Isn't she kind of petite to be in action scenes?

Yep, will be interesting to see how this pans out. I love WKW and actually haven't been disappointed with SHK's acting 'yet'.
Have definitely only seen her play dependent, vulnerable, childish kind of characters, so seeing her play some lethal ass-kicker is well.. intriguing.
Plus, Mandarin, I don't find it's an easy language to learn and has a distinct accent, will she do it justice?
Still, WKW sought her out himself, so will give this casting decision the benefit of the doubt.
If she does well, she'll be right up there with other WKW femme greats - Faye Wong and Maggie Cheung.

She is very beautiful but a bore to watch onscreen. I hope WKW makes her seem fascinating. He wasn't able to do that with Norah Jones ......Anyway looking forward to this film. Who can resist Tony Leung!!!

wow, Can't wait for this movie
hope The Grandmaster better than The Ip Man ( Donny Yen)

@supah,

her voice will probably be dubbed if her mandarin can't cut it.

not a fan of song hye gyo, her acting still leaves much to be desired and i find she doesn't have screen presence. and wong kar wai is hardly known for action films. i am a bit skeptical about this. i hope it doesn't turn out the equivalent of john woo's red cliff - that's a bloody disaster.

Look guys, its a WKW film. That already says its going to be art-house wuxia. Ergo, less realism and more surrealism. Which works in SHK's favor. I am looking forward to it, because I like that SHK is taking challenging projects. I do think her lack of exposure to making a Chinese wuxia drama/movie in the past makes it probably harder for her to feel comfortable with the physical moves. Still, good luck to SHK!

I want to see JH make a movie in China.

There has been news floating around some Chinese major sites these couple of days, saying that SHG officially quit this movie already due to some nationality issue.

All I can say is she's a lucky girl, working with Tony Leung.

Wishing SHK all the best I think she is wonderful. GOOD LUCK in all her future projects.

Wong Kar Wai + Tony Leung + Chang Chen + Song Hye Gyo??? Must find some way to watch this... Not a fan of Zhang Ziyi but I'll survive. :)

Whether she's capable or not, the simple thought of SHK fighting made me laugh. She seems like an elegant, soft person. But fighting? HER!?

I still look forward to it... but..... meheheheheheh....

chinese action films are much harder to film than korean action films o.0 because chinese have a lot of different movement.......cant wait for the movie though

just the fact that SHK is flexing her muscles (literally and figuratively) is noteworthy enough. kudos to her for at least trying, unlike some actors who are so afraid to venture beyond their comfort zones.

I never take SHK as a serious actress but a cf queen maybe.

The thought of her taking this role is a joke.

There are more capable and prettier actress in china that can surely take this role better.

I heard that Tony Leung and Zhang Zi Yi got injured in this WKW's movie ... and these causes further delays in 'Grand Master'

Cant wait to see her be in an action film since da dramas I watched of her are feminine

I'm not worried about her kung fu moves since China/Hong Kong has such well-known martial arts master choreographers. I'm more hoping to see her acting improve. It'll be tough to balance her acting while focusing on her Chinese at the same time. I just hope she can outshine Zhang Ziyi, take the torch away from her and become the new must-have female star in a martial arts film. I'm so tired of seeing ZZ in practically every martial arts film.

I'm not really bothered by her casting, but more so of Tony Leung's take on the Grand Master Ip Man? Even Donnie Yen took 9 months to master the skills of Wing Chun, and he's like a martial arts fanatic? I wonder if Tony Leung's done what's required..hmmm.....

Love him still tho. ^^

hmmm... interesting.

she looks so gentle and elegant.. can she do this? although i'm a bit skeptical, it actually grows my interest to see how it turns out. good that she actually challenged herself for this. good luck SHK.

I cannot picture girls like SHK and Kim Tae-hee doing action scenes, they can pull off trendy dramas and maybe melodramas, if they stretch it. But action?

Hope she proves me wrong.

wow im exited for this movie specialy my fav actress beauty kyo debut in chinese movie, colab with all great actor in china like tony leung ,chang chen and ZZY ^^
aja...aja...songhyegyo yes you can do it!!!!...i believe for that...

lol. to the one who doubted bout tony leung's action skills. i kinda think he can do it, he has done action before, just whether he will be graceful enough, though donnie yen has always been more assertive and hard on his movements and to suddenly tone down X100 is quite difficult...

i agree that wkw films are a bit more artsy. what we know, we might get a grandmaster a la hero, where heroes dip their toes on water and fly while fighting in the air, and all the women will have long flowy hair in the wind. wait. that was zhang yimou.

and furthermore, it's a story about wing chun and set in a japanese / british colonial era.

She's always come across as clumsy to me, what with her somewhat stubby body, but it'll be interesting to see if she can pull off martial arts!

Btw Tony Leung's done lots of action movies, not like, super duper kung fu or anything, but the dude can fight well enough.

Actually I've never seen a non-fighting movie with him in it lol. Not interested.

to be killed by the hands of song hye gyo... if there were ever a way to die an on-screen death, that would be my choice.

Hopefully it's not as cheesy as Shin Min-a in My Mighty Princess. All the wire works are so annoying to watch. It's as if they film the entire movie on wires.

I heard this version of IP Man is more of a drama than an action movie. There probably won't be as many action scenes as in Donnie Yen's version.

Honestly, you can't put any expectations on her role in a WKW movie. It may never be released. (WKW was going to do Lady of Shanghai with Nicole Kidman years ago . . . heh.)

Personally don't like when Song Hye Kyo does the straight fringe. It makes her nose too strong and her face shape lose its oval softness.

it's WKW peeps.

Do u recall Leslie Cheung and gang did ANY solid wuxia of the Great Masters in Ashes of Time?! I can picture SHK doing a Charlie Yeung kinda role there... holding a basket of whatevers, hair on face, crying and standing not even pretty in some scorching sun for months of the shoot.

I can't imagine her action role, look from her body, it's very feminine, there's no muscle at all. Besides, for action movie, eyes gesture is important, but she looks sweet and elegant, she has no fighter or aggressive eyes.

I saw the ads for the movie poster, there's no her name on it. Why? At least, it should respectively show.

well, it would be refershing to see shk in action but i don't think she'll do a good job.