Chinese star Fan Bingbing has recently returned onto the big screen as she portrays1 the vixen spirit named Daji in the fantasy film "League of Gods".
中国明星范冰冰近期重回银幕,在奇幻电影《封神传奇》中扮演妲己。
Fan Bingbing made a comparison between her
portrayals3 of Daji in different periods.
"I
portrayed4 Daji in a
serial5 TV drama about a decade ago. My new
portrayal2 is an upgraded version, this is helped by the big budget and better special effects."
The
prolific6 Chinese actress made the statement at a press conference held Sunday afternoon in Beijing, promoting "League of Gods" which will open in China on the coming Friday on July 29.
The movie, which has been patterned after an ancient Chinese
mythology7 "Fengshen Bang" tells a story of how King Zhou of Shang became a
tyrant8 due to the
wails9 of Daji, a vixen spirit who is disguised as one of his concubines. After a series of battles involving
mythological10 intervention11, King Zhou of Shang is
overthrown12 by King Wu of Zhou and his strategist Jiang Ziya.
Martial13 arts superstar Jet Li plays Jiang Ziya, a strategist in a series of battles that
overthrew14 the Shang dynasty, while Tony Leung Ka-Fai has also joined the cast as King Zhou, the last ruler of the Shang dynasty.