Anime Live-Action Initial D

[klinanime1]

I'm unsure whether this should go in the movies section or whatever...

Media Asia Films has recently revealed its HK$100m manga adaptation Initial D at a press conference in Japan.
The Hong Kong, Taiwanese, and Japanese cast: Edison Chen, Jay Chou, Anne Suzuki, Anthony Wong, Chapman To, Kenny Bee, Jordan Chan and Shawn Yue.

Jay Chou as Takumi Fujiwara
Anne Suzuki as Natsuki Mogi
Anthony Wong as Bunta Fujiwara
Edison Chen as Ryousuke Takahashi

Initial D is Asia-famous Mandopop singer/composer Jay Chou?s theatrical debut, and this nuanced leading man naturally became the media?s attention. ?There?re lots of racing scenes in the film,? the pop idol said jokingly, ?but fortunately the ubiquitous paparazzi has perfected my driving skill.?
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Why is there only one Japanese actor in the "main" character roster? Supposedly, Jay's been a really great actor, so maybe no worries there. I'm, frankly, looking forward to it. Supposedly Edison Chen was supposed to be cast as Takumi, but as in all pop competitions, Jay beat him out in the end. It was rumored that Jackie Chan was to direct the film, then it was Tsui Hark... I have no idea who it is now. What do all of you think about Taiwanese and Hong Kong popstars re-enacting Initial D?
[On a more Jay-fan-ish note]
Hah, of course he mentioned the paparazzi. He's been chased by them since 2002, and recently "took his revege" on them by taking pictures of them with his mobile phone. I will be sorely disappointed with him if he isn't as much of a perfectionist in this as with his music and music videos.

[asian_tofu]

It wouldn't really matter to me [i]who[/i] played the roles. I'm just curious about how the Taiwanese and Hong kong popstars are going to act in [b]Japanese[/b]. I mean, Jay's supposedly into anime, but what about the others? I remember seeing an e-news thing on Jay's new movie, and there IS a lot of publicity surrounding it (but I want to know why A-do was on the set...I don't exactly know his English name). The report showed a scene of Jay with Anne Suzuki leaning on his shoulder while the crew throws "falling" sakura petals. I don't know much about the actual anime Initial D, but I'm [i]a little[/i] interested in it. I've never seen a live-action movie dedicated to anime, so right now I'm having the impression of a really well-done cosplay.

Right.

--BLUE