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Fan Bingbing (center) attends a Shanghai media event to promote the upcoming movie The Moon & The Sun. Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn |
Chinese actress Fan Bingbing is seemingly securing her image as one of the country's top homegrown stars attached to foreign and collaborative projects. The 34-year-old is part of several upcoming movies such as The Moon and The Sun (US), The Lady in the Portrait (Sino-French production) and Lady of The Dynasty (jointly made by China, South Korea and Japan).
In the upcoming US fantasy movie, inspired by a prize-winning novel, Fan stars as a mermaid captured by the immorality-seeking French king Louis XIV, played by Pierce Brosnan.
"I participated in the movie in a very particular way. The producers wanted a mermaid with an oriental face," Fan said at a recent media event.
The Lady in the Portrait revolves on royal conflicts during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) from a French painter's eyes. In the movie, Fan stars as an empress whose portraits are made by the artist.