Source: CRI

05-16-2008 09:29

An Olympic promotion video featuring 24 movie stars will make its debut on the CCTV Movie Channel at 19:35 on Thursday night.

Popular actress Fan Bingbing shows a perfect combination of  beauty and strength in equestrianism in the Olympic promo  directed by Lin Jinhe, which will make its debut on the CCTV  Movie Channel at 19:35 on Thursday night. [Photo: ent.163.com]

The promo, directed by Lin Jinhe, attracted 24 movie stars from the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong, and Taiwan to play athletes competing in various Olympic sporting events, the portal website 163.com reported.

In the promo, movie veteran Vicky Zhao, or Zhao Wei, played a fencer and competed with Jeff Chang from Taiwan.

Another popular actress Fan Bingbing showed her charm in equestrianism, revealing her perfect combination of strength and beauty.

The audience is also treated to other players' talents in Olympic events such as tennis, swimming, judo, boxing, and badminton.

Although numerous promos for the upcoming August Olympics have been shot, Lin Jinhe is quite confident that this special promo will catch the audience's eye and be remembered as a classic. This is because "all the athletes in the promo are played by professional movie stars," said Lin.

However, the audacious idea took great effort from both the director and the actors.

Lin said that making the video was tough at the beginning. Despite using staffs to demonstrate movements, the actors could learn each Olympic sport very well. Fortunately, several staff members at the paralympic games venues were on hand to help Lin finish the promo.

Although three of China's leading actresses Vicky Zhao, Fan Bingbing, and Li Bingbing are included in the cast, none of them was the leading heroine, the director said.

"Each of these 24 players speaks for one Olympic event, and all these sports are of equal importance," Lin said. "It is the Olympics that attracted them to play the roles, not the payment."