Him Law
Aaron Kwok, who portrayed the Bull Demon King in "The Monkey King", announced on his Sina Weibo account that he would be portraying Sun Wukong in the sequel, replacing Donnie Yen from the previous installment. To prepare for his role, Kwok took several months of martial arts training before the shoot. During filming, Kwok had to undergo six hours of makeup and an additional three hours to clean it up daily. On 27 November, it was reported that Gong Li will join the cast, portraying the role of Baigujing, the White Skull Demoness, and will be paid HK$40 million for the role. Additional cast members that were announced by Filmko Entertainment later include Feng Shaofeng as Tang Sanzang, a role that was previously reported to be portrayed by Koo, Xiaoshenyang as Zhu Bajie, and Him Law, who portrayed Muzha in the previous installments, as Sha Wujing.