On February 23, a video shared by Duong Duong's fans spread on social networks, showing the actor at Hangzhou airport (China).
The accompanying video clearly states that he is "returning home for treatment". Meanwhile, Duong Duong was seen still wearing a left hand immobilizer, and the assistant was transporting many suitcases of luggage and medical boxes.
Duong Duong's move immediately attracted attention, because his new TV series "No Letting Go of the Country" had just started filming on February 21.
At the opening ceremony, Duong Duong appeared in a state of hand wrapped in a bandage. After that, the actor publicly stated his left arm fracture and said that "the fractured arm is just accidental, in the process of recovery". But many sources said that Duong Duong had an accident during martial arts training to prepare for this film.
Before the news that Duong Duong returned home to recover immediately after filming began, most fans supported him to rest until he fully recovered.
Even, many fans called on the male actor to withdraw from the project or temporarily stop filming, and expressed concern about loopholes in the film crew's safety measures.
Previously, the project "No Letting Go of the Country" had been involved in many scandals. The film crew was accused of using "yin and yang scripts" to adapt the original; when signing the contract, they promised that the script would closely follow the original, focusing on the male lead Ly Sat (played by Duong Duong).
But when filming started, the male lead's screen time was considered "heavy-handedly cut". Ly Sat from a hero of ordinary background, brave but full of wits, became "a rude person, who opens his mouth and says nonsense".
Many valuable details were also transferred to the male supporting actors. Even, according to the circulating script, the film's theme line "not giving up the country" which was originally the male lead's, was also turned into the father of the male supporting actor's speech.
Duong Duong's investment in costumes and styling is inferior to male supporting roles, leading to the explosive suspicion of "raising supporting roles and belittling main roles".
In addition, the fact that the producer used a network hot girl named "Audrey Hau Ban" which once caused controversy related to Duong Duong further angered the male actor's fans.
Previously, Hau Ban posted a video imitating Duong Duong's character Tong Diem in the movie "My Human Fire". Fans believe that the fact that this girl was chosen by the film crew to star in the movie "Don't Giving Up the Country" is disrespectful to Duong Duong.
On February 23, Duong Duong's large fan account posted an "ultimatum", requesting the film crew to "redesign the script and shaping, return the life to Ly Sat", "end the adaptation in the direction of degrading the character, moving away from the core values of the character".
Fans declared that if the film crew does not resolve it satisfactorily, they will completely stop all support and cooperation with the film crew, and will call on all fans to "boycott" the film.
