[2025.03.14] TERRANCE LAU ALMOST STOPS BREATHING IN HIS UNDERWATER SCENE

Terrance Lau before the shoot had special diving training
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Nick Cheung (circle) praises Terrance Lau for serious work ethics

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Terrance Lau Chun Him played the role of a psychiatrist Dr. Man in Nick Cheung Ka Fai's new work PEG O' MY HEART (SHOOK MUNG). In the film he constantly fell into uneasy and confused dreams. For an underwater scene, he learned breathing while diving from the film company arranged diving coach. "When I was a child I had swimming lessons, but they were completely different from diving. Holding my breath and breathing underwater, and then floating on the surface all of a sudden, I had difficulties regaining my breath. I really needed to keep practicing, and the coach had to add lead to my feet so I would sink. It was certainly difficult."

On the night of the official shoot the temperature plummeted, Lau Chun Him performed at the bottom of the frozen pool, but after filming he still felt that his expression was not good enough. Director Cheung Ka Fai praised his serious attitude towards his work. In order to shoot the this underwater struggle dream scene, Lau Chun Him jumped in and out from the water to and from the bottom of the pool several times. The staff prepared ginger tea, warm water bags, warm blankets, etc., so that he could warm up immediately after getting out of the water. Lau Chun Him said, "The first time I filmed an underwater scene, the temperature dropped suddenly. There was no warm water, which was unexpected. Acting underwater, struggling repeatedly, and with facial expressions were not easy. The hardest thing was the moment I got out of the water, my whole body was wet. The crew had to pull me out of the water. I had to take oxygen every time I got into the water, and I really couldn't breathe for a moment. However, I couldn't stay in the water to act for too long, for fear of lack of oxygen. Fortunately I didn't have to wait for dawn before completing the whole scene, it as an unforgettable New Year's Eve."