But I knew that one day, because Ip Man is so rooted among so many fans and so many audiences, I would be asked to play the role again. It just had to be the right timing; the right timing meaning that if I’m mentally ready, if I’ve explored enough but – most importantly – it was [about] the director. Wilson Yip, our director, is he ready? Does he have another angle to it? So for many years, Wilson and I went on to explore different genres of films but, ultimately, we were waiting for when he was ready. So last year he came back and said, “I’ve really figured out what to do with episode three.”
因为叶问扎根在很多影迷和很多观众心里,所以我知道有一天我会被要求再次饰演这个角色,就必须选择正确的时机,合适的时机意味着如果我精神上准备好了,如果我足够探索但——最重要的是——这是[对]叶伟信,我们的导演,他准备好了吗?他有另一个角度吗?这么多年来,叶伟信和我继续探索不同类型的电影,但最终,我们都在等待他准备好。去年他回来,说:”我真的知道如何处理第三部了。”