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Acting - ain't that a kick in the head

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It was a case of no pain, no gain for actor Jaycee Chan Cho-ming when he was repeatedly kicked in the head during the shooting of a key scene for his latest movie.

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As rookie cop Wai King-ho, Chan (left) is on the receiving end of some rough treatment from a gang boss, played by Wu Jing, in Invisible Target.

'It was the most memorable scene in the movie,' said Chan. 'I was hit on the head almost 40 times.

I felt really dizzy and had to take some Panadol afterwards.

'Since the shots were in slow motion that meant I couldn't fake it. If the audience found out that it was only fake kicking it would have ruined the whole movie. So I was like, 'Just kick, just do it,

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hurry up'.'

Chan said Wu was a very professional action actor, which eased the pain for him.

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