Elanna Kong Yeuk Lam in the Herman To directed new film High Lift Love played a weightlifter. In order to coordinate with the weightlifting athlete image, Elanne gained weight and everyday practiced weightlifting for three hours. For the ideal result, even after the shoot she did not dare to rest at home as she continued to keep eating and doing push ups. In one scene Elanne participated in a weightlifting contest and needed to truly lift up 30 kilogram weights. Before the shoot the director asked her many times whether she was confident that she would succeed. She said, "All the tough training is for this scene to be realistically made, in addition during practice I was able to lift it successfully." Yet during the official shoot, when she lifted up the weight her arms had no strength to support it, her hands loosen and the weight dropped on her back, putting her entire body on the ground. After the fact she was still frightened. "When I fell on the floor I screamed. The director and the crew were very nervous. Everyone ran over but didn't dare to move me. The director immediately called for an ambulance but I felt I could still move. So I told them to let me rest for a while before deciding." However the director was still worried and decided to halt production, demanding her to go to the hospital to be examined. Luckily she only injured her muscles and not her spine. Thus Elanne quickly put on bandage, took some pain medication and returned to the set to continue the shoot. She believed that this was the most painful film production experience in her career. Creds: hkt/Ming Pao
now thats dedication right there, my respect for her just went up, hard work usually will pay off. Hope she has a speedy recovery
woah dedication! I wonder if she's gonna hope to lose the muscle mass again afterwards. Lets see how this goes.
yup, 30kg though for a girl, isn't that a bit too much (for her size) and knowing that she isn't those type of 'rough' girls.
Ouch she needs to take a break before she hurts herself even more, after injuring her muscles like that it will be even more difficult to lift 30kg.
she said she has lifted 30 kg before, and after the injury, her body might respond by developing stronger muscles next time. Though this injury is a bit more serious, so she's might/will take some time off and lose some strength and muscles that she worked hard on...
