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Tony Leung Named Jury President at Tokyo Film Festival
Tony Leung will serve as the president of the international competition jury at the 37th Tokyo International Film Festival, organizers announced on Friday. The Hong Kong acting icon, who gave ...
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Tony Leung Set as Tokyo Film Festival Jury President
Leading Hong Kong actor Tony Leung has been set as the president of the jury that will decide the main competition prizes at the Tokyo International Film Festival later this year. “Japan is ...
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Dec 11, 2023 · Hong Kong auteur Wong Kar-Wai once mentioned in one of his rare interviews that “Tony Leung is a reserved kind of actor. He graciously allows others to bask in the limelight before masterfully seizing his own moment.”
Sep 3, 2021 · September 3, 2021. Courtesy of Marvel Studios. Hong Kong superstar Tony Leung first signed with an American agent back in 2005 but it wasn't until Marvel came calling that he finally decided to ...
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Sep 2, 2021 · American audiences will soon learn why it’s hard not to fall in love with the Hong Kong superstar. Tony Leung is making his Hollywood debut in 2021’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings ...
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In some ways, it’s not surprising that Leung selected this multifaceted character to be his first Hollywood performance. In a 2000 interview, TIME asked the veteran actor if he received movie offers following his Best Actor win for Hong Kong director Wong Kar-wai’s In the Mood for Love at the Cannes Film Festival earlier that year. “I’ve had some f...
The fight choreography for Marvel’s first Asian-led superhero film is based on martial arts. Leung says one particular action sequence was reminiscent of his past projects. “My first scene is fighting in the bamboo forest,” he says, referencing the dance-like duel between Wenwu and Li in the pair’s first encounter. “It reminds me of my early movies...
For Leung, it’s fate that brought the actor to the Marvel Cinematic Universe and, more broadly, Hollywood. Asked about his thoughts on building a career in Hollywood, he says, “I believe in destiny.” He explains: “You can’t force things to happen. If it happens in Hollywood, great. But then at the same time, leave it up to destiny to see what happe...
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Sep 2, 2023 · Hong Kong actor Tony Leung Chiu-wai received a Golden Lion Lifetime Achievement Award at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday, brushing away his tears as he was given a prolonged standing ovation.
Mar 16, 2021 · In fact, that frightened the crew so much, they thought the actor had died. 2 of 2 Tony in Where Heroes Dare Turns out, Tony was in deep sleep as he was just too exhausted from work and that the ...
Tony Leung Chiu-wai (Chinese: 梁朝偉, born 27 June 1962) is a Hong Kong actor and singer.He is one of Asia's most successful and internationally recognized actors. He has won many international acting prizes, including the Cannes Film Festival award for Best Actor for his performance in Wong Kar-wai's film In the Mood for Love.
