What was it like to work with Chow Yun-Fat in “Anna and the King?
” Jodie Foster: This is one of the reasons why I wanted to this movie was the make it with Chow Yun-Fat and I loved his work and not only is he a great actor which he ishe’s such great depth and sort of a stillness, a real kind of serenity but (with a) real strong characterbut he’s just such a nice guy and so sexy, and all that stuff that it takes to make the experience wonderful and to make working with somebody wonderful. So, as far as I’m concerned and I’ve said this over and over again the beauty of this movie is it is not told from Anna’s perspective. It’s not from the British perspective and it’s not about English people drinking tea, it’s about Asia andtold from King Mongkut’s life so it is very much his movie, and I’m kind of there to serve him. AsianConnections: Which perspective was the movie made? Jodie Foster: “We really wanted to do a movie that was Asia from an Asian perspective that had the kind of epic grandeur and majesty to it that showed Mongkut in the light, the tru
