If you asked Ming Li, the answer was, of course, no. There was no reason to go easy on anyone.
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For this production, Lin Can ended up relying on his old repertoire: smearing his face with dust to play an anonymous extra. Because one of the leads, Fang Li, took such good care of him, the rest of the crew couldn't help but pay attention to him as well. They soon realized he was Lin Canxing, who had surfaced a few years ago. Thanks to his striking looks, he had enjoyed a brief moment of fame. He didn't have any iconic works, and his biggest claim to fame was a variety show; most of the time, he was just a background extra in various film crews. And in almost every production where he’d played an extra, Fang Li had been in the cast as well.
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