Nick Cheung shares nightmare that inspires new movie
6 Aug - Nick Cheung recently revealed that he had used a sad past event in his life as one of the inspirations for his new directorial effort "Peg O' My Heart".
The actor-turned-director, who spoke about the film during his appearance in Malaysia earlier, said that he himself had been haunted by a nightmare, just like the lead character in the movie Dr. Man (Terrance Lau).
Saying he had a bad dream for a whole week due to an incident that occurred when he was a cadet police officer in his teens, Nick shared, "One time, I heard the neighbour across the street yelling and kicking the door, and then walked away. I was a policeman at the time, very righteous and responsible, so I just walked over with an umbrella to see what was going on."
"But when I walked over, I came across a very dark house, and when I went to the corridor, I saw a woman in a red shroud hanging at the door..."
Nick said that he couldn't forget the incident and was later told by his family that it was caused by a dispute between an older woman and her daughter-in-law.
"The mother-in-law hanged herself. She held a family photo in her hand and wrote 'I want revenge on you'. The whole family moved away, and I put this personal experience into the movie," he said.
In "Peg O' My Heart", Nick plays a taxi driver who perpetually lacks sleep and endangers those who uses his driving service, while Terrance La plays psychiatrist Dr. Man who suffers from disturbing dreams of his deceased mother.
(Photo Source: Far East Film)
