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Madame Tussauds HK includes 1st mainland actort

CRI, November 16, 2012

• Actor Huang Xiaoming poses with his wax figure at a promotional event in Beijing on November 13, 2012. The wax figure was based on his character in the film "The Guillotines". [Photo: CFP]

  Huang Xiaoming is to become the first Chinese mainland actor to be honored with a model of his likeness at Hong Kong's Madame Tussauds, according to a news release posted on the wax museum's Website.

  Before Huang's wax figure is officially unveiled at the attraction in December, the museum will display a version based upon his role in the film "Xue Di Zi", or "The Guillotines", at Harbor City in Hong Kong in early December, the museum said.

  Huang plays a leader of shepherds fighting against a special force run by the government in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) in the action thriller, which is directed by Andrew Lau.

  The film, also starring Taiwan actor Ethan Ruan, will open in mainland cinemas on December 20.

  Huang has said that the measuring for the wax figure, dressed in a white robe, took about seven hours.

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