Leslie Cheung Kwok-wing's longtime companion, Daffy Tong Hok-tak, came face to face with the late superstar at the unveiling of his wax figure at Madame Tussauds on The Peak yesterday.
During the ceremony, the curtains parted to reveal Cheung wearing a men's cheongsam, a look reminiscent of his role in the 1998 film Rouge. The Canto-pop superstar, 46, died a year ago today when he jumped from the Mandarin Oriental hotel in Central.
To the strains of Cheung's romantic song For Your Heart Only, Mr Tong slowly approached the lifelike figure.
His face betrayed little emotion while he stood for a moment and gazed silently at Cheung's face. A Madame Tussauds spokeswoman said all elements of the exhibition, including Cheung's pose, were selected by Mr Tong.
The $700,000 wax figure, which took five months to make in Britain, appeared on a candle-lit stage decorated with posters of Cheung, some handpicked by Mr Tong from his own collection.
Other photos were from Cheung's 2000-2001 Worldwide Passion tour and from his most famous movies, such as Days Of Being Wild (1990) and Farewell My Concubine (1993).