Says Yang: "I, too, wanted to get a big name, but back then, none of the big stars would even give me the time of day." Taipei 21's NT $ 8 million budget would probably not have even been enough to pay Takeshi Kaneshiro's salary.
「我也想找明星，但當時的問題是有沒有資格找明星？」楊順清說，以《台北二一》的預算八百萬元台幣來說，可能全部付給金城武當片酬都不夠，何況，金城武有檔期嗎？