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| "Lust, Caution," based on a 26-page short story by famed Chinese writer Eileen Chang. |
Chinese actress Joan Chen of "The Last Emperor" has joined the cast of the new Ang Lee movie "Lust, Caution," Lee's assistant has confirmed.
"Lust, Caution," based on a 26-page short story by famed Chinese writer Eileen Chang, is about a group of patriotic students who plot to assassinate the intelligence chief in the Japanese-backed Chinese government during the World War II era.
Cannes best actor winner, Hong Kong's Tony Leung Chiu-wai, plays the intelligence official Mr. Yi, and Chen has been cast as his wife, Ang Lee's assistant, David Lee, said in an e-mail to The Associated Press Saturday.
In other cast members, Chinese newcomer Tang Wei plays the student Wang Jiazhi, who seduces Yi topave the wayforthe assassination. Chinese-American pop star Leehom Wang portrays Kuang Yumin, a student collaborator of Wang Jiazhi's.
Chen is best known in the West for her roles in the Oscar-winning "The Last Emperor" and the TV series "Twin Peaks."
"Lust, Caution" marks Ang Lee's return to Chinese-language film after making "The Hulk" and the gay romance "Brokeback Mountain," which earned Lee Oscar a best director Oscar earlier this year.
(Agency)
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