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Wu Jing on Wolf Warrior 2’s Success and Wolf Warrior 3 Story

Wu Jing in Wolf Warrior 2 (2017)
Wu Jing against a band of ruthless mercenaries in Wolf Warrior 2 (2017) (Source: Well Go USA)

Actor and director pays tribute to cast and crew for the huge success of Wolf Warrior 2 and shares further information on the potential of 3.

Wolf Warrior 2 has achieved total ticket sales of 5.6 billion yuan (US$860 million) and counting, making it the runaway box office champion of Chinese language cinema. For perspective, the second place belongs to Stephen Chow Sing-chi's The Mermaid, which gained 3.39 billion yuan.

In an interview before the film's Hong Kong premiere on Wednesday, Wu Jing shares more on the filming progress: “It was something that 1,700 people had spent a huge amount of time working on. Twenty-two of us were bitten and partly paralyzed by spiders in Africa. Someone got bitten on the hand by a lion. Another had a gun pointed at his head. We made so many sacrifices.”

Wu Jing behind the scenes featurette (Source: HKCinema)

Wu says he picked Hong Kong as his road tour's final stop because his “movie dream started here”, crediting ‘friends and teachers' in Hong Kong film industry for today success.

He also chose the moment Wolf Warrior 2's gross passed 800 million yuan – the even point – as his happiest memory since its release. “So many partners and friends had come and helped me out on this project – and then I completed my mission,” he says. “I didn't owe anyone anymore; I hate to be indebted to others. So at that moment, I was relieved.”

The premiere of (Source: IC)

Wu had prepared the scripts for a Wolf Warrior film trilogy as early as 10 years ago, but he acknowledges the challenge of adjusting those ideas for today.

“What should I do with Wolf Warrior 3? I have no idea about how to shoot it yet.” says Wu. “The world has changed, geopolitical situations have changed, China has changed, and some countries have even changed presidents several times already. The script doesn't work anymore. I need to reshuffle the deck.”

“The main thing I want to show will still be family and national sentiments, and I owe the audience a resolution to the romance [between the two main characters] in Wolf Warrior 1.”, he adds.

Source: South China Morning Post

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  • “It was something that 1,700 people had spent a huge amount of time working on. Twenty-two of us were bitten and partly paralyzed by spiders in Africa. Someone got bitten on the hand by a lion. Another had a gun pointed at his head. We made so many sacrifices.”

    Yeah, I’d quit after that. That’s nuts!

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