any seafood no matter what they presented. Two other stars are at the moment busy in the US but will be back on 14th to start filming. Liu Ye would arrive on June 15 and could only stay for 4-5 days and have to return to the US for other filming. Accordingly, Zhang Yimou is very punctual and all the big stars are also very punctual. One day, due to rain, they had to stop filming for 10 hours and the next day, they worked double to catch up. Zhang believes that it is more professional and easier to organize when everyone is on time.
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