John Woo and Chow Yun Fat: Still BFF?
They came up together. They became internationally famous together. And they even came to Hollywood (and left) together. So can the three-decade long friendship of Hong Kong director John Woo and Hong Kong actor Chow Yun Fat survived the battle that is “The Battle of Red Cliff”, even after Fat pulled out of the movie at the last minute, leaving his best bud hanging over a (ahem) cliff? According to Woo: Yes. Says Woo at a press conference for “Red Cliff” about Fat: “…he’s still one of the actors I admire the most, and my good friend.” Of course it probably helps that having either Chow Yun Fat or Tony Leung as the star of “Battle of Red Cliff” probably isn’t going to do all that much to the movie’s box office; when was the last time Fat opened a movie? Exactly.
So why did Fat leave “The Battle of Red Cliff”?
Just as shooting got under way last month, Chow said he wanted to quit because he got the script late and didn’t have enough time to prepare.
Woo’s producer, Terence Chang, has disputed this, saying Chow got a copy of the script last year and that the movie’s Hollywood insurers had rejected dozens of clauses in Chow’s contract.
Hmm, it sounds like Chow Yun Fat may have left Hollywood, but Hollywood didn’t leave him just yet.
As for the rumored $80 million dollar budgeted “Battle of Red Cliff”, the crew are already 15 days into shooting.
“Don’t worry, John, we’re still BFF.” - “Um, thanks, Jean-Claude. I think.”
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