Hugh Grant and Zhang Ziyi Are 'Lost for Words'
Filed under: Comedy, Foreign Language, Romance, Casting, Universal
Her first Hollywood production (Things We Lost in the Fire) didn't pan out so good, but perhaps Danish filmmaker Susanne Bier will do better with romantic comedy than with serious drama. She's set to direct Lost for Words, a Universal Pictures release that may star the bumbling Brit Hugh Grant and Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi. With such diverse international talent , it's easy to imagine that the movie's title will also be a good description of the set between takes.The plot of Lost for Words actually has to do with film set communications. Grant is in negotiations to play a movie star appearing in a film directed by a Chinese woman (Zhang). He develops feelings for her, but unfortunately he initially becomes involved with her flirtatious translator. So, if he's to confess his love for the non-English-speaking filmmaker, he must do so through this other woman, whose heart he must first break. I guess he isn't aware that love is a universal language and he could simply just point to his heart and then to her and then they can have a perfect, wordless affair.
Lost for Words was scripted by Jamie Curtis (Spice World) and Oscar nominee Dan Mazer (Borat). Bier is also kind of an Oscar nominee; her last Scandinavian production, After the Wedding, was up for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2007 Academy Awards.
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6-10-2008 @ 8:10PM
MCW said...
Yeah, whatever happened to that Ziyi Zhang, Zhang Ziyi? And which is her name exactly?
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6-11-2008 @ 8:53AM
Christopher Campbell said...
Last name Zhang, first name Ziyi. As far as my understanding of Chinese names goes, it's typical to put the last name first. IMDb always does it the other way, probably for database purposes.
6-11-2008 @ 12:38AM
Riley Freeman said...
she is beautiful and she should have been chung li in the new street fighter. i dont know why she is not in more american films. aside from the language barrier
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6-13-2008 @ 9:12PM
cinemaya said...
I am sorry but Hugh Grant has become very old looking. Maybe five years ago it would have been cute but now it's going to be depressing.
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