As a father-to-be, Nicholas Tse is currently concentrating on his work in Mo Shek. This will be the first time that he will collaborate with Gillian Chung as an on-screen couple in 30 episode series, "Rinsing Flowers and Purifying Swords".
It has been said that "Rinsing Flowers and Purifying Swords" has the highest production fees of all Mainland series this year. Just Nicholas' salary for filming the series is already 10, 000, 000HK$. When speaking of having to re-portray the famous production of Leslie Cheung's back in 1979, and if Nicholas feel any pressure, Nicholas frankly responded, "When Gor Gor (Leslie)'s version was airing back then, it is a pity that I was not even born yet. I had actually planned to search for that version and watch it before beginning to film, but now I'm really stuck. My only option right now is just to do my best; hopefully, I'll be able to bring the character out."
Although Gillian's salary is not as high as Nicholas', rumour has it that her daily salary for filming the series goes to six place values (millions). And as Gillian has had her 'lips sealed' and been forbidden to film intimate scenes ever since she came into the ET industry, this series is not an exception either. While she was filming a romance scene with Nicholas earlier, it had only consisted of embracing and leaning on each other, nothing extremely intimate at all. Also, Nicholas had planned to ask for a break during July-August to stay by Cecilia Cheung's side while she gives birth, but his management company had only been able to arrange for him to be working in Hong Kong at the time, making it easier for him to accompany his wife.
Credit to Oriental Daily
