Maggie Q blamed for her greed in promotion of movie Three Kingdoms
Maggie Q, a Hong Kong actor in Edison Chen sex scandal, has been blamed for her greed in promotion of movie Three Kingdoms. Just thinking that she is now an international superstar, Maggie Q, who is to come to HK, China, TW & Korea for the promotion of Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon, has been left out by all the movie companies in these 4 areas, as she opens her lion mouth asking for 5 stars hotel of her choice, a 24 hr round-the clock body guard & others.
Maggie Q was to come to HK for movie promo on March 25 to 27, though it was only a short 3 days, just the lodging, transport, clothing, & food she negotiated for a month with the movie company.
She & her entourage together with her manager other than the usual demands, such as first class air ticket, has included many other unreasonable demands, for example 5 star hotels, 24 hr bodyguard, a low rough estimate it will cost at least $250,000 in 3 days!
Other than HK, Maggie Q has to go to China, TW & Korea, she again asks for a lot of things.
For mainland, most movie promo has to go to different provinces, from BJ to Shanghai, Guangzhou & others, but Maggie Q stipulated that she will go to only one of the places, this gives headache to the local movie company!
For Taiwan, Maggie Q also asked for top class treatment, if her demands were met, the expenditure will hit NT 1 million (about $250,000)
TW movie industry is hitting is downturn, box office is always far from ideal, in addition, Maggie Q is not the important actress, she has no box office guarantee, so the concerned party does not concede to her demands.
Also, she said she will not take on Edison Chen or respond to the scandal on the ’suspected explicit photos’! But these are must-ask questions of the reporters, the movie company finds it too difficult to handle!
After discussion, all the movie companies decided not to use Maggie Q for movie promo in Asia, the reporter on this confirmed with the company in HK, who disclosed that M Q will not be in HK for any promo activity, & admitted they cannot meet her demands.
The movie company too will have some losses such as booking of air tickets & lodging!
Is it a pity that she cannot come to HK? SunBeam company indicated, “A pity, but there is male lead Andy Lau, this is enough, Andy himself is a box office guarantee, in addition, ROTD is a movie of substance, so we are not worried!”
Maggie Q gives the excuse that she has movie commitments in NY & has no time to come to HK.
The following are just comments, not from this author. Please give your views afterwards.
whoa never expected that from her but i dont really know her and i dont think she is that famous. she should be happy that she is even getting jobs.
She is not even half of what Andy Lau and Zhang Ziyi is.
What the…she’s not even that famous. how is she “international” status. she was in one movie with tom cruise, so now she’s internationally known? no way…I fully support the company that turned her down. She’s not even that major in the movie, why should she demand so much. gosh, s aslcfvdxcbk.
she sure knows what she wants. but can she get it? ppl who thinks they are on the top of the world cause they had filmed a couple of hollywood movies. some ppl needto stay on the ground, with such a attitude she wont last long. Haha, i nvr tot Maqqie is such a annoying actress.. But i juz its just rumor
i think she’s just a B-star and a totally miscast
how could they cast a half asian (not even chinese origine) in an ancient chinese role???
her look is way too modern and western
actually i really don’t expect much from this movie, the english title really sounds like a playstation game
on the contrary i’m looking forward to john woo’s red cliff
they can always use the excessive demand to engage more artiste for the promo or have more extravagant promo.
Maggie Q is nothing compare to Andy, so might as well use the money to create more freebies / promo item for the movie.
Is it really true that she demand such a thing? I thought she is a very humble young lady and a vegetarians. Anyway, Andy alone is more than enough to secure box office though…..hahaha…i will go for movie because of Andy too and not for others
i didn’t even think that maggie was well-suited for the role in this movie in the first place…she’s just letting the fact that she was in MI3 get to her head but asian countries are not going to stand for her diva attitude…i totally support the companies for not wanting to supply money to maggie for her unreasonable demands
She is not an box office guarantor like Andy Lau so her request should not be entertain
reason i’ll be watching this movie is cause i’m interested in the plot (not sure what’s in about but a fan of 3 kingdoms) and of course andy and sammo. Maggie isn’t all that great, hearing these things coming from B listed stars are a joke.
Wow she sure is very demanding. It’s not surprising they decided to drop her from the promo.
Anyways, I kinda want to watch this movie.
Good for the movie companies for not bending over for MQ!!! To be honest I liked MQ (emphasize “liked”) but after reading this story I have grown a sudden distaste for her. I can’t stand how actors develop this sense of self entitlement just because they are in a few films. They should consider themselves lucky that people enjoy watching them, and they need to remember that they are always replaceable!!!
This must be a joke. Maggie Q is hardly considered an “International Star”. She is barely known in the states and is only B list at most in Asia. Who does she think she is making these kind of demads here? Sure, maybe in the States she could get away with this kind of stuff since movies like MI3 are multi million dollar investments (but even then I think only Tom Cruise would get this kind of treatment.), but budgets for asian movies are significantly smaller, so they have less money to fritter away on ridiculous demands. She needs to remember that she got to where she is today because she got her start in acting in Asia. If she would have went straight to Hollywood to begin with she would probably be just another nobody today. She should be grateful and not bite the hand that feeds her.
NEVER liked Maggie Q – don’t know why people think she is “hot” – she’s okay – too skinny and her face looks weird. She is over the top of her head – never really accomplished anything in HK entertainment – why should they spend so much money on her? She’s like a lot of Hollywood actresses – appear reallly sexy in one or two movies and think they are everything.
Demand this demand that, This all without being famous.
She is really getting over her head.
i always thought the manager negotiates all that for her. all wells thats for being too up her self.
what an arrogant woman. she isnt even pretty with her skinny long face which look like a horse.
I think it may just be exaggerated. I like Maggie Q, and I think she is absolutely georgous.
I cant wait to see the movie.
That is just way unacceptable , Asking for a demand like that is going too far !!! Andy can get way more than maggie ………. so who needs her anyway !! She must just stay in NY forever **
Haha that’s funny how she’s left out. She’s definitely a gorgeous gal but she seems to have a major ego.
Maggie Q is overrated and should be embarrassed to demand such requests. Also, her manager is worthless for letting her do this. I don’t think Andy Lau makes these kinds of demands and requirements
Maggie will soon be black listed.
What? Maggie is like that? I thought she’s a down-to-earth kind of person. I really like her before i heard this rumor. It seems that her head is getting her way passed her status. I mean she’s really good in action films but her attitude being like that is somewhat “who do you think you are.” My point is she’s acting like she’s the queen, demanding stuff but she doesnt have the crown.
she’s disgusting, hope she never gets famous. Dang what a diva. Not famous yet and already demanding stuff.
i’m pretty sure with andy lau he can already create chaos in the crowds/cities…so whether other stars show up or not… it’s not a big factor…
i never liked her. i don’t even know why hollywood would cast her as chinese speaking either when she can’t speak a friggen word of chinese. i just really dislike her. and this attitude of hers makes it even worse. she’s hardly even called a famous actress, much less a good actress. they really should’ve casted a pure chinese for the role instead of her. she is expensive and demands too much just because she made it to hollywood..it’s not a big deal, I think the focus should be on andy, he is the main character in the movie.. i don’t really like her either…. is she even that famous?! -___-” why did she even get that role in the ancient chinese movie? dude back then there weren’t even any euro-chinese mixes. lol
Well she has been in a few big films in the US, (Die Hard?!?!) and quite frankly, $250,000 is chicken feed to a studio company. People in the US will still recognise her over the likes of Andy Lau – and THAT is where the big money is, not in little Hong Kong.
I don’t think shes gorgeous and I don’t think she can act either, but this sort of demanding goes on all the time, I don’t see why people should pick on her. I’m sure none of her co-stars are staying at 2 start hotels and eating bread with water.
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