[2023.07.24] GUN FIRE ALMOST HITS SEAN LAU'S FACE

Sean Lau takes the gun fight into a vehicle

Sean Lau insists on personally performing his stunts
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Sean Lau Ching Wan, Louis Koo Tin Lok and Aaron Kwok Fu Sing put their bodies on the line for the film THE WHITE STORM 3: HEAVEN OR HELL (SO DUK 3: YUN JOI TIN NGAI). Ching Wan's role even often had to handle large scene gun fights and fight scenes. A major scene took place at the Hong Kong International Terminals. Director Herman Yau Lai To designed many thrilling stunts, including for Ching Wan to carry a machine gun, jump into a large truck, then drive straight through a group of cars to escape.

Ching Wan before the shoot studied the marks in detail with the director and the action director and took the initiative to test them. Despite how dirty the ground was he still lay down on it many times, to ensure that there would be no mishap with positions during the shoot. He even performed different moves like a kip up. Later during the official shoot, Ching Wan lay on the ground and opened fire, then jumped into a truck. In between he another actors kept shooting, but one of the shots missed Ching Wan by less than 1 inch. Despite the close call he still continued to perform until the cameras stopped rolling. Only then he got checked up and luckily he was not hurt. That scene shot until early morning and made the vehicle tilt. During the shoot the danger level was increased much more, fortunately it was completed successfully.

Speaking of the action scenes, Ching Wan said that earlier shot with a real AK47 in his hand. "Because I have experience with it, using a real gun for this scene wasn't too hard for me. Instead I was a little surprised by the gigantic size of the truck. In the trailer I saw the result of the shoot, which was rather awesome!" The action scenes not only used real guns but also many vehicles and stunt actors, thus Ching Wan while on the set was extra careful. He frequently reminded the staff to pay more attention to safety, which was both professional and heartwarming.