Zhang Zhi Yi to Star in Korean Movie

This just made my day seeing a headline that Chinese action movie star Zhang Zhi Yi will star in another Korean movie. She is best known in western cinema for her roles in “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”, “Rush Hour 2”, and “Hero”. All great movies. She first starred in a Korean movie as a Chinese princess in the movie “Musa” but her role did not feature her martial arts ability. She just played the damsel in distress. With her eyes and martial arts ability, that role just did not suit her well. Great movie anyway. She then made a cameo appearance at the end of “My Wife is a Gangster 2” as a rival mob boss. Now that she is set to star in “My Wife is a Gangster 3” I think it is safe to assume that she will probably continue her role as a rival mob boss.

With a big international film star like Zhang Zhi Yi starring once again in a Korean film, I think it shows the quality of Korean movies and the respect foreign actors are beginning to have for them. If you haven’t watched Korean movies, you should check them out because many of them are really good and equal to Hollywood standards. I wonder if any big name actors from Hollywood will ever star in a Korean movie? I bet if someone asked Nicholas Cage he probably would.