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billglover
 March 12, 2008, 10:47 PM posted in General Discussion

I've just met Maggie Cheung (张曼玉)... What an evening :) 

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John
 March 13, 2008, 01:38 AM

Are you kidding me?? Wow! How did this happen? I bet Dave and Amber will be particularly envious...

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auntie68
 March 13, 2008, 01:41 AM

Wow! Who was she with (heh heh!)?

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amber
 March 13, 2008, 01:42 AM

sigh! I envision her in one of her beautiful 'In the Mood for Love' qipao...

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calkins
 March 13, 2008, 02:08 AM

Bill, I am so JEALOUS! She is one of my favorite actresses. Amazing in "Clean", and of course I agree with Amber on "In the Mood..." So did you try to speak Chinese with her...or English I assume, since she she grew up in England? Okay, so give it up, we want the scoop (at least I do). Hmmmm, maybe we could have a lesson based on Bill's dialogue with her!

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calkins
 March 13, 2008, 02:09 AM

Oh yeah, and I'm with Auntie68...was she with anyone? Is she still single? :)

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calkins
 March 13, 2008, 02:31 AM

Not trying to hijack, but just read this from wiki: After 25 years of making movies, Cheung is deciding to retire from acting and pursue a career as a film composer. She allows that there might be room for an occasional comedic role, but she would like to paint and compose music, after fulfilling her acting potential. I completely respect her for moving towards new artistic directions, but bummer for us who love her on the big screen :(

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billglover
 March 13, 2008, 06:44 AM

Ok, Ok, enough headline grabbing. Time for a few (less exciting) truths. Last night my girlfriend and I were at the opening of the China Design Now exhibition in London. She introduced me to someone she knows. Moments later, a young couple came up to him and started talking to him. I had absolutely no idea who they were and so the introductions were plain and simple, something along the lines of, "Maggie, this is Bill." I can't think I replied with more than something along the lines of, "Hi. Nice to meet you". Anyway, it wasn't long before I felt a tug at my arm and I was being dragged out of earshot. "Bill, do you know who they are?" "No." "That's Maggie Cheung, OMG, etc etc etc." It was only from her excitement that I realised she might actually be someone famous. A brief encounter with only a few words exchanged and all of them in English, but nonetheless it was an encounter that I felt I had to share :P - She looks amazingly young and I was way off when asked to guess her age. - She was with her partner, Ole Scheeren, the architect of the new CCTV building.