Oscar-winner and box office smash Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon might have launched Zhang Ziyi as a global superstar, but it also almost broke the Chinese actress. “It was truly painful,” said Zhang, who would wake nightly on the shoot in tears. “I was experiencing various things every day, various kinds of injuries.”
The actress made the confession during a masterclass in Hong Kong, where on Sunday she was presented with the Asian Film Awards Academy’s Excellence in Asian Cinema Award. Director Ang Lee’s masterpiece turned a new generation of people around the world on to the wuxia — or “martial heroes” genre — that often features elaborate sword play and death defying stunts using high wires. Zhang revealed that it was her training as a dancer that helped her endure the shoot, physically and emotionally.
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