Zhang Ziyi

    BEIJING, May 27 -- Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi is featured in this month's V Life magazine along with her Memoirs of a Geisha co-star Michelle Yeoh.

    Both have short interviews that discuss "Memoirs" and there is a longer article which talks about Zhang Ziyi and the growing success of Chinese film in general.

    "Working on 'Memoirs' was wonderful because Michelle and I had more time to have conversations. There's still pressure, but this time it's more about the language barriers. We did hair and makeup in the same trailer every day, so we had many opportunities to talk and catch up on everything that's been happening since 'Crouching Tiger'. We were like girlfriends, all of the girls, just talking and laughing all the time."

    "Rob (Marshall) was very patient. Everyone had their interpreters on the set - Chinese for me and Gong Li, and Japanese for Ken (Watanabe) and Koji (Yakusho) - so it was very hectic. If he didn't have enough patience, I can't imagine how this would have worked. Like Zhang Yimou ("Hero"), he's always thinking about his actors and looking out for them, protecting their emotional well-being. I think that is why anyone who has ever worked with Rob is so appreciative of him."

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