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...Hero, Hong Kong actor/director Donnie Yen, the high-flying martial artist known for his rhythmic, graceful style, pits his gravity-defying leaps against Jet Li in a scene that will have kung fu fans roaring for more. Yen is fresh off success in the U.S. where Yuen Wo-ping's 1993 classic Iron Monkey, in which Yen plays a lead, was rereleased by Miramax and made $10 million at the box office. He spoke to TIME Asia entertainment correspondent Stephen Short. Edited excerpts...
...Donnie Yen: I think [martial arts choreographer] Tony Ching is under tremendous pressure, but his work is always stunning. Jet Li and I have worked together for 10 years, so we're O.K. It will be great to be on the big screen again. Sometimes magic just happens and other times it's just not there. I think it would be hard to find a complete production like this one, and if we don't create magic, then no one will...
...style of martial arts changed over the last decade, as presented on screen, or has it reached a point where it has become stagnant...
...days and days to perfect individual scenes, and as a result we tend to be less technical with the movements than perhaps 10 years ago. The new trend now is to have the whole nine yards in the film, the drama, the emotion, story development, and not just martial arts on its own. In a sense that takes away from the film in a choreographic sense. My feeling is martial-arts films are losing their heritage, their culture...
...long do you think the U.S. fetish for Asian martial-arts films will last...