In the movie I play Meng Xiaojun, a confident, US-educated dream chaser and challenge embracer. To me Chan is very much like the character, who has persistently and passionately chased his dreams and fulfilled them by making movies.

Deng Chao, actor in American Dreams in China.

We are both pessimistic, that's for sure. I think he is more pessimistic than me, but also more romantic We will use humor and comedy to sugarcoat the outside but it's dark on the inside, but not totally dark.