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- China Daily
- Article date:
- May 12, 2007
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Chow can't be wooed towards Red Cliff
Chow Yun-fat's last-minute pullout from director John Woo's new
Chinese epic Red Cliff threatened to split up one of Hong Kong
cinema's most famous partnerships.
Woo (pictured right) made Chow an icon after casting him as a
trench-coat wearing, gun-toting gangster in the 1986 Hong Kong
classic A Better Tomorrow.
But Woo said Thursday that while Chow's withdrawal from Red Cliff
dealt him a heavy blow, he still considered the actor a friend.
"At the time I felt a rather great sense of defeat. I felt at a
loss," he said at a news conference to promote Red Cliff in Beijing.
However, asked if the move ended his and Chow's friendship, Woo
said no.
"Even ...