By | Published April 14, 2009

Jet Li

International action star Jet Li will be one of several big-name Chinese celebrities to make a supportive cameo appearance in JIAN GUO DA YE (aka LOFTY AMBITIONS OF NATION BUILDING), a nationalistic period film about Chairman Mao Tse-tung and the founding of the People’s Republic of China.

Li was on set April 6th for a day of shooting where he portrays a Kuomingtang naval admiral who only has three lines.

Other celebs making cameos include Andy Lau, Eva Huang, Jiang Wen, Chen Dao-ming, Sun Hong-lei, Chen Kaige, Feng Xiaogang, and Peter Chan.

Directed by Han San-ping, the film stars Tang Guo-qiang as Chairman Mao and is expected to be released this fall, in time to commemorate 60 years of communist rule in China.

Source: Sina, Sohu via Wu-Jing.org

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  • Darrin Kemp

    Hey Mark, Jet might be trying to build up good feeling with the PRC government before he makes his long planned Tibetan Monk film.

  • http://www.kungfucinema.com Mark Pollard

    Darrin, you may be right although Jet has already stated his opinion in a CNN interview that he supports mainland China’s stance on keeping Tibet and claiming Taiwan. I doubt he would be putting anything intentionally controversial in his film as his personal focus has always been on unity and Buddhism.