Andrew Lau Wai-keung and Alan Mak Siu-fai's big-budget car-racing film, Initial D, gave Taiwanese heartthrob Jay Chou Jie-lun his first acting experience - and some memories he'd rather forget.
The highly anticipated movie, from the award-winning Infernal Affairs trilogy directors, is an adaptation of the popular Japanese comic of the same name. Chou plays high-school student and street-racer Takumi Fujiwara, who delivers tofu in his father's car. Anthony Wong Chau-sang plays the father.
In a press conference in Hong Kong this week, the 26-year-old Chou said he has bad memories from a car accident that happened while filming a stunt.
'I was driving a car at high speed when it went out of control and spun 360 degrees before stopping,' said Chou.
'It was the first time I'd been involved in a car accident. It was a strange feeling - my mind just went blank.'
He said the incident has made him become a safer driver.