Tuya's Marriage actress, the Chinese girl Yu Nan, has arrived in Germany to join filming for Hollywood live-action blockbuster Speed Racer, the Oriental Morning Post reported on Thursday.

Yu Nan will play the sister of a rival driver, acted by South Korean star Jeong Ji-hoon, or popularly known as Rain, in the live-action film based on the Japanese anime Mach Go Go Go.

Director brothers, Larry and Andy Wachowski, have assembled a stellar cast for their first writing/directing collaboration since The Matrix movies.

The film stars Emile Hirsch in the leading role of Speed, with Christina Ricci as his girlfriend, Oscar winner Susan Sarandon (Dead Man Walking) and John Goodman (Evan Almighty) as Mom and Pops Racers.

Yu Nan will spend one month in Germany for the shooting. The movie is slated for release in May 2008.

The 28-year-old internationally acclaimed actress has starred in a number of Chinese and foreign films including Rage, Jing Zhe, Diamond Dogs, and Tuya's Marriage, the winner of the 2007 Berlin Festival's Golden Bear. She has won a number of Best Actress Awards including the Paris Film Festival and the Golden Rooster in China.
 
(CRI.cn June 28, 2007)