Hey folks, Harry here with a look by Ye Meng at Jet Li's HERO, which will start filming this nest week in China. It will be a historical epic kung fu type flick shot by the amazing Zhang Yimou. So I'm so there. Zhang is a fantastic director, if you've never seen RAISE THE RED LANTERN, go rent it immediately, superb film. And now he's doing a Jet Li flick in China... Well, all I know is that it can't come soon enough...

Hi, Harry.

Ye is back.

Here is the exclusive plot of the upcoming Zhang Yimou / Jet Li film, Hero:

Before became the First Emperor of China, Ying Zheng (played by Chen Daoming), King of the state of Qin, brutal and ruthless, was the target of many assassins. Among them, Can Jian (Broken Sword, played by Tony Leung Chiu-Wai), Fei Xue (Flying Snow, played by Maggie Cheung) and Liu Zhi Tie Shou (Six Finger Iron Hand) are the best. However, their plan was challenged by Ying Zheng's bodyguard Wu Yu (Silencer, played by Jet Li). He rarely spoke and no one knew what he was up to, but something was hidden behind this eyes. Three assassins fought their way into the king's place and were killed by Silencer in front of the king. He told the king his enemies had been wiped out but the king did not trust him. When Silencer finally start to fulfill his wish, killing the king, something more deadly was waiting for him ...

According to some insider, Jet Li decided to take the project and receiving a pay-cut mainly because of the character of Silencer, psychological and tragical. Cheng Daoming has replaced Jiang Wen as the king, later became the First Emperor. Interesting enough, both of them have played Pu Yi, the last emperor of China before. Jiang Wen played the last emperor in The Last Empress (1987) and the First Emperor in The Emperor's Shadow (1996). Cheng Daoming was the lead in TV series The Last Emperor. Zhang Ziyi will play a very minor role in the film, the maid of Broken Sword. She was secretly in love with her master and was willing to sacrifice her life for him. Her weapons are twin knives.

Shooting will start on August 15th in Dunghuang, on the Silk Road of Northeast China.

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Ye Meng