Hu Ge expresses remorse over car crash back in 2006
BEIJING: It’s been 12 years since a car crash left him seriously injured, and Hu Ge has just expressed remorse over the accident.
During a televised talk show, he recalled the horrendous crash and confessed to viewers that he is remorseful after surviving the crash.
Back in 2006, he was filming Tangren Media’s The Legend of the Condor Heroes. The highway crash left him with multiple injuries on his body and face, including his right eye and right cheeks.
Shards of glass had wounded his neck. He received over 100 stitches and underwent skin grafting surgery in Hong Kong and South Korea.
Recalled Hu Ge, clearly traumatised by the crash: “I saw rings of light after that accident. Everyone kept saying how brave it was of me to have gotten myself out of that accident. I got many undeserved compliments… I didn’t need to have held onto those labels. I don’t know why, but 2006 was the year of my zodiac. I was born in the Year of the Dog. Now it’s 2018, exactly 12 years later. It’s come full circle, and because of that, I’m starting to think about these things more.”
He bounced back with a starring role in the multiple award-winning TV series Nirvana in Fire.
The script resonated with a remorseful Hu. It focused on his character Mei Changsu, who survives a massacre that had wiped out his family. The character spends 12 years recovering to rebuild his power, and with a new physical appearance, returns to destroy his enemies.
A quote from the dialogue that deeply resonated with Hu Ge was: “You survived. Don’t waste your life.”
Philosophised Hu Ge: “I survived because I was meant to do something. Or maybe there is a special mission I have to complete. In the past 12 years, whenever I start to think about this, I would feel remorse. It’s because I still can’t find what I have to do. Many people would say that I lived well in these 12 years. My career had been rising, I’ve earned a lot of money, and I’ve won many awards. But I can’t help but feel that those are not the reasons why I survived. I’m not living for those.”
When the filming of The Legend of the Condor Heroes was completed, Hu Ge broke down and wept.
He said: “All those feelings of inconvenience, confusion, helplessness, and loneliness just poured out all at once.”
I survived because I was meant to do something. Or maybe there is a special mission I have to complete. In the past 12 years, whenever I start to think about this, I would feel remorse. Hu Ge, actor