[2011.03.29] HUANG XIAOMING: NONSENSE
[2010.10.17] CHEN KUN AND VICKI ZHAO WIN HUNDRED FLOWER AWARDS
[2009.05.20] THE MESSAGE DELAY CAUSES STARS A MILLION
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The Huayi Brothers and Emperor Motion Pictures collaboration THE MESSAGE is heating up in production. Due to the production delay, Zhou Xun and Huang Xiaoming's next films have been impacted. They would rather turn down and compensate over 100 million yuan worth of work. Producer Tao Kun again expressed appreciation. THE MESSAGE is China's first commercial espionage film. The production delay is due to the time consuming prop and set, which included a cliff side mansion and a metal bridge. Another reason for the production extension was while the directors were satisfied with the performance the cast asked for another take. At most they used up the total length of the ordinary film in one day. Zhou Xun even stated that THE MESSAGE would be her representative work.
[2009.05.15] NONSTOP JAPANESE FOR THE MESSAGE'S HUANG XIAOMING
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Huayi Brothers' annual major production THE MESSAGE yesterday held its first open media visit, but its stars still dared not reveal the slightest "message". When leads Zhou Xun and Huang Xiaoming was interviewed, they practiced Tai Chi on any question that might exposeany film detail. Instead they praised each other without holding back. Zhou Xun commended Huang Xiaoming's professionalism and courage to bravethe challenges and make sacrifices for the film. Huang Xiaoming respondedwith Zhou Xun's acting was unrivaled as her new character gave a very "alternative" impression.
Reportedly, Huang Xiaoming who saw the production as a transformation worked very hard during the shoot. Often when the directors felt a scene was fine, he asked for another take to perform thebest impression. He played a Japanese soldier, so Japanese lessons alsobecame Huang Xiaoming's requirement. He told reporters that in the original work the Japanese dialogue was nearly 1/3, around 15 pages of A4 sized paper. Before the shoot he started to practice, almost to the point of nonstop. He suspected that he was speaking Japanese even in his dreams. When reporters tested his Japanese, Huang Xiaoming easily passed.





