Zhang Ziyi had tough shoot on Canadian set of 'The Horsemen' with Quaid: manager

HONG KONG (AP) - Chinese movie star Zhang Ziyi went through a tough shoot in harsh weather while making the crime thriller "The Horsemen" in the Canadian city of Winnipeg with Dennis Quaid, her manager said Saturday.

Zhang finished shooting the movie, about serial killings that are linked to the biblical Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, early this month, Zhang's manager, Ling Lucas, said in an e-mail to The Associated Press.

"It went beautifully" despite Winnipeg's cold weather, Lucas said.

"Shooting exterior scenes were exceptionally tough on everyone. Overall, it was intense shooting for Ziyi as she had heavy on-screen dialogue with Dennis Quaid," she said.

Zhang took voice and dialect lessons at the prestigious Juilliard School in New York City before starting work on the movie.

Lucas said Zhang is currently in China doing promotional and charity work and that she will start shooting an English-language Western called "Laundry Warrior" alongside South Korean movie star Jang Dong-kun in May.

Zhang's credits include "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Memoirs of a Geisha."

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