2018年CRI Comedians assemble for Guo Degang's directing debut

 

Well-known Chinese comedian¹ Guo Degang will launch his directing debut², The Face of Gene³, during the upcoming Spring Festival holiday.

Guo, who has travelled extensively to entertain Chinese communities overseas, has even produced a song designed to promote his new comedy.

The Face of Gene has an assembled a cast of 33 stars, including the action giant behind the Wolf Warrior⁴ franchise⁵, Wu Jing; Taiwan supermodel and actress Lin Chi-ling; actor Wu Xiubo, who is best known for his role in the film Finding Mr Right; and pop idol⁶ Jing Boran, known for his role in the Monster Hunt series.

The movie is about a gifted yet unsuccessful writer who travels back in time to meet a dozen of his ancestors to find out the formula for their past successes.

The writer is played by Guo's most popular disciple⁷ and star comedian Yue Yunpeng.

Yue recently attended a promotional event where he described working with his co-star Lin Chi-ling.

"In the movie, I was working hard to seek her love. However, I feel I couldn't match with her since I'm too ugly. My co-star is very strong. During filming, she could even lift me up."

The feature-length comedy is set to open on the first day of the 2018 Spring Festival, which falls on Friday February 16.

1 comedian   

n.喜剧演员；滑稽演员

参考例句：

• The comedian tickled the crowd with his jokes.喜剧演员的笑话把人们逗乐了。
• The comedian enjoyed great popularity during the 30's.那位喜剧演员在三十年代非常走红。

2 debut   

n.首次演出，初次露面

参考例句：

• That same year he made his Broadway debut, playing a suave radio journalist.在那同一年里，他初次在百老汇登台，扮演一个温文而雅的电台记者。
• The actress made her debut in the new comedy.这位演员在那出新喜剧中首次登台演出。

3 gene   

n.遗传因子，基因

参考例句：

• A single gene may have many effects.单一基因可能具有很多种效应。
• The targeting of gene therapy has been paid close attention.其中基因治疗的靶向性是值得密切关注的问题之一。

4 warrior   

n.勇士，武士，斗士

参考例句：

• The young man is a bold warrior.这个年轻人是个很英勇的武士。
• A true warrior values glory and honor above life.一个真正的勇士珍视荣誉胜过生命。

5 franchise   

n.特许，特权，专营权，特许权

参考例句：

• Catering in the schools is run on a franchise basis.学校餐饮服务以特许权经营。
• The United States granted the franchise to women in 1920.美国于1920年给妇女以参政权。

6 idol   

n.偶像，红人，宠儿

参考例句：

• As an only child he was the idol of his parents.作为独子，他是父母的宠儿。
• Blind worship of this idol must be ended.对这个偶像的盲目崇拜应该结束了。

7 disciple   

n.信徒，门徒，追随者

参考例句：

• Your disciple failed to welcome you.你的徒弟没能迎接你。
• He was an ardent disciple of Gandhi.他是甘地的忠实信徒。