Louis Koo had a brand new film out in Hong Kong lately, the mega-budget sci-fi actioner Warriors Of Future.
The 52-year-old actor described the manufacturing course of of this movie as “arduous and challenging” however spoke proudly of the truth that his movie is taking the lead in the Chinese-language sci-fi style.
Warriors Of Future started manufacturing in 2017, and was in improvement for greater than three years. Originally set for launch in 2019, the date was pushed till August this yr.
Koo stated this on the Hong Kong International Film Festival the place the movie was showcased: “Hopefully, this may open extra doorways for Hong Kong cinema in the long run. I stand agency on involving principally native SFX professionals on the challenge. We hope you want this movie, and benefit from the meticulous element we try to ship.”
One of these meticulous particulars includes Koo placing on a 15kg armour and filming lengthy hours whereas carrying it.
In a current interview, he stated that he skilled some neck ache during filming however selected to disregard it … that’s till his proper arm out of the blue went numb, adopted by his proper leg.
He ultimately went to seek out out the issue and discovered that he has injured his cervical spine.
“The doctor told me … ‘If you continue like this, all your nerves will be dead, and you will be done for’,” Koo was quoted on a Singaporean leisure portal.
The report detailed that the physician suspected the nerve injury was attributable to the heavy armour that had pressed on his nerves.
Ever the dedicated star, Koo postponed the surgical procedure till he accomplished filming. Later, he underwent cervical spine surgical procedure in the United States.
After the report got here out, involved followers requested the actor by way of social media if he was alright. Koo assured them that he’s fantastic now.
The actor who celebrated his birthday on Friday (Oct 21) wrote on his Facebook: “I suddenly received a lot of well wishes today, but they were not to wish me happy birthday
“Don’t worry, actually the headline of the report sounded a little scary. I said in the interview that a few years ago, the doctor said that if I didn’t fix the problem, the nerves would be dead.
“A few years ago, I did the surgery and added a titanium implant in the neck, and I’ve since recovered. That’s why I said I am made of steel.”
