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*Ni Dahong (Imperial Physician Jiang) would later be cast as Sima Yi in the 2010 version of Series/ThreeKingdoms.
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* AwesomeDearBoy: Gong Li took the role because she liked the idea of playing someone with an incurable sickness.
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* EnforcedMethodActing: To properly convey the Empress's sickness, Gong Li would have the set quietened before filming a scene where she'd need to be especially feeling, and walk around in laps to get her blood pressure up.
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* DoingItForTheArt: The Forbidden City courtyard was the largest set ever built in China. The entire square was covered in chrysanthemums. The filmmakers also did extensive research on the Tang Dynasty to get the interiors of the palace and the small details accurate.
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* FanNickname: ''Curse of the Golden [[OfCorsetsSexy Corset]]''.
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* ProductionPosse: This marked the sixth collaboration between Creator/ZhangYimou and Creaotr/GongLi - and their first in over a decade.
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* ProductionPosse: This marked the sixth collaboration between Creator/ZhangYimou and Creaotr/GongLi Creator/GongLi - and their first in over a decade.
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* DeletedScene: Creator/ZhangYimou regretted having to cut a sequence showing the Emperor and Empress getting dressed, which showed what they wore underneath all the finery. But ultimately it served no purpose and was cut for pacing reasons.
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* FakeNationality: Taiwanese actor/pop star Jay Chou plays Chinese prince Jai.
* ProductionPosse: This marked the sixth collaboration between director Zhang Yimou and actress Gong Li - and their first in over a decade.
* StuntCasting: Pop star Jay Chou was cast mainly because of his name recognition, but Zhang Yimou did maintain his performance was right for the role.
* TypeCasting: Gong Li drew lots of parallels between the Empress and her character Hatsumomo in ''Literature/MemoirsOfAGeisha''.
* ProductionPosse: This marked the sixth collaboration between director Zhang Yimou and actress Gong Li - and their first in over a decade.
* StuntCasting: Pop star Jay Chou was cast mainly because of his name recognition, but Zhang Yimou did maintain his performance was right for the role.
* TypeCasting: Gong Li drew lots of parallels between the Empress and her character Hatsumomo in ''Literature/MemoirsOfAGeisha''.
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* FakeNationality: Taiwanese actor/pop star Jay Chou Music/JayChou plays Chinese prince Jai.
* FanNickname: ''Curse of the Golden [[OfCorsetsSexy Corset]]''.
* ProductionPosse: This marked the sixth collaboration betweendirector Zhang Yimou Creator/ZhangYimou and actress Gong Li Creaotr/GongLi - and their first in over a decade.
* StuntCasting: Pop starJay Chou Music/JayChou was cast mainly because of his name recognition, but Zhang Yimou Creator/ZhangYimou did maintain his performance was right for the role.
*TypeCasting: Gong Li {{Typecasting}}: Creator/GongLi drew lots of parallels between the Empress and her character Hatsumomo in ''Literature/MemoirsOfAGeisha''.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Zhang Yimou regretted having to cut a sequence showing the Emperor and Empress getting dressed, which showed what they wore underneath all the finery. But ultimately it served no purpose and was cut for pacing reasons.
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* CastTheExpert: About twenty soldiers from the People's Liberation Army were cast to play soldiers in the film.
* TheCastShowOff: Jay Chou contributed two songs to the film's soundtrack.
* TheDanza: Almost. Jay Chou plays Prince Jai.
* DoingItForTheArt: The Forbidden City courtyard was the largest set ever built in China. The entire square was covered in chrysanthemums. The filmmakers also did extensive research on the Tang Dynasty to get the interiors of the palace and the small details accurate.
* FakeNationality: Taiwanese actor/pop star Jay Chou plays Chinese prince Jai.
* ProductionPosse: This marked the sixth collaboration between director Zhang Yimou and actress Gong Li - and their first in over a decade.
* StuntCasting: Pop star Jay Chou was cast mainly because of his name recognition, but Zhang Yimou did maintain his performance was right for the role.
* TypeCasting: Gong Li drew lots of parallels between the Empress and her character Hatsumomo in ''Literature/MemoirsOfAGeisha''.
--> "...both women who know what they want, but they’re in social situations that prevent them from directly expressing it. So they have to find indirect ways to struggle for what they want."
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Zhang Yimou regretted having to cut a sequence showing the Emperor and Empress getting dressed, which showed what they wore underneath all the finery. But ultimately it served no purpose and was cut for pacing reasons.
* TheCastShowOff: Jay Chou contributed two songs to the film's soundtrack.
* TheDanza: Almost. Jay Chou plays Prince Jai.
* DoingItForTheArt: The Forbidden City courtyard was the largest set ever built in China. The entire square was covered in chrysanthemums. The filmmakers also did extensive research on the Tang Dynasty to get the interiors of the palace and the small details accurate.
* FakeNationality: Taiwanese actor/pop star Jay Chou plays Chinese prince Jai.
* ProductionPosse: This marked the sixth collaboration between director Zhang Yimou and actress Gong Li - and their first in over a decade.
* StuntCasting: Pop star Jay Chou was cast mainly because of his name recognition, but Zhang Yimou did maintain his performance was right for the role.
* TypeCasting: Gong Li drew lots of parallels between the Empress and her character Hatsumomo in ''Literature/MemoirsOfAGeisha''.
--> "...both women who know what they want, but they’re in social situations that prevent them from directly expressing it. So they have to find indirect ways to struggle for what they want."
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Zhang Yimou regretted having to cut a sequence showing the Emperor and Empress getting dressed, which showed what they wore underneath all the finery. But ultimately it served no purpose and was cut for pacing reasons.
