KUALA LUMPUR, July 21 — The Hokkien dialect is possibly one of the easiest to learn but Hong Kong celebrity Ekin Cheng took one week just to learn a line for a commercial.
The 55-year-old, who is married to actress Yoyo Mung, is in Taiwan now to shoot a drama series The Internet Celebrity.
At the same time, he also landed a commercial for a massage chair where he was required to utter a line in Taiwanese Hokkien, 8 days reported.
While Cheng is featured prominently in the 30-second ad, the voice-over was done by a voice actor.
He only speaks at the end of the video where he says: “Quickly come and sit, quickly come and buy”.
Fans, however, get to hear more of Cheng in a behind-the-scenes video, in which he answers questions using his signature Cantonese-accented Mandarin.
Cheng shared in the video was that he actually “practised for a week” just to master that one line.
His hard work did pay off as the commercial's director praised Cheng for accurately pronouncing all the words.