LEE 'PLAYED' BOTH ROLES IN CONTROVERSIAL SEX SCENE

Last updated: Thursday, September 13, 2007

LEE 'PLAYED' BOTH ROLES IN CONTROVERSIAL SEX SCENE

Moviemaker ANG LEE was so determined to get sex scenes just right in his controversial new film LUST, CAUTION he personally coached his stars, playing both male and female roles as he prepared them for the project's most explicit sequence.

Director Ang Lee (left) and Tang Wei (right) on the set of 'LUST, CAUTION'

The Brokeback Mountain director's new movie recently won the Golden Bear Award for best film at the Venice Film Festival in Italy, but it has come under fire from censors who feel one particular sex scene is too much.

Ratings board officials in America have given the movie a hard NC-17 rating, while Chinese censors insist Lee must cut 30 minutes from the movie for them to consider releasing it.

Lee knew his film, based on a short story, would feature explosive scenes and went out of his way to make sure his stars, Tony Leung and Tang Wei, were well prepared.

He tells USA Today newspaper, "I coached the actors through the scenes and verbalised it... I'm embodying both of them. I end up playing both parts (sic).

"With the girl, I put myself into her heart... It's a film experience I never experienced before."

Lee admits making the controversial film "scared" him.

He adds, "It (story) came from a woman writer who examined female sexualities and challenged the patriotism of the Chinese. It was very brave of her."

Source: WENN

| Thursday, September 13, 2007

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