9 Sep – Chinese actress Gong Li recently admitted that it was the complexity of the character of Jean Yu that made her accept the offer to portray it in the new Lou Ye film,"Saturday Fiction".
As reported on Epoch Times, the actress, who attended the 76th Venice International Film Festival to promote the said film, revealed that she plays a movie star who returns to Shanghai as a spy for the United States government in an attempt to stop the attack on Pearl Harbor. Speaking about the film, which also mixes romance, action, and thriller, Gong stated,"After reading the script, I realised that this would be a very challenging role. I even discussed the script with the director for more than a week, talking about the complexity of the character's inner world and so on.""The director told me that though she is a professional spy, she is also very kind.
The film, which also stars Mark Chao and Joe Odagiri, is also selected to compete for the Golden Lion prize, while Gong is nominated for Best Actress at the said festival.