[2013.10.04] DONNIE YEN GETS NO SLEEP FROM THREE JOBS

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Donnie Yen Chi Tan in his new film SPECIAL ID (DUT SHU SUN FUN) had three jobs. He stated that he thought about not taking this film that could be described as an awful mess. Luckily he called in all his favors and received support from friends everywhere, including Ronald Cheng Chung Kei who took the time to guest star. Although he had to star, handle the action director and creative producer jobs that left him with only 3 hours of sleep a day, injuries all over and even dislocated his spine, he still persisted; all because he felt that he was one of the pillars of Hong Kong kung fu films and hoped to let the entire world know through his influence that Hong Kong kung fu films remained very strong.

Yen Chi Tan in the film played a Hong Kong cop undercover. He pointed out that the most difficult part was for realism the co-production had to add mob background and foul language elements, which was a difference of opinions with what investors asked for. Yet he still insisted on make Hong Kong film that was a co-production on the surface and hoped to continue the return to modern action films after SPL (SAT POR LONG) and FLASH POINT (DOH FOR SIN) and make this film a part of his Mixed Martial Art film trilogy. He said, "I know that everyone like to watch IP MAN in the past few years, I can just keep making IP MAN sequels but I don't want to stay under the so-called IP MAN halo. I want to find ways to show viewers improvement. Thus after IP MAN I have tried many different characters. This time before the shoot I was already fully prepared. Aside from studying a lot of time to study MMA in the past few years, in order to play this Wise Guy character well I even studied Fat Gor (Chow Yun Fat)'s character Ko Chau in the film CITY ON FIRE (LUNG FU FUNG WON) interpretation methods."

Chi Tan revealed that in his final fight scene with Andy Tien (On Chi Kit) he aggravated his old wound. "Once I took the wrong spot and On Chi Kit's jump kick hit my forehead. I really fainted and couldn't speak for several minutes. Once I went for a x-ray for pain in my shoulder, I discovered that my entire bone structure was damaged, even my spine was crooked."

As for On Chi Kit's acting, Chi Tan said, "On Chi Kit is fully qualified to be an action film successor! He performed very well in this movie." As for the guest star Cheng Chung Kei, Chi Tan described their relationship in the film as "Stephen Chow Sing Chi and Ng Man Tat". Cheng Chung Kei revealed that although he did not need to fight, he did not feel particularly comfortable either. He said, "We shot one scene in the Stanley sewage treatment plant. We shot an argument scene and had to breathe hard. When we broke for meals I didn't even have the appetite to eat. That scene was the hardest to take."

In the trailer, Yen Chi tan and On Chi Kit had many fight scenes. They were bloodied and battered. Yen Chi tan admitted that he focused on fight scenes and wanted to put the best visuals together. Thus he shot many scenes.