On Jan 10, YOLO (You Only Live Once) officially announced itself with a poster. YOLO is directed by Jia Ling, and will premiere on the first day of the lunar new year, this year falls on Feb 10. According to Douban, in YOLO, Jia Ling is a girl who's withdrawn from society and closed up her social circle. This changes when she meets a boxing coach (played by Lei Jiayin), and she gets her life back track.
The big story behind this movie is that Jia Ling stepped away from the public eye while (film) it, and recently, a screenshot started making the rounds on Weibo, along with rumors that the 41-year-old actress had lost 110 pounds.
On Jan 10, Jia Ling shared a personal message on Weibo which (speak) to that. "My dear friends," she began. "Haven't seen you in more than a year. Miss you guys much. In the year I've disappeared, I've made a movie （call） YOLO. I shot this movie for an entire year, covering all four seasons. I also (success) lost 110 pounds, and trained to look like a boxer. The night we wrapped filming, I sat alone my bed and ate five packs of chocolate wafers. Looking back, I felt like a tired warrior holding her trophy!"
She explains that she didn't want people to think that YOLO was just a movie about weight loss. It is movie about how kind people find themselves, learn to love themselves. There is a past me and a new me in the movie. I hope you like them both. Lastly, I've been really (hunger) and tired this past year, it's felt like a lifetime."
