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05/05/2024 03:42:02 pm

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Tony Hung and Grace Chung Did daring Stunts Themselves for 'Cheung Po Tsai'

Hong Kong actor Tony Hung and Miss Hong Kong 2013 winner Grace Chan are currently filming for the TVB drama 'Cheung Po Tsai', taking on their challenging roles without doubles.

Hung and Chan are said to be currently filming at the Sai Kung pier for a scene in the drama where they needed to dive into the water. Although the two stars have doubles ready to step in to do the daring scenes, they've decided to do the stunts themselves in order to add a more realistic effect.

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In the drama, Chan plays a modern police officer who travels back in time and later encounters the legendary pirate Cheung Po Tsai who will be portrayed by Hung.

In the scene they were filming, Chan is supposed to have dropped her watch into the sea and dives in to retrieve it. Hung then follows in order to help her.

According to reports, the scene was completed in just two takes with the two stars watching instant re-rolls of the scene in order to make sure that they have given satisfactory results.

Hung and Chan will be starring in their very first historical drama and both have sought the advice of their veteran co-stars. The actor and the actress were said to have been advised to wear wet suits for their coming shoot in Wuxi and Hengdian this coming November.

"It's very cold there and our seniors told us that if we don't wear wet suits, we will freeze and be unable to act out the scenes," Hung, who replaced Raymond Wong for the role, said.

On the other hand, despite being added to the cast on in the last minute, Hung revealed that he gets along with the cast and crew very well. He also praised Chan for her acting skills and attitude on set, saying that she is very self-driven despite having only six months of filming experience.

He revealed that he and Chan got along so well that she does not even mind sharing the same bottle of water with him during breaks.

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