Today An Empress And The Warriors will be played on about 900 screens at the nation's largest theatres. Yesterday, Director Tony Ching, Leon, Kelly Chen, and Guo Xiao Dong attended the film's press conference and premiere in Beijing. Afterwards, promotions will be held in Shanghai, Xi'an, Chongqing, and Guangzhou. The film will be screened in HK on the 20th. Kelly will be attending the promotional events and premiere.
At the press conference, Leon, Kelly, and Xiao Dong detailed the pains and sufferings at the filming site. Each person had various degree of inury. Xiao Dong suffered a serious shoulder injury, Kelly has a bruise on her arm, and Leon injured his finger. Tony praised Kelly and Leon for being very professional. Whether it was action or love scenes, they both complied to his requests. He said, "Kelly is very obedient and an adorable actress. If you tell her to practice, she'll go and do it. As for Leon, I thought he had not film action films for a long time and expected him to practice more. But when telling him to do an action, he was very flexible at it. Satisfied!" As executive producer, Eric Tsang also attended the press conference. He is very confident about this film.
It's the first time that Kelly and Leon worked with Tony. As for the two filming the most difficult part, it was fighting with the enemies around the treehouse. Kelly said, "Fighting with the enemies was at night. My skill was using the bow and arrow. Used a lot of strength holding it. After filming Leon's parts, I filmed on my own for two weeks. Director Ching told me to shoot the arrows every night. I shot arrows until my arms were weak!" It's because of Director Ching that Kelly can now shoot arrows with both left and right hand. Leon said that it's a type of fate working with Kelly for the first time. Because he filmed many movies by UFO (United Filmmakers Organization), he didn't encounter her. Even filming Infernal Affairs 3, they didn't film together. Kelly revealed that Leon has abundant daily knowledges. She said, "Because filming under 40°C and wearing body armor, it's easy to sweat. To avoid heatsroke, the crew will assist us in removing the body armors and pull the air conditioner for us to cool down. However, Leon knows that it's easy to get sick from being hot to cold. He told me to try to use the fan."