That's because he's playing the grandmother, father, eldest brother and the second brother of an air stewardess played by China actress Hu Jing.

The only thing Alan keeps busy with is his singing, which includes staging concert performances with 1318 co-star and Hong Kong singer Hacken Lee.

'We needed four hours to put on the makeup and 1 1/2 hours to remove it. So I was always the first to arrive and the last to leave the set,' he lamented.

This led director Clifton Ko, who was also at the press conference, to say: 'I had promised Alan that if he were to suffer from minor skin problems, I would pay for his skin care products.

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