Gong Li Takes a Leap into the ‘Hardest Role’ She’s Ever Played
Tim Gray Senior Vice PresidentGong Li became a star in Zhang Yimou’s 1988 “Red Sorghum,” her film debut. Since then, she has headlined dozens of films from China, Hollywood and elsewhere; she says the new “Leap” offered her “the hardest role I’ve ever played, but the best role.”The film, directed by Peter Ho-Sun Chan, is China’s submission for Oscar’s international film category.