The humble beginnings and life of Datuk Lee Chong Wei as a sports icon will get the big screen treatment, chronicled in an upcoming film, ‘Rise of the Legend’. Teng Bee, who previously directed the 2012 film ‘Kepong Gangster’, will be helming Chong Wei’s biopic. The national shuttler only gave his approval to film his life story after three years.
Slated for a release in 2018, ‘Rise of the Legend’ will only begin filming in 2017. No word from the production team if Chong Wei will be making an appearance in the film, but a nationwide audition to cast the right candidate to play the Malaysian hero will take place soon. It’ll be a Malaysian film, for Malaysia.