After shocking us with his remark about Beijing doing the right thing in the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, Tony Leung Chiu-wai is now confusing us with curious ideas about split personality and time travel.
Leung (right), who won the best-actor award at the Cannes Film Festival in 2000 for In The Mood For Love, prompted outrage after he told B International magazine in a recent interview that during the June 4 incident, he 'didn't join in any demonstrations because what the Chinese government did was right - to maintain stability, which was good for everybody'.
At Wednesday's premiere of Hero, a movie set in China's Warring States Period about 2,200 years ago, Leung, who plays the assassin Broken Sword, sought to play down the controversy. 'What I said was actually the view of Broken Sword. I wasn't offering my own point of view,' the actor claimed.
Come again? Does that mean Broken Sword decided in 221 BC not to take part in demonstrations in 1989? SAR can't explain the phenomenon, but wonders whether the actor will be joining a pro-government rally on Sunday in support of Article 23. After all, those rooting for the controversial Basic Law article claim it will enhance national stability.