Donnie Yen, Jiang Wen appear in new 'Star Wars' trailer
- By Zhang Rui
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E-mail China.org.cn, April 8, 2016
A new trailer for the highly anticipated film "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" was released worldwide on Thursday with Chinese actors Donnie Yen and Jiang Wen making appearances.
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Chinese actor Jiang Wen appears in the first trailer for "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story." [Photo/ China.org.cn] |
The trailer gave fans a first glimpse of the new "Star Wars" film and it was the first time that Hong Kong action star Donnie Yen ("Ip Man") and mainland actor-and-director Jiang Wen ("Let the Bullets Fly" and "Devils on the Doorstep") appear in costume. Jiang looks like he plays a resistance fighter while Yen seems to play a Chinese Kung Fu master-styled warrior.
They are the first Chinese actors to play major roles in the "Star Wars" universe.
To please Chinese audiences and establish a stronger connection with people, producer Kathleen Kennedy revealed in Shanghai at the Chinese premiere of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" in December 2015 that they "play wonderful characters and certainly there are many mythologies inside Chinese literature that I know we can explore in the future and find ways in which we can integrate some of those stories into the 'Star Wars' universe."
Other stellar cast members for the film also include Felicity Jones ("The Theory of Everything"), Diego Luna ("Milk"), Ben Mendelsohn ("Bloodline"), Forest Whitaker ("The Last King of Scotland"), Mads Mikkelsen ("Casino Royale") and Riz Ahmed ("Nightcrawler").
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