Sammul Chan Forsakes Millions for Health

In recent years, Sammul Chan (陳鍵鋒) headed to mainland China to advance his career and to dig for “gold.” Filming series after series, Sammul was dehydrated for three months during his recent filming in Hengdian. Besides getting “fried” under the scorching sun, Sammul even lost twenty pounds. Sammul’s manager couldn’t bear seeing him enduring under such tough conditions and rejected another Mainland drama, Princess Taiping "太平公主", thus losing the opportunity of earning a seven figure filming fee!



Ever since leaving TVB and venturing outside, Sammul has been centralizing and advancing his career in mainland. Earlier on, while filming mainland drama, In Search of The Supernatural "搜神記" in Hengdian, due to the extreme conditions of the local weather being like a burning furnace, the average temperature could go up to 35 degrees Celsius. Since the sun was blazing hot the entire day, within a short filming span of three months, Sammul had dropped from his initial 170 pounds to 150 pounds. Furthermore, Sammul was even burnt to a battered state, with such tough conditions and losing 20 pounds in the process. It was no wonder Sammul couldn’t adapt well!



Rejects Drama to Avoid Over-Exhaustion



It was known that after completing filming for the drama In Search of the Supernatural, Sammul was arranged to accept filming for Princess Taiping which starred Alyssa Chia (賈靜雯) and Zheng Shuang (鄭爽). However, it was a pity then that his manager couldn’t bear to see him being over-exhausted and rejected filming Princess Taiping, thus losing an opportunity to earn a seven figure sum. In addition to that, Sammul was scheduled to start filming for Sonjia Kwok’s (郭羨妮) fiancé, Zhu Shaojie (朱少杰)’s production work, Beauty In A Restless Era "亂世佳人" thus he needed more ample time to prepare.



Say Sorry to Pave a Road for the Future



As for losing the chance to earn a seven figure sum, Sammul responded, “Money can be earned again. Health is the most important. Previously I was sun burnt until I was stick thin. I was so thin until even my mom couldn’t recognize me!” Sammul who always had a broad world outlook in life, even apologized to the drama team behind Princess Taiping, “I’m very sorry and hope to continue working with them the next time!”



Source: Oriental Daily

Translated by: Ah K @ JayneStars