Hong Kong stars Tony Leung, Carina Lau wed in Bhutan
Last Updated: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 | 11:48 AM ET
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Hong Kong actors Carina Lau and Tong Leung, shown at the Hong Kong Film Awards in 2007, married Monday. (Vincent Yu/Associated Press) Hong Kong actor Tony Leung, star of Lust, Caution and Infernal Affairs, has married his longtime companion Carina Lau at a ceremony in the mountain kingdom of Bhutan.
Their Buddhist-inspired ceremony featured monks in red robes and was attended by about 100 guests, including royalty from the tiny kingdom, according to a report from Reuters.
Lau, who starred in 2046 and Ashes of Time, said she chose Bhutan for the ceremony after a trip to the reclusive kingdom.
"I felt the peace the moment I arrived in Bhutan ... I could understand that people here are happy not because of their material life, but because of their satisfaction on a spiritual level," Lau told the South China Morning Post.
She wore a white gown and Leung wore a tuxedo for the ceremony, held Monday at the exclusive Uma Paro resort with its backdrop of mountain scenery.
Lau and Leung are one of Hong Kong's leading entertainment couples and starred together in Wong Kar-wai's Ashes of Time.
Leung, known for his understated acting style, has starred in a series of roles for Hong Kong art house director Wong.
He won a Palme d'Or for best actor at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival for his role in Wong's In the Mood for Love. He also played a gay lover in Happy Together.
He and Lau both starred in Infernal Affairs, Hong Kong's biggest box office hit in 2002.
Infernal Affairs was named best film at the Hong Kong Film Awards and earned Lau a best actor award and best director honours for Andrew Lau and Alan Mak.
Martin Scorsese remade the Infernal Affairs story in 2006 as The Departed.
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