娱乐英语新闻:Brosnan to star in "Double Lives" in China

BEIJING, July 15 (Xinhuanet) -- The Chinese-American co-production for "Double Lives" held a press conference in Beijing on Wednesday, CFP.cn reports.

The film's budget is over 100 million US dollars and stars Pierce Brosnan, American actress Brit Morgan, and actor Billy Zane. The director, Rob Cohen, collaborated with Jet Li in "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor" in 2008 which was also a Chinese-American co-production.

The director attended the conference, along with stars Zane and Morgan. Although Brosnan was absent, he sent an email apologizing and promised that he will definitely take part in the filming this September.

Cohen expressed his curiosity and favor for China at the conference, and he highly acknowledged the achievements of past Chinese directors. His first impressions of China came from the films of Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige and John Woo, all of which helped him learn about China and then later inspired him to make films here. Besides "The Mummy 3," Chinese audiences are familiar with his previous projects such as "The Fast and the Furious" and "XXX."