[2007.07.04] HuGe’s Comeback in LOCH; Nicknamed “Map Boy”A sudden traffic accident caused “idol status” HuGe to suffer unprecedented setbacks on the face and psychologically. When there were commotions on the outside thinking that this fine-looking lad would hence fade out of the entertainment circuit, he had instead indomitably chosen to make a comeback. Based on a report by 紅網 [Red Net], HuGe recently appeared in 《背後的故事》 [“The Story Behind”] as agreed, but this time the host was changed from ZhangDanDan to his good friends, HeGui and XieNa.
According to the report, when reminiscing the convalescence days of HuGe during recording of the program, both hosts once sobbed till the program almost had to stop recording, whereas HuGe himself was consistently making effort to control his emotions. About the future, HuGe said to first finish shooting LOCH before any further contemplation. On the need for continuous facial reconstruction, he expressed that “it’ll do so long as can recover/restore, does not need to be very good looking.”
The report highlighted that it was just one "Chinese Paladin" that caused an unknown HuGe to leap into stardom, but there were very few people who knew that right from the start, the company only arranged a very small role for HuGe. “When I arrived for the screen test with the production team, there would always be an actor strangely asking me if I’m acting as the first male lead, LiXiaoYao. At that time, I never even thought in the direction of this role because then the candidates shortlisted for this role were big shots like Alan LuoZhiXiang” And more interestingly, host, HeGui even disclosed a small secret during recording, that he was in fact also a strong contender for “LiXiaoYao” in “Chinese Paladin” at that point in time. “That time, “Chinese Paladin” sounded me out a couple of times, but abruptly stopped contacting me. I subsequently enquired out of curiosity; then got to know that an actor called HuGe was decided.” HeGui further joked that, “how could there be someone who resembles ‘LiXiaoYao’ more than me?” However, after looking at HuGe’s photo, HeGui indicated that he became convinced as well. “To be ‘snatched away’ by him, I felt that the production team was right.”
The report said that if one does not look at HuGe’s eyes carefully, perhaps one will only feel that it’s just a change of image. A pair of thick black frame specs made HuGe looked as far as a little like Korean star, PeiYongJun. However, the actual situation is that on the eyelid area behind his glasses, those closely woven stitches post skin graft surgery were snake-like, and nonetheless quite obvious. In his new book, his manager also uninhibitedly teased him as “map boy”. HuGe even self-consoled himself: “Has already been a handsome chap for 24 years; even if I could not become an actor, become a director will also be the most handsome one among those with scars. Therefore I feel that if I no longer act, just a basic recovery/restoration will do, does not need to be too good looking.”
And what moved HuGe was that the entire production team of LOCH stopped work because of his injury to await his return. At the recording, HeGui also delivered 8 characters personally written by JinYong as the latter’s encouragement for HuGe, “After a traumatic experience, one will become outstanding”. HuGe said that he will return to the team on the 5th. “I’m still a little worried on the close-ups. Fortunately could still use make-up, lights, and shooting angles for correction. Although teacher JinYong already agreed to let ‘GuoJing's’ face to be seriously injured, but we still chose to respect the original ultimately.”
Translated by: Winks
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