Chinese Superstar Actress Joins Miami Vice Thanks in part to Jamie Foxx March 16th 2005 06:18am | Posted by: Robert Falconer HNR Senior Editor Oscar winner Jamie Foxx is wasting no time in putting his star power to good use. Currently working on the Michael Mann-directed feature, Miami Vice—based upon the hit ‘80s television series that starred Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas—Foxx recently gave thumbs up to actress Gong Li (Raise The Red Lantern) who will now co-star alongside Foxx and Colin Farrell. The Daily Mail reports: Oscar winner Jamie Foxx has given the OK for Gong Li, a Chinese superstar actress, to have a major role in the movie version of television show Miami Vice. With Academy Awards and box-office success comes a new status for Jamie. He now gets to approve his co-stars. Jamie and Colin Farrell will star as ultra-cool undercover cops Ricardo Tubbs and Sonny Crockett in the film, to be directed by Miami Vice creator Michael Mann. Shooting begins in the summer, once Jamie has finished his work on Sam Mendes's movie Jarhead. Ciaran Hinds, currently playing Julius Caesar in the BBC/HBO drama Rome, which is being filmed in, er, Rome, will play another of the Miami Vice detectives. Gong Li starred in Raise The Red Lantern and is part of the ensemble in the film of the novel Memoirs Of A Geisha, which is currently in postproduction. It was while she was making this movie with Rob Marshall that she came to the attention of Michael Mann. Jamie, who won the Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of legendary singer Ray Charles in Ray, told me that Miami Vice will be a "full-out dramatic film with action". "It's not going to be one of those tepid adaptations of a hit TV show. The people involved in this are expert film people and we've got a real good script and a story to tell." Source: The Daily Mail In: Movie News |Visit the HNR Forums

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