A still from the 1994 Hong Kong spy comedy From Beijing with Love, starring Stephen Chow Sing-chi (left) and Anita Yuen Wing-yi. Photo: Handout
Joan Cornellà project apologises over NFT’s confusion with Hong Kong’s ‘King of Comedy’ Stephen Chow
- Hong Kong-based Fwenclub released an NFT image that is said to resemble Stephen Chow’s character in a 1994 comedy, a likeness that the project said was a “misbelief”
- The “MOAR by Joan Cornellà” collection was ranked top by 24-hour trading volume on NFT marketplace OpenSea on Monday
A still from the 1994 Hong Kong spy comedy From Beijing with Love, starring Stephen Chow Sing-chi (left) and Anita Yuen Wing-yi. Photo: Handout
Corrected [4:27pm, 12 Apr, 2022]
- [4:27pm, 12 Apr, 2022]
Corrects second paragraph to clarify that Fwenclub did not say its image was based on Chow's movie. Adds Fwenclub's statement in the fourth, sixth and 10th paragraphs.
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