DONNIE YEN HAS A DEDICATED FOLLOWING IN ASIA FOR HIS IMPRESSIVE MARTIAL ARTS SKILLS, AND HAS ACHIEVED INTERNATIONAL CULT STATUS FOR ROLES IN ACTION MOVIES SUCH AS LEGEND OF THE FIST: THE RETURN OF CHEN ZHEN, PAINTED SKIN, FLASH POINT, SEVEN SWORDS, SPL, SHANGHAI KNIGHTS, HERO AND BLADE II.
With the recent box-office success of the Wilson Yip helmed movies Ip Man and Ip Man 2, Yen has become one of China’s hottest actors and is now being offered roles outside of the action genre.
In connection with Cine-Asia’s UK DVD release of Ip Man 2, we were able to chat with Yen about bringing Grandmaster Ip Man to life on the big screen and ask him probably the #1 question on fans’ minds: Will he reprise the role of Ip Man in a 3rd movie?