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Kung Fu Star Wu Jing May Have To Retire Due To Film Injuries
It’s not easy being an action star, seeing as how our favorite frontmen work day in and day out to train their bodies to entertain the masses of movie lovers who enjoy great cinematic screenfighting. Incidentally, some of these actors also pay a high price for their personal up-keep as injuries are often a common thing between perfoming big stunts and dynamic fight choreography on set, and we can only hope that this type of thing won’t subject these talented folks to early retirement.
Zhang Ziyi Officially Retires From Kung Fu Movie Roles
Filming is expected to kick off this Spring under helmer and legendary action filmmaker Yuen Woo-Ping, from script by John Fusco based on the pentalogy of classic novels by Wang Du Lu. The film will star returning actress, international leading lady of action Michelle Yeoh, and actors Xiaoming and action star Donnie Yen, the latter two who previosuly appeared together with Sammo Hung and Darren Shahlavi in the Wilson Yip-directed eponymous martial arts action biopic, Ip Man 2.