[2013.12.12] NICHOLAS TSE FINDS ROPE TRICK TO BE HARDER THAN FIGHT SCENE

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Best Actors Nicholas Tse Ting Fung and Simon Yam Tat Wa starred Emperor new film AS THE LIGHT GOES OUT (GAU FOR YING HUNG) will soon be released. In one scene Brother Wa and Ting Fung teamed up to save the severely injured fireman Patrick Tam Yiu Man. Brother Wa was 40 feet above ground as he used the strength of the rope to send Tam Yiu Man into Ting Fung's arms. The process involved physics, making the film more difficult than the average action film.

Ting Fung said that during the shoot they often ran into technical issues like how to use an fire ax, open street hydrants, apply hoses and spray water, which they were not as familiar with as real firefighters. He also said that the Tam Yiu Man rescue scene was the most difficult. He said, "In that scene we had to make a rope between two places to save the injured from point A to point B. Its success depended on how you tied that rope. The technique involved was truly very difficult, the more intricate it was the trickier it got." The director revealed that the film did not want to show the heroic side of firefighters but to display their actual work environment, because the actual condition was worse than in the film.

Brother Wa in the film played a firefight who rushed into a fire to rescue people. He said that he was very afraid of fire scenes. He said, "When I made Ng Yu Sum (John Woo)'s BULLET IN THE HEAD (DIP HUET GAI TAU), one side of my hand was burnt. A fire scene to me was a type of fear, which I overcame because I had a group of great actors with me. I discovered our actor spirit."

The real rescue work was very awkward, firefighter rescues had to take place in an extremely short time with a lot of procedures. They would get messy when they got busy. In the film many action scenes had retired fire department principle fireman Hui Pui To on hand to supervise in order for us to capture the most realistic rescue procedure. Ting Fung even personally wrote a song for the film, with Super Boy contest runner up Oho Ou as its Mandarin version performer.