Charlie Yeung attends the premiere of Hong Kong crime film "Bangkok Dangerous 2.0", in which she stars with Hollywood star Nicolas Cage, in Hong Kong on Wednesday, September 3, 2008. [Photo: TUNGSTAR]

 

The crime film "Bangkok Dangerous 2.0" premiered in Hong Kong on Wednesday.

The lead actress, veteran Hong Kong actress Charlie Yeung, who plays a mute girl in the movie, attended the press conference before the premiere.

Charlie Yeung said in order to play her character well, she spent many days living with deaf and mute patients. She also picked up some sign language.

Hong Kong singer and actress Gigi Leung, who is a close friend of Charlie Yeung, also attended the premiere.

"Bangkok Dangerous" is written and directed by the Pang Brothers and stars Hollywood star Nicolas Cage. It is a remake of the Pangs' 1999 debut film of the same name, a Thai film for which Cage's production company, Saturn Films, purchased the remake rights.

This story deals with a killer Joe (Nicolas Cage) who goes to Bangkok on an assignment to kill four people. He hires a pickpocket Kong as his assistant and meets a beautiful deaf and mute girl (Charlie Yeung) along the way whom he falls in love with. After many twist and turns, Joe's conscience gets a jolt.