Tiet Cuong is the only actor to appear in all 7 parts of the movie “Face Off” directed by Ly Hai.
In Face Off 7: One Wish, actor Tiet Cuong plays the owner of an art club “Sing Together” who falls in love with the owner of a motel selling coffee named Ba Le (played by Ngoc Lan). Even though he only appeared in a few segments, Tiet Cuong's flamboyant, seductive, and lovesick appearance impressed the audience.
Actor 7X said he filmed the scenes in 1 day.
Early in the morning, he rode his motorbike to Muoi Mau apartment building (Thu Duc city) to start filming.
He felt that the atmosphere of the film crew was very exciting.
Before Tiet Cuong's scene, Ba Le was confiding in Mrs. Hai (Thanh Hien) and Ut Tam and his wife (Tran Kim Hai – Le Thu).
After Ly Hai's command: “At this time Tiet Cuong appears outside”, the actor quickly prepared. He wore a pink shirt, gold rings and bracelets all over his hands, entered the frame, “juggling” with the actors.
The whole group conducted test filming.
After the scene, Tiet Cuong commented that Ngoc Lan sang karaoke in the right tone, not bringing any funny elements. He asked his seniors to sing it again in a more humorous way.
While waiting for the crew to set the scene, Tiet Cuong sat and chatted with Ngoc Lan. He said, the two have been friends at the same Theater School for 30 years now, but only now are they acting together. “The first time we filmed together, Ngoc Lan and I played a couple on screen. Having said that, I was an unrequited lover, but the female character refused,” the actor shared with a smile.
After that, the actors conducted official filming at a popular coffee shop setting.
At the end of the scene, Tiet Cuong chatted with young actor Le Thu.
In the film, Le Thu plays the responsible youngest daughter-in-law, who is pregnant and loves her husband and is filial to her mother. Le Thu confided that this was her first time participating in a film directed by Ly Hai. Although he did not study as a professional actor, the winner of Face of the Movies 2023 once played the female lead in the TV series First Love.
Hearing his junior's introduction, Tiet Cuong expressed his admiration, and at the same time confessed: “From childhood to adulthood, I have never played a leading role, I have only played small roles. I am really jealous of Le Thu.”
Sharing more about this, Tiet Cuong said: “Maybe I'm not suitable in Ly Hai's eyes. But I don't care about that. I'm happy to be able to participate and have an impressive role.” .
Tiet Cuong accompanied Ly Hai throughout 7 parts of the film in many roles.
Regarding his relationship with director Ly Hai, the actor said that in the past he was one of the colleagues who helped Ly Hai produce his first film project. After that, the two quickly became close friends and Tiet Cuong also participated in casting actors for the Face Off parts.
“When Mr. Hai made the movie Unmasked 1, he had to ask for investment and financing very hard. At that time, no one believed in Mr. Hai. Until now, everyone looked at Mr. Hai as a singer. However. Mr. Hai has a short film called 'All my life with you', but people just think it's a music video. They don't trust Mr. Hai very much. That is a motivation for Ly Hai to assert himself each part of the movie,” Tiet Cuong shared.