[2014.04.05] NICK CHEUNG ALMOST BECOMES A CATEGORY III FILM STAR

courtesy of on.cc

courtesy of singtao.com

The Emperor Motion Pictures THAT DEMON WITHIN (MOR GAING) aside from leads Nick Cheung Ka Fai and Daniel Wu (Ng Yin Cho) also had veteran actors who played robbers "ghost king gang" members like Liu Kai Chi, Au Kam Tong, Leung Cheuk Moon and Lee Kwok Lun to add a lot more colors to the film. One of the infighting scene was cruel and bloody, almost earning the film a category III rating.

Director Dante Lam Chiu Yin in order to add mystery to the "ghost king gang" arranged for them to work in a funeral home. For example Au Kam Tong was the usher, Lee Kwok Lun made paper offerings, Leung Cheuk Moon made floral arrangements, and Liu Kai Chi was the agent who was responsible for the accounting. In the end Cheung Ka Fai's character caused them to turn on each other as they began to suspect each other.

In one scene the "ghost king gang" members suspected that someone leaked information and thus ran over the traitor's arm during interrogation. For realism the team prepared a big basket of pig blood and ground meat to simulate the run over arm. Uncle Chi recalled that first night of the shoot, the Ma On Shan location was filled with the stench of blood. He still got the chill from it now.

In the film Lee Kwok Lun while in a struggle with Uncle Chi was stabbed with a screw. The film also had other scenes that might cross the line. Lam Chiu Yin also admitted that at first he considered the film would be rated category III. Finally it only received a IIB rating. "Actually THAT DEMON WITHIN doesn't have anything to worry about whether or not it is rated category III, but if I knew in advance that it would be rated category III I could go even further during the shoot and wouldn't have to adjust."