Nicholas Tse Went all out for New Role

Published: Tuesday, May 5, 2009 12:00PM   By: jojo    Source: CRI

Hong Kong actor Nicholas Tse has gone all out for his new role in Director Teddy Chan's 'Bodyguards and Assassins' (formerly 'Dark October'). The actor had his head shaved bald, for the first time, to play a 'rickshaw puller' role in the upcoming star-studded film.However, Tse has to undertake more than that. The actor who usually appears on screen with a squeaky-clean, handsome image will make do with a scared face in the film. Special makeup for his character allegedly takes hours to do. Moreover, the actor also needs to devote time to sun bathing in order to get tanned and look more like a weather-beaten rickshaw puller.The power cast also includes Hong Kong action star Donnie Yen, Leon Lai, Tony Leung Ka-Fai, mainland popular actress Fan Bing Bing, veteran actor Wang Xueqi and Hu Jun. The 150 million yuan film produced by Peter Chan begins production in early April 2009 and will be released in December 2009.

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• BelindaEu

  posted on Tuesday, Jun 2, 2009 11:17AM, Rating: Liked it

  Handsome!!!

• alvinlee

  posted on Wednesday, May 13, 2009 3:56PM, Rating: Liked it

  Nice. At some point of time he did said he will have to shave bald one day for an upcoming movie. Brilliant!

• toneshun

  posted on Friday, May 8, 2009 2:26PM, Rating: Liked it

  hey nicolas, i shaved my head completely 'shiny' for the first time couple weeks ago too!!  Feels great really, you get a whole new 'area' of sensation~~...hum...i might do it again this summer!
  
  however, the down-side is:  very very difficult and $$ to keep up (all those shaving cream and good razors) to keep up if you have thick/harsh texture hair like me =)

• critterdee

  posted on Thursday, May 7, 2009 12:37PM, Rating: Liked it

  How exciting! Nic really looks the part. Great job.  
  I look forward to this film.

• JRS

  posted on Thursday, May 7, 2009 8:21AM

  I hope there's no skin cancer in Nic's future because of the additional sun damage!  
  
  Sounds like a great movie with great actors!  Good luck to all!

• mona_yang

  posted on Wednesday, May 6, 2009 10:21PM

  awsome, new movie and new look! It just shows how dedicated and hard Nick works.

• leomonkey

  posted on Wednesday, May 6, 2009 10:27AM

  I would love to know more about this film - great cast! Kudos to Nic for his dedication but I actually have always liked the shaved head look.

• aprilgarza

  posted on Wednesday, May 6, 2009 5:22AM

  I agree wtih Etchy that is real dedication! still looks good!

• Ayumi16

  posted on Wednesday, May 6, 2009 12:17AM, Rating: Liked it

  Lovely as ALWAYS...and DIVINE also! GO NIC............!!!!!!!!!

• janechu

  posted on Tuesday, May 5, 2009 11:45PM, Rating: Liked it

  wow... a very professional actor... ;) YAY Nic!!!

• MrFive

  posted on Tuesday, May 5, 2009 10:13PM

  I like that look!

• Clari

  posted on Tuesday, May 5, 2009 10:12PM

  Nic is going to be great like always of course.

• Etchy

  posted on Tuesday, May 5, 2009 6:44PM, Rating: Liked it

  woah, thats real dedication!