[2024.10.24] CESIUM FALLOUT SETS LEAVE ANDY LAU IN AWE

Andy Lau and producer Bill Kong visit the recycling yard set together.
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The movie CESIUM FALLOUT (FUN SING) will be released on November 1st. Its two latest posters were namely the senior official version and the firefighter version. Both camps had strong line up. Andy Lau Tak Wa and Karen Mok Man Wai led the official chapter, showing the tense atmosphere of a group of senior officials making key decisions at the critical juncture of a disaster; while the firefighter chapter saw the scene of the Bai Yu played fire captain leading the team members to rush into the disaster site to save people.

The film-making special "Constructing Doomsday" has also been revealed for the first time, unveiling the production process of this hugely invested film. One of the main filming locations, the e-waste recycling site with high-level radioactive radiation leakage, was an important backdrop for the disaster in the film. The crew set up a total of 3 hectares of land in different places, using more than 100 tons of steel and more than 150 discarded vehicles. The set was filled with trailers, and a massive amount of e-waste props. The recycling yard was devastated after the explosion, and the heavily damaged set was very realistic. When Wa Jai participated in the shoot on the set, he was very impressed. "It's rare for me to shoot a high-quality movie in Hong Kong recently, and each set has its own differences." Wa Jai was deeply impressed by the dedication and high cost of the film production team. In order to please the demands of the current audience, producer Bill Kong Chi Keung pointed out that the sets had to be realistic and showed the production's cautiousness and determination.

The group of firefighter actors in the movie filmed a number of action scenes in the recycling yard, including an explosion scene in which Bai Yu and Louise Wong Dan Nei needed to dive onto the ground. Although the debris splashed everywhere on the set, the two actors did not flinch and even went into battle in person. Ngai Chun Sun had a scene, in which he needed to slide from the height of the container and hang upside down by its side. During the filming, his eyes were red from the hanging, but he still focused on completing it and showed his professionalism.

In addition to the disaster site, another important setting of the movie was the government's internal decision-making room and underground command headquarters. The sets were detailed and built according to the original government design. Playing the role of political assistant to the Financial Secretary in the film, Ivana Wong Yuen Chi praised this. "When we went into the basement for the shoot, we saw that every piece of paper and every lamp were carefully designed, and the set was really beautiful." Playing the explosives expert, Eric Kwok Wai Leung was also surprised by the reservoir scene in the movie. "Every time I come to a set, I would go 'wow', Hollywood masterpiece, so shocking, and I think the original Hong Kong scenes and set production staff are so strong." According to director Pun Yiu Ming, the reservoir set was built in a large factory, and it took half a year from conception to filming. One could image how huge the production scale was.