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It's Ling Vs. Law In Tomorrow Bai Ling, who plays a mysterious woman in the upcoming
retro-SF movie The World of Tomorrow,
told SCI FI Wire that her character has to battle star Jude Law. "I
kick his butt," the Chinese-born actress said in an interview. At one point, Ling admitted, she accidentally made contact
with Law, who plays a pilot helping reporter Polly Perkins (Gwyneth Paltrow)
investigate the disappearance of scientists in 1939 New York. "I did
actually hurt him when we were rehearsing," Ling said. "He's so
delicate and so handsome, I was so afraid. And when we were training from the
beginning, the dynamic, we don't know each other. ... One time I hurt his
forehead. I heard a sound, and I said, 'Are you OK?' He's like a stud, though.
... He said, 'Yeah, I'm cool.' He's very professional." In the movie, which mixes fantastical computer-generated
backdrops with live actors, Ling has to wear a leather catsuit and big hat, she
said. "I have all this very chic black leather," she said, adding
"I do a lot of kung fu in it, and I don't want her to be just a kung fu
character, because you can never beat Bruce Lee. I gave her a characteristic
which is my own, like how she walks and fights. It's very sexy. ... I have a
hat and sunglasses, and I also have this jacket. The clothes are very tight to
my body and I was suffering when we were shooting. I look great—everybody
said, 'You look great!'—but inside I couldn't see properly, I couldn't
hear properly, I couldn't really move properly. I was suffering. And I was
sweaty. They had to hang me there a few meters ... in the air. When you
couldn't see [and can't] hear, you can't really act. I was struggling. I feel
like I'm in the microwave or something. But they said you look great and sexy.
I said 'OK, that works. I can suffer.'" World of Tomorrow,
written and directed by Kerry Conran, is in post-production, with an eye to a
summer 2004 release. Charles Mims |
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