39-year-old man slipped on Taichung set of car racing film on Nov.16
Taiwan News
Date: 2018/11/30
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – A movie crew member died early Thursday, two weeks
Jay Chou (center) with fellow “Nezha” producer Will Liu (right) and movie executive Rio Peng. (By Central News Agency)
after hitting his head in an accident on the set of pop star Jay Chou’s (周杰倫) racing film project “Nezha” (叱咤風雲).
The incident happened on November 16 in Taichung, where the crew was shooting a scene involving cars racing through the rain, the Liberty Times reported.
A 39-year-old crew member surnamed Wu (吳) slipped on the wet ground and hurt his head. After surgery, he was confined to hospital for observation, but he died on November 29.
Chou instructed the members of the movie team to do all what was necessary and take good care to assist Wu’s family, reports said. [FULL STORY]
