Nick Cheung prefers doing his own stunts

18 Apr – Several new movie stills from Dante Lam's latest thriller, "That Demon Within" features its antagonist character Nick Cheung in a fire scene, gazing at the camera with parts of his face brunt and peeling away.

It was also revealed that the scene was one of the most dangerous scenes they had filmed for the movie and would usually require a stunt double, though in this case, the 33rd Hong Kong Film Awards Best Actor was determined to do it himself.

As reported on QQ, Nick recently explained the reason for his persistence to film the scene on his own, despite the fact that they were faraway shots and his character was wearing a mask.

"Everyone has a different way of behaving, from the posture, to your gun-shooting technique, to your character's murderous aura," he said.

However, Nick admitted that playing the role of evil villain Hon Kong in the movie was not as physically exhausting as his role in "Unbeatable", though added that it still drained him mentally.

In regards to his burn effect make-up, Nick said that he has no issues with putting it on, though the removing part was much more troublesome.

"The fake skin was glued on and it required special makeup removal liquid to be removed. The process took hours and my entire face felt stiff and reddened by it," he said.

When asked if he is confident to win his third award next year for the role in the movie, Nick said, "This time, my role is not that big. I think [lead actor] Daniel Wu would have a higher chance of winning. Awards aren't the most important thing for an actor. But you will have a problem if you don't have any career breakthroughs."