Monday April 9, 2007 Hong Kong Nicholas Tse was destined for a roller-coaster life in the public eye. The son of legendary actor Patrick Tse and soft-core porn actress Deborah Li was dubbed Hong Kong's "bad boy of pop" because of his less-than-wholesome escapades, from crashing cars and assaulting a photographer to becoming mainland mega-diva Faye Wong's toy boy. He tells Squat what it is like being jeered onstage, going to prison and smashing guitars. "Life's a b*t*h." Being a multi-selling megastar hasn’t always been mass adoration and adulation. When he started performing live at 16, Nicholas Tse heard someone shout, "Get the f*ck off the stage". "I couldn't hear jack what I was singing. I couldn't hear one word, because the crowds were booing so much," he recalls. Despite the barrage lasting three years, he hung in there. "My assistants were actually the ones who were dropping the tears. But I believed in myself. And I believed in music." The award-winning singer and actor reveals that being born to a prestigious famous family has its perks and drawbacks. "Some of the media say that I got into the business because of my parents. I do not doubt any chances of that because it was really a big thing when I first came out, being the son of my dad and mum," he says. "[People thought] I did not have to work hard. I did not have to do such and such. In their minds, whenever I performed or did movies, it was like I was supposed to know everything. “I was supposed to do good. If I do 80%, it would be knocked down to 45 because 'he was supposed to know'. Why am I supposed to know? Because I was born in a family that was in the business?" Tse learnt to be tenacious at an early age, thanks to his father’s fame. "There was this time when my parents had a lot of entertainer friends over. When I was young, I was very scared of the dark, so I'd never close my door when I was sleeping. They [the friends] had a chat with my dad. “When my dad went down to the basement for mahjong or to socialize with the other friends, these friends that he was talking to previously talked sh*t about my dad. “I went to the door. I heard all the stuff. And I swore to myself: When I grow up, no matter what I do, I'm going to go straight out. for the whole interview visit www.squatmagazine.com (interview is in english) credits: squatmagazine, asianfanatics.
i feel bad for him though. >.< he's been through alot & many people think he's a spoiled,rich, brat and came into the music industry because of his parents..
never thought nicholas tse was someone like that......appearance and personality is like two different things.....=(
