[2023.07.24] LOUIS KOO PUTS UP WITH "DISFIGUREMENT" IN THE HEAT

The disfigured make up takes Louis Koo hours to be put on and taken off
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The highly productive Best Actor Louis Koo Tin Lok not only performed in THE WHITE STORM 3: HEAVEN OR HELL (SO DUK 3: YUN JOI TIN NGAI) but also DEATH NOTICE (UM SAT FUNG BO), which would tightly follow with a release next month. This time he would challenge three roles. Aside from the already unveiled disfigured, crippled homeless role that required a voice box to speak, he also had to wear a fake nose and knife scars of his face for another. As for the one with the facial tattoo, his performance required his body to be occasionally twitching. Each look had drastically different looks and performances. Goo Jai felt that as long as the script was right and the role required it, he absolutely would not mind appearing in any costume. Were the disfigured, knife scars make up very painful? He said, "They were OK, but the shoot took place in the summer. With the fake skin, glue and sometimes fake facial hair on the face, not to mention the action scenes, They were really pretty hot but definitely looked rotten enough."

Responsible for Goo Jai's special effect make up was the famous Hong Kong special make up artist Gary Chan Ka Wai who has worked on the Hollywood film GHOST IN THE SHELL. Gary revealed that the production process mainly was getting a mold of Goo Jai's face then create the fake skin, glued it on his face, and added on glue and coloring. Although professionals were on the set, Goo Jai pointed out that the action scenes in the summer left him thoroughly soaked. The special effect make up also often needed to be fixed. Thus each time putting it on and take it off would take several hours. However Goo Jai was very patient and professional.