A Chinese World War II epic featuring Bruce Willis and Adrien Brody has been shelved after co-star Fan Bingbing was targeted by authorities for tax evasion, local media reported. Fan is one of China’s most high-profile celebrities, and has appeared in blockbusters "X-Men: Days of
A Chinese World War II epic featuring Bruce Willis and Adrien Brody has been shelved after co-star Fan Bingbing was targeted by authorities for tax evasion, local media reported.
Fan is one of China’s most high-profile celebrities, and has appeared in blockbusters “X-Men: Days of Future Past” and the Chinese version of “Iron Man 3”.
But the 36-year-old megastar disappeared from the public eye for months this year, fuelling speculation that she was being investigated in her home country.
She has since apologised and been ordered to pay nearly $130 million in back taxes and fines, the official Xinhua news agency reported on October 3.
Her latest film, by Chinese director Xiao Feng, was due to open next week.
But Xiao wrote on China’s Twitter-like Weibo platform on Wednesday that it was “time to let go” of his latest feature “Air Strike” after eight years of work, though he added that “letting go is not giving up”.
