HK movie star wants young blood to revive Cantonese Opera

When Hong Kong actor Law Kar-ying appears in public, his physique and mannerisms usually remind people of a role he played in the 1994 movie A Chinese Odyssey. The character was that of Xuanzang, a monk who traveled to India to collect Buddhist scriptures.

The hit comedy was loosely based on the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West.

Law has acted in nearly 100 movies since the 1990s, such as Crime Story in 1993 along with Jackie Chan and Future X-Cops with Andy Lau in 2010.