Steven Ma was shooting for a Hengdian TV series
Mandarin Duck Pendant (鴛鴦佩)
and got an eye injury. In one scene, Steven was fighting several
martial artists and someone accidentally injured Steven's left eye while
charging up to him. At the time, he felt some pain as tears came
streaming down, and his contacts started shifting too. However, the
staff weren’t aware that there was an accident. To avoid slowing down
the shooting progress, Steven just used eye drops to take out his
contacts and then got right back to shooting. In fact, Steven's eyes are
considered quite calamitous. Just a few years ago, he was kicked by a
horse and injured his right eye.
Steven said nobody wants
accidents to happen. That night, he immediately put ice on his eye to
prevent his eye from swelling and thus affecting the shoot on the
following day. However, the next day when he got back to work, his eyes
were still swollen anyway. The director saw the professionalism in
Steven and understood his situation, so he allowed Steven to get a day
off for bed rest. The makeup artist and lightning staff were also
considerate, being very careful while putting makeup on him and reducing
the lightning to maintain Steven’s good looks.
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