Houston Community News >> Jet Li Wins Best Actor At Hong Kong Film Awards
1/24/2007 BEIJING --
Martial-arts film star Jet Li has won the best actor award at the Hong Kong Film
Critics Society Awards for his kung fu movie "Fearless."
The
selection committee praised Jet Li's performance in "Fearless" as "relaxed and
smooth." Jet Li beat out strong rivals Chow Yun-fat and Tony Leung. Upon
receiving the news Monday evening, he was happy and surprised.
"Are you kidding?" he said. "Winning the award with 'Fearless' means so much to
me. I wanted to achieve a perfect balance between kung fu and the story in the
film."
Chinese mainland actress Gong Li won the best actress award for her performance
in the film "Curse of the Golden Flower." She beat out another Chinese mainland
actress Zhou Xun to win the honor, for her role as an enticing and fearsome
queen.
Gong Li expressed through her representative that she was delighted to win the
award, as she said she would continue to put more effort into her performances.
(Contributed by CRIENGLISH.com)