Blog: Sunday, Jan 6

Hey everyone.

Ian here again.  I am out in Sichuan right now. I am making a fil about protecting Panda's in China. it is set in the 1930's

I have to tell you the truth I thought it was going to be a bad project, but as it goes on I find that it is really great.

We shot a few days with live panda's  and my costars are great.

The great thing for me is that this is the first time I have been cast in the Lead.

It is a step away from the Action comedy that I performed in COntract Lover.  And I have unrequited love in this one too, it's so great.  Unfortunately I don't get to kiss the girl.  Oh well.

Also Shooting with me is Fatima Ya Qi   who some of you may know from the chinese tv series

"少林武王“

She is a Beijing based actress and is incredibly beautiful, she is an ethnic Muslim chinese,  Her name "Fatima" isn't an adopted name, it was her name given at birth.  China has 56 ethnic minorities each with their own distinct cultures and customs, so to be chinese here is a blanket term that covers  many cultures inside the mainland.

The Film we are doing is quite artsy.  I am used to doing more action, and I have to admit that much of my work over the years has been more dumb commercial action,  I hope by doing more films like this I can broaden my scope and work.

It is very easy to get stuck in one style or genre,  I used to only want to action,  completely refusing to do dramatic pieces before, I think that was wrong,  so now I am trying to do everything.   It is so easy to get stuck and have the Art that we chose to make our vocation just a means of making money, once I got that feeling I could feel all my Ideas becoming stale.

Well,  I have had a few great experiences on this film, we have had one disaster that i can't talk about until we release the film,  but I am going to be putting pictures up from this film soon.

I hope everyone has a wonderful new year,  and everyone at AND makes 2008 a great one!!!