{"id":8031,"date":"2011-03-18T04:03:17","date_gmt":"2011-03-18T04:03:17","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-03-18T04:03:19","modified_gmt":"2011-03-18T04:03:19","slug":"Breaking-Heads-to-Breaking-Hearts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=8031","title":{"rendered":"Breaking Heads to Breaking Hearts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The opening film at Hong Kong International Film Festival teams local A-listers director Johnnie To and star Daniel Wu. But while Mr. To is best known for his cop flicks and Mr. Wu is known for dramatic roles, \u201cDon\u2019t Go Breaking My Heart\u201d is a romantic comedy.  The movie kicks off the festival, which begins Sunday and runs through April 5.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Don&#8217;t Go Breaking My Heart<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WQK2LTAhAT0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI try to avoid [romantic comedies] as much as possible,\u201d said American-born Mr. Wu in a recent interview in Hong Kong. \u201cJohnnie called me back in May [2010] and I thought he was going to talk to me about a cop movie\u2026. But I\u2019ve always wanted to work with him. I\u2019ve worked with all the big directors in Hong Kong except for him and Wong Kar-wai, and now I can tick Johnnie off my list.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mr. Wu has appeared in several gang drams including the 2007 drama \u201cBlood Brothers\u201d set in 1930\u2019s Shanghai and the Jackie Chan film \u201cShinjuku Incident\u201d in 2009. In contrast to both those movies, \u201cDon\u2019t Go Breaking My Heart\u201d centers on a love triangle between Yen \u2013 an office girl in China played by Gao Yuanyuan \u2014 who has to choose between a reformed playboy (Louis Koo) and an architect (Mr. Wu).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The Shinjuku Incident Trailer<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IYgooBCwHOI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/scene\/2011\/03\/18\/from-breaking-heads-to-breaking-hearts\/\" title=\"SOURCE\">SOURCE<\/a><br \/>\n<!--break--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The opening film at Hong Kong International Film Festival teams local A-listers director Johnnie To and star Daniel Wu. 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