User:Tbrz/Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Background:
Ang Lee read the book Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon written by Dulu Wang while making his film Eat Drink Man Woman. There were only one TV show made by Sichuan TV and one little known film Yu Jiaolong And Luo Xiaohu in Taiwanese. Dulu Wang was one of Ang's favorite traditional Chinese martial arts novelists. When Ang Lee was making Sense and Sensibility, he decided to buy the copyright of this book and make a movie.

== Changes made in the movie: == In the book, Yu Jiaolong and Yu Shu Lien were actually one person who has both the Yin and Yang sides(contains both male and female in one body). However, Yu Jiaolong's story was so short that it was hard to make a film, so Ang Lee decided to add a character, Yu Shu Lien. These two characters each gets one side of the original character (Yin and Yang). Also because of this change, the movie was mainly relied on female characters to push the storyline.

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== Interview with Ang Lee about characters == Chow Yun-fat

Ang Lee: "Chow Yun-fat’s styling is very good, heroes, and arrogant. He is not tall but flexible, but he is full of robes. He only has a robes, and he is arrogant and succinct. The power is in his eyes, and his temperament is extraordinary. Photographed, I feel that no one in the entire Chinese film industry has this kind of temper. The screenwriter Wang Huiling especially admired his eyes. She said: "His same eyes can see the enemy and see the lover."

Michelle Yeoh

Ang Lee: "Michelle promised to play this drama even without reading the script. We didn't talk much about the first time, but I told her: "I want to shoot a martial arts version of "Sense and Sensibility" and tell the story of two women. You Playing the role of Emma Thompson!" In acting, she is a special case I have seen. I have been playing for many years, but I have never played any good movies, so they are already big stars, but there is still the innocence. I feel that she has been waiting for Yu Xiulian's role for the rest of her life."

Zhang Ziyi

Ang Lee: "I have shot a lot of actors in the role of Yu Jiaolong. Zhang Ziyi is a good spokesperson. In fact, I also looked away for the first time, because she has a dancing background, she wants her to try again. Later, I took a test shot and found that there are many possibilities. Innocence is one of the strengths of a newcomer. She has not experienced too much social and acting tempering. When she is doing an expression or an action, she is really powerless. She wants to meet your requirements, and she is sincere, and that pure sense is enough. "