JET LI - LI EARNS RECORD SALARY FOR CHINESE-LANGUAGE FILM

LI EARNS RECORD SALARY FOR CHINESE-LANGUAGE FILM

Action superstar JET LI has been paid 100 million yuan ($13 million/GBP6.5 million) for his latest movie, a record salary for an actor in a Chinese-language film. Li stars in The Warlords, budgeted at 300 million yuan ($40 million/GBP20 million), alongside Andy Lau, Takeshi Kaneshiro and Xu Jinglei. The previous salary record of 70 million yuan ($9.1 million/GBP4.6 million) was also held by Li, which he was paid for 2002 movie Hero. The Warlords director Peter Chan says, "Without Jet Li, we would not dare to invest $40 million in a Chinese-language film." The Warlords will be released in Asia next month (Dec07).