Taiwanese rock band Mayday recently released the music video for their song ‘Tough’, which stars Hong Kong actor Tony Leung.
The
seven-minute-long video also co-stars actress Lin Mei-hsiu,
actor-director Luo Bei An, actress Vivian Sung and model-actor Chris Wu.
With outdoor sets and special effects that rivals that of a movie, the
music video was said to cost NT$10 million (approximately S$424 000).
In
the music video, Tony plays a retired research engineer who specialised
in space exploration. However, he was unable to realise his dream of
creating a space rocket. Thus, Tony’s character took on a number of odd
jobs, from a construction worker to a dishwasher, to earn money and
build his rocket.
In one of the scenes, Tony stepped up to shoulder cement bags that
weighed up to 8kg under the hot sun, even walking back and forth as they
filmed. In order to achieve an even more realistic look, the
54-year-old also slathered on mud from the ground. The actor also
lightened the mood by joking that his look “was not something that
special effects makeup could achieve”.
Tony also flew to Taiwan
for three days for the video, with filming lasting up to eight hours
every day. However, the veteran actor never complained of tiredness, and
even personally fanned the child actor who had to wear a bulky space
suit during filming.
Tony also revealed that he “has always admired Mayday, even though I have never worked with them before”.