Fat Chow (qv) turned down the role of To Minh, he  recommended to producer Meng Xia (qv) a young actor, who had just  worked with him on a TV series. Chow didnt know the actor by name.  Leading man George Lam (qv) spoke of a young actor who played a  small role in a movie starring Lam. The young actor made quite an  impression and Lam thought the young man would fit in the role of To  Minh. But he didnt know the actor by name. As the shooting began in  Hainan Island and the role of To Minh was still undecided, the whole  crew became anxious. Cinematographer David Chung (I) (qv)  suggested another young actor and Meng Xia (qv) went to meet with  him. Xia finally cast the young actor as To Minh. The actor was  Andy Lau (qv), who happened to be the same unknown actor who  Yun