HONG KONG – Top Chinese director Zhang Yimou and his former muse, star actress Gong Li have begun production on the aptly named drama “Return.” Although the two were romantically linked for ...

Starting her career while still in college, Gong Li was cast as the lead in the 1987 film, Red Sorghum, which was the directorial debut of legendary Chinese director, Zhang Yimou. After that ...

26 May – Despite continuous rumours about their rivalry, Chinese actress Gong Li revealed that she and fellow actress Zhang Ziyi have always been cordial with each other. According to Mingpao, Gong Li ...

Chinese actress Gong Li says the biggest challenge she faces in Hollywood isn't the language barrier, but rather tackling non-Chinese characters. Gong, best known for her collaboration with ...

Gong Li shot to fame in 1987 in the romance Red Sorghum ... From then until the mid-2010s, she and the film’s director, Zhang Yimou, collaborated on some of the best movies in the history ...

14 Dec – Zhang Ziyi recently shared her experience of working with Gong Li on the latest episode of the reality show, "The Birth of an Actor", and revealed that she was slapped at least seven times by ...

Zhang Yimou and Gong Li reteam for the big screen adaptation of author Yan Geling’s 'Coming Home.' By Elizabeth Kerr Chinese veteran Zhang Yimou has appeared in competition in Cannes three times ...

when international art-house cinemas were brimming with a sensational series of films by director Zhang Yimou and his muse, onscreen and off, Gong Li. Those half-dozen films, including "Raise the ...

Dubbed the latest “Zhang Yimou girl” after the famous director ... Second (2020), Liu was immediately compared to superstars Gong Li, Zhang Ziyi and Zhou Dongyu after her debut performance.

Zhang has displayed incredible longevity. He burst onto the scene with a series of art-house dramas starring long-time muse Gong Li that showed aspects of life in China during the first half of ...

Zhang is famous for having given career-defining roles to many actors, notably Gong Li, Zhang Ziyi and Zhou Dongyu. His selection process is about empathy, but Zhang does not leave the decision to ...