Leon and Kelly Chen play lovers in the ancient epic An Empress And The Warriors. Love is tangled up on the silver screen, but outside of it, Leon is very low-keyed with his love life. He only praised Kelly's acting in the film and a beauty who doesn't stir up rumors. For himself, he wouldn't answer if he was to pick between 'kingdom' and 'beauty'.
After Leon's debut, his rumors are nonstop. He has always avoided talking about his personal love life and commenting on other artists. There was a report that Shu Qi is involved in the sex photos scandal. Rumored to be with her for many years and asked his views on this, Leon said in one phrase, "I don't participate in this discussion." He strongly emphasized this type of discussion is endless and no need to discuss about it. He only wants to discuss about work.
In Empress, Kelly contend between Leon and Donnie Yen. In real life, she has been with her boyfriend for more than a decade. Asked who she'll pick between Leon and Donnie, she thought for a bit. Leon answered, "Of course me, because Donnie is already married and have kids! But if I'm Kelly, I will definitely pick Donnie because he cares for his family and loves his wife." But when asked if he's envious of this type of life and wants to get married and have kids, he returned back to his serious look.
Leon expressed that he will not answer personal questions while working. It's a type of professional manner, but he's a normal person. He will need his other half. But after what is said, this returned to Gaile. He revealed, "All work has its own professionalism. Like my girlfriend, she's a model. She's prohibited from bringing dogs, cats, boyfriend, or family to work, so I never visited her."
Leon looks brave and calm on the silver screen. Kelly revealed that he was very nervous filming the hot air balloon scene. Leon explained that this could be the difference between men and women. Women are usually not afraid of heights. He said, "Like my first girlfriend likes to pull me to ride the pirate ship. If I don't go on it, she'll break up with me. I can only force myself to go on it."
Career stretching from movies to albums, Leon had been filming in the mainland in recent year. First it was Empress and then Mei Lanfang. He smiled and said, "Filming in the mainland was very hot and very cold. It was 40°C filming Empress. It was -10°C when filming Lanfang in the winter. Especially filming Lanfang for more than 7 months, there were no weekends, mid-autumn, and New Year. Only Lunar New Year I accompanied director Chen Kaige for the blessing ceremony. I never took a break, so I will not be filming any movies this later half of the year. I want to focus on doing music."