Zhang Ziyi

Expect steamy scenes from director Feng Xiaogang’s work-in-progress “The Banquet” starring popular actress Zhang Ziyi.

But it won’t be Zhang you’ll see in the flesh but a film double. Now a woman who says she was Zhang’s stand-in wants credit where credit is due.

Actress Shao Xiaoshan said she substituted for Zhang in some bathing and sex scenes. However, she is not listed in the credits.

"If they don't add my name to the cast list, audiences will think that all the nude scenes were done by Zhang herself, which will be totally cheating me.

“I gave my body to the audience. I don't care whether my name is on the credits but I just want to tell the public that I did the nude scenes," Shao said on her blog quoted by the Shenzhen Daily.

At this year's Cannes film festival, Zhang told the media that she did not appear nude in the movie, indirectly confirming that she had a stand-in for the nude scenes.

Shao also said that Zhang had three stand-ins for "The Banquet," including one for kung-fu fighting.

According to the Chongqing Evening News, after Shao exposed the issue on the Web, a staff member surnamed Zhao from Huayi Brothers, the film’s producer, terrified her in a telephone call and asked her to clarify to the media that she was not a stand-in for Zhang.

Huayi Brothers chairman Wang Zhongjun said there was no phone call and criticized Shao for promoting herself through the movie.

"If Shao was a stand-in not an extra, she must have had a contract before the shooting. If we included the credit issue in the contract, we'll definitely put her name in the credits.

“But since the film has not been shown to the public, how can Shao know that her name is not included in the credits?" Wang said in the report by Shenzhen Daily.

Shao said: "Although there's nothing in the contract about including my name in the credits, I did stand in for Zhang in the nude scenes."