“Journey to the West: Demons Strike Back” failed to impress moviegoers and critics, but it broke opening day box-office records with earnings of 5.53 million yuan.
However, there was one thing in the movie that a lot of the Chinese audience liked a lot – the cleavage of actress Jelly Lin, also known as Lin Yun. “Lin Yun’s breast” was the number 1 searched topic on China’s social media after the weekend, What’s on Weibo reported.
Movie’s Highlight
Among the comments posted on Weibo were bad reviews of the film but appreciation of Jelly Lin’s mammary glands. One netizen wrote her breasts were the best part of the film. Another said her cleavage was the movie’s highlight. One review gave the Stephen Chow movie a 2.5 rating out of 5, while a netizen said, “The movie is bad, the cleavage is good.”
Apparently, Chinese moviegoers love cleavages since the cleavage of actress Fan Bingbing also trended on Chinese social media when she played the starring role in the TV drama “The Empress of China.” After the incident, the country’s censors temporarily cancelled the show and removed all shots of the actress showing her cleavage.
Jelly Lin played Shan, the lead role in Stephen Chow’s 2016 monster hit “The Mermaid,” her first movie. In “Journey to the West: Demons Strike Back,” she is White Bone Spirit, while the 20-year-old actress played Tianshu Youhua in “L.O.R.D.: Legend of Ravaging Dynasties.”
More of Jelly Lin
For 2017, fans of Jelly Lin will likely see more of her cleavage in an upcoming film, “The Legend of the Mengol King” where she would play the role of Yuan Ertie. She would also star in a new TV drama, “Battle Through the Heavens.”
However, unfortunately for Chinese men who have a crush on Jelly Lin, she appears to be taken since reports say she is dating 37-year-old Feng Shaofeng, her co-star in “Journey to the West: Demons Strike Back.” There were initial reports that the dating rumors were just publicity for the movie, but a Chinese online media company published photos of the couple together such as when they met Feng’s father at his office in Shanghai on Feb. 6, 2016, Straits Times reported.