Donnie Yen joins "XXX: The Return of Xander Cage"
Yen will play an alpha-warrior named Xiang in the hotly anticipated sequel, which is shooting in Toronto and the Dominican Republic this month for Revolution Studios, Roth Kirschenbaum Films, One Race Films and Paramount Pictures.
Yen co-stars with producer and star Diesel in a cast that also includes Bollywood star Deepika Padukone, Tony Jaa, Ruby Rose , mixed martial-arts sensation Conor McGregor, Nina Dobrev, Kris Wu , Hermione Corfield , with Toni Collette and Samuel L. Jackson .
D.J. Caruso is directing the film.
One of the world’s top martial-arts film stars, Yen is best known in the U.S. for his role opposite Jet Li in director Zhang Yimou’s “Hero” .
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