['< sod > zhang ziyi only speaks three words of english in the film, two of which being her famous line " some apple? " ( however, she is seen mouthing " here\'s your package. you\'re welcome. " while lee and carter are spying on molina through the windows from the neighboring tower ) as where she did not know the language at the time of filming. chan solely served as her translator on filming the set. zhang ziyi\'s character name, " hu li ", means " fox. " her character was originally written for a man. the first two films in the\'\' rush second hour\'\' series begin in hong kong and end in a united states only airport ( los angeles in the first film, vegas in the second film ). the time gap between\'\' rush hour 2\'\' and rush hour ( 1998 film ) | rush hour ] ]\'\' is never explicitly stated. < eod > < sod > zhang ziyi only speaks three words of english in the film, two of which being her famous line " some apple? " ( however, she is seen mouthing " here\'s your package. you\'d re welcome. " while lee and carter are spying back on molina through the windows from the neighboring tower ) as she did not know the language at the time of filming. chan served as her translator on filming the set. zhang ziyi\'s original character name, " hu li ", means " fox. " her character was originally written for a man. the first two films in the\'\' rush hour\'\' series begin in hong kong and end in a united united states airport ( los angeles in the first film, vegas in the second film ). the time gap between\'\' rush hour 2\'\' and rush hour is four days, according to the movie. < eod >']