Chinese actress Tang Wei and her husband, South Korean film director Kim Taeyong, are drawing attention from fans in both Korea and China with a miraculous second pregnancy 10 years after the birth of their first child.
On the 29th, a representative for Tang Wei told OSEN, "It is true that actress Tang Wei is pregnant with her second child. She is currently pregnant, and we ask for understanding that it is difficult to disclose personal details such as the exact delivery date or the fetus's sex," the representative said in an official statement.
The news of Tang Wei's second pregnancy was first highlighted by Chinese-language media outlets. Tang Wei recently appeared at an event in Shanghai, China, hosted by a British luxury fashion house, marking a rare public appearance. In that setting, a figure showing a "D-line" was captured.
Chinese-language media examined Tang Wei's outfit from head to toe in detail. They emphasized that she appeared wearing low-heeled shoes, a loose black dress and a trench coat, and that the rounded contour of her abdomen could not be hidden whenever she moved her body.
Another Chinese actress, Ni Ni, who attended the event, was seen making a protective gesture toward Tang Wei. As a result, foreign Chinese media flooded the airwaves with speculative reports about Tang Wei's supposed second pregnancy.
However, Tang Wei's camp had not issued any separate statement. With this, they acknowledged the second pregnancy for the first time through an official OSEN statement.
Attention is also focused on the fact that Tang Wei, born in 1979, is having a second child at age 47 this year. Tang Wei married director Kim Taeyong, whom she met through the 2014 film Late Autumn, and she has enjoyed great affection not only in China but also in Korea. It appears to inspire even more support that she has miraculously conceived a second child in her late 40s, 10 years after giving birth to her first daughter, Summer, in 2016.
Above all, Tang Wei has been sharing news about her next project even while pregnant, raising expectations for continued active work. She appears in Park Chanwook's new film The Brigands of Rattlecreek, Park's follow-up collaboration after making a connection on the film Decision to Leave.
The Brigands of Rattlecreek is a western that Park Chanwook co-wrote with director Craig Zobel. It is known to tell the story of a sheriff and a doctor who seek revenge against a gang of brigands that robs and terrorizes the residents of a small town during heavy rain and thunderstorms. Notably, director Craig Zobel had already drafted the screenplay in 2006 and proposed Park Chanwook as director in 2012, making this a work formally produced over the course of 20 years.
For this, not only Tang Wei but also Hollywood stars such as Matthew McConaughey, Pedro Pascal and Austin Butler will appear in large numbers. Approximately $60 million (about 88.8 billion won) will be invested in production costs. However, in Hollywood a $60 million movie is classified as a mid-sized rather than blockbuster production. Nevertheless, it adds to the anticipation as Park Chanwook returns to an English-language project two years after the 2024 HBO series The Sympathizer. <
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