Behind the Scenes of "Memoirs of a Geisha" with Ziyi Zhang and Michelle Yeoh

Ziyi Zhang says that the most difficult challenge of starring in "Memoirs of a Geisha" was overcoming the language issues. "When I got the news that I got this role, I wasn't sure I could do that because a long time ago, some friend from the film business who is Chinese told me that it's impossible to act in a second language because the language would be a barrier." After filming the movie, Zhang realized her friend had been wrong. "Really, I could get into Sayuri's mind. What the person said to me made me really push the work extra hard and I think I should thank him if my efforts show in my performance,” explained Zhang. (Photo © Columbia Pictures)

Zhang's co-star Michelle Yeoh says becoming a geisha onscreen was a very difficult task. "I think that it definitely proved to be a great challenge because we had to do it as if it was effortless, and they weren't simple rituals either. You think, 'Oh, I'm just picking up a cup. How difficult can that be?' But it's the way you place your fingers, where it is, how you put your hand there. How you lift it up has its own movement and its own grace to it and we had to learn it all," says Yeoh. Read More...

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