Malaysian Mandopop singer Gary Chaw, 36, has gotten himself badly injured after he insisted on doing his own fighting sequences. He was shooting scenes for the 60-minute music-video movie accompanying the release of his latest album, A Friend.
The singer refused to use a stand-in, and fought until he bled and aggravated an old sports injury in his left foot. He took one kick there from his sparring partner and another to his head. When he fell backwards he was semi conscious and couldn’t sit up.
“My mind was a blank then,” Gary said afterwards. “Everyone was crowding around me, and I did feel as if I was on the brink of death.”
Before filming began, Gary spent two weeks training his boxing skills. The singer wrote and directed the movie, which reportedly premiered on March 30.