{"id":4417,"date":"2009-07-14T00:07:18","date_gmt":"2009-07-14T00:07:18","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2009-07-14T00:07:06","modified_gmt":"2009-07-14T00:07:06","slug":"Tony-Leung-breaks-arm-during-practice-session-for-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=4417","title":{"rendered":"Tony Leung breaks arm during practice session for film"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nCannes best actor winner Tony Leung Chiu-wai<\/strong> broke his left arm while sparring with martial arts instructors as he prepared to portray Bruce Lee’s kung fu master in a Wong Kar-wai movie, a publicist said Tuesday.<\/p>\n

One of the kung fu instructors kicked Leung<\/strong> during a practice session on Monday, breaking a bone in his left forearm, Agnes Leung<\/strong>, a publicist at Wong’s production house Jettone Films, told The Associated Press in a phone interview.<\/p>\n

Leung<\/strong> must rest his arm for several weeks but can continue to train on his kicks, she said.<\/p>\n

Wong’s<\/strong> movie about Ip Man, who trained Lee for five years when he was a teenager, was tentatively scheduled to start shooting in September but might be delayed depending on Leung’s recovery, she said.<\/p>\n

Wong’s<\/strong> biopic will be the second about Ip in recent years. Hong Kong action star Donnie Yen<\/strong> played Ip in a 2008 Wilson Yip film named for the pioneering martial arts master.<\/p>\n

Wong’s version is being closely watched because it marks a rare departure by the Cannes-winning director from the art-house fare for which he is best known.
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The director’s most recent film and his English-language debut, "My Blueberry Nights,"<\/strong> starred singer Norah Jones, Jude Law, Rachel Weisz, Natalie Portman and David Strathairn.<\/p>\n

See our interview with Wong Kar Wai for Blueberry Nights<\/a><\/em>\n<\/p>\n

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