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Shooting his 1st movie, Lee Hom builds up to compete with Aaron!

Xin Min Daily 19/7/00

Pop idol singer LeeHom sings and now acts, accepting his first movie, "China's Strike Force".

Leehom has been very busy these days. After just completing a concert in Taiwan, he jets to Hong Kong to carry out the filming of "China's Strike Force", not forgeting, in the midst, to be a guest singer at Kelly Chen's recent concert. No wonder he seems slimmer now. But in actual fact, it was the result of strong phyiscal training and built-up that Leehom has been undergoing for the movie.

He said:"<"China's Strike Force"> is a Stanely Tong movie, full of strenuous action scenes, hence i have to specially undergo the training. Actually i have not lost any weight, maybe the fats have turned into muscles, therefore i look slimmer now.

Well, this is no wonder to us as Leehom will be playing along side with Aaron Kwok as cops, in the movie. Leehom, of course, has to build up his muscles so as not to "lose" out when the two characters are together!

Recently, rumours have been circulating that Leehom and his on-screen girlfriend, Lin Xinru, has taken their part for real. However, Leehom was praising the other female lead, Japanese actress Norika Fujiwara, during the interview. He said:"I had seen Norika Fujiwara before in the news. But after meeting her in person, I find that she is really as beautiful and as tall off-screen and has a good figure.

To spice things up, the reporter asked Leehom to compare the two female leads, Fujiwara and Lin. He replies:"The difference is that Lin can speak Mandarin. Ha!" Leehom sure has a way to avoid this tricky question. When asked about the song, "You Can Tell Me", in his new album, <"Forever's First Day">, who was the ex-girlfriend as implied in song verses, he tackfully replied:"I won't comment on this, just let everyone to have a space to go imagine."

Although Leehom is unwilling to divulge anything, but rumour has said that "You Can Tell Me" is about he and his Taiwanese girlfriend being separated in two places, the relationship drifting apart and even suspecting the other party of changing heart. In the midst of sorrow, he wrote it into a heartfelt story. Oh~~ Maybe this is the price Leehom has to pay for being a celebrity.