Pictured Left to
Right: Jerry Yan, Show Luo, Wu Zun
"Basketball of Fire" Dream Team - Team Set! Basketball
Battle with Jerry Yan, Show Luo, and Wu Zun
10/18/2007
Idol Drama "Basketball of Fire" is finally on deck to film as Jerry
Yan, Show Luo, and Wu Zun set out for a battle on the basketball
court. Filming for this new drama is starting at the end of
November, with a cost of about $60 Million.
Jerry Yan's Discounted Appearance
Having not even started the filming process, "Basketball of Fire"
with Jerry, Show, and Zun has already started a commotion in Asia.
Before Jerry had accepted the offer, at one time he had declined
the offer due to the character role. It's because he feels that he
cannot play a humorous role. Jerry is currently residing in Japan
and the producer Fen Jia Rui sincerely flew to Japan a few times
and offered to adjust his character to please Jerry in order to
have him agree to do the drama.
Show Luo Anticipates "Acting Cool"
Jerry has already met with director, Lin He Long, and had given
Jerry many suggestions, including improvements on his acting. In
the drama, Jerry is a basketball master and Show Luo is his agile,
spring-legged teammate, Show Luo says, "[This drama] allows me to
act cool/handsome, so I'm looking forward to it." Show and Zun had
met each other before on "100% Entertainment" (Yu Le Bai Fen Bai),
at that time Zun had presented him with gym gloves. They not only
exchanged phone numbers, but they would also play basketball
together.
Wu Zun Doesn't Care about Ranking
These three handsome guys have a love for basketball and will soon
set out a battle on the basketball court. How the 3 guy's roles are
going to be set and how their rankings will is a major discussion
topic. The most recently debuted of the 3 guys, Zun, says, "This
isn't the main point. Show and Jerry are both my basketball
friends. So it will be fascinating to work with them.
Leading Female Role Undecided and Still
Vacant
It's understood that they had considered many female actors to fill
the leading female role, from Barbie Xu, Rainie Yang, Angela Zhang
to Gui Lun Mei, but as of now, the female leading role is still
vacant. Comic-Ritz Company expressed, not only is "Basketball"
having a hard time finding the leading female role actress, but the
original female lead for a new drama "Fried Rice," Ren Xuan Rong
(Kristen Ren, Selina's little sister) is also being replaced also
due to the role of the character, so they also face the problem of
finding a new female lead.
