in their latest project is sure to raise eyebrows.A recent location shoot for the tentatively-titled Love at First Sight saw both Hong Kong showbiz veterans lock lips passionately for the longest time. Director Andrew Lau is reported to have heaved a sigh of relief that he had just loaded a new 400-feet film reel for the scene, or he wouldn't have been able to capture in entirety their unrehearsed amorous tumble in the backseat of a taxi.
Maggie and Leon's on-screen chemistry shouldn't come as a complete surprise, though. It was, after all, their success in Comrades, Almost a Love Story four years ago that reunited them for this outing.
Professionalism and method acting aside, one wonders if Maggie is not throwing herself into the role to vent her marital frustrations.
Just a few months ago, Maggie's year-old marriage to French director Olivier Assayas (Irma Vep) was rumored to be foundering because she stopped wearing her wedding ring to public events. But she has flatly rejected such speculations.
In the new movie, the former beauty queen-turned-screen goddess plays a taxi-driver and single mother in love with Heavenly King Leon's high-tech specialist.
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