[2025.01.19] DONNIE YEN'S ON SET FOUL LANGUAGE VIDEO GOES VIRAL IN THE MAINLAND

Usually gentle and elegant, Donnie Yen becomes serious once he puts himself to work

Also an emotional person, Francis Ng has no shortage of "adjectives" when communicating with Donnie Yen

When Donnie Yen shoots the fall with Sisley Choi, he studies it intensely after the cameras stop rolling
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"The Strongest in the Universe" Donnie Yen Chi Tan has been accused of being quite explosive on the set from time to time, and a few days ago, a video of him using foul language on the film production of THE PROSECUTOR (NG POON) went viral in the mainland. Once some suspected that it was an unedited video, but it turned out to be a "foul language version" that netizens edited from the production special. In the video Chi Tan could been seen on the front line, acting as one with the crew. He intensely hoped to lead the team to make every detail its best and show his passion for movies.

The Donnie Yen starring movie THE PROSECUTOR (NG POON) is in release in the United States, and there have been many interviews with foreign media in the past few days. The word of mouth has been quite good, but recently a video of Chi Tan madly using foul language for over 10 minutes during the film of THE PROSECUTOR went viral in the mainland, thoroughly showing his intense, rigorous attitude and explosive personality on the set!

Filming, especially with large-scale productions, is money every minute and every second. Chi Tan was very tight on time, and in the video he could be seen often sweeping the team with foul language for the slow progress. "Right now is 3 o'clock in the morning! Please hurry up, if we can't shoot everything today you are in X big trouble!" "If I say go again, then I don't have to watch the playback again, because you're wasting a lot of time right now!" When a staff member could not figure out the filming situation, he said with frustration, "Making something so simple so complicated, after going through it hundreds of thousands of times we have to set up all over again!"

Artists have always paid attention to their image. After the foul langue film went viral on the Internet, many online speculated whether the film company mistakenly leaked out the unedited clips. The reporter learned from the relevant parties that those clips were excerpted from THE PROSECUTOR film production special, which was distributed overseas in hopes of presenting the production in its original form; but after being "processed" online, it was taken out of context to make Chi Tan into a "foul language maniac"!

Actually many outstanding actors would be so intense when they shoot that they would use foul language, such as Best Actor Tony Leung Chiu Wai during the filming of the movie THE GOLDFINGER (GUM SAU JI) using foul language while discussing the script with Felix Chong Man Keung. As for this Chi Tan incident, anyone who watched the whole special would understand that he wanted to lead the team to shoot every detail, and wanted to pass on all aspects of the technology through the opportunity of making a big production. He mentioned that he has survived from a monthly salary of HK$ 3,000 to today. He said, "Actually I don't care much now, I have already X turned down the flames. Because I am old, I don't want to X people because it really hurts my body...... Hong Kong films have declined, and there is no successor. It is rare to have a big production so everyone can intern and have the opportunity to try." For the cinematographer of THE PROSECUTOR, Chi Tan actually has a lot of master-level options to choose from; but he insists on using a young man with less experience, just hoping that he would have an internship opportunity.

In one of the scenes, action actor Yu Kang jumped down from a 3- story parking lot and smashed a car on the street. Chi Tan was quite intense during the shoot. Finally he took 84 takes before accepting one. Yu Kang said bluntly, "He (Yen Chi Tan) found the point that we have not practiced since we were children, he is so picky with his production that I am fully convinced. After 84 takes, I am so tired that I am half dead, but I still have to thank him."

In addition, Chi Tan and Ng Chun Yu also loved to communicate on the set with foul language. Both have also studied at the TVB artist training class, so they were extra close. Earlier, Chun Yu shared the details of the training class in an interview, revealing that he has traveled with trainees such as Stephen Chow Sing Chi and Tony Leung Chiu Wai. He even served as the vice class president, but only because of being "too mischievous" instead of having excellent grades, because the instructor wanted him to have no time to "act up".

Sisley Choi Si Bui has always been focused on the set. Always had a sports background, she in the film THE PROSECUTOR had a scene with Yen Chi Tan to chase down the criminals. She even had to fall from a great height. Chi Tan gave a lot of suggestions, including the reaction and expression after the fall. Si Bui was also quite smart and got it right away. Everyone worked together quite happily. When Chi Tan filmed the scene, he did not include any "adjectives", obviously not wanting to scare the "little sister".

In another scene where Si Bui and Chi Tan recognize each other in the MTR car, the crew spent a lot of time and effort on building the car. When Si Bui arrived at the set and saw that how real it was, and could not help but shout "Very convincing".